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Googly Eyes And Yard Signs: Deconstructing One Professor’S Successful Rebuffing Of A Right-Wing Attack On An Academic Institution, Theresa Catalano, Ari Kohen

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

Right-wing populism is on the rise worldwide, and political attacks against universities have increased in the United States since the election of Donald Trump. In 2017, an incident occurred at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln which resulted in accusations of hostility toward conservative students. Just over a year later, political forces again attempted to denigrate the university’s reputation, but this time they did not succeed. This (multimodal) positive discourse analysis/ generative critique combines collaborative auto-ethnography to describe the way these events were represented in the media, deconstructing a professor’s methods of countering a right-wing attack on an academic institution. Findings demonstrate …

Exploring Crisis Communication And Information Dissemination On Social Media: Social Network Analysis Of Hurricane Irma Tweets, Xianlin Jin

Communication Graduate Research

This study utilized social network analysis to identify the top 10 Twitter influentials during the Hurricane Irma crisis period and examined the relationship between social media attributes and the bridge influence of controlling information flow. The number of a user’s followers and tweets significantly predicted one’s control of information. Crisis information tended to be shared in scattered subgroups. Social network boundaries impeded information diffusion, and the communication pattern was largely one-way. The findings partially supported the opinion leader argument while indicating that influentials can directly generate information, which is consistent with the social-mediated crisis communication model. Such findings will contribute …

Attentional Social Media: Mapping The Spaces And Networks Of The Fashion Industry, Ate Poorthuis, Dominic Powers, Matthew Zook

Geography Faculty Publications

In this article we use big data methods to analyze the attention paid to the fashion industry on social media. The article argues that for the fashion industry, like many industries, the core product is a form of knowledge that is dependent on gaining and holding people’s attention. To understand this attentional economy, social media offers a unique window because it is increasingly a central space within which fashion knowledge is created and shared. Using long-term, geotagged big data from Twitter, we analyze the hitherto difficult-to-explore spaces and places of the global fashion industry. The article suggests that the data …

Exploring Artificial Intelligence-Mediated Communication (Aimc) As A Sub-Field Of Communication Studies. A Textual Examination, Md Nurul Karim Bhuiyan

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

From the book "Speaking into the Air: A History of the Idea of Communication," written by John Durham Peters, we understand a notion about developing one’s destiny; people have the freedom to choose multiple paths to follow (Peters, 2012). If we reject this idea, it is also easy for people to come up with distinct explanations. Even though the meaning of the same issues might vary subject to who is interpreting them, the primary concepts can be interpreted as more or less the same. If we study these two--"artificial intelligence" and "communication"- simultaneously, we can assume some characteristics. Thus, this …

การสื่อสารเพื่อสร้างอัตลักษณ์ของ 'ศิลปินหญิงล้านตลับ' สังกัดบริษัท จีเอ็มเอ็ม แกรมมี่ จำกัด (มหาชน), ณัฐริณีย์ พร้อมวงศ์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาปัจจัยต่าง ๆ ที่ส่งผลต่อการสร้างอัตลักษณ์ของศิลปินหญิงล้านตลับและ เพื่อศึกษาการสื่อสารเพื่อการสร้างอัตลักษณ์ของศิลปินหญิงล้านตลับในสังกัดบริษัท จีเอ็มเอ็ม แกรมมี่ จำกัด (มหาชน) งานวิจัยเรื่องนี้เป็นงานวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ (Qualitative research) โดยใช้การสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึก (In-depth interview) ศิลปินหญิงล้านตลับ ทีมงานที่เกี่ยวข้องในการสร้างสรรค์ผลงานเพลง รวมถึงแฟนเพลงหรือผู้ติดตามผลงานของศิลปินหญิงล้านตลับ อีกทั้งใช้การวิเคราะห์ตัวบท (Textual analysis) จากแหล่งข้อมูลประเภทเอกสารและวิดีทัศน์ เพื่อนำข้อมูลที่ได้มาประกอบการวิเคราะห์ ผลการศึกษาพบว่าการสร้างอัตลักษณ์ของศิลปินหญิงล้านตลับนั้น สร้างขึ้นจากทั้งบริษัทและตัวศิลปินเอง โดยปัจจัยสำคัญที่ส่งผลต่อการสร้างอัตลักษณ์ของศิลปินหญิงจำแนกได้เป็น 4 ปัจจัย ได้แก่ 1) ปัจจัยด้านตัวตนของศิลปินหญิง 2) ปัจจัยด้านนโยบายของบริษัท 3) ปัจจัยด้านเศรษฐกิจ 4) ปัจจัยด้านสังคมและวัฒนธรรม พบว่าอัตลักษณ์สำคัญของศิลปินหญิงที่ผ่านกระบวนการสร้างนั้นมีอยู่ 2 ประเภท ได้แก่ 1) อัตลักษณ์ด้านน้ำเสียง ถูกนำเสนอผ่านแนวเพลง และ 2) อัตลักษณ์ด้านบุคลิกลักษณะ ถูกนำเสนอผ่านการแต่งกาย การแสดงสดตามรายการโทรทัศน์หรือคอนเสิร์ตและการแสดงมิวสิกวิดีโอ ทั้งสองอัตลักษณ์นี้จะถูกเน้นนำเสนอผ่านศิลปินในลักษณะที่แตกต่างกันออกไป

