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This volume presents state-of-the-art reporting on how to measure many of the key variables in health communication. While the focus is on quantitative measures, the editors argue that these measures are centrally important to the study of health communication. The...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2016-02-18
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Images of «good mothers» saturate the media, yet so too do images of mothers who do not fit this mold. Numerous scholars have addressed «bad mothers» in the media, arguing that these images are a necessary counterpoint that serves to buttress the «good mother» myth....
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2016-02-18
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In a society that increasingly touts post-racial and post-feminist discourses, the trope of monstrosity becomes a way to critically examine contemporary meanings around race, class, gender, sexuality, and ability. Focusing on ways in which historically marginalized...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2016-02-18
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There is growing emphasis in Health Communication on the study of communication processes that aim to change systems, policies, beliefs, attitudes, and/or behaviors for the betterment of the health of individuals and communities. Engagement on behalf of individual and...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2016-02-18
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Organizations, which are central in contemporary industrialized and post-industrial societies, including government departments and agencies, corporations, and non-government organizations, claim to want and practice two-way communication, dialogue, and engagement with...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2016-02-18
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This book examines the ways in which communicative practices influence the lives of students and faculty with disabilities in higher education. Offering their own experiences as teachers and students, the authors use qualitative research methods, mainly narrative and...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2016-02-18
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Communicating the Environment Beyond Photography is a modern look at how photographers visualize what is happening to people and places on a changing planet. Michelle I. Seelig draws attention to what compels photographers to focus on these important messages, what...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2016-02-18
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Why are some countries more newsworthy than others? What are the similarities and differences in the scope of international news presented in different languages and cultures? How does international news affect our perception of the world? In this book, Elad Segev...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2016-02-18
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Each year, thousands of consulting contracts are awarded by organizations to experts who help them with challenges involving people, processes, technologies, goals, resource allocation, decision making, problem solving, and more. These experts – consultants – diagnose...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2016-02-18
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Providing a comparative study on celebrity advocacy – from the work of Bono, George Clooney, Madonna, Greg Mortenson, and Kim Kardashian West – this book provides scholars and readers with a better understanding of some of the short-term and long-term impacts of various...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2016-02-01
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Die ersten «Stimmen aus dem Publikum» erscheinen bereits im 18. Jahrhundert. Dennoch bleibt der Leserbrief aus der textlinguistischen Sicht ein schillerndes und schwer zu fassendes Phänomen.Die Autorin setzt sich zum Ziel, diese Vielfalt aufzufangen und darzustellen...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-01-22
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Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914), American Scientist, Mathematician, and Logician, developed much of the logic widely used today. Using copies of his unpublished manuscripts, this book provides a comprehensive collection of Peirce’s writings on Phaneroscopy and the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-12-18
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Public diplomacy is a diplomatic and international communication activity aimed at foreign publics and seeking to create a positive image and/or political influence, contributing to the achievement of foreign policy goals. On June 9th, 2015, public diplomacy scholars...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2015-12-18
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The relationship between humanism, metahumanism, posthumanism and transhumanism is one of the most pressing topics concerning many current cultural, social, political, ethical and individual challenges. There have been a great number of uses of the various terms in...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-12-18
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Die einundzwanzigste Folge des Jahrbuchs bietet Beiträge von Florian Krobb zur exotischen Abenteuerliteratur und von Bernd Dolle-Weinkauff zum Kriegsbilderbuch während des wilhelminischen Kaiserreichs sowie von Peter Neumann über seine Kindheits- und Jugendlektüren...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-12-11
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The book sheds light on the demands of Art. 107(1) TFEU regarding public funding of public service broadcasting (PSB). Broadcasting is of particular importance in the modern structure of democracy. PSB provides broadcasting services that are of higher quality and of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-12-04
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Das Handbuch verfolgt zwei Ziele, einen State of the Art und einen Take Off für weitere Forschung zu bieten. Welche nicht standardisierten Methoden werden in der Kommunikationswissenschaft eingesetzt, wer arbeitet mit diesen Verfahren und wie unterscheiden sich dabei...
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Springer VS
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2015-11-17
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The enthymeme in education is essential because it reflects what humans do when they think. It informs not only how we make inferences about the world to discover new knowledge, but also how we express those discoveries to influence the minds of others. Thus, the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-11-06
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Dieses Buch beleuchtet die Pressegattung Anzeigenblatt erstens als publizistisches Phänomen und Geschäftsmodell auf dem Pressemarkt und zweitens als unlautere Wettbewerbshandlung, die vermeintlich die Pressefreiheit untergräbt. Die Autorin stellt die zentrale Frage,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-11-06
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