Melissa G Ocepek
Biographic Data
| ID | 5847253 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa G Ocepek |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa G |
| FAMILY NAME | Ocepek |
| SIGNATURE | OCEPEK M G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pepperdine University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4484-1007 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons
Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons delves into the complex issue of misinformation in our daily lives. The book synthesizes three scholarly traditions - everyday life, misinformation, and governing knowledge commons - to present 10 case studies of online and offline communities tackling diverse dilemmas regarding truth and information quality. The book highlights how communities manage issues of credibility, trust, and informa…
A Perspective on the Larger World
This article explores one of the principal channels through which residents of a small US city became knowledgeable about the world beyond their community— the newspaper. This exploratory study examines and compares newspaper coverage in three small cities in the United States—one from the South (Galveston, Texas), one from the Western Expansion (Boise, Idaho), and one from the more established East Coast (Fitchburg, Massachusetts). This study ex…
On Cars and Food
The Causes of Pro-Immigration Voting in the United States Supreme Court
During the pre-confirmation debate over Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, critics accused her of allowing her background to influence her judicial decisions. This article assesses the validity of such a claim for all sitting justices from 1875 to 2007 in one relevant policy area, immigration. In this article, we look at all 185 immigration-related decisions by the Supreme Court from its creation through 2007. Logistic general estimating equa…
The Causes of Pro-Immigration Voting in the United States Supreme Court
During the pre-confirmation debate over Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, critics accused her of allowing her background to influence her judicial decisions. This article assesses the validity of such a claim for all sitting justices from 1875 to 2007 in one relevant policy area, immigration. In this article, we look at all 185 immigration-related decisions by the Supreme Court from its creation through 2007. Logistic general estimating equa…
The Causes of Pro-Immigration Voting in the United States Supreme Court
During the pre-confirmation debate over Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, critics accused her of allowing her background to influence her judicial decisions. This article assesses the validity of such a claim for all sitting justices from 1875 to 2007 in one relevant policy area, immigration. In this article, we look at all 185 immigration-related decisions by the Supreme Court from its creation through 2007. Logistic general estimating equa…
On Cars and Food
A Perspective on the Larger World
This article explores one of the principal channels through which residents of a small US city became knowledgeable about the world beyond their community— the newspaper. This exploratory study examines and compares newspaper coverage in three small cities in the United States—one from the South (Galveston, Texas), one from the Western Expansion (Boise, Idaho), and one from the more established East Coast (Fitchburg, Massachusetts). This study ex…
Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons
Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons delves into the complex issue of misinformation in our daily lives. The book synthesizes three scholarly traditions - everyday life, misinformation, and governing knowledge commons - to present 10 case studies of online and offline communities tackling diverse dilemmas regarding truth and information quality. The book highlights how communities manage issues of credibility, trust, and informa…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Advertising (1 work) · American History and Culture (1 work) · Australian History and Society (1 work) · Boom (1 work)