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The McKinleys of Punch: Politics and the Press in Melbourne, 1870s to 1920s
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.This article re‐examines the Melbourne Punch (1855–1925; known simply as Punch from 1900) as a political weapon in the cut‐and‐thrust of Victorian, local, and national politics, in the hands of its longest‐serving, but least‐known proprietor, Alexander McKinley (1848–1927).
Richard Scully
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Tijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis, 2016 This article studies the conception of the typographer in the French graphic design magazine Arts et métiers graphiques, published in the interwar period.
Van Gansen, Kristof
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Australian &New Zealand Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.Summary R graphics has provided the ability to draw simple text labels on plots since R version 1.0.0. However, these basic text‐drawing facilities are quite limited. Over the past 25 years, more sophisticated text‐drawing features have been added: support for the Unicode character set; access to system fonts; text paths; support for text markup; and ...
Paul Murrell
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Vocabulary knowledge is key to understanding and addressing disparities in higher education
British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Background Persistent degree‐awarding gaps exist in UK universities along the lines of domicile (UK vs. non‐UK) and ethnicity (white British vs. ethnic minority). Although both intersect with language (English as a first or second language), research on the role of language in academic disparities in higher education remains sparse.
Selma Babayiğit, Danijela Trenkic
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Interview with Silas Munro, Author of Strikethrough! Typographic Messages of Protest
Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and WayfindingThis interview with Silas Munro, co-author of Strikethrough! Typographic Messages of Protest, explores the intersection of signage, typography, and protest movements.
Marisa Ten Brink
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Typography in Media Historical Perspective
Tijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis, 2016 At first glance, a special issue on the subject of typography might seem an unusual choice for an academic journal dedicated to media history. After all, wouldn’t the study of typography be better suited to a publication on the history of art and graphic
Post, Jack, Lentjes, Ewan
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Mitigating the seductive details effect by topic and irrelevance signals
British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Background Seductive details (interesting digressions in learning materials) are often integrated into learning units to make them more appealing to learners. However, studies indicate that this tends to overload students cognitively and impairs their learning performance. Aims The present study investigated whether these negative consequences
Lukas Wesenberg +4 more
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