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“Point of View: Now Is Not the Time to Cut Funding for Public Broadcasting,” POV, BU Today [PDF]
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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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
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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
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“BODY-SNATCHING”: Changes to coroners legislation and possible Māori responses [PDF]
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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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
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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]
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
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
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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
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On Modern Sensationalism [PDF]
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.
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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
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