The Effect of Russian Hacking (and Troll Reinforcement) on Press Coverage

Joint Statement ◽

The Media ◽

Speech Segments ◽

Chapter 9 of Cyberwar discusses the impact of press and campaign uses of Russian hacking and the ways in which it was amplified by troll messaging. Jamieson argues that, starting in July 2016—when WikiLeaks released its first tranche of private emails from the inboxes of Democratic National Committee staffers—and continuing through to Election Day, the Russian-hacked Democratic materials and uses of it by troll accounts, Republicans, and the media affected what Americans saw, heard, and read about Hillary Clinton. Hacked content released on October 7 was able to counterbalance both the so-called Access Hollywood tape and deflected attention from a joint statement from the Department of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence confirming that the Russians were behind the DNC hacking. Jamieson also details how hacked Clinton speech segments changed the news agenda and framing on October 9.

Impact of Ventilation on Fire Behavior in Legacy and Contemporary Residential Construction

10.54206/102376/gieq2593 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Steve Kerber ◽

Keyword(s):

Homeland Security ◽

Fire Behavior ◽

The United States ◽

Fire Service ◽

United States Department ◽

Front Door ◽

Fire Environment ◽

Open Floor ◽

Under the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistance to Firefighter Grant Program, Underwriters Laboratories examined fire service ventilation practices as well as the impact of changes in modern house geometries. There has been a steady change in the residential fire environment over the past several decades. These changes include larger homes, more open floor plans and volumes and increased synthetic fuel loads. This series of experiments examine this change in fire behavior and the impact on firefighter ventilation tactics. This fire research project developed the empirical data that is needed to quantify the fire behavior associated with these scenarios and result in immediately developing the necessary firefighting ventilation practices to reduce firefighter death and injury. Two houses were constructed in the large fire facility of Underwriters Laboratories in Northbrook, IL. The first of two houses constructed was a one-story, 1200 ft, 3 bedroom,  bathroom house with 8 total rooms. The second house was a two-story 3200 ft, 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom house with 12 total rooms. The second house featured a modern open floor plan, two- story great room and open foyer. Fifteen experiments were conducted varying the ventilation locations and the number of ventilation openings. Ventilation scenarios included ventilating the front door only, opening the front door and a window near and remote from the seat of the fire, opening a window only and ventilating a higher opening in the two-story house. One scenario in each house was conducted in triplicate to examine repeatability. The results of these experiments provide knowledge for the fire service for them to examine their thought processes, standard operating procedures and training content. Several tactical considerations were developed utilizing the data from the experiments to provide specific examples of changes that can be adopted based on a departments current strategies and tactics.

A Preliminary Comparison of Three Tourniquet Instructions for Just-in-Time Guidance of a Simulated Tourniquet Application

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/1541931213601873 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 61 (1) ◽

pp. 1076-1080

Author(s):

Bethany R. Lowndes ◽

Katherine L. Forsyth ◽

Erik Prytz ◽

Carl-Oscar Johnson ◽

Amro Abdelrahman ◽

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Keyword(s):

Success Rate ◽

Homeland Security ◽

Completion Time ◽

Just In Time ◽

Trauma Victim ◽

Instruction Sets ◽

Surgical Trainees ◽

American College Of Surgeons ◽

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) encourage the use of tourniquets as part of the “Stop the Bleed” campaign. Both have provided instructions for layperson tourniquet application in order to save the life of a hemorrhaging trauma victim. This study sought to compare the impact of using ACS and DHS instructions with manufacturer-provided instructions for the completion of simulated tourniquet application steps. Thirty surgical trainees completed a simulated tourniquet application with one of the three instruction sets. Their completion time and success for each step were measured. Participants that received ACS instructions failed the fewest number of steps (p < 0.01) and completed the task faster (Mean (SD) = 70 (33) seconds) compared to those with the manufacturer-provided instructions (p < 0.01). Tourniquet instruction sets need to be refined in order to optimize the success rate of just-in-time guidance for tourniquet application.

