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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"Colbert"”.
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Frank Overton Colbert: A Study in Trans-Customary Indigenous Modern Art
… Chickasaw artist named Frank Overton Colbert emerged on the New York art scene. He produced an innovative body of work which has largely been forgotten since its initial display. Colbert’s artistic production, consisting of more than seventy paintings produced between 1920 and 1923, …
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Searching for Truth(iness): Mapping the Religio-Political Landscape and Identity of Christian Emerging Adults Through a Reception Study of the Colbert Report
… explores the way Comedy Central's <em>The Colbert Report</em> portrays Christianity, how young Christian viewers negotiate their religio-political identity in relation to the show, and what this negotiation says about the religio-political landscape of Christian emerging adults (19-29) …
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La marine de guerre française au temps des Colbert : une étude du développement de la puissance navale du Roi-Soleil entre 1661 et 1683.
… homme d'État français du nom de Jean-Baptiste Colbert--c'est-à-dire de 1661 à 1683--lui-même secondé par son fils--de 1672 à 1683--le trop souvent sous-estimé marquis de Seignelay. En tentant de faire la lumière sur les principaux éléments qui ont contribué au développement de ladite marine et …
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Description of Jefferson’s Ground Sloth (<em>Megalonyx jeffersonii</em>) from Acb-3 Cave, Colbert County, Alabama, with Comments on Ontogeny, Taphonomy, Pathology, and Paleoecology
<p>Excavations of ACb-3 Cave have uncovered the remains of at least seven individual <em>Megalonyx jeffersonii</em>, providing the most complete ontogenetic sequence of the taxon from one locality. Four individuals representing four distinct age classifications (infant, juvenile, subadult, and …
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Unburdened by Objectivity: Political Entertainment News in the 2008 Presidential Campaign
… on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report to determine how they confront the tension between the genres of news and entertainment. To this point, much of the scholarly work on political entertainment news has focused on examining its effects on viewers' political attitudes …
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Fake news, real hip: rhetorical dimensions of ironic communication in mass media
… specifically examining the work of Stephen Colbert. First, this work examines classic definitions of satire and contemporary definitions and usages of irony in an effort to understand how they function in the fake news genre. Using a theory of postmodern knowledge, this work aims to …
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The Politics of Getting the Joke: The Effects of Political Humor on Information Seeking Behavior
… the present dissertation examines how The Colbert Report (in both video and single image meme formats) encourages the survey participants towards seeking more information about an important domestic issue: the fiscal cliff crisis.;Using two parallel experimental surveys, this dissertation …
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Biodata: A Thing of the Past? Examining the Predictibe Validity and User Reactions of Rationally-Selected, Empirically Keyed Biodata
… implement the best selection practices (Rynes, Colbert, & Brown, 2002), proving very costly to organizations. Biodata inventories represent one selection tool that is underutilized, due to being poorly understood and fear of negative user reactions (Hausknecht, Day, & Thomas, 2004). This …
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Το Borderline Festival της Στέγης Ιδρύματος Ωνάση ως περίπτωση πολιτιστικού μάρκετινγκ: ταυτότητα, εμπειρία φεστιβάλ και ανάπτυξη κοινού
… πολιτιστικού μάρκετινγκ (Kotler & Scheff, 1997· Colbert, 2014), στην έννοια των φεστιβάλ ως χώρων κοινότητας και κεφαλαίου στις μουσικές σκηνές (Bennett et al., 2014· Chaney, 2020) και στις προσεγγίσεις των φεστιβαλικών εμπειριών ως extraordinary αλλά και ενσωματωμένων στην καθημερινότητα …
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Assessing Job Satisfaction and Emotional Intelligence in Public School Teachers
… experience job dissatisfaction. According to Colbert and Wolff (1992), 50% of new teachers drop out of the profession during the first five years. The recent works of Daniel Goleman (1995, 1998) proclaim that individuals’ emotional intelligence is a predictor of on the job success and job …
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Transformation Of Early Nineteenth Century Chickasaw Leadership Patterns, 1800-1845
… during this time is focused on members of the Colbert family and their influence and role within the Chickasaw Nation. At times, this focus has overshadothe important contributions made by other prominent leaders, such as Tishomingo and Ishtehotopa. This study will follow many active leaders of …
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From Irish Wig Rebel to Bourbon Diplomat: The Life and Career of Nathaniel Hooke (1664-1738)
… by the French foreign minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de Torcy. Throughout the War of Spanish Succession, Hooke acted as a policy adviser to de Torcy, as well as his personal agent on diplomatic missions to Holland, Scotland and Saxony; several of his analytical memoranda were read by …
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Factors of Supervision and the Impact on Intentional Nondisclosure by Counselors-in-Training
… information in supervision (Ladany, Hill, Colbert, and Nutt, 1996). Fortunately, there are ways to reduce supervisee non-disclosure. For example, when CITs perceive a strong supervisory relationship, nondisclosures occur less frequently (Mehr, Ladany, and Caskie, 2010). There is some …
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Manatee Sound Localization: Performance Abilities, Interaural Level Cues, and Usage of Auditory Evoked Potential Techniques to Determine Sound Conduction Pathways
Three experiments investigated the ability and means by which Florida manatees determine sound source directionality. An eight-choice discrimination paradigm determined the sound localization abilities of two manatees within a 360° array of speakers. Five conditions were tested including a 3,000 …
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Experiential Encounters with Architecture and Sound: The Use of Styli in Urban Field Recording and Lefebvre's Rhythmanalysis
This thesis explores the relationship between sound and space in architecture through field recording practices, live performance, sounding artifacts (vinyl), DJ performances, crowdsourcing, community-based projects, mindfulness, and visual art. It provides examples of research practices …
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Exiles From Spain's Civil War: Case Studies of Two Literary Figures
<p>The Spanish civil war and the political regime that resulted from it deprived Spain of the presence and immediate inspiration of a large group of remarkably creative individuals. Some of the best minds of a literary generation left their country to protest the political situation and to continue …
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Relational Skills and Intelligence: Developing a Functional Account of Intellectual Performance and its Enhancement
Recent research has implicated the potential utility of reconceptualising general intelligence as representing proficiency in a behavioural skillset known as relational responding. Indeed, a growing literature base proposes that many of the competencies that are traditionally conceived to comprise …
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Assessing the Efficacy of a Relational Skills Training Intervention in Improving Intellectual Function in a Sample of High IQ Adults
Recent advances in Relational Frame Theory have proposed that levels of sophistication with relational concepts may be of fundamental importance to intelligent behaviour. Furthermore, previous investigations have implicated the efficacy of relational skills intervention in improving intellectual …
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