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Jamieson’s dictionary of Scots : the story of the first historical dictionary of the Scots language by Susan Rennie (2013)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2013). Jamieson’s dictionary of Scots : the story of the first historical dictionary of the Scots language by Susan Rennie. ˜The œbottle imp, 13,

The Reverend John Jamieson's contribution to Scottish lexicography is central to the historiography of the study of Scots as a distinct variety of language. Furthermore, his methodologies have proven extremely influential for subsequent major Scottis... Read More about Jamieson’s dictionary of Scots : the story of the first historical dictionary of the Scots language by Susan Rennie.

Stations of the Clyde (2013)
Other
Davismoon, S. (2013). Stations of the Clyde. [Stereo Soundfile and Accompanying CD to issue of The Drouth]

A sound installation to accompany an exhibition re-visiting Douglas Gordon’s work, in collaboration with the Glasgow School of Art, The Drouth and the New Glasgow Society Gallery – April and May 2013.

The aesthetic experience of the city: A practice-based research project created to illustrate the collective creative dynamic of a place (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Rooney, J. (2013, March). The aesthetic experience of the city: A practice-based research project created to illustrate the collective creative dynamic of a place. Presented at 7th International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, Chiba University, Japan

The research project is designed to create new ways of looking at the story of a city, to present the creative city as an art gallery space. Mapping technologies are used to present information as an aesthetic image. This project will add the emotion... Read More about The aesthetic experience of the city: A practice-based research project created to illustrate the collective creative dynamic of a place.

A tale of torture? Alexander Scotland, the London Cage and post-war British secrecy (2013)
Book Chapter
Lomas, D. (2013). A tale of torture? Alexander Scotland, the London Cage and post-war British secrecy. In C. Moran, & C. Murphy (Eds.), Intelligence Studies in Britain and the US : historiography since 1945 (251-262). Edinburgh University Press

The immediate post-war period saw the publication of a number of secret service accounts recounting wartime exploits, giving the impression that, with the end of hostilities, these could now be revealed. In fact, as has been clearly demonstrated by R... Read More about A tale of torture? Alexander Scotland, the London Cage and post-war British secrecy.

Inheriting slavery : making sense of a difficult heritage (2013)
Journal Article
Catalani, A., & Ackroyd, T. (2013). Inheriting slavery : making sense of a difficult heritage. Journal of Heritage Tourism, 8(4), 337-346. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743873X.2013.766199

In 1807 the British parliament decreed the abolition of the slave trade: since then, the places connected with the slave trade have physically ‘inherited’ its material traces and have become emotionally-charged with historical memory. This paper loo... Read More about Inheriting slavery : making sense of a difficult heritage.

The conception of branding in not-for-profit SMEs (2013)
Journal Article
Sun, Q. (2013). The conception of branding in not-for-profit SMEs. International journal of management cases, 15(4), 386-400

A large number of not-for-profit organisations, especially charities, have become more receptive to brands and brand management issues in their search for differentiation and the communication of their services and values (Stride, 2006). However, it... Read More about The conception of branding in not-for-profit SMEs.

From the mountains to the prairies and beyond the pale : American yodeling on early recordings (2013)
Journal Article
Wise, T. (2013). From the mountains to the prairies and beyond the pale : American yodeling on early recordings. Journal of American Folklore, 125(497), 358-374

This sound review surveys yodeling in North American popular music, beginning with some of the earliest recordings on which it is featured. In order to better contextualize the recordings, I will also mention a few examples of sheet music with yodeli... Read More about From the mountains to the prairies and beyond the pale : American yodeling on early recordings.

Resonances : noise and contemporary music (2013)
Book
(2013). M. Goddard, B. Halligan, & N. Spelman (Eds.), Resonances : noise and contemporary music. New York and London: Continuum / Bloomsbury

Noise seems to stand for a lack of aesthetic grace, to alienate or distract rather than enrapture. And yet the drones of psychedelia, the racket of garage rock and punk, the thudding of rave, the feedback of shoegaze and post-rock, the bombast of thr... Read More about Resonances : noise and contemporary music.

