The Television Portrayals of African Americans and Racial Attitudes

Television often portrays African Americans in unfavorable positions in comparison to Caucasians. Typically these unfavorable depictions reinforce negative stereotypes associated with African Americans. Research indicates that television portrayals can influence people’s attitudes toward one another. A question left unanswered by current research: are mass-mediated images as influential at reversing or counteracting stereotypes as they are at reinforcing them? An experiment with undergraduate students was conducted to investigate the relationship between the positive portrayal of African Americans and subsequent racial attitudes. Participants viewed a video clip with either an African American or Caucasian chairman for the Georgia Division of Public Health. The clip included a still photograph of the chairman and was accompanied by a pre-recorded voice addressing treatments for lung cancer patients. At the beginning of each class, professors showed students the video after which the class lecture proceeded as scheduled. Just before the class ended a researcher entered the class and told students he/she was doing a survey on racial attitudes. Students were then given a questionnaire regarding racial attitudes toward African Americans. Between the time of the video viewing and the completion of the survey, students were not informed that one was related to the other. Subjects also completed an evaluation of the speaker in the video and of the health message

Pengaruh Industri Gula Aren terhadap Tingkat Kesejahteraan Rumah Tangga Pemilik Industri di Kecamatan Sobang, Kabupaten Lebak

Kabupaten Lebak merupakan salah satu penghasil gula aren terbesar di Indonesia. Hal tersebut tentunya dapat mempengaruhi kesejahteraan para pemilik industri. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan karakteristik industri gula aren, menjelaskan pengaruh industri terhadap kesejahteraan rumah tangga pemilik industri, dan menganalisis prospek pengembangan industri gula aren Kecamatan Sobang.Penelitian ini menggunakan metode survey dengan pendekatan kuantitatif. Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan adalah simple random sampling. Teknik analisis yang digunakan adalah statistik deskriptif, analisis crosstab, dan analisis SWOT kuantitatif.Hasil penelitian menunjukan industri gula aren Desa Hariang merupakan industri rumah tangga yang masih tradisional. Mayoritas pemilik industri berada pada tingkat kesejahteraan rendah. Hal ini disebabkan karena faktor usia, keterbatasan teknologi, dan keterbatasan pendidikan. Variabel yang berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kesejahteraan pemilik industri adalah pendapatan, jumlah bahan baku, jumlah produksi, dan jumlah pohon yang disadap. Analisis SWOT menunjukan industri gula aren Desa Hariang berada pada kuadran II. Strategi pengembangan yang disarankan adalah diversifikasi strategi

Persepsi Stakeholder terhadap Pengembangan Situs Purbakala Patiayam di Desa Terban, Kecamatan Jekulo, Kabupaten Kudus

Situs Purbakala Patiayam merupakan salah satu Cagar Budaya di Kabupaten Kudus. Situs ini memiliki beberapa potensi yang besar untuk dikembangkan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi sejarah, lokasi, dan karakteristik Situs Purbakala Patiayam dan menganalisis persepsi stakeholder terhadap pengembangan Situs Purbakala Patiayam. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Metode kualitatif dilakukan dengan melakukan wawancara secara mendalam terhadap stakeholder terkait. Sedangkan untuk metode kuantitatif dengan alat bantu kuesioner. Selain wawancara secara mendalam, data juga diperoleh dari data manuskript sesuai dengan tujuan penelitian.Situs Purbakala Patiayam memiliki sejarah yang panjang mulai dari sejarah terbentuknya obyek, penetapan sebagai cagar budaya, lokasi obyek, dan penelitian yang pernah dilakukan. Situs Purbakala Patiayam juga memiliki karakteristik fisik dan budaya yang khas. Masing-masing stakeholder terkait mempunyai persepsi bahwa Situs Purbakala Patiayam sudah sangat layak untuk dikembangkan

Peningkatan Pemahaman Report Text Melalui Contextual Teaching and Learning

Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian tindakan kelas yang bertujuan untuk meningkatkan pemahaman siswa dalam mempelajari teks report melalui model pembelajaran kontekstual. Subjek dari penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas XI IA 3 SMA N 1 Blahbatuh. Mereka dipilih karena pemahaman mereka dalam mempelajari teks report rendah. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan dua siklus dengan masing-masing terdiri dari empat sesi. Adapun instrumen penelitian ini yakni tes prestasi belajar, angket dan lembar observasi terstruktur. Data yang diperoleh kemudian dianalisis menggunakan metode analisis kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Hasil yang diperoleh menunjukan bahwa pemahaman siswa dalam teks report meningkat dari siklus I ke silkus II; dari 0,1117% ke 0,0776%. Ini juga menunjukan bahwa model pembelajaran kontekstual dapat meningkatkan hasil prestasi belajar siswa. Penelitian ini memberikan bukti empiris tentang efektifitas model pembelajaran kontekstual pada pengajaran bahasa

Analisis Perbandingan Sikap Konsumen Atas Atribut Produk Obat Nyamuk Merek Baygon dan Hit di Kota Pekanbaru

