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ARE YOU WATCHING PEOPLE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA?
No full textThis study examines why Chinese Generation Z surveil non-intimate acquaintances on social media. Drawing on surveillance theory, social comparison orientation, fear of missing out (FoMO), communication privacy management, and platform affordances, this study proposes a social comparison orientation → FoMO → surveillance model. The study employed a sequential mixed methodology. In the first phase, 129 respondents aged 18 to 28 completed a survey validating these pathways. In the second phase, 21 high-monitoring participants were interviewed. The results indicate that social comparison, influenced by the unique social clock in Chinese society and the information exposure of online spaces like panopticon, can lead to and exacerbate FoMO. Furthermore, FoMO can also drive people\u27s original curiosity and lead to social snooping. In this process, China\u27s Generation Z is reshaping the privacy boundaries of social media, transforming a single act of social snooping into a continuous social surveillance behavior. Furthermore, the affordances of social media, such as searchability and algorithmic recommendations, create space for surveillance, reduce its costs, and improve social surveillance behavior. This study proposes a non-intimate social surveillance model that integrates cultural, emotional, and technological dimensions, enriching the theoretical understanding of surveillance behavior in non-intimate relationships in an online environment and the theoretical framework of social surveillance
WELCOME TO HOTEL THAI: Labor, Love, and the Space Between My Mothers
No full textThis thesis explores maternal labor, silence, and family boundaries through my experience of growing up at Hotel Thai, a restaurant and home located on the open border between Nepal and India. The hotel is run by my three parents: my mother, my father, and his first wife. My two mothers live and work side by side every day but do not speak to each other. Their silence is not emptiness, but a way of surviving and holding the family together. This paper discusses my film, performance, installation, and printmaking works to explore how care, memory, and labor are expressed without words. The work looks closely at the physical tasks my mothers perform like cooking, cleaning, and managing the hotel as well as the emotional weight carried through these daily routines. I use family photo albums, financial records, performances of domestic labor and gestures like braiding hair and folding dumplings to reflect on repetition, sacrifice, and the roles women play in keeping the family intact. This paper combines personal storytelling with analysis of images, objects, and actions to think about how silence, love, and tension exist together
Community-Based Food Program Limits in Reducing Older Adult Food Insecurity
No full textOlder adults who are grappling with food insecurity may enhance their food supply through community-based programs that provide free and subsidized food. This complicated system, categorized by group meal programs, home-delivered meals, and food provided to be eaten off-site, is complex, expensive, and may be difficult for older adults to use. Based on the book, Food for Thought: Understanding Older Adults Food Insecurity, this brief describes three key limits of community-based food programs for older adults. First, the quantity and quality of community-based food programs vary markedly by where one lives. Second, the food may be of poor nutritional quality. Third, physical, cognitive, and transportation limitations may impede participation
Oakwood Cemetery Register, Book 1, Computational Dataset
No full textThis computational dataset was developed from a transcription of Book 1 of the Oakwood Cemetery Registers, held by Oakwood Cemeteries of Syracuse, Inc. in Syracuse, New York. The project to digitize and transcribe the handwritten register was initiated by Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications and accomplished as a joint project between Newhouse, the Syracuse University Libraries, and the Central New York Library Resources Council.
The register documents interments from 8 November 1859 through 27 March 1902 and includes pertinent information about the deceased. The transcribed information has been normalized by Libraries staff for use as computational data. Please see the attached read_me file for further information on the metadata, normalization, and tips for using this CSV file.
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Do Schools Have the Capacity to Provide Free Meals to Every Student?
Get PDFOver 20 million students nationally attend schools that offer universal free meals (UFM). Advocates argue that UFM increases school meal participation, decreases stigma, and reduces administrative costs for schools. Similarly, Breakfast in the Classroom (BIC) distributes breakfast to students after the bell, which increases participation and potentially decreases stigma. However, student participation remains far from universal. This brief summarizes the findings from a study using data from New York City (NYC) public schools between 2011-2014 to analyze the effectiveness of UFM and BIC at increasing student school breakfast and lunch participation in capacity-constrained schools. The authors find that both UFM and BIC increase school meal participation, but UFM is less effective in schools that share buildings with other schools. Conversely, BIC is just as effective in such schools. Neither programs’ effectiveness appears to be compromised in overcrowded schools
