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The Role of Language in the Media in Influencing Public Perceptions of Refugees [PDF]
, 2018 The refugee crisis has become a worldwide epidemic in recent years. As refugee entrance into host countries is debated, media outlets are covering the issue regularly. These media outlets use various types of language when portraying refugees.
Pulliam, Alison M
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract This paper reports on findings from 15 semi‐structured interviews with LGBTQIA+ individuals within the United States who have experienced the loss of one or more LGBTQIA+ information spaces. The paper specifically focuses on how such losses occurred and the information transitions experienced by the participants in response to this loss ...
Travis L. Wagner, Vanessa L. Kitzie
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Syrian refugees in Palestinian refugee camps and informal settlements in Beirut, Lebanon [PDF]
, 2017 Informal spaces often develop on the periphery of cities as a result of the arrival of rural migrants, national and international workers, refugees and others. In Lebanon during the 1950s, Palestinian refugees arrived and settledin tent camps, which were
Chamma, Nasr, Zaiter, Hassan
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract This ethnographic study explores vehicle residents' information practices in the United States (US). Vehicle residents are people whose primary means of housing is a vehicle. This work builds on previous research encompassing transitions and fractured (information) landscapes. Using fractured information landscapes as the theoretical framework,
Kaitlin E. Montague
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“We” the Refugees: Reflections on Refugee Labels and Identities [PDF]
Refuge, 2018 In this article the authors present an auto-ethnographical analysis, describing their personal experiences with forced migration. Using narrative passages, the authors problematize the way in which refugee identities are entwined with socially constructed labels.
Vigil, Yanery Navarro +1 more
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Perspective taking can promote short-term inclusionary behavior toward Syrian refugees
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018 Significance We investigate whether American citizens can be persuaded to adopt more inclusionary behavior toward refugees by using a minimally invasive online perspective-taking exercise frequently used by refugee advocates in the real world.
Claire L. Adida +2 more
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The Role of Horticultural Therapy in the Treatment of Refugees with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder [PDF]
, 2019 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cites that there are an unprecedented number of refugees. As of 2017, over 68.5 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes, with 25.4 million of this group being classified as ...
Nadeau, Molly
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract With levels of mental health difficulties among young people rising and policymakers focusing on the state's role in promoting young people's wellbeing, educational institutions have become positioned on the front line as key sites to identify and implement wellbeing interventions.
Ceri Brown +3 more
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QJM, 2003 Valentina and Aferdita are both refugees from the former Yugoslavia who see me at the surgery. Their stories, on the face of it at least, are very different. (I have changed names and some other details here to preserve their anonymity.) Valentina is of Serbian Christian origin and comes from Sarajevo.
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Reception and Placement of Refugees in the United States [PDF]
, 2017 [Excerpt] The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), which is managed by the Department of State (DOS), resettles refugees from around the world in the United States. Once a refugee case is approved for U.S.
Bruno, Andorra
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