Psu Report,
2012
University of Central Florida
Psu Report, Richard C. Crepeau
On Sport and Society
After reading the summaries and commentaries on the Freeh Report detailing the elements of scandal at Penn State University, I am surprised that I am surprised by what has been revealed. My cynicism after nearly a half century of involvement with administrators at institutions of higher education and bloated athletic programs should have left me immune to both the surprise and disgust that this affair had evoked in me. What has not surprised me is the deviousness of the principal players in this scandal, the cynicism with which they approached the issues, and the continuing reaction to it all.
The Prospector, July 11, 2012,
2012
University of Texas at El Paso
The Prospector, July 11, 2012, Utep Student Publications
The Prospector
Headline: Candidates Prepare for Battle: Local Politicians Campaign for Congressional Seat
Wimbledon,
2012
University of Central Florida
Wimbledon, Richard C. Crepeau
On Sport and Society
The term “historic” is often used in describing any number of sporting events. It is sometimes used to exaggerate the significance of an event, often in order to promote it. There are times, though, when the term is not only appropriate, but indeed, required. The Gentleman’s Final at Wimbledon today was historic in a number of ways.
Communiqué, July 2, 2012,
2012
Lindenwood University
Communiqué, July 2, 2012, Lindenwood University
Communiqué
The Communiqué was the faculty/staff newsletter for Lindenwood University/College from 1982 to 2016.
Communication And Media Studies Newsletter 2012 Summer,
2012
Sacred Heart University
Communication And Media Studies Newsletter 2012 Summer, Communications & Media Studies
Communication and Media Studies Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Seeds Of Resistance; Harvesting Justice: An Exploration Of Spaces Where Native Seeds Grow,
2012
University of New Mexico
Seeds Of Resistance; Harvesting Justice: An Exploration Of Spaces Where Native Seeds Grow, Jaelyn Demaría
Communication ETDs
This project claims space for articulations of resistance and justice that seek healing for land, people, and all living things. It is intended as a contribution to a revisionist global history that explores strategies of resistance to corporate models of existence. It seeks to situate specific environmental and social justice issues in New Mexico within larger global conversations as a way of making connections to similar struggles and generating diverse solutions. Struggles for justice resist dominant power structures that attempt to block access to physical sites of cultural survival. Issues of land and identity are intricately woven together in the …
And Now I'M Here: An Ethnography Of Communication Inquiry Into Asking For Help Practices At A Homeless Shelter',
2012
University of New Mexico
And Now I'M Here: An Ethnography Of Communication Inquiry Into Asking For Help Practices At A Homeless Shelter', Larae D. Tronstad
Communication ETDs
At a particular faith-based nonprofit homeless shelter located in metropolitan area in the Southwest region of the United States, here called the Little City, this ethnography of communication used one hundred hours of observation, eighteen interviews and two social artifacts to reveal the complex nature of personhood, norms for, and consequences of communicative interaction between homeless individuals and volunteers. Homeless individuals were depicted by themselves, staff, volunteers and the organization as persons who are 'broken,' 'addicted,' and as 'the new poor.' Once homeless individuals joined the Life in Christ's Power program at the Little City, they were 'depersonalized' as they …
Immigration In Rural Newfoundland: Individual And Community Change,
2012
University of New Mexico
Immigration In Rural Newfoundland: Individual And Community Change, Willow Jackson Anderson
Communication ETDs
The purpose of this study is to learn about the cultural adaptation experiences of immigrants to rural Newfoundland and what, if any, changes the communities themselves have made. I am particularly interested in what role communication plays in these change processes. To investigate this topic I conducted interviews and focus groups with both immigrants and native-born Newfoundlanders in rural areas and then analyzed the resulting data with a rigorous thematic analysis. To accomplish this purpose, I recruited and interviewed eight immigrants and 10 native-born Newfoundlanders in rural areas of the province. Then I conducted three focus groups with each of …
Social Support Seeking Processes In Japan And The United States: A Multi-Layered Approach,
2012
University of New Mexico
Social Support Seeking Processes In Japan And The United States: A Multi-Layered Approach, Satoshi Moriizumi
Communication ETDs
The current study investigated cultural, familial, and individual differences in social support seeking processes between Japan and the United States by applying face negotiation theory (FNT). The application of FNT contributed to understanding social support seeking processes by utilizing such concepts as national cultures, and horizontal-vertical individualism and collectivism (I-C) as cultural variables, family communication patterns (FCP) as meso-cultural variables, self-construals as culturally influenced individual variables, and face concerns as situational and relational variables. Using the FNT framework, the current study focused on the following five aspects: (a) cross-cultural comparisons of the amount of social support seeking and coping styles, …
Transcending Traditional Approaches To Sexuality Education: A Case Study In Communicating, Constructing, And Defining Sex-Positive Sexuality Education,
2012
University of New Mexico
Transcending Traditional Approaches To Sexuality Education: A Case Study In Communicating, Constructing, And Defining Sex-Positive Sexuality Education, Jessica A. Nodulman
Communication ETDs
