...Headnote This two-part exploratory study utilized a social cognitive theory framework in documenting gender portrayals in teen movies and investigating the influence of exposure to these images on gender-based beliefs about friendships, social aggression, and roles of women in society. First, a content analysis of gender portrayals in teen movies was conducted, revealing that female characters are more likely to be portrayed as socially aggressive than male characters. Second, college students were surveyed about their teen movie-viewing habits, gender-related beliefs, and attitudes. Findings suggest that viewing teen movies is associated with negative stereotypes about female friendships and gender roles. Research examining the effects of media exposure demonstrates that media consumption has a measurable influence on people's perceptions of the real world, and, regardless of the accuracy of these perceptions, they are used to help guide subsequent attitudes, judgments, and actions. For example, these results have been yielded for viewing media representations of race,1 the mentally ill,2 and the elderly.3 Past research additionally indicates that watching televised gender portrayals has an effect on individuals' real-world gender-based attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.4 Based on this research, and the tenets of social cognitive theory, it would be expected that consumption of teen movies would have an analogous influence on audience members' gender-based attitudes and beliefs...
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...Kristyna Pavlickova WR 098 Professor Finlayson 04/05/2012 Is internet really making us better off? Comparing Diana Schaub’s “Unfriending Friendship” and Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nowadays it can be considered a general fact that the internet helps people in various ways, not only at work, but also in their personal lives. Most people see the internet and social networks as an enormous asset to their everyday life. However, according to Diana Schaub in her essay, “Unfriending friendship,” and Nicholas Carr in his essay, “Is Google Making Us Stupid,” the internet and social media also causes negative effects on our everyday life. Even though these two essays, both written around the year 2010, have different topics and there are certainly differences in the authors’ writing styles, they still have some similarities. These two essays share a similar theme: that the internet and social media diminish our human capabilities to think and make friends. Some differences occur in how Carr and Schaub approach their readers’, one author uses personal examples and the other shows differences in word meanings. In Carr’s article, he includes his own examples to show readers how the internet has changed his capability of reading longer texts; now his attention span has greatly decreased because he is used to short style of text on the internet. At the beginning of Carr’s essay there is a short part of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Oddyssey which Carr uses to...
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...Case Study-Friendship Baptist Church-Organizational Diagnosis and Recommendations Friendship Baptist Church is a religious non-profit established in 1976 in the city of Merced, California. Its origin was sparked by an inter-organizational conflict within the Greater St. Matthews Baptist church. With fifteen original members, Friendship Baptist church began. Today, it has a membership of approximately sixty-five (65) members. The Leader of the non-profit is, by default, the Pastor. There has been a total of four pastors including the current pastor. The longest tenue of the leaders has been ten years, so a lack of stability within the leadership has always been an issue. All organizational power has traditionally been in the office of the Pastor....
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...When a relationship consists of one neurotic the relationship is considered to be less satisfying; which is a factor for, when breaking up there are a considerable amount of poor lasting effects (Finn, Mitte & Neyer, 2013). No research stated goes against what has already been stated, there are no studies stated to say that being in a relationship with a neurotic is pleasure; however, what was found, if a relationships context happens to change then the extent of neuroticism may change, possibly worse or better, depending on the circumstances as well as how much sex the couple have, (Fisher & McNulty, 2008) as that improves the neurotics neuroticism and has a positive effect, regardless of the result of lower sexual satisfaction (Russell & McNulty,...
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...This article was downloaded by: [Universiti Sains Malaysia] On: 19 March 2015, At: 06:57 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Journal of Advertising Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ujoa20 Following Celebrities’ Tweets About Brands: The Impact of Twitter-Based Electronic Word-of-Mouth on Consumers’ Source Credibility Perception, Buying Intention, and Social Identification With Celebrities Seung-A Annie Jin & Joe Phua a b a b Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA Published online: 24 Apr 2014. Click for updates To cite this article: Seung-A Annie Jin & Joe Phua (2014) Following Celebrities’ Tweets About Brands: The Impact of TwitterBased Electronic Word-of-Mouth on Consumers’ Source Credibility Perception, Buying Intention, and Social Identification With Celebrities, Journal of Advertising, 43:2, 181-195, DOI: 10.1080/00913367.2013.827606 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00913367.2013.827606 PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLE Taylor & Francis makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the “Content”) contained in the publications on our platform. However, Taylor & Francis, our agents, and our licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the...
