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Facebook in the Work Environment : A Look At How Facebook Has An Impact on the Developing Relationships in the Workplace

Creator:: Martin, Jessica L.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: witness first hand just how drastically social media is changing our culture and the way that we look at

Literacy politics and literacy education : thematic perspectives in contemporary Chicana/o narrative

Creator:: Bowman, Christine D.
Abstract:: Literacy is often considered to be a basic set of skills to be mastered by the student; the conventional wisdom maintains that the individual who has mastered these skills is then literate. Scholars in the field of literacy studies, however, argue that such assumptions about literacy fail to take into...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: assumptions about literacy fail to take into account the social nature of literacy acquisition. Because

Global Citizen, Global Consumer: Study Abroad, Neoliberal Convergence, and the Eat, Pray, Love Phenomenon

Creator:: Barbour, Nancy Staton
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the reassertion of a social justice-oriented definition of global citizenship and for educational

Public Proof : Science Communication, Weak Theory, and the Nonrational

Creator:: Snyder, Wesley M.
Abstract:: A 2014 Pew Research poll revealed large gaps between public opinion and scientific opinion over environmental and biomedical issues (Funk and Rainie). Similarly, a number of recent popular books have described a growing public mistrust in scientific expertise (Mooney; Storr; Specter). Why is it, then, that so much of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Page 1. “Stratified Model of Science and Technology Policy Formation”…………..……30 2. Healthy Kids

'Reclaiming Voice : Enacting Social Discourse Communities in Belizean First-Year College Composition'

Creator:: Habet, André Antonio
Abstract:: This thesis explores the evolving purposes for the teaching of first-year English composition in Belize. Starting from an analysis of the underlying cultural assumptions of U.S. composition pedagogies, this thesis argues that American composition pedagogies need to be rethought when applied in a Belizean context to fulfill the country's unique...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Reclaiming Voice: Enacting Social Discourse Communities in

Words of Well-Being : The Relation of an Individual's Word Choice to their Social Well-Being

Creator:: Krieger, Katy
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 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

Creator:: Kuechler, J. Victor
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: point for this three-part investigation into the cultural structure and social dynamics of the FOSS

Sarah Grimke's Rhetoric for Empowerment : Her Life and Letters

Creator:: Hamilton, Susan E. Maier
Abstract:: In twentieth century America, women continue the age-old struggle for recognition as whole, intelligent individuals, not just an "other," less hearty, less deserving or less capable being than man. Sarah Grimke spoke of the inequalities over 150 years ago during the abolitionist movement when she compiled her major arguments into...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: General Association" of Congregational Ministers of Massachusetts". 30 Letter IV. "Social Intercourse of

Fan geeks

Creator:: Warnicke, Clair N.
Abstract:: In the Spring of 2001, the short documentary Fan Geeks was filmed. Fan Geeks explores The X-files fan community, showing the fans in context to the friendships and activities that express television as being part of their lives. Using film to document fans' micro-situations, Fan Geeks allows for audience analysis...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis and Video

Classified bodies : disability, identity, and the technological classroom

Creator:: Iwertz, Chad E.
Abstract:: This thesis pursues a flexible understanding and definition of dis/ability as a broadly and liberally applied mark of stigma. It asks questions that develop a deeper understanding of how disability influences mētis, a knowledge or cunning use of the body. Through this framework of mētis, this thesis explores technologies as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ™ fairings argue that disability can be strength despite its social demarcation as stigma. Bespoke

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Facebook in the Work Environment : A Look At How Facebook Has An Impact on the Developing Relationships in the Workplace

Literacy politics and literacy education : thematic perspectives in contemporary Chicana/o narrative

Global Citizen, Global Consumer: Study Abroad, Neoliberal Convergence, and the Eat, Pray, Love Phenomenon

Public Proof : Science Communication, Weak Theory, and the Nonrational

'Reclaiming Voice : Enacting Social Discourse Communities in Belizean First-Year College Composition'

Words of Well-Being : The Relation of an Individual's Word Choice to their Social Well-Being

The Emergent Qualities of Diversity in Free and Open Source Software Communities: A Critical Review and Theoretical Discussion

Sarah Grimke's Rhetoric for Empowerment : Her Life and Letters

Fan geeks

Classified bodies : disability, identity, and the technological classroom

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