Results 181 to 190 of about 9,453 (292)

Can riots represent? A democratic theory

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Political theory has been perennially concerned with interrogating, identifying, and clarifying the political functions of riots. Yet, political theorists have mostly fallen short of explaining the relationship between riots and democracy, although this is central to the democratic theory of contestation and crucial for evaluating the ...
Alexis Bibeau‐Gagnon
wiley   +1 more source

Decentralized propaganda in the era of digital media: The massive presence of the Chinese state on Douyin

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The rise of social media in the digital era poses unprecedented challenges to authoritarian regimes that aim to influence public attitudes and behaviors. To address these challenges, we argue that authoritarian regimes have adopted a decentralized approach to produce and disseminate propaganda on social media.
Yingdan Lu, Jennifer Pan, Xu Xu, Yiqing Xu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Salar Mameni (2023). Terracene: A Crude Aesthetics

Film-Philosophy
Jasmine Sanau
doaj   +1 more source

Injustice, relational violence, and the foster system

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Political theorists have not paid sustained attention to the foster system or treated it as a political institution. Despite this, scholars and social movement advocates have identified the system as a site of social and political injustice. This paper develops an account of racial, class, and relational injustice in the contemporary US foster
Emma Ebowe
wiley   +1 more source

I'm still here and my opinion matters: a scoping review on the experience of epistemic injustice among people living with dementia. [PDF]

Curr Psychol
Calabrese L, Brigiano M, Quartarone M, Chirico I, Trolese S, Lambiase F, Forte L, Annini A, Bortolotti L, Chattat R.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The limits of AI for authoritarian control

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract An emerging literature suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) can greatly enhance autocrats' repressive capabilities. This paper argues that while AI presents a powerful new tool for authoritarian control, its effectiveness is constrained by the very repressive institutions it is designed to serve.
Eddie Yang
wiley   +1 more source

A manually driven centrifugal microfluidic LAMP platform for rapid visual detection of waterborne pathogens in aquatic sports. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Chen Y, Wu L, Ding W, Dong Z, Zhang Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Unbecoming Ghost: Spectropolitics in the Making and Unmaking of BHU's Bhoot Vidya Ayurveda Certificate Program

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
wiley   +1 more source

Defect-Driven Neuromorphic Plasticity in Planar ZnO Optoelectronic Synapses. [PDF]

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
Ren Z, Wang S, Meng B, Liu H, An Q, Su L, Chen R.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Medicine for the Material World

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It is clear that many of the inorganic materials of antiquity have been used both as medicines for human ills and also as agents in technological processes. This paper speculates that there might have been a stronger link between these two functions in the past, based on the concept of “active agents”—materials that are efficacious at curing ...
A. M. Pollard
wiley   +1 more source