title: Book reviews and Book notices

authors: Waikato Geological Society

abstract: Book reviews and Book notice from Volume 3, Number 1, 1969 of Earth Science Journal.

text: Book reviews and Book notices Book reviews and Book notice from Volume 3, Number 1, 1969 of Earth Science Journal.

year: 1969

title: How do people use social network sites to regulate their emotions and wellbeing?

authors: Schofield, James Stewart

subjects: Social network

abstract: This thesis explores the relationship between social network site use, emotion regulation and mental health. As social network site use becomes more ubiquitous in western countries, adverse health consequences are claimed to stem from its overuse. This thesis seeks to determine whether emotion regulation styles play a pivotal role in how users interact with social network sites, and the impact of those styles. By measuring the amount of time participants spend on social network sites each day, this thesis will explore three hypotheses. One hundred and fourteen participants from a New Zealand university were randomly assigned to an experimental or control group and completed pre-test and post-test surveys consisting of the DASS, ERQ, and a questionnaire about attitudes toward social media. The experimental group were asked to continue their social network site usage as normal for one week, then reduce it by half, while the control group kept using social network sites as normal. The results showed that participants in the experimental group experienced lower rates of stress and anxiety, although their social network site use was not significantly different. Maladaptive emotion regulation strategies were also found to be associated with increases in depression and anxiety. Emotion regulation shared no relationship with quantity of social network site use. These results provide evidence that issues associated with social network site use is not solely due to quantity of use. This thesis adds to a growing body of research investigating healthy social network site use and draws links to how people use these sites and regulate their emotions while using them.

text: How do people use social network sites to regulate their emotions and wellbeing? This thesis explores the relationship between social network site use, emotion regulation and mental health. As social network site use becomes more ubiquitous in western countries, adverse health consequences are claimed to stem from its overuse. This thesis seeks to determine whether emotion regulation styles play a pivotal role in how users interact with social network sites, and the impact of those styles. By measuring the amount of time participants spend on social network sites each day, this thesis will explore three hypotheses. One hundred and fourteen participants from a New Zealand university were randomly assigned to an experimental or control group and completed pre-test and post-test surveys consisting of the DASS, ERQ, and a questionnaire about attitudes toward social media. The experimental group were asked to continue their social network site usage as normal for one week, then reduce it by half, while the control group kept using social network sites as normal. The results showed that participants in the experimental group experienced lower rates of stress and anxiety, although their social network site use was not significantly different. Maladaptive emotion regulation strategies were also found to be associated with increases in depression and anxiety. Emotion regulation shared no relationship with quantity of social network site use. These results provide evidence that issues associated with social network site use is not solely due to quantity of use. This thesis adds to a growing body of research investigating healthy social network site use and draws links to how people use these sites and regulate their emotions while using them.

year: 2020

title: Cultural Theory Made Critical: Towards a Theory of the Indigenous Intellectual

authors: Hireme, Hemi Te Rere

abstract: Despite the fact that Western critical theory has provided us with theories of the power relations that operate within our lives, I argue that the indigenous element is nonetheless understated within these theories. To this end, my thesis is precisely that we must make the "cultural" critical. I argue that various theories of cognitive and moral submissiveness must be supplemented with a theory of submissiveness at the indigenous level in order for issues of latent power to be addressed. This thesis is therefore about developing a theory that for tangata whenua seeks to overcome one of the most debilitating effects of colonial domination - a loss of critical consciousness. I advocate the need for a new type of intellectual - the indigenous intellectual. 
I present my thesis in two parts. Part One examines Western critical theory to understand the processes that contribute to colonial domination. Here, I identify relations and processes of power that have contributed to a continuing assault on tangata whenua cultural continuity and well-being. Of particular significance are Foucault's study of governmentalisation and normalisation and Gramsci's notion of hegemony and the traditional and organic intellectuals. 
Part Two records not only how this understanding is put into action by way of the introduction of a "critical theory" component in programmes at Te Whare Wananga 0 Awanuiarangi over a number of years, but also offers a critical cultural theory in the form of the indigenous intellectual. While it acknowledges the extreme value of Western critical theory in allowing tangata whenua to understand the relations of power and the effects of colonial domination, the programme also identifies the many voids and spaces within Western critical theory that leave unanswered the oppressiveness and hegemony of cultural and ideological colonisation. I conclude my thesis by arguing that, whilst many in leadership positions claim allegiance to Gramsci' s concept of the organic intellectual, their ideological stance is anything but organic. By examining why they do not represent indigenous interests "organically", I argue that a new concept is needed to expose the sham of much of our contemporary "inorganic" politics: that our cultural needs are better served by a concept of the "indigenous" intellectual.

text: Cultural Theory Made Critical: Towards a Theory of the Indigenous Intellectual Despite the fact that Western critical theory has provided us with theories of the power relations that operate within our lives, I argue that the indigenous element is nonetheless understated within these theories. To this end, my thesis is precisely that we must make the "cultural" critical. I argue that various theories of cognitive and moral submissiveness must be supplemented with a theory of submissiveness at the indigenous level in order for issues of latent power to be addressed. This thesis is therefore about developing a theory that for tangata whenua seeks to overcome one of the most debilitating effects of colonial domination - a loss of critical consciousness. I advocate the need for a new type of intellectual - the indigenous intellectual. 
I present my thesis in two parts. Part One examines Western critical theory to understand the processes that contribute to colonial domination. Here, I identify relations and processes of power that have contributed to a continuing assault on tangata whenua cultural continuity and well-being. Of particular significance are Foucault's study of governmentalisation and normalisation and Gramsci's notion of hegemony and the traditional and organic intellectuals. 
Part Two records not only how this understanding is put into action by way of the introduction of a "critical theory" component in programmes at Te Whare Wananga 0 Awanuiarangi over a number of years, but also offers a critical cultural theory in the form of the indigenous intellectual. While it acknowledges the extreme value of Western critical theory in allowing tangata whenua to understand the relations of power and the effects of colonial domination, the programme also identifies the many voids and spaces within Western critical theory that leave unanswered the oppressiveness and hegemony of cultural and ideological colonisation. I conclude my thesis by arguing that, whilst many in leadership positions claim allegiance to Gramsci' s concept of the organic intellectual, their ideological stance is anything but organic. By examining why they do not represent indigenous interests "organically", I argue that a new concept is needed to expose the sham of much of our contemporary "inorganic" politics: that our cultural needs are better served by a concept of the "indigenous" intellectual.

year: 2002