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Ssrn As An Initial Revolution In Academic Knowledge Aggregation And Dissemination, David Bray, Sascha Vitzthum, Benn Konsynski Jan 2010

Ssrn As An Initial Revolution In Academic Knowledge Aggregation And Dissemination, David Bray, Sascha Vitzthum, Benn Konsynski

Sascha Vitzthum

Within this paper we consider our results of using the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) over a period of 18 months to distribute our working papers to the research community. Our experiences have been quite positive, with SSRN serving as a platform both to inform our colleagues about our research as well as inform us about related research (through email and telephoned conversations of colleagues who discovered our paper on SSRN). We then discuss potential future directions for SSRN to consider, and how SSRN might well represent an initial revolution in 21st century academic knowledge aggregation and dissemination. Our paper …


Culturalización Y Segregación, George Yudice Dec 2008

Culturalización Y Segregación, George Yudice

George Yúdice

No abstract provided.


The Green Acres Effect: The Need For A New Colorectal Cancer Screening Campaign Tailored To Rural Audiences, Michelle Campo, N. Askelson, Tracy Rothsong Nov 2008

The Green Acres Effect: The Need For A New Colorectal Cancer Screening Campaign Tailored To Rural Audiences, Michelle Campo, N. Askelson, Tracy Rothsong

Michelle L. Campo

National health communication campaign developers have ignored rural audiences in campaign development and testing, despite the health disparities that exist for this group. Researchers in a rural Midwestern state tested the appropriateness of CDC's national colorectal cancer screening campaign, Screen for Life. Based on focus groups and a quasiexperimental design evaluation, researchers determined that the national campaign did not adequately address the needs of the rural audience. A new print and radio campaign was developed based on previous findings, grounded in social marketing and the health belief model. New tailored campaign materials were refined in focus groups. Final versions were …


Towards Self-Organizing, Smart Business Networks: Let’S Create ‘Life’ From Inert Information, David Bray, Benn Konsynski Nov 2008

Towards Self-Organizing, Smart Business Networks: Let’S Create ‘Life’ From Inert Information, David Bray, Benn Konsynski

David A. Bray

We review three different theories that can inform how researchers can determine the performance of smart business networks, to include: (1) the Theory of Evolution, (2) the Knowledge-Based Theory of the Firm, and (3) research insights into computers and cognition. We suggest that each of these theories demonstrate that to be generally perceived as smart, an organism needs to be self-organizing, communicative, and tool-making. Consequentially, to determine the performance of a smart business network, we suggest that researchers need to determine the degree to which it is self-organizing, communicative, and tool-making. We then relate these findings to the Internet and …


International Terrorism:Role ,Responsibility And Operation Of Media Channles, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr Nov 2008

International Terrorism:Role ,Responsibility And Operation Of Media Channles, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr

Ratnesh Dwivedi

"Terrorism" is a term that cannot be given a stable defintion. Or rather, it can, but to do so forstalls any attempt to examine the major feature of its relation to television in the contemporary world. As the central public arena for organising ways of picturing and talking about social and political life, TV plays a pivotal role in the contest between competing defintions, accounts and explanations of terrorism. Which term is used in any particular context is inextricably tied to judgemements about the legitimacy of the action in question and of the political system against which it is directed. …


The Era Of Greed Is Over, Michael I. Niman Ph.D. Nov 2008

The Era Of Greed Is Over, Michael I. Niman Ph.D.

Michael I Niman Ph.D.

Why has socialism got such a bad rap in the US? Just check who controls the flow of information, writes Michael I. Niman


Jogelmélet Jog Nélkül? [Legal Theory Without Law?], Péter Cserne Nov 2008

Jogelmélet Jog Nélkül? [Legal Theory Without Law?], Péter Cserne

Péter Cserne

No abstract provided.


A Major Transformation, Joseph Turow Nov 2008

A Major Transformation, Joseph Turow

Joseph Turow

We argue strenuously, strenuously against the naive sentimentalism on the part of companies that insist "We love all our customers and we love all our customers the same." -advertising executive quoted in Advertising Age, March 1995 [These customers] don't spend much money with you now/aren't big spenders in the category with your competitors and, for whatever reason, lack the capacity to increase consumption in your category in the future....If you can avoid recruiting them into your program from the beginning, do so. In many cases, however, until they have joined the program, you have no way of assessing their value....The …


Studying Readers' Participation Channels In Newspapers, Heinonen, Domingo, Quandt, Jane Singer Oct 2008

Studying Readers' Participation Channels In Newspapers, Heinonen, Domingo, Quandt, Jane Singer

Jane B. Singer

No abstract provided.