ปัจจัยพยากรณ์ความภักดีของผู้บริโภคที่มีต่อแอปพลิเคชันการให้บริการจุดเดียวเบ็ดเสร็จแบบตอบสนองความต้องการ, สิราวรรณ พรรณสวัสดิ์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้ มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาการเปิดรับข้อมูลข่าวสาร ปัจจัยส่วนประสมทางการตลาด ปัจจัยคุณภาพการให้บริการและความภักดีด้านพฤติกรรมและด้านทัศนคติของผู้บริโภคที่มีต่อแอปพลิเคชันการให้บริการจุดเดียวเบ็ดเสร็จแบบตอบสนองความต้องการ ตลอดจนปัจจัยการเปิดรับข้อมูลข่าวสาร ปัจจัยส่วนประสมทางการตลาด และปัจจัยคุณภาพการให้บริการที่สามารถพยากรณ์ความภักดีต่อบริการแอปพลิเคชันการให้บริการจุดเดียวเบ็ดเสร็จแบบตอบสนองความต้องการของผู้บริโภค โดยใช้แบบสอบถามในการเก็บข้อมูลกับกลุ่มตัวอย่างที่มีอายุตั้งแต่ 18 ปีขึ้นไป ที่ใช้บริการผ่านแอปพลิเคชันการให้บริการจุดเดียวเบ็ดเสร็จแบบตอบสนองความต้องการอย่างน้อย 3 ครั้ง ภายในระยะเวลา 3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา จำนวน 400 คน ผลการวิจัยพบว่า ผู้บริโภคมีการเปิดรับข้อมูลข่าวสารอยู่ในระดับปานกลาง โดยส่วนใหญ่จะเปิดรับผ่านทางสื่อออนไลน์ และมีทัศนคติในเชิงบวกต่อการใช้งานที่ง่ายและหลากหลาย รวมถึงการระบุราคาที่ชัดเจนในการใช้บริการ และมีความพึงพอใจอยู่ในระดับสูงต่อการใช้บริการแอปพลิเคชันการให้บริการจุดเดียวเบ็ดเสร็จแบบตอบสนองความต้องการที่มีความน่าเชื่อและไว้วางใจ รวมไปถึงผู้บริโภคมีความภักดีอยู่ในระดับที่สูงมากในด้านพฤติกรรมการใช้บริการซ้ำและการแนะนำบอกต่อ เมื่อวิเคราะห์ปัจจัยพยากรณ์พบว่า ปัจจัยคุณภาพการให้บริการสามารถพยากรณ์ความภักดีในการใช้บริการแอปพลิเคชันการให้บริการจุดเดียวเบ็ดเสร็จแบบตอบสนองความต้องการได้สูงสุด รองลงมาคือ ปัจจัยส่วนประสมทางการตลาด ส่วนการเปิดรับข้อมูลข่าวสารไม่สามารถพยากรณ์ความภักดีในการใช้บริการแอปพลิเคชันการให้บริการจุดเดียวเบ็ดเสร็จแบบตอบสนองความต้องการได้

Determinants Of Startup Funding: The Interaction Between Web Attention And Culture, Jie Ren, Viju Raghupathi, Wullianallur Raghupathi

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Technology empowers entrepreneurs to pursue alternative funding through platforms like crowdfunding. This research explores significant startup funding factors using Crunchbase. Controlling for common factors (acquisition/funding-rounds/IPO), the research uniquely focuses on web attention - the visibility on social media - and its impact on funding. It also examines the moderating influence of startup’s home country culture (individualism/collectivism). Findings show stronger positive impact of web attention on startup funding for collectivist countries. While individualistic investors value personal goals, collectivists value collaborative goals - inclinations that align with crowdfunding behavior. Therefore while increasing web attention, crowdfunding efforts can be targeted towards collectivist countries.