This study aims to determine consumer attitudes on product attributes: brand, packaging, product quality, labeling, and product features of anti mosquito Baygon and HIT and to determine whether there are differences consumer attitude on product attribute of anti mosquito Baygon and HIT in Pekanbaru. The population in the study are the users of anti mosquito Baygon and HIT in Pekanbaru. The number of samples are 100 respondents by using Slovin formula and Quota sampling technique. The data analyzed by using multi attitude attribute model Fishbein and the Mann-Whitney U-test. From the results of the testing that has been done on the respondents have a positive attitude on product attribute: brand, packaging, product quality, labeling, and product features of anti mosquito Baygon and HIT, and Mann-Whitney U-testshowed that there are differences in consumer attitude on product attribute of anti mosquito Baygon and HIT in Pekanbaru

Analisis Faktor-faktor yang Mempengaruhi Penyediaan dan Penggunaan Informasi Akuntansi pada USAha Kecil dan Menengah di Kota Pekanbaru

One of the main factors resulting in difficulty and failure for the small and medium enterprises to expand thei business is incapability in accounting. The researcher conducted a study of factors influencing on accounting information at the small and medium enterprise in Pekanbaru City. Variable used in this research is manajer/owner's educational background, business size, the manager/owner's length of time in managing, business age, training on accounting, and application and the available of accounting information. The objective of this study was to provide empirical evidence of the application and the available of accounting information at small and medium enterprises in Pekanbaru City. The population this research is small and medium enterprises in Pekanbaru City. Sampling method on this study uses a Simple Random Sampling method targeted to 100 small and medium enterprises in Pekanbaru City with error level of 10%. Data were collected through questionnaires targeted to manager/owner's of small and medium enterprises. Data analysis techniques used in the study are double linear regression analysis. This study concludes that manager/owner's educational background, and training on accounting effect on application and available of accounting information. Business size, length of time in managing, and business age are not effect on application and available of accounting information on small and medium enterprises in Pekanbaru City

Pemetaan Data Monografi Kecamatan Pesisir Selatan Kabupaten Pesisir Barat Tahun 2014

This research aimed to create thematic maps by using Monograph Data of South Coast District in the form of data about location and number of junior and senior high school, the location of pekon government offices, the location of public offices distribution, number of population according to population density, sex ratio, number of households, acceptors, industries and the number of worship places map. This study used quasi experiment research. This research used descriptive informative.The results showed that Monograph Data of South Coast District could be presented in a map. The information was more innovative and communicative.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membuat peta tematik dengan memanfaatkan Data Monografi Kecamatan Pesisir Selatan berupa data tentang letak dan jumlah SMA dan SMP Negeri, letak kantor pemerintahan pekon, letak sebaran kantor pelayanan umum, jumlah penduduk berdasarkan kepadatan penduduk, sex ratio, jumlah rumah tangga, jumlah akseptor KB, jumlah industri dan jumlah tempat ibadah. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif informatif.Hasil dalam penelitian ini adalah Data Monografi Kecamatan Pesisir Selatandapat disajikan kedalam sebuah peta.Informasi yang dituangkan lebih inovatif dan komunikatif

Feature coding dataset for trained and untrained working memory tasks in randomized controlled trials of working memory training.

The data presented in this article are produced as part of the original research article entitled "Working memory training involves learning new skills" (Gathercole, Dunning, Holmes & Norris, in press). This article presents a dataset of coded features for pairs of trained and untrained working memory (WM) tasks from randomized controlled trials of WM training with active control groups. Feature coding is provided for 113 untrained WM tasks each paired with the most similar task in the training program, taken from 23 training studies. A spreadsheet provides summary information for each task pair, its transfer effect size, and coding of the following features for each task: stimulus category, stimulus domain, stimulus modality, response modality, and recall paradigm

Marshall Space Flight Center surface modeling and grid generation applications

The Solid Rocket Motors (SRM) used by NASA to propel the Space Shuttle employ gimballing nozzles as a means for vehicular guidance during launch and ascent. Gimballing a nozzle renders the pressure field of the exhaust gases nonaxisymmetric. This has two effects: (1) it exerts a torque and side load on the nozzle; and (2) the exhaust gases flow circumferentially in the aft-dome region, thermally loading the flexible boot, case-to-nozzle joint, and casing insulation. The use of CFD models to simulate such flows is imperative in order to assess SRM design. The grids for these problems were constructed by obtaining information from drawings and tabulated coordinates. The 2D axisymmetric grids were designed and generated using the EZ-Surf and GEN2D surface and grid generation codes. These 2D grids were solved using codes such as FDNS, GASP, and MINT. These axisymmetric grids were rotated around the center-line to form 3D nongimballed grids. These were then gimballed around the pivot point and the gaps or overlaps resurfaced to obtain the final domains, which contained approximately 366,000 grid points. The 2D solutions were then rotated and manipulated as appropriate for geometry and used as initial guesses in the final solution. The analyses were used in answering questions about flight criteria