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America in British political culture during the long 1950s
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Dippnall, S. (in press). America in British political culture during the long 1950s. (Thesis). University of Salford

Since the end of the Cold War, the question of British attitudes towards the United States of America has received significant attention as historians and commentators have debated whether Britain has belonged to an English-speaking Anglosphere or a... Read More about America in British political culture during the long 1950s.

Black African students and the art and design education space : narratives of journeys to higher education art and design
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Theuri, S. (in press). Black African students and the art and design education space : narratives of journeys to higher education art and design. (Thesis). UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD

This qualitative research, with a narrative inquiry approach, focuses on the Black African sector of our community and explores how Black African students access, enter and progress through HE Art and Design and what facilitates this progress. It als... Read More about Black African students and the art and design education space : narratives of journeys to higher education art and design.

User-oriented appropriateness : a theoretical model of written text on Facebook for improved PR communication
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Gust, B. (in press). User-oriented appropriateness : a theoretical model of written text on Facebook for improved PR communication. (Thesis). University of Salford

During the last decade, social networking sites (SNS) such as Facebook have become normal tools for our daily communication. The rise and usage of these networks not only affected how we stay up to date, but their usage as tools for our daily convers... Read More about User-oriented appropriateness : a theoretical model of written text on Facebook for improved PR communication.

Army officers, historians and journalists : the emergence, expansion and diversification of British military history, 1854-1914
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Dighton, A. (in press). Army officers, historians and journalists : the emergence, expansion and diversification of British military history, 1854-1914. (Thesis). University of Salford

At the outbreak of the Crimean War in 1854, Britain had only one military academy which taught Military History, the subject was overlooked at universities, few historians wrote on the topic and the government had not yet sanctioned the writing of of... Read More about Army officers, historians and journalists : the emergence, expansion and diversification of British military history, 1854-1914.

Reinventing the rattling tin : explaining the dynamics of social networking site fundraising
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Lucas, E. (in press). Reinventing the rattling tin : explaining the dynamics of social networking site fundraising. (Thesis). University of Salford

Recent social media fundraising success stories like the No Make-up Selfie and Ice Bucket Challenge campaigns, which raised millions of pounds for charities in just days, have been hailed as a new method of fundraising in a new, networked society. Th... Read More about Reinventing the rattling tin : explaining the dynamics of social networking site fundraising.

Polling and political behavior : explaining inaccuracy in Italian polling
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Castro, G. (in press). Polling and political behavior : explaining inaccuracy in Italian polling. (Thesis). University of Salford

The use of polls during election campaigns has become increasingly commonplace, its main purpose being to predict elections results. Some literature highlights evidence that pre-electoral polls increase their predictive accuracy as the time between t... Read More about Polling and political behavior : explaining inaccuracy in Italian polling.

The Germanic toponymicon of Southern Scotland : place-name elements and their contribution to the lexicon and onomasticon
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Scott, M. (in press). The Germanic toponymicon of Southern Scotland : place-name elements and their contribution to the lexicon and onomasticon. (Thesis). University of Glasgow

The following study is an examination of the contribution of the Germanic place-names of southern Scotland to the onomasticon and lexicon of Britain generally and Scotland specifically. By building a corpus of the Germanic place-names so far identifi... Read More about The Germanic toponymicon of Southern Scotland : place-name elements and their contribution to the lexicon and onomasticon.

Flying the Red Flag? Communists in the National Union of Mineworkers, 1945-1984
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Buckley, S. (in press). Flying the Red Flag? Communists in the National Union of Mineworkers, 1945-1984. (Thesis). University of Salford

The thesis seeks to analyse the industrial strategy of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CP) within the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). Although many historians have discussed the CP’s industrial work, particularly in the pre-1945 period, th... Read More about Flying the Red Flag? Communists in the National Union of Mineworkers, 1945-1984.

Interactive works for urban screens : a practice based study into building new ways of engaging communities in urban space through interactive artworks for urban screens
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a practice based study into building new ways of engaging communities in urban space through interactive artworks for urban screens. (Thesis). University of Salford

In our urban environment we are surrounded by strangers, observed via surveillance cameras and connected to millions via the global digital infrastructure. Our media is pervasive and immersive, implicit in everything we do, as the distinction between... Read More about Interactive works for urban screens : a practice based study into building new ways of engaging communities in urban space through interactive artworks for urban screens.

