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Unpacking end-user relations in an emerging ubiquitous computing environment : introducing the bystander (2008)
Journal Article
Ferneley, E., & Light, B. (2008). Unpacking end-user relations in an emerging ubiquitous computing environment : introducing the bystander. Journal of Information Technology, 23(3), 163-175. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000123

The move towards technological ubiquity is allowing a more idiosyncratic and dynamic working environment to emerge that may result in the restructuring of information communication technologies, and changes in their use through different user groups'... Read More about Unpacking end-user relations in an emerging ubiquitous computing environment : introducing the bystander.

Fatherhood regimes and father involvement in France and the UK (2008)
Journal Article
Gregory, A., & Milner, S. (2008). Fatherhood regimes and father involvement in France and the UK. Community, Work and Family, 11(1), 61-84. https://doi.org/10.1080/13668800701419391

This paper contrasts and compares the institutional framework for fatherhood and father involvement and the survey evidence relating to fathers’ contribution to childcare and domestic work in the two countries. It shows that while men’s contribution... Read More about Fatherhood regimes and father involvement in France and the UK.

CPD and mentoring for artists in the early stages of their careers (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Ingleson, S. J., & Clements, J. M. (2008, February). CPD and mentoring for artists in the early stages of their careers. Presented at ‘Widening Participation in the Arts ‘ The National Arts Learning Network (NALN) Annual Conference, RIBA, London

Working in partnership with a arts organisation- Artists and Education, the
School of Art and Design have developed a number of short courses /stand
alone modules that can be accredited towards an MA in fine art. These
courses are an opportunit... Read More about CPD and mentoring for artists in the early stages of their careers.

Less is more : completing narratives in miniature fiction (2008)
Journal Article
Hurley, U., & Trimarco, P. (2008). Less is more : completing narratives in miniature fiction

This essay examines how readers interpret and interact with miniature fiction by completing the narratives in these extremely short stories. This is not to suggest that more traditional short stories have always provided complete narratives, but what... Read More about Less is more : completing narratives in miniature fiction.

Apposition and affective communication (2008)
Journal Article
Blakemore, D. (2008). Apposition and affective communication. Language and Literature, 17(1), 37-57. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963947007085054

This paper focuses on the rhetorical effects of structures which involve the apposition of two (or more) segments with similar, but not identical, interpretations – for example, He felt depressed, flattened. Building on the existing relevance theoret... Read More about Apposition and affective communication.

The translation of intertextual expressions in political articles (2008)
Thesis
Al-Taher, M. The translation of intertextual expressions in political articles. (Thesis). University of Salford

The study discusses the translation of intertextual expressions in political articles, aiming at understanding the role of intertextuality within the cultural, ideological and individual circles. Critical discourse analysis shows clearly how indispen... Read More about The translation of intertextual expressions in political articles.

Consumption, Coca-colonisation, cultural resistance--and Santa Claus (2008)
Book Chapter
Mckay, G. (2008). Consumption, Coca-colonisation, cultural resistance--and Santa Claus. In S. Whiteley (Ed.), Christmas, Ideology and Popular Culture (50-70). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

In what ways has the iconography and practice of Christmas been shaped, understood and consumed as an American experience? This chapter explores explains and questions the ideological valence of Christmas in part as an American socio-economic and cul... Read More about Consumption, Coca-colonisation, cultural resistance--and Santa Claus.

Crossing “Dark Barriers”: intertextuality and dialogue between Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott. (2008)
Journal Article
Oliver, S. (2008). Crossing “Dark Barriers”: intertextuality and dialogue between Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott. Studies in romanticism, 47(1), 15-35

Crossing “Dark Barriers”: intertextuality and dialogue between Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott.

This essay discusses intertextual references as a form of poetic dialogue between Lord Byron and Walter Scott. Byron’s poetic relationships with Scot... Read More about Crossing “Dark Barriers”: intertextuality and dialogue between Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott..

Access courses as a site of engagement: a research project (2008)
Report
O'Doherty, E., Yates, R., Cleary, R., & Thomas, A. (2008). Access courses as a site of engagement: a research project

This research project was funded by the Greater Manchester Strategic Alliance and Aimhigher Research Network North West. A database of Access students was held at the University of Salford that included students from 1998-2006. The names of the stude... Read More about Access courses as a site of engagement: a research project.

News coverage of 9/11 and the demise of the media flows, globalization and localization hypotheses (2008)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2008). News coverage of 9/11 and the demise of the media flows, globalization and localization hypotheses. International Communication Gazette, 70(6), 463-486. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748048508096143

An international comparative study of the elite press framing of 9/11 in the US, Italy, France and Pakistan reveals that there is no empirical backing for the claims of three core strands of research about news exchanges within the field of Internati... Read More about News coverage of 9/11 and the demise of the media flows, globalization and localization hypotheses.

Unamerican Views: Why US-developed models of press-state relations don't apply to the rest of the world (2008)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2008). Unamerican Views: Why US-developed models of press-state relations don't apply to the rest of the world. Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, 5(3), 4-26

The article shows the limitations of the 'indexing' hypothesis, an influential conceptualization of state-press relations based on the notion that the media tend to reproduce the range of debate within political elites. The hypothesis, as confirmed b... Read More about Unamerican Views: Why US-developed models of press-state relations don't apply to the rest of the world.

Raymond Poincaré (2008)
Book Chapter
Keiger, J. (2008). Raymond Poincaré. In Mental Maps in the Era of Two World Wars (1-22). Basingstoke: Palgave Macmillan

An individual’s mental map of the modern world is as conditioned by their state as by their own particular upbringing, social and educational background and personal circumstances. Raymond Poincaré was born at Bar-le-Duc in Lorraine in north-eastern... Read More about Raymond Poincaré.

Resource centres and self-study: issues in computer assisted language learning (2008)
Book Chapter
Jarvis, H. (2008). Resource centres and self-study: issues in computer assisted language learning. In The Fourth Education in a Changing Environment Conference Book 2007 (137-154). California: Informing Science Press

University students increasingly access computer-based materials (CBMs) beyond the classroom, in Resource Centres (RCs) – where the facilities are usually only available to students studying a specific academic discipline, in college and university l... Read More about Resource centres and self-study: issues in computer assisted language learning.