Peer Impact

Self-Injury Knowledge and Peer Perceptions among Members of Internet Self-Injury Groups

Members of 26 MySpace social groups for self-injury (SI) provided data for this study investigating knowledge of SI, friends' perceptions of SI, and the impact of online activity on SI. This study proposes that people who have belonged to these online SI groups for longer periods have higher levels of SI knowledge than those group members who have recently joined. In addition, the study proposes that individuals who self-injure have higher levels of SI knowledge than professionals who work with ...

Amsterdam, Netherlands | Forrester Research | Public Relations EMEA Intern

Forrester Research is seeking a Public Relations Intern to work 40 hours a week for 6 months in Forrester's European Headquarters, Amsterdam. Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides pragmatic and forward-thinking advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. For 24 years, Forrester has been a thought leader and trusted advisor, helping global clients lead in their markets through its research, consulting, events, and peer-to-peer ex...

The End of Network Neutrality?

Today, the FCC will adopt an order sanctioning Comcast for restricting BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-transfer traffic on its broadband network. It's a big victory for network neutrality advocates. Although the FCC adopted principles in 2005 and condemned a rural phone company for blocking voice-over-IP traffic, this is its first action against a major broadband provider for limiting Internet access. And it's coming under a Republican FCC Chairman, Kevin Martin, who pushed for deregulation of broa...

The International Criminal Court and its Impact on African Conflicts (Pan-African News Wire)

President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan was indicted by the International Criminal Court on July 14, 2008. The oil-rich nation has been targeted by imperialism because it is building strong relations with the People's Republic of China. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos ICC and its impact on African conflicts Wednesday 16 July 2008. ‘If you want to attack a cat, do not attack it in a closed door; Keep a window or the door a bit open. Otherwise a cornered cat fights to t...

Fixing California?s Dropout Problem Requires a Big Picture Solution

By Marty Hittelman President California Federation of Teachers The news that the California Department of Education has recalibrated its method of calculating high school drop out rates is welcome and the revised totals are disturbing. Accurate numbers are a necessary beginning for addressing solutions. It is unacceptable for nearly a quarter of all high school students to drop out, and we must collectively find a way to keep students in school. But to do that we must first acknowledge the issue...

USU researchers peer into fault

12 miles south of Logan, said her USU faculty adviser, Jim Evans. "This could have an impact on determining the risk." The area is feeling development pressure. There is a proposal to turn Powder ...

Impact of NGO's on International Stage

Analysis of Non-Governmental Organizations on the international stage with peer reviewed sources.

Peers important for nutrition education

A systematic literature review conducted by a team of scientists from the University of Connecticut, the Hispanic Health Council (Hartford), and the Connecticut Center for Eliminating Health Disparities among Latinos assessed the impact of peer education/counseling on nutrition and health outcomes among Latinos living in the United States. The results, reported in the July/recent issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, provide evidence that peer nutrition education has a posit...

Skype's new COO Scott Durchslag speaks out

Scott Durchslag joined Skype last week (June 30) as chief operating officer, reporting to President, Josh Silverman. I caught up with him Monday while he was in Luxembourg for a meeting of Skype's leadership. I first met Scott a few years ago when he was an executive at Motorola, the mobile phone pioneer based in suburban Chicago, and I was a tech columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times. He made a name at Moto, having led a turnaround of the company's South Asia business, where his team doubled reven...

Recently published research study from urban insitute

Classroom Peer Effects and Student Achievement Author abstract: "Using a unique longitudinal dataset from Florida, we analyze the impact of classroom peers on individual student performance. Focusing on the influence of peers' fixed characteristics on individual test score gains, we control simultaneously for student and teacher fixed effects. We find some sizable, significant peer effects within nonlinear models, but not with linear specifications. We find peer effects depend on a student's own...