Regulating word order in modern Greek : verb initial and non-verb initial orders & the conceptual-intentional interface
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Kechagias, A. (in press). Regulating word order in modern Greek : verb initial and non-verb initial orders & the conceptual-intentional interface. (Thesis). UCL

I introduce the notions ‘configurational’, ‘discourse-configurational’, and
the basics of the minimalist syntax, on the one hand, and notions relevant to
information packaging, on the other hand (Chapter 1), in the following thee
chapters I pro... Read More about Regulating word order in modern Greek : verb initial and non-verb initial orders & the conceptual-intentional interface.

Adapted orphans and protected histories : time based media and the moving image archive
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Clements, J. Adapted orphans and protected histories : time based media and the moving image archive. (Thesis). University of Salford

Through the examination of archived moving images, this practice-based research project explores processes and methodologies adopted by visual artists who use moving image archives as an integral component for the creation of new artworks. Underlying... Read More about Adapted orphans and protected histories : time based media and the moving image archive.

Jazz, pop, improvisation, national identity and the role of the jazz drummer
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Katuszonek, N. Jazz, pop, improvisation, national identity and the role of the jazz drummer. (Thesis). University of Salford

This research is focused on the interrelationship between three themes: the identity of contemporary jazz, the relation between contemporary jazz and popular music, and thirdly, jazz and national identity. Using this triangulation, I examine the cons... Read More about Jazz, pop, improvisation, national identity and the role of the jazz drummer.

Norms of translating fiction from English into Chinese (1979-2009) : the case of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations
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Minghui, L. Norms of translating fiction from English into Chinese (1979-2009) : the case of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. (Thesis). University of Salford

This study investigates the norms in the translation of fiction from English into Chinese in the period 1979 to 2009 by considering five Chinese translations of Charles Dickens’ novel Great Expectations produced by Wang Keyi (1979), Luo Zhiye (1994),... Read More about Norms of translating fiction from English into Chinese (1979-2009) : the case of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations.

Illuminated instruction : a paratextual, intertextual, and iconotextual study of William Blake
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Yates, M. Illuminated instruction : a paratextual, intertextual, and iconotextual study of William Blake. (Thesis). University of Salford

Traditional Blake scholarship has rarely ascribed value to the materiality of William Blake’s illuminated manuscripts. My on-going PhD project aims to demonstrate the necessity of studying the materiality of Blake’s texts by using an interdisciplinar... Read More about Illuminated instruction : a paratextual, intertextual, and iconotextual study of William Blake.

The relevance of gatekeeping in the process of contemporary news creation and circulation in Saudi Arabia
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in Saudi Arabia. (Thesis). Media & Cultural Studies

This thesis investigates the relevance of gatekeeping in the process of contemporary news creation and circulation in Saudi Arabia, using largely qualitative data obtained from the observation of two newspapers and a Twitter microblogger, and from pe... Read More about The relevance of gatekeeping in the process of contemporary news creation and circulation in Saudi Arabia.

Blogging while black and British : an exploratory study on the use of blogs as social cultural and counterhegemonic practice
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Gabriel, D. Blogging while black and British : an exploratory study on the use of blogs as social cultural and counterhegemonic practice. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis is an exploratory study on how people of African descent in the UK use blogs as social, cultural and counterhegemonic practice and is positioned within the theoretical frameworks of alternative media and critical race theory (CRT). The re... Read More about Blogging while black and British : an exploratory study on the use of blogs as social cultural and counterhegemonic practice.

Assessing the effectiveness of bilingual dictionaries for translation with reference to Al-Mawrid English/Arabic dictionary
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Al Mazrouei, S. Assessing the effectiveness of bilingual dictionaries for translation with reference to Al-Mawrid English/Arabic dictionary. (Thesis). University of Salford-Manchester

The present study assesses Al-Mawrid dictionary from the perspective of the degree of its usefulness as a translational tool. It starts by reviewing available published studies on related subjects such as cognitive semantics, neologism lexicography... Read More about Assessing the effectiveness of bilingual dictionaries for translation with reference to Al-Mawrid English/Arabic dictionary.

Environmental design within the Korean electronics industry : with particular reference to handheld devices
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: with particular reference to handheld devices. (Thesis). University of Salford

The paper will examine the use of eco-design tools within the Korean electronics industry, with particular reference to mobile phone design & manufacture.

Economic growth in Korea has been driven by aggressively exporting products, primarily to th... Read More about Environmental design within the Korean electronics industry : with particular reference to handheld devices.