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Understanding the Diffusion of COVID-19-Related Information on Social Media
Very few studies have examined information sentiment and explored other factors that contribute to health information dissemination and sharing. In particular, there is a lack of studies that performed these combined analyses in the modern social network environment during the disease outbreaks, such as with zika, ebola, SARS, or COVID-19. This study aimed to fill the gap in the literature by investigating what drives social media users to widely disseminate health-related information during a pandemic. Diffusion of innovation theory and theory of planned behavior were the basis of the theoretical approach utilized to answer the research questions. The two theories identified antecedents of sharing online health information. Data was collected through an online survey distributed to students in a higher education institution in the United States of America. The study revealed the extent of the relationships between the four major factors derived from the previous literature—attitudes toward sharing, beliefs toward source, peer influence, and information sentiment—and the behavioral intention to share information. The results would support the information science literature by offering and testing a new model that identifies the factors that affect users' intentions to share health information in the social network environment. This study will further the understanding …
Date:
August 2021
Creator:
Alasmari, Hanan Mohammed
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of Existing and New Human Resource Practices on Public Health Employee Retention during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia
This research investigates existing and new HR practices that have impacted public health employee retention in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic. It builds on social support theory and social exchange theory to better understand the relationships between HR practices and retention, and uses quantitative methods to examine the hypotheses based on a conceptual framework. While OLS regression is employed to analyze the relationships between HR practices and retention, path analysis (bootstrapping) is used to examine the mediator variable. Based on 417 valid questionnaires distributed to public health employees in Saudi Arabia's central, western, and eastern regions, the analysis illustrates that while training and emphasis on work-life-balance as existing HR practices had a positive effect on retention, social support (supervisory support) and promotion of mental well-being as new HR practices also had a positive effect on retention during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the hypothesis that compensation and occupational health and safety would improve retention was not supported. These results indicate that financial benefits and providing safety materials did not lead to employee retention. Meanwhile, safety training programs, psychosocial support, and promotion of well-being have been essential HR practices during the pandemic. Regarding the mediation hypotheses, interestingly, the results show that …
Date:
July 2023
Creator:
Alattas, Mohsen Mohammad A
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Metal, Pedagogy, Women, Kuwait: An Autoethnographic Feminist Approach to Questioning Systems of Education
This research seeks to explore how the metal arts are taught to women in Kuwait in an undergraduate setting, making the call for the use of feminist pedagogy when teaching the metal arts to women in Kuwait. This research is achieved using the qualitative methodology of analytic autoethnography. The theoretical framework is a feminist lens bridging the social construction of gender with the gendering of objects and feminist standpoint theory. The data comes from the experiences of creating three of my own pieces of artwork as well as the pieces themselves in tandem with historical, political, and cultural contexts. The analysis from this research is then bridged with feminist pedagogy in order to begin to develop an inclusive metal arts curriculum for women in Kuwait.
Date:
May 2021
Creator:
Alayar, Moneerah
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Saudi Mothers' Experiences Maintaining Their Young Children's Arabic Language and Islamic-Saudi Identity
As more Saudi individuals temporarily settle in the United States to pursue higher education, it becomes increasingly important to understand the impact this experience has on their families. The purpose of this qualitative instrumental case study was to examine Saudi mothers' experiences and motivations after transitioning to life in the United States. The main research question was: What are Saudi mothers' experiences of supporting their children maintaining and developing Arabic language skills and Islamic-Saudi identities while they are learning English and Western culture in U.S. schools? The sub-questions of the study were: Why do Saudi mothers in this study want their children to learn the Arabic language and culture? What are their concerns? What are the challenges Saudi mothers face in socializing their children to develop their Islamic-Saudi identity? What practices do mothers use to help their children preserve their Arabic language and develop the Islamic Saudi-identity while growing up in the United States? This study was conceptually framed within the theories of parenting style and acculturation. Participants in the study were five Saudi mothers pursuing higher education in Texas. Data were collected through three semi-structured interviews and four audio journals with each participant, and a focus group with the …
Date:
May 2021
Creator:
Albakr, Ashwaq Mohammed
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Transforming Art Education in Saudi Arabia: Inclusion of Social Issues in Art Education
The purpose of this study was to describe in-service Saudi Arabian art education teachers' (a) philosophies of education before and after an issues-based art education (IBAE) workshop, (b) perceptions of the IBAE workshop and its products, (c) perception of the importance of IBAE approach, reasons, topics, and challenges after the workshop, and (d) perception of IBAE within the Saudi Arabian context. A mixed-methods approach was followed. The qualitative portion of the study utilized a post-workshop questionnaire and reflective essay completed by 37 participants, and personal teaching journal protocol and focus group discussion from 18 participants who attended the workshop and implemented the IBAE lesson in their classrooms. Analysis of the data confirmed that art teachers' perspectives towards IBAE positively increased after attending the IBAE workshop. Specifically, in the quantitative findings, participants indicated a positive attitude toward the teaching philosophy of social reconstruction after the IBAE workshop. These results demonstrate that the tenets of social reconstruction align with the IBAE approach. In addition, the quantitative data suggests that teacher participants' overall perception of the importance of addressing social issues in the art curriculum was positive, with 91.9% of respondents agreeing. Overall the qualitative findings, indicated a positive attitude toward the IBAE …