Evaluating Students Information System Success Using Delone And Mclean’S Model: Student’S Perspective, Majaliwa Mkinga, Herman Mandari

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

System success is considered to be an important element in accomplishing the goals of the organization; therefore evaluation of system success needs to be done in order to ensure that investment in Information System is successful. Most of Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs) in Tanzania have adopted the use of IS in providing service to their customers. Nevertheless, there is less evidence that system success evaluation has been done in order to identify the desired characteristics which could make IS more effective. Due to that, this study evaluates the effectiveness of Student Information System (SIS) used at the Institute of Finance …

An Integrated View Of Data: Application Of Knowledge Modeling To Data Management, Sung-Kwan Kim, Wenjun Wang

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Data management has become an important challenge. Good data management requires an effective approach to collecting, storing, and accessing data across the enterprise. In this paper, a knowledge modeling approach to data management is introduced with an emphasis on data requirements analysis. A knowledge model can provide a high-level view of organizational data by specifying the structure and relationships of the knowledge contents used in business processes. The proposed knowledge modeling approach is business process oriented and decision oriented. The description of the knowledge contents in the model is based on ontological specification. The model is comprised of five elements: …

Climate Translators: The Impacts Of Broadcast News On The Political Divide Over Climate Change In The United States, Dylan V. Macy

Pitzer Senior Theses

In many instances, television news is the primary outlet through which the public gains knowledge on climate change. Both the perceived threat of climate change and American news media have grown politically divided since the 1980s. I make the argument that American news media influences the partisan divide over climate change. In addition to the political landscape of news media, focus on political events and figures in climate coverage further contributes to a partisan divide. Supporting these claims are research displaying how climate change news is processed in a partisan manner and a selection of three case study periods in …

Analysis Of Information Value Chains For Gout Self-Care Management, Maranda Russell

Theses and Dissertations--Communication

This value chain analysis study sought to identify information needed by gout patients to successfully manage their disease, leading to a model for information extraction from patient health records. A scoping review was conducted to identify the types of information needed by gout patients. The findings of each included study were divided and analyzed according to the stages of the care delivery value chain. The results of the review were then used to create a gout information value chain as criteria for annotating the information deemed important for gout patients contained in publicly available patient education materials according to the …

Unix Administrator Information Security Policy Compliance: The Influence Of A Focused Seta Workshop And Interactive Security Challenges On Heuristics And Biases, John Palmer Mcconnell

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

Information Security Policy (ISP) compliance is crucial to the success of healthcare organizations due to security threats and the potential for security breaches. UNIX Administrators (UXAs) in healthcare Information Technology (IT) maintain critical servers that house Protected Health Information (PHI). Their compliance with ISP is crucial to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of PHI data housed or accessed by their servers. The use of cognitive heuristics and biases may negatively influence threat appraisal, coping appraisal, and ultimately ISP compliance behavior. These failures may result in insufficiently protected servers and put organizations at greater risk of data breaches and financial loss. …

Communication Technology Intention To Use And Use By Cognitively Intact Long-Term Nursing Home Residents, Amy M. Schuster

Theses and Dissertations--Gerontology

The goal of this dissertation was to gain an in depth understanding of intention to use and use of communication technology (CT) by long-term cognitively intact nursing home residents. This study also explored the value of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) as a framework for investigating the CT use of long-term cognitively intact nursing home residents. A convergent mixed methods design was used to gather data through semi-structured interviews, a nursing home resident communication technology checklist, a modified UTAUT questionnaire, the UCLA loneliness scale 10 item version, and the self-rated health scale. Participants (n …

There And Back: Vindicating The Listener's Interests In Targeted Advertising In The Internet Information Economy, Caitlin Jokubaitis

Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts

Targeted advertising — the process by which advertisers direct their message at a specific demographic — is neither a recent1 nor an irrational phenomenon.2 One industry executive has proclaimed it the “rare win for everyone” because it serves producers, advertisers, and consumers alike. It should be no surprise that the Information sector of the online economy — particularly new and social media platforms with robust access to consumer data — has structured revenue streams to benefit from targeted advertising. These platforms generate “substantially all of [their] revenue from advertising,” which in turn rely on active user engagement.

