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Valorisation, Personality Cult and the Militarisation of Nation State Under a Civilian Ruler in Zimbabwe: a Public-Private Media Gaze

Revista Contracampo, 2018
Using the public-private media gaze, this paper explores how thirty-six years of Robert Mugabe’s rule have culminated in the militarization of nation-state under a civilian ruler. I argue that the civil-military relations in Zimbabwe – at least from the
Josiah Nyanda
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The Mirror, the Self(ie) and the New Sacred. Bodies, Objects, and Figures of the Contemporary "Cult of the Self"

Ocula
This paper investigates the "cult of the Self" pervading contemporary mediatised cultures, adopting a semiotic approach. More specifically, it draws on the analysis of the fictional case of Ionismo, ironically represented by director Alessandro Aronadio ...
Simona Stano
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Features of publicizing of ecological disaster in the Armyansk in 2018 in Russian and Ukrainian media

RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism, 2019
During natural and other types of disasters, our society has an acute need of reliable information which will reveal the essence of the threat in a timely manner, relieve panic tensions and mobilise society for survival in diffi cult conditions.
Tatyana V. Cherepanova, Alena A. Aleksandrova   +1 more
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“I’ll see you again in twenty five years”: Life Course Fandom, Nostalgia and Cult Television Revivals

Open Cultural Studies, 2023
Since they first aired in the 1990s, Twin Peaks and The X-Files have been enduring hallmarks of cult television. This reputation only increased with the news that the shows were to be revived and, perhaps unsurprisingly, media discourse surrounding the ...
Jones Bethan
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"'Most People Bring Their Own Spoons': THE ROOM's participatory audiences as comedy mediators" [PDF]

, 2011
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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Indian Democracy Under Threat: The BJP’s Online Authoritarian Populism as a Means to Advance an Ethnoreligious Nationalist Agenda in the 2019 General Election

International Journal of Communication, 2022
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under Narendra Modi has been a pioneer of technologically enabled authoritarian populism, elected by a landslide in 2014 and reelected in 2019.
Gillian Bolsover
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Authorizing Tolkien: Control, Adaptation, and Dissemination of J.R.R. Tolkien\u27s Works [PDF]

, 2016
This article is the introduction to the special theme issue consisting of four essays on Authorizing Tolkien. Reid and Elam discuss medieval and postmodern theories of adaptation and interpretation and introduce the essays in the ...
Elam, Michael D., Reid, Robin A.
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Memory, tradition, and Christianization of the Peloponnese [PDF]

, 2015
This work examines the use of memory and tradition in the Christianization of the Peloponnese based on the evidence of the location and topography of churches.
Sweetman, Rebecca Jane
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Girls and the Media: Girlhood Studies Agenda and Prospects in Italy [PDF]

, 2017
Within the Italian context, girlhood studies can hardly be considered a specific field: adolescence and gender construction in Italy have historically been investigated by sociology and psychology, although, in recent years, media studies have also ...
Romana Ando'
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ISLAM LIBERAL DALAM BINGKAI MEDIA: ANALISIS FRAMING MAJALAH GATRA DAN SABILI

Komunika, 2016
The same theme can be interpreted differently and produce different story. Similarly, the preaching of liberal Islam in the media. From the study of text analysis here, with framing analysis model from Gamson and Modigliani, it can be seen the difference
Ade Bina Farida
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