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Disaster Reporting In Indonesian National Online Media: Agenda Setting And Sentiment Analysis, Erwin Rasyid, Erni Saharuddin, Zahro Varisna Rohmadani

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

In the context of disasters, the mass media is one of the main sources of information for the community. Mass media, as a communication channel, can be utilized as a disaster management system to mitigate the impact of disaster risk. However, disaster events are often treated as commodities by the mass media to attract audience attention. This study analyzes the agenda-setting and sentiment of disaster news coverage by national online media in Indonesia. It uses the Agenda-Setting Theory of McCombs and Shaw to explore how media agenda-setting relates to disaster issues. This research employs a descriptive quantitative approach using sentiment …

Implementation Of Violations Of The Ite Law Article 27 Verse (2) Of 2016 Concerning Promotion Of Online Gambling By Influencers In Indonesia, Mohammad Fawaid Pradika, Lukman Taufik Tri Hidayat, Achmad Habib Dwi Prakoso, Aasim Ahmad Khan

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

The 2016 Electronic Information and Transactions Law (UU ITE) which was created by the government to tackle cyber problems has generated a lot of controversy, one of which is the regulation governing online gambling and its promotion in Article 27 verse (2) of the ITE Law. A number of influencers violate these regulations by using social media to promote online gambling, which carries a moral burden of influence in promoting illegal products, to provide good universal service to the community. Furthermore, as someone who has many followers, one influencer also has high public interest which requires, as someone who is …

The (Im)Possibility Of Anti-Systemic Politics: Uprisings, Exilic Spaces, And Alain Badiou, Jason C. Mueller

Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis

The world-system is in crisis, and a flurry of uprisings challenge the mantra that 'there is no alternative' to capitalism. However, some questions remain. What will replace the global capitalist mode of production, and how will those aspiring to transform the system do so? These questions are of relevance to three separate but related domains of research: (1) the study of anti-systemic movements by world-systems analysts; (2) the study of exilic spaces by scholars using an anarchist perspective; and (3) the work of French Philosopher Alain Badiou. This article stages a discussion between these three areas, locating areas in each …

Knowledge Tools For Communication And The Profit Motive, Arthur Suciu

Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis

This article explores the limits and risks of the domination of the profit ideology outside the economic field, especially in universities and scientific research. The ideology of profit, which starts from relativist premises, justifies its domination by rejecting any kind of radical ideology. As such, the ideology of profit has a totalitarian character. Given that the market instrumentalizes both university training and scientific research, challenging the ideology of profit requires theories and methods that do not correspond to the logic of profit, but instead enable a radical critique of capitalism.

Vol. 23, No. 10 - Whole No. 77, David Bratman

Mythprint

Mythprint is the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local and written discussion groups.

Vol. 23, No. 9 - Whole No. 76, David Bratman

Mythprint

Mythprint is the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local and written discussion groups.

Vol. 21, No. 5 - Whole No. 48, David Bratman

Mythprint

Mythprint is the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local and written discussion groups.

How Music Genres Affect Test Anxiety Among Third-Grade Elementary Students, Amy Summersett Ardovino

Masters Theses

This descriptive case study investigates the effects of classical, rap, electronic, and jazz genres of music played during a test administered to third-grade elementary students. Many studies focus on three main genres, such as classical, rock, and popular music, and not new, emerging popular music genres. With learning performance being a primary concern in education, it is beneficial to ascertain if different music genres affect anxiety in third-grade elementary students. Third-grade students serve as the population for this study; the sample involves 123 third-grade students from Chelsea Park Elementary School. This study implemented the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAI-CH) …

Restoring Priority On Cultural Skill Sets For Modern Military Professionals, Daniel W. Henk, Allison Abbe

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

The Department of Defense has failed to distinguish and sustain cultural education relative to foreign language and regional expertise, putting servicemembers at a competitive disadvantage in developing skills to engage other cultures. This article draws on recent retrospective publications and multidisciplinary social science perspectives but goes beyond them to argue for social science approaches to culture, department-wide efforts to revive culture education, and an improved transition of sociocultural research to practice. Policy and military practitioners will benefit from understanding how culture-general skills complement other important skills in the human domain and from implementing its recommendations.

