All Outputs (166)

Comparing international coverage of 9/11 : towards an interdisciplinary explanation of the construction of news (2010)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2010). Comparing international coverage of 9/11 : towards an interdisciplinary explanation of the construction of news. Journalism, 11(5), 567-588. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884910373536

This article presents an interdisciplinary model attempting to explain how news is constructed by relying on the contributions of different fields of study: News Sociology, Political Communications, International Communications, International Relatio... Read More about Comparing international coverage of 9/11 : towards an interdisciplinary explanation of the construction of news.

The role of design in enabling sustainability in small scale textile manufacturing: A case study of small scale textile manufacture in Wales (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Thomas, A. (2010, September). The role of design in enabling sustainability in small scale textile manufacturing: A case study of small scale textile manufacture in Wales. Presented at LeNS Conference: Sustainability in Design: Now! Challenges and Opportunities for Design Research, Education and Practice in the XXI Century., Bangalore, India

The paper examines the relationship between design and sustainability in a policy context of sustainable development, in Wales, UK, a devolved Government with a legal remit to sustainable development. A case study approach has been used alongside g... Read More about The role of design in enabling sustainability in small scale textile manufacturing: A case study of small scale textile manufacture in Wales.

Liberate your Avatar; The Revolution will be social networked (Consciousness Reframed 11) (2010)
Book Chapter
Sermon, P., & Gould, C. (2010). Liberate your Avatar; The Revolution will be social networked (Consciousness Reframed 11). In R. Ascott, E. Gangvik, & M. Jahrmann (Eds.), Making Reality Really Real (181-183). Trondheim, Norway: TEKS Publishing

This paper brings together the practice-based creative research of artists Charlotte Gould and Paul Sermon, culminating in a collaborative interactive installation that investigates new forms of social and political narrative in multi-user virtual en... Read More about Liberate your Avatar; The Revolution will be social networked (Consciousness Reframed 11).

Less can be more (2010)
Journal Article
James, G. (2010). Less can be more

In her new article Less can be More, Gillian James of the University of Salford leads us toward contemporary speech and writing in frequently encountered media as a spur to encourage creative use of speech exercises promoting practical outcomes in ev... Read More about Less can be more.

Mosaic (2010)
Book
Ashby, T., Beveridge, G., Charles, L., Croxton, C., England, S., Everington, S., …Wysocki, K. (2010). G. James (Ed.), Mosaic. Manchester: Bridge House

This anthology includes the winners of our 2009 Short Story Competition. All of the stories in this collection are strong and well-crafted. It’s an exciting mix. Surprise and delight follow surprise and delight. It truly is a mosaic of wondrous tal... Read More about Mosaic.

Neither/nor (2010)
Exhibition / Performance
Ayliffe, M., Cleary, C., Fletcher, B., Harris, S., & Payne, A. Neither/nor. 15 September 2010 - 30 September 2010. (Unpublished)

The artists featured in Neither/Nor explore painting as an experimental site in which the traditional criteria by which painting has come to be defined have all but been expunged. Painting that is neither/nor. The artists re-examine the philosophic... Read More about Neither/nor.

Catering for Minority Interests in Public Service Media Environments: Finland and the UK (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Sihvonen, M., & Simpson, S. (2010, September). Catering for Minority Interests in Public Service Media Environments: Finland and the UK. Presented at Reinterpretations of the Public Enterprise (RIPE) conference ‘Public Service Media After the Recession’, University of Westminister, London

This paper explores recent patterns of minority interest television programming in Finland and the UK and their implications for future public service broadcasting (PSB) environments. The provision of resources to cater for minority interests of va... Read More about Catering for Minority Interests in Public Service Media Environments: Finland and the UK.

Media impact on diplomatic practice: An evolutionary model of change (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Archetti, C. (2010, September). Media impact on diplomatic practice: An evolutionary model of change. Presented at American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Convention, Washington, DC

Based on a range of interviews with foreign diplomats in London, the paper explains the considerable variation in the way communication technologies both affect diplomatic practices and are appropriated by diplomats to pursue the respective countries... Read More about Media impact on diplomatic practice: An evolutionary model of change.

Telematic practice and research discourses: Three practice-based research project case (2010)
Book Chapter
Sermon, P. (2010). Telematic practice and research discourses: Three practice-based research project case. In H. Gardine, & C. Gere (Eds.), Art Practice in a Digital Culture (153-164). Ashgate Publishing

This chapter focuses on the production, documentation and preservation of the author’s telematic, practice-based research in the interactive media arts. It reflects a timely practice review with significant implications for the future of exhibiting a... Read More about Telematic practice and research discourses: Three practice-based research project case.

