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Showing 1 to 20 of 1253 for “"appeal"”.
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The Poetics of Appeal
This study advances a theoretical model of appeal, the framework readers’ advisory (RA) librarians use to make book suggestions. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it combines elements of media studies, literary theory, and library science to posit new elements of appeal and new models for …
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International Advertising and the Use of the Sex Appeal: Acceptance of Sex Appeal in China
… work as well in China? In particular, will sex appeal work?</p>
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KIVA.ORG'S PERSUASIVE APPEAL: A BURKEAN ANALYSIS OF CHARITY PERSUASION
… theory of dramatism as tailored to charity appeals: simplification (reducing of the representative anecdote) and completion (redeeming a hierarchy). These two constructs explain Kiva's unprecedented success. Despite being founded five years ago, it has raised $199 million for microfinance …
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Rowan Williams and Mikhail Bakhtin: The Appeal of Polyphony
This thesis explores the relationship between Rowan Williams and Mikhail Bakhtin, especially Bakhtin’s notion of polyphony. This thesis traces the presence of the polyphonic approach in Williams’ work to three main issues: the debate around the nature and future of the Anglican Communion, the …
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Business ethics : exploring the field and contextualising its contemporary appeal
<p>The research is concerned with accounting for the contemporary forms of discourse and practice of business ethics.</p> <p>Through a review of the literature concerning both business ethics and organisational culture it is argued that each literature expresses the contemporary uncertainty …
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Partisanship and Judicial Decision Making in U.S. Courts of Appeal
… examine the voting behavior of federal Courts of Appeal judges. I utilize both cross tabulations and a Logit regression model to determine the likelihood appellate judges will vote for their own party and against the opposition.
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An investigation into the potential romantic appeal of convicted killers
… attractive (i.e., fame and dominance) make them appealing to women, and whether women with certain personality characteristics are more likely to find a killer attractive. Results showed that fame was a characteristic that appealed to women, but that dominance was not. Also, women higher in …
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Mass appeal : saving the World's bananas from a devastating fungus
In the 1950s, the Gros Michel banana, which was the main variety exported to American supermarkets, was replaced with the Cavendish banana due to Fusarium wilt (also called Panama disease). The disease was caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum, and there was no cure. The only solution was to …
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The Making of a Place: "Appeal to an Architectural Order"
This thesis project stems from the need of an architectural order, which will understand the historical genesis of the site and also help convey a clear meaning of its transformation process. At the same time, an attempt will be made to explore traditional Ethiopian design motifs and bring them …
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Guilty Pleasures: Narrative Craft and Mass Appeal in the Newgate Calendar
The Newgate Calendar, one of the earliest true crime documents, has rarely been studied. This paper aims to demonstrate that these texts illuminate various aspects of the culture that both produced and consumed the narratives the Calendar contains. In particular, I have focused on two different …
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Reframing Environmental Messages and the Role of Identity in Wider Appeal
<p>As issues related to climate change and the environment are often framed and narrated through a moral lens, messages that are tactfully framed to tap into relevant moral endorsements may be effective at bringing about public and community engagement. Previous research has found an effect of …
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Identity complexity, uncertainty, and belongingness: Understanding the appeal of extremist groups
<p>The exact factors that motivate people to join a radical group are not agreed upon in the literature. Incorporating social identity theory and uncertainty-identity theory, past studies in social psychology have investigated factors influencing individuals' involvement in such groups from …
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Appealing to fear: a meta-analysis of fear appeal effectiveness and theories
The effects of fear appeals on attitudes, intentions, and behaviors were examined in a comprehensive meta-analysis. Studies were included if they contained a treatment group exposed to a fear appeal, a valid comparison group, a manipulation of depicted fear, a measure of attitudes, intentions, or …
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An Experimental Study of 'Ethos' and Appeal for Overt Behavior in Persuasion
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Being Good Women: The Rise and Appeal of Femininity Among Globalist Women
This thesis is focused on ethics as a practice of becoming. It examines a large, growing group of geographically dispersed women united in their devotion to a neo-Buddhist relationship guru who instructs them, online, in the embodiment of femininity as the means to realizing success in their …
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A vocabulary analysis of newspaper English in representative class and mass appeal newspapers
Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University
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Was the Supreme Court of Appeal judgment correct in the Founders Hill case?
… made by Lewis JA at the Supreme Court of Appeal. We will look at the arguments that have been made in favour and against Lewis JA's judgment, and then I shall comment on these arguments. Reference to tax law cases relating to principles on capital vs. revenue receipts and realisation …
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