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'Obama effect' inspires blacks students.(NEWSWATCH)
The monumental event of Barack Obama being elected the first African American President of the United States has led many black students across the country to have more confidence in their academic abilities.
A study done during the 2008 presidential campaign found that black students' standardized test scores improved at the times in the campaign when Obama was successful and received national attention, such as when he accepted the Democratic nomination and after his election as President. Researchers called it the "Obama Effect." The scores also improved for black students who reported having watched Obama's nomination acceptance speech.
The "Obama Effect" works to counteract the "Stereotype Threat Effect," an effect that consistently has led ...
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...findings show that the "Obama effect" can move overall public...every subgroup polled -- African Americans, Hispanics, whites...raising test scores. Among African Americans, the percentage that completely...Support increased among African Americans by 23 percentage ...
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...them in their research. Yet there will be no escaping the Obama effect, which will come in three parts. First, Obama's health...their president. Obama will also be vital in turning out African-Americans and Virginians under 30. Each group represented about a...
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...in the new independent documentary titled, "HYPE: The Obama Effect," which claims to "examine the phenomenon that is Barack...that resulted in the disenfranchisement of large numbers of African Americans at the polls during the 2004 and 2006 elections. In 2004...
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- Magazine article from: Black Enterprise Donaldson, Sonya A. November 1, 2009 700+ words
...highlighted the trend of African Americans taking to the Web...mobilize not just African Americans, but also Hispanics...adds. But is the "Obama effect" really the cause...he saw, that most African Americans did not. "I found...
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- Magazine article from: PR Week (US) November 24, 2008 700+ words
...mouths are. This is indeed the Michelle Obama Effect. So what is the Michelle Obama Effect and what does it mean to PR practitioners...practitioners should treat the Michelle Obama Effect as a genuine and extremely significant movement...
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- Magazine article from: Diverse Issues in Higher Education Dodson, Angela R. June 25, 2009 700+ words
...gap? Possibly, suggests a recent study documenting the "Obama effect" that will appear in the July issue of a scientific journal...The articles are already available online. Even if the "Obama effect" proves to have only a small effect, Friedman tells Diverse...
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- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. April 3, 2009 700+ words
...UK blacks more interested in politics,thanks to 'Obama effect' London, Apr 3 (PTI) Barack Obama's election...national and local levels. "There may well be an Obama effect at play, suggesting that representation and visibility...
- Obama effect makes Broadway show become a huge hit among New Yorkers.
- News wire article from: Asian News International June 2, 2009 700+ words
Byline: ANI New York, June 2 (ANI): The Obama effect was once again visible when just a day after the U.S. First Couple saw 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone' in New York, patrons...
