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Comprehension of implied meaning in Chinese second language listening
Abstract Listening comprehension is crucial for second language (L2) communication and acquisition. However, it has received less attention than reading, given the transient nature of speech signals and the intangible cognitive processes involved in it.
Jiafan Zhang, Wei Cai
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Social Networking and Online Videos Take Off: Internet's Broader Role in Campaign 2008 [PDF]
Presents findings from a survey on presidential campaign news and political communication, with a focus on the Internet's growing role, by news source, generation, sites, and party.
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ABSTRACT As a rapidly evolving sub‐field of computer‐assisted language learning, informal digital learning of English (IDLE) has become a significant catalyst for linguistic, affective, and pedagogical development among English as a second language (L2) learners.
Yue Zhang
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Thematic textual analysis was used to evaluate the calls for financial participation and donations that aired during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic across 55 episodes of Seasons 7 and 8 of John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight on HBO (February 2020–November 2021).
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Abstract Far‐right politics has re‐emerged as a significant force in mainstream Western liberal democracies, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, where it has been linked to rising levels of racial discrimination and violence that threaten to erode the fragile ideals of democratic peace within these contexts. In a 'post‐truth' era, digital
Fiona O'Rourke
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ABSTRACT Aim To explore aspects of interpersonal relationships in palliative care nursing, focusing on confidential conversations between patients and registered nurses (RN). Design A qualitative study employing focused ethnography. Methods Data were collected through unstructured participant observations, field notes and interviews with patients and ...
Tove Stenman +4 more
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Desi creators in US culture continue to work within—and against—the white gaze, which divides them into sexless sidekicks or threatening terrorists. Two comedians who have defied these stereotypes and built their own expressions of Desi masculinity are ...
Madhavi Reddi, Margaret E Foster
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SATIRE POLITIK DALAM TAYANGAN KOMEDI SITUASI (ANALISIS SEMIOTIKA PADA PROGRAM ACARA TV “LAPOR PAK DI TRANS 7) [PDF]
Situation comedy shows have become one of the most popular forms of entertainment on Indonesian television. In this context, political satire has become a significant element in delivering social and political criticism in a humorous and entertaining ...
Margreth, Adrianna
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Theorizing Audience and Spectatorial Agency [PDF]
This chapter analyses Georgian audiences and spectatorial agency through several lenses: psychoanalytic film theory, theories of the public sphere and of mass publicity, and media studies of cultural convergence.
Bolton, Betsy
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Organizational Soundscapes and the Sonicity of Voices: The Power of the ‘Sounds’ that Carry ‘Words’
Abstract Organizations are soundscapes – they resonate with sounds and particularly the sounds of voices. Somehow however voice sonics, that is the sounds of voices and not the words carried on those sounds, have escaped attention in management studies. This absence of analysis is peculiar given voice sonics' undoubted influence on management (they may
Nancy Harding, Jackie Ford
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