The purpose of this paper is to synthesize literatures on stress, social support, symbolic interaction, and de Certeau as they pertain to the recovery of a homosexually‐identified individual from a homophobic interaction. A model of the initial stressful interaction as well as the interaction between a homosexually‐identified individual and his socially‐supportive network is posited with the co...

Being hailed as possessing the ability to “drive effective business reengineering and management of core and support processes”, it is not surprising that Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have been adopted by more than 60% of Fortune 500 companies as at the turn of the century. In contrast, negative connotations have been commonly known to be attached to legacy systems and inhouse dev...

The paper analyses how advertising may influence consumer preferences. Using the methodology from evolutionary game theory, we allow consumers not to be fully rational. Consumers use the same strategy repeatedly, but revise their strategy occationally. They revise their strategy buy immitating successful others. Revising their strategy this way is optimal under certain condition. The analysis i...

From a classical Cartesian perspective, interactionism implies the transfer of thoughts and feelings from a non-physical phenomenal consciousness to the physical brain. Thereby, phenomenal consciousness is thought to control the physical body somehow like a marionette hanging by strings of non-physical thought. Differing from this depiction, a basic premise of the current interactionist hypothe...

Identity has a crucial role in the life of every individual society. The identity inherent person makes it easier for them to understand hidden aspects themselves. Communication is essential forming one’s because consists meanings learned and projected others through communication. Applying symbolic interactionism perspective, which explains that individuals together with surrounding community ...

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 Masih banyak masyarakat yang kurang peduli lingkungan, khususnya tentang masalah sampah. Masyarakat masih menganggap bahwa sampah hanyalah barang sudah selayaknya dibuang, tak jarang membuang sembarangan, membakar dan juga menimbun Untuk itu Bank Sampah Tri Guyub Rukun Purworejo hadir untuk mengatasi tersebut, yakni dengan mengelola memilah benar. Komunikasi lingkungan digunakan s...

During this article we consider the extent to which interactionist ideas can inform the analysis of current socio-technical trends and practices that surround the emerging contours of digital society. We make reference to four field domains of inquiry that are relevant to this task and highlight how established interactionist insights can be carried forward and inform future studies in this dev...

The purpose of this study was, (a) to describe the introduction of MVAL software and Charlotte Danielson Rubrics (CDR) as teacher evaluation tools; (b) to compare the process and outcomes of the new initiative with traditional systems, and (c) to evaluate the software from the perspective of participants in the system. This study highlights the need for public school district to improve the pro...