Guided by a social-ecological approach to health, this study explored a new approach to sex education--sex-positive sexuality education (SPSE). A collective case study was completed on three organizations that utilize a sex-positive approach to sexuality education--Good Vibrations, Scarleteen.com, and The National Sexuality Resource Center's Summer Institute. Good Vibrations is an adult sex toy retailer, Scarleteen.com is an adolescent sexual health website, and the Summer Institute is an academic institute for scholars and practitioners of sexuality studies. Using qualitative methods of observations, interviews, and textual analysis, this study explains how sex-positive sexuality education is constructed, communicated, and defined. Despite studying three …
Ending Poverty? Critical Interrogations Of Class Subjectivities, Agency, And Ideologies In Discursive And Embodied Texts From A U.S. Nonprofit,
2012
University of New Mexico
Ending Poverty? Critical Interrogations Of Class Subjectivities, Agency, And Ideologies In Discursive And Embodied Texts From A U.S. Nonprofit, Brandi Lawless
Communication ETDs
This dissertation explores subjectivities, agency, and power relations that emerge in discourses and performances related to one U.S. nonprofit organization attempting to end poverty, referred to as Transforming Poverty Partnerships (TPP). The author analyzes training materials, interview transcripts, and performance texts documented through participant observation. This study reveals a number of discourses in each of the texts, which function to reproduce dominant societal ideologies about individual hard work as a pathway to success, individual responsibility to create change, the normalization of the middle class, and a reinforcement of whiteness. The author takes a praxical approach in using theories from critical …
South Asian And (Undocumented) Latino/A Immigrant Bloggers: A Critical Discourse Analysis Of Their Engagement With Immigration Discourses,
2012
University of New Mexico
South Asian And (Undocumented) Latino/A Immigrant Bloggers: A Critical Discourse Analysis Of Their Engagement With Immigration Discourses, Anjana Mudambi
Communication ETDs
The overarching purpose of this project is to theorize how marginalized communities engage with dominant discourses and to locate possibilities for agency in contesting dominant representations of marginalized groups. I selected two discursive events as instances of a larger U.S. immigration discourse--the enactment of SB 1070 in Arizona and the publication of a column in TIME Magazine in which the author decries the influx of South Asians to his hometown of Edison, NJ. I then modified critical discourse analysis to examine weblog responses to these events by two diasporic communities interpellated by them--(undocumented) Latino/a immigrants and South Asian immigrants. Drawing …
Social-Environmental Entrepreneurs' Communicative Actions In Communication Networks,
2012
University of New Mexico
Social-Environmental Entrepreneurs' Communicative Actions In Communication Networks, Alice Hopkins-Loy
Communication ETDs
Entrepreneurs' communicative plans and actions serve to attract resources to their venture, positioning them for strategic gains. However, there is little understanding of how entrepreneurs perceive, value, navigate, and manage their participation in communication networks. This research finds that entrepreneurs strategically use communication networks to find and engage complementary resources, social support, and human and financial capital. Importantly, entrepreneurs facilitate the development of new networks, around innovative solutions and approaches to social problems.
Negotiating Cultural Identity In The Struggle For Democracy In Zimbabwe: Postcolonial Transitions And Endurance,
2012
University of New Mexico
Negotiating Cultural Identity In The Struggle For Democracy In Zimbabwe: Postcolonial Transitions And Endurance, Cleophas Taurai Muneri
Communication ETDs
This project examines how discourses on democratization in Zimbabwe, a country transitioning from colonialism constituted and reconstituted cultural identities. I specifically focused on discourses from both government controlled and privately owned newspapers and 18 civil society organizations involved in the struggle for democracy. I also explored the ideological implications of the newspaper and civil society discourses. The research was guided by three research questions. This research was informed by theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of postcolonial theory, democracy, identity, public and counter-public spheres. Consistent with the critical perspective that informed this project, I utilized Fairclough's critical discourse analysis to bring out …
Prospectus, June 27, 2012,
2012
Parkland College
Prospectus, June 27, 2012, Spencer Brown, Matt Crosby, Buster Bytes, Mark Roughton, Mace Mackiewicz
Prospectus 2012
NEW FITNESS CENTER TO AID IN RECRUITING, Rural Newcomers: Young, Educated, There by Choice, A "Healthy" Food Stamp, or Just a Heavy Hand?, Construction of the Student Services Center Continues, Up-and-Coming Social Media Websites, Title IX Anniversary Brings Out the Statistics, Nostalgia and Knives, The Story the Media Got Right, Essay Mills - a Coarse Lesson on Cheating, Two Former Cobras Taken in MLB Draft, Products, Games Unveiled at E3 Expo
The Prospector, June 27, 2012,
2012
University of Texas at El Paso
The Prospector, June 27, 2012, Utep Student Publications
The Prospector
Headline: Defining the Future
Communiqué, June 25, 2012,
2012
Lindenwood University
Communiqué, June 25, 2012, Lindenwood University
Communiqué
The Communiqué was the faculty/staff newsletter for Lindenwood University/College from 1982 to 2016.
Baseball Verdicts,
2012
University of Central Florida
Baseball Verdicts, Richard C. Crepeau
On Sport and Society
It ended last week with the jury foreman announcing to the court that the jury had found Roger Clemens “not guilty.”
Title Ix,
2012
University of Central Florida
Title Ix, Richard C. Crepeau
On Sport and Society
This weekend marks the fortieth anniversary of the passage of the Educational Amendments Act of 1972 whose section, Title IX, transformed sport in America. After forty years the achievements of Title IX are impressive, while some controversy persists and some misinformation continues to persist. In the past decade the conservative political attack has subsided and Title IX seems to have been removed from those still fighting the culture wars particularly on the issue of feminism.
The Prospector, June 20, 2012,
2012
University of Texas at El Paso
The Prospector, June 20, 2012, Utep Student Publications
The Prospector
Headline: Dreamers Get A Second Chance
