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Book SynopsisA beautiful book to record your family history, with space for family and individual records, ancestry charts, family traditions and achievements

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Book SynopsisThe New Normal (2017-2019) was a post-graduate program and Speculative Urbanism think-tank within Moscow’s renowned Strelka Institute of Media, Architecture, and Design. Directed by distinguished American social theorist Benjamin H. Bratton, the The New Normal conducted a collaborative research to investigate the impact of planetary-scale computation on the future of cities both in Russia and around the world. The New Normal book, edited by Benjamin H. Bratton, Nicolay Boyadjiev, and Nick Axel, features twenty-two interlinked projects that were part of the research. Published alongside are 17 lavishly illustrated contributions by international researchers and designers that outline the wider scope of The New Normal program's output, held together by concise thematic texts contributed by Benjamin H. Bratton. Contributors include many of the most influential contemporary designers, philosophers, architects, and artists, such as Yuk Hui, Liam Young, Anastassia Smirnova, Lydia Kallipoliti, Lev Manovich, Julieta Aranda, Trevor Paglen, Metahaven, Keller Easterling, Robert Gerard Pietrusko, Molly Wright Steenson, Ben Cerveny, Rival Strategy, Geoff Manaugh, Stephanie Sherman, and Patricia Reed. The fields of research include Speculative Megastructures, Human AI Interaction Design, Protocols and Programs, Synthetic Cinema, Alt-Geographies, Platform Econometrics, and Recursive Simulation. This highly topical volume, the only comprehensive survey of research and work produced by The New Normal program, will appeal to all readers interested in the future of cities and urban design.

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Book SynopsisFrom the author of APPLE TREE YARD, now a major BBC drama starring Emily Watson Can you write a novel in a year? If you simply sit back and think about the enormity of writing a book, it will seem like a vast and unconquerable task, impossibly daunting. The way to make it less daunting is to break it down into its constituent parts, to do it bit by bit. Over the chapters herein, different aspects of technique are divided up into bite size chunks, the better to aid digestion. The book will look at different aspects of writing, with set exercises to help the reader along in their confidence and technique. It is designed to be read a chapter aweek, with the aim of the fledgling writer having a body of material at the year's end which should form a solid start to their novel. Deeply practical, with sound advice at every stage, A NOVEL IN A YEAR is essential reading for any would-be novelist.

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Book SynopsisA rich guide for understanding the evolvingresearchlandscapein psychology, including changes to coreresearch ethics concepts such as informed consent, privacy, and risk of harm. This handbook offers a thorough and authoritative discussion ofthe ethical issues in conducting research with human participants. Each chapter poses an important ethical question, considers the relevant factors for addressing the question, and presents guidance for investigators. Topics include: informed consent, deception, risk/benefit ratio, data security, authorship, conflicts of interest, fairness and equity when collaboratingwith researchers in resource-poor settings, and more. While psychological research with humans still takes place in the investigator’s laboratory and field, there is an increasing trend toward multiple investigators and interdisciplinary research projects owing to the compTrade ReviewThis scholarly yet accessible edited volume is essential reading for social/behavioral scientists at any career level, and is particularly valuable during our current time of social change, as technological advances, team science, and data-sharing promise to enhance research capabilities while policy and regulation begin to bend toward a more just society. A defining feature of the book—and what sets it apart from others in this space—is the recognition that, while the fundamental principles of ethical research are constant, the application of those principles to respectful, just, and beneficent science requires ongoing, honest, and vigilant interrogation by all of those involved in the process of knowledge generation. -- Thomas Eissenberg, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Co-Director, Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, Department of Psychology (Health Program), College of Humanities and Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, RichmondA must-have resource for new and seasoned researchers alike, written by some of today’s preeminent thinkers in research ethics. -- Tracy S. Arwood, MS, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Clemson University, Clemson, SCThis excellent book assists researchers and institutional review board/ethics committee members in addressing challenging ethical, regulatory, and scientific issues impacting protection of human participants in research. I recommend it! -- Ada Sue Selwitz, MA, Executive Integrity/Compliance Advisor, Office of the Vice President for Research & Center for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington

