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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Civic Action"”.
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Embracing Commonplace: Creating Ground for a Life of Rhetorically Engaged Civic Action
… necessary for a life of rhetorically engaged civic action? In responding to this question, the academic field of communication studies is recognized as a site for implementing the lessons of rhetoric, democracy, and civic engagement. This project contributes to the civic engagement scholarship …
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Perceptions of citizenship through civic action : a qualitative case study of personally responsible, participatory, and social justice-oriented citizenship in 6th and 7th graders.
… States lack meaningful opportunities to develop civic understanding because social studies instruction has been deprioritized in schools. National data show that most middle school students score below proficiency in civics, and research highlights how the lack of authentic civic learning …
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Funny in a Man's World: Women Comedians' Use of Political Satire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
… to audiences and encouraging audiences to take civic action on issues facing today’s American society.</p>
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Examining the role of social capital in community development: How the creation of a land trust set a small town on the path to sustainability
… the 1960's through to the present assesses the actions and relationships among individuals and institutions engaged in civic efforts to achieve environmental, economic, and social balance in development decision-making. The role of a land trust and its members as a community system changing …
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The power of civic education in democratic socialization: an investigation of Cape Town high schools
… education as a means of promoting democracy and civic engagement in young learners. Previous research has shown that this socialization project has been ineffective at influencing South African youth towards civic responsibility, yet there is a lack of constructive evaluation on the means and …
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A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT MESSAGES AND PRACTICES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA AND ELON UNIVERSITY
Civic engagement is vital to the future of the country, and I recognize the importance college students must place on their individual role as contributing citizens. I believe a student's development during the college years is vital to the growth of his/her sense of civic responsibility and …
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Acting Up : how community organizations work with, around, and against city hall for housing justice in Chicago
… housing justice by employing three modes of action, each of which embodies a particular relationship to the state. They act with the state by ordinance to pass laws and engage in electoral activity; around the state by convening to leverage relationships in the absence of formal legislation; …
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Playing for impact : the design of civic games for community engagement and social action
In light of calls that civic participation is declining, efforts are underway to replace outdated, unproductive forms of citizenship. With the majority of Americans now connected to the Internet, community leaders see the digital realm as the new frontier for promoting engagement. Increasingly, …
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Glyph : lightweight and evocative looping images in the news
… shared emotional experiences, which can propel civic action. But video comes at a high cost in time and attention, and is thus unsuitable for high volume news and social feeds, and mobile and wearable devices. On these interfaces, there is value in presenting video in a way that's immediately …
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Imperfect art: working in public: a case study of the Oakland Projects (1991-2001).
… performance, installation, exhibition, civic action, curriculum, and workshops) focused on social circumstances, popular media representation, and public policies regarding urban juveniles in California between 1991–2001. This research examined five sites: institutions within health, …
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"How Do We Make that Change?" Analysis of Transformative Dialogue in a Community Initiative
… one another and consequently moved to engage in civic action. Proponents within critical pedagogy have underscored the significance of dialogue for motivating hope, agency, and civic engagement. The importance of conceptualizing dialogue as transformative has been underscored in light of research …
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Global Citizenship Education and Teacher Learning and Change: Lessons Learned from within a Nascent Movement
… youth empowerment, inquiry, problem-solving and civic action. Phase two of this study accesses the thoughts and reported actions of think leaders in the GCED movement to capture developments. For unique insight, three sets of leaders in teacher education, in non-profit and consulting, and in …
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Civic Attitude and Activity of Loma Linda University Dental Graduates
… attitudes or participation in health-related civic matters. Objectives: This study seeks to examine the importance Loma Linda University (LLU) dental graduates place on public roles, their reported participation in public activities and the factors related to their responses. Methods: Four …
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Flickering cities: multimedia city fabrics and the changing nature of citizenship
… the expectations and limitations of our civic action.</p>
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From Civic Lessons To Everyday Democracy: Democratic Habits, Video Games, And Collaborative Game Making
The civic world is rapidly changing in response to the affordances of the digital age, which ushered the rise of participatory politics: interactive, loosely-structured and collaborative modes of civic action. Though still a nascent field, civic video games have been presented as a ripe setting to …
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"We Are A Volunteering Religion": A Qualitative Study Of Second Generation Sikhs' Volunteering Practices In Southeastern Michigan
… Asian immigrants, however less explored is the civic action and volunteering practices of second generation immigrants. This study examined what role religion or religious organizations play in involving second generation Sikhs in volunteering. Although diverse Asian immigrant populations have …
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Siberian imaginaries: evaluating participatory placemaking as a tool for civic development of shared spaces in the postcolonial contexts of Yakutsk and Lensk, north-eastern Siberia
… of participatory placemaking as a tool for the civic development of shared urban spaces in the postcolonial contexts of the cities of Yakutsk and Lensk located in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), North-Eastern Siberia. Inhibited by its colonial history and forced urbanisation during the period …
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Encouraging greater public participation in neighbourhood planning : an ethnographic examination of the impact of the Localism Act 2011 in England
… equity (Brownhill, 2016) an expanded role for civic action through the adoption of localism (Corry & Stoker, 2002: Brownhill and Downing, 2013: Bailey, 2017 & Bradley, 2016a) Legislative changes were introduced in the Localism Act 2011 and subsequently amended in the Neighbourhood Planning Bill …
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Use of Federal Troops in Civil Disturbances 1892-1968
… of exploring the emotional and psychological reactions of different Americans to the commitment of regular military forces to quell domestic disorder. The conclusions arrived at as a result of this study were mixed. An examination of the objective historical record revealed a consistent tendency …
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Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Peru, 1962-1966
Insurgency and counterinsurgency in the developing world were crucial aspects of the global Cold War. Economic, political, religious, and social factors created tensions at the international, national, and local levels that drove conflict. Scholars can gain an increased understanding of these …
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