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Spartan Daily, February 1, 2006, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 126, Issue 4

Editors’ Note: Simile Progress Report, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz, Michael L. Hilt

Communication Faculty Publications

As Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education (SIMILE) enters its sixth year of publication, the coeditors have identified a number of issues to be addressed in the journal’s development. This editors’ note explores how the field of media and information literacy education has grown in importance. There continues to be a need for both theory-building and empirical research data, which would strengthen conceptualization. SIMILE needs to cultivate a global sense of significance about media and information literacy education issues across many disciplines.

Creating Persuasive Messages Advocating Organ Donation, Keith Weber, Matthew M. Martin, Members Of Comm 401, Michael W. Corrigan

Elementary & Secondary Education Faculty Research

Most people state that they would be willing to be organ donors, however only a small percentage of the population has actually signed an organ donor card. These studies focused on persuasive messages that encourage people to sign organ donor cards. In the first study, people reported their attitudes and knowledge involving organ donation. Results indicated that donor card signing was related to overall knowledge about donation. When only considering those people with positive attitudes toward organ donation, their overall knowledge about donation explained their willingness to sign organ donor cards. In the second study, people read a message involving …

The Guardian, February 01, 2006, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twenty page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Curiosity, Courage Keys To Diverse Journalism, Carla Kimbrough

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

Curiosity and courage, I said, are essential characteristics for being a great journalist and producing great journalism.
That comment apparently struck two aspiring journalists because they approached me following a recent panel discussion about diversity at Colorado State University. They wanted more.
Curiosity, I explained, allows journalists to ponder the reality of the world around them. By putting aside assumptions of knowing how life is, great journalists can spark their desires to learn or know more about people and their circumstances.
Courage enables journalists to ask about all the things they are curious about without fear. Or, to borrow somewhat …

“You’Re My Parent But You’Re Not”: Dialectical Tensions In Stepchildren’S Perceptions About Communicating With The Nonresidential Parent, Dawn O. Braithwaite, Leslie A. Baxter

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

The nonresidential parent plays a role in the lives of stepchildren and in stepfamily households. The focus of the present study was on the interaction between the nonresidential parent and his/her child who resides as part of a stepfamily household. Grounded in relational dialectics theory, the researchers performed an interpretive analysis of 50 transcribed interviews with college-aged stepchildren. Stepchildren’s perceptions of communication with the nonresidential parent were animated by two contradictions: parenting/nonparenting and openness/closedness. These two contradictions form a totality, interwoven with one another. The parenting/nonparenting contradiction reflected stepchildren’s ambivalence over parenting attempts of nonresidential parents. Stepchildren wanted nonresidential parent …

Media Convergence And Virtual Communities: Current And Future Implications For Civic Inclusion, Lamees Magedy El Baghdady

Archived Theses and Dissertations

This thesis has a multi disciplinary approach. It integrates the study of virtual communities and media convergence research with a broader social milieu that is represented in two levels of research the micro level and the macro one. Among the significances of this thesis, is that it is considered to be the first academic investigation in the Arab World that tackles this theme of research.

Furthermore, the researcher triangulates both a quantitative and qualitative methods as the methodological framework for the thesis. The main research sample consists of 500 Egyptian youth, who are members of virtual communities.

Besides, while the …

The Role Of Egyptian Television In Modernism And Fostering Social Change In Egypt, Amina Yehia Zaghloul

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Efficacy Of Nubian Press In Cairo: A Uses And Gratifications Study 2006, Syonara Mohamed Adel Tomoum

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 81, No. 26 [28], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Harrell, Bobby. Nursing Waiting List Grows Long
• Bosken, Nina. Chinese Celebrate New Year
• Richardson, Kelly. Students, Faculty Join Local Protest – Greenwood High School Dress Code
• Coulter, Amber. University Presidents to Speak on Budget
• Paul, Corey. Student Arrested During Class – Montez Johnson
• Paul, Corey. Professor Stable after Severe Fall – Youn Kim
• Coulter, Amber. Kentucky State Supreme Court to Review Melissa “Katie” Autry Estate Appeals
• Fee is Fine
• Ploch, William. Governor’s Races Could Take Center Stage
• McNamara, Andrew. Indiana Coal May Cut Costs at …

Spartan Daily, January 31, 2006, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 126, Issue 3

Columbia Chronicle (01/30/2006), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from January 30, 2006 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 44 pages and is listed as Volume 40, Number 17. Cover story: "Columbia cloudy on smoking ban" Editor-in-Chief: Jeffrey Danna

Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 41, January 30, 2006

Central Florida Future

Search continues for Kesse: Missing grad has friends and family asking for help; Students: Repeal dug rule: Regulation bars students with drug convictions from getting financial aid; Fate of the union: UCF students tune in as President Bush aims to fend off critics with State of the Union address; Medical center named after esteemed grad; Zora Neale Hurston honored with festival: UCF-sponsored event created awareness of Eatonville's black cultural significance.

