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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"commercial media"”.
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Compost as a Growth Substrate for Woody Ornamental Nursery Production
… environmentally nonrenewable component of media used to grow woody ornamental trees. Leaf compost from the city of Bowling Green is an inexpensive renewable resource that was substituted for peat in soil-less container media. Seeds of three commercially important tree species, Koelreuteria …
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From the arsenal of democracy to 0% financing: Promotional communication at General Motors
This dissertation is a study of the commercial media system situated within the political economy of communication. Through a case study of General Motor’s promotional communication, this dissertation investigates how commercial propaganda, such as public relations (PR) and advertising, influence …
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Indiana Jones and the temple of media: exploring the interconnection of commercial entertainment media, identity and faith in the American spiritual marketplace
… is an assessment of the relationship between commercial entertainment media, religion and identity in the American spiritual marketplace. Using ethnographic observations of evangelical prayer groups and church sermons, pastor interviews, focus groups, and email surveys, this research examines …
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Sweating for democracy: working-class media and the struggle for 'hegemonic Jewishness,' 1919-1941
Using the framework of political economy of media, this dissertation examines the history of the Jewish working class counterpublic in the United States during the interwar period and its relationships to the broader public sphere. Between 1919 and 1941, organic intellectuals, such as B.C. Vladeck, …
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TOWARDS SELF-DEFINED EXPRESSIONS OF BLACK ANGER IN CLAUDIA RANKINE'S CITIZEN AND PERCIVAL EVERETT'S ERASURE
… stereotypical portrayals of black anger in the media. The project uses theories of African American literary and cultural studies to provide its basic frameworks, though it also applies, minimally, relevant theories in postcolonial studies. Beginning with Everett’s Erasure, this study uses …
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The role of branding in the success of the Economic Freedom Fighters( EFF)
Much has been written about the political mediatisation of society, often through the lenses of the media, its institutional rules and processes. These studies have focused on either side of the debate, choosing to look at the media itself, or its influence on the political subsystem and vice …
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Videogame culture as transnational media: one neoliberalism, many resistances
… 12 (2006), as sites of contestation between commercial media corporations on the one hand, and communities of artists, consumers and non-commercial digital users on the other. I argue that Metal Gear Solid 4 rewrites the stealth espionage thriller into a critique of neoliberalism's financial …
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Development of a Greenhouse Tobacco Seedling Performance Index
… location. Seed lots sown in Premier Pro-Mix TA commercial medium had a higher spiral root incidence, which resulted in a lower SPI compared to Carolina Choice, Carolina Gold, and Sunshine LP5 commercial media. The index quantitatively determined differences in seedling performance under …
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The revolution will be commercialized: finance, public policy, and the construction of internet advertising
… and clarifies its role in the reconfiguration of commercial media. The conceptual framework is that of critical political economy. Archival sources, government documents, and trade press accounts provide a foundation for an assessment of how online advertising evolved in relation to a changing …
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An Alternative Press? New Forms of News Reporting in Brazil
… financial sustainability. Drawing on alternative media studies, this thesis combines semi-structured interviews with independent news producers and qualitative content analysis. Interviewees include both citizen journalists and professional journalists with experience in legacy newsrooms who are …
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Effects of several abiotic and biotic factors and plant hormones on growth, morophology, and camptothecin accumulation in Camptotheca acuminata seedlings
… acuminata seedlings in a hydroponic system with commercial media and fluorescent lights and at 22-26 °C to investigate the effects of these five factors on height, weight, leaf number, leaf length, root to shoot ratio (RSR), specific leaf weight (SLW), CPT concentrations in leaves and/or roots, …
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Tales of the tribes: animation as a tool for indigenous representation.
… practice is almost completely dominated by commercial production. Much of this is outsourced to India by foreign companies, but even the animation that is produced for national broadcast shows characteristics of animation design of Western origination with regard to content, presentation and …
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Dis/locating audience : transnational media flows and the online circulation of East Asian television drama
It is commonly accepted that media and communication technologies play pivotal roles in the complex processes of what is broadly termed "globalization." The increasing speed, volume, and scale of transnational circulation has been one of the most dramatic development in the media landscape, …
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How Are Chinese Journalists Countering International Fake News? A Qualitative Study of Practice and Transparency in The Paper’s Fact-Checking Division, Mingcha
In the digital media era, the spread of fake news poses a serious challenge to the global public knowledge system and public opinion environment. In recent years, fact-checking has rapidly developed globally as an important tool to combat fake news, as developed globally in recent years. However, …
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Emotional Intelligence in Children: A Review of Programs and Web Sites
… intelligence has become popularized in the media, beginning with the success of Goleman's best-selling book Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ (1995). Since the time this book was published, other media outlets including educational curriculums and Internet web sites have …
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Pradinių klasių mokinių mitybos ir gyvensenos ypatumų pokyčiai. Palyginamasis 2010 ir 2014 metų tyrimas /
… lifestyle is constantly changing due to commercial media and various health promotion programs. Parents and children’s knowledge and opinion also change in a certain time potentially changing eating habits and lifestyle. For this reason it is important to evaluate changes of diet and …
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We are in Convergence: Intergenerational Synergies in Twenty-First-Century Children's Media Franchises
In the twenty-first century, children’s media and entertainment is big business. In a media landscape increasingly dominated by franchised media and entertainment, the media industries of the twenty-first century are increasingly turning to children’s media content as a means of generating secure …
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Taking back the tech: an analysis of take back the S 2015 twitter campaign during 16 days of activism against gender violence
… for agenda-setting by linking to external media in their tweets. Including these URLs was an effective way of pointing followers to additional information such as their own website, commercial media websites, and websites of feminist and women’s organisations. Furthermore, TBTT overcame …
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The spirit of networks: new media and the changing role of religion in American public life
… of Networks examines the implications of new media for the future of American religious politics. I argue that we are at a critical juncture in both media and religion, similar to the early days of radio broadcasting. The outcome of that earlier juncture involved an increase in media …
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Contexts of Short Animated Documentary Production in the United Kingdom
… and governed by both the formal systems of the commercial media industries and the informal systems of social interaction and identity. As objects of cultural capital, films carry, through their production histories, the traces of the exchange of other forms of capital – symbolic and economic. …
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