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Storytelling industries : narrative production in the 21st century (2018)
Book
Smith, A. (2018). Storytelling industries : narrative production in the 21st century. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70597-2

This book shows how the unique characteristics of traditionally differentiated media continue to determine narrative despite the recent digital convergence of media technologies. It argues that media are now each largely defined by distinctive indust... Read More about Storytelling industries : narrative production in the 21st century.

Landscape & games (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Ali, U. (2018, June). Landscape & games. Presented at Introduction to Gaming for Landscape and Software Workshop, Manchester, England

Computer and video gaming technologies, including virtual and augmented realities, have become far more accessible in recent years and their range of applications has widened dramatically. The relevance and potential of interactive and immersive thre... Read More about Landscape & games.

Stylistics : studying literary and everyday style in English (2018)
Book Chapter
McIntyre, D., & Price, H. (2018). Stylistics : studying literary and everyday style in English. In A. Hewings, P. Seargeant, & S. Pihlaja (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies (327-344). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351001724-23

Stylistics is often defined as the linguistic study of style in language. Style arises from motivated choice and choices have consequences. Stylistic analysis necessitates both linguistic description and an assessment of the interpretative consequenc... Read More about Stylistics : studying literary and everyday style in English.

Towards Ecological, Embodied and User-Centric Design in Auditory Display (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Haffenden Cornejo, S. (2018, June). Towards Ecological, Embodied and User-Centric Design in Auditory Display. Paper presented at The 24th International Conference on Auditory Display, Houghton, Michigan

Auditory display research has been criticised over a perceived lack of progress in tackling key issues relating to usability and user-experience. However, emerging trends in design-thinking present new tools for addressing the usability concerns that... Read More about Towards Ecological, Embodied and User-Centric Design in Auditory Display.

Draft Vicinity (2018)
Book
Thurston, S. (2018). Draft Vicinity. Newton-le-Willows: The Knives Forks and Spoons Press

Book of short experimental lyric poems, several of them exploring the author's ongoing interest in the relationship between dance and poetry; movement and language. Cover endorsement: “All journeys”, said Martin Buber “have secret destinations... Read More about Draft Vicinity.

Russkiy mir : the geopolitics of Russian compatriots abroad (2018)
Journal Article
Pieper, M. (2020). Russkiy mir : the geopolitics of Russian compatriots abroad. Geopolitics, 25(3), 756-779. https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2018.1465047

This paper argues that the instrumental reference to Russian ‘compatriots’ in Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2014 served as a discursive framing to justify contradictions in Russian approaches to state sovereignty to an international audience. Contra... Read More about Russkiy mir : the geopolitics of Russian compatriots abroad.

Socially engaged photography and wellbeing: reflections on a case study in the northwest of England (2018)
Journal Article
Bratchford, G., Giotaki, G., & Wewiora, L. (2018). Socially engaged photography and wellbeing: reflections on a case study in the northwest of England. London Journal of Primary Care, 10(4), 82-88. https://doi.org/10.1080/17571472.2018.1477439

This paper describes a 9-month project commissioned by Halton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Liverpool photography organisation, Open Eye Gallery. Socially engaged photographers worked with local residents from the Windmill Hill estate in Run... Read More about Socially engaged photography and wellbeing: reflections on a case study in the northwest of England.

Investigating L2 learners’ writing self-efficacy as a complex dynamic system (2018)
Journal Article
Almutlaq, S., & Etherington, M. (2018). Investigating L2 learners’ writing self-efficacy as a complex dynamic system. International Journal of English Language Education, 6(1), 155-177. https://doi.org/10.5296/ijele.v6i1.13163

There has been a growing interest in SLA in studying second language (L2) writing development and change from a complex perspective, taking into consideration the full combination of learning processes, learners and contexts of learning. Thus, the re... Read More about Investigating L2 learners’ writing self-efficacy as a complex dynamic system.

Against nature : the metaphysics of information systems (2018)
Book
Kreps, D. (2018). Against nature : the metaphysics of information systems. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351233828

Against Nature – Chapter Abstracts Chapter 1. A Transdisciplinary Approach In this short book you will find philosophy – metaphysical and political - economics, critical theory, complexity theory, ecology, sociology, journalism, and much else... Read More about Against nature : the metaphysics of information systems.

China whispers : the symbolic, economic, and political presence of China in contemporary American science fiction film (2018)
Journal Article
Longden, K. (2018). China whispers : the symbolic, economic, and political presence of China in contemporary American science fiction film. Open Cultural Studies, 2(1), 151-161. https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0014

China has long been present in Western science fiction, but largely through notions of Orientalism and depictions as the 'Yellow Peril'. However, with China's new ascendancy and modernization over the last 15 years, along with its investment and co... Read More about China whispers : the symbolic, economic, and political presence of China in contemporary American science fiction film.

A feel for the game : exploring gaming 'experience' through the case of sports-themed video games (2018)
Journal Article
Crawford, G., Muriel, D., & Conway, S. (2019). A feel for the game : exploring gaming 'experience' through the case of sports-themed video games. Convergence, 25(5-6), 937-952. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856518772027

Video gaming is often understood and narrated as an 'experience', and we would suggest that this is particularly notable with sports-themed video games. However, we would argue that how the game experience is curated and consumed, and how this relate... Read More about A feel for the game : exploring gaming 'experience' through the case of sports-themed video games.