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Book SynopsisThis collection highlights the contributions of women writers, editors and critics to periodical culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This timely Research Agenda provides in-depth analysis of emerging threats posed to academic integrity, alongside practical, evidence-based recommendations for creating cultures of integrity, demonstrating their importance within the commercialised field of higher education. Analysing the latest research on contract cheating, and how to identify and respond to it, this book explores the potential role of cyber-security research as arguably the next academic integrity frontier. Internationally renowned scholars from a range of disciplines and countries examine challenges surrounding academic integrity, offering advice to all higher education stakeholders. Chapters discuss the role of quality assurance, moving through specific cultural contexts and academic disciplines to provide insights into how to identify serious academic integrity breaches. This Research Agenda also looks at how to foster cultures of integrity, calling for further research on plagiarism, cheating and all forms of academic misconduct. The opportunities for future research in the book will make this a useful read for scholars examining higher education policy and practice. It will also be helpful to higher education teachers and professionals, policy-makers, and staff working directly with students, as the sector deals with growing concerns about breaches of academic integrity. Contributors include: P. Ayala-Enríquez, T. Bretag, J. Clare, G. Curtis, P. Dawson, D. Dlabolová, R. Dressler, S. Eaton, C. Ellis, T. Foltynek, N. Franco-Pérez, T.B. Gallant, I. Glendinning, J. Guerrero-Dib, R. Harper, D. House, E. Morris, G. Pizarro-Puccio, F. Prentice, A. Rogerson, K. Rundle, K. Seaton, K. van Haeringen, A. WhiteTrade Review‘In the acknowledgments, Tracey Bretag thanks “the hundreds of researchers from all over the world who have made academic integrity the focus of their research and scholarship”. She herself has contributed enormously to this topic and deserves extra credit for making academic integrity a “central to every aspect of education”.’ -- E. Denisova-Schmidt, Academy of Management Learning & Education'This book should be essential reading for everyone with an interest in authentic learning. By conceiving of academic integrity research as more than just self-reports by students, this collection will provide a research agenda and food for thought for scholars in a vast range of disciplines. Administrators, regulators, scholars of pedagogy, teachers, and everyone with an interest in civil society can find important lessons in this volume.' --David Rettinger, University of Mary Washington, US'With the massification of higher education and the burgeoning role of the internet, academic integrity has become one of the key issues faced by higher education practitioners and managers. This book offers a welcome and international overview of developments - from contract cheating to multilingual essay mills to cybersecurity - and responses to them.' --Malcolm Tight, Lancaster University, United KingdomTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Emerging issues in academic integrity research Tracey Bretag 2. The role of quality assurance and regulatory organisations to promote academic integrity Irene Glendinning 3. From moral awareness to academic integrity in Latin America Pablo Ayala-Enríquez, Nathalia Franco-Pérez, Jean G. Guerrero-Dib 4. Academic Integrity in Eastern Europe: Beyond Corruption and Plagiarism Tomáš Foltýnek and Dita Dlabolová 5. Leveraging the teachable moment: What, if anything, can students learn from cheating? Tricia Bertram Gallant 6. Impediments to reporting contract cheating: Exploring the role of emotions Felicity Prentice 7. Interactive approaches to learning about academic integrity: The role of fun and games Amanda White 8. Why students choose not to cheat Kiata Rundle, Guy Curtis, Joseph Clare 9. A changing focus: Re-considering research on contract cheating Erica Morris 10. Contract cheating at colleges and other non-university higher education providers Tracey Bretag and Rowena Harper 11. Technology, policy and research: Establishing evidentiary standards for managing contract cheating cases Cath Ellis, Karen van Haeringen and David House 12. Multilingual essay mills: The need for research beyond English language commercial providers Sarah Eaton and Roswita Dressler 13. The use and misuse of online paraphrasing, editing and translation software Ann M. Rogerson 14. Academic integrity in mathematics education: Breaking the silence Katherine Seaton 15. Cyber-security: The next academic integrity frontier Phillip Dawson Index

