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Astroturf Activism, Melissa J. Durkee Dec 2016

Astroturf Activism, Melissa J. Durkee

Scholarly Works

Corporate influence in government is more than a national issue; it is an international phenomenon. For years, businesses have been infiltrating international legal processes. They secretly lobby lawmakers through front groups: “astroturf” imitations of grassroots organizations. But because this business lobbying is covert, it has been underappreciated in both the literature and the law. This Article unearths the “astroturf activism” phenomenon. It offers an original descriptive account that classifies modes of business access to international officials and identifies harms, then develops a critical analysis of the laws that regulate this access. I show that the perplexing set of access rules …

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Gerald Davis, The Vanishing American Corporation (2016), James R. Blair Dec 2016

Gerald Davis, The Vanishing American Corporation (2016), James R. Blair

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

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Euny Hong, The Birth Of Korean Cool (2014), Soonkwan Hong Dec 2016

Euny Hong, The Birth Of Korean Cool (2014), Soonkwan Hong

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

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Daniel Tudor, Korea: The Impossible Country (2013), Jiyoon An Dec 2016

Daniel Tudor, Korea: The Impossible Country (2013), Jiyoon An

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

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The Impact Of Ethical Concerns On Fashion Consumerism: A Review, Lena Cavusoglu, Mourad Dakhli Dec 2016

The Impact Of Ethical Concerns On Fashion Consumerism: A Review, Lena Cavusoglu, Mourad Dakhli

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

Ethical and sustainable business practices have become some of the most significant concerns in the highly globalized fashion industry. Firms in this multi-billion dollar industry are taking these concerns seriously, and are carefully monitoring and responding to consumers’ actions that can range from expressing displeasure via social media to holding protests or even calling for boycotts of certain brands and firms. In this paper, the first output from a larger project on ethics of fashion, we review the extant literature on the ethical aspects of the global fashion system; and set the stage for further empirical and conceptual work.

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Exploring Late Globalization: A Viewpoint, Romeo V. Turcan Dec 2016

Exploring Late Globalization: A Viewpoint, Romeo V. Turcan

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

The purpose of this viewpoint paper is to motivate a program of research on late globalization, a program that could eventually lead to one or more significant theories of late globalization. The paper explores the phenomenon of late globalization as well as the idea of “late” by drawing on sparse literature on late globalization from sociocultural and economic perspectives. It illustrates in a vignette the character and features of late globalization observable in the withdrawal from foreign locations or de-internationalization of universities, as late globalizing entities. The paper discusses the range of constructs around the core idea of late globalization, …

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Cybersecurity And Development, Nir Kshetri Dec 2016

Cybersecurity And Development, Nir Kshetri

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

While scholars and policymakers have realized the importance of information and communication technologies in economic development, relatively less attention has been given to the role of cybersecurity. This research sheds light on issues associated with the "dark side" of digitization in the Global South. We examine the hollowness in the Global South’s digitization initiatives that is associated with a poor cybersecurity. The article also advances our understanding of how institutional and structural characteristics of the Global South influence cybersecurity.

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A Journal For A Fast-Changing World, Nikhilesh Dholakia, Deniz Atik Dec 2016

A Journal For A Fast-Changing World, Nikhilesh Dholakia, Deniz Atik

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

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Scholarworks Statistics - January Through December 2016, Scholarworks Dec 2016

Scholarworks Statistics - January Through December 2016, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

During 2016, ScholarWorks recorded a total of 314,128 full-text and additional file downloads and 125,820 page views.

