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The fifth edition of this comprehensive and engaging text guides
readers through the essential tools and skills necessary to conduct
quantitative content analysis research. Readers will find a clear
definition of quantitative content analysis and step-by-step
instructions on designing a content analysis study, along with
examples of content analysis studies and journal articles. This
edition has been updated with the latest methods in sampling in the
digital age, computerized content analysis, and the uses of social
media in content analysis research. It maintains the concise,
accessible approach of previous editions while including refreshed
examples and discussions throughout. This is an essential text for
content analysis courses in communication and media studies
programs of all levels, as well as a useful supplementary text in
more general research methods courses.
The fifth edition of this comprehensive and engaging text guides
readers through the essential tools and skills necessary to conduct
quantitative content analysis research. Readers will find a clear
definition of quantitative content analysis and step-by-step
instructions on designing a content analysis study, along with
examples of content analysis studies and journal articles. This
edition has been updated with the latest methods in sampling in the
digital age, computerized content analysis, and the uses of social
media in content analysis research. It maintains the concise,
accessible approach of previous editions while including refreshed
examples and discussions throughout. This is an essential text for
content analysis courses in communication and media studies
programs of all levels, as well as a useful supplementary text in
more general research methods courses.
This 82-page easy-to-understand reader is one of 12 historical
novels in the Hopes and Dreams series, whose diverse and
fascinating characters, regardless of their ethnicity, face
prejudice, danger, hardships, and setbacks, but survive with
perseverance, a little bit of luck ,and a generous amount of love
in their new home in the US. Downloadable audio recordings of all
12 novels and free supplementary materials for teachers are
available (visit ProLinguaLearning.com for more details). Plot
Summary for Neighbors: In the 1980s in El Salvador, the struggle
for power between the government’s army and the Guerillas causes
widespread damage and death. A peasant couple, Ramón and Pilar,
see their neighbor being taken away, his wife killed, and his house
burned. Ramón becomes involved in a protest and is marked for
death. He tries to escape to the U.S. but is returned to El
Salvador and discovers that his village was destroyed and his
family gone. He again crosses the U.S. border and is rescued from
death in the desert by two nuns. He is given sanctuary by a couple
in Texas. While there, he learns that his family is safe. Together
again, they move to Maryland where they work in a restaurant. After
several years, they work to help others gain protected status and
sanctuary in the U.S.
This journey through Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, captures a
glimpse of Amish Country through 240 color photographs of unique
signs in their natural settings. The signs and graphics of official
markers, one-room schoolhouses, roadside stands, cottage
industries, local trades, and many more tell the story of this
special place. Zero in on the signage of one farm or one road, as
well as the seasonal delights of summer and fall. See the many ways
the area supports horses and the transportation and agriculture
that rely on them. Join the photographer on a scenic adventure
through back roads, expansive farmland, and quaint villages, with
informative and entertaining anecdotes along the way. You'll
discover new details every time you page through this extraordinary
picture book. It's a tour of Amish country like none other. For
armchair tourists, sign buffs, and photography fans alike.
With unemployment at historically high rates that show signs of
becoming structural, there is a pressing need for an in-depth
exploration of this economic injustice. Unemployment is one of the
problems most likely to put critical pressure on our political
institutions, disrupt the social fabric of our way of life, and
even threaten the continuation of liberalism itself. Despite the
obvious importance of the problem of unemployment, however, there
has been a curious lack of attention paid to this issue by
contemporary non-Marxist political philosophers. On Unemployment
explores the moral implications of the problem of unemployment
despite the continuing uncertainty involving both its causes and
its cures. Reiff takes up a series of questions about the nature of
unemployment and what justice has to tell us about what we should
do, if anything, to alleviate it. The book comprehensively
discusses the related theory and suggests how we might implement
these more general observations in the real world. It addresses the
politics of unemployment and the extent to which opposition to some
or all of the book's various proposals stem not from empirical
disagreements about the best solutions, but from more basic moral
disagreements about whether the reduction of unemployment is indeed
an appropriate moral goal. This exciting new text will be essential
for scholars and readers across business, economics, and finance,
as well as politics, philosophy, and sociology.
