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A soundtrack to the insurrection : street music, marching bands and popular protest (2007)
Journal Article
McKay, G. (2007). A soundtrack to the insurrection : street music, marching bands and popular protest. Parallax, 13(1), 20-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/13534640601094817

What happens in social movements when people actually move, how does the mobile moment of activism contribute to mobilisation? Are they marching or dancing? How is the space of action, the street itself, altered, re-sounded? The employment of street... Read More about A soundtrack to the insurrection : street music, marching bands and popular protest.

Ratujcie Jentla! (Save Yentl!) (2007)
Journal Article
Bekerman, M. (2007). Ratujcie Jentla! (Save Yentl!). A. Akcent, 28(1), 32-40

In this short story, the author-narrator discovers his Jewish roots in the process of documenting the remnants of the Jewish civilisation in Poland.

Soldiers in psychiatric therapy: the case of Northfield military hospital 1942-1946 (2007)
Journal Article
Thalassis, N. (2007). Soldiers in psychiatric therapy: the case of Northfield military hospital 1942-1946. Social History of Medicine, 20(2), 351-368. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkm040

This article discusses the psychiatric therapeutics of Northfield military psychiatric hospital and suggests that treatment in Northfield was characterised by ideals of citizenship typical of the period and inextricably linked to the military. The tw... Read More about Soldiers in psychiatric therapy: the case of Northfield military hospital 1942-1946.

Syllabification patterns in Arabic dialects: long segments and mora sharing (2007)
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Watson, J. (2007). Syllabification patterns in Arabic dialects: long segments and mora sharing. Phonology, 24(2), 335-356. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0952675707001224

In Classical Arabic and many modern Arabic dialects, syllables ending in VVC or in the left leg of a geminate have a special status. An examination of Kiparsky's (2003) semisyllable account of syllabification types and related phenomena in Arabic aga... Read More about Syllabification patterns in Arabic dialects: long segments and mora sharing.

Contrary to claims, conventions and culture : an apologia for the Glasgow University Media Group (2007)
Journal Article
Quinn, A. (2007). Contrary to claims, conventions and culture : an apologia for the Glasgow University Media Group. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, 3(1), 5-24. https://doi.org/10.1386/macp.3.1.5_1

This article looks at the cultural politics of journalism, broadcast news and media research. Since the appearance of its first book, Bad News (1976), the Glasgow University Media Group (GUMG) has made a sustained contribution to our understanding of... Read More about Contrary to claims, conventions and culture : an apologia for the Glasgow University Media Group.

Teaching the changing story (2007)
Journal Article
Hurley, U. (2007). Teaching the changing story. Writing in education, 57-61

This paper begins with a brief survey of the state of contemporary short fiction practice, with particular reference to McSweeneys Quarterly Concern, leading into a reflective account of pedagogical approaches to short fiction on Creative Writing deg... Read More about Teaching the changing story.

Teaching in Europe: a comparison of university classroom experience in Britain and Germany (2007)
Journal Article
Searle, D. (2007). Teaching in Europe: a comparison of university classroom experience in Britain and Germany. European Political Science, 6(3), 322-331. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.eps.2210146

Comparing educational experience, culture and academic practice within Europe can often be an interesting and rewarding exercise. The observations in this article are based on the author’s experience of six and half years’ teaching at two universi... Read More about Teaching in Europe: a comparison of university classroom experience in Britain and Germany.

The evolution of trilingual code-switching from infancy to school age: the shaping of trilingual competence through dynamic language dominance (2007)
Journal Article
Hoffmann, C., & Stavans, A. (2007). The evolution of trilingual code-switching from infancy to school age: the shaping of trilingual competence through dynamic language dominance. International Journal of Bilingualism, 11(1), 55-72. https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069070110010401

This article reports on a study of the code-switches produced by two children who acquired their three languages in early childhood. We compared formal and functional aspects of their switches recorded at two different stages of their development. Of... Read More about The evolution of trilingual code-switching from infancy to school age: the shaping of trilingual competence through dynamic language dominance.

