This study was designed to test the discriminant predictions of self-discrepancy theory (SDT) (Higgins, 1987) within USA, China and Turkey. More specifically, using SDT as a framework, this study explored cross-cultural differences related to the role of different perspectives (…
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The dissertation examines the transmission of cultural values in a selection of African women's texts, written in English and published between 1966 and 1986. Focusing on a range of works by Kenyan, Nigerian and South African women, the study explores modes of memory and examine…
This study explored how news is defined by three groups of people (journalists, public relations practitioners, audience members) and in three types of media (television, newspapers, radio) across two different cultures (Israel and Germany). Shoemaker's (1996a) theory of newswor…
Individualist cultures emphasize independence, self-reliance, self-expressiveness, and emotional detachment in most of their relationships, whereas collectivist cultures emphasize interdependence, cooperation, maintaining harmony, and strong emotional attachment. Based on these …
This dissertation explores how migration to Germany and the experience of cultural, linguistic, and social displacement are conveyed in the prose texts of three women writers of Turkish origin, Emine S. Özdamar, Aysel Özakin, and Renan Demirkan. Focusing on issues of cultural id…
Since the launch of Sputnik in 1957, satellite technologies have had a profound impact upon cultures around the world. “Cultures in Orbit” examines these seemingly disembodied, distant relay machines in relation to situated social and cultural processes on earth. Drawing upon a …
Educational research emphasizes the importance of the family's role in the child's educational process. Jewish tradition grants the family a dominant role in passing on Jewish heritage from generation to generation. For Jewish schools to enhance school achievement and teach valu…
'A treatise of algebra historical and practical' (London 1685) by John Wallis (1616-1703) was the first full length history of algebra. In four hundred pages Wallis explored the development of algebra from its appearances in Classical, Islamic and medieval cultures to the modern…
From an anthropologist's (Maddock, 1981) point of view, "science and science education are cultural enterprises which form a part of the wider cultural matrix of society and educational considerations concerning science must be made in the light of this wider perspective" (p.10)…
In this study I investigate an array of aspects concerning cultural conflict. I use Samuel Huntington’s civilizations, from his theory of a Clash of Civilizations (1993), as a means of identifying different cultures. Taking advantage of an expanded data set that was not availabl…
The purpose of this study was to examine the acculturation experiences of young women who emigrated from Iran to Canada. The emphasis was on understanding the unique and complex processes of negotiating a changed sense of identity following immigration from Iran to Canada. In-de…
Male authors intent on critiquing American racism, specifically William Faulkner and Richard Wright, have been more successful in defining the parameters surrounding the discussion of violence in American society than have their female counterparts. Intent to illuminate the conn…
In this dissertation, I examine the issues involved in the localization of global ideas associated with liberal democratic governance as seen through the cases of Malaysia and Singapore. This study addresses aspects of contemporary political developments in both these countries …
This case study examines a whole-system method used in a development setting: a November 1998 Future Search conference for the UN system in Pakistan, with a multicultural mix of over 60 participants from different UN, government, donor and civil society organizations. The resear…
Death by suicide is a prominent and concerning issue worldwide. Factors contributing to suicide risk include the complex interaction of socio-cultural variables, as well as psychiatric disorders, that may occur during periods of socioeconomic or family hardship, and/or personal …
This dissertation examines space and gender in three medieval and early modern Mediterranean texts: the illustrated, anonymous, thirteenth-century Arabic manuscript from Seville, Bayad wa Riyad , the anonymous thirteenth-century Old French Romance Aucassin et Nicolette , and Fer…
This study explored how attributional styles and willingness to seek psychological help varied across Turkish and American college students. It was found that the two factor structure of Brickman's Attribution Model replicated in Turkish culture, thereby providing support for th…