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ABSTRACT This article examines the use of promotional interviews (“promos”) in American professional wrestling of the 1980s. I argue that promos introduced a vocal modality into a form of sports entertainment that, as Roland Barthes ([1957] 1972) showed in Mythologies, had always been dominated by visual spectacle. I then undertake a focused linguistic
Jens Kjeldgaard‐Christiansen
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On the Margins of Friendship: Aggression in an Elementary School Peer Group
This article uses qualitative data from a larger study of two elementary schools in a rural city of about 15,000 people in the Midwestern United States.
Harger, Brent D.
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Is Partisanship Dysfunctional for Representative Institutions?
ABSTRACT As political institutions, representative assemblies can be seen as rule‐governed structures of interrelated roles with power mandates, which elected officeholders must exercise in accordance with the normative values justifying the institutions' establishment.
Chiara Destri
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Urban adult Chinese consumers favour foreign products? An investigation of the effects of Country of Origin and Consumer Ethnocentrism on product preference and willingness to buy. [PDF]
Since the then Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping introduced the „open door‟ policy, the Chinese economy has experienced rapid economic growth for over 30 years. It has now surpassed Japan as the world‟s second largest economy.
Ding, Qing Shan
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ABSTRACT Social exclusion threatens psychological needs satisfaction, increases anger, and can contribute to group polarization. In two studies, we explored how political exclusion (vs. inclusion) influenced American voters' polarization. In Study 1 (N = 135, 60.7% Female, 61.5% White; Age M = 19.63), young adults were included or excluded in Cyberball
Katarina E. AuBuchon +4 more
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Attitudes of Turkish Consumers toward Foreign Products in Political Crises Period [PDF]
This study aims to understand the attitudes of Turkish consumers toward foreign products in diplomatic crisis period. With this aim, at first, demographic characteristics of the consumers identified and then the relationship between independent variables
Durmus YÖRÜK +2 more
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The Impact of Consumer Animosity on Purchase Unwillingness in a Boycott of Sari Roti
This research was conducted in response to a boycott towards a national bread brand. It was stimulated by a company disclosure in stating they had no relation to any political events in 2016.
Usep Suhud
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Abstract The 2016 Brexit referendum was a watershed moment for the politicisation of the European Union (EU) in the United Kingdom. Much has been written about the politicising effects of the referendum, along with the Leave result's subsequent contestation in the media as well as in national and European election cycles.
Anne‐Marie Houde, Louis Stockwell
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Detecting and measuring social media attacks on American election officials
The 2020 presidential election saw election officials experience physical and social media threats, harassment, and animosity. Although little research exists regarding animosity toward US election officials, observers noted a sharp increase in 2020 in ...
Sreemanti Dey +6 more
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ABSTRACT We introduce the concept of subtle discrimination—biased acts that cannot be objectively ascertained as discriminatory. When candidates compete for promotions by investing in skills, firms' subtle biases induce discriminated candidates to overinvest when promotions are low‐stakes (to distinguish themselves from favored candidates) but ...
ELENA S. PIKULINA, DANIEL FERREIRA
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