Melinda J Mcadams
Biographic Data
| ID | 148544 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melinda J Mcadams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melinda J |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcadams |
| SIGNATURE | MCADAMS M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Internet political discussions in the Arab world: A look at online forums from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan
This content analysis examines postings on four Internet political discussion forums based in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt. The study of Arabic-language sites concludes that the discussions cover a variety of topics and offer vibrant and complex conversations on political issues in the Arab world. Unlike in the US and European countries, the study found that social issues were not a big part of political debate in the Arab world. The st…
Blogs of Information: How Gender Cues and Individual Motivations Influence Perceptions of Credibility
This study examines how gender cues influence perceptions of credibility of informational blogs. Using 2 experiments for data collection, this study manipulated the gender descriptors of a Weblog authors and had participants rate the overall perceived credibility of 1 of 3 blog posts. Male authors were deemed more credible than female authors, and main effects were found for information seekers, who found the blogs more credible than noninformati…
Boundaries, Control, and the Cyborg
N. Katherine Hayles. How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. xiv. 350 pp
Information design and the new media
Media A useful basic distinction can be made between active and passive, or between users and consumers. The old media are massified; they broadcast on a one-to-many model, and I don't really get to choose what I want, except on the widest level. The mass media deliver information on their own terms and on their own schedule, assuming the existence of a passive consumer on the receiving end. All periodicals and broadcast media select subsets of i…
Blogs of Information: How Gender Cues and Individual Motivations Influence Perceptions of Credibility
This study examines how gender cues influence perceptions of credibility of informational blogs. Using 2 experiments for data collection, this study manipulated the gender descriptors of a Weblog authors and had participants rate the overall perceived credibility of 1 of 3 blog posts. Male authors were deemed more credible than female authors, and main effects were found for information seekers, who found the blogs more credible than noninformati…
Internet political discussions in the Arab world: A look at online forums from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan
This content analysis examines postings on four Internet political discussion forums based in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt. The study of Arabic-language sites concludes that the discussions cover a variety of topics and offer vibrant and complex conversations on political issues in the Arab world. Unlike in the US and European countries, the study found that social issues were not a big part of political debate in the Arab world. The st…
Information design and the new media
Media A useful basic distinction can be made between active and passive, or between users and consumers. The old media are massified; they broadcast on a one-to-many model, and I don't really get to choose what I want, except on the widest level. The mass media deliver information on their own terms and on their own schedule, assuming the existence of a passive consumer on the receiving end. All periodicals and broadcast media select subsets of i…
Boundaries, Control, and the Cyborg
N. Katherine Hayles. How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. xiv. 350 pp
Blogs of Information: How Gender Cues and Individual Motivations Influence Perceptions of Credibility
This study examines how gender cues influence perceptions of credibility of informational blogs. Using 2 experiments for data collection, this study manipulated the gender descriptors of a Weblog authors and had participants rate the overall perceived credibility of 1 of 3 blog posts. Male authors were deemed more credible than female authors, and main effects were found for information seekers, who found the blogs more credible than noninformati…
Internet political discussions in the Arab world: A look at online forums from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan
This content analysis examines postings on four Internet political discussion forums based in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt. The study of Arabic-language sites concludes that the discussions cover a variety of topics and offer vibrant and complex conversations on political issues in the Arab world. Unlike in the US and European countries, the study found that social issues were not a big part of political debate in the Arab world. The st…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Social Media and Politics (2 works) · Advertising (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Arabic (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Art history (1 works)