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A revised pragma-dialectical approach to political argumentation in the media (2018)
Thesis
Al-Rikabi, A. (in press). A revised pragma-dialectical approach to political argumentation in the media. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis critically reviews the pragma-dialectical approach to the study of argumentation
advanced by van Eemeren and Grootendorst (1984, 1988, 1992, 2003, 2004) and puts forward a modified version of this framework to provide a better analysis o... Read More about A revised pragma-dialectical approach to political argumentation in the media.

Social media use by public relations departments in Saudi Arabia (2017)
Thesis
Almfleah, A. Social media use by public relations departments in Saudi Arabia. (Thesis). University of Salford

The aim of this research is to study and compare the use of social media by public relations departments in the Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC) and The Saudi Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Saudi MCI). An integration of cross-sectional and... Read More about Social media use by public relations departments in Saudi Arabia.

Performance Portfolio (2017)
Thesis
Zhou, Q. Performance Portfolio. (Thesis). University of Salford

This DMA portfolio contains materials and a written critical commentary relating to the work I have completed towards a Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance degree at the University of Salford. My doctoral programme consists of four performance-base... Read More about Performance Portfolio.

Urban transformation through creativity : applying the creative city concept to Makkah (2017)
Thesis
Alamoudy, S. Urban transformation through creativity : applying the creative city concept to Makkah. (Thesis). University of Salford

During the last decade, the rapidly growing prestige of so-called Creative Cities has inspired many other cities to enhance their attractiveness, creativity and success. However, the concept of a creative city is an elusive one because it reflects a... Read More about Urban transformation through creativity : applying the creative city concept to Makkah.

Creating a collaborative Worktown Archive : photography, place and community (2017)
Thesis
Edge, C. Creating a collaborative Worktown Archive : photography, place and community. (Thesis). Bolton Museum and The University of Bolton

This practice-based thesis uses photography as a method to examine how photographic archives constitute community. It develops a case study of the Worktown photographs,
which were taken by Humphrey Spender during Mass Observation’s experimental stud... Read More about Creating a collaborative Worktown Archive : photography, place and community.

Towards the realisation of a fully integrated Interactive Computer Music System (ICMS), adopting Transformative Expressive Dimensions (2017)
Thesis
Transformative Expressive Dimensions. (Thesis). University of Salford

The principal aim of conducting this research project is to advance the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) in music through the inception of new and exciting ideas relating to the conceptual and aesthetic values and characteristics associated... Read More about Towards the realisation of a fully integrated Interactive Computer Music System (ICMS), adopting Transformative Expressive Dimensions.

The music technologist as collaborator in the contemporaneous co-creation of audio artefacts (2016)
Thesis
Williams, B. The music technologist as collaborator in the contemporaneous co-creation of audio artefacts. (Thesis). University of Slaford

This PhD portfolio of commercially available album releases exemplifies aspects of my practice as I have navigated through the roles of engineer, producer, composer and collaborator over an eight-year period. The six outputs explored are drawn from a... Read More about The music technologist as collaborator in the contemporaneous co-creation of audio artefacts.

Al-Munqidh mina al-Ḍalāl in English with special focus on retranslation (2016)
Thesis
with special focus on retranslation. (Thesis). University of Salford

Al-Munqidh mina al-Ḍalāl (Munqidh) is a well-known autobiography that was written by Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (d.505/1111), one of the most influential theologians and philosophers in medieval Islamic thought. This text has received much attention in the... Read More about Al-Munqidh mina al-Ḍalāl in English with special focus on retranslation.

Phonological adaptation of English loanwords in Ammani Arabic (2016)
Thesis
Abu Guba, M. Phonological adaptation of English loanwords in Ammani Arabic. (Thesis). Salford University

This thesis investigates the phonological adaptation of English loanwords in Ammani Arabic (AA) in order to enhance our understanding of phonological theory and of AA phonology. The thesis also serves as documentation of the dialect in a state of flu... Read More about Phonological adaptation of English loanwords in Ammani Arabic.

Cyberactivism in a non-democratic context : social campaigning in Saudi Arabia (2016)
Thesis
Abalkhail, A. Cyberactivism in a non-democratic context : social campaigning in Saudi Arabia. (Thesis). University of Salford

There has been a growing literature concerning the role of online technologies in fostering collective action in democratic countries (Bennett and Segerberg, 2012, 2013; Bimber et al., 2005). However, studies in non-democratic settings have tended to... Read More about Cyberactivism in a non-democratic context : social campaigning in Saudi Arabia.

The acquisition of Manchester dialect variants by adolescent Roma migrants (2015)
Thesis
Howley, G. (in press). The acquisition of Manchester dialect variants by adolescent Roma migrants. (Thesis). University of Salford

This dissertation reports the results of an ethnographically informed, variationist sociophonetic account of the acquisition of vernacular English dialect features by adolescent Roma migrants attending a Manchester high school. As one of the first st... Read More about The acquisition of Manchester dialect variants by adolescent Roma migrants.

Representations of blackface and minstrelsy in twenty-first century popular culture (2015)
Thesis
Harbord, J. (in press). Representations of blackface and minstrelsy in twenty-first century popular culture. (Thesis). University of Salford

Blackface minstrelsy just ain’t what it used to be. This statement should not be understood as a call for the return of the minstrel show. Quite literally, minstrelsy and its central feature blackface manifest themselves in divergent ways from their... Read More about Representations of blackface and minstrelsy in twenty-first century popular culture.

Development of training programmes provided for academic staff of Libyan universities (2015)
Thesis
staff of Libyan universities. (Thesis). University of Salford

This study examines the implementation of Training Programmes (TPs) for the academic staff (AS) in Libyan Universities (LUs), where AS are key members of this community and supporting their continuing professional development to underpin excellence i... Read More about Development of training programmes provided for academic staff of Libyan universities.

Busting taboos : using idiomatic and linguistic subtleties in undressing questions of sociocultural amorality in Malaysian cinema (2014)
Thesis
Dalan, R. Busting taboos : using idiomatic and linguistic subtleties in undressing questions of sociocultural amorality in Malaysian cinema. (Thesis). University of Salford

This research aims to investigate how sociocultural amorality has been portrayed in Malaysian films, and how can these taboos be alternatively portrayed cinematically to a Malaysian audience. Questions as to why Malaysian (mainstream) cinema is seemi... Read More about Busting taboos : using idiomatic and linguistic subtleties in undressing questions of sociocultural amorality in Malaysian cinema.

Portfolio of music compositions (2014)
Thesis
Efstathiou, D. Portfolio of music compositions. (Thesis). University of Salford

The following pages form a commentary on my own thoughts, notes, sketches and final printed texts of six pieces written between 2009 and 2013. The purpose of the text is twofold: to inform the reader of the intentions and poetic impulses of the compo... Read More about Portfolio of music compositions.

Getting under the skin-whitening cultures : discourses, rhetoric and representations across text types and media in Taiwan in the early 21st century (2014)
Thesis
discourses, rhetoric and representations across text types and media in Taiwan in the early 21st century. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis concerns the ways in which the importance of practicing skin whitening is promoted and represented in newspaper advertorial articles and visual advertisements across different media in contemporary Taiwan, approximately between 2008 and 2... Read More about Getting under the skin-whitening cultures : discourses, rhetoric and representations across text types and media in Taiwan in the early 21st century.