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Tiktok: A New Source Of Labor, Max Oxendine

Comm-entary

In my research paper TikTok as a new source of labor is elaborated upon. The social media platform that originated in 2016 allows you to watch or create videos anywhere from 15 seconds to 3 minutes long. Some content that can be seen or made on TikTok tends to be videos that are entertaining, informative, or in most cases the newest dance trend. In my research paper I wanted to dive deeper into if this new popular app could be a reliable source of labor? Becoming a paid social media influencer does not occur overnight and success is not just …

Bucwild, Morgan Mcclanahan

Undergraduate Honors Theses

BucWild is a student-led organization, by the students for the students. We are closing the gap between student life and athletics through social media. We believe that in order for students to have the best experience possible at ETSU, involvement is crucial. In May of 2021, we began our mission to launch this organization for the 2021-2022 school year. Here is an in-depth look at how we did this.

Law Enforcement Policy And Personnel Responses To Terrorism: Do Prior Attacks Predict Current Preparedness?, Bryce Kirk

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Terrorism has been on the mind of the American people and politicians alike since the 9/11 attacks over two decades ago. In the years since, there has been a massive shift in law enforcement priorities from community-oriented policing (COP) to homeland security-oriented policing. This was especially evident in the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shortly after the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001, which was established to aid law enforcement entities with terrorism preparedness. While prior literature has addressed a variety of factors that have contributed to terrorism preparedness, very little research has …

Recruiting And Retaining Generation Z, Dylan Klim

Faculty and Staff Publications & Presentations

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Hbcu Athletic Administrators' Perception Toward Creating A Graduate Level Curriculum For Directors Of Athletics, Kevin Granger

Dissertations (2016-Present)

The purpose of this study was to investigate historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) athletic administrators (i.e., Directors of Athletics, Senior Women Administrators, Commissioners) perceptions of curriculum development and design of a graduate (doctoral) level curriculum for athletic programs. Few studies were reported in the literature of researchers investigating variables affecting the operation, effectiveness and curriculum development of athletics at HBCUs. Athletics curriculum continues to be debated amongst this discipline’s educators. Athletic directors (ADs) in institutions of higher education are the chief administrators of their respective athletic departments. Davis (2002) explains that ADs are consequently praised for the success or …

Cost Of Attendance And Competitive Balance In The Ncaa Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Michelle Calica Coyner

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) justifies its power and regulatory structure as necessary to promote competitive balance. Despite this, there is limited research on the efficacy of NCAA policies that were implemented with the intention of supporting more parity in Division I conferences. This study examined whether the 2015 cost of attendance (COA) policy was associated with competitive balance in various groups within the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. Through the lenses of the Matthew Effect and policy design theory, this study aimed to understand how NCAA policies may hurt or help inequality in college sport. Although not all …

How Does Gender And Race Discrimination Produce A Wage-Gap Pay In Professional Sports And Its Effects?, Phillip Ferranola

Academic Festival

Gender and race discrimination in all different sports are seen as two types of prejudice actions that are active and are seen in the lives of those people for significant time now. All different sports throughout the world display a preference towards either one gender or another and even have a type of favoritism that contributes towards a wage-pay gap for all professional sports players. Also, many sports over the years now display a liking of a certain race of sports players which results in a lot of tension of morale and wage pay. Laws that were adopted, like the …

The Troubles In Northern Ireland, James Daniele

Academic Festival

Ireland and England have a long and conflicting history with one another. English presence in Ireland started in 1169, but England’s first attempt to colonize Ireland took place during the 1500s-1600s. Ever since the 1500s, Ireland has been one of England’s colonies and is known for being one of their oldest colonies. On December 6, 1922, the Republic of Ireland was created as a free state independent from the United Kingdom. The remaining six Northern counties stayed with the United Kingdom and became known as Northern Ireland. From 1968-1998, religion divided the two communities in Northern Ireland, between the Catholics …

Academic Pressure: The Negative Impact On Adolescents Mental Health, Kristen Bruno

Academic Festival

This paper talks about the roots of where academic pressure stems from and the effect it has on the mental health of adolescents.

Professional Athletes Using Their Social Media And Public Image To Effectively Facilitate Social Change, Mia Sansanelli

Academic Festival

Athlete activism has been a long-standing tradition of standing up for injustices taking place within the United States. American sociologist Dr. Harry Edwards documented four waves of athlete activism starting in the 1930s through the 2010s and predicted a fifth one, which we are now watching come to fruition in the present day. This ongoing tradition stems from an unspoken responsibility for athletes of color to step up and speak up on behalf of those who came before them who were silenced, also referred to as The Heritage. This paper highlights Colin Kaepernick as the catalyst for the fourth …

Impact Of The Virus On Child’S Development, Caroline Wax

Academic Festival

Children’s developmental phases have been construed over the last year by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The early years in children’s development are very important because every action affects their brain and stimulates a reaction for the rest of their lives. The sudden change in children’s daily lives affects their understanding of how a normal day should be. Children are developing anxiety disorders which has led to a spike in childhood obesity because of the lack of structure in the child’s day. Children are trying to grasp an understanding of the virus in correlation to the family’s financial status …

The Family History Of Christopher L. Clough, Christopher Clough

Your Family in History: HIST 550/700

This essay explores five generations of the family history of Christopher Clough (1987- ). The history recorded dates back to the late 19^th century and traces the migration of ancestors from Canada, Great Britain, and the American South to metro Detroit to participate in the birth of the automotive industry. Much of the history takes place in Dearborn, Michigan. Other localities in Michigan explored include Inkster, Dearborn Heights, Nankin Township, Alpena, and Highland Park. Clough’s ancestors also came from surrounding communities in Ontario, Canada, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. The Ford Motor Company is heavily featured.

