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Longer-term effects of Head Start
- American Economic Review
, 2002
"... Abstract Public early intervention programs like Head Start are often justified as investments in children. Yet nothing is known about the long-term effects of Head Start. This paper draws on unique data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to provide new evidence on the effects of Head Start on ..."
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programs. We examine four indicators of economic and social success in adulthood. We find that, for whites, participation in Head Start is associated with a significantly increased probability of completing high school and attending college as well as elevated earnings in one's early twenties. African
Materials for an exploratory theory of the network society.
- The British Journal of Sociology
, 2000
"... ABSTRACT This article aims at proposing some elements for a grounded theor y of the network society. The network society is the social structure characteristic of the Information Age, as tentatively identi ed by empirical, cross-cultural investigation. It permeates most societies in the world, in v ..."
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, in various cultural and institutional manifestations, as the industrial society characterized the social structure of both capitalism and statism for most of the twentieth centur y. Social structures are organized around relationships of production/consumption, power, and experience, whose spatio-temporal
From the Freak Show to the Living Room: Cultural Representations of Dwarfism and Obesity
"... This article examines how cultural representations of deviant bodies vary based on historically informed narratives of bodily stigma. Using content analysis of 40 episodes of reality television programming, I contrast cultural representations of dwarfism and obesity. Over time, dwarfism became cons ..."
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Goffman's work largely focused on interactional responses to stigma. Yet, he noted that nearly all stigmatized groups have organizations that provide social support, promote a certain philosophy on how to live with the condition, and create professionals who espouse this viewpoint. Further, Goffman
A University's Stories About Teaching and Learning During SARS: The Narrative Psychology Perspective Narrative Structure and Social Construction
"... Seven stories about a university s coping with teaching and learning during the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong were read and interpreted from a narrative psychology perspective. Specifically, narrative analysis of the seven stories was preceded by reviewing the background of the stories, the origin ..."
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) in March-April 2003. While the events we experienced under SARS do not survive through time, the stories that we tell about these events will. They have shaped and will continue to influence our lived experiences as we participate as narrators, authors, listeners, and readers. We have ordered these stories
LEADERS ON THE COUCH: THE CASE OF ROBERTO CALVI
"... I would like to express my appreciation for the help of ..."
Vision and Performance. The Sociolinguistic Analysis of Genres and Its Application to Focussed Ethnographic Data
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the focus lies on the setting and decorum, and finally (c) the outer context, focussing on the social embedding of this form of »transcendent« communication and its filmic presentation. The article closes with a reflection on the need to combine hermeneutic analysis of case studies based on textual analysis
Will Normal-Sized Female Models in Advertisements Be Viewed as Positively as Small-Sized Models?
"... Abstract In two experiments, we investigated instrumental framing and adaptation standard effects on body attractiveness evaluation of normal-sized models as opposed to small-sized models. Further, we examined how health-consciousness concerning small-sized models might confound the effects. The pr ..."
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perfection. 'Size zero' and the pursuit of the perfect body has filtered down through society to affect not only those that work directly in the fashion industries but normal women living everyday lives. Approximately 50% of girls and undergraduate women report being dissatisfied with their bodies
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22.10.2009 Implementation of a Peer-to-Peer Multiplayer Game with Realtime Requirements
"... Massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) have become increasingly popular in the recent years, particularly in the form of online role-playing games (MMORPGs). These games support up to several ten thousand players interacting in a virtual game world. The current commercially successful games are ..."
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completely event-based mode, supporting the execution of the game in an discrete-event-based network simulator. Third, a simple artificial intelligence player is developed for workload generation in large (and possibly simulated) networks. Furthermore, the newly developed transport protocol CUSP is applied
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