A multidisciplinary understanding of news: Comparing elite press framing of 9/11 in the US, Italy, France and Pakistan (2007)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2007). A multidisciplinary understanding of news: Comparing elite press framing of 9/11 in the US, Italy, France and Pakistan. Journal of International Communication, 13(1), 86-118

Political Communications, International Communications, News Sociology, all claim to offer an explanation for what shapes the news, but provide extremely different, if not contradictory suggestions. Political communications almost takes for granted t... Read More about A multidisciplinary understanding of news: Comparing elite press framing of 9/11 in the US, Italy, France and Pakistan.

Sweden's 2006 parliamentary election and after: contesting or consolidating the Swedish model? (2007)
Journal Article
Agius, C. (2007). Sweden's 2006 parliamentary election and after: contesting or consolidating the Swedish model?. Parliamentary Affairs, 60(4), 585-600. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsm041

Since the post-war era, the Swedish Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet, or SAP) has been regarded as the country's ‘natural party of government’, occupying a ‘hegemonic’ position in national political and social life. The ins... Read More about Sweden's 2006 parliamentary election and after: contesting or consolidating the Swedish model?.

The teleporter zone - Interactive media arts in the healthcare context (2007)
Journal Article
Sermon, P. (2007). The teleporter zone - Interactive media arts in the healthcare context. Leonardo, 40(5),

This article discusses the recent development and implementation of 'The Teleporter Zone', a new permanent interactive art installation commissioned by Guy's and St Thomas' Charity for the new Evelina Children's Hospital in London. The article contex... Read More about The teleporter zone - Interactive media arts in the healthcare context.

Computer-based materials: a study of learner autonomy and strategies (2007)
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Jarvis, H., & Figura, K. (2007). Computer-based materials: a study of learner autonomy and strategies. System, 35(4), 448-468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2007.07.001

This paper reports on a study which examines the extent to which specified cognitive, social, and metacognitive strategies, are used by language students when working with computer-based materials (CBMs), in self-study contexts outside of the langu... Read More about Computer-based materials: a study of learner autonomy and strategies.

Briefing and designing performing arts buildings : assessing the role of secondary project stakeholders (2007)
Journal Article
Sterry, P., & Sutrisna, M. (2007). Briefing and designing performing arts buildings : assessing the role of secondary project stakeholders. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 3(4), 209-221

It is recognized that building projects for the performing arts are complex and unique not only because of the need to meet strict technical demands, but also the need to provide a successful venue satisfying the varied and sometimes conflicting need... Read More about Briefing and designing performing arts buildings : assessing the role of secondary project stakeholders.

Going offline: an exploratory cultural artifact analysis of an internet dating site's developing trajectories (2007)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G., & Light, B. (2007). Going offline: an exploratory cultural artifact analysis of an internet dating site's developing trajectories. International Journal of Information Management, 27(6), 422-431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2007.08.001

In this study, we develop a theorisation of an internet dating site as a cultural artifact. The site, Gaydar, is targeted at gay men. We argue that contemporary received representations of their sexuality figure heavily in the site's focus by providi... Read More about Going offline: an exploratory cultural artifact analysis of an internet dating site's developing trajectories.

Users as developers: a field study of call centre knowledge work (2007)
Journal Article
Burns, B., & Light, B. (2007). Users as developers: a field study of call centre knowledge work. Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, 19(4), 42-56. https://doi.org/10.4018/joeuc.2007100103

We report the findings of a field study of the enactment of ICT supported knowledge work in a Human Resources contact centre, illustrating the negotiable boundary between what constitutes the developer and user. Drawing upon ideas from the social sha... Read More about Users as developers: a field study of call centre knowledge work.

Corpus tools and methods, today and tomorrow: Incorporating linguists' manual annotations (2007)
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Smith, N., Hoffmann, S., & Rayson, P. (2007). Corpus tools and methods, today and tomorrow: Incorporating linguists' manual annotations. Literary and Linguistic Computing, 23(2), 163-180. https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqn004

Today’s corpus tools offer the user a wide range of features that greatly facilitate the linguistic analysis of large amounts of authentic language data (e.g. frequency distributions, collocations, keywords, etc.). However, these tools typically fa... Read More about Corpus tools and methods, today and tomorrow: Incorporating linguists' manual annotations.