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Sociologists have identified different segments of the American population as distinct generations. These generations are identified by the events they share as they grow up which create a common history for them. Four such generations have been delineated in the 20th century: the Swing Generation, the Baby Boom, Generation X, and the Baby Boomlet. The latest of these, the Baby Boomlet, includes all those born between 1977 and 1994. Members of the Baby Boomlet are just reaching the age of maturity. The first age cohort (those born in 1977) of the Baby Boomlet matriculated to college in 1995. The purpose of this study was to examine the personal and world events that influenced the lives of the Class of 2002. Data were collected through a survey. The survey asked participants to list five Personal Events and five World Events that have shaped their lives. Participants were also asked to assign an effect (positive, negative, or neutral) to each event and to describe how each event influenced their lives. The findings provided insights into the experiences of the Class of 2002. . First, there was more commonality among World Events than among Personal Events. This suggests that students have experienced many of the same World Events. Second, members of the Class of 2002 are more optimistic about their personal lives than they are about the World Events. Respondents were more likely to assign a positive effect to Personal Events than they were to World Events. In addition, respondents were more likely to assign a negative effect to World Events than they were to Personal Events. Third, contrary to previous research, this study found few differences in the Personal and World Events listed by respondents in terms of race and gender. Both females and males and majority and non-majority students listed Personal and World Events with similar frequency. Finally, the pattern of greater optimism about Personal Events holds true for all subgroups. While there were may be slight differences between the subgroups, overall females, males, majority, and non-majority respondents were more optimistic about their personal lives than they were about world events. / Master of Arts

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Lehigh University, 2004. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 226-236).

This study represents a case study of subtitling practices in the South African television broadcasting media, with reference to the soap opera, Generations. The aim of this research is to carry out a descriptive study to establish the actual practices of subtitling in the South African television broadcasting media, using the soap opera Generations as a case study; how these practices match international, theoretical and methodological practices; and whether they have been affected by changes in legislation calling for the status and use of indigenous languages to be enhanced. Although the research sets out to discuss the actual processes in the subtitling of Generations, it includes an analytical and evaluative component. It examines episodes of Generations for the years, 1999, 2003, 2005 and January 2006, looking at the languages spoken in these episodes, the percentage of subtitling in each episode, and the nature of subtitling in the soap opera. Finally, it assesses what progress has been made towards multilingualism, and subtitling since the two go hand-in-hand because whatever is spoken in the vernacular languages calls for subtitling. It was concluded that the level of multilingualism and, therefore, subtitling, is not yet up to the level envisaged although a lot of progress has been made.

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Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 1980.

Sammanfattning: Syftet med vår uppsats är att belysa identiteten och den kulturella tillhörigheten hos andra generationens invandrare. Vi vill belysa deras syn i fråga om identitet, integration och omgivning. Kvalitativa intervjuer har utförts för att få svar på våra frågeställningar och tre personer från Malmö samt två personer från Skellefteå och en person från Piteå har ställt upp på denna undersökningen. Dessa intervjuer har sedan analyserats och diskuterats med inspiration av essentialismen, konstruktionismen samt den postkoloniala teoribildningen. Utöver dessa inriktningarna ligger fokus på identitet och identitetsskapande teorier eftersom en stor del av syftet med studien är att belysa hur intervjupersonerna ser på sin identitet. Intervjupersonerna har alla gemensamt att de föddes och växte upp i Sverige samt att de har minst en förälder med utländskt bakgrund. Intervjupersonerna blev tillfrågade en rad olika frågor som granskades efteråt med hjälp av olika teoretiska utgångspunkter. Slutsatserna blev att andra generationens invandrare skapar tillhörighet tillsammans med familjen. De ser sig själva som integrerade svenska individer.

Thesis (M.Ed.)--Regis University, Denver, Colo., 2008. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 27, 2009). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ed. D)--College of Saint Mary -- Omaha, 2009. / A dissertation submitted by Theresa Delahoyde, MSN, RN to College of Saint Mary in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor in Education with an emphasis on health professions education. This dissertation has been accepted for the faculty of College of Saint Mary by: Peggy Hawkins, PhD, RN, BC, CNE - chair ; Patricia Morin, PhD, RN - committee member ; Christine Hutchinson, JD - committee member. Includes bibliographical references.

The present study was designed to explore 1) the personality and attitude structures of adolescents belonging to the hip or underground subculture; 2) the family constellations within which these structures evolve; and 3) the evidence for and against the existence of the “generation gap." Several correlated indices of “hipness" were utilized to select 49 hip and 44 nonhip male, adolescent subjects. More than 80 percent of the subjects' parents also participated in the study. An extensive battery of personality, attitude and demographic questionnaires was administered to all subjects. The data revealed large, significant differences between hip and nonhip adolescent subjects on 14 of the 18 major variables measured in the study. Relative to their nonhip counterparts, the hip subjects scored significantly higher on the following variables: Thinking Introversion; Theoretical Orientation; Estheticism; Cognitive Complexity; Autonomy; Liberal Religious Orientation; Impulse Expression; Altruism; Liberal Attitudes Toward Children's Freedom; Women's Freedom; and Sexual Freedom. The hip subjects scored significantly lower on: Personal Integration; Practical Outlook; and Masculinity. The hip personality profile revealed in the findings was compared and contrasted with the profiles of other alienated groups, namely, radical activists and the Beats of the late Fifties. Particular attention was paid to the historical changes which have transpired in the Bohemian personality during the past decade. While hip and nonhip sons differed significantly on 14 of the 18 major variables, their parent's personality profiles appeared remarkably similar. Hip and nonhip fathers differed significantly on only two of the 18 variables (hip fathers were more permissive in their attitudes towards children's freedom and toward sexual freedom). Hip and nonhip mothers differed significantly on just one variable (hip mothers held more permissive sexual views). Irrespective of significance levels, however, the group means indicated a strong trend for the small differences between hip and nonhip parents to mirror in direction the large differences between their respective sons. On 16 of the 18 variables, both hip parents scored in the same direction relative to their nonhip counterparts as did their sons relative to the nonhip sons. The hypothesis was discussed that both the smallness and consistency of these parental differences are instrumental in the development of hip or nonhip values among adolescents. While the differences between hip adolescents and their parents was found to be considerably greater than the differences between nonhip adolescents and their parents, the data indicated strong support for a generation gap hypothesis. On 9 of the 18 variables, nonhip sons differed significantly from both parents in the same direction that hip sons differed significantly from theirs. Relative to their fathers and mothers, both son groups displayed: more complex cognitive orientations; greater impulse expression; lower personal integration; higher anxiety; lower altruism: lower response bias; a more cynical attitude toward people in general; and more liberal views regarding children's freedom and sexual freedom. The generation gap, as characterized by the foregoing cluster of traits, was discussed from a psycho-historical perspective, and predictions were entertained regarding the probable future of generational relations. / Arts, Faculty of / Psychology, Department of / Graduate