Disability and Inclusion in Star Trek: A Longitudinal Media Analysis of Social Transformation Processes from the Perspective of Film Sociology

Durch einen Fokus auf Menschen mit Behinderung lässt sich aus Sicht der gesellschaftskritischen Filmsoziologie ein inklusiver Transformationsprozess in der Medienlandschaft nachzeichnen. Wie Menschen mit Behinderung dabei in Fernsehserien dargestellt werden und wie sich die Darstellung und das Verständnis von Behinderung weiterentwickelt haben, sind nur einige der Fragestellungen, die mittels einer medialen Längsschnittanalyse beantwortet werden können. Grundlage dieser den Disability Studies zugehörigen Analyse ist eine Auswahl an vergleichbaren und über einen Zeitraum von 33 Jahren aufeinanderfolgenden US-amerikanischen Fernsehserien. Dabei zeigt sich ein Paradigmenwechsel von exklusiver Fremdbestimmung in den 60er-Jahren über idealtypische Inklusionsverhältnisse in den 70ern und 80ern, die schliesslich zu einer realistischeren und vor allen Dingen selbstbestimmteren Darstellung von Behinderung in den 90ern führen. Die Analyse verdeutlicht nicht nur die Anforderungen an eine adäquate Darstellung von Behinderung und Inklusion, sondern gleichermassen die didaktischen Voraussetzungen einer zielgerichteten Medienpädagogik.Film sociology can highlight the process of inclusive transformation within media and society by focusing on people with disabilities. It is about how people with disabilities are displayed in television series and how representation as well as general understanding of disabilities have evolved within the media. A longitudinal media analysis provides first insights on this process. In accordance with Disability Studies this analysis covers a period of 33 years by focusing on comparable and consecutive US television series. It outlines the paradigm shift from an exclusive society with heteronomous structures in the 60s, continues with an idealized inclusive process in the 70s and 80s that leads to a more realistic and self-determined representation of people with disabilities in the 90s. The analysis highlights the requirements for an adequate representation of disability and inclusion, as well as the didactical recommendations for education projects via media

Modern Constructions of Islamic Identity. The Case of Second Generation Muslim Women in Germany.

Since the beginning of the nineties several free Islamic Women's associations have been developing and influencing Islamic life in Germany. Particularly the grown-up daughters of the first generation of Turkish foreign workers are engaged in participating in shaping German Islam. The following research based on a qualitative-empirical approach examined the thesis that the Islamic identity constructions of Sunni-Turkish women who have grown-up in Germany are strongly influenced by structures of modern secular-Christian society. I present data for three single cases of second generation Muslim women between the ages of 22 and 24. These cases show various ways of understanding Islamic faith. They are representations of three types of identity construction which I found in a larger study of modern Islamic "Lebensführung" (to use Max Weber's phrase): 1) an exclusivistic type of Islamic identity, aiming at the Islamisation of all spheres of life, 2) a "universalising" type of Islamic identity, aiming at a general ethical and spiritual support for everyday life, and 3) a modern but "traditionalising" type of Islamic identity that maintains the rituals and norms bound to the family. These three types are all full of aspects of a modern way of life, but represent different attitudes towards the normative expectation of Western society that action and thinking should be individualised and rationalised

The Effect of Summer Vacation on Reading Level

Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine whether a lengthy break from school, with no formal academic activity, caused a decrease in a student’s academic achievement. Specifically, if reading scores decreased. The study aimed to compare two groups of high school students, primarily in grades 9-11. The study compared those who enrolled in summer school courses for remedial purposes and those who did not enroll in summer school. The study focused on students’ reading skills before and after their school’s summer vacation, which is approximately 12 weeks long. District assessments of student’s ability were the metrics used for data collection in this study. Results showed that the students who enrolled in summer school courses had higher gains than those who did not take summer school courses. As far as skill loss, both groups showed some skill loss. Of the members of the group who enrolled in summer school courses, 25% showed skill losses over the summer, compared to 33% of the student group who did not enroll in summer school courses. Of the students that showed losses, the students who were not enrolled in summer school showed over twice as much loss as those who were enrolled in summer school. Data were collected among students who had been MAP and/or RI tested, were taking summer school for remedial purposes, in a district located in a metropolitan area with population 238,124. The school the study took place in was one of three high schools in the district. The student body in this building was a diverse population, composed of 66% Caucasian, 16% African-American, 9% Asian-American, 4% Hispanic American, 3% Native American, and 2% “Other”/Unclassified. Thirty-six percent of the students in this building qualified for free and reduced lunch, 13% were classified as EL, and 14% were on an IEP

Electronic Structure and Magnetism of EuO Films on the Nanometer Scale

This thesis deals with thin films of the ferromagnetic semiconductor EuO. These are prepared by molecular beam epitaxy under ultra high vacuum conditions and their properties are investigated in-situ by means of low energy electron diffraction, magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS). The experiments are carried out in a low temperature STM apparatus with a base temperature of 5.3K. The development of a highly sensitive MOKE instrument is in the technical focus of this work. EuO is grown in (100) orientation on a ferromagnetic Ni(100) single crystal as well as on single crystalline graphene on Ir(111). An antiferromagnetic coupling between the magnetic moments of the Ni(100) and the EuO(100) film turns out. The 3.3nm thin stoichiometric films of EuO on graphene show a Curie temperature Tc=75K, which is increased with respect to films of the same thickness grown on other substrates and even with respect to bulk EuO. Point defects in EuO films are analyzed with help of atomically resolved STM images. The defect concentration can be quantified using highly-resolved STM topography images. The mobility of the oxygen vacancies is shown by a series of topography STM images and a mobility of the vacancies along the EuO directions is found. Investigations of the electronic structure of the EuO(100) surface are performed by STM and STS, which require a high sample quality, i.e, a topographically very well ordered and flat surface with a minimum of defects. The ultra thin films of EuO on graphene described in thesis are of such high quality. A local n-doping and an upward band bending is found at the oxygen vacancy sites. Tunneling spectroscopy maps of the ferromagnetic EuO(100) surface show standing wave patterns, which are the characteristic fingerprint of the surface state in EuO(100). The energy vs. momentum space of the surface state is explored by evaluating the surface state scattering patterns. A dispersion relation determined this way of the surface state is free electron like, with an effective mass of the mass of a free electron. The same measurements are performed in the paramagnetic phase of EuO at 81K. Thereby the surface state is shifted in energy. The shift indicates indirectly the spin degeneracy of the surface state in the paramagnetic phase, which is lifted in the ferromagnetic phase of EuO. This behavior is analogous to the well known spin splitting of the EuO conduction band. The spin splitting of the surface state (measured with this work) amounts to 0.66eV

Electroweak Strings: A Progress Report

I describe the string solutions in the standard electroweak model and argue that they may be stabilized by quark, lepton or other bound states. I then reinterpret the sphaleron in terms of electroweak strings and show that it can be viewed as a loop of W-string or a segment of Z-string. (Talk presented at Texas/Pascos 1992 at Berkeley.)Comment: 7 pages, TUTP-92-12. (One figure - available on request.

Strategic needs assessment profile: X County Hospital North Carolina

This applied management decision report provided a strategic needs assessment profile for X County Hospital, X County, North Carolina. This small county-operated not-for-profit facility was experiencing a decrease in number of county residents served. It was felt that many X County residents were seeking health care in surrounding county hospitals. Analysis of services provided by X County Hospital and surrounding hospitals pointed out a number of deficiencies in staffing and facilities at X County as possible causes. Twelve specific recommendations concerning facilities, staffing and services aimed at regaining market share were provided in this report