How User Participation Is Reshaping Online Journalism Practices, Paulussen, Domingo, Quandt, Jane Singer Oct 2008

How User Participation Is Reshaping Online Journalism Practices, Paulussen, Domingo, Quandt, Jane Singer

Jane B. Singer

No abstract provided.


Barbarians At The Gate? Journalism Of Shared Space, Jane Singer Oct 2008

Barbarians At The Gate? Journalism Of Shared Space, Jane Singer

Jane B. Singer

No abstract provided.


Creative License: A Conversation About Music, Sampling And Fair Use, Kembrew Mcleod Oct 2008

Creative License: A Conversation About Music, Sampling And Fair Use, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Participatory Journalism Practices In The Media And Beyond, David Domingo, Thorsten Quandt, Ari Heinonen, Jane Singer, Marina Vujnovic Sep 2008

Participatory Journalism Practices In The Media And Beyond, David Domingo, Thorsten Quandt, Ari Heinonen, Jane Singer, Marina Vujnovic

Jane B. Singer

This article is a contribution to the debate on audience participation in online media with a twofold aim: (1) making conceptual sense of the phenomenon of participatory journalism in the framework of journalism research, and (2) determining the forms that it is taking in eight European countries and the United States. First, participatory journalism is considered in the context of the historical evolution of public communication. A methodological strategy for systematically analysing citizen participation opportunities in the media is then proposed and applied. A sample of 16 online newspapers offers preliminary data that suggest news organisations are interpreting online user …


Review Of Branded Male By Mark Tungate (2008), James Pokrywczynski Sep 2008

Review Of Branded Male By Mark Tungate (2008), James Pokrywczynski

James Pokrywczynski

No abstract provided.


Communication And Relationships In Cultural, Intercultural, And Cross-Cultural Perspective: An Ethnographic Journey, Kristine Fitch Sep 2008

Communication And Relationships In Cultural, Intercultural, And Cross-Cultural Perspective: An Ethnographic Journey, Kristine Fitch

Kristine Muñoz

No abstract provided.


Rights Of Teachers, Marsha L. Matthews Sep 2008

Rights Of Teachers, Marsha L. Matthews

Marsha Matthews

No abstract provided.


Barbarians At The Gate Or Liberators In Disguise? Journalists, Users And A Changing Media World, Jane Singer Aug 2008

Barbarians At The Gate Or Liberators In Disguise? Journalists, Users And A Changing Media World, Jane Singer

Jane B. Singer

No abstract provided.


Hellenisms (Iii), "Reel" Hellenisms: Perceptions Of Greece In Greek Cinema (Ch. 12), Katerina Zacharia Aug 2008

Hellenisms (Iii), "Reel" Hellenisms: Perceptions Of Greece In Greek Cinema (Ch. 12), Katerina Zacharia

Katerina Zacharia

No abstract provided.


Hellenisms (Ii), Herodotus' Four Markers Of Greek Identity (Ch. 1), Katerina Zacharia Aug 2008

Hellenisms (Ii), Herodotus' Four Markers Of Greek Identity (Ch. 1), Katerina Zacharia

Katerina Zacharia

No abstract provided.


Hellenisms (I), Introduction, Katerina Zacharia Aug 2008

Hellenisms (I), Introduction, Katerina Zacharia

Katerina Zacharia

No abstract provided.


A Clash Of Cultures: The Integration Of User-Generated Content Within Professional Journalistic Frameworks At British Newspaper Websites, Alfred Hermida, Neil J. Thurman Aug 2008

A Clash Of Cultures: The Integration Of User-Generated Content Within Professional Journalistic Frameworks At British Newspaper Websites, Alfred Hermida, Neil J. Thurman

Neil Thurman

This study examines how national UK newspaper websites are integrating user-generated content (UGC). A survey quantifying the adoption of UGC by mainstream news organisations showed a dramatic increase in the opportunities for contributions from readers. In-depth interviews with senior news executives revealed this expansion is taking place despite residual doubts about the editorial and commercial value of material from the public. The study identified a shift towards the use of moderation due to editors' persistent concerns about reputation, trust, and legal liabilities, indicating that UK newspaper websites are adopting a traditional gate-keeping role towards UGC. The findings suggest a gate-keeping …


