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[ ], Megan Metté

Theses

[ ] explores the socially constructed notions surrounding a house and a home and those things that are necessary in order to feel at home in the world. As a way to process the feelings associated with being the child of a broken home, I reconfigure the rooms of various houses in an attempt to escape my reality, and enter into an ideal dream space. Both my photographic and video works explore how utopian architecture and the American dream have in some ways influenced my concept of the ideal and my process of making these dreams. In the end, the …

Consumers' Self-Image Response To Gender Portrayal In Advertising Images, Rebecca Delaney

Theses

Previous empirical research has examined the effect of advertising image idealization on self-image issues, but many of these studies neglect to take into account the effects on men. By developing an experiment to include key components from previous methods of research, the present study investigates the effects of gender portrayal in advertising images. The purpose of this study is to examine consumers' responses to the advertising stimulus, or the advertising images of gender. Inconsistent with past research, findings suggest there is less disparity between men and women's reactions after viewing gender portrayals in advertising images. It is suggested that there …

Parasocial Relationships And Social Media Usage, Christine Phelps

Theses

This study investigates the use of social networking sites by media figures, celebrities and celebrity brands and how consumers use and participate in brand communities on these sites. The concept of parasocial relationships has been applied to this medium and studied as a marketing tool to reach consumers and maintain relationships with them. Consumers' use of social networking sites, their participation with celebrity brands via social networking sites, and their feelings toward that celebrity brand and online community are explored. The relationship between consumers' time spent and usage of social networking sites is compared to factors of parasocial relationships as …

Chimes: November 18, 2011, Calvin College

Chimes

Professor Schmidt nominated for National Book Award by Jasmine Wilson

Soccer beats Carthage, Lorcas by Mark Dehaan

Sexuality series informs by Amanda Elliott

Forum explores divinity by Avery Johnson

Martian moon mission fails by Allison Schepers

The Supreme Court to take case of healthcare constitutionally by Connot Sterchi

Hot Seat with Jodi Hoekstra by Jess Koster

Developing Faculty To Provide University Students With Improved Learning Experiences, Águeda Benito, Neal A. Green, Deborah R. Popely, Phuong M. Thai-Garcia, Art T. Schneiderheinze

Higher Learning Research Communications

The article addresses the importance of incorporating faculty development as a key priority of higher education institutions. A literature review and some face-to-face and online interviews were conducted at various U.S. institutions, to identify common and best practices regarding this important matter. The article offers some ideas about what is done, and how it is done, to help faculty be ready for the challenging role they need to play: to be effective developers of a diverse student body that meets the evolving needs of industry and that utilizes technological tools that never existed before.

New Mothers And Media Use: Associations Between Blogging, Social Networking, And Maternal Well-Being, Brandon T. Mcdaniel, Sarah M. Coyne, Erin K. Holmes

Faculty Publications

Drawing on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory and prior empirical research, the current study examines the way that blogging and social networking may impact feelings of connection and social support, which in turn could impact maternal well-being (e.g., marital functioning, parenting stress, and depression). One hundred and fifty-seven new mothers reported on their media use and various well-being variables. On average, mothers were 27 years old (SD = 5.15) and infants were 7.90 months old (SD = 5.21). All mothers had access to the Internet in their home. New mothers spent approximately 3 hours on the computer each day, with most of …

The Parthenon, November 18, 2011 , Kristin Steele

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, is published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly Thursday during the summer. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.

November 18, 2011, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for November 17-30, 2011. Vol. 89, No. 8.

Updating & Supplementing Casebooks Online, Debbie Ginsberg, Fred Bosselman

Presentations

In this Brown Bag, Emily Barney and Debbie Ginsberg demonstrated a new online tool: the casebook supplement website. Energy law changes rapidly, so Professor Bosselman needed a way to update his Energy, Economics and the Environment casebook on line with the latest legal developments. His publisher did not offer tools for updating casebooks. To assist Professor Bosselman, Emily Barney and the Library Technology Group developed a customized weblog to keep his materials current. The casebook supplement site can be used by any faculty who wish to update or supplement a casebook online. In this Brown Bag, Professor Bosselman demonstrated how …

Commonwealth Times 2011-11-17

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily November 17, 2011, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 137, Issue 44

Eastern Progress - 17 Nov 2011, Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Progress 2011-2012

No abstract provided.

Sandspur, Vol 118, No 07, November 17, 2011, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

Western News, Nov. 17, 2011 , Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: OT receives monumental $2 million gift; State research universities establish business network; 25 Year Club inductees for 2011; On Campus with Deb Goostrey.

November 17, 2011, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2010-2019

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Sex Talk: Factors That Influence Parent-Child Communication About Sex, Tiffany Abrego

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Between 50 and 70% of young people are first sexually active between the ages of 15 and 17, and almost 90% by age 18. This early sexual debut puts adolescents at high risk for sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancy if they are uneducated about safe sex. For this reason, it is important to determine the variables that contribute to early sexual debut. One factor that researchers have explored is the communication between parents and their children concerning sex. Researchers have found that the communication about sex is influenced by parents’ own beliefs, experiences, and comfort level discussing sexual topics. …

The Carroll News- Vol. 88, No. 9, John Carroll University

The Carroll News

No abstract provided.

A Lifetime Of Conservation

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Feminist Advocacy In Community Based Responses To Domestic Violence: Gendered Identity, Ideology And Practices, Andrea J. Nichols

Dissertations

The anti-domestic violence movement began as a feminist grassroots effort. Early feminist advocates relied on survivor-defined and social change practices rooted in feminist identity and ideology. Advocacy has evolved over time, moving from grassroots efforts into professionalized organizations, and now includes collaboration with the justice system in community based responses to domestic violence (CBR). Through inductive analysis of interviews with 26 domestic violence victim advocates and drawing from a gendered organizations framework, I examine how advocates’ feminist identity and ideology shape their practices in CBR. Findings indicate that advocates both resist and reproduce various gendered practices within traditionally feminist anti-domestic …

Surface Modification Of Liposomes Containing Nanoemulsions, Jonathan Michael Hartley

Theses and Dissertations

Many attempts have been made to make cancer therapy more selective and less detrimental to the health of the patients. Nanoparticles have emerged as a way to solve some of the problems of traditional chemotherapy. Nanoparticles can provide protection for the therapeutic from degradation or clearance, as well as protection to healthy tissue from the damaging effects of chemotherapy drugs. Researchers are pursuing different strategies but all have the same goals of improving the outcomes of cancer patients. The field of controlled release of drugs has increased significantly in hopes of better treating diseases like cancer. Improved control of drug …

The Comment, November 17, 2011, Bridgewater State University

The Comment

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: November 17, 2011, Eastern Illinois University

November

No abstract provided.

The Pan American (2011-11-17), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 68, No. 11

Write On

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Pop Music In Burma

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Hawks' Herald -- November 17, 2011, Roger Williams University

Hawk's Herald

No abstract provided.

Chancellor Announces Sale Of Northern Rock Plc, United Kingdom: Hm Treasury, Rt. Hon George Osborne

Documents

No abstract provided.

The Montclarion, November 17, 2011, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

The Cowl - V. 76 - N. 10 - Nov 17, 2011

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 76 - Number 10 - November 17, 2011. 40 pages.