With unemployment at historically high rates that show signs of
becoming structural, there is a pressing need for an in-depth
exploration of this economic injustice. Unemployment is one of the
problems most likely to put critical pressure on our political
institutions, disrupt the social fabric of our way of life, and
even threaten the continuation of liberalism itself. Despite the
obvious importance of the problem of unemployment, however, there
has been a curious lack of attention paid to this issue by
contemporary non-Marxist political philosophers. On Unemployment
explores the moral implications of the problem of unemployment
despite the continuing uncertainty involving both its causes and
its cures. Reiff takes up a series of questions about the nature of
unemployment and what justice has to tell us about what we should
do, if anything, to alleviate it. The book comprehensively
discusses the related theory and suggests how we might implement
these more general observations in the real world. It addresses the
politics of unemployment and the extent to which opposition to some
or all of the book's various proposals stem not from empirical
disagreements about the best solutions, but from more basic moral
disagreements about whether the reduction of unemployment is indeed
an appropriate moral goal. This exciting new text will be essential
for scholars and readers across business, economics, and finance,
as well as politics, philosophy, and sociology.
Analyzing Media Messages, Fourth Edition provides a comprehensive
guide to conducting content analysis research. It establishes a
formal definition of quantitative content analysis; gives
step-by-step instructions on designing a content analysis study;
and explores in depth several recurring questions that arise in
such areas as measurement, sampling, reliability, data analysis,
and the use of digital technology in the content analysis process.
The fourth edition maintains the concise, accessible approach of
the first three editions while offering updated discussions and
examples. It examines in greater detail the use of computers to
analyze content and how that process varies from human coding of
content, incorporating more literature about technology and content
analysis throughout. Updated topics include sampling in the digital
age, computerized content analysis as practiced today, and
incorporating social media in content analysis. Each chapter
contains useful objectives and chapter summaries to cement core
concepts.
Analyzing Media Messages, Fourth Edition provides a comprehensive
guide to conducting content analysis research. It establishes a
formal definition of quantitative content analysis; gives
step-by-step instructions on designing a content analysis study;
and explores in depth several recurring questions that arise in
such areas as measurement, sampling, reliability, data analysis,
and the use of digital technology in the content analysis process.
The fourth edition maintains the concise, accessible approach of
the first three editions while offering updated discussions and
examples. It examines in greater detail the use of computers to
analyze content and how that process varies from human coding of
content, incorporating more literature about technology and content
analysis throughout. Updated topics include sampling in the digital
age, computerized content analysis as practiced today, and
incorporating social media in content analysis. Each chapter
contains useful objectives and chapter summaries to cement core
concepts.
This 80-page easy-to-understand reader is one of 12 historical
novels in the Hopes and Dreams series, whose diverse and
fascinating characters, regardless of their ethnicity, face
prejudice, danger, hardships, and setbacks, but survive with
perseverance, a little bit of luck ,and a generous amount of love
in their new home in the US. Downloadable audio recordings of all
12 novels and free supplementary materials for teachers are
available (visit ProLinguaLearning.com for more details). Plot
Summary for For Gold and Blood:This is the story of two Chinese
brothers, Soo and Ping Lee, who, like many Chinese immigrants,
leave their home in China to go to California in 1851. They hope to
strike it rich in the Gold Rush and send money back to their
family. In the gold fields, they make a big strike but are cheated
out of it. After 12 years of prospecting, they split up. Soo joins
the Chinese workers who build the Central Pacific Railroad, while
Ping opens a laundry in San Francisco. With little to show for his
work, Soo also goes to San Francisco. Both men face prejudice and
violence. In time they join rival factions in the community of
Chinatown, Ping with one of the Chinese Six Families and Soo with a
secret, illegal society called a tong. The story ends after the
1906 earthquake. This dramatic historical novel portrays the
complicated lives of typical immigrants from China and many other
countries.
"The new Chris Cornell biography is the book his legacy deserves."
-Kerrang! "Reiff unearths plenty of unexpected details and novel
anecdotes...but the book is perhaps most valuable for the way it
rounds out and humanizes this man who managed to keep so many of
his cards close to the vest despite decades in the spotlight."
-Variety "Total F*cking Godhead brings Chris Cornell, the voice of
a generation, alive on the page. Impressively researched and
compulsively readable, Godhead pulls no punches in recounting
Cornell's remarkable life and prolific career. It's an inspired
chronicle of an impassioned soul. Read it!"-Greg Renoff, author of
Van Halen Rising With input from those who knew and worked with
him-together with his own words-Total F*cking Godhead recounts the
rise of Chris Cornell and his immortal band Soundgarden as they
emerged from the 1980s post-punk underground to dominate popular
culture in the '90s alongside Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, and
Nirvana. "From his days as a struggling Seattle musician at the
forefront of the grunge scene to becoming a global icon, Total
F*cking Godhead thoroughly chronicles the life story and prolific
output of one of the greatest and most influential singers of all
time. You will discover the man and his music all over
again."-David de Sola, author of Alice in Chains: The Untold Story
Seattle resident and rock writer Corbin Reiff also examines
Cornell's dynamic solo career as well as his time in Audioslave. He
delves into his hard-fought battle with addiction, and the
supercharged reunion with the band that made him famous before
everything came to a shocking end. "For those of us still trying to
sort out the tragedy of Chris Cornell's death comes this loving
look back at the man's life and music. I wrote my own book about
grunge, and I still learned a lot from this excellent biography."
