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USING ENGLISH COMMEDY MOVIES WITH PEER SUPPORT IN TEACHING SPEAKING
The study aimed to investigate the effects of using comedy movies with peer support on students’ speaking skills and students’ responses toward the implementation of using comedy movies with peer support.
Rahmatul Ukhra +2 more
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Cross-Dressing in Taiwanese Dramas: A Reinforcement of Heteronormativity [PDF]
An examination of temporary cross-dressing in Taiwanese romantic comedy dramas that seeks to analyze how gender, sexuality and romance are portrayed.
Szymanski, Jelana E.
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Micro‐transitions and work identity: The case of academic entrepreneurs
Abstract Research Summary This paper examines how academic entrepreneurs—scientists who found research‐based startups while remaining in academia—construct and sustain their professional identities amid frequent transitions between academic and entrepreneurial roles.
Marouane Bousfiha, Henrik Berglund
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Graphic Medicine Reflective Learning Activity on Chronic Pain Beliefs Among Dentistry Students
Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
Susan M Tupper +3 more
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Framing novelty in crowdfunding: Which words win support, where, and at what stakes
Abstract Research Summary We examine how promotional language (“hype”) in reward‐based crowdfunding is associated with campaign success, and whether those associations vary across sector contexts and with campaign execution burden. Using dictionary‐based text measures from 635 U.S. Kickstarter campaigns across five sectors, we distinguish three novelty‐
Agnieszka Kwapisz
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Notwithstanding the fact that 幽默 youmo ‘humour’ is a neologism and transliteration coined in the 1920s, the conception has been existing in Chinese civilisation for millennia. The earliest extant treatise on humour in Chinese literature is regarded to be
Aiqing Wang
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"'Most People Bring Their Own Spoons': THE ROOM's participatory audiences as comedy mediators" [PDF]
THE ROOM (Tommy Wiseau, 2003) has developed the unenviable reputation as being one of the worst films ever made, yet at the same time is celebrated by ‘fans’ who take considerable pleasure from its perceived ineptitude.
McCulloch, Richard
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When does category spanning hurt or help producers?
Abstract Research Summary Scholars have theorized many factors shaping whether category spanning helps or hurts producers. We first synthesize evidence by meta‐analyzing 25 years of empirical research, which reveals a null effect of spanning on average, yet with significant subsample heterogeneity. To unpack it, we theorize and find that spanning hurts
Jungsoo Ahn +2 more
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Paving the Way to Scandal: History Repeats Itself
Presidential candidate Marco Rubio of Florida enjoyed an assist this week managing the fallout from New York Times stories about his personal finances by an unlikely ally: Comedy Central host Jon Stewart, who dismissed the information as an example of ...
Birkner, Michael J.
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