Browsing by Author "Baruh, Lemi"
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Beyond a Paycheck: The Influence of Workforce Participation on Women's Cancer Screening in Turkey
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Publisher and Date:(Springer/Plenum Publishers, 2016)The present study investigates the influence of workforce participation on women's cancer screening behaviors in Turkey. In cultures with predominantly Muslim populations like Turkey emphasis is typically placed on a woman's traditional role as a child bearer. Although the impact of workforce participation on women's welfare has been studied in various contexts the relationship between workforce participation and health protective behavior has received scant attention. Using quantitative data from ...
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First impressions on social network sites: Impact of self-disclosure breadth on attraction
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Publisher and Date:(Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, 2017)This paper reports the results of two experiments that investigate the relationship between the quantity of information disclosed on an SNS profile and profile viewers' first impressions of the profile owner. Both experiments utilized a 2 (low quantity of information vs. high quantity of information) by 2 (male vs. female profile) design. In the first experiment (n = 1059), the respondents were randomly assigned to the experimental conditions. The results showed that profile viewers were more ...
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"Gazete sütunlarında öteki olmak türk yazılı basınında ötekileştirme - Etnik kimlikler üzerine bir söylem analizi
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Publisher and Date:(Kadir Has University, 2012)Bu arastirma Turkiye'de otekilestirme surecinde medyanin nasil bir dille etkin hale geldigini ve kendini gosterdigini sorgulamaktadir. Ulusal kimliklerin gazete haberleri araciligiyla yeniden uretilisine Kurt ve Ermeni kimligi ornekleri uzerinden bakilmistir. Turkiye'de etnik tansiyonu artiran uc olay secilmis ve bu olaylarin ardindan yedi gunluk gazetenin haber ve yorumlari soylem analiziyle incelenmistir. Yapilan calisma sonunda farkli gazetelerde farkli yogunluk ve sekillerde de olsa otekilestirmenin ...
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Guiding metaphors of nationalism: the Cyprus issue and the construction of Turkish national identity in online discussions
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Publisher and Date:(Sage Publications Inc, 2008)This article is a study of three major metaphors organizing nationalistic discourse about Cyprus in two online forums for Turkish university students. The analysis suggests that discussants symbolically warranted their constructions of the future of Cyprus and Turkish Cypriots with metaphors of blood and heroism that emphasized their personal and collective memory of sacrifice. Sports metaphors were used predominantly to convey a sense of the strategic importance of Cyprus. In addition discussants ...
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More or less: Amount of personal information displayed in Social Network Site profiles and its impact on viewers' intentions to socialize with the profile owner
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Publisher and Date:(2012)This paper presents the results of an experiment that employed a 2 (low vs. high information) by 2 (male vs. female profile) design to investigate the relationship between amount of information displayed in a Social Network Site (SNS) profile and profile viewers' intentions to engage in further social interactions (communicate online, add to SNS profile, and meet face-to-face) with the profile owner. The results indicate that more information increases the likelihood of relationship initiation for ...
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Publicized Intimacies on Reality Television: An Analysis of Voyeuristic Content and Its Contribution to the Appeal of Reality Programming
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Publisher and Date:(Routledge Journals Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2009)Given that reality television is not a cohesive genre a better understanding of the frequently noted voyeuristic appeal of reality programs would require an analysis of content features that may contribute to their voyeuristic appeal. A survey administered to television viewers and a content analysis of reality programs support hypotheses regarding the voyeuristic appeal of reality programs in general and suggest that scenes which adopt a fly on the wall perspective take place in private settings ...
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Social network sites user rights and internet governmentality
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Publisher and Date:(Kadir Has University, 2010)Recently popularity of online social network sites (SNS) has grown significantly throughout the world. On the one hand SNS provide users with an arguably unprecedented capability to share information with others. On the other hand globalized nature of SNS participation (and internet use in general) brings about several important issues regarding usage rights and governmentality.
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Theory of Planned Behavior: Physical Activity Predictors Among Turkish University Students
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Publisher and Date:(Human Kinetics Publ Inc, 2019)
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When Sharing Less Means More: How Gender Moderates the Impact of Quantity of Information Shared in a Social Network Profile on Profile Viewers' Intentions About Socialization
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Publisher and Date:(Routledge, 2014)This study summarizes the results from a 2 (low vs. high information) × 2 (female vs. male profile) experiment that investigates the impact of quantity of information shared on a Social Network Site (SNS) profile on viewers' intentions to pursue further interactions with the profile owner. Quantity of information had no statistically significant effect on intentions to further socialize online. The two-way interaction between information quantity and profile gender was such that for male profiles ...