A New Way To Look At Culture And Its Influence On Advertising Around The World, Pamela K. Morris Aug 2008

A New Way To Look At Culture And Its Influence On Advertising Around The World, Pamela K. Morris

Pamela K. Morris

Research investigates culture and its influencing role. With anthropological theories, a model is created to show how cultural dimensions influence media and advertising content. Encompassing 108 countries, a factor analysis of 71 country characteristics finds four dimensions: Holistic, Nationalistic, Feminine and Masculine. A content analysis of magazine advertisements provides data of images that are tested for correlations with cultural dimensions. The study updates cultural literature with new social phenomena data, like cell phone and Internet users.


Farrow's Darfur Olympics & Our Olympic Shame, Christopher Finlay Aug 2008

Farrow's Darfur Olympics & Our Olympic Shame, Christopher Finlay

Christopher Finlay

No abstract provided.


Publish (And Be Popular) Or Perish: Value Metrics For Scholarly Work In A Digital Environment, Jane Singer Jul 2008

Publish (And Be Popular) Or Perish: Value Metrics For Scholarly Work In A Digital Environment, Jane Singer

Jane B. Singer

The following essays were presented at an Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference panel entitled: “New Media, New Scholarship: the Internet's Potential in the World of Ideas.” Panelist Mitch Stephens challenges the academic world's worshipfulness of the printed word by arguing for new understandings through the use of new technologies. Stephens posits that we should move away from our devotion to print to achieve new spatial and temporal meanings derived from the Internet. Panelist Jane Singer debates the authority of peerreviewed print journals over what academic communities value. With the Internet, there can be new metrics for …


Weirdos Riot, Media Gets It Wrong, Michael I. Niman Ph.D. Jul 2008

Weirdos Riot, Media Gets It Wrong, Michael I. Niman Ph.D.

Michael I Niman Ph.D.

Michael I. Niman is concerned by media treatment of a hippie riot that never happened


It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back: A Conversation With Public Enemy., Kembrew Mcleod Jul 2008

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back: A Conversation With Public Enemy., Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Lolita And The Sexualization Of Childhood, Meenakshi Durham Jul 2008

Lolita And The Sexualization Of Childhood, Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

Pajamas Media, an online magazine, at http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/lolita-and-the-sexualization-of-childhood/


Report Of The Commission To Assess The Threat To The United States From Emp Attack: Critical National Infrastructures, William R. Graham Jul 2008

Report Of The Commission To Assess The Threat To The United States From Emp Attack: Critical National Infrastructures, William R. Graham

George H Baker

The physical and social fabric of the United States is sustained by a system of systems; a complex and dynamic network of interlocking and interdependent infrastructures (“critical national infrastructures”) whose harmonious functioning enables the myriad actions, transactions, and information flow that undergird the orderly conduct of civil society in this country. The vulnerability of these frastructures to threats — deliberate, accidental, and acts of nature — is the focus of greatly heightened concern in the current era, a process accelerated by the events of 9/11 and recent hurricanes, including Katrina and Rita. This report presents the results of the Commission’s …


The Emerging New Human Being, The Culture-In-The-Self, And Ahp's New Multidimensional Intercultural Initiative, Carroy U. Ferguson Jun 2008

The Emerging New Human Being, The Culture-In-The-Self, And Ahp's New Multidimensional Intercultural Initiative, Carroy U. Ferguson

Carroy U "Cuf" Ferguson, Ph.D.

The emerging New Human Being will need to explore and come to terms with a phenomenon, operating deeply, uniquely, and diversely at a core level of all human beings on the planet. I call this phenomenon the “culture-in-the-Self,” a term coined some years ago by cofounders of Interculture Inc. What we commonly think of as culture is just the surface of this phenomenon, often appearing outwardly in the diverse “forms” of cultural scripts, beliefs, values, behaviors, and customs). I want to call attention to what goes on beneath surface culture(s), and how AHP intends to play a primary role in …


How To Fill Your Institutional Repository: Or, Practical Lessons I Learned By Doing, Paul Royster Jun 2008

How To Fill Your Institutional Repository: Or, Practical Lessons I Learned By Doing, Paul Royster

Paul Royster

The evolution of content recruitment strategies at University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Institutional Repository over its first 3 years of operation. Includes practical advice on how to find and recruit postable articles.