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Effectiveness Of The Drop-Off/Pick-Up Survey Methodology In Different Neighborhood Types, Douglas Jackson-Smith, Courtney G. Flint, Mallory Dolan, Carla K. Trentelman, Grant Holyoak, Blake Thomas, Guizen Ma Dec 2016

Effectiveness Of The Drop-Off/Pick-Up Survey Methodology In Different Neighborhood Types, Douglas Jackson-Smith, Courtney G. Flint, Mallory Dolan, Carla K. Trentelman, Grant Holyoak, Blake Thomas, Guizen Ma

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

With declining survey response rates, the Drop-Off/Pick-Up (DOPU) survey method has been suggested as an alternative to mail, phone, or internet modes. We use a major household DOPU survey to explore the impacts of both implementation method and neighborhood context on survey response rates. The survey was carried out in 23 neighborhoods in northern Utah chosen to represent distinctive configurations of socioeconomic, demographic, land use, and built environments that comprise rural to urban residential communities in the region. Overall, the survey achieved a 63.2 percent response rate, but this varied from 33 to 79 percent across our study neighborhoods. Contact …

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Kreativitas Digital Dalam Masyarakat Risiko Perkotaan: Studi Tentang Ojek Online "Go-Jek" Di Jakarta, Fania Darma Amajida Dec 2016

Kreativitas Digital Dalam Masyarakat Risiko Perkotaan: Studi Tentang Ojek Online "Go-Jek" Di Jakarta, Fania Darma Amajida

Informasi

Emergence of apps-based modes of transportation marks a technological advancement, and is a reaction to the flaw of public transportation services. This article argues that technology allows the society to overcome the problems of uncertainty lying under the system of public transportation in Jakarta. This study shows that the apps used by "online ojeks" Go-Jek is capable to minimize the risks concerning time, convenience, cost, and
security. This idea diverges from previous studies that failed to mention the variable of certainty as a strategy to minimize the risks commonly found in urban transportation system. Qualitative methods are used for data …

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Hubungan Kerja Dalam Industri Fast Fashion: Analisis Isi Terhadap Fenomena Eksploitasi (Studi Kasus Film The True Cost Dan Nike Sweatshops), Tri Apriliani Dec 2016

Hubungan Kerja Dalam Industri Fast Fashion: Analisis Isi Terhadap Fenomena Eksploitasi (Studi Kasus Film The True Cost Dan Nike Sweatshops), Tri Apriliani

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The fast-fashion industry is one of the manufacturing industry that is associated with the developing countries as a producer of their products. Authors carriying an issue of labor relations in the fast-fashion industry which is very important to be studied due to exploitation issues. The main focus of the study is to assess the film "The True Cost" which describes the fast-fashion industry in Bangladesh and "Nike Sweatshops" which describes the fast-fashion industry in Indonesia. This study sought to answer whether
the exploitation occurs in fast-fashion industry are presented in the movie "The True Cost" and "Nike Sweatshops" and how …

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Hiperrealitas Relasi Dalam Sinetron Komedi "Tetangga Masa Gitu?", Eldo Eka Saputra Dec 2016

Hiperrealitas Relasi Dalam Sinetron Komedi "Tetangga Masa Gitu?", Eldo Eka Saputra

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Emergence of non-mainstream way of women representations in soap operas, where women are constructed as an independent individual, brought an impact to the patterns of relation between men and women. If we look at Indonesian soap operas, there are not many of them that can manage to present a non-mainstream construction of female characters. The shift on women representation is associated to how the men were represented in said soap operas, therefore this is a form of the role of the media in altering gender stigma in the society. However, in the process of construction there is a new reality …

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Moving Survey Methodology Forward In Our Rapidly Changing World: A Commentary, Don A. Dillman Dec 2016

Moving Survey Methodology Forward In Our Rapidly Changing World: A Commentary, Don A. Dillman

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

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Nuisance And The Normative Boundaries Of Ownership, Christopher Essert Dec 2016

Nuisance And The Normative Boundaries Of Ownership, Christopher Essert

Tulsa Law Review

A nuisance is an unreasonable interference with an owner’s right to use and enjoy her land. The tort of nuisance must be understood if we are to understand the nature, scope, and justification of private property rights. As the latter task is among the most important ones facing legal and political philosophers in a democratic society, such as ours, the former is crucial. Yet, we lack anything like a viable theory of nuisance law. The two most prominent—the economic view and the physical-invasion view—both fail, doc-trinally and normatively. Things are so bad for nuisance that it has been called a …

