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Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Multimedia, Internet, neue Technologien, Note: 1,7, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (Halesma), Veranstaltung: Online-Journalismus, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Asienkunde, Asienwissenschaften, Note: 1,0, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Institut für Orient- und Asienwissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Geographien Südostasiens, Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2001 im Fachbereich Ethnologie / Volkskunde, Note: 3, Philipps-Universität Marburg (Europäische Ethnologie/Kulturwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Seminar, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: So gib mir auch die Zeiten wieder,da ich noch...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medien, Kunst, Musik, Note: 2,0, FernUniversität Hagen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Lernen nimmt in der biografischen Lebenszeit eine immer größere Rolle ein, und auch durch das Prinzip des...

This research examines influence as a dynamic process of attitude change either in support of or in opposition to terrorism and violent extremism. It utilizes system dynamics modeling techniques (i.e., causal ...

The effects of globalization on the environment are apressing concern and in order to understandglobalization we need to understand how both freertrade and environment protection measures emerge. This book analyses the dynamic interactions...

This book is an investigation into the identifications and stories told by football supporters about some ill-defined entity called 'Europe'. The core aim is to consider whether the experiences of football fandom (and the ways in which these are...

In the mid-1980's, during Regan's national "War onDrugs", crack cocaine emerged in the inner-cities,adding a new dimension to the issue of illicit druguse in the United States. During this time period,there was a growing interest in the complexities...

In writing this work I have tried to get beneath theclichés of disability metaphors to reveal the socialconstructions surrounding this theme. In thisresearch, I have sought to understand "inclusion"within the various experiences I am engaged with inmy...

Achren deftly weaves Lao voices into a series of narratives to reveal how Lao values are enacted at classroom, management and policy level in an educational change process. With a development assistance project serving as a lens for viewing broader...

This book explores how the intersectionality of gender and chronological age impacted upon women managers' perceptions of career barriers within hotels. The research was carried out in a major international group represented in Australia and New Zealand...

This book examines the relationship between work environment and employee alcohol use, in particular, employee alcohol problems. The study detailed in the book is based on the premise that work environmental risk factors may influence employee alcohol...

The author establishes how different variants of Marxism conceptualise the structure-agency relation. He distinguishes three groups of theories: First, there are the dichotomous approaches of Marxism-Leninism ...

Chinese leisure has received little attention from either Chinese or international scholars. Because of the long history of Chinese leisure, and because China has the largest population in the world, understanding Chinese leisure may greatly assist us in...

Homosexuality was once considered to be the forgotten half of the sexuality equation in theories of geography. To date geographical explorations of sexuality have been concerned with gay and lesbian sexuality, thereby obscuring heterosexuality. Lauren...

There is a large body of research on a recentmovement in the news media referred to as convergence. This practice of sharing resourcesbetween media organizations takes many forms and is found in major markets. Research has,so far, given little...

The topic of copyrights is a crucial component in understanding today's media landscape. The purpose of having a copyright system as outlined in the U.S. Constitution is to provide content creators with incentives to create. Copyrights allows revenue to...

It may sound melodramatic, but leadership without commitment from others is like a tree falling in the forest without anyone hearing the sound. Leadership requires people and actions more than words. Leadership and team performance are so interconnected,...

While mainstream research on socialism privileged suprastructural approaches, issues of everyday life processes remained under-researched. By placing balconies at the critical juncture of the socialist state and its citizens, that is, of global phenomena...

This study examines animation as the end product of a complicated relationship between conscious social exchanges and intelligent cultural management. By employing an ethnographic approach, the researcher investigated how animation, as a form of cultural...

As consumers adopt new communication technologies, advertisers rely less on using traditional media as advertising channels. In recent years, the fast adoption of Short Message Service (SMS) by mobile phone users presents a new interactive medium for...

The "Homeless Etiquette": Social Interaction and Behavior Among the Homeless Living in Taito Ward, Tokyo is based on ethnographic field research carried out in the autumn of 2003 in certain parts of Tokyo. The author of this MA thesis followed the daily...

There has been competing views about gender relations in Thailand. On the one hand studies suggest that women status was underpinned by traditional institutions. In this view, the transformation has largely undermined women status. On the other hand...

Stress levels of African American college students attending Historically Black andPredominantly White Institutions were compared during this research. The GPAs of the students were correlated with their stress levels. Racism and social support were...