The Perception And Lived Experiences Of African International Students During Their Studies In The United States Colleges And Universities: A Phenomenological Study, Ebere V. Chukwuezi

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to explore the lived experience and perceptions adapting to the process of college-level education for African international students at a four-year college in the southeastern United States. The theory that guided this study was Berry’s acculturation theory, which categorizes individual adaptation strategies into two dimensions. This study was guided by acculturation theory aligned with the central research question and sub-questions. Participants who completed their studies or were current students at the university were selected through purposeful and snowball sampling. Data was collected through individual interviews, online surveys, and focus groups and analyzed …

Speech-Language Pathologists’ Perceptions Of A Clinical Doctorate In Speech-Language Pathology: A Phenomenological Study, Dawn Mckee

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the perspectives of speech-language pathologists regarding a clinical doctorate as a potential entry-level degree for practicing speech-language pathologists. The central research question sought to determine the overall attitudes of speech-language pathologists about a clinical doctorate. The theories guiding this study were social constructionism and experiential learning theory, as this study attempted to construct the perceived reality of practicing speech-language pathologists regarding clinical doctorates and involved their educational and work experiences. The methodology utilized was transcendental phenomenology and included three data collection approaches: interviews, letter-writing, and focus groups. The data were analyzed …

Examining Influences Of Academic Resilience Among Minority Adolescent Students, Sylvia Alice Okpon

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This quantitative and correlational study aimed to investigate which variables of minority adolescent students promote academic resilience and focus on African American and Hispanic students within a public charter school located in Southeast Texas. Grounded on resilience theory, the research investigated the cognitive and emotional regulation of students and student–teacher connections in the process of academic resilience. A purposive sample composed of more than 100 students was used to collect data using the Cognitive Emotional Regulation Questionnaire, the Inventory of the Student–Teacher Relationship, and the Academic Resilience Scale for an online survey. Data analysis indicated that cognitive and emotional resilience …

Cultural Influence On Recruiting Middle School Children To The Jordanian Nai Choir, Diana Samir Talhami

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Social practices influenced the recruitment of middle school children to the Nai choir despite the rich Jordanian culture. This research addressed beliefs, cultural dynamics, social values, and strategies to identify a critical gap in the literature regarding the recruitment of middle school students to the Nai choir. To understand students’ enrollment challenges, the researcher examined community perspectives related to the Jordanian culture, socioeconomic status, communication between students and community, beliefs, and values. Furthermore, exploring the age perspectives of middle school students was essential. The culture of these students also influenced their decision and motivation to join the choir. This study …

Cultural Expression And Liturgical Theology In The Worship Songs Sung By British-Born Chinese, James Yat-Man Tang, Jeremy Perigo

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

Multilingual and multicultural worship can take on many models and expressions. Initially, Chinese immigration to the UK in the 1950s and 1960s led to an increased population of churches. Many Chinese church services were conducted in Cantonese, catering to the needs of first-generation immigrants, mainly from Hong Kong. Yet, the children of these older generations grew up with a bicultural hybridized identity expressed first in small English-speaking youth groups that led to English-speaking worship services within Chinese churches. Contributing to the field of worship studies through music repertoire studies over four weeks in June and July 2017 at Birmingham Chinese …

Scientific Authorial Voice: Incorporating Explicit Instruction In Undergraduate Chemistry Courses, Emma L. Becker

Masters Theses

The effective development of undergraduate chemistry students for success in professional and academic careers involves emphases on content knowledge and on writing and authorial voice. Unfortunately, most undergraduate chemistry instruction wholly neglects writing and authorial voice instruction in favor of content knowledge instruction. This results in the development of chemistry students who know the content of their field but not how to communicate that knowledge or how to enter the chemistry discourse with their own research. This integrative review identified 71 pieces of scholarly literature and synthesized these sources to reconceptualize writing instruction in undergraduate chemistry and propose explicit instruction …

Discovering The Value Of Decision-Making Through Meaningful Experiences During High School Marching Band, William V. Reese

Masters Theses

This paper reviews the decision-making skills that can be acquired during a young musician’s life while participating in the marching band. Marching band can have a major effect on a person’s life, and many things can be connected to the life practices of a civilized adult. Characteristics of good judgment can be exercised when participating in a marching band. There are a lot of decisional practices that can be displayed in the growth of a scholarly musician and their journey to becoming a responsible adult. The purpose of school is to prepare the youth for adulthood choices and marching band …

