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Amplifying a public's voice : online news readers' comments impact on journalism and its role as the new public spaceLoke, Jaime 1979- 16 February 2015 (has links)
This dissertation is concerned with the impact online news readers comments have on the role of journalists and the implication it carries in shifting private sentiments onto a public space. Online news readers comments have recently grown in popularity and journalists across the United States are divided on how best to host this new public space. Drawing perspectives from new forms of journalism, sociological studies in race and gender, critical race and feminist studies, this dissertation focuses on a) the challenges of news organizations as hosts of this new public space and b) the racist and sexist discourse generated by audiences of certain online news stories. This dissertation employs a multi-method research design that combines a large scale survey of journalists in the United States, in-depth interviews with journalists, content analysis and a discourse analysis of online news readers comments from five selected news stories with strong race and/or gender elements in order to 1) gain journalists’ perspectives in this new electronic landscape and 2) examine the content of the comments that pose the most challenges to journalists in terms of hosting this space. The survey and interviews revealed how journalists are divided in wanting to serve their public by providing a space for dialogue but yet refusing to host hate. Faced with this challenge within the new electronic landscape, a majority of journalists are left on their own to determine how best to handle this new public space with hardly any guidance or support from news managers. The analysis of the comments showed that the articulations of race and gender in the discourse were not erratic expressions of a minority but instead repertories of racism and sexism that mirrored the string of findings from race and gender scholars. This dissertation finds that online news readers comments section have emerged as the space for unconstrained expressions to flourish without the constraints of political correctness and within the safe confines of anonymity. / text
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Social theory and gender bias鄭建生, Cheng, Kin-sang. January 1993 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Sociology / Master / Master of Philosophy
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Girls and boys in the early years : gender in an African Catholic primary school in Marianhill, Durban.Nzimakwe, Phumzile Jane. January 2008 (has links)
There is evidence that primary schools are important places where gender
inequalities are prevalent. The aim of this study was to explore how gender
relations amongst grade two boys and girls in an African junior primary are
constructed. It investigated how gender relations amongst 7/8 year old grade two
boys and girls in an African Catholic junior primary school situated in Mariannhill,
Durban, are constructed. It explored the process through which young township
boys and girls attach meaning to gender and forge their gender identities. In this
study young boys and girls were active agents in the construction of their gender
identities. This study adopted a qualitative approach. Observations and
unstructured interviews were used as methods of collecting data from grade two
boys and girls. Purposive sampling was used in selecting seven boys and seven
girls to participate in group interviews.
The study focussed on micro dynamics of boys and girls pertaining to
friendships, sexualities, play, violence, religion, classroom chores and school
subjects in a detailed analysis. It showed that gender equalities are pervasive in
the little cultural world of grade two boys and girls. / Thesis (M.Ed.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2008.
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A gendered approach to media narratives within the English classroom at secondary school levelSingh, Akashnie. January 1999 (has links)
No abstract available. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, 1999.
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The harmful effects of discrimination : a meta-analysis of researchFent, Randa. January 2002 (has links)
This thesis is designed to examine the effects of discrimination on its target. It aims to investigate the psychological, physical, perceptual and behavioral responses that individuals exhibit when faced with racist, sexist and heterosexist as well as other types of discriminatory acts. Through meta-analytic procedures, findings from existing studies investigating the impact of discrimination on the target were gathered and their average effect sizes calculated. A total of 50 empirical studies were identified, from which 84 effect sizes were derived. Using homogeneity analysis techniques, the studies' effect sizes were compared and analyzed. The results show significant heterogeneity in the overall mean effect size (0.38) of discrimination. Subsequent moderator variable investigations indicated that among discrimination acts, sexism had the highest mean effect size (0.64), while among the responses to discrimination, the perceptual factor showed the highest mean effect size (0.65). Additional moderator variables' investigations resulted in significant differences between Canadian and American settings in terms of discrimination acts and responses.
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The Western Perception of Empress Dowager CixiChen, Dennis 28 November 2013 (has links)
Empress Dowager Cixi is one of the most widely recognized leaders of late Qing China, and she has been the major subject of numerous non-fiction and academic publications in Europe and North America. This, however, does not mean that Western knowledge on Cixi is strong. Although certain books, particularly those written by Cixi’s closest associates, do provide valuable information describing who she was, most of these books, along with many others, also contain fabricated claims about her as well. As a result, falsities have become heavily intertwined with factual records of Cixi in Western publications. This thesis attempts to re-examine these Western works in order to reach a correct understanding of Cixi’s life. In particular, this study demonstrates how a few major ideological trends, such as imperialism, Orientalism, sexism, and feminism, have influenced Western publications on Cixi and brought either bias or insights into the literature on her. / Graduate / 0332 / 0578 / 0582 / dchen@uvic.ca
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How women's studies students conceptualize interlocking systems of privilege and oppression.Haslett, Katie-Jean, January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2004. / Adviser: Helen Lenskyj.
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An investigation of the effects of a non-sexist curriculum on the preschool groups sex-role stereotypical behavior /Kroeger, Janice E. January 1990 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (M.S.)--Eastern Illinois University, 1990. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-102).
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Psychologist-historians : historying women & benevolent sexism /Vaughn-Blount, Kelli M. January 2008 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (M.A.) Psychology, Experimental--University of Central Oklahoma, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-48 ).
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A gender analysis of secondary school physics textbooks and laboratory manuals /Kostas, Nancy Ann, January 1997 (has links)
Thesis (Ed. D.)--Lehigh University, 1997. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-103).
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