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Book SynopsisScience has the potential to do much good. But it can also be misused and cause harm. How can researchers become aware of the risks and share their insights responsibly? This volume gathers a premier group of scholars and practitioners to address cutting-edge dilemmas of responsible policy engagement. The authors reflect on their own experiences and provide guidance on how to constructively communicate with policymakers - while also being transparent about the uncertainty and subtleties of the research process.The case studies cover tricky policy engagements on topics ranging from post-conflict power-sharing, atrocities prevention, NATO enlargement, economic crises, business and human rights, counterinsurgency and state-building, census data and polling, and intelligence analysis. To avoid pitfalls, the analyses offer a mix of ethical principles and practical advice, including setting cautionary ethical redlines, reflecting on one''s position and values, and describing areas of consens

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Book SynopsisChallenging the belief that blurring the boundaries between traditional academic fields promotes more integrated research and effective teaching, the author contends that the promise of interdisciplinarity is illusory and that critiques of established disciplines are often overstated and misplaced.Trade Review"I congratulate Jerry Jacobs for the rigor of his research and the strenuousness of his arguments. There is revealing new information and necessary clarity and clarification in these pages. His critique of some of the most egregious assaults on the disciplines is especially noteworthy and the case studies are valuable. This is a book that we need." (Harvey J. Graff, author of The Dallas Myth: The Making and Unmaking of an American City)"

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Book SynopsisChallenging the belief that blurring the boundaries between traditional academic fields promotes more integrated research and effective teaching, the author contends that the promise of interdisciplinarity is illusory and that critiques of established disciplines are often overstated and misplaced.Trade Review"I congratulate Jerry Jacobs for the rigor of his research and the strenuousness of his arguments. There is revealing new information and necessary clarity and clarification in these pages. His critique of some of the most egregious assaults on the disciplines is especially noteworthy and the case studies are valuable. This is a book that we need." (Harvey J. Graff, author of The Dallas Myth: The Making and Unmaking of an American City)"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Lively and pithy, suitable for students. . . . Engaging, insightful, and useful.” * American Biology Teacher *"Fortunately, a new book from two leading academics has arrived to help arm us against the flood of deliberate attempts to sow distrust and separate us from our own senses of what’s real and not.” * Chicago Tribune *“A much-anticipated book by two leading experts of the field, Verified goes beyond defining the problem and offers readers clear advice on how to navigate a world of spin, trolls, and lies. Wonderful to see this guide published!” -- Maria Ressa, winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for work to safeguard freedom of expression“Verified is the book and mindset that society needs right now. This is, of course, assuming that you want society to survive." -- Guy Kawasaki, Host of "Remarkable People and author of The Art of the Start“As the value of information literacy becomes increasingly clear, Verified offers timely, research-based solutions to the ever-present and elusive problem of misinformation run amok.” -- Daniel Willingham, Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia, author of Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make it Easy"Verified is a sorely needed intervention into today’s chaotic, often deceitful, information environment of influencers, ChatGPT, deepfakes, viral videos, and distrust. Offering ways to combat the mindset of knee-jerk cynicism, it responds to a world