In Canada, correctional education in federal penitentiaries was privatized in 1987. Since then, educators enter the prison settings and work by prison rules to fulfill the mandate of the Correctional Service of Canada's education policy as contracted...

Este libro es una apuesta académica que pretende ampliar la comprensión deluniverso narrativo del escritor colombiano Tomás Carrasquilla desde concepcionesteóricas amplias y vigentes en los estudios literarios contemporáneos.

Das Buch rekonstruiert die moralische Panik um Homosexuelle über die schrittweise soziale Isolierung bis hin zur physischen Vernichtung in Konzentrationslagern. Die biografische Methode gibt einen Einblick in die individuelle Opferperspektive, die in die...

"Professor Jacek Dabala's short polemic, A Pre-Collapse Cure for Stupidity, serves asa straightforward, blunt instrument intended to jar us out of our collective stuporin the face of catastrophe. "

The current training situation is that the vast majority of the education available for Career Development Professionals is only delivered in the traditional face-to-face (classroom) method. This creates a problem for Career Development Practitioners who...

Mediante narradores con frecuencia infidentes, la fórmula narrativa cervantina pone en pie un discurso que provoca continuamente al lector para que éste ponga en duda la información que se le transmite, fomentando un pensamiento crítico sobre temas hasta...

En este libro se aborda, mediante un recorrido sistemático y detallado, con ejemplos y ejercicios prácticos, diferentes metodologías digitales que nos llevan desde la búsqueda de textos en lengua española en repositorios, su almacenaje, su preparación...

Este volumen ofrece una serie de 23 trabajos que analizan, desde la Semiótica, el espacio como categoría de construcción de la obra artística, abordando distintas posibilidades y perspectivas a partir de un corpus heterogéneo de textos que van desde la...

The study focuses on spatio-temporal relations and their dependence on literary genres in Paul Auster's fiction. The author examines how selected novels reflect and redefine both the representation of space and formulaic patterns of genres they can be...

Hong Kunlyu ist Dozentin an der School of German Studies der Beijing Foreign Studies University. Ihre Promotion erfolgte 2022 an der Universität Bonn.

Ce livre explore la poétique de Lorand Gaspar, poète français d'origine hongroise, chirurgien de renommée et arpenteur passionné du désert. Fondé sur l'hypothèse d'une relation latente entre la composition du texte et le mouvement cosmique, il interroge...

Este libro describe y explica la evolución de la poesía de Javier Sologuren como la renovación de unos principios poéticos establecidos. Se reinterpreta la obra de este autor en función de su sensibilidad filológica, su intención comunicativa y su...

The aim of this volume is to deepen the academic discussion on the topic of anti-Judaism in the Orthodox liturgy and to offer to a broader circle of readers a foundation for further debate. The volume contains selected contributions from the...

Das Buch bietet einen Überblick über die Symptomatik bei demenziell bedingten Sprachstörungen, eine praxisorientierte Anleitung zur Durchführung von Fördermaßnahmen sowie linguistisch fundierte Übungen zur Erfassung der zentralen Bereiche beginnender...

Este volumen quiere ser una piedra de toque hacia una mejor comprensión de lahistoricidad de lo obsceno en la literatura española de los Siglos de Oro.

Frauenhäuser entwickelten sich in urbanen Zentren im heutigen Österreich und Südtirol vorwiegend in Residenzstädten und/oder wichtigen Handelszentren, die vor allem auch eine hohe Zahl fremder Reisender aufwiesen. Die Frauenhausdirnen nahmen durch ihre...

This book examines the measurement and econometric effects of ethnic diversity. This issue is of great relevance to research and policy and is currently being discussed a great deal in the literature. In particular, a sizable literature has suggested...

Mit dem Ziel der Enttabuisierung verschwiegener Realitäten setzt sich die Autorin mit der besonderen Situation der in Strafhaft einsitzenden älteren Menschen und Sterbenskranken auseinander. Die Betrachtung des Vollzugsalltags sowie der Perspektiven der...

Der Nationalsozialismus gehört zu den besterforschten Epochen der Zeitgeschichte. In den Lehrplänen für fast alle Schulformen sind die Themen Nationalsozialismus und Holocaust curricular verankert. Zugleich aber belegen Studien seit den 1950er Jahren,...