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Showing 1 to 20 of 232 for “"Social Research"”.
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Consumer Symbolicum: The Advertising Legacy of Pierre Martineau (Social Research, Marketing)
… professional life to legitimizing qualitative research (currently known as social research, or "VALS," i.e.--Values and Lifestyles research) in advertising. In 1953, after nearly twenty years in editorial writing and retail advertising management at the Memphis Press Scimitar, he was appointed …
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The Economic Theories of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research, 1923-1945
The Frankfurt Institute for Social Research was established in 1923 originally as a German centre for Marxist economic research. Its odyssey traversed tumultuous historical periods, witnessing the downfall of the Weimar Republic, the rise of the Nazi regime, and beyond. The Frankfurt Institute …
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Critical social research in enterprise social network studies: a systematised overview and analysis
… articles on the internal use of Enterprise Social Networks (ESNs) within organizations, focusing on their impact on employee well-being and internal communication. It differentiates between critical social research (CSR) and administrative research (AR) on ESN use. CSR looks at power …
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Spatializing science and technology studies : exploring the role of GIS and interactive social research
… to identify how they can be used as part of a social learning model for scientific, social, cultural, and environmental issues to further assist people in connecting to place and sustainability. Empirical data was collected from four case studies. One case study centred on the design and …
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A Smoothing Model and Its Asymptotics with Applications to Health Studies and Social Research
Smoothing is a data-driven technique in statistical modeling. It has many desirable properties, and can be applied to modeling complex data. In this dissertation, a smoothing cohort model is considered as an effective alternative to address the identifiability problem in age-period-cohort analysis, …
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An investigative social research study of selected variables that may be impeding feedback in the peer coaching model
… nation's public schools. The effective schools research and reform literature, such as the Carnegie Report (1986), suggest that collegiality offers teachers and administrators the opportunity to improve the structure of our nation's schools. Collegiality encourages intellectual sharing which …
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An (auto)ethnographic study of the relations between reflexive development and the production of interpersonal social research in Salt River's Locomotive Hotel
… a lack of reflexive capacity and insight in the researcher to contextualise and theorise the experiences of encountering these patrons in the hotel. Through prolonged, intense and tension filled fieldwork - that was seemingly unrelated to the dissertation - experience was gained that, on …
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A study of social case work procedure in Johannesburg, with special reference to the standardization of this procedure
… growing interest in the qualitative aspects of social work together with modern intereat in methods of social research have resulted in numerous studies in specialized fields l t>f social work. Investigations of those aspects of social research work that are common to all branches of social work …
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University-Community Partnerships: An Action-Humanities Approach to Addressing Homelessness
… and how it engages with communities to address social issues such as homelessness. The study looks at university projects that address homelessness, scholarly literature, websites, and primary data as collected through a survey sent out to project participants across Canadain order to answer the …
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To Dye For: From Seed to Storage An Examination of Three Purple Garments
… Village, offering understanding into Canadian social history. Taken together, these three garments provide insight into the fashion history and international and Canadian textile manufacture.
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More than an "Unhappy Object": The Ethical, Relational and Pedagogical Possibilities of Talking with Young People about Pornography
… complexity and opacity of young peoples psychosocial subjectivities (Jefferson & Hollway, 2013) in that pornography often emerged as a limit object in terms of what participants could or would say about it in relation to their sexualities, identifications, needs and desires. This limit suggests …
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Understanding the Role of Community in Knowledge Mobilisation
… can mean many things. In participatory action research (PAR), collaboration means a community is involved in all parts of the research process. Community members help create the research question, make decisions about methodology, help to gather and analyse research materials, and assist in …
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The Caribana Parade: Storming and Issues of Power and Control
… observation, informal conversations and archival research to complete this analysis. Through the lens of Carnival and Performance Theory, it interrogates issues of spatialization, power relations, cultural commodification, and other factors that make the parade a site of contestation in a …
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Understanding Social Inclusion from the Perspective of Tamil Seniors and Service Providers in the Greater Toronto Area
Understanding Tamil seniors perspectives on social inclusion in the Greater Toronto Area is critical to inform programs and policies. The researcher engaged with 27 Tamil seniors and 13 service providers using Concept Mapping and Focus Groups. The facilitators identified by seniors in Concept …
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Exploring Schooling and Educational Attainment through the Experiences of Homeless Youth
This research demonstrates that homelessness significantly impacts a young persons academic engagement and attainment. Education is a topic that remains at the core of many debates regarding young people, and is central to our understanding of what can lead to better employment and economic …
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Rohingyas in Bangladesh: Owning Rohingya Identity in Disowning Spaces
… While they are stateless, how are the social rights of citizenship experienced by Rohingya people? Using ethnographic methods, I spent nine months in Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh, between 2014 and 2016 to collect data for this research. I interviewed 44 Rohingya people. Rohingyas first …
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A Theoretical Relationship Between Guardianship and Techniques of Neutralization: A Qualitative Analysis of Digital Piracy
This research is a qualitative analysis of digital piracy at the height of Napster in 1999. The findings support the notion that technology has given rise to several new techniques of neutralization. In some cases these techniques are completely new and in others they are 21st century updates to …
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A study on the work of MIT Mechanical Engineering graduates
… work lives using qualitative and interpretive social research methods. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with several alumni from the MIT Mechanical Engineering department. Main topics discussed in theses interviews were current work activities, career motivations, important job skills, …
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Journey With Me: Wanderings and Wonderings Through Childhoods
… of their own lived experiences. Working within a social-critical paradigm and underpinned by the sociology of childhood, critical childhood studies, and post-structuralism, the aim of this inquiry is to explore from the perspectives of children themselves. Employing poetic inquiry alongside a …
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