Online threat, but television is still dominant (2013)
Journal Article
Papathanassopoulos, S., Coen, S., Curran, J., Aalberg, T., Rowe, D., Jones, P., …Tiffen, R. (2013). Online threat, but television is still dominant. Journalism Practice, 7(6), 670-704. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2012.761324

As news media change, so media news consumption changes with them. This paper, part of a larger international research project involving 11 countries in four continents (Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia), is focused on news consumption. As the ra... Read More about Online threat, but television is still dominant.

Site-specific Performance, narrative, and social presence in multi-user virtual environments and the urban landscape (2013)
Book Chapter
Sermon, P., & Gould, C. (2013). Site-specific Performance, narrative, and social presence in multi-user virtual environments and the urban landscape. In D. Harrison (Ed.), Digital Media and Technologies for Virtual Artistic Spaces (45-58). Hershey PA, USA: Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global)

This chapter brings together the practice-based creative research of artists Charlotte Gould and Paul Sermon, culminating in collaborative interactive installations for urban screens that investigate new forms of social and/or political narratives in... Read More about Site-specific Performance, narrative, and social presence in multi-user virtual environments and the urban landscape.

The imperial war museum’s social interpretation project (2013)
Report
Bagnall, G., Light, B., Crawford, G., Gosling, V., Rushton, C., & Peterson, T. (2013). The imperial war museum’s social interpretation project

This report represents the output from research undertaken by University of Salford and MTM London as part of the joint Digital R&D Fund for Arts and Culture, operated by Nesta, Arts Council England and the AHRC. University of Salford and MTM Lon... Read More about The imperial war museum’s social interpretation project.

Privacy and publicity according to facebook (2013)
Journal Article
Lin, Y. (2013). Privacy and publicity according to facebook. Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 28(3),

This is a book review on Trottier, D. (2012). Social media as surveillance: Rethinking visibility in a converging world. Surrey, England: Ashgate. 213 pp.

Beyond a love supreme: John Coltrane and the legacy of an album (2013)
Other
Whyton, A. (2013). Beyond a love supreme: John Coltrane and the legacy of an album. New York

Recorded by his quartet in a single session in 1964, John Coltrane's A Love Supreme is widely considered one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. A significant record of Coltrane's transition from the bebop and hard bop of his earlier recordings... Read More about Beyond a love supreme: John Coltrane and the legacy of an album.

Virtual leisure (2013)
Book Chapter
Crawford, G. (2013). Virtual leisure. In T. Blackshaw (Ed.), Anthology of Leisure Studies. London: Routledge

(Mis)Communication wars : terrorism, counterterrorism and the media (2013)
Book Chapter
Archetti, C. (2013). (Mis)Communication wars : terrorism, counterterrorism and the media. In D. Welch (Ed.), Propaganda, Power and Persuasion : From the First World War to Wikileaks (209-224). London: IB Tauris

This chapter is part of a book dedicated to the memory of Professor Philip Taylor. It critically reviews existing assessments about the role of media and communication technologies in the current phenomenon of international terrorism. It demonstrates... Read More about (Mis)Communication wars : terrorism, counterterrorism and the media.

Music and technologies (2013)
Book
Meesawat, K., Kucinskas, D., Kanchanapradit, J., Besasparyte, E., Martinelli, D., Ash, K., …Zarskiene, R. (2013). D. Kucinskas, & S. Davismoon (Eds.), Music and technologies. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Based on the conference held in Kaunas, Lithuania, 2011, Music and Technologies aims to augment discussion within the field of interdisciplinary music research developed currently at such important forums as the CIM and the ISMIR. The book consists o... Read More about Music and technologies.

It's good to talk? Talking Cure and the ethics of on-screen psychotherapy (2013)
Journal Article
Blaker, L. (2013). It's good to talk? Talking Cure and the ethics of on-screen psychotherapy. Journal of Media Practice, 14(3), 193-209. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmpr.14.3.193_1

This article considers the ethical concerns facing media practitioners who make programmes which feature on-screen psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is conventionally regarded as a confidential activity involving the participation of ‘vulnerable’ people.... Read More about It's good to talk? Talking Cure and the ethics of on-screen psychotherapy.