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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Communication & mass media"”.
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Building evidence for improving childhood immunisation coverage in Africa.
… in Africa, which may signal lack of interactive communication between policymakers and researchers. Furthermore, individual and contextual factors (defined at community and country levels) are independently associated with low immunisation coverage; suggesting that immunisation system …
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Mā te hangarau te oranga o te reo Māori e tautoko ai? Can technology support the long-term health of the Māori language?
… Continuous connectivity harnessing digital communication, mass media and social networking has enabled instant diffusions of ideas, viewpoints and values. Unrestrained broadcasting and publishing by the general populace and the absence of the traditional media gatekeepers has been linked to …
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Le jeu vidéo, un médium en voie de légitimation ? Etude de réception auprès du grand public en Belgique francophone
C’est aujourd’hui un fait connu : le jeu vidéo est une industrie culturelle de premier ordre sur la scène internationale. Or, de manière surprenante, les pratiques vidéoludiques restent peu étudiées en Belgique francophone. En 2006, le rapport sur les pratiques culturelles des Wallons déplorait ce …
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L'image exposée. La représentation des photographies de l'Agence France-Presse sur les réseaux sociaux numériques
Le cliché d’une « barquette de frites nappées de chocolat », un « coucher de soleil » aux couleurs saturées près de Puerto Natales au Chili… Cette thèse a pour objectif d’étudier la représentation des photographies exposées par l’Agence France-Presse sur les « réseaux sociaux » – Instagram, …
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Nécrologies de grands couturiers dans Paris Match (1957-2010) : vers une haute couture de masse ?
… de plus en plus indexée du côté de la culture de masse sous l'impulsion de facteurs internes à son propre secteur de production (allant dans le sens d'une certaine fabrication standardisée) et externes (relevant d'une logique people appliquée aux représentants les plus médiatisés du secteur).
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La figurine cisanthrope - Humanité liminale et contagion affective dans le cinéma d'animation
This thesis aims at answering an apparently simple question: How come "cartoony" characters always seem to be able to trigger better affective responses than more realistic ones (therefore avoiding the uncanny valley). By linking classical animated cartoons to their print cartoon ancestors, the …
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La politique « zéro déchet » dans le secteur de la restauration en Belgique
… D’autre part, un second volet relatif à la communication des prestataires de service à destination de leurs consommateurs portera plus particulièrement sur la place occupée par la politique du « zéro déchet ». L’analyse s’effectuera non seulement au travers des thèmes de communication …
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Affective Disposition Theory in Suspense: Elucidating the Roles of Morality and Character Liking in Creating Suspenseful Affect
According to affective disposition theory, our enjoyment of narratives is a function of our feelings toward characters and perceived justness of the outcomes they encounter. Research on suspense has demonstrated that liking characters leads to greater suspense, and that morally just outcomes are …
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Ludological Storytelling and Unique Narrative Experiences in Silent Hill Downpour
… through internet message boards and social media, allowing a more focused analysis of how individual player experiences affect an audience’s perception of narrative structure and what this might tell us about reader-response theory, participatory fandom, and culturally-specific methods of …
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The Celebrity Scientists
… Greenfield and James Lovelock, are portrayed in mass media as celebrities. It finds that the scientists’ private and public lives merge in their representations, their images commodified and marketed by the cultural industries, their mediated personae embodying abstract ideas of truth and reason. …
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Media and heritage in Ireland: representations of heritage in Irish newspapers and the praxis of determination
… of heritage dominates the print-media discourse; and further establishes, through a survey of journalistic practices and attitudes, that structural and practical constraints and determinants within newspaper organizations allow power centres in society to manipulate the discourse …
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Innovation and the economic performance of the primary information sector: a multidisciplinary approach
… information sector (PIS): the Information and Communication Technology supply industries; Telecommunications services and Media services. In this study, the author first reviews the most important economic theories explaining the links between technical change or progress and economic …