Date:
August 2020
Creator:
Albakri, Ghadah Shukri H. Shukri
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Deep Learning Methods to Investigate Online Hate Speech and Counterhate Replies to Mitigate Hateful Content
Hateful content and offensive language are commonplace on social media platforms. Many surveys prove that high percentages of social media users experience online harassment. Previous efforts have been made to detect and remove online hate content automatically. However, removing users' content restricts free speech. A complementary strategy to address hateful content that does not interfere with free speech is to counter the hate with new content to divert the discourse away from the hate. In this dissertation, we complement the lack of previous work on counterhate arguments by analyzing and detecting them. Firstly, we study the relationships between hateful tweets and replies. Specifically, we analyze their fine-grained relationships by indicating whether the reply counters the hate, provides a justification, attacks the author of the tweet, or adds additional hate. The most obvious finding is that most replies generally agree with the hateful tweets; only 20% of them counter the hate. Secondly, we focus on the hate directed toward individuals and detect authentic counterhate arguments from online articles. We propose a methodology that assures the authenticity of the argument and its specificity to the individual of interest. We show that finding arguments in online articles is an efficient alternative compared to …
Date:
May 2023
Creator:
Albanyan, Abdullah Abdulaziz
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Achievement Motivation Theory as a Model for Explaining College Athletes' Grit
This study examined the direct and indirect associations of the perceived coach-created motivational climate, athletes' implicit theory, and athletes' achievement goal orientation in relation to their levels of grit. Five hundred twenty-three Division I and II collegiate student-athletes (male = 246, female = 277) from five institutions across the south-central and southeast areas of the United States completed self-report measures assessing the previously described constructs. The measurement model fit the data well (SRMR = .055; CFI = .938; RMSEA = .067) and demonstrated invariance across the male and female athletes. The structural model demonstrated adequate fit (SRMR = .088; CFI = .918; RMSEA = .068). All direct and indirect paths in the model were significant in the expected direction, with the exception of the direct path from entity theory to ego goal orientation and the indirect path from ego-involving climate to ego goal orientation through entity theory, which were both non-significant. The mastery-incremental constructs accounted for 65% of the variance in grit. Results indicate that achievement motivation theory is an appropriate framework through which to examine grit, and achievement motivation constructs may be significant antecedents of grit's development. Limitations and future directions are discussed.
Date:
August 2020
Creator:
Albert, Erin
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Assessing Student Perceptions in Short Research Experiences and Course Research Experiences in Undergraduate Biology Laboratories
This study examined students' perception between short research experiences (SRE) courses and full-semester course research experiences (CRE) using the Persistence in the Sciences (PITS) survey and the interview questionnaire. The study also aimed to correlate the influence of student's demographic as a predictive indicator for Project Ownership Scores (POS) and Quantitative Literacy (QL) score means. The three courses studied at the University of North Texas were Biology for Science Majors Laboratory (BIOL 1760 SRE), Microbiology with Tiny Earth (BIOL 2042 Tiny Earth SRE), and Introductory Biology Research Laboratory I (BIOL 1750 SEA-PHAGES CRE). The mean scores for the PITS categories leaned favorably towards the research component of each laboratory course assessed in this study. The interview questionnaire showed 66% of the students in the SRE courses and 90% of the students in the CRE course preferred the research component of the lab. Paired survey demographic analysis for BIOL 1760 SRE showed significance for the Science Community Values with associate/bachelor's degree. BIOL 1750 SEA-PHAGES CRE showed significance in three of the six categories when comparing means for Project Ownership Emotion, Self-Efficacy, and Science Identity with Gender. Binary logistics was used to build a regression model to predict demographics with approximately 65% …
Date:
August 2022
Creator:
Alberts, Arland Dulcey
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cyber Addiction and Information Overload and Their Impact on Workplace Productivity
The research examines the relationship between cyber addiction (excessive use of the Internet, CA), information overload (IO), and assesses their impact on workplace productivity. A multi-methods approach is used employing the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and a quantitative survey design to assess and test the stated hypothesis. The study used random sampling methods targeting 150 respondents from different information technology departments of various organizations. The study hypothesizes that CA and IO have a reciprocal association, which adversely affects workplace productivity and employee performance. From the findings, IAT scores increase with an associated possibility of reporting burnout, fatigue, and other components associated with CA and IO. Also, CA and IO were significantly correlated, as evaluated by the chi-square test, although the same approach did not yield significant associations between CA and perceived internet dependence. Other findings CA components, such as social media use, significantly associated with task postponement and burnout. As well, CA affected IO with substantial impacts on workplace productivity. The paper highlights managerial aspects that organizations should consider in optimizing the output of their staff. Recommendations include wellness programs, altering the leadership and management styles, and sensitizing the employees on the adverse effects caused by the two variables.
