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This book examines two new roles that journalists assume in a
participatory media environment - the administration (moderation)
of online discussion and the monitoring of and engagement in
comments below their articles. The author argues that it is
precisely because both roles are treated as peripheral and
undignified in newsrooms that they are so revealing, following the
maxim: to make sense of what professions are and where they are
heading, look at their boundaries and their dirty work. Based on a
three-year ethnographic study, it offers key insights about the
role of the media as democratic intermediaries in political
participation, the creative possibilities for 'amateurs' as
co-producers of digital news, the changing character of the
knowledge professions and the dynamics of organisational
innovation. The book argues that as media organisations face a
crisis in their ability to represent the public, the challenge is
to orchestrate participatory journalism as a collective
accomplishment in which everyone is not a journalist but everyone
can be a contributor. Bridging the divides between communication
studies, linguistics, STS, organisational and occupational
sociology it will interest social scientists and media studies
experts.
Rapid advances in computing have enabled the integration of corpora
into language teaching and learning, yet in China corpus methods
have not yet been widely adopted. Corpus Linguistics in Chinese
Contexts aims to advance the state of the art in the use of corpora
in applied linguistics and contribute to the expertise in corpus
use in China.
Shakespeare | Sense explores the intersection of Shakespeare and
sensory studies, asking what sensation can tell us about early
modern drama and poetry, and, conversely, how Shakespeare explores
the senses in his literary craft, his fictional worlds, and his
stagecraft. 15 substantial new essays by leading Shakespeareans
working in sensory studies and related disciplines interrogate
every aspect of Shakespeare and sense, from the place of hearing,
smell, sight, touch, and taste in early modern life, literature,
and performance culture, through to the significance of sensation
in 21st century engagements with Shakespeare on stage, screen and
page. The volume explores and develops current methods for studying
Shakespeare and sensation, reflecting upon the opportunities and
challenges created by this emergent and influential area of
scholarly enquiry. Many chapters develop fresh readings of
particular plays and poems, from Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream,
King Lear, and The Tempest to less-studied works such as The Comedy
of Errors, Venus and Adonis, Troilus and Cressida, and Cymbeline.
Post-communist transformation in the former Soviet bloc has had a
profound effect, not just in the political and economic sphere, but
on all aspects of life. Although a great deal has been written
about transformation, much of it has been about transformation
viewed from the top, and little has been written about how things
have changed for ordinary people at the local level. This book,
based on extensive original research, examines the changes
resulting from transformation at the local level in the form
Czechoslovakia. It considers especially local democracy, social
movements, and work collectives, and paints a picture of people
gradually growing in self-confidence and taking more control of
their communities, having lived for decades in a framework where so
much was directed from the top.
Post-communist transformation in the former Soviet bloc has had a profound effect, not just in the political and economic sphere, but on all aspects of life. Although a great deal has been written about transformation, much of it has been about transformation viewed from the top, and little has been written about how things have changed for ordinary people at the local level. This book, based on extensive original research, examines the changes resulting from transformation at the local level in the form Czechoslovakia. It considers especially local democracy, social movements, and work collectives, and paints a picture of people gradually growing in self-confidence and taking more control of their communities, having lived for decades in a framework where so much was directed from the top.
The 21 censuses that have been conducted in Britain since 1801,
have provided an invaluable insight into Britain's social,
political and economic history over the past 200 years. From their
original purpose to assess how many men were fit for military duty
in the Napoleonic wars, to being a necessary tool for determining
government policy, the 10-yearly census return is a fascinating
snapshot of the state of the population on a particular moment in
each decade. The growth of Britain's cities; the movement of
population away from the countryside; the variety of people's
occupations; their way of life; and what religious beliefs they
hold are all contained within the census reports. With the imminent
publication of the 1921 census results, this will prove a useful
introduction, both for those interested in general trends in social
history, and those researching family history.
This edited collection of essays brings together leading scholars
of early modern drama and playhouse culture to reflect upon the
study of playing and playgoing in early modern England. With a
particular focus on the player-playgoer exchange as a site of
dramatic meaning-making, this book offers a timely and significant
critical intervention in the field of Shakespeare and early modern
drama. Working with and reflecting upon approaches drawn from
literary scholarship, theatre history and performance studies, it
seeks to advance the critical conversation on the interactions
between: players; play-texts; performance spaces; the bodily,
sensory and material experiences of the playhouse; and playgoers'
responses to, and engagements with, the theatre. Through
alternative methodological and theoretical approaches, previously
unknown or overlooked evidence, and fresh questions asked of
long-familiar materials, the volume offers a new account of early
modern drama and performance that seeks to set the agenda for
future research and scholarship.
This book examines two new roles that journalists assume in a
participatory media environment - the administration (moderation)
of online discussion and the monitoring of and engagement in
comments below their articles. The author argues that it is
precisely because both roles are treated as peripheral and
undignified in newsrooms that they are so revealing, following the
maxim: to make sense of what professions are and where they are
heading, look at their boundaries and their dirty work. Based on a
three-year ethnographic study, it offers key insights about the
role of the media as democratic intermediaries in political
participation, the creative possibilities for 'amateurs' as
co-producers of digital news, the changing character of the
knowledge professions and the dynamics of organisational
innovation. The book argues that as media organisations face a
crisis in their ability to represent the public, the challenge is
to orchestrate participatory journalism as a collective
accomplishment in which everyone is not a journalist but everyone
can be a contributor. Bridging the divides between communication
studies, linguistics, STS, organisational and occupational
sociology it will interest social scientists and media studies
experts.
