Rekha Sharma
Biographic Data
| ID | 5824053 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rekha Sharma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rekha |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharma |
| SIGNATURE | SHARMA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kent State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6338-4695 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Media Language and Public Consciousness
Human beings are essentially social creatures whose sense of organization and curiosity has continuously driven the progress of civilization. The tendency to live in organized groups connects them to collective life, cooperation, and social order, leading to the development of institutions such as family, society, and the state. It is through the balance of these two tendencies that the sustainable development of human society has been made possi…
Exploring Gender Bias and Discrimination Experiences Among Female Hockey Players
This study aimed to explore the gender bias and experiences of discrimination among female hockey players. A self-made questionnaire was administered to 18 participants aged between 11 and 27, collecting data on social support and self-perception. The questionnaire included Likert-scale items, and the responses were transformed into percentile statistics for analysis. The findings revealed significant experiences of gender discrimination by refer…
Designing programs to improve diets for maternal and child health
Improving maternal and child nutrition in resource-poor settings requires effective use of limited resources, but priority-setting is constrained by limited information about program costs and impacts, especially for interventions designed to improve diet quality. This study utilized a mixed methods approach to identify, describe and estimate the potential costs and impacts on child dietary intake of 12 nutrition-sensitive programs in Ethiopia, N…
News on the rocks
This article explores cinematic and journalistic treatments of issues, focusing on the movie Blood Diamond (2006, dir. Edward Zwick) and news coverage of conflict diamonds. First, the author examines Hollywood’s impact on news, highlighting central ideas of agenda-setting theory and framing as well as the potential for synergistic influences on news due to concentration of media ownership. Second, she discusses the themes and narrative techniques…
The 2008 Presidential Campaign
Considerable research over the years has been devoted to ascertaining the impact of media use on political cynicism. The impact of the Internet has been difficult to assess because it is not a single monolithic medium. For example, the 2008 presidential campaign was the first presidential campaign in which popular social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube were widely available to voters. Therefore, the campaign offered the fi…
Social Parameters of the Agrarian Transformation of Soviet Central Asia
Population Trends, Resources, and Environment
The 2008 Presidential Campaign
Considerable research over the years has been devoted to ascertaining the impact of media use on political cynicism. The impact of the Internet has been difficult to assess because it is not a single monolithic medium. For example, the 2008 presidential campaign was the first presidential campaign in which popular social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube were widely available to voters. Therefore, the campaign offered the fi…
Designing programs to improve diets for maternal and child health
Improving maternal and child nutrition in resource-poor settings requires effective use of limited resources, but priority-setting is constrained by limited information about program costs and impacts, especially for interventions designed to improve diet quality. This study utilized a mixed methods approach to identify, describe and estimate the potential costs and impacts on child dietary intake of 12 nutrition-sensitive programs in Ethiopia, N…
News on the rocks
This article explores cinematic and journalistic treatments of issues, focusing on the movie Blood Diamond (2006, dir. Edward Zwick) and news coverage of conflict diamonds. First, the author examines Hollywood’s impact on news, highlighting central ideas of agenda-setting theory and framing as well as the potential for synergistic influences on news due to concentration of media ownership. Second, she discusses the themes and narrative techniques…
Population Trends, Resources, and Environment
Social Parameters of the Agrarian Transformation of Soviet Central Asia
The 2008 Presidential Campaign
Considerable research over the years has been devoted to ascertaining the impact of media use on political cynicism. The impact of the Internet has been difficult to assess because it is not a single monolithic medium. For example, the 2008 presidential campaign was the first presidential campaign in which popular social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube were widely available to voters. Therefore, the campaign offered the fi…
News on the rocks
This article explores cinematic and journalistic treatments of issues, focusing on the movie Blood Diamond (2006, dir. Edward Zwick) and news coverage of conflict diamonds. First, the author examines Hollywood’s impact on news, highlighting central ideas of agenda-setting theory and framing as well as the potential for synergistic influences on news due to concentration of media ownership. Second, she discusses the themes and narrative techniques…
Designing programs to improve diets for maternal and child health
Improving maternal and child nutrition in resource-poor settings requires effective use of limited resources, but priority-setting is constrained by limited information about program costs and impacts, especially for interventions designed to improve diet quality. This study utilized a mixed methods approach to identify, describe and estimate the potential costs and impacts on child dietary intake of 12 nutrition-sensitive programs in Ethiopia, N…
Exploring Gender Bias and Discrimination Experiences Among Female Hockey Players
This study aimed to explore the gender bias and experiences of discrimination among female hockey players. A self-made questionnaire was administered to 18 participants aged between 11 and 27, collecting data on social support and self-perception. The questionnaire included Likert-scale items, and the responses were transformed into percentile statistics for analysis. The findings revealed significant experiences of gender discrimination by refer…
Media Language and Public Consciousness
Human beings are essentially social creatures whose sense of organization and curiosity has continuously driven the progress of civilization. The tendency to live in organized groups connects them to collective life, cooperation, and social order, leading to the development of institutions such as family, society, and the state. It is through the balance of these two tendencies that the sustainable development of human society has been made possi…
Sociology (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works)