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Book Review: Joseph G. Bock’s \u3ci\u3eThe Technology of Nonviolence: Social Media and Violence Prevention\u3c/i\u3e
Get PDFIn the wake of the 2009-2012 Arab Spring protests—the first large- scale wave of Arab demonstrations in the Internet age—many pondered the significance of the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the movement. While the actual impact of technology in the Arab Spring is contested (Morozov, 2012), we can nevertheless tentatively note that the examples of technology being used throughout the Arab Spring are at the very least compelling for the field of peacebuilding, including vio- lence prevention. In this unique cultural and technological contemporary moment, scholars who study violence should be asking themselves: in socially and politically tumultuous places, can technology predict or even be used to prevent violence? [Cambridge, MA: MIT Press., 2012. 304 pp. $32.00
Coming Home: Servant-Leadership, Men, and the Road Back to One Another
Get PDFA primary reason for the general malaise and lack of leadership experienced by many in contemporary society coincides with a loss of the essence of what it means to live in and be developed by a real community, or to encounter what might be called a sense of home. In Greenleaf\u27s terms, the true community is a result of servant-leaders working to meet the most ultimate needs of those with whom they come into contact. The result of meeting such needs is that others grow wiser, more free, more healthy, and more autonomous. In Greenleaf\u27s conception, in a good community, a good home base from which to live and move, people are liberated toward the best sense of healthy humanity and therefore become better able to serve and the least privileged of society are benefited or at least not further deprived. The world seeks wholeness, even as self-embedded lifestyles and desperation strike at the core ofour ability to create community and give to others a sense ofhome in which love and power remain in balance, and openness, self transcendence, and healing attend us. In looking closer at this conundrum, I find as a man that servant-leadership challenges my will to power with a coinciding and more profound will to love. Vulnerability is painful, but also required
Servant-Leadership: Creating a Context for Collaboration
Get PDFSuccessful educators are chameleons. As chameleons alter their appearance to suit their environment, so too must educators change their strategies and mind-sets to adapt to changes in education (Laymon 2010). While chameleons adapt in order to blend in, educators must adapt to new surroundings to ensure that students are prepared for full entry into society. This entry must result in benefit to student and society. Schools that lack creative and collaborative leadership cannot move their schools forward to adapt as needed (Ozar 2010). There is a high correlation between collaborative school cultures and schools that are able to adapt (Meirink et al. 2010). Thus, leadership for\u27 collaboration is a highly relevant topic for our time
Analyzing Reader Response To The Plotlines Of Secondary Characters In Jane Austen\u27S Pride And Prejudice And Northanger Abbey Through Walter Fisher\u27S Narrative Paradigm
Get PDFHumans communicate lessons and messages through multiple mediums; including the written word. Classic novels transcend time and continue to reach out to generations of people to offer insight into human nature. The best stories can maintain relevance years after they have been created. This has been true for Jane Austen’s novels. Her works have received much criticism and research over the last 200 years with screen and book adaptations, as well as fan clubs and societies. Where much of the research emphasis is on the main characters or themes, there is a lack of information about the effect of secondary characters on the reader. This thesis was a three part study in which literary criticism and Walter Fisher’s Narrative Paradigm were used to analyze reader reactions to Charlotte Lucas in Pride and Prejudice and John Thorpe in Northanger Abbey. Twenty-five articles and books with opinions on the novels were reviewed to learn how the movements and actions of secondary characters influence audience response. The results show that the message and moral of the secondary characters created a passionate and measureable response in a qualitative format. The feedback is explored in depth and offers new insights into Jane Austen’s novels
The Faculty/Staff Communication Divide: An Ethnographic Look Inside A Community College
Get PDFThis study examines the communication divides that exist between faculty and staff at a rural community college in Texas. Through the use of survey data, personal interviews and ethnographic observation, the researcher gained significant insight into the communication culture of one institution. The theoretical framework for this study is built largely upon the group communication concepts of Bormann (1983) and Taylor and Altman (1975). Specifically, the study looks for evidence of Bormann’s (1983) symbolic convergence theory and Taylor and Altman’s (1975) social penetration theory. The philosophical framework for this thesis is grounded in Benhabib’s (1993) idea of the generalized versus concrete other, which considers the way people view people who belong to groups other than their own. The researcher, a longstanding employee of the organization being studied, conducted the study over a period of one month during the spring 2013 semester. A significant communication divide was discovered between administrators (and administrative support staff) and those who work in other areas of the campus. The results suggest that this divide is built around the administration building as a negative cultural symbol. Non-administrative employees appear to have created a group fantasy that views “administration” as a group to be avoided (Bormann, 1983). The study also indicated that there is a lack of communication between adjunct (or part time) faculty members and others at the college. These findings, which are expository in nature, serve to provide a foundation for further critical research within the institution to determine a course of action to improve communication processes between faculty and staff
