Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007. / Title from PDF title page screen. Advisor: Scott Romine; submitted to the Dept. of English. Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-72).

Thesis (M.M.) Florida State University, 2006. / Advisor: Charles E. Brewer, Florida State University, College of Music. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains 69 pages. Includes biographical sketch. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.Phil.) - University of Queensland, 2005. / Includes bibliography.

The research study, Caught between Christianity and the hard rock: A narrative study, presents, explores and discusses the stories of Christian hard rock musicians from a predetermined Christian hard rock band, comprising of four members. The study takes a narrative approach at exploring and discussing the participants’ stories, which comprise the qualitative data for the study. The stories were collected by means of four individual semi-structured interviews and a group unstructured interview. The interviews sought to ask the participants certain questions to hear and collect their stories pertaining to the various narratives interplaying in their lives as Christian hard rock musicians. Following collection and transcription of these stories, the stories were analysed according to interpretive narrative analysis, according to Riessman, with reference to Labov’s 6 elements of transcription. Such stories were subsequently reported and discussed within the research study from a narrative theoretical point of departure. This allows for the reader to gain an understanding of the various narratives interplaying in the lives of Christian hard rock musicians, and the significance of such narratives and their experiences, which ultimately is assumed to influence the participants’ daily lives. Ultimately, the study facilitates for the participants to tell their stories as they wished to tell them, in terms of how they may be “caught between Christianity and the hard rock” music genre. Subsequently the study also serves for the reader to gain a narrative understanding as to how the band members understand themselves and their band to be in the world. / Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / gm2014 / Psychology / unrestricted

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M.A. (Clinical Psychology) / This study primarily investigates the content and subtypes of stereotypes that Black students hold towards Black students who listen to Rock music. The secondary aim of this study was to explore ethnic group differences in music listenership, especially with regard to Rock and Rap/Hip-Hop genres, which are associated with White youth culture and Black youth culture respectively. Using a Likert type scale, participants indicated the frequency with which they listened to Rock, Rap/Hip-Hop, Country, and Classical music genres. Results indicated that most Black respondents either rarely or never listened to Rock while most White respondents listened to Rock either occasionally or most of the time. Rap/Hip-Hop was the most popular genre among all respondents. Further results of this study also indicated the presence of a measureable stereotype consisting of 31 stereotypic attributes that Black students hold towards other Black students who listen to Rock music. The specific stereotype, identified by this study, of Black students who listen to Rock music contained two subtypes, namely the Sociable Unique Artistic, Free-spirits subtype and the Odd Deviant and Boisterous subtype. The Sociable Unique Artistic, Free-spirits subtype included attributes that were more positive in comparison to the Odd Deviant and Boisterous subtype which contained negative stereotypes. Suggestions of how future research can build on or extend the information gained from the present study were also made.

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This study profiles demographic and sociographic characteristics as well as media habits of heavy, moderate, light, and nondonors to volunteer dependent organizations. Insights gained will help administrators design appropriate courses of action. This becomes very important at a time when volunteer organizations face stiff challenges in attracting donors.

The purpose of this study was to discover whether or not the accompaniment of a lyric sheet while listening to rock music would aid a student's correct identification of the message conveyed by that song. Participants included one 7th and one 8th grade class of "gifted" students (N = 62). Other elements examined involved students' judgment of the messages as negative or positive, as well as the tonality of each song as pleasant or unpleasant and how these judgments related to correct or incorrect identification of the messages. Results indicated that there was no statistically significant difference regarding correct or incorrect identification of the message depending on whether or not students did or did not have a lyric sheet to read while listening to the U2 song, while there was a statistically significant difference concerning the Black Sabbath song. Additional results of this study are discussed, and implications for future research are suggested.

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