A Causal-Comparative Study Of Reading Motivation And Reading Achievement In Middle School Special Education Students Of Black, Hispanic, And White Descent, Anisha L. Mendez

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this quantitative, causal-comparative study is to determine if there is a difference between reading motivation and reading achievement of middle school special education students of Black, Hispanic, and White descent. The importance of this study was to close reading gaps between ethnic groups. This study was conducted in four middle schools in a suburban area in Northeast Georgia. Participants included 58 Black=Group 1, 35 Hispanic=Group 2, and 33 White=Group 3 middle school special education students with a total of 126 students. The research questions guided this causal-comparative study with the following: (a) Is there a difference between …

Cultural Motivations And Effects Of Live Game Streaming, Gordon David Littleford

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Live game streaming combines many of the social mechanisms and cultural impacts of social media with the entertainment and social impacts of traditional media. Live game streaming (LGS) is growing in audience size and engagement. Further, the financial impact of LGS is rising to the level of Hollywood films and the music industry. As such this study focused on how the communicative environment of live game streaming impacts the live game streaming culture at large, as well as the effects on both the individual streamers and their communities during live game streams. The emergent design of this qualitative digital ethnography …

Investigating High School Students' Engagement And Presence In Foreign Language Learning Using Virtual Reality: A Quasi-Experimental Study, Nibras Clapp

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this quasi-experimental, nonequivalent control group study was to determine if a statistically significant difference existed in the engagement and presence of high school foreign language learners who used virtual reality in their language learning and those who used traditional methods. This study seeks to add to the existing literature by bridging the gap of understanding related to increasing the proficiency of foreign language learners. A convenience sample of 158 high school students was drawn from a school district in the southeast of the United States. The study utilized the user engagement scale and the presence questionnaire, with …

Reading Tolkien In Chinese: Religion, Fantasy, And Translation (2024) By Eric Reinders, Giovanni Carmine Costabile

Journal of Tolkien Research

Book review, by Giovanni Carmine Constabile, of Reading Tolkien in Chinese: Religion, Fantasy, and Translation (2024) by Eric Reinders

Effect Of Covid-19 On Access To Language Services Among Pediatric Hospital Providers In The United States: A Cross-Sectional Survey, Sheela Gavvala, Jessica Gonzalez, Kaleigh Riggs, Raymond Parlar-Chun

Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk

Objectives: To survey pediatric hospitalists about their perceptions on 1) access to interpreter services, 2) how the COVID-19 pandemic affected access to interpreter services, and 3) methods and barriers to providing discharge instructions for families who prefer languages other than English (LOE).

Methods:

A cross sectional, observational study was conducted utilizing an online survey via REDCap that was distributed on the Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) LISTSERV® from February 23 to March 23, 2022. Inclusion criteria included faculty and advanced practice providers who practice medicine in a hospital setting greater than 50% of their clinical time as well as medical students, …

Pic-Wrap: A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Terms In Online Contracting, Emily Smoot

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

Modern online contracts—often categorized as click-wrap, scroll-wrap, and browse-wrap agreements—are rarely read by users. Even if users attempt to read them, the use of long paragraphs and complex language creates a barrier for the average user to understand what they are agreeing to. Issues surrounding online contract formation have sparked litigation in recent years to determine the enforceability of these agreements. The current standard used by courts to determine the enforceability of online contact terms is whether the design of the interface would put the reasonably prudent user on inquiry notice of their existence. The standard of adequate notice has …

High Functioning Females And Dating, Myla M. Streander

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The autism population in Southwest Florida does not have resources in the community to assist them with general living skills, social skills, job skills, and relationship skills. The research shows that autistic females have been ignored for years as they do not present autism the same as males. This means that instead of being independent and functional, they depend on the government for complete assistance. The study completed involved nine women with autism ages 18-35 to record their experiences and what gaps in the practice need to be addressed. This study was completed via Zoom and phone interviews, depending on …

Elementary Teachers’ Experiences Supporting Struggling Readers Within Social Studies, Kelly Pizani

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Success in social studies is imperative, as civic literacy skills are used by students to become critical consumers of information and support making informed decisions. The problem is that teachers are making instructional shifts to support literacy performance and provide instruction for struggling readers in third and fourth grade to read, comprehend, and apply social studies disciplinary literacy skills within social studies text-based sources, but lack the appropriate preparation and support to effectively meet the needs of their students. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore third and fourth-grade teachers’ experiences supporting struggling readers to read, comprehend, …

