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Huang, Bi Yun – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Falun Gong emerged as spiritual social movement after being outlawed by the Chinese Communist Party authorities in 1999. Since then, Falun Gong practitioners have made heavy use of information and communication technologies, particularly the Internet, to further their movement's activities. This dissertation systematically examines the role of…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Data Analysis, Social Networks, Internet
Mahoney, Elizabeth D. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study is to explore perceptions of return migration experiences and gain knowledge from rural residents who have left to obtain a college education and start careers in non-rural areas, and who then returned to their rural hometowns with the social and economic benefits of a college education, and other valuable resources. This…
Descriptors: Rural to Urban Migration, Urban to Rural Migration, Rural Areas, American Studies