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Sci-fEAST: Science fiction genre in Polish and Czechoslovakian cinema [PDF]
This article is based on research done as part of Sci-fEAST: the Science Fiction Genre in Central and Eastern Europe project initiated by the students of Charles University in Prague and continued also by the academic staff of the University of Łódź ...
Góralik, Mikołaj
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Polls and the political process: the use of opinion polls by political parties and mass media organizations in European post‐communist societies (1990–95) [PDF]
Opinion polling occupies a significant role within the political process of most liberal-capitalist societies, where it is used by governments, parties and the mass media alike. This paper examines the extent to which polls are used for the same purposes
Boorstin Daniel J. +19 more
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Concentrating on consuming coefficient, partition coefficient, and Leontief inverse matrix, relevant concepts and algorithms are developed for estimating the impact of meteorological services including the associated (indirect, complete) economic effect.
Xianhua Wu +6 more
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Critical Theory and Authoritarian Populism (2018; University of Westminster Press), edited by Jeremiah Morelock, brings together the work of sociologists, political scientists, historians, and philosophers attempting to revitalise the empirical and ...
Daniel Sullivan
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Italian fascism and the political mobilisation of working-class women 1937-43 [PDF]
The Sezione Operaie e Lavoranti a Domicilio dei Fasci Femminili (Section of the Fascist Women's Groups for Female Workers and Outworkers) is the only one of the three Italian Fascist Party organisations for adult women that has never been studied ...
Willson, Perry
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The role of bot squads in the political propaganda on Twitter [PDF]
Social Media are nowadays the privileged channel for information spreading and news checking. Unexpectedly for most of the users, automated accounts, also known as social bots, contribute more and more to this process of news spreading.
Caldarelli, Guido +4 more
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How situations are defined is a social process. This paper examines how users on YouTube make sense of the alleged sexual assault perpetrated by shock rocker Marilyn Manson in the 2007 “Heart Shaped‐Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)” music video.
Stacey Hannem, Christopher J. Schneider
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The propaganda model and sociology : understanding the media and society [PDF]
This article unpacks reasons why the Propaganda Model represents a critical sociological approach to understanding media and society, explores the model’s potential within the sociological field, and considers the trajectory of its reputational reception
Klaehn, Jeffery, Mullen, Andrew
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With a Great Story Comes Great Responsibility: Role of Narrative in Leadership Development
ABSTRACT Comic books reside uniquely within American culture. Historians have contended comics are more than just sequential artwork mixed with engaging stories, but rather, a framework by which the generations make sense of who they are. These stories are a reflection of cultural conscience; a lens through which we can view the world and a mirror ...
Sean Connable
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Introduction . Soviet aggression in Afghanistan is covered in more than a thousand articles, monographs, essays. Most researchers ignore popular science and non-fiction works.
O. Koval’kov
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