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...JALN Volume 7, Issue 3 — September 2003 EFFECTS OF SOCIAL NETWORK ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE: A WEB-BASED FORUM STUDY IN TAIWAN Heng-Li Yang Professor Department of Management Information Systems National Cheng-Chi University 64 Section 2, Chihnan Road, Mucha Dist., 116, Taipei, Taiwan Phone: 886-2-29387651 Fax: 886-2-29393754 yanh@mis.nccu.edu.tw Jih-Hsin Tang Phd Candidate Department of Management Information Systems National Cheng-Chi University Faculty of Management Information Systems Tak Ming College 56 Section 1, Huan-Shan Rd., Taipei, Taiwan Phone: 886-2-26585801 jefftang@mail.mis.takming.edu.tw ABSTRACT This research investigates the effects of social networks on students’ performance in online education which uses networking as an adjunct mode for enhancing traditional face-to-face education or distance education. Using data from a 40-student course on Advanced Management Information Systems (AMIS), we empirically tested how social networks (friendly, advising, and adversarial) related to students’ performance. First, advising network variables are positively related to student performance both in the class and on the forum. Adversarial variables are negatively correlated with almost all students’ performance. Second, advising and adversarial network variables are good determinants for overall academic performance; however, adversarial network variables are not influential on students’ performance on the forum. Friendship network variables are not determinants of...
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...scholars widely accepting that desegregation reduces prejudice (Barlow et al., 2012). However, Barlow et al., argues much of the public and researchers neglect to consider the impact of negative contact. Racially diverse neighbourhoods that have the most intergroup contact tend to have higher rates of antagonism (Barlow et al., 2012). This is suggested because people in these neighbourhoods have higher rates of negative contact from proximity, which increases prejudice (Barlow et al., 2012). Considering that not all forms of intergroup contact will be conducive to ameliorating conflict, more research attention needs to be paid to how to mitigate the effects of...
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...Facebook myself, I find it hard to believe that at one point it didn't exist. In fact, it has become so much a part of people's lives that you can learn their life story just by checking their page. Their friends, likes and dislikes, relationship status, phone number, address, everything. Sounds a little dangerous. There are positive and negative effects that Facebook has on people, and they can be quite significant. The Positive Effects Keeping in touch with family and friends- Facebook is a great way to keep in touch with your family and friends that live far away. With instant messaging and even video chat, Facebook is the perfect environment to stay connected. With the status updates, photos, and profile information, it can keep you up to date on the happenings of all of your close ones. Making new friends- Facebook makes meeting new people extremely easy due to the fact that it allows you to add up to thousands of friends, and acts as a social melting pot of the internet. If you comment on a friends status, and one of their friends comments on it, maybe you two will strike up your own conversation. This can lead to a great friendship down the road. Most people find it a lot easier to start a conversation with someone over Facebook than in real life, so a lot of high-school relationships tend to start there. It's as simple as a "You should text me some time." Expressing yourself- Facebook makes expressing yourself very simple with status updates. Between showing off your...
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...Psychology of Women Study Guide for Second Exam Fall 2014 You are responsible for everything discussed in lecture unless I note otherwise. You are responsible for the material in the text unless I specifically state below that the material will not be covered on the exam. Carefully review the take home points in each chapter. Keep in mind that most gender differences are small and that there is a great deal of overlap between women and men. Thus, when I ask about differences, it is in the context of many similarities and small mean differences. Chapter 7: Communication The text provides 3 reasons why children prefer to play with others of the same sex. Be familiar with them. How do girls tend to play with each other in same sex groups? How do boys tend to play with each other in same sex groups? How do girls tend to talk to each other in same sex groups? How do boys tend to talk to each other in same sex groups? What -- if anything -- is different in children’s cross sex play and talk compared to same sex play and talk? Are girls more likely than boys to engage in relational aggression? What do meta-analysis findings suggest? What gender similarities and differences have been found in how adults interact? What factors determine what types of differences are found? You are not responsible for the section discussing online communication (p. 229). The text provides a long list of differences in how men and women in the US typically use...
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...common purpose. It can be also a social organization of female students at a college or university, usually identified by Greek Letters. A sorority can be a great way to build friendships, build a small community within a university setting, and find opportunities for leadership and service. But people also associate sororities with elitism, racism, alcohol abuse, eating disorders and promiscuity. So, what is life in a sorority really like? When you think of a sorority, you're probably thinking of a national sorority. A national sorority has chapters all over the country that answer to a governing body. A local sorority, on the other hand, has no ties to a national affiliate organization. When sororities were founded, college campuses were dominated by men. Many female students felt isolated, not just because the male students outnumbered them, but because this was a time when women were largely considered unsuited to higher education. Sororities began as a way for women to find intellectual and social companionship with one another. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Sorority has not been all about glory and service. It has its own negative effects on people too. this tradition may be more than just a rite of passage for many college women, it holds that rushing sororities may have profoundly negative effects on body image and self esteem, as optimistic pledges are often evaluated predominantly on their outward appearance, putting a great deal of pressure on them to look hot to find...
