The Evolution of Political Language in the Digital Age. Linguistic Tendencies and Implications for the Legitimacy of Power [PDF]
This study examines the evolution of political discourse in digital environments, focusing on the strategies through which political actors articulate power relatons and legitimacy.
Simona Camelia FER
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The “Free-Speech” Paradox: The Threat to Effective Student Protest [PDF]
The student voice is rarely embodied by the defiant student who challenges institutional praxis. If it does, it is subdued inherited cultural belittling. When oppressed people speak up and challenge those in power — their right to speak may be permitted,
Houchins, Miranda Lee
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Sex, Threats, and Absent Victims: The Lessons of Regina v. Bedingfield for Modern Confrontation and Domestic Violence Cases [PDF]
In 2004, Crawford v. Washington, authored by Justice Scalia, revolutionized the law of confrontation by requiring that, aside from two discrete exceptions, all testimonial statements (those made with the expectation that they will serve to prosecute the ...
Orenstein, Aviva
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Opposing consensus science through scholarly practices: The role of claims maintenance
Abstract This study examines how three US‐based communities who oppose consensus science produce and disseminate scholarly‐like artifacts: pro‐life activists, Young Earth Creationists, and Anthropogenic Climate Crisis skeptics. Prior research shows that industry‐ or church‐backed advocacy campaigns often generate claims supported by these communities ...
Irene V. Pasquetto +3 more
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To understand civic participation in the datafied society and the possibilities for social change, we must foreground social and political injustices and understand how citizens are frozen out of society and “democratic” processes in general.
Natalie Fenton
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‘Let's talk about the weather’: The activist curriculum and global climate change education
Abstract Activist movements have garnered significant global attention on a range of sustainability issues, often involving collectives of citizens coming together. Invoked is the idea of citizens informed to act, emerging not from a common‐sense understanding of everyday life, but rather from a deep political understanding of the world—one that is ...
Richard Pountney
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Rethinking 1807: museums, knowledge and expertise
Examining the museological shaping of the bicentenary of the abolition of the British slave trade provides a means by which the role of museums in society can be reassessed.
Ross Wilson
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Activism as a long durée journey: Teachers against the Chilean neoliberal education model
Abstract In this paper, I use the idea of purposes of education, particularly subjectification, and the concept of love to explore long‐term teacher activism in Chile. ‘Long‐term activism’ is used to describe an ongoing struggle rather than activism confined to specific moments.
Carla Tapia‐Parada
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The Very Idea of a First Amendment Right Against Compelled Subsidization [PDF]
At present, it is difficult to discern what rules govern compelled subsidization and where the constitutional limits lie. The root cause of the current confusion is the Supreme Court\u27s failure to provide a coherent account of the First Amendment harm ...
Klass, Gregory
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Whose Rights? What Danger? [PDF]
Detta examensarbete, utfört på Valderas Consulting AB, ämnar att hitta ett tillräckligt bra sätt för att migrera ett personalhanteringssystem (HR-system) till mobila enheter, genom att undersöka skillnader mellan olika metoder för kommunikation mellan ...
Tigar, Michael E.
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