NIMS AND THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings ◽

10.7901/2169-3358-2005-1-291 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 2005 (1) ◽

pp. 291-294 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Gil Jamieson

Keyword(s):

Best Practices ◽

Homeland Security ◽

Management System ◽

Incident Management ◽

Incident Command System ◽

Considerable Uncertainty ◽

National Incident Management System ◽

Incident Command ◽

The way this nation prepares for and responds to domestic incidents is about to change. It won't be an abrupt change; best practices that have been developed over the years are part of this new comprehensive national approach to incident management known as the National Incident Management System (NIMS). But it will change—and for the better. Developed by the Department of Homeland Security and issued in March 2004, the NIMS will enable responders at all jurisdictional levels and across all disciplines to work together more effectively and efficiently. Beginning in FY 2006, federal funding for state, local and tribal preparedness grants will be tied to compliance with the NIMS. One of the most important ‘best practices’ that has been incorporated into the NIMS is the Incident Command System (ICS), a standard, on-scene, all-hazards incident management system already in use by firefighters, hazardous materials teams, rescuers and emergency medical teams. The ICS has been established by the NIMS as the standardized incident organizational structure for the management of all incidents. Although many agencies now use various forms of ICS, there is considerable uncertainty about NIMS ICS and the impact it will have on systems and processes currently in place. These are important questions because one of the FY 2005 requirements for implementing NIMS is “institutionalizing the use of ICS, across the entire response system.” This paper is intended to provide an historical perspective on the development of ICS, explain how NIMS ICS works, describe how it is different from previous systems, and discuss the future of NIMS ICS training.

Job Security Rule Changes and Employee Organizational Commitment

Review of Public Personnel Administration ◽

10.1177/0734371x19842622 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 40 (4) ◽

pp. 641-668 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hyunkang Hur ◽

James L. Perry

Keyword(s):

Organizational Commitment ◽

Homeland Security ◽

Job Security ◽

Federal Employees ◽

Difference In Differences ◽

Percentage Points ◽

Rule Changes ◽

Security Rule ◽

This study assesses the impact of different job security rules on federal employees’ organizational commitment by looking at the effects of changes in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) precipitated by MaxHR, introduced to DHS in 2005. The 2005 job security rule changes, as part of the “reformed” personnel system of the new DHS, reduced employee job security, which in turn weakened organizational commitment. The study found subsequent repeal of the job security rules in 2007 boosted organizational commitment among DHS workers by as much as 10 percentage points. Taken together, the results of difference-in-differences (DID) analysis for the new job security rules in the period 2005-2006 and subsequent repeal of the job security rules in the period 2007-2010 suggest that employees’ commitment to DHS was more favorable after the repeal of the job security rules than prior to the 2005 reforms.

Impact of Use of Language on Audience’s Perception: A Qualitative Analysis of Speeches by Hillary Clinton

International Journal of English Linguistics ◽

10.5539/ijel.v9n3p293 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 293

Author(s):

Hanaa Ali Alqahtani

Keyword(s):

Leadership Skills ◽

Political Agenda ◽

Hillary Clinton ◽

Written Text ◽

Female Candidate ◽

Fundamental Factor ◽

Political Discourses ◽

Communicative Functions ◽

The Media ◽

Discourse is a fundamental factor to communicate and to identify a language or use of language. Therefore, the language used in political discourse is important for the candidates to persuade the voters. In the light of Hillary Clinton’s political discourses, interviews and debates, the present study aims to identify the impact of her language on audience’s perception. A total of Clinton’s 29 debates and 3 interviews have been extracted from YouTube, which were transcribed in the written text. The findings of the study revealed that pronouns, metaphors, and rhetoric aspects in the speeches fulfil the strategic communicative functions. This allows the study to present a political agenda, identify the important issues, and highlight her political actions. The media portrayal of Clinton’s leadership skills and language used in political speeches had a great impact on the voters. Therefore, more research should be conducted to recognize what voters want from a female candidate as a president.

The More Control, the Better?

Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications ◽

10.1027/1864-1105/a000114 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 81-91 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jeeyun Oh ◽

Mun-Young Chung ◽

Sangyong Han

Keyword(s):

Mixed Design ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Story Structure ◽

Content Type ◽

High User ◽

User Control ◽

Rigorous Research ◽

Control Versus ◽

The Media ◽

Despite of the popularity of interactive movie trailers, rigorous research on one of the most apparent features of these interfaces – the level of user control – has been scarce. This study explored the effects of user control on users’ immersion and enjoyment of the movie trailers, moderated by the content type. We conducted a 2 (high user control versus low user control) × 2 (drama film trailer versus documentary film trailer) mixed-design factorial experiment. The results showed that the level of user control over movie trailer interfaces decreased users’ immersion when the trailer had an element of traditional story structure, such as a drama film trailer. Participants in the high user control condition answered that they were less fascinated with, absorbed in, focused on, mentally involved with, and emotionally affected by the movie trailer than participants in the low user control condition only with the drama movie trailer. The negative effects of user control on the level of immersion for the drama trailer translated into users’ enjoyment. The impact of user control over interfaces on immersion and enjoyment varies depending on the nature of the media content, which suggests a possible trade-off between the level of user control and entertainment outcomes.