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When I arrived at UNLV, I gave considerable thought to how the university could better embrace the identity of our city. What I didn’t quite anticipate at the time was just how much the city wanted to embrace UNLV

Geochemical and ecological aspects of lower Frasnian pyrite-ammonoid level at Kostomłoty (Holy Cross Mountains, Poland)

The lower Frasnian (transitans Zone with Ancyrodella priamosica = MN 4 Zone) rhythmic basin succession of marly limestones and shales (upper Szydlówek Beds) at Kostomloty, western Holy CrossMts., Central Poland, contains a record of the transgressive-hypoxic Timan Event in this drowned part of southern Laurussian shelf. The unique facies consists of organic-rich marly shales and a distinctive pyritic, goniatite level, 1.6m thick. The faunal assemblage is dominated by pyritized shells of diminutivemollusks with cephalopods (including goniatites Epitornoceras and Acanthoclymenia), buchioline bivalves (Glyptohallicardia) and styliolinids. This interval is marked by moderately low Th/U ratios and pyrite framboid size distributions suggestive of dysoxic rather than permanent euxinic conditions. The scarcity of infauna and bioturbation resulted in finely laminated sedimentary fabrics, as well as the low diversity of the presumed pioneer benthos (mostly brachiopods). In the topmost part of the Szydlówek Beds, distinguished by the Styliolina coquina interbedded between limestone-biodetrital layers, the above geochemical proxies and C-isotope positive shift indicate a tendency to somewhat increased bottom oxygen deficiency and higher carbon burial rate linked with a bloom of pelagic biota during high-productivity pulse. The geochemical and community changes are a complex regional record of the initial phase of a major perturbation in the earth-ocean system during a phase of intermittently rising sea level in the early to middle Frasnian, and associated with the highest positive C-isotope ratios of the Devonian

Bibliography for Constitution Day Display

A bibliography created to accompany a display about Constitution Day in August 2023 at the Leatherby Libraries at Chapman University

Traditional media and new media in communicating about public benefit in Poland

Because of the fact that it has been possible to donate 1 per cent of income tax to public benefit organisations since 2003, these organisations must communicate with the environment if they want to obtain money from tax deduction. The popularity of taking advantage of one per cent allocations in Poland (in 2013, 44 per cent of taxpayers did it), created competition among organisations trying to obtain the declared amounts. Communication with the environment by organisations requires both the right choice of information channels – the division into traditional and new media has been accounted for, as well as formulating messages in such a way as to reach taxpayers as efficiently as possible and persuade them to support aims the organisation achieves. The paper will present the results of research into how effectively these organisations communicate with the use of traditional and new mediaPublikacja dofinansowana z badań statutowych - Wydział Psychologii i Nauk Humanistycznych KAAF

Election Campaign for Local Government in the Perspective of Local Government Press

Artykuł recenzowany / peer-reviewed articleLocal government press is one of important channels of conveying information in the local space. Its functions are being constantly redefined as a result of the changing paradigm of communicating on the local level. Local government press gains particular importance during any election campaign becoming the carrier of information for local authorities seeking reelection. The following text presents the results of research carried out in selected cities with poviat rights in the last quarter of 2014, during the local government election campaign in Poland.Badania statutowe KAAF

Network Communities as an Expression of Inclusive Culture of Participation in Political Protests: The Sunflower Movement Case Study

Publikacja recenzowana / Peer-reviewed publicationThis article offers an analysis of the ways creation of a community influences the activity of users expressed in their network behaviour. It has been assumed that a varied choice of used tools and channels of communication characterising societies with a high level of technological development simultaneously influences fragmentation of network communication processes. Inclusive culture of participation becomes limited, which is the result of the degree of engagement of users which influence participation in a virtual community. This leads to their differentiation in relation to content and choice of the used channels during network communication. Another factor limiting participation is also communication activity of administrators of a virtual community who impose the dominating content of messages. The research results are a part of scientific research concerning the role of leaders in network communication as well as the creation of network communities that accompany political protests and demonstrations

The Role of Social Media in Creating Intercultural Dialogue and Overcoming Prejudice – a Comparative Analysis of Pilot Survey Results

Artykuł recenzowany / Peer-reviewed articleMulticulturalism, as a political and social phenomenon, is more and more often perceived as a challenge in the realm of studying communication processes. New media make it possible to communicate and build relations in the global dimension with a simultaneous impact on the development of horizontal communication, creating groups and communities and active support for different forms of social participation. In this context a pilot study concerning the role of new media in overcoming schemata and prejudice of students in two different cities with different levels of multiculturalism in the local community was carried out.Research was carried out with the financial support of Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University. Trip to Berlin was financed as part of a study visit to Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Berlin that cooperates with Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University