in which political power, not truth seeking, has too often become the ultimate arbiter of truth. Verified will be a treasured resource for debunking internet disinformation to instructors, students, and for you (to hand to parents and skeptics)." -- André Brock, author of Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures“An indispensable guide for students and citizens of all ages and backgrounds.” -- Francis Fukuyama, Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University, and author of The End of History and the Last Man and Liberalism and its Discontents“This book should be required reading for students, journalists, content creators, and anyone else who regularly consumes and shares information (i.e. pretty much everyone). Rich with actionable guidance and real-world examples, Verified helps readers learn the skills to stay out of the weeds of online misinformation and find the best available evidence for any claim. I’m so grateful to Caulfield and Wineburg for creating this resource.” -- Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, author of The Wellness Trap“Verified offers an ethos that can help all of us understand and confidently use what we find online. This book belongs in every backpack, classroom, library, workplace, and home.” -- Phillip Jones, Grinnell College Libraries“Verified does more than preach against the dangers of misinformation and online mischief, it provides clear, focused strategies for navigating and researching online that should become part of every literate person’s repertoire of skills. Every educator whose students touch the web—which is to say all of us—needs this book.” -- Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, Executive Director, National Writing Project“Verified is a lifeline. With research-verified and surprisingly simple techniques, the authors show us, step-by-step, how to sift the real, useful, true information from the tsunami of online bogosity. Read it, give it to parents and their high school-age children, give it as high school graduation gifts, and please teach it at colleges and universities.” -- Howard Rheingold, internet futurist and author of "Net Smart: How to Thrive Online"“Anyone who wants to avoid being duped by all the fake news, distorted videos, and stealth ads that populate today's online universe needs this book. Verified offers a multitude of user-friendly tools for navigating our digital new world in which we cannot always trust the seemingly trustworthy sources we encounter.” -- Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, authors of "They Say, I Say" “The internet accelerated the spread of misinformation but has also given us veritable superpowers for vetting the information that we encounter. This is the genius of Caulfield and Wineburg’s approach. We don’t have to be passive dupes of online misinformation. We can use the wonders of an online world to become better information consumers than ever before.” -- Carl Bergstrom, coauthor, Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World “Caulfield and Wineburg have gone remarkably deep into how our children—and all the rest of us in America—think and learn. At the moment we are losing the battle against ignorance and misplaced assumptions, but this wonderfully written book could save us. Among many wise pieces of advice, they recommend we not only be critical thinkers, but savvy critical IGNORERS. That means learning how to detect crappy sources of information quickly and efficiently. We all need to read this.” -- Jay Mathews, education journalist“Under a deluge of disinformation and conspiracism, our modern world faces an epistemological crisis— an inability to parse reality from fiction, truth from lies. Verified offers readers the invaluable tools they need to navigate the flood; to regain clarity and attachment to the real world of facts, logic, and reason; and to restore the foundations of democratic discourse. It's essential reading for our chaotic times.” -- David Neiwert, author of The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Assault on American Democracy“With humor, clarity, and real-world examples, the authors illustrate both simple and nuanced strategies for making sense of an increasingly complex digital realm. Students, everyday citizens, and educators at all levels will find their varied examples relevant and applicable.” -- Andrea Baer and Daniel Kipnis, Librarians at Rowan University“As the value of information literacy becomes increasingly clear to society at large, Verified offers timely, research-based solutions to the ever-present and often elusive problem of misinformation run amok.” -- Rob Detmering and Amber Willenborg, University of Louisville“Verified will help librarians, students, and anyone else move beyond well-meaning but oversimplified