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#digitalnomads, #solotravellers, #remoteworkers : a cultural critique of the travelling entrepreneur on Instagram (2020)
Journal Article
Bozzi, N. (2020). #digitalnomads, #solotravellers, #remoteworkers : a cultural critique of the travelling entrepreneur on Instagram. Social Media + Society, 6(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120926644

As opposed to traditional nomads, backpackers, or tourists, digital nomads are defined as Internet-enabled remote workers, who maintain a focus on connectivity and productivity even in leisure. This essay discusses the relationship between Instagram... Read More about #digitalnomads, #solotravellers, #remoteworkers : a cultural critique of the travelling entrepreneur on Instagram.

Security, scandal and the security commission report, 1981 (2020)
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Lomas, D. (2020). Security, scandal and the security commission report, 1981. Intelligence and National Security, 35(5), 734-750. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2020.1740387

This research note introduces the December 1981 report of the Security Commission. This report was never released with the main conclusions forming the basis of a statement by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, published in May 1982. But the 1981 repo... Read More about Security, scandal and the security commission report, 1981.

Print Dialogues (2020)
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Cherniwchan, C. (2020). Print Dialogues. #Journal not on list, 29(113),

Transitory Prints (2020)
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Cherniwchan, C. (2020). Transitory Prints. #Journal not on list, 29(113),

Turds, traitors and tossers : the abuse of UK MPs via Twitter (2020)
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Ward, S., & Mcloughlin, L. (2020). Turds, traitors and tossers : the abuse of UK MPs via Twitter. Journal of Legislative Studies, 26(1), 47-73. https://doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2020.1730502

There has been growing public attention around the abuse of MPs online including criminal convictions for violent threats, regular coverage of racist and misogynistic language directed at representatives. Yet, the extent of the problem and patterns o... Read More about Turds, traitors and tossers : the abuse of UK MPs via Twitter.

Examining the pedagogy of theatre lighting (2020)
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Zezulka, K. (2020). Examining the pedagogy of theatre lighting. Theatre, Dance and Performance Training, 11(1), 93-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/19443927.2019.1643401

This article addresses educational routes into theatre lighting for live performance as well as the continuing development of lighting professionals once they enter the industry. Both aspects feed into larger concerns about the industry as a whole:... Read More about Examining the pedagogy of theatre lighting.

African adventure and metropolitan dissent in Thomas Hardy’s Two on a Tower (1882) (2020)
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Jackson, R. (2020). African adventure and metropolitan dissent in Thomas Hardy’s Two on a Tower (1882). Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 56(1), 126-139. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449855.2019.1678060

Recent studies of late 19th-century imperialism have challenged postcolonial arguments for the existence of a uniform imperial culture in colonial Britain that unquestioningly supported its overseas expansionist agenda. Through a cultural materialist... Read More about African adventure and metropolitan dissent in Thomas Hardy’s Two on a Tower (1882).

‘Hello, world’ : GCHQ, Twitter and social media engagement (2020)
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McLoughlin, L., Ward, S., & Lomas, D. (2020). ‘Hello, world’ : GCHQ, Twitter and social media engagement. Intelligence and National Security, 35(2), 233-251. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2020.1713434

In May 2016, Britain’s signals intelligence agency the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) joined the social media platform Twitter with the message ‘Hello, world’. For an agency once seen as the UK’s ‘most secret’, GCHQ’s moved to social m... Read More about ‘Hello, world’ : GCHQ, Twitter and social media engagement.

Under Construction (2019)
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Cherniwchan, C. (2019). Under Construction. #Journal not on list, 28(112),

Silence on Loan (2019)
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Cherniwchan, C. (2019). Silence on Loan. #Journal not on list, 28(112),

Otaku tourists out of Japan : fictionality, shared memories, and the role of national branding in the Japanese pilgrimages of anime fans in the United Kingdom (2019)
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Hernandez Perez, M. (2019). Otaku tourists out of Japan : fictionality, shared memories, and the role of national branding in the Japanese pilgrimages of anime fans in the United Kingdom. Journal of Popular Culture, 52(6), 1512-1535. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpcu.12871

The article explores the reasons and narratives behind the anime pilgrimage experiences of Japanese tourists in the UK. Anime or otaku (fan) pilgrimages are a phenomenon widely studied by Japanese and foreign academics in relation to seichi junrei (“... Read More about Otaku tourists out of Japan : fictionality, shared memories, and the role of national branding in the Japanese pilgrimages of anime fans in the United Kingdom.