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The Civic and Community Engagement of Religiously Active Americans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Presents survey findings about attitudes of those who are active in religious or spiritual groups toward people, their communities, their ability to make an impact on their communities, and the Internet, as well as their involvement with other ...
Jim Jansen
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Unlocking the Future of Insurance: The Power of Open Data, Digital Transformation, and Human Talent

open access: yesHuman Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite rapid technological advancement in insurance, there remains a critical gap in understanding how open data initiatives affect employee digital competencies and organizational transformation. This research investigates this relationship through a systematic review of 51 scholarly articles published between 2018 and 2024, using structured
Narongsak Sukma, Siriporn Yamnill
wiley   +1 more source

Social Networking Sites and Our Lives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Examines the characteristics of social networking site users, their online activities, and their friendships, sense of trust, social support, perspectives, and civic engagement by site and compared with those of non-users and users of other ...
Keith N. Hampton   +3 more
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Assessing the Sustainability of Community‐Managed Irrigation Systems Using Multicriteria Analysis and Sustainability Indicators in Northern Ethiopia: A Holistic Approach

open access: yesIrrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reservoir‐based irrigation schemes (RBISs) have been developed to minimize the adverse effects of moisture stress and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in semi‐arid regions. However, many RBISs perform below expectations. A multistage expert elicitation approach and an indicator‐based Sustainability Assessment of Food and ...
Gebremeskel Teklay Berhe   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Media Markets and Localism: Does Local News en Español Boost Hispanic Voter Turnout? [PDF]

open access: yes
Since the dawn of broadcasting, and especially in the past decade, Americans have turned their attention from local to more distant sources of news and entertainment. While the integration of media markets will raise the private welfare of many consumers,
Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Joel Waldfogel
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Civil Society as Advocate of Social Change in Pre-and Post-transition Societies: Building Sound Governance in South Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
In what ways are service learning and civic engagement shaped by context, and in what ways do these two trends contribute to higher education's trajectory for an "appropriate future" as a mature, responsible, and responsive institution within ...
Anne J. Gordon, Phiroshaw Camay
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A Person‐Centered Approach to Examining Out‐of‐School Participation Among Black Adolescents and Its Association With Racial and Ethnic Identity

open access: yesJournal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Positive racial and ethnic identity formation is associated with psychological well‐being, especially for Black adolescents. Parental socialization and school‐related factors are key influences that have been studied, but less is known about other factors in an adolescent's social ecology, such as out‐of‐school activities.
Maureen T. S. Burns   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Time Out: A Scoping Review of Non‐Duration Based Social Media Use Measures and Adolescent Mental Health

open access: yesJournal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Research to understand the role of social media use (SMU) in explaining deteriorating adolescent mental health has been limited by broad, nonspecific measures of social media use, specifically ‘time spent on social media’. These measures provide insufficient detail to capture specific risk and protective factors to users.
Amanda M. Sursely   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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