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“Point of View: Now Is Not the Time to Cut Funding for Public Broadcasting,” POV, BU Today [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
President Trump’s proposed budget threatens to pull the plug on federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the major funder of Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) programming and National Public Radio (NPR) and the supporter of 350 ...
Woodward, John
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An inquiry‐based activity to teach about insects of medico‐legal importance: Lessons from Redi's landmark experiment

open access: yesNatural Sciences Education, Volume 55, Issue 1, June 2026.
Abstract In this article, we describe an inquiry‐based teaching activity developed in a public high school in Brazil. The objectives were to (a) develop an experimental activity grounded on the students’ autonomy for formulating and testing hypotheses, (b) address Biology topics from a historical and multidisciplinary perspective, (c) stimulate skills ...
Simão Dias Vasconcelos   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who Pays Attention Matters: How Sociodemographics and News Engagement Shape Corporate Confidence in Canada

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, Volume 43, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how news engagement frequency (NEF) and marginalized sociodemographic groups (i.e., visible minorities, woman, age (younger), income (lower), disability, and first‐generation status) influence public confidence in major corporations through weighted hierarchical multiple regression analyses of 26,492 Canadian ...
Victoria Pearson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“BODY-SNATCHING”: Changes to coroners legislation and possible Māori responses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The term body-snatcher has enjoyed a renaissance in the media recently, as various Māori have moved to reclaim their deceased relations. From a Māori perspective, the claiming of bodies has nothing to do with body-snatching, a term that referred to ...
Mika, Carl Te Hira
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Do Fans of Violent Stories Show a Higher Potential for Creative Harm? True Crime as a Stimulating Environment for Malevolent Creativity

open access: yesThe Journal of Creative Behavior, Volume 60, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT The media we consume may shape our cognition, emotion, and behavior. While violent media effects on aggression have been studied extensively, one popular media genre has escaped scrutiny until now: true crime, featuring real stories of assault, murder, or serial killings.
Corinna M. Perchtold‐Stefan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Suicide contagion : is the media placing the public at risk? An analysis of suicide reporting in New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The media’s reporting of suicide has been shown to increase subsequent community suicide rates through a process called suicide contagion. It is not necessarily the reporting of suicide that causes suicide contagion, but rather it is the manner in ...
Colhoun, Craig
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Applying Anthropology to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 195-205, March 2026.
ABSTRACT In this article, we review how anthropologies from various subdisciplines, from social to evolutionary anthropology, are contributing to our understanding of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). We focus on four key questions: What are the origins of FGM/C? What functions and meanings are linked to FGM/C?
Hannelore Van Bavel, Mhairi A. Gibson
wiley   +1 more source

«Sensational nonsense»

open access: yesEnglish Literature, 2015
The essay explores Lear’s contribution to the Victorian aesthetic debate, characterized by a marked resistance to the literary use of sensation (epitomised in Wilkie Collins’ fiction), and in which, according to Bourdieau and to many critics after him,
Antinucci, Raffaella
doaj   +1 more source

On Modern Sensationalism [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the Musical Association, 1897
Mr. Southgate at the commencement said: Ladies and gentlemen, I am simply the mouthpiece of Dr. Maclean and I do not identify myself with all the statements in this paper—indeed, I dissent very much from some of them—but still I am very pleased to read the paper for him.
openaire   +1 more source

Critical Handling of Online Information by Prospective Teachers: A Complementary Analysis Using Narration and Reconstruction Approaches

open access: yesJournal of Computer Assisted Learning, Volume 42, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Background In the Information Age, prospective teachers increasingly rely on online sources for research and lesson preparation. This entails dynamic, situation‐specific interactions within digital environments, which are increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence.
Carla Schelle   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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