Suchergebnisse

This study examines relationships between demographic attributes of older adults, information challenges surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, and skepticism about the efficacy of COVID-19 preventative measures (social distancing, mask wearing, good hygiene). A 12-question survey was distributed on the Amazon Mechanical Turk platform in late June 2021, receiving 400 responses. Findings indicate that gender, political affiliation, relationship status, family closeness, and perceived family control over one's information source preferences are the greatest predictors of elevated gaps in information and skepticism towards COVID-19 prevention. Specifically, in this study, married, conservative men with close family ties often expressed elevated inadequacy of information and COVID-19 skepticism. ; Cette étude examine les relations entre les attributs démographiques des adultes plus âgés, les difficultés en recherche et la découverte de l'information entourant la pandémie de COVID-19, et le scepticisme quant à l'efficacité des mesures de prévention du COVID-19 (distanciation sociale, port de masque, bonne hygiène). Une enquête de 12 questions a été distribuée sur la plateforme Amazon Mechanical Turk à la fin du mois de juin 2021 et a reçu 400 réponses. Les résultats indiquent que le sexe, l'affiliation politique, le statut relationnel, la proximité familiale et le contrôle familial perçu sur les préférences de la source d'information sont les plus grands prédicteurs de lacunes élevées en matière d'information et de scepticisme envers la prévention du COVID-19. Plus précisément, dans cette étude, les hommes mariés, conservateurs et ayant des liens familiaux étroits ont souvent exprimé un manque d'information et un scepticisme élevé à l'égard du COVID-19.

Informed by an overview of job advertisement research published during the past two decades, the purpose of this study is to address disability and employment in library and information science by investigating job ads for academic library reference positions for their written language comprehension qualities. With concerns for rising unemployment rates of qualified, college educated individuals with disabilities including Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and the need to increase diversity in the workforce, we conducted a multi-step content analysis of all academic library reference position advertisements (43) published by libraries in the 12 member states of a Midwestern United States regional library association. The theoretical lens for our study draws on the field of linguistics and particularly two important components of discourse, the reading of 1) words and sentences containing lexically ambiguous words and 2) fixed formulaic sequences. From the identified reference position job ads (148 pages, 16,724 words), 79 passages were coded as problematic in the announcement areas of 1) general position information (23), 2) duty and/or responsibility (34), and 3) qualifications (22). Passages were organized into 32 categorical examples of lexically ambiguous words and 15 examples of formulaic sequences that do not in our view have universal meaning and can lead to uncertainty and misunderstandings among potential applicants with and without intellectual disabilities. Examples of clear, accurate language to replace problematic language are presented. While this study focuses on job ads in the United States, it has international implications and relevance as ASD and related disabilities exist worldwide.

Shows how the ruling party, the DJP, chose and implemented a strategy to win the Thirteenth National Assembly election of 1988 and explains why the strategy failed. The Korean experience shows that the democratic reform policies of an authoritarian government are shaped by the interplay between the ruling party's desire to create a political system wherein they maintain power and the constraints to create a system that would channel the opposition's activities into electoral or institutional outlets. (Abstract amended)

THIS STUDY FOCUSES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CROSSCUTTING ISSUES, ELECTORAL REALIGNMENTS, THE U.S. HOUSE AND PUBLIC POLICY CHANGES DURING THE CIVIL WAR, 1890'S AND NEW DEAL REALIGNMENTS. THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE CIVIL WAR AND 1890'S REALIGNMENTS WERE MORE POLARIZED THAN WAS THE NEW DEAL REALIGNMENT, AND THE EXTENT OF PARTY STRUCTURING OF ISSUE DIMENSIONS WAS GREATER.

IN THIS PAPER THE AUTHORS REEXAMINE THE RISE OF CAREERISM IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THEY MODEL CAREERISM AS A COMBINATION OF THE DESIRE OF INCUMBENTS TO SERVE IN THE HOUSE FOR LONG PERIODS AND THE ABILITY TO BE REELECTED. THE FOCUS IN THIS PAPER IS ON THE PROBABILITY THAT INCUMBENTS SEEK REELECTION, AND CONDITIONAL ON THEIR DECISION TO SEEK REELECTION, THE PROBABILITY THEY WILL BE ELECTED.