Fighting Terrorism In An Electronic Age: Does The Patriot Act Unduly Compromise Our Civil Liberties?, Christopher P. Raab

Duke Law & Technology Review

The USA PATRIOT Act is tremendously controversial, both lauded by law enforcement and decried by civil liberties groups. This iBrief considers two of the Act's communications monitoring provisions, concluding that each compromises civil liberties to a greater degree than is necessary to combat terrorism. Accordingly, Congress should revise the USA PATRIOT Act, bringing it into line with the Constitution.

Spartan Daily, January 27, 2006, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 126, Issue 2

T On Tom Penders; Daly Shoots 69, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

I think it was Wednesday. I was cruising the channels when suddenly I was brought to a complete stop by what I saw. There it was, live, football practice for the Senior Bowl. I have seen a lot of dreadful non-events on ESPN through the years, but this one represented a new low. Cheerleading competitions are considerably more interesting, and indeed more significant.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 81, No. 25 [27], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Brandenburg, Katie. Proposal Suggests $45 Fee
• Green, Tavia. Students Recover from Loss of Home – WKU Swim Team
• Richardson, Kelly. Owensboro May Get Full Western Campus
• Caudle, Leah. Greeks Must Commit to Be in Village
• Coulter, Amber. University of Kentucky May Receive More Funding
• Coulter, Amber. Network Proposal Would Link State Schools – Kentucky Education Network
• Super Signing – David Elson
• McNamara, Andrew. Chain Letters Clog Up Facebook
• Lilly, Malcolm. Intelligent Design is Most Likely
• Paul, Corey. Explorers to Showcase Training – WKU Police
• Bosken, …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 40, January 26, 2006

Central Florida Future

Student development on tap at HAPPY Hour Showcase; Hockey squad heating up ice: Club team makes gains more fans take notice; Different tune: Professor makes a splash with original approach; Public speaking nothing to fear; Former ambassador to speak on U.S. relationship with Middle East.

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

The Cowl - V. 70 - N. 14 - Jan 26, 2006

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 70 - Number 14 - January 26, 2006. 28 pages.

Prospectus, January 25, 2006, Dylan Heath, Chris Dupee, Jon Volkman, Larry V. Gilbert, Jake Mcgill, Erik Pheifer, Kyle Kroha

Prospectus 2006

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, January 25, 2006, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 126, Issue 1

The Guardian, January 25, 2006, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twenty-four page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 81, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Coulter, Amber. Budget Won’t Cover Costs
• Paul, Corey. Fires Destroy Local Houses - Arson
• Harrell, Bobby. J-term Enrollment Higher than University of Kentucky’s
• Bosken, Nina. Race Machine Brings Diversity to Downing University Center – Video Games
• Coulter, Amber. Study Finds Salary Equity
• Coulter, Amber. Donor Helps Scholarship Increase
• Governor Ernie Fletcher’s Folly
• Watt, Wes. Opinion Page is Everyone’s Page
• Casagrande, Michael. Note from the Editor
• McNamara, Andrew. Additions to Downing University Center Centralize Services
• Harrell, Bobby. Governor’s Comments Ignite Intelligent Design Debate
• Paul, Corey. Professors, …

Columbia Chronicle (01/23/2006), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from January 23, 2006 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 40 pages and is listed as Volume 40, Number 16. Cover story: "Wacky raid at midnight" Editor-in-Chief: Jeffrey Danna

Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 39, January 23, 2006

Central Florida Future

The return of Late Knights: Spa-themed kick-off event offered oxygen bar, massage chairs; New facility to improve voice-care research: Center uses technology to close gap for people with disorders; Taking a stand: SGA attorney general calls it quits at Senate; Darfur bill gets student support; Novelist Carl Hiaasen will discuss piecing Florida's environment together at UCF-sponsored forum.

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 38, January 19, 2006

Central Florida Future

SGA student body president takes a bow; readies to exit stage left: Willie Bentley Jr. says communication is key to a smoothly run SGA; Film school students foot 'reel' big bill: Beyond tuition, students may pay thousands in production costs while in the film program; Pod people: UCF professors play with podcasting in classes; Concrete yard sale to benefit children: Organizers hold second annual even to raise money for Dance Marathon; UCF digs up anthropology M.S. degree; study to focus on forensics, archaeology.

Prospectus, January 18, 2006, Kyle Kroha, Jon Volkman, Dylan Heath, E. Clarkson, Nicole Simmons, Anthony Kearns, Erik Pheifer, Chad Thomas, Larry V. Gilbert, Donna Mayer

Prospectus 2006

No abstract provided.

The Guardian, January 18, 2006, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twenty-four page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.