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Back Matters, The Editors Dec 2016

Back Matters, The Editors

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education)

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The Measurement Model Of Historical Awareness, Aisiah Aisiah, Suhartono Suhartono, Sumarno Sumarno Dec 2016

The Measurement Model Of Historical Awareness, Aisiah Aisiah, Suhartono Suhartono, Sumarno Sumarno

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education)

The study aimed to develop a measurement model of historical awareness through a research and development model adopted from the Plomp model. Historical awareness was measured through four components, namely: knowledge of historical events, understanding of historical research method, meaning of historical events, and usefulness of history. The development procedures of the development model included a preliminary investigation in the form of literary study about the constructs of historical awareness. In the design stage, the researcher designed a conceptual model and a hypothetical measurement model about historical awareness. Then, the researcher performed a test construction namely assembling the test instrument …

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The Case For Personal Interaction: Drop-Off/Pick-Up Methodology For Survey Research, Carla Koons Trentelman, Jessica Irwin, Kyle A. Petersen, Nallely Ruiz, Caitlin S. Szalay Dec 2016

The Case For Personal Interaction: Drop-Off/Pick-Up Methodology For Survey Research, Carla Koons Trentelman, Jessica Irwin, Kyle A. Petersen, Nallely Ruiz, Caitlin S. Szalay

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Researchers have struggled with decreases in response rates in surveys using traditional methods. Dropoff/pick-up (DOPU) surveys are an alternative that performs well in some research situations. For studies in small or compact geographic areas, DOPU has achieved higher response rates than mail surveys, although typically at higher costs due to labor and transportation. Other benefits include increased local awareness of research projects and improved outcomes for complex survey projects. Social exchange theory would explain the success of DOPU as due to the method’s personal interaction. Many researchers are unfamiliar with DOPU and prior instructive works are now dated. In an …

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Keefektifan Pendekatan Problem Posing Dan Problem Solving Dalam Pembelajaran Kalkulus Ii, Markus Palobo Dec 2016

Keefektifan Pendekatan Problem Posing Dan Problem Solving Dalam Pembelajaran Kalkulus Ii, Markus Palobo

Jurnal Riset Pendidikan Matematika

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan keefektifan pendekatan problem posing dan problem solving serta membandingkan keefektifan pendekatan problem posing dengan problem solving ditinjau dari sikap mahasiswa terhadap Kalkulus dan prestasi belajar. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian eksperimen semu dengan desain pretest-posttest non equivalent comparison group design. Populasi pada penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa Universitas Musamus Merauke. Sampel penelitian adalah mahasiswa Jurusan Pendidikan Matematika semester II yang dibagi dalam dua kelompok. Pengujian keefektifan pendekatan problem posing dan problem solving menggunakan uji one sample t-test dan untuk mengetahui pendekatan mana yang lebih efektif menggunakan uji independent sample t-test. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) pendekatan …

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Evaluasi Dan Strategi Pengembangan Sma Indonesisch Nerderlandsche School (Ins) Kayutanam, David David, Badrun Kartowagiran, Slamet Prawiro Harjo Dec 2016

Evaluasi Dan Strategi Pengembangan Sma Indonesisch Nerderlandsche School (Ins) Kayutanam, David David, Badrun Kartowagiran, Slamet Prawiro Harjo

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: (1) mengevaluasi SMA INS Kayutanam dan (2) menyusuan strategi pengembangan SMA INS Kayutanam berdasarkan hasil evaluasi tersebut. Pendekatan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Sumber data dalam penelitian ini adalah 50 siswa kelas X dan XI, satu kepala sekolah, empat wakil kepala sekolah, 30 guru, dua pembina asrama dan dua orang dari pemerintahan. Hasil penelitian dibagi dalam dua kelompok yaitu hasil evaluasi dan strategi pengembangan. Berdasarkan hasil evaluasi ditemukan bahwa ada beberapa komponen yang perlu perbaikan yaitu kurikulum, kompetensi pendidik dan tenaga kependidikan, fasilitas, peran serta masyarakat, dana dan organisasi. Strategi pengembangan terdiri …