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...Monserrat Solis English III J. Rogers 20 March 2014 Old Man and the Sea There are plenty of tales of tales about the big fish that got away. However, Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea is not one of those exaggerated stories of a huge fish that cannot be proven to have ever been caught. In fact, Santiago, the protagonist, truly hooks and kills the biggest marlin he’s ever seen, one that is well over 1000 pounds. Unfortunately, after winning the fiercest fishing battle in his career, this poor Cuban fisherman loses marketable parts of the fish to hungry sharks on his way back to shore. Three major themes in this novel are determination, pride, and friendship. There are many themes or lessons one can learn throughout the novel The Old Man and the Sea. Determination is one of the most important character traits Santiago portrays in this novel. It has been 84 days, and the protagonist has not caught a marketable fish that he can sell. Santiago depends on this because he is a poor man who does not have much. Despite the fact people in the town are now starting to lose hope in Santiago he does not give up. Santiago is determined to catch a fish no matter what it may take. Since Santiago has went to fish near shore he begins to think he will have more luck if he goes out further. As he takes a new route Santiago finally finds a fish but it is very hard to catch so he is struggling to kill it. As he waits for a perfect time to launch an attack to kill it he says “I’ll...
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...“Melancholia” by Kat Strange The poem “Melancholia” by Kat Strange is a perfect depiction of a girl who views all of her positive and negative moments in her life. At first, it mentions how her youth was a playful time, but then the poem continues with little positivity and a lot of melancholy. When she views her life she is overwhelmed by the amount anguish and grief that she becomes depressed. The author doesn't know whether to feel happy or sad so she's initially in a type of limbo that throughout the poem ends up in sadness. She suffers from multiple incidents like moving houses, losing friends, and many insults. Overall Kat Strange uses personification, repetition, and asyndeton to portray that through all the positivity there will be moments of depression. The first type of figurative language Kat Strange uses is a personification, personification helps the reader understand her heartbreak and gives an idea to how she feels. In”Melancholia” Kat Strange says “Friendship shaken in an earthquake of disappointment” (“Melancholia” 14). The author personifies her friendship to show how...
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...into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it". (Weiser, 1991). Social networking is a phenomenon which has existed since society began. Human beings have always sought to live in social environment. The social networks as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and others are all “virtual places” where people find themselves and share information. Nowadays, social networks are the best tools for communication, though in the first place they were used only for university purposes, where students and colleagues stayed in contact with each other after works or studies. What currently has become the subject of many debates are the various effects that these social networks have on human life, effects such as social impact, health issues and business affair. Some studies imply that social networks could have negative impact on people social health. These can cause people to stray from reality and immerse themselves in the virtual world of social community. “Instead of meeting people in person, they spend more time in front of the computer screens checking what the virtual friends are doing.” A social networking phenomenon has emerged over the past five years. In that time, social networking sites (SNS) have grown from a niche to a mass online activity, in which tens of millions of internet users are engaged, both in their leisure time, and at work. Social Networking Sites (SNS) are one of the most popular topics being talked about by the college students in New...
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...Friendships Addresses Basic Human Instincts 02/06/2012 Friendships Addresses Basic Human Instincts Friendships develop in many different ways in our lives. In Sunset Boulevard and Cinema Paradiso, friendships evolve through a love affair with the movies. In both these films, the main characters have a love affair with the movies. Norma Desmond surrounds herself with people who validate her belief in her ability to make it big once again in the newly popular talking pictures. Salvatore Cascio (Toto) befriends a projectionist who fulfills his need for his lost father, while nurturing his love for film. The friendships that develop in these two films show that movies or at least images from movies can impact our personality and personality development by addressing our basic human instincts to protect ourselves from loneliness, false hope, and the fear of ageing. Friends are an important part of our lives and without friendships our lives could become a very lonely place. In Sunset Boulevard, Norma’s favorite pet monkey has just passed away, which was Norma’s only friend at the time. Into the world of Norma Desmond, comes Joe Gillis. He was a young handsome, down on his luck screenwriter, who hasn’t had any work in months and is flat broke. Desperate he accepts Norma’s offer to write an atrocious script she has been nursing for years as her starring comeback vehicle. Joe knows the script is a joke, but he takes on the project anyway. Besides working on Norma’s script, he...
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...Homeschooling: The Pencil May Not be as Sharp as You Think Some people have many opinions when the topic of education is brought up. Education is a great asset for the children of this country. It allows the intellects to grow even more and the average students to have the chance to further their personal education. Believe it or not, education is the key to a wonderful and successful society. It’s what drives this country to strive to be the best it can be. Upon the numerous topics of education, homeschooling is an important subject of the matter. It is also a very delicate subject to discuss because many people have a lot of experiences that touch close to home. Whether or not to homeschool is one of the major discussions that can bring people to a heated conversation if handled by the correct people. The way to go about a discussion like that is to be well-educated. It would not be a very smart idea to have a discussion on homeschooling with ignorant people who only have opinions. Those opinions must be backed by some type of factual information. Research is the key to a successful informative research topic such as education. Homeschooling can be a great way to escape from the local school systems. But when it comes down to it, homeschooling a child is not the best way to go about things. Homeschooling seems to be an all good around idea for anyone, but it can in fact do more harm than good such as depriving a child from a well-around social life, causing uproars...
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