Date:
December 2023
Creator:
Alboulayan, Moneerah Abdulhameed M.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Indexing in a Digital World
Presentation is about how; the synergies of numerous emerging trends are making resource integration much easier and provide users with access to more diverse and previously unavailable contents and services that span myriad technologies across institutions and nations. Despite this, the ever-expanding digital information resources in the Web, has evolved without much regard to resources management and organization issues.
Date:
May 2022
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
My Fulbright Experience: Ethiopia (2019-20) & South Africa (2021-22)
Presentation describes Daniel Alemneh's experiences as a Fulbright Scholar.
Date:
February 27, 2023
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Open Access and Scholarly Communication
This presentation covers the background and definition, stakeholder roles, policy frameworks, challenges and opportunities, and current/emerging trends in Open Access and Scholarly Communication.
Date:
January 2, 2020
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Open Access and Scholarly Communications: Looking Ahead to a Post-Pandemic Future
Presentation that covers open access in the context of Ethiopia. This presentation provides examples of the background of open access and scholarly communication, the policy frameworks in place (including the White House OSTP Call to Action), the challenges and opportunities in relation to developing nations, and the emerging trends in institutional initiatives in Ethiopia.
Date:
May 2, 2020
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Open Science and Open Data: Issues and Considerations
Presentation describes how the open access movement is transforming scholarly communication.
Date:
March 2020
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Preface [of the Handbook of Research on the Global View of Open Access and Scholarly Communications]
Preface of the Handbook of Research on the Global View of Open Access and Scholarly Communications. The Handbook of Research on the Global View of Open Access and Scholarly Communications articulates OA concepts and issues while demystifying the state-of-the-art knowledge domain in the areas of OA and scholarly communications from diverse perspectives as well as implications for the information and knowledge society.
Date:
April 2022
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type:
Book Chapter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Roles of Library for Quality Education and Research: Emerging Trends in the Information Professions
Presentation asserts that in times of information scarcity, libraries provided the most effective way of sharing material.
Date:
March 12, 2020
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Knowledge Sharing Practices Among Faculty Members in Higher Education Institutions
Presentation asserts that knowledge is regarded as an organization's most valuable strategic resources. This presentation highlights and discusses knowledge sharing practices among faculty members in higher education institutions.
Date:
April 2022
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Dube, Farirai Delma
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
On the Open Road: The Story of an OA Publication through the Stakeholders Journey
Presentation discusses the process to publishing an open access book, and they discuss the critical role of OA in facilitating equitable global education. Authors of the presentation also introduce current and future work in the area of open access.
Date:
2023
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Ford, Angela
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Open Access Increases Educators Ability to Plan Equitable Curriculum: Global Context
This presentation gives an overview of Open Access including its definition, basic assumptions, open access registries, technology and trends, technological structure, policy frameworks, challenges and opportunities. It then applies this to the need for developing countries' contributions to global knowledge production and creating institutional initiatives.
Date:
2020-10-14/2020-10-16
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Ford, Angela
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Reducing Epistemic Injustices in Scholarly Output Management: Individual and Collective Levels
Presentation discusses scholarly output dissemination and production in different disciplines. It also touches on the role of open access and the removal of barriers in facilitating access and enhancing the research impact.
Date:
October 2022
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Ford, Angela
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Scholars Experiencing Epistemic Injustice Due to Management of Scholarly Outputs
Article describes how scholars from regions outside of high-income countries experience additional barriers as active consumers, producers, and sharers of scholarly outputs. This study will examine these barriers through a lens based on critical theories, specifically those focused on epistemic injustice.
Date:
October 14, 2022
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Ford, Angela
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Scholars Experiencing Epistemic Injustice Due to Management of Scholarly Outputs
Presentation describes the ways scholars experience epistemic injustice. Authors of the presentation claim that these cases of epistemic injustice are due to management of scholarly outputs.
Date:
October 2022
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Ford, Angela
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Open Access and Open Educational Resources for Equitable Scholarly Communication: Rethinking Educational Planning Post-COVID
Presentation that discusses Open Access (OA) and Open Educational Resources (OER) in light of the iniquities in scholarly communication that were made more apparent by the COVID-19 pandemic. This presentation discusses how OA and OER can address social justice concerns, improve scholarly communication, and facilitate equitable educational planning.
Date:
October 14, 2021
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Ford, Angela Y.
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Providing Open Access to Heterogeneous Information Resources without Compromising Privacy and Data Confidentiality
Book chapter discussing challenges raised by concerns about ensuring long-term access to digital resources verses data confidentiality and balancing the right level of data security that addresses compliance requirements in the context of libraries and cultural heritage institutions.
Date:
2020
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Helge, Kris
Object Type:
Book Chapter
System:
The UNT Digital Library