The Nil Agreement And Social Media: A Content Analysis, Scott Smith

Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects

The Name, Image and Likeness Agreement has opened hundreds of doors for college athletics to make money based on their "likeness" and not their performance on the field. This new agreement levels the playing field for all athletes in college. Through a content analysis this paper will take a look at how the NIL is being discussed in various media channels such as TikTok and how this agreement is affecting the student athlete experience. Not every athlete is striking mega deals, but with this agreement everyone from Junior college to Division 1 has the opportunity to make money through avenues …

Effective Strategies For Student Employee Retention And Development In Higher Education, Jennifer Abbott

Masters Projects

Research has indicated that employment within student affairs divisions at higher education institutions offer environments in which students can apply the knowledge they have gained, as well as acquire new competencies, helping them to build solid foundations for their futures. This project explores the connection between student employment within higher education, academic retention, and student employee development. Supervisors of student employees in student affairs divisions are in a position to use effective tools such as assessment, critical feedback, strategic learning outcomes, and student development theories to build leadership capacities, create effective and essential mentor relationships, and prepare students with transferable …

Hawk's Herald -- Apr. 28, 2022, Roger Williams University

Hawk's Herald

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New Multimedia Resources For Ecological Resilience Education In Modern University Classrooms, Katharine F. E. Hogan, Julie A. Fowler, Conor D. Barnes, Alison K. Ludwig, Dominic J. Cristiano, Daniel Morales, Rubi Quiñones, Dirac L. Twidwell Jr, Jenny Dauer

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Solutions to global problems such as climate change and biodiversity loss require educational frameworks and accompanying teaching resources that are theory-based, interdisciplinary, and accessible to broad undergraduate and graduate student audiences. Ecological resilience theory (ERT) is a framework with established interdisciplinary application to complex global problems, but despite an emphasis on the utility of resilience in national higher education frameworks, we found that many current ecology textbooks incorporate multiple definitions and highly variable amounts of discussion on core resilience concepts. To facilitate the use of innovative teaching resources in ERT in universities, this paper describes four free multimedia tools and …

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

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Sr 21-22-38 Ucc, Marshall University Faculty Senate

Recommendations

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Sr 21-22-37, Marshall University Faculty Senate

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Sr 21-22-39 Ucc, Marshall University Faculty Senate

Recommendations

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Sr 21-22-41, Marshall University Faculty Senate

Recommendations

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The Utah Statesman, April 25, 2022, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Program Review: Communication Department, University Of Nebraska At Kearney Department Of Communication

Academic Program Reviews

No abstract provided.

The Free Press Vol. 53, April 04-25-2022, Cullen Mcintyre

Free Press, The

Masking required at first in=person commencement ceremony since beginning of pandemic--USM will hold the first in=person Students Leadership Awards Gala in several years--Spring Fling returns to USM following a break caused by the pandemic

Volunteering: A Viable Alternative Work Experience For University Students?, Carl Evans, Z Yusuf

Plymouth Business School

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Student-Athlete Well-Being At The University Of Montana, Olivia Oosterbaan

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

Student-Athlete Well-Being at the University of Montana

Psychology

At the University of Montana, there are very few resources and outlets for student-athletes to talk about the challenges that come with high-pressure situations in competition and during everyday life. There is also a large stigma in athletics about addressing the many issues and struggles that student-athletes face. My goal is to give the athletic program at the University of Montana a different perspective on the student-athlete lifestyle. This research project will focus on creating a social media profile and website for student-athletes at the University of Montana concentrating resources to support …

Rtx 300: Foundations Of Recreational Therapy Oer Curation, Chealsye Bowley

Curated OER Collections

This OER curation is an annotated bibliography of prospective OER for the GVSU course RTX 300: Foundations of Recreational Therapy, assembled by request from the instructor.

Exploring Cognitive Associations Of Athletes’ Activism Through Social Issue Primes: A Convergent Analysis, Anthony Ciaramella

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Contemporary athletes are using their platforms to discuss more social activism issues than ever before. This dissertation examines how attitudes and perceptions of activist athletes may differ based on the social activism issues they advocate for. Further, how different social activism issues may prime individuals to associate different gender and racial stereotypes to the athletes involved. To accomplish this goal, a mixed methods convergent approach was used to explore how certain social activism issues and athletes’ level of activism involvement alter perceptions of the issues and the athletes themselves. This approach combines findings from study 1, in-depth interviews with sports …

The George-Anne Daily, Georgia Southern University

George-Anne Media Group: Newsletters & Magazines

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Avina Sports:A Case Study Of Organic Growth, Mahesh Chandra Joshi, Jagdeep Singh, Amit Kakkar, Jasneet Kaur, Mukta Kukreja

Management Dynamics

The global market for sports was worth between $600-$700 billion. Significant growth prospects in the market were expected because of Socio Political changes, commercialization of sports in developing nations and increased competitiveness. Indian Sports Goods Industry had a century old history and it prospered due to the skills and expertise of its workforce. The world of sports goods complement the passion India has for sports. The Indian market for sports goods was valued at US$ 2 billion in 2012-13 and estimated to reach over US$ 4 billion by 2018. In 2014–15, the UK, the US, the UAE, Australia, South Africa …