An approach to teaching young children the principles of writing and literacy that prohibits them from borrowing from our common cultural landscape is a problematic one, according to a University of Illinois professor who ...
Social Sciences
Apr 15, 2010
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People who participate in online communities are more likely to make risky financial decisions, according to a new study from researchers at Rice University, the University of British Columbia and the University of Zurich.
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2011
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An application developed in collaboration with vulnerable communities to transmit early warnings of the risk of floods and environmental disasters has become public policy in Brazil, and the methodology is being replicated ...
Environment
Oct 5, 2022
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(Phys.org) —It bothered Lindsay Hoffman and colleagues to see other researchers making broad yet vague claims about the role social media plays in political participation. So they decided to study it.
Social Sciences
Oct 8, 2013
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Senior citizens and minority communities are the most common targets for online scams such as phishing and identity theft. These groups stand to benefit the most from digital literacy, yet they often have the lowest levels ...
Internet
Feb 6, 2019
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When police in Aurora, Colorado, handcuffed children and made them lie face down on the pavement after stopping an African-American family they mistakenly identified, they not only made headlines, they prompted city officials ...
Social Sciences
Sep 9, 2020
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A Pew Research Center report indicated that online social networks have become political hotspots in the United States.
Internet
Apr 25, 2013
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Black, Hispanic, and Native American students and faculty are largely underrepresented in environmental engineering programs in the United States. A pathway for increasing diversity and community participation in the environmental ...
Environment
Nov 19, 2020
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As the federal election approaches, civic engagement is back on people's minds. But not everyone's needs are well served in the political sphere—and one of the areas most ripe for improvement is actually at the local government ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2022
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Research has long shown that people who spend time in jail or have high levels of contact with law enforcement are less likely to be politically engaged. University of Kansas researcher Brandon Davis has published a study ...
Social Sciences
Mar 10, 2020
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