Browsing by Department "Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work"
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Adding Insult to Industry: Alabamian Newspaper Framing of Tennessee River Pollution
(2018-05-31)
Media coverage of environmental topics typically reflects the environmental friendliness
of the intended audience. When local media covers environmental problems in a historically industrial, non-environmental area, the ...
Domestic Violence and the Caste System: Evaluating the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act of 2005
(2021-08-17)
The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA) of 2005 was implemented in
October 2006 to provide women in India with more civil and legal protection. My research seeks
to assess the effectiveness of the PWDVA ...
Generational Impact on Self-Group Distancing Among the LGBTQ+ Community
(2024-04-05)
The purpose of this study is to analyze how generational membership impacts the presence and frequency of self-group distancing attitudes, behaviors, and cognitive patterns among members of the LGBTQ+ community. After ...
The Glass Hospital
(2022-04-27)
This paper considers how the COVID-19 pandemic altered health care workers (HCWs) and their experiences with workplace discrimination. This research combines theories using glass as a metaphor (such as the glass escalator, ...
Going Postal: A Comparative Analysis of Workplace Mass Shooters as Insider Threats
(2023-11-15)
This research analyzes the overlap of behavioral indicators in workplace mass shooters and insider threats. To do so, it addresses four questions on perpetrator disclosure, signs of being in a crisis or under stress, the ...
Homegrown Environmentalism: An Analysis of Natural Resource-Based Civic Groups Across Alabama
(2023-08-04)
In Alabama, local grassroots groups have emerged as important players in building community capital, fostering community engagement, and providing cost-effective solutions. Despite popular beliefs about environmental ...
#IslamicState: An Analysis of Tweets in Support of ISIS After the November 2015 Attacks In Paris
(2018-07-31)
With the popularity and ease of using social media platforms, users are able to, in varying capacities, connect with others in varying capacities. During 2015, there were approximately 305 million worldwide active monthly ...
Never Too Late: Baby Boomers in College in Preparation for the Third Age
(2018-05-04)
The objective of this study was to investigate the question of how motivation and ability interact in the decision to start or return to college among retirement-age Boomers and those within close proximity to retirement ...
"People Choose Wi-Fi Over Your Existence:" The Management of Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity
(2020-11-17)
As sources of anthropogenic electromagnetic fields (EMFs) proliferate in the environment, the population of people living with electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) is growing. Yet sociologists have only recently begun ...
Personal Anguish or Public Spectacle?: Understanding Involuntary Celibacy as A Deviant Identity
(2021-05-18)
Academic research into involuntary celibacy has increased in the past decade, and many studies have succeeded at describing the behaviors which make involuntary celibate people (Incels) infamous online without promoting ...
Russian Twitter Trolls and the Production of Moral Panics
(2021-12-02)
The development of moral panic theory within the past 50 years unveiled a framework to analyze social alarm about labeled deviance within public discourse and revealed how the conversation about deviance can shape and ...
Threat-Motivated Mobilization of Collegiate Social Movement Organizations: The 2016 Presidential Election
(2018-11-13)
The social movement process, a key component of the democratic political system, has been studied in countless permutations. Threat, such as a controversial new President, powerfully motivates activists to mobilize in ...
Tornado Fatality Rates: Variables associated with the increased lethality of cyclonic tornadic activity within the Southeastern United States.
(2017-04-17)
This thesis examines and attempts to correlate several potential variables to explain the higher than average death rate due to tornados in the Southeastern United States. The in-depth analysis of variables concentrates ...
The Value of Talent Recruitment: Analyzing the Impact of Ethnic Campus Diversity and Social Movements in College Football Recruiting
(2023-04-27)
Many U.S. higher education institutions compete for top talent in academics, administration, and athletics. Particularly college football is a major business and marketing tool for promoting the university to current and ...