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Mixed-Mode Surveys Compared With Single Mode Surveys: Trends In Responses And Methods To Improve Completion, Virginia M. Lesser, Lydia D. Newton, Daniel K. Yang, Jean C. Sifneos Dec 2016

Mixed-Mode Surveys Compared With Single Mode Surveys: Trends In Responses And Methods To Improve Completion, Virginia M. Lesser, Lydia D. Newton, Daniel K. Yang, Jean C. Sifneos

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

This article reviews recent trends in modes of conducting surveys and presents results from a series of experiments comparing different approaches for collecting survey data and improving response rates in general population studies. The modes examined include the telephone, mail, and a mixed-mode method which combines mail with Web data collection. A series of studies were conducted by the Oregon State University Survey Research Center from 2006-2014 using probability samples of Oregon residents. Response rates and the percent of respondents completing the questionnaires by Web were compared. The results showed that response rates were increased by modifying the cover letter …

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Assessing The Influence Of Importance Prompt And Box Size On Response To Open-Ended Questions In Mixed Mode Surveys: Evidence On Response Rate And Response Quality, Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Glenn D. Israel Dec 2016

Assessing The Influence Of Importance Prompt And Box Size On Response To Open-Ended Questions In Mixed Mode Surveys: Evidence On Response Rate And Response Quality, Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Glenn D. Israel

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

To understand the thinking behind respondents’ answers, researchers occasionally use open-ended questions. Getting a quality response to open-ended questions can be challenging but attending to the visual design of the question and using a motivational statement in the question can increase item response and data quality. To understand the use of open-ended questions in surveys further, we designed an experiment testing the effect of an importance statement (present/absent) and box size (large/small) on item response rate and response quality in a mixed-mode (web and mail modes) survey. Data for the study came from a survey of Florida Cooperative Extension Service …

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Advances In Survey And Data Analysis Methods For Rural Social Scientists: An Introduction, Glenn D. Israel Dec 2016

Advances In Survey And Data Analysis Methods For Rural Social Scientists: An Introduction, Glenn D. Israel

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Rural sociologists and other rural social scientists have been and continue to be in the forefront of advances in methods for collecting and analyzing high quality social science data. While much of this work is embedded within substantive studies, the focus of this issue is on highlighting lessons learned so that other researchers can incorporate these ideas into the design and conduct of their studies.

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Public Intercept Interviews And Surveys For Gathering Place-Based Perceptions: Observations From Community Water Research In Utah, Courtney G. Flint, Charles Mascher, Zack Oldroyd, Phillip Andre Valle, Elizabeth Wynn, Quinton Cannon, Alexander Brown, Bethany Unger Dec 2016

Public Intercept Interviews And Surveys For Gathering Place-Based Perceptions: Observations From Community Water Research In Utah, Courtney G. Flint, Charles Mascher, Zack Oldroyd, Phillip Andre Valle, Elizabeth Wynn, Quinton Cannon, Alexander Brown, Bethany Unger

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Public intercept interviews provide a useful data gathering method for assessing locally salient topics. We describe a recent project to highlight public water perspectives in parks in two Utah cities, and we focus on the methodological considerations to expand applications of the public intercept survey method. Combining demographic survey information with open-ended interview data allows for validating samples against census information. An expanded informed consent process allows participants to make selections regarding data use and identification. New technologies enable a paperless process and data management opportunities as well as challenges. Participants were largely willing to allow use of interview audio …

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Another Look At Likert Scales, Fern K. Willits, Gene L. Theodori, A. E. Luloff Dec 2016