-Mark Yarm, author of Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of
Grunge
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Natural Language Processing and Information Systems - 28th International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems, NLDB 2023, Derby, UK, June 21–23, 2023, Proceedings (1st ed. 2023)
Elisabeth Métais, Farid Meziane, Vijayan Sugumaran, Warren Manning, Stephan Reiff-Marganiec
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 28th
International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to
Information Systems, NLDB 2023, held in Derby, UK, in June 21–23,
2023 The 31 full papers and 14 short papers included in this book
were carefully reviewed and selected from 89 submissions.
They focus on the developments of the application of natural
language to databases and information systems in the wider meaning
of the term.
From its humble beginnings as a fur-trading outpost, Chicago has
become one of the foremost centers of world finance and trade. With
its blue-collar work ethic and an economic history that extends
into virtually every segment of American industry, it certainly
lives up to its moniker as the City That Works. Drawing on the
award-winning "Encyclopedia of Chicago", Janice L. Reiff has
compiled a unique history of work in the "Windy City". Beginning
with an overview of the city's commercial development, "Chicago
Business and Industry" considers how key industries shaped - and
were shaped by - both the local and global economies. The city's
phenomenal population growth, its proximity to water, and its
development of railroads made Chicago one of the most productive
markets for lumber and grain throughout the nineteenth century. The
region's once-booming steel industry, on the other hand, suffered a
dramatic decline in the second half of the twentieth century, when
already weakened demand met with increasing international
competition. "Chicago Business and Industry" chronicles the Chicago
region's changing fortunes from its beginning. Reiff has compiled
and updated essays from the Encyclopedia covering the city's most
historically famous - and infamous - companies, from the Union
Stock Yard to Montgomery Ward to the Board of Trade. The book
concludes with a historical account of labor types and issues in
the city, with attention to such topics as health-care workers,
unemployment, and unionization. Today, Groupon and a host of other
high-tech firms have led some experts to christen Chicago the
Silicon Valley of the Midwest. Reiff's new introduction takes
account of these and other recent trends. Engaging, accessible, and
packed with fascinating facts, "Chicago Business and Industry"
invites readers into the history and diversity of work in the city,
helping them understand how Chicago became Chicago.
For years now, unionization has been under vigorous attack.
Membership has been steadily declining, and with it union
bargaining power. As a result, unions may soon lose their ability
to protect workers from economic and personal abuse, as well as
their significance as a political force. In the Name of Liberty
responds to this worrying state of affairs by presenting a new
argument for unionization, one that derives an argument for
universal unionization in both the private and public sector from
concepts of liberty that we already accept. In short, In the Name
of Liberty reclaims the argument for liberty from the political
right, and shows how liberty not only requires the unionization of
every workplace as a matter of background justice, but also
supports a wide variety of other progressive policies.
For years now, unionization has been under vigorous attack.
Membership has been steadily declining, and with it union
bargaining power. As a result, unions may soon lose their ability
to protect workers from economic and personal abuse, as well as
their significance as a political force. In the Name of Liberty
responds to this worrying state of affairs by presenting a new
argument for unionization, one that derives an argument for
universal unionization in both the private and public sector from
concepts of liberty that we already accept. In short, In the Name
of Liberty reclaims the argument for liberty from the political
right, and shows how liberty not only requires the unionization of
every workplace as a matter of background justice, but also
supports a wide variety of other progressive policies.
Transition from high school to career or college is an area of
critical importance and need in the field of special education.
Although the concept of inclusion is embraced by most educators,
the reality is that transition planning remains difficult, and, to
be frank, it is often unsuccessful. This book will make the process
understandable, relatable, functional, and successful. Because it
focuses not only on college and career readiness but also on social
and interpersonal skills, success is much more likely to be
attained.
This issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics teaches you the latest
developments and best practices in pediatric rheumatology. Guest
edited by Andreas Reiff, topics include juvenile arthritis,
juvenile spondyloarthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, vasculitis,
scleroderma, eye conditions, and more
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