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Sophie's Companion: Introduction to Philosophy
Author(s): Mark Curtis-Thames
Great books deserve to be read more than once. Sophie’s World, by Jostein Gaarder, is just such a great book. Published in 1993 and in English in 1994, it remains a continual best-seller, translated into many languages. In Sophie’s World we watch fourteen-year-old Sophie come of age mentally, as a m...
Using the Social-Mediated Crisis Communication SMCC Model to Examine Post-Crisis Rhetoric: A Case Study of Deflategate
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Sample During the 2015 American Football Conference (AFC) championship game, which saw the New England Patriots playing host to the rival Indianapolis Colts, fans cheered as their home-team became victorious: a win that provided them a ticket to the Super Bowl. However, the headlines surrounding ...
Mommin' Ain't Easy: Conforming to Societal Expectations on Facebook and in Real Life
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Abstract Goffman’s dramaturgical theory focuses on how we perform in our daily lives, guiding our expectations and disciplining our actions. We utilize back stage areas (private spaces) and front stage areas (public spaces) in these performances. This case study explores how mothers engage in the...
Spiritual Abuse
Author(s): Isik Abla Ministries
Navigating Culture
Author(s): Tina Delahunty
Navigating Culture serves as a companion for World Cultural Geography (and Cultural Geography of the U.S.) courses. Geography in itself is vastly multidisciplinary, and no one book can do justice to the range of possible topics relating to culture. Kendall Hunt's broad variety of texts applicable to...
Family Communication Influences in the Academic Context
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Abstract As part of an undergraduate family communication course, four students are tasked with completing an oral in-class presentation about their family communication patterns. According to family communication patterns theory (FCPT), families have a level of conversation orientation and a lev...
Advanced Criminology
Author(s): Thomas O'Connor
Advanced Criminology presents a complete and comprehensive account of advanced theoretical criminology. Theory, research, and policy are all covered within the book. The text not only covers the latest advances, but also provides “new directions” for all the traditional mainstream theories. The text...
Male Patients Don't See You as Empathetic Enough: Frustrations of a Female Doctor
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Abstract "The conclusion of the study was even if male and female doctors were scripted to have the exact same empathic communication, there was a difference in satisfaction between the male and female doctor . . . the study basically shows how gender can really make a difference on patient perce...