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Showing 1 to 20 of 230 for “"civic engagement"”.
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Online to Offline Civic Engagement: The Effects of Social Media on Offline Civic Engagement
… of study among scholars seeking to understand civic engagement (e.g. volunteering, attending political rallies, protesting about local issues etc.). Building off the work of previous researchers who sought to identify connections between traditional internet, social media and civic engagement, …
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Relationship Between Adolescent Behavior And Civic Engagement
… the relationship between adolescent behavior and civic engagement. This task was accomplished by examining the amount of civic knowledge possessed by two groups within a population. The population examined, a high school in Flagler County, was composed of "at risk" students (those who had an …
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Does “civic engagement” work?: civic engagement of older people and their ‘embeddedness’ in a society in the United Kingdom
… how UK policies and initiatives promoting civic engagement of older people impact their ‘embeddedness.’ ‘Embeddedness,’ which has been my research theme continuously for the past ten years, describes intricate dynamic relationships between an individual and his/her physical and …
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High School Visual Arts and Student Civic Engagement
<p>A democracy is healthiest when civic engagement is valued and demonstrated by its citizens. Although many have studied ways to increase civic engagement, the relationship between civic engagement and fine art education has not been included. The purpose of this study is to identify the …
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The Civic Engagement Of Latino Immigrants In The United States
<p>This study employs acculturation and civic engagement theories to explain the incorporation and engagement of Latino immigrants in American society by examining how demographic characteristics, socioeconomic factors, and characteristics of the immigrant experience, as moderated by acculturation …
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Intercultural dialogue for civic engagement: Perspectives from the multicultural community
… contribute to democratic processes. Similarly, civic engagement has emerged as a key priority of municipalities to effectively serve and meet the needs of a culturally diverse public. I conducted an exploratory qualitative research study using focus groups with 13 ethnocultural community leaders …
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The Impact of Religion on the Civic Engagement of Immigrants
… contribute to the host democracy through civic engagement. Religion has been widely investigated as an influential factor of immigrant civic engagement. This study aims at a comprehensive understanding of the impact of religion on immigrant civic engagement in the New Zealand context. To …
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The influence of religious motivations on young people`s civic engagement
… motivations for political participation and civic engagement, scholars have set their focus on social capital and the recruiting potential for volunteers inside religious communities. Less attention has been paid to individual religious impulses, but also to reasons for which people step out …
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Cultural Factors That Predict Civic Engagement in African American Young Adults
… racism, and socioeconomic inequities, civic engagement may be particularly beneficial for African Americans. Both quantitative (self-report measures) and qualitative (interviews) methods were used to investigate the role of socio-cultural constructs such as racial identity in predicting …
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A Comparative Analysis of Weibo and Xinhua in Framing Chinese Civic Engagement
… news website Xinhuanet cover three Chinese civic events: the Guo Meimei Event (2011), the Wenzhou Train Crash Event (2011), and the Kindergarten Abuse Event (2012). The findings indicate that Xinhua is more likely to use individualized frames to cover civic issues in order to justify the …
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The faith and civic engagement scale: Principle components and confirmatory factor analysis
… and Expectations section of the Faith and Civic Engagement (FACE) scale, which identified common themes and thus created a new, more concise measure designed for use by colleges and universities. The new measure generated provides a means for colleges and universities to identify students' …
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Place, Literacy Learning, and Civic Engagement: A Case Study of Adventure Risk Challenge
Place, Literacy Learning, and Civic Engagement: A Case Study of Adventure-Risk-Challenge investigates learning that takes place at Adventure-Risk-Challenge (ARC), a nonprofit, outside-of-school program that supports the literacy and leadership development of California's underserved youth. Previous …
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Gender and Social Capital: Implications for Women's Civic Engagement in Ecuador and Peru
Civic engagement is a fundamental component of a healthy democracy, contributing to higher government accountability and overall improvement in "good governance". Civic engagement is particularly critical to subgroups which are under-represented in formal political structures, such as women, as it …
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New media, new citizens: the terms and conditions of online youth civic engagement.
… of empirical research linking young people's civic motivations to their internet uses, and in particular to their evaluations, as users, of UK civic websites. This thesis brings together the study of youth civic engagement and the practice of user experience in order to explore the civic …
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Civic engagement among emerging adults : evidence from the panel survey of income dynamics.
… seeks to evaluate the state of emerging adult civic engagement within the United States. Civic engagement is an important facet of society as it is the combination of individual and collective efforts aimed towards resolving issues of public concern. Emerging adults are a unique population as …
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Speakeasy : mobile telephony for community networking and civic engagement in an immigrant community
Immigrants face a variety of barriers limiting their access to social services. These include inability to speak English, unfamiliarity with available services, and distrust of government agencies. To overcome these obstacles, many immigrants rely on informal social networks for information, …
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New Media, new voices : supporting civic engagement in low-income communities of color
… with using new media tools as a means for civic engagement. However, will building new platforms be enough to increase civic engagement in marginalized communities, particularly low-income communities of color? This thesis analyzes the experience of the North End Organizing Network (NEON), …
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Exploration of Communicative Social Capital, Civic Engagement and Political Engagement of the Korean Diaspora
… meaning of ethnic community, social capital, and civic and political engagement. More specifically, the study examined how communicative social capital influences civic and political engagement as well as other factors that influence or inhibit civic and political engagement of the Korean …
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