This study examines the relationship between US Marine discourse and civil–military public argument. A computer-aided semantic analysis of public record speech from senior Marine officers shows a ...style of cohesion, marked by future-oriented, inclusive, highly certain language. An appraisal theory discourse analysis of interviews with US Marines conducted during an ethnography of communication shows their talk argues discursively for cohesion. This way of speaking may constrain Marines in public argument, as they repeat ways of talking appropriate within the community, even when situationally inappropriate for civilian audiences.
I Don’t Think I Would Have Recovered Marcellino, William M.; Tortorello, Frank
Armed forces and society,
07/2015, Letnik:
41, Številka:
3
Journal Article
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Ethnographic research among US Marines shows resilience is in their practices, not biology. Empirical evidence supports our claim that a personal-social understanding of resilience has superior ...explanatory power and plausibility over mechanistic and reductive frameworks that treat resilience as automated functions of human biopsychological systems. Marines dynamically pursue their values in context, and this resilience can only be defined in local, variable context, not globally and generally. USMC resilience training should focus on skills and concepts needed to resolve challenges to values in the lives of Marines. Technical-medical interventions should be reserved for clinical populations.
We describe an innovative approach to social media analysis, combining corpus linguists and statistical methods to measure the resonance of Daesh's propaganda to a sample population (Eqypt). The ...findings from this research effort demonstrate that: (1) Daesh's messaging is measurable and distinct from other Salafi groups, such as the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood; (2) while Daesh’s messaging generally do not resonate with Egyptians, its uptake increased in Upper Egypt and the Sinai regions during 2014; and (3) this method can be applied more broadly to measure the spread of violent extremist messaging across regional populations over time.
We describe an innovative approach to social media analysis, combining corpus linguists and statistical methods to measure the resonance of Daesh’s propaganda to a sample population (Eqypt). The ...findings from this research effort demonstrate that: (1) Daesh’s messaging is measurable and distinct from other Salafi groups, such as the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood; (2) while Daesh’s messaging generally do not resonate with Egyptians, its uptake increased in Upper Egypt and the Sinai regions during 2014; and (3) this method can be applied more broadly to measure the spread of violent extremist messaging across regional populations over time.
This report documents research focused on helping the Department of Defense build a more-systematic approach to hazing prevention and response. The report documents theory and research on the root ...causes of hazing and findings and recommendations regarding how best to define hazing, practices to prevent and respond to incidents of hazing, and how the armed forces can improve the tracking of hazing incidents.
A social marketing campaign was introduced in California in 2012, promoting media adherence to consensus-based guidelines on reporting about suicide. We examine adherence to these guidelines by ...applying quantitative scores to articles in California and a national control group in two six-month intervals prior to and following campaign implementation. Utilizing a difference-in-difference approach, we found no significant effect of the campaign, though the type of article content was a significant indicator of the overall score. Findings also demonstrated a nation-wide downward trend in the quality of reporting. Qualitative results suggest a need for more flexible guidelines in light of a technologically driven news culture.
A comparison of the feminist theoretical underpinnings of different Utopian fiction writers reveals that counter colonial and separatist feminist Utopian fictions reinscribe the very oppressions they ...critique. ... LeGuin's interdependence theory deserves special consideration by feminists who seek to avoid replicating oppressions.
Dell H. Hymes: An intellectual sketch Sherzer, Joel; Johnstone, Barbara; Marcellino, William
Language in society,
06/2010, Letnik:
39, Številka:
3
Journal Article
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Dell H. Hymes was one of the leading figures in linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics, a pioneer who took the field in many new directions. A profile of Hymes is presented.
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