Shakespeare | Sense explores the intersection of Shakespeare and
sensory studies, asking what sensation can tell us about early
modern drama and poetry, and, conversely, how Shakespeare explores
the senses in his literary craft, his fictional worlds, and his
stagecraft. 15 substantial new essays by leading Shakespeareans
working in sensory studies and related disciplines interrogate
every aspect of Shakespeare and sense, from the place of hearing,
smell, sight, touch, and taste in early modern life, literature,
and performance culture, through to the significance of sensation
in 21st century engagements with Shakespeare on stage, screen and
page. The volume explores and develops current methods for studying
Shakespeare and sensation, reflecting upon the opportunities and
challenges created by this emergent and influential area of
scholarly enquiry. Many chapters develop fresh readings of
particular plays and poems, from Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream,
King Lear, and The Tempest to less-studied works such as The Comedy
of Errors, Venus and Adonis, Troilus and Cressida, and Cymbeline.
From the breathtaking heights of the Luberon to the azure blue of
the Mediterranean coast, delight in the sights and scents of the
lavender, of pine trees wafting on the breeze and the taste of
fruity wine and fresh seafood. Artists, painters, writers and
discerning travellers from royalty to rock stars have long been
attracted by the region's bright light, perfect climate and joie de
vivre.
Take the road less travelled as you find out more about the
extraordinary range of places and people who've found inspiration
in the mountains and valleys, rocky coves and verdant islands.
Discover the greats of the Jazz Age, the masters of Modern Art and
the stars who brought the glitz and glam to St-Tropez - as well as
lesser known individuals who led unusual lives. Features authentic
local recipes and full color photographs throughout.
An examination of long-term trends in capital formation and
financing in the U.S., this study is organized primarily around the
principal capital-using sectors of the economy: agriculture, mining
and manufacturing, public utilities, non-farm residential real
estate, and government. The analysis summarizes major trends in
real capital formation and financing, and the factors that
determined the trends. Originally published in 1961. The Princeton
Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again
make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
An examination of long-term trends in capital formation and
financing in the U.S., this study is organized primarily around the
principal capital-using sectors of the economy: agriculture, mining
and manufacturing, public utilities, non-farm residential real
estate, and government. The analysis summarizes major trends in
real capital formation and financing, and the factors that
determined the trends. Originally published in 1961. The Princeton
Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again
make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
'Municipal Love Poems' is Simon Smith's third collection from
Shearsman Books, and is a companion volume to 'Last Morning'
(Parlor Press) which appeared in early 2022. "Simon Smith's
Municipal Love Poems navigates between the intimately personal, and
the impersonally public. Everywhere the expression is musical,
presented in tight lines, phrases, couplets and tercets — never
longer — although several of these poems sustain their intensity
over pages. The form is 'micrometer right / to the exact fit'.
Smith's question in these poems centres around song - sound, music,
voice, tongue — 'how do you make the ordinary language sing?'.
The poems are characterised by word play and slippage, where one
word suggests the next, where the link is as much anagrammatic as
it is imagistic. For Smith the lyric may be 'lyre', but it is also
'liar'. These poems move from the celebratory to the more complex
elegiac realm of hauntology. Often the subject matter is
'municipal', and these poems are as likely to name BBC News 24,
email, 3G, Apple, Monsanto, Isis, space junk and algorithms, as
they are likely to include the pastoral indicators of herons,
nightingales and blackbirds, bluebells, clouds, rain and moonlight.
This is a dynamic, exciting, and attuned collection of poetry."
—Andy Brown "In these poems, even as they deny the transcendence
of love, hope lies in the small details of everyday life. The
isolated lines and short stanzas of a voice with a catch in the
throat produce poems and songs where love lies somewhere between a
Hallmark card and Baudelaire. Poetry may be the result of
inspiration, of taking things in, but, as Simon Smith tells us we
also sing when we breathe out into the world." —Ian Davidson
Seventy years after the adoption of the 1951 Refugee Convention,
the UK is guilty of undermining the very principles of asylum,
inhumanely detaining those seeking protection and ushering in
sweeping changes that threaten to punish refugees at every turn.
But the UK’s immigration system is not alone in committing such
breaches of human rights. The fourth volume of Refugee Tales
explores our present international environment, combining author
re-tellings with first-hand accounts of individuals who have been
detained across the world. As the coronavirus pandemic defies
borders – leaving those who are detained even more vulnerable –
this collection shares stories spanning Canada, Greece, Italy,
Switzerland and the UK, and calls for international insistence on a
future without detention. Featuring a prologue by Baroness Shami
Chakrabarti. The fourth volume in the Refugee Tales series,
proceeds from the sales of which go to two refugee charities.
You are a 10-year-old girl living in London with your family in
1938. When the German air force begins dropping bombs on the city,
the government decides to evacuate you and thousands of other
children to the English countryside. An uncertain life of rural
hardship, bullying and loneliness awaits you. "You Wouldn't Want To
Be" is a constantly-growing library of exciting titles which
transport the reader to the grisliest times and places in history.
The first-person narrative approach puts the reader in the shoes of
some of the most unfortunate people ever to have lived. Humorous
cartoon-style illustrations bring the characters to life, while
informative captions explain processes or chronological events.
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