Reducing Reliance On Emergency Departments For Non-Urgent Care Through Patient Assistance: A Phenomenological Approach To Dialogue That Looks Outside Hospital Walls
Get PDFAmerica\u27s underserved are turning to emergency departments for non-urgent care at an alarming rate that is attracting national attention in an era of health reform, and prompting hospitals to offer patient assistance programs to help members of this patient population find other affordable care alternatives in the community. This study examined one such program, and the problem it is incurring with patients who continue to return to the emergency department despite receiving assistance. Moving away from the positivistic research norm found in literature, dialogic theory in the phenomenological tradition was used to investigate the lived experiences of patients being assisted by the program to better understand the social factors that lead them to return to the emergency department for non-urgent care. Ten qualitative interviews were held with uninsured and Medi-Cal-insured patients, and a thematic analysis of the data was conducted. Four themes emerged that revealed participants are returning to emergency departments due to the harsh realities of a failing Medi-Cal system, major gaps in community health center capability, a substandard public transit system, and because the emergency department is viewed as one institution where illness is still taken seriously within a health care system that no longer cares. Results of this study were incongruent with existing literature, and emphasize the need for further dialogic research to provide insight and understanding from a holistic patient perspective, which is critical to effectively serving the health care needs of vulnerable populations
Crisis Communication- What Is Your Emergency?
Get PDFThis study is a rhetorical analysis of 911 active shooter calls. Working from frame theory it examines the types of communication that occur during crisis situations. This study reviews the actual audio tapes of the Columbine Colorado School shooting, the Trolley Square Salt Lake City UT shooting and the Arizona shooting of Congresswoman Gabby Gifford. This study provides a method for investigating the communication between caller to 911 and the telecommunicators that answer 911calls. It provides a baseline of the communication activities that are occurring and this method of communication is rapidly changing with pending text-mediated communication scheduled to take effect in 911 centers in 2014
A Rhetorical Analysis Of Clint Eastwood\u27S Speech At The 2012 Republican National Convention
Get PDFThis study focuses on the speech given by Clint Eastwood on August 30, 2012 at the 2012 Republican National Convention. Using the neo-Aristotelian method to conduct a rhetorical analysis, the persuasiveness of Eastwood’s speech was analyzed and discussed. The uniqueness of this deliberative speech was the use of a visual prop, an empty chair, to convince the audience of President Obama’s inadequacies as a leader. While the speech contained persuasive components, it was the visual communication of the empty chair that turned the Eastwood’s speech into a national discussion. This study had to then turn to research on visual communication in post-modern cultures conducted by Jonah Rice (2004). Many news media venues discredited the unorthodox political speech by Eastwood, but just as many news analysts found it to be effective in reaching the Independent voter (Flock, 2012). This study concludes speech was effective and was enhanced by the visual of the empty chair
The Intrapersonal Phenomenon: The Interactional Effects Of Intrapersonal Adjustments In The Organizational Change Of A Small Business
Get PDFIt is inevitable that change involves varying levels of communication. A relationship may consist of an individual\u27s communication with one\u27s self or with one or more persons. The functionality of a relationship depends on the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the communication of those individuals involved. When change is necessary in any form of organization, the level of communication for each member plays a vital role, especially in a small company. Based on literature and theory, intrapersonal development and influence relies on the structure of one\u27s cultural language. Language structure shapes one\u27s inner speech and self-talk through processes of internalization. The relevance of the intrapersonal phenomenon is examined and analyzed through a case study involving the organizational and communication restructuring of a small company. This method displays any underlying factors of intrapersonal effects. It also determines one\u27s behaviors and thoughts. The thesis illustrates that the behaviors and thoughts of each individual in an environment construct the nature of that environment. Without the support of intrapersonal communication, interactional changes are less likely to occur in an organization. Thus, the intrapersonal phenomenon is the root of communication through organizational change, even though it has an interdependent relationship with that which is external