From ‘the people’ to ‘the citizen’: Municipal leisure in Manchester’s urban parks (2010)
Presentation / Conference
O'Reilly, C. (2010, September). From ‘the people’ to ‘the citizen’: Municipal leisure in Manchester’s urban parks. Presented at City and Society in European History: Conference of the European Association for Urban History, Ghent, Belgium

This paper examines the evolution of the municipal public park in Manchester from the Victorian people’s park to the Edwardian (and later) citizen’s park. The linguistic shift from the people to the citizen is mirrored in the change of emphasis from... Read More about From ‘the people’ to ‘the citizen’: Municipal leisure in Manchester’s urban parks.

Review of Gianpietro Mazzoleni and Anna Sfardini, Politica Pop: Da “Porta a Porta” a l’ “Isola dei Famosi” (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2010) (2010)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2010). Review of Gianpietro Mazzoleni and Anna Sfardini, Politica Pop: Da “Porta a Porta” a l’ “Isola dei Famosi” (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2010). Bulletin of Italian politics, 2(1), 196-198

Chaste glances signify missed chances (2010)
Journal Article
Fletcher, B. (2010). Chaste glances signify missed chances. Interface,

Magazine Article/Exhibition Review/Interface

Social order and disorder in the nineteenth century drinking place: an evaluation of Manchester and Salford (2010)
Journal Article
Salford. International Journal of Regional and Local History, 6(1), 72-97. https://doi.org/10.1179/jrl.2010.6.1.72

Much is written about on the negative aspects of drinking establishments in nineteenth-century society, often focusing on new industrial centres and regional capitals such as Manchester, and on issues such as drunkenness, crime, and prostitution. Th... Read More about Social order and disorder in the nineteenth century drinking place: an evaluation of Manchester and Salford.

The international political economy of work and employability (2010)
Book
Moore, P. (2010). The international political economy of work and employability. Palgrave Macmillan

The dominant themes of flexibilisation and restructuring at all levels of corporate and global change have had a dramatic impact on the concept of what makes people 'employable' at a time of ongoing expansion of neoliberal capitalism. This contempora... Read More about The international political economy of work and employability.

Sloths of Office: The Mid-life Crisis of Hollywood's Democrats, Part 1 (2010)
Journal Article
Halligan, B. (2010). Sloths of Office: The Mid-life Crisis of Hollywood's Democrats, Part 1. Film International, 8(4), 19-31. https://doi.org/10.1386/fiin.8.4.19

An examination of the representation of Democratic politicians in Hollywood films from the late 1990s to the present. This is a two part article.

To define and inform : an analysis of information provided in dictionaries used by learners of English in China and Denmark (2010)
Book
Rasmussen, S. (2010). To define and inform : an analysis of information provided in dictionaries used by learners of English in China and Denmark. United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

"To Inform and Define: An Analysis of Information Provided in Dictionaries Used by Learners of English in China and Denmark" presents a masterly synthesis of lexicographical theory in relation to bilingual and learner's dictionaries and advances a ra... Read More about To define and inform : an analysis of information provided in dictionaries used by learners of English in China and Denmark.

Explaining news : national politics and journalistic cultures in global context (2010)
Book
Archetti, C. (2010). Explaining news : national politics and journalistic cultures in global context. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230109667

Is globalization leading to a worldwide homogenization of news? Is news shaped by political spin? Or is news controlled by the professionals who produce it? By systematically testing a range of theories, this book demonstrates the inability of curren... Read More about Explaining news : national politics and journalistic cultures in global context.

The polaroid image as photo-object (2010)
Journal Article
Buse, P. (2010). The polaroid image as photo-object. Journal of Visual Culture, 9(2), 189-208. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470412910372754

This article is part of a larger project on the cultural history of Polaroid photography and draws on research done at the Polaroid Corporate archive at Harvard and at the Polaroid company itself. It identifies two cultural practices engendered by P... Read More about The polaroid image as photo-object.

International energy cooperation among Asian energy consumers : a game theory analysis (2010)
Book
Wu, F. (2010). International energy cooperation among Asian energy consumers : a game theory analysis. Shanghai: Shanghai People's Publishing House

As Asian countries are prospering from the rapid economic growth, their demands for energies grow increasingly huge and mounts a serious challenge to the world market. The book discusses their energy cooperation and competition by studying the case o... Read More about International energy cooperation among Asian energy consumers : a game theory analysis.

Lateral fricatives and lateral emphatics in southern Saudi Arabia and Mehri (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Watson, J., & Al-Azraqi, M. (2010, July). Lateral fricatives and lateral emphatics in southern Saudi Arabia and Mehri. Presented at Seminar for Arabian Studies, London

Arabic was traditionally described as lughat al-Ρād ‘the language of Ρād’ due to the perceived unusualness of the sound. From Sībawayhi’s description, early Arabic Ρād was clearly a lateral or lateralized emphatic. Lateral fricatives are assumed to h... Read More about Lateral fricatives and lateral emphatics in southern Saudi Arabia and Mehri.