A Comparative Analysis Of Mental Health Professionals’ Duty To Warn Across The United States: The Need For Clearly Defined Laws In Light Of Recent Mass Shootings, Alexis M. Hulfachor

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

As rates of mass shootings continue to rise in the United States, the public and legislatures have searched for solutions to curb such violence. Many public officials have turned to mental health professionals’ duty to warn as a way to prevent acts of mass violence in the future. In light of the critical role mental health professionals play in preventing harm to the public, this Note addresses whether clearly defined duty-to-warn laws could help mental health professionals identify serious threats and interrupt acts of violence in the future. This Note explores the various types of duty-to-warn statutes across the United …

Teacher Candidates’ Engagement In Practitioner Inquiry Within An Equity-Centered Initial Teacher Preparation Program: Illuminating Equity’S Presence And Pitfalls, Lauren Weisberg, Blake Beckett, Nancy Fichtman Dana, Michelle Commeret, Rachel Silva

Journal of Practitioner Research

Growing numbers of initial teacher preparation programs are incorporating practitioner inquiry into clinical field experiences due to its proven capacity to empower educators and learners. To uphold practitioner inquiry’s tradition of interrogating the current culture of pedagogy, scholars advocate for an equity-centered approach to inquiry in these programs. We investigated the efficacy of such an approach by exploring how equity manifested, and was threatened, in teacher candidates' inquiries in an equity-centered program rooted in the cross-pollination of Universal Design for Learning and culturally sustaining pedagogy. Our findings indicate that while equity-centered teacher preparation programs have potential in nurturing teacher candidates’ …

Building Culturally Sustaining Learning Spaces With Immigrant Families And Young Bilingual Children During Pandemic Remote Learning, Alisha Nguyen

Journal of Practitioner Research

This practitioner inquiry provides a critical reflection of my teaching practices as a multilingual immigrant early childhood educator who attempted to build partnerships with immigrant families during the COVID-19 pandemic. This partnership allowed me to collaborate with 39 caregivers and 42 emergent bilingual children from the Metro and Greater Boston Areas to design and implement a family engagement and remote learning program called Home Connection. Using culturally sustaining pedagogy to guide curriculum design, pedagogy, and family engagement, this paper presents what I have sought to sustain while teaching in the Home Connection program. The findings reveal that through the Home …

The Factorial Structure Of The Self-Control And Self-Management (Smcs) Scale Using Exploratory And Confirmatory Factor Analysis Among Jordanian University Students, Mo’En S. Alnasraween, Marwan S.A. Al-Samadi

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

This study used both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis to examine the factorial structure of the self-control and self-management scale (SCMS). The study sample was made up of 1159 students from public and private universities; they were chosen using a convenient sampling technique. The Mezo (2009) scale consisted of 17 items after it was translated into Arabic. A descriptive analytical methodology was adopted for this study. The study's findings revealed that the (SCMS) scale had acceptable psychometric qualities. Moreover, the factorial structure was validated using exploratory factor analysis, which revealed the presence of three principal factors: self-monitoring, self-evaluating, and self-reinforcing, …

The Virtual Landscape Of German Language Learning And Teaching In Social Media, Akra Chowchong

Journal of Letters

This paper aims to study the linguistic landscape in the virtual domain of online language instruction. It analyzes the various semiotic forms used by language teaching Facebook pages in their materials and advertisements. The corpus of the study consists of 10 Thai Facebook pages that teach German as a foreign language. The analysis includes 36 profile pictures, 59 cover photos and a total of 1,879 posts. The findings indicate that the majority of these pages predominantly use semiotic elements that index Germany when teaching or discussing German, despite the fact that German is also an official language in Austria and …

Computational Approaches To Bilingualism In Spanish Education: A Database For Natural Science Students, Federico Ortega Riba

International Programs

Terminographic resources in Spain, including databases, glossaries, and multilingual dictionaries created by Royal Academies and other organizations are generally designed for experts, rarely to young students. The Ministry of Education and Vocational Training aims to strengthen multilingual and technological skills by the end of Primary Education and promote open educational resources. However, there is a lack of linguistic infrastructure for students in bilingual (Spanish-English) subjects. This work compiles a corpus to analyze common terms in Natural Science, resulting in a database to meet the terminological needs of students aged six to twelve, proposed as a future reference for teachers and …