Another Look At Likert Scales, Fern K. Willits, Gene L. Theodori, A. E. Luloff

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Perhaps the most widely used means for assessing survey respondents’ personal attitudes consists of a series of stem-statements followed by an odd or even number of ordered, bipolar-named categories. Such statements, known as Likert items, are named for Rensis Likert whose classic studies of attitude measurement were first published in 1932. Almost from the beginning, methodologists and psychometric scholars have raised questions concerning the number of items deemed necessary to form an attitude scale, the number and meaning of various answer categories, and the appropriate statistical methods to use in analyzing the resulting data. These deliberations are summarized. We conclude …

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Developing Formative Authentic Assessment Instruments Based On Learning Trajectory For Elementary School, Anesa Surya, Aman Aman Dec 2016

Developing Formative Authentic Assessment Instruments Based On Learning Trajectory For Elementary School, Anesa Surya, Aman Aman

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education)

This research aims to (1) develop research formative authentic assessment instruments based on learning trajectory that is eligible for the fourth grade students of elementary schools; and (2) develop formative authentic assessment instruments based on learning trajectory that is effective for the fourth grade students of elementary schools. This developmental study refers to the model developed by Borg & Gall. The developmental design was grouped into four development procedures, consisting of: (a) Exploration, (b) development of the draft/prototype, (c) product testing and revisions, and (d) final validation. The experimental subjects are some pilot project elementary schools which used Curriculum 2013 …

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Validity And Reliability Of Pre-Class Reading Tasks For Waves And Optics (Prt-Wo), Asrab Ali Nur Faralina, Ayop Shahrul Kadri, Abdullah Nurul Syafiqah Yap Dec 2016

Validity And Reliability Of Pre-Class Reading Tasks For Waves And Optics (Prt-Wo), Asrab Ali Nur Faralina, Ayop Shahrul Kadri, Abdullah Nurul Syafiqah Yap

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education)

This study aims to produce a valid and reliable instrument in preparing students prior to class at university level of introductory Waves and Optics course. The instrument so called Pre-class Reading Task for Waves and Optics (PRT-WO) was used to probe students' knowledge acquired through targeted reading activities. In practice, PRT-WO was given in a series before actual face-to-face class as a reading assignment. PRT-WO was content validated through expert review which was analyzed using the interrater reliability Cohen's kappa. An item analysis was done to identify inappropriate items further evaluated using the reliability test of Kuder-Richardson 20 (KR20). The …

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Back Matters, The Editors Dec 2016

Back Matters, The Editors

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education)

No abstract provided.

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Humor In The Teaching Of Writing: A Microethnographic Approach, Christian F. Hempelmann Dec 2016

Humor In The Teaching Of Writing: A Microethnographic Approach, Christian F. Hempelmann

Faculty Publications

This paper presents the content of a critical thinking and writing course, along with similar courses derived from it, designed around the topic of humor and culminating in a microethnographic investigation of humor in students’ lives. The aims of the paper are threefold: to offer a general rationale for using humor in the writing classroom; to illustrate different types of potentials and dangers of such an approach; and to suggest extensions of the findings to the second-language writing classroom. The paper offers texts, writing prompts, and activities for instructors teaching classes that focus on the writing process in a first …

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Mending Invisible Wounds: The Efficacy And Legality Of Mdma-Assisted Psychotherapy In United States' Veterans Suffering With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Jonathan Perry Dec 2016

Mending Invisible Wounds: The Efficacy And Legality Of Mdma-Assisted Psychotherapy In United States' Veterans Suffering With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Jonathan Perry

Journal of Law and Health

Though Veteran Affairs has provided crucial life sustaining—and often lifesaving—treatments to returning soldiers, the substantial and ever-increasing rates of veteran suicides, drug addictions, and criminal behavior indicate a need for broader options in treatment. One of the most profound discoveries uncovered through MDMA-assisted psychotherapy research is MDMA’s facilitation of the alleviation of addictive behavior in subjects, and, as a result, an alleviation of addictions in general. Addiction is one of the key symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and drug abuse plays a large role in the other afflictions suffered by veterans, namely criminal activity and a high rate of …

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