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Title: ANALYZING THE GLOBAL DIFFUSION OF THE #METOO MOVEMENT USING TWITTER DATA
Author: Mitra, Sharoni
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: The #metoo movement started in the United States but has spread across the world with the goal of increasing awareness about the sexual harassment women endure. This paper aims to understand the factors affecting the diffusion of the #metoo moveme...

Title: Ecological Influence of the Middle-Income Population on Economic Mobility, Educational Outcomes, and Healthy Habits
Author: Reed, Cody
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: While researchers have identified many ecological conditions that impact life chances, there are many yet to be identified. This study identifies the size of the middle-income population as an ecological condition that is related to life outcomes....

Title: Food consumption, social media, and social status.
Author: Saleeva, Maria
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: Food consumption practices among different social groups get attention from sociology scholars because of their symbolic meanings. At the same time, food consumption practices in contemporary society are affected by a new phenomenon – social media...

Title: MENTAL HEALTH CASE MANAGERS: AN ANALYSIS OF COMPASSION FATIGUE AND WELLBEING
Author: Bilaye-Benibo, Tamunosaki
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Health services administration, Medical personnel
Description: Compassion fatigue is a phenomenon wherein employees in "helping professions" develop decreased capacity for empathy due to repeated/extended exposure to client trauma and suffering. In addition to negatively impacting relationships with their cli...

Title: Millennials will one day be eighty: generations in humor and context
Author: Looby, Kimberly
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Conflict of generations, Sociology, Humor, Library science
Description: Presented at the IDEAL Conference in Columbus, Ohio. August 2019. Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility in Libraries and Archives Most generational workshops make an honest attempt at trying to understand unique experiences through divers...

Title: THE IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL GENDER BELIEFS ON JOB SELECTION AND SEX SEGREGATION OF OCCUPATIONS
Author: Benson, James
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Sex role, Industrial relations
Description: Moving beyond occupational aspirations to actual selection of occupations, the current research considers the impact of individual gender beliefs on selection of occupations for men who work in male-dominated occupations compared to men who work i...

Title: TRANS COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE: HOW TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS SEARCH FOR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS
Author: Drake, Amanda
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Sex role, Queer studies
Description: The transgender population experience high rates of discrimination in healthcare settings, which has been well documented. Less is known about what is keeping transgender individuals from utilizing healthcare resources or their entry points to hea...

Title: UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL MOVEMENTS THROUGH SIMULATIONS OF ANGER CONTAGION IN SOCIAL MEDIA
Author: Bacaksizlar, Nazmiye
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Information technology, System theory
Description: This dissertation investigates emotional contagion in social movements within social media platforms, such as Twitter. The main research question is: How does a protest behavior spread in social networks? The following sub-questions are: (a) What ...