Art Research Papers

Transportation Patterns of Adults With Travel-Limiting Disabilities in Rural and Urban America

IntroductionLack of transportation is a significant barrier to community participation for many disabled adults. Living in a rural area introduces additional transportation barriers, such as having to travel long distances to access service...

Public Opinion and Public Policy, 1980-1993

Abstract To what extent have the policy decisions of the U.S. government been consistent with the preferences of the public? Us-ing results of national surveys, public opinion was compared with actual policy outcomes on over 500 issues from...

The Impact of Public Opinion on Public Policy: A Review and an Agenda

This article considers the impact of public opinion on public policy, asking: (1) how much impact it has; (2) how much the impact increases as the salience of issues increases; (3) to what extent the impact of public opinion may be negated ...

Public Opinion and Public Policy

Abstract The key function of representative democracy is to provide a mechanism through which public opinion and public policy are regularly connected. On one hand, there should be policy representation; public preferences for policy should...

The relationship between severity of hemorrhoid symptoms and quality of life in Postpartum Women with Grade I and II Internal Hemorrhoid

Introduction: The hemorrhoid is referred to dilated parts of the anal canal veins, which help to control fecal excretion and is one of the most common digestive diseases. Since postpartum problems such as hemorrhoid have significant effect ...

The Effect of the Expressive Art therapy Package with a Unity-Oriented Approach on Subjective Well-being of Middle-Aged Women

This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of expressive art therapy package (based on visualizing memories with a unity-oriented approach) on the subjective well-being of middle-aged women. It was a quantitative, ...

Enhancing Design Ideation in Traditional Arabian Gulf Artifacts Through the Integration of Contemporary Three-Dimensional Manufacturing Methods

The contemporary designer analyzes and studies the elements of artistic heritage, to identify the intellectual and aesthetic premises that lie in its structure, its elements, its vocabulary, and its encapsulation. With the aim of enriching ...

Religion, Belief and Medial Layering of Communication. Perspectives from Studies in Visual Culture and Artistic Productions

The paper analyses the relationship between religious practices, belief and the media based on the medial layering of communication. The arguments are situated within the fields of studies in visual culture and cultural studies, reflecting ...

Communıcatıon Studıes and Semıotıc Methods Applıcatıons

This research consists of two parts.The first part examines mainstream communication studies as a discipline which emerged from other social sciences like, psychology, sociology, and anthropology with historical roots in Greek and Roman ora...

Communication studies and vocation

African communication studies: a provocation and invitation

In this introductory essay to the first of two themed issues, “(Re)Theorizing Communication Studies from African Perspectives,” we explore the decolonial potential of African perspectives in communication studies. African knowledge systems ...

The “Africanisation” of communication studies

LibGuides: Communication Studies: Theatre

Resources available online and in the Shaw-Leslie Library to support research and inquiry in Communication Studies courses. Resource for theatre and drama courses...

LibGuides: Communication Studies: Production

Resources available online and in the Shaw-Leslie Library to support research and inquiry in Communication Studies courses. Video production: Light and Sound...

LibGuides: Communication Studies: Editing

Resources available online and in the Shaw-Leslie Library to support research and inquiry in Communication Studies courses. Editing and other post-production activities...

Communication Studies

The directors of Academician Publishing House, have been con-ducting their commercial activities for a long time by transferring their 30 years of broadcasting experience to their legal entities. In the said period, it was proud to publish ...

LibGuides: Communication Studies: Screenwriting

Resources available online and in the Shaw-Leslie Library to support research and inquiry in Communication Studies courses. Links to resources and software for Screenwriting...

Building Digital Altruism through the Motivation–Opportunity–Ability (MoA) Framework: A Multistakeholder Participation Case Study of LindungiHutan.com

The rise of digital platforms has transformed altruistic action into measurable, scalable online participation, yet studies of how digital altruism is structurally formed within environmental sociopreneurship remain limited, particularly fr...

Modeling a High Concentrator Photovoltaic Module Using Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems

Currently, there is growing interest in the modeling of high concentrator photovoltaic modules, due to the importance of achieving an accurate model, to improve the knowledge and understanding of this technology and to promote its expansion...

Editorial: Towards 2030: Sustainable Development Goal 11: sustainable cities and communities. A sociological perspective