Offline: Uncivil society

Nursing students' perceptions of teachers' uncivil behaviors: a qualitative research

One of the main issues in nursing education that teachers and students frequently encounter is uncivil behaviors. This type of behavior is destructive for the teaching and learning environment. As teachers play an important role in nursing students' education and are ultimately their role models, the identification of these behaviors in nursing teachers appears to be essential. This study was c...

Uncivil Procedure: How State Court Proceedings Perpetuate Inequality

Hypercitizens from a Distinct Society: Characterizing Quebec's Political Bloggers' Online and Offline Political Involvement

While many, mostly American, scholars have recently conducted quantitative and qualitative investigations of the structure and content of political blogs, few have focused on the political involvement of their authors. Based on data collected through an online survey conducted in April 2008, this paper proposes the first detailed account of the sociopolitical profile of 56 members of the Quebec...

The reputation society: How online opinions are reshaping the offline world

Editors Hassan Masum and Mark Tovey put together a compilation of articles discussing the implications of social networking and other internet tools in the shaping of systems throughout the world in The Reputation Society: How Online Opinions Are Reshaping the Offline World. Hassan Masum is Innovation Lead at the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, Affiliate Researcher at the Waterloo I...

Perceptions of uncivil student behavior in dental education.

Students and faculty members in the health professions classroom are expected to exhibit professional behaviors that are conducive to maintaining a positive learning environment, but there is little published research concerning incivility in the area of dental education. The aim of this study was to evaluate differences in perceptions of incivility between dental faculty and students, between ...