James Boylan
Biographic Data
| ID | 342776 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Boylan |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Boylan |
| SIGNATURE | BOYLAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3089-8408 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Boredom Proneness and Self-Control as Unique Risk Factors in Achievement Settings
The state of boredom arises when we have the desire to be engaged in goal pursuit, but for whatever reason we cannot fulfil that desire. Boredom proneness is characterized by both frequent and intense feelings of boredom and is an enduring individual difference trait associated with a raft of negative outcomes. There has been some work in educational settings, but relatively little is known about the consequences of boredom proneness for learning…
Max Eastman
In his later years, Max Eastman (1883–1969) sold a portion of his papers to the new Lilly Library at Indiana University, a welcome addition to his slender income. His first biography, The Last Romantic—that is, the first after his own pair of autobiographies—was completed in 1978, just in time for the biographer, the late William L. O'Neill, who identified himself less as a biographer than a historian, to meet Eastman in person. However, he was n…
Ironic Expression Can Simultaneously Enhance and Dilute Perception of Criticism
In the context of texts that depicted either a minimally confrontational conversation (study 1) or a more confrontational argument (study 2) with a close friend, the use of ironic criticism was rated as being more humorous, polite, and positive, yet also as more sarcastic and mocking than direct criticism. Although our results were consistent with those reported previously, the results of both studies did not support two theoretical explanations …
Revolutionary Lives
Journal Article Revolutionary Lives: Anna Strunsky & William English Walling. By James Boylan. (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1998. viii, 334 pp. $34.95, ISBN 1-55849-164-3.) Get access Rosalyn Baxandall Rosalyn Baxandall State University of New York, Westbury, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 3, December 2000, Pages 1068–1069, https://doi…
Izzy
Journal Article Izzy: A Biography of I. F. Stone. By Robert C. Cottrell. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1992. xiv, 388 pp. $25.95, ISBN 0-81351847-4.) Get access James Boylan James Boylan University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 3, December 1993, Pages 1157–1158, https://doi.org/10.2307/2080554 Published: 01…
The U.S. Press and Iran
Journal Article The U.S. Press and Iran: Foreign Policy and the Journalism of Deference. By William A. Dorman and Mansour Farhang. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987. x + 272 pp. $29.95.) Get access James Boylan James Boylan University of Massachusetts, Amherst Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 3, December 1988, Pages 1026–1027, https://doi.org/10.23…
The newspaper workplace
(1983). The newspaper workplace: An old culture passes. Labor History: Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 565-567
Mass Media
WHAT IN WHICH CHANNEL TO WHOM TH WHAT EFFECT ? which has compartmentalized mass media research for a number of years, they concentrated on areas of research such as, for example the relation between individuals and the mass media. Mass AKedia -Systems and efects benefits largely by this perspective. Using the systems approach which they define on P1? 7 and 8, Davison Yu and Boylan aim at presenting an introduction to the history of mass media in …
Mass Media
Books reviewed
Biographical Dictionary of American Labor Leaders. Edited by Gary M. Fink. Westport, Conn.: Grenwood Press, 1974. xiv, 559 pp. $19.95. Nowhere at Home: Letters from Exile of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman. Edited by Richard and Anna Drinnon. New York: Schocken Books, 1975. 282 pp. $12.95. Union Power and Public Policy. Edited by David Lipsky. Ithaca, New York: New York State School of Industrial Relations, 1975. 301 pp. $9.75; $8.00 paper. Th…
Ironic Expression Can Simultaneously Enhance and Dilute Perception of Criticism
In the context of texts that depicted either a minimally confrontational conversation (study 1) or a more confrontational argument (study 2) with a close friend, the use of ironic criticism was rated as being more humorous, polite, and positive, yet also as more sarcastic and mocking than direct criticism. Although our results were consistent with those reported previously, the results of both studies did not support two theoretical explanations …
Mass Media
Books reviewed
Biographical Dictionary of American Labor Leaders. Edited by Gary M. Fink. Westport, Conn.: Grenwood Press, 1974. xiv, 559 pp. $19.95. Nowhere at Home: Letters from Exile of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman. Edited by Richard and Anna Drinnon. New York: Schocken Books, 1975. 282 pp. $12.95. Union Power and Public Policy. Edited by David Lipsky. Ithaca, New York: New York State School of Industrial Relations, 1975. 301 pp. $9.75; $8.00 paper. Th…
Mass Media
WHAT IN WHICH CHANNEL TO WHOM TH WHAT EFFECT ? which has compartmentalized mass media research for a number of years, they concentrated on areas of research such as, for example the relation between individuals and the mass media. Mass AKedia -Systems and efects benefits largely by this perspective. Using the systems approach which they define on P1? 7 and 8, Davison Yu and Boylan aim at presenting an introduction to the history of mass media in …
Mass Media
The newspaper workplace
(1983). The newspaper workplace: An old culture passes. Labor History: Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 565-567
The U.S. Press and Iran
Journal Article The U.S. Press and Iran: Foreign Policy and the Journalism of Deference. By William A. Dorman and Mansour Farhang. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987. x + 272 pp. $29.95.) Get access James Boylan James Boylan University of Massachusetts, Amherst Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 3, December 1988, Pages 1026–1027, https://doi.org/10.23…
Izzy
Journal Article Izzy: A Biography of I. F. Stone. By Robert C. Cottrell. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1992. xiv, 388 pp. $25.95, ISBN 0-81351847-4.) Get access James Boylan James Boylan University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 3, December 1993, Pages 1157–1158, https://doi.org/10.2307/2080554 Published: 01…
Revolutionary Lives
Journal Article Revolutionary Lives: Anna Strunsky & William English Walling. By James Boylan. (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1998. viii, 334 pp. $34.95, ISBN 1-55849-164-3.) Get access Rosalyn Baxandall Rosalyn Baxandall State University of New York, Westbury, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 3, December 2000, Pages 1068–1069, https://doi…
Ironic Expression Can Simultaneously Enhance and Dilute Perception of Criticism
In the context of texts that depicted either a minimally confrontational conversation (study 1) or a more confrontational argument (study 2) with a close friend, the use of ironic criticism was rated as being more humorous, polite, and positive, yet also as more sarcastic and mocking than direct criticism. Although our results were consistent with those reported previously, the results of both studies did not support two theoretical explanations …
Max Eastman
In his later years, Max Eastman (1883–1969) sold a portion of his papers to the new Lilly Library at Indiana University, a welcome addition to his slender income. His first biography, The Last Romantic—that is, the first after his own pair of autobiographies—was completed in 1978, just in time for the biographer, the late William L. O'Neill, who identified himself less as a biographer than a historian, to meet Eastman in person. However, he was n…
Boredom Proneness and Self-Control as Unique Risk Factors in Achievement Settings
The state of boredom arises when we have the desire to be engaged in goal pursuit, but for whatever reason we cannot fulfil that desire. Boredom proneness is characterized by both frequent and intense feelings of boredom and is an enduring individual difference trait associated with a raft of negative outcomes. There has been some work in educational settings, but relatively little is known about the consequences of boredom proneness for learning…
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