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  • Metaphor and Bias : An In-Depth Look at CNN and Fox News Channel

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    Duncan, Sara R.
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    This study links together two very complicated, but very important subjects: media bias and metaphor. More specifically, this study investigates whether or not examining a media outlet's use of metaphor is an effective methodology for investigating media bias. Using cluster analysis, I identified the source metaphors most commonly used on...
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    for current mass mediated society. Due to broadcast technology, symbolic interaction no longer occurs

  • Language Differences between Women and Men and the Attribution of Leadership

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    Dunsworth, Sabrina J.
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    This research addresses the perception of leadership attributes in light of evaluator and target gender. It specifically investigates whether there is a difference in language usage when the evaluator is female versus when the evaluator is male. Two studies were conducted. A pre-test used instrumental development drawing from studies conducted...
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    Introduction The uniqueness of each individual ensures that no one event will be experienced in

  • The Effects of Endogenous and Exogenous Cues on Task-Set Inhibition

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    Kuhns, David (David Paul)
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    Task-set inhibition has been proposed to be an important mechanism for cognitive control in task switching. Its existence is supported largely by the observation of the N-2 repetition cost (e.g., A-B-A is slower than C-B-A). Many studies have reported an N-2 repetition cost, but several have not. Because of the...
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    several have not. Because of the numerous methodological differences between previous studies, no firm

  • British policies toward Palestine

    Creator:
    Earl-Taylor, Michael A.
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    This study traces British government policies with regard to Palestine from the time the British Expeditionary Forces under General Allenby invested Jerusalem in December 1917 to the imposition of the Mandate with Britain as the Mandatory power, which came into effect on July 22, 1922. The first chapter provides an...
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    Britain formally assumed the Mandate of the Covenant of the League of Nations. Perhaps no policies ever

  • A Classification of Stone Features and an Examination of Their Positional Attributes

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    Green, Phillip C. (Phillip Cody), 1950-
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    The analysis of prehistoric stone features has suffered for two separate but related reasons. The first is the lack of stringency in defining the terms attributed to these structures and, second, the perception of a lack of formal attributes exhibited by them. These two factors have made it impossible to...
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    contributory factor of this problem is that no formalized, replicable set of definitions exists for stone

  • Desegregation, integration and the charter of Portland Public Schools

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    Doyle, Judith Helene
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    Portland Public School District and in particular Jefferson High School are examined in a functionalist framework to determine the extent to which they meet community needs. B. Malinowski's functionalist theory is employed to analyze desegregation and integration policies and actions of the Portland Public School District and Jefferson High School,...
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    culture which would. result in humans no longer being able to meet their basic needs. Malinowski

  • Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQ) in the Pacific Halibut Fishery : Applications to the Magnuson Act

    Creator:
    Reisenweber, John W.
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    The Pacific halibut has supported a major commercial fishery on the West coast of the United States for over 100 years. In the past, the halibut fishery was managed by a policy of open access which led to an overcapitalized fishery and raised concerns about overfishing, fishing safety, and deteriorating...
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    preferences have not been widely conducted and offer no comprehensive results. However, it is known that

  • The Yakima Indians : study and analysis of the Yakima water rights

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    Selam, Leroy Bennie
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    This thesis is an ethnohistoric study of the water rights of the Yakima Confederated Tribes. The study considers the water rights issues of the Yakimas from the cultural viewpoint at the time of European contact to the present legal and political situation. It traces the many obstacles the Yakimas have...
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    . Splawn16 both report in their findings that the religion predated Smohalla. There is no indication in

  • When Celilo was Celilo : an analysis of salmon use during the past 11,000 years in the Columbia Plateau

    Creator:
    Thomison, Patrick
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    The presence and significance of salmon for prehistoric and aboriginal people of the Columbia Plateau is a matter of considerable debate among anthropologists, archaeologists and historians. Data from over 100 archaeological sites are scrutinized in the light of an example salmon fishery developed from ethnographic and archaeological information on aboriginal...
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    generally rare in sites, are present throughout the regional sequence", and "there is yet no independent

  • The Enerience of Women's Higher Education at Oregon Agricultural College 1870-1916

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    Knewtson, Katrina Anne
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    This study addresses women's experiences in higher education at Oregon Agricultural College between 1870 and 1916. The experiences of these women illustrate how they were affected by society's beliefs and values, and further, how their education encouraged them to develop skills necessary to transform their role in society. Education has...
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    ., Women's demand for a college level education was no simple feat in a society where a woman's place was