It's not your Daddy's world. We live in the Social Media age. And with the Social Media age, one can make and maintain friendships using much less time and effort than your Daddy did in his world. In "Social Media: Price, Supply, and Demand in Digital Communities," authors Shawn Blau, Ph.D. and Greg Giaquinto, M.P.A., discuss the price, supply, and demand of making and maintaining friends the traditional way - for example, meeting people at a bar and having face to face conversations with those people - versus making and maintaining friends in the Social Media age via joining Social Media platforms, like Facebook, and communicating with newly made friends by messaging one another.A must read, this analysis makes people contemplate the differences, pros, and cons of making and sustaining relationships in the Social Media age versus the traditional way of creating and sustaining friendships.
People yearn for relationships. And in the Internet age, people will flock in droves to Social Media websites, like Facebook, in the hopes of meeting a potential new friend, spouse, etc. Meeting people on Social Media platforms are quick and effortless. However, what is the strength of these Social Media friendships? Are they stronger or weaker than friendships people make the traditional way - meeting people face to face and interacting with them in the same physical proximity?Author's Shawn Blau, Ph.D. and Greg Giaquinto, M.P.A. attempt to answer this question in "Social Media: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Internet Friendships." Their approach is a fundamental cost-benefit analysis of making friends via Social Media friendships versus the making friends by meeting people face to face and interacting with them. A timely read, "Social Media: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Internet Friendships" provides insights into human behavior and compares the pros and cons of Social Media friendships versus traditional friendships.
Consciously writing "as women," these writers inscribe the sublime with values of empathy and intersubjectivity associated with women's psychological development, values not usually accommodated by the history of the sublime or by modernist American culture."--BOOK JACKET.
The advent of photography revolutionized perception, making visible what was once impossible to see with the human eye. In At the Edge of Sight, Shawn Michelle Smith engages these dynamics of seeing and not seeing, focusing attention as much on absence as presence, on the invisible as the visible. Exploring the limits of photography and vision, she asks: What fails to register photographically, and what remains beyond the frame? What is hidden by design, and what is obscured by cultural blindness? Smith studies manifestations of photography's brush with the unseen in her own photographic work and across the wide-ranging images of early American photographers, including F. Holland Day, Eadweard Muybridge, Andrew J. Russell, Chansonetta Stanley Emmons, and Augustus Washington. She concludes by showing how concerns raised in the nineteenth century remain pertinent today in the photographs of Abu Ghraib. Ultimately, Smith explores the capacity of photography to reveal what remains beyond the edge of sight.
There is considerable connection between growth of the personnel in the organization and the ability for the company to compete over time. Looking outside for help training may be required but looking within for opportunities for enhanced training and growth, will foster a continually improving and growing organization. This book examines the opportunities for learning, within the organization and its’ activities, along with the connection to motivation. Additionally, it provides information on the characteristics of organizations that are able to quickly disseminate, along with approaches for improving this distribution of that learning throughout the organization.
The Psychology of Modern Dating: Websites, Apps, and Relationships is a resource guide outlining the major observations of trends currently applicable to online dating via dating sites and apps. This text outlines the theoretical foundation and evidentiary support for the motivations of online dating use as well as the shift witnessed within a new form of romantic relationship development created by online dating platforms. This book will also examine the significance of self theory in the creation of online profiles as well as analyze the influence of factors, including age, gender, sexual orientation and race and the roles they plan in online dating interactions. Future thoughts and directions for investigation will be offered as consideration for ongoing study.
This informative reference volume features the key papers in the growing field of quantitative criminology. The papers provide examples of the importation of statistical methods from other fields to criminology, the adaptation of such methods to special criminological problems through introspection, and the development of new innovative statistical approaches. The volume illustrates the growing sophistication and maturation of quantitative methods in this field. Divided into five parts: research design, sampling, issues in measurement, descriptive analysis and causal analysis, it will be of interest to anyone concerned with criminology and criminal justice, as well as those with specialized interests in quantitative methods.
Introducing the concept of cinematic education - defined as pedagogy infused by the moving image - this volume explores the historical, theoretical, and practical basis for using film in kindergarten through post-secondary classrooms. Its scholarly inquiry into the meaning film can bring to teaching and learning extends a vast literature on film theory. At the same time it broadens the scope of cultural studies in education to include a more thorough consideration of the day-to-day political dimensions of the cinematic in K-12 public and private classrooms.
Make real-time therapeutic decisions with confidence with this concise, authoritative guide to dermatologic conditions Fitzpatrick's Therapeutics is a valuable bedside tool to assist clinicians in the treatment of dermatological conditions. It's the perfect companion to the larger Fitzpatrick's Dermatology, Ninth Edition. Concise yet comprehensive, Fitzpatrick's Therapeutics provides comprehensive treatment options in tabular format for the range of dermatologic conditions. You'll find practical information for clinical practice, including dosing regimens, adverse effects, monitoring, and level of evidence based on the American Academy of Dermatology guidelines with annotated references. • Companion dermatologic treatment guide to Fitzpatrick's Dermatology, Ninth Edition • Convenient tabular format for quick reference • Annotated references • Concise summaries of treatment options with information on treatment modifications and monitoring • Content will be updated on AccessDermatologyDxRx as new FDA-approved drugs become available
Explosive action, white-hot lightsaber battles, evil schemes, and heroic sacrifices—it's all here in this fast-paced volume jam packed with four wickedly awesome all-ages adventures set in the most exciting era of Star Wars! The fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance as the Republic and the Confederacy take their fight from the cold reaches of space to exotic alien worlds. Don't miss the Jedi making history in their selfless fight for justice in this full-throttle collection of stories all told in the same exciting, stripped down style as Cartoon Network's microseries. The Clone Wars Adventures series are a top seller, and very kid friendly, perfect for younger readers.
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