The Internet Information …

Cambridge Analytica: The Scandal On Data Privacy, Carissa Boerboom

Augustana Center for the Study of Ethics Essay Contest

Consumers need to understand the risks and consequences of sharing their lives with the world. For data analysts, even if you can create and implement a model, should you? This research paper discusses Cambridge Analytica’s methods using predictive analytics and Facebook to influence the 2016 US Presidential Election. Through examining the firm as a whole, key people involved in the scandal, methods of data collection, and Facebook’s role, the ethical boundaries of big data, predictive analytics, and data privacy are analyzed. Three perspectives were discussed in regards to ethical disparity: Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, and the consumers. Overall, this research exposes …

Ict Aid Flows From China To African Countries: A Communication Network Perspective, Rong Wang, François Bar, Yu Hong

Communication Faculty Publications

The challenge in evaluating China’s foreign aid has always been the unavailability of reliable data sets. This study constitutes the first analysis of the AidData data set from a communication network perspective. It examines China’s development aid to Africa in the ICT sector from 2000 to 2014. Combining data mapping, network modeling, and regression, it uncovers general trends of aid allocation, central players, and collaboration patterns among aid agencies. The results demonstrate the variability in the distribution of China’s foreign assistance to 44 African countries. In particular, African countries with less population, worse economic development, but higher oil rents are …

2020 Icrcc Proceedings Table Of Contents, Conference Organizers

International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference

These proceedings are a representative sample of the presentations given by professional practitioners and academic scholars at the 2020 International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference (ICRCC) held March 9-11, 2020. The ICRCC is an annual event that takes place the second week in March in beautiful sunny Orlando, Florida. The conference hosts are faculty and staff from the Nicholson School of Communication and Media. The goal of the ICRCC is to bring together prominent professional practitioners and academic scholars that work directly with crisis and risk communication on a daily basis. We define crisis and risk broadly to include, for …

The Political Preference Of Arkansas Farmers And Ranchers, Rachel J. Barry, Donna L. Graham

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

Access to information is critical to improving production efficiency, but little is known about how farmers are informed on the policy or issues influencing programs related to farming. This research sought to determine the sources of communication used by farmers and ranchers to form opinions about agricultural policy and candidates, identify the issues important in voting, and their level of participation in the political process. Face-to-face interaction was the preferred form of communication in farm organization meetings, with friends, or farm agencies. Magazines were the preferred source of print communication, and university/extension websites were preferred for internet sources. Broadcast media …

The Stained Glass Of Knowledge: On Understanding Novice Mental Models Of Computing, Briana Christina Bettin

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

Learning to program can be a novel experience. The rigidity of programming can be at odds with beginning programmer's existing perceptions, and the concepts can feel entirely unfamiliar. These observations motivated this research, which explores two major questions: What factors influence how novices learn programming? and How can analogy by more appropriately leveraged in programming education?

This dissertation investigates the factors influencing novice programming through multiple methods. The CS1 classroom is observed as a "whole system", with consideration to the factors present in it that can influence the learning process. Learning's cognitive processes are elaborated to ground exploration into specifically …

Chinese Consumer's Behavior On Heytea's Co-Branding Campaign, Rui Pu

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The objective of this research was to study Chinese consumer behaviors on Heytea's co-branding campaigns (i.e., Dove, Kiehl's, and Fenty Beauty). Based on the quantitative research approach, two hundred and six Heytea's current millennial consumers, aged between 20 and 40 years old in China, who had purchased Heytea's products in the past six months, were asked to complete online questionnaires, to study their perception, attitude, and behavioral intention. The findings illustrated that most respondents had favorable perceptions on Heytea. For co-branding campaigns, most respondents felt Kiehl's and Fenty Beauty had more distinctive brand identity than Dove, resulting in less positive …