UDM Libraries Book of the Week

Undergraduate Education in Psychology: A Blueprint for the Future of the Discipline

by Diane F. Halpern

This title examines what our students need to know to be psychologically literate citizens of the contemporary world, caring family members, and productive workers who can meet today’s challenges. It contains the expert opinions of a leading group on the topic, creates a powerful new model for educating psychologically literate citizens and provides a handbook of evidence-based practical pedagogy with substantive resource materials applicable to every campus and its faculty.

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Vanishing newspaper : saving journalism in the information age, 2nd edition

by Philip Meyer

Five years ago in “The Vanishing Newspaper”, Philip Meyer offered the newspaper industry a business model for preserving and stabilizing the social responsibility functions of the press in a way that could outlast technology-driven changes in media forms. Now he has updated this groundbreaking volume, taking current declines in circulation and the number of dailies into consideration and offering a greater variety of ways to save journalism. Meyer’s ‘influence model’ is based on the premise that a newspaper’s main product is not news or information, but influence: societal influence, which is not for sale, and commercial influence, which is. The model is supported by an abundance of empirical evidence, including statistical assessments of the quality and influence of the journalist’s product, as well as its effects on business success. Meyer now applies this empirical evidence to recent developments, such as the impact of Craigslist and current trends in information technologies. New charts show how a surge in newsroom employment propped up readership in the 1980s, and data on the effects of newsroom desegregation are now included. Meyer’s most controversial suggestion, making certification available for reporters and editors, has been gaining ground. This new edition discusses several examples of certificate programs that are emerging in organizations both old and new. Understanding the relationship between quality and profit probably will not save traditional newspapers, but Meyer argues that such knowledge can guide new media enterprises. He believes that we have the tools to sustain high-quality journalism and preserve its unique social functions, though in a transformed way.

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The safe hiring audit : the employer’s guide to implementing a safe hiring program

by Lester S. Rosen

The  Safe Hiring Audit does not preach the need to screen potential employees . . . there are already numerous titles that address that need. This book empowers managers with a step-by-step action plan to evaluate current hiring practices and make changes to strengthen their businesses and avoid potential problems. The tools and implementation guidelines provided are essential for the small business owner and major corporations.

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The Tainted Gift: The Disease Method of Frontier Expansion

by Barbara Alice Mann

The speculation that the United States did infect Indian populations has long been a source of both outrage and skepticism. Now there is an exhaustively researched exploration of an issue that continues to haunt U.S.-Native American relations.

Barbara Alice Mann’s The Tainted Gift: The Disease Method of Frontier Expansion offers riveting accounts of four specific incidents: The 1763 smallpox epidemic among native peoples in Ohio during the French and Indian War; the cholera epidemic during the 1832 Choctaw removal; the 1837 outbreak of smallpox among the high plains peoples; and the alleged 1847 poisonings of the Cayuses in Oregon. Drawing on previously unavailable sources, Mann’s work is the first to give one of the most controversial questions in U.S. history the rigorous scrutiny it requires.

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