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Questioning the Validity of Race as a Social Construct: Examining Race and Ethnicity in the ‘Rainbow Nation’

Description: This article uses South Africa as a the research context to examine whether within each race group ethnic differences exist on national identity and social capital measures.
Date: January 2015
Creator: Heere, Bob; Walker, Matthew; Gibson, Heather; Thapa, Brijesh; Geldenhuys, Sue & Coetzee, Willie
Partner: UNT College of Business
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An Investigation of Predictors of Information Diffusion in Social Media: Evidence from Sentiment Mining of Twitter Messages

Description: Article is a study examining how emotional arousal influences information diffusion in social media using a sentiment mining approach. The authors propose a research model and test it using data collected from Twitter.
Date: January 7, 2020
Creator: Kim, Dan J. & Salehan, Mohammad
Partner: UNT College of Business
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The Importance of Theorizing Social Change in Sport for Development: A Case Study of Magic Bus in London

Description: Article using the case of an award-winning sport for development (SFD) charity that expanded their operations from India to London to illustrate the pejorative implications resulting from failing to create a theory of change. A discussion of the results, implications, and recommendations for establishing and implementing a theory of change are provided.
Date: 2021
Creator: Hills, Stephen; Walker, Matthew & Dixon, Marlene
Partner: UNT College of Business
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