checklists to be better at sifting the wheat from the chaff when looking for good information online.” -- Brad Sietz, Director LOEXTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Get Quick Context: It Can Take as Little as Thirty Seconds—Seriously! The Three Contexts “Do I Know What I’m Looking At?” Introducing SIFT Stop! (Or, How to Fail at Source-Checking Even If You’re the New York Times) Investigate the Source Find Better Coverage Trace Claims, Quotes, and Media to Their Original Context Takeaways 2 Cheap Signals: Or, How Not to Get Duped Easily Fakeable Questions Gameable Signals of Credibility First Impressions Matter . . . Except When They Don’t URLs Matter . . . Except When They Don’t What about Dot-Coms? Going Deeper: The “Org” of Dot-Org Is Big Business Nonprofit Status: “Nearly Anything Goes” Numbers That Bamboozle Links That Lead Astray Takeaways 3 Google: The Bestie You Thought You Knew Interpreting and Mining Search Results Why Seeing on the Internet Isn’t Believing Decoding Google’s Knowledge Panel Different Sources, Different Purposes Going Deeper: What Arsonist Birds Teach Us about Different Sources When Featured Snippets Get It Wrong Going Deeper: Google’s Three Vertical Dots Are a Great Hack for Lateral Reading Keywords and Inferred Intent: How to Think like Your Search Engine Keywords: The Underlying Architecture of Search Inferred Intent: Providing Google with a “Tell” Google Is a Mirror Reflecting Back What You Give It A Search Engine, Not a “Truth Engine” Takeaways 4 Lateral Reading: Using the Web to Read the Web Get off the Page! Lateral Reading: Checking Information like a Fact-Checker Why Lateral Reading Works Little Shift, Big Payoff Lateral Reading Puts You in Control Avoid Promiscuous Clicking: Practice Click Restraint The “Vibe” of the Search Engine Results Page Takeaways 5 Reading the Room: Benefiting from Expertise When You Have Only a Bit Yourself Why You Can’t “Just Do the Math” Reading the Room: Quick Assessment of a Range of Expert Views Going Deeper: Why We Call This “Reading the Room” Trust Compression, or How to Avoid Info-Cynicism Reading the Room on the Mask Issue The Perils of the Single Academic Contrarian Going Deeper: What Makes a Good Summary Source? Takeaways 6 Show Me the Evidence: Why Scholarly Sources Are Better than Promotional Materials, Newsletters, and Random Tweets What’s Peer Review? Peer Review: “The Worst Way to Judge Research, Except for All the Others” The Problem of the Single Study Literature Reviews: A Bird’s-Eye View of Multiple Studies Going Deeper: Journals That Prey on Unsuspecting Victims Real History, Fake History: How to Tell the Difference Using Google Scholar to Find Scholarly Sources The Vibe of Google Scholar’s Results Page Using Google Scholar as a Quick Reputation Check Takeaways 7 Wikipedia: Not What Your Middle School Teacher Told You What about the Mistakes? Going Deeper: Wikipedia to Britannica: “He That Is without Sin . . .” Anyone Can Change Wikipedia, Can’t They? Isn’t Wikipedia Biased? Wikipedia as a Tool for Research Using Wikipedia to Validate Sources Going Deeper: Quickly Validating a Reference from a Book Using Wikipedia for Quick Checks of Unfamiliar Websites Quick Investigation of a Claim Quick Checks of an Unfamiliar Academic Source Using Wikipedia to “Read the Scholarly Room” Using Wikipedia to Jump-Start Your Research Going Deeper: Deciphering the Hieroglyphics of a Bibliographical Reference The Messiness of Making Knowledge Takeaways 8 Video Games: The Dirty Tricks of Deceptive Video False Context Exploiting “Seeing Is Believing” Going Deeper: Online News Is Often More Credible Than You Think Falsely Implied Date Connect My Dots, or Creating a False Sense of “Research” Deceptively Cropped Video Takeaways 9 Stealth Advertising: When Ads Masquerade as News The Problem: Stealth Advertising Works A Con Is Born Newspapers Become Ad Agencies The Problem in Three Words: Conflict of Interest Disappearing Warning Labels Sponsored Propaganda Half Truths Are Not Whole Truths When Stealth Ads Move to Social Media Going Deeper: How Stealth Ads Lose Their Warning Labels Protecting Yourself in an Age of Slimy Advertising Takeaways 10 Once More with Feeling: Using Your Emotions to Find the Truth Emotion Doesn’t Know the Truth, But It Knows What You Care About Going Deeper: Man versus Machine “Compellingness” Tells Us What’s Important to Check Surprise Is a Sign Our Assumptions Might Be Wrong Why Compellingness and Surprise Beat the Checklist Going Deeper: Mutant Flowers Feeling Overwhelmed? Rethink Your Approach Takeaways 11 Conclusion: Critical Ignoring Postscript: Large Language Models, ChatGPT, and the Future of Verification Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe development of theorems in logic is generally thought to be a solitary and purely cerebral activity, and therefore unobservable by sociologists. This book challenges this notion by tracing the history of one well-known example in the field of artificial intelligence - a theorem on the foundations of fuzzy logic.Trade Review"Sociologist Rosental meticulously argues for the materiality of logic as a field of inquiry. He rigorously grounds his work in science studies, extending the reach of social analysis into a domain superficially thought to be purely mental: that of logical formalism and proof."--J.L. Croissant, Choice "In the history of STS, hard cases, from mathematics to laboratory manipulations, have played key roles. This book should enter the field as an exemplary treatment of a hard case."--Sergio Sismondo, Canadian Journal of Sociology "Rosentals's Weaving Self-Evidence ... is timely and much needed."--Stephan Fuchs, American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix INTRODUCTION 1 A Sociologist among Logicians 2 Observing Demonstrations 4 A Necessarily Detailed Analytic Account 7 Grasping the Emergence of a Logical Theorem 8 Accessing the Specialized Skills of Workers in Logic 12 PART ONE: ACCESSING THE WORLD OF PRODUCERS OF LOGICAL STATEMENTS 15 CHAPTER 1: How Can We Grasp What Logic-Makers Do? Questions Raised in the Human Sciences and Philosophy about Logic and Mathematics 17 Do Researchers in Logic Invoke Ideal Principles? 18 How Do Multiple Social Actors Put Forward Various Definitions and Practices of Logic? 20 Questions Raised by Certain Works in the Social History of Mathematics 24 Can Institutional Sociology Account for the Ways in Which Research in Mathematics Is Carried Out? 24 Can One Grasp the Role of Networks of Actors and Practices in the Production of a Theorem? 31 What Role Does the Scale of Adoption of Specific Practices of Demonstration Play in the Dynamics of Recognition of a Result? 33 Can the Analysis of Demonstrative Practices Be Inscribed Solely within the Framework of the History of a Scientific Discipline? 36 What Demonstrative Resources Are Used for What Recognition? 40 Questions Raised by Some Studies That Focus on, or Formulate a Research Program to Address, Practices in Logic 44 Conclusion 53 CHAPTER 2: Spaces and Tools for Exchange 55 Preliminary Information about the Way an Electronic Forum Works 55 Shared Skills in Logic 59 PART TWO: PRACTICES OF DE-MONSTRATION: DEBATING A THEOREM IN AN ELECTRONIC FORUM 75 CHAPTER 3: Bringing to Light: Demonstration Put to the Test of Antagonistic Logical Practices 77 The Formal Presentation of a Demonstration Does Not Lead Automatically to Consensus 77 The Absence of Universally Recognized Central Logical Principles 77 The Heterogeneity of Ways of Doing Logic 83 The Use Values of Demonstrations 93 De-monstrating and Appearing 96 The Practice of Substituting Proofs 96 Making Logical Principles Appear and Disappear in Demonstrations 98 Making Certain De-monstrations Maximally Visible 109 CHAPTER 4: Evaluating the Correctness of a Theorem and the Properties of a Logic at the Intersection between Several De-monstrative Modes 116 Bringing to the Fore the Properties of a Logical System in Technological Devices in Order to Cast Doubt on the Correctness of a Proof 116 Personalizing the Debates in Order to Evaluate the Correctness of a Theorem 125 Trying to Neutralize a Proof by Invoking General Antagonisms 127 Contesting a Proof and Defending Logical Properties by Evoking a Cultural Specificity 136 PART THREE: MEDIATIONS USED TO ADVANCE A LOGICAL THEOREM 149 CHAPTER 5: Accompanying De-monstrations: The Publication of a De-monstration at the Heart of the Action of Groups of Actors 151 How One and the Same De-monstration Can Be Rejected and Then Accepted for Publication 151 From De-monstration to Publication: The Importance of Interactions 161 Elkan's Proof and the Conference Paper Selection Process 171 CHAPTER 6: Federating a Counter-De-monstration or Producing Hand-Tailored Responses 187 Producing More Stable and Visible Responses, in Limited Number 187 The Formation and Use of Sedimented Repertories of De-monstration 198 Advancing Adaptive, Polysemic, and Differentiated De-monstrations 204 CHAPTER 7: The Emergence of a Quasi-Object and a Collective Statement 211 Recourse to Tacit Manipulations: De-monstration as a Quasi-Object 211 Defending a Proof by Reformulating It 217 Nuances and Precautions 218 A Polysemic Textual Device to Stabilize Debates 221 The Successive Versions of a Proof: Records of Negotiations 233 De-monstrations Serving to Stabilize a Controversy 237 Federating and Stabilizing Positions and Thereby Helping to Marginalize the Adversary 238 Devices of Reiteration and Reference Contributing to a Stabilization of the Debates 244 CONCLUSION A Sociology of the Practices of De-monstration 250 Destylizing the Unfolding of Debates in Logic 250