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The lobster and the maid: scenario-dependence and reader manipulation in Agatha Christie [PDF]
, 2008 Readers of detective fiction deliberately seek to be deceived by the stories they read; in this manner, the genre forms a series of texts that aim to manipulate and persuade.
Alexander, M.
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The choice argument for proportional representation
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract What electoral system should a democracy choose? I argue for proportional representation (PR). My main empirical premise is Duverger's law: Under PR there are more viable candidates in district‐level elections than there are under single‐member plurality (SMP) systems.
Adam Lovett
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Don’t Try This at Home: Interwar Parodies of Crime Fiction in the Eastern Mediterranean
BelphégorThis article explores the insights that crime fiction offers on state formation and democratic governance in modern Greece and Egypt. Despite differing historical paths after centuries of Ottoman rule, both nations experienced periods of democratic ...
Gianluca Parolin
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Unpacking the role of in‐group bias in US public opinion on human rights violations
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Which actor identities and social and political cleavages drive public opinion on human rights violations? While in‐group bias is known to influence public responses to government abuses, the relative impact of different identity characteristics has not been directly tested.
Rebecca Cordell
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Republican Monsters: The Cultural Construction of American Positivist Criminology, 1767-1920 [PDF]
, 2019 This dissertation examines the history of and cultural influences on positivist criminology in the United States. From Benjamin Rush to the present day, the U.S.
Burton, Chase Smith
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A Bibliometric Analysis to Study the Evolution of Artificial Intelligence in Business Ethics
Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The contemporary world is witnessing the pervasive diffusion of artificial intelligence (AI) across diverse societal domains. Concurrently, the implementation of these technologies in numerous management areas raises novel and critical ethical considerations.
Mario Tani +3 more
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Translation and ideology: the translation of crime fiction in Bulgaria during the Cold War
MediAzioniCrime fiction during the Cold War era served as a link between the two sides of the Iron Curtain. Since such a link was impossible in practice, it had to be simulated. This paper discusses the mechanism of this simulation.
Moris Fadel
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Automated face recognition assists with low‐prevalence face identity mismatches but can bias users
British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract We present three experiments to study the effects of giving information about the decision of an automated face recognition (AFR) system to participants attempting to decide whether two face images show the same person. We make three contributions designed to make our results applicable to real‐word use: participants are given the true ...
Melina Mueller +5 more
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Out of the dark – Psychological perspectives on people's fascination with true crime
British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The success of the true crime media genre reflects humanity's avid curiosity about violence, deviance, and murder, yet psychological research on this phenomenon is lacking. In this article, we highlight why true crime consumption may be relevant to various research fields that go beyond simple media preferences.
Corinna Perchtold‐Stefan +5 more
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Physical attractiveness, drug taking and gender differences
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates the relationship between adolescent physical attractiveness and drug‐taking behaviour, emphasizing the human capital and “pretty girl” effects on the decision to use drugs. Through the human capital effect, physically attractive adolescents are better positioned to accumulate human capital at a young age compared to ...
Andy Chung, Junsen Zhang
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