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Showing 1 to 20 of 293 for “"identity construction"”.
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Identity construction in nurse practitioner-patient interactions
… interactional goals, are able to construct the identity of the ‘caring and competent’ provider. Using Agha’s (2007) theory of figures of personhood, I outline the ways in which NPs align with the ‘caring provider’ through linguistic moves of solidarity such as engaging in small talk, using …
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Minoritized Teacher Identity Construction within Instances of Racialization
My study examines English language teacher identity (LTI) construction through qualitative research analysis of group and individual interviews. I focus on the oral narratives told within these interviews on interactions and experiences in the workplace and the classroom. The focus of this study is …
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Identity Construction and Maintenance in Domestic Violence Shelters
… shelters have been recognized as sites of identity repair and construction, as well as an emergency refuge for women and their children. However, shelters are microcosms of the larger society, and the inequality and bureaucracy that exist in society are often replicated in the shelter …
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Chinese Internet Language: A Study of Identity Construction
… of the interaction between language use and identity construction in the Internet arena. Aside from documenting a new type of language contact and convergence in the digital age, this dissertation also informs research on the social and technological factors responsible for language variation …
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Using porn: Discourse and identity construction in male consumers
… analyzes the impact of framing discourses on the identity construction of consumers. Using concepts from Foucault and cultural studies, these questions are explored: How do discourses about consumers affect their identity construction? Which are important? How do men construct their consuming …
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Branding faith: object and consumerism in religious identity construction
… church-hoping or constant changes in religious identity. To observe these processes and investigate an understudied aspect of religious life, I look for how objects come to be a part of, or resist, tendencies towards church-hoping and simplistic short-term solutions. Contrary to my expectations, …
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Haole Like Me: Identity Construction and Politics in Hawaii
… in the world,” and from there, explores how identity, culture, and belonging are constructed through language. The essential questions become: are culture and identity constructed and performed, through language, tradition, and cultural engagement? Or is some blood content or ethnicity …
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Language, gender, and identity construction: sociolinguistic dynamics in the borderlands
This dissertation research analyzes the construction of identity through language in a variety of three social networks of young Mexican women on the U.S.-Mexico border of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas. My results show stylistic variation through the use of different, specific discourse …
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Mapping the subject : exploration of identity construction through autobiographical reflection
Bibliography : leaves 66-71.
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DIGITAL MEDIA AND THE KOREAN DIASPORA: A JOURNEY OF IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION
… media usage has impacted diasporic members’ identity construction process. With the example of the Korean diaspora in the United States as a case study, this dissertation focuses on the impact of digital media, first, in regard to the ways in which diasporic members communicate with others …
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Identity construction in childhood and adolescence: fundamental for peacebuilding in Colombia
La niñez y la adolescencia son etapas fundamentales en la vida de toda persona, pues durante éstas se genera y reafirma el proceso de identidad, es por esto que, en un proceso de construcción de paz como el colombiano, resulta relevante estudiar los conceptos respecto al conflicto que tienen …
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AFROBEATS ON SOCIAL MEDIA: TRANSNATIONAL FLOWS, INTERCULTURAL FORMATIONS, AND IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION
ABSTRACT Over the last few years Afrobeats, a contemporary African music from, has steadily been gaining recognition in the global popular culture space. It is not uncommon to see videos of young people dancing to Afrobeats songs circulating on the internet. With the advent of social media …
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National identity construction and the popular ballad in nineteenth century Ireland
… out to analyse the discourses surrounding the construction of a nationalist sense of Irish identity through the medium of popular culture specifically song lyrics throughout the nineteenth century. The English language songtexts that this work is based on provide evidence of the process of …
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The identity construction and representation of diasporic Chinese content creators on YouTube
… the intention to represent their own diasporic identity, a series of videos were made to share various cultural related content ranging from ethnic food preparation. generational relationships, and heritage language practices. Many of these videos have already received hundreds of thousands of …
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Student Motivation and Identity Construction in an Intensive U.S. French Immersion Program
… motivation and how their sociolinguistic identity is understood, represented and constructed through their multiple experiences learning French as a Foreign Language (FFL) in an intensive Summer French Language Immersion Programs (SFLIPs). The results of the study demonstrate that …
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A narrative inquiry about teacher identity construction : preservice teachers share their stories
… of the university's OSSYP program in supporting identity construction by providing opportunities for the discourses and learning and teaching experiences that facilitate teacher identity work. One insight revealed from the study is the crucial importance of teacher identity discussions in teacher …
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Second generation internal immigrants' bilingual practices and identity construction in Guangzhou, China
… with immigrants associated with a Putonghua identity as a threat to Cantonese. There is little research on how the interaction between local language beliefs and the state language ideologies underlying Putonghua Promotion may influence immigrants’ life experiences and identities. This study …
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Malay women’s identity construction and engagement with The Sims Social in Facebook
… as a case study to explore the complexity of identity performance and management that emerges as these two different, but overlapping contexts collide. The research finds that instead of rejecting the many clashing social-cultural values portrayed in The Sims Social, Malay women attain …
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