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Attentional Bias Toward Facial Emotion Expression : Orienting vs. Disengagement

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Martin, Nicole R.

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The present study examined involuntary attentional bias toward facial emotion expression. Particularly, the study examined two different attentional components for emotional processing, namely, orienting vs. disengagement. A cueing paradigm using two cue presentation times (250ms and 350ms) was used to determine if attention would be involuntarily captured by an irrelevant...

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engage or avoid various social situations (Gross, 2014). As such, how we attend to, interpret, and
Wedding Bells, Binaries and the Heterosexual Menace

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McNeill, Elizabeth

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This research explores and aligns a postmodern method in line with a theoretical lens of "strategic political queer/feminism" to understand the construction and positioning of the issue/ problem of same-sex marriage. The method takes shape through a theoretical framework that leads to a political maneuver opening access to the rights...

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state…Policy archaeology posits that social problems are social constructions, and 23
The Impact of Causal Uncertainty on Dyadic Satisfaction

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Needham, Shana M.

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One's ability to determine the cause and effect nature events is important for navigating within the social realm. However, the ability to determine these relationships is not always as clear. According to Weary and Edwards (1996) causal uncertainty (CU) is the result of an individual perceiving themselves as someone who...

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cause and effect nature events is important for navigating within the social realm. However, the
I Tweet therefore I am: An Interview Study of Identity Development and Portrayal of Twitter Users Utilizing the Communication Theory of Identity

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Carron, Ashley A.

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The rise of social networking is more prevalent in today's society than ever before. Of the existing social networking platforms, Twitter is widely recognized as operating within the social networking elite. With this rise in social networking comes the challenge to develop new strategies of navigation when presenting one's identity...

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Union (Curley, 2009). The purpose of understanding Social Identity Theory as a foundational aspect of
Constituting the Invisible : An Examination of the Social Construction and Communication of Female Bisexual Identity

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Whitney, April L.

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Bisexual females experience unique forms of discrimination, but are often overlooked in scholarship. Recent research focuses on various aspects of bisexuality, yet female bisexuality is largely overlooked. Many existing studies focus on the experiences of bisexuals, rather than on social constructions of the identity and the role communication plays in...

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Social Construction and Communication of Female Bisexual Identity AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF
Facebook in the Work Environment : A Look At How Facebook Has An Impact on the Developing Relationships in the Workplace

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Martin, Jessica L.

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As a young adult, I have been able to witness first hand just how drastically social media is changing our culture and the way that we look at things. As social media continues to become more vastly used by its members who are in many different phases of life and...

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witness first hand just how drastically social media is changing our culture and the way that we look at
Global Citizen, Global Consumer: Study Abroad, Neoliberal Convergence, and the Eat, Pray, Love Phenomenon

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Barbour, Nancy Staton

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This thesis examines the convergence of neoliberal rhetoric across popular media, academic, and institutional discourses, and draws connections between contemporary women's travel literature and common scripts in study abroad promotion. Finding such narratives to be freighted with ethnocentric constructs and tacit endorsements of market-based globalization, I critique the mainstreaming of...

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the reassertion of a social justice-oriented definition of global citizenship and for educational
What Do Girls Learn from Dolls? Sexualized Stimuli and Girls’ Body Esteem and Academic Performance

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Lundeberg, Pamela J.

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Although a significant amount of research has investigated the effect of sexualization on women's body esteem and cognitive performance, few researchers have examined the effect of sexualization on girls. Additionally, research that has been conducted regarding girls' experiences of sexualization has primarily focused on media influences. The effect of dolls...

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girls to focus a large amount of their cognitive energy on appearance concerns, leaving less time and
Words of Well-Being : The Relation of an Individual's Word Choice to their Social Well-Being

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Krieger, Katy

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The present research sought to investigate the relationship between an individual's word choice and their social well-being. In the present investigation, social well-being is a person's social health in relation to their social environment, social network, and ability to interact with others in a social context. This thesis was based...

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the idea of social well-being. This aspect of well-being emphasizes connectedness, relationships
The Emergent Qualities of Diversity in Free and Open Source Software Communities: A Critical Review and Theoretical Discussion

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Kuechler, J. Victor

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Free and open source software (FOSS) projects primarily rely on the efforts of volunteer contributors from around the world. For this reason, recruiting and retaining contributor is vital to the sustainability and growth of FOSS projects. This notion became the jumping-off point for this three-part investigation into the cultural structure...

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point for this three-part investigation into the cultural structure and social dynamics of the FOSS

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