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Between public service and market: Portraying the bifront university in a platformized world
Abstract This paper contributes to the international debate on the changes affecting recruitment and orientation processes toward higher education. Based on qualitative research involving 19 Italian public universities, the study analyses the transformations in communication, recruitment and orientation activities within platformization and increasing ...
Marco Pitzalis +2 more
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Melodrama, subjetividad y reconocimiento en la ficción televisiva. Una propuesta de abordaje
Proponemos enunciar brevemente los conceptos que relacionan el melodrama con una forma de ser y estar en América Latina, el modo en que los medios de comunicación masiva, especialmente la televisión, lo han adoptado y adaptado, para constituirlo en “el ...
María Victoria Bourdieu
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‘CEO equals man’: Gender and informal organisational practices in English sport governance [PDF]
© The Author(s) 2019. © YYYY Owner. The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in Piggott, L. V., & Pike, E. C. (2019). ‘CEO equals man’: Gender and informal organisational practices in English sport governance.
Piggott, Lucy, Pike, Elizabeth
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Abstract This paper examines the gap in number skills between socioeconomically disadvantaged and non‐disadvantaged children in the first year of compulsory schooling in England. Past research mostly relies on statutory assessment data collected towards the end of the first year of school and does not show the attainment gap associated with ...
Martin Culliney, Joanne Robson
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Unveiling power, or why social science's task is explanation
Abstract This short essay contends that sociology should devote attention to causal explanation in order to expose lies. It argues that lies about causes are common in society and social science is in a unique privileged position to offer social knowledge that can dispel such lies. Offering causal explanations is a vital task of this project.
Julian Go
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Television aesthetics, media and cultural studies and the contested realm of the social [PDF]
This article seeks to intervene in the ‘television aesthetics’ versus ‘media and cultural studies’ debate. It argues that aesthetic evaluation does not necessarily rely upon bad textual others or result in canon construction.
Zborowski, James
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Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton +4 more
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Celebrity advocacy and public engagement: the divergent uses of celebrity [PDF]
This article sounds a cautionary note about the instrumental use of celebrity advocacy to (re)engage audiences in public life. It begins by setting out the steps necessary to achieve public recognition of a social problem requiring a response.
Best J +20 more
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Abstract This paper explores the role of community stakeholders in supporting the educational trajectories of students experiencing socio‐economic disadvantage in the Irish context. Building on international and national policy debates, the study examines how community‐based organisations, statutory services and outreach initiatives work alongside ...
Aoife Joy Keogh, Deirdre McGillicuddy
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Le reportage en bande dessinée dans la presse actuelle : un autre regard sur le monde
La bande dessinée sort de sa bulle et s’aventure du côté du réel, du documentaire et du factuel. À partir d’un corpus de reportages en bande dessinée parus dans des périodiques francophones au cours de la dernière décennie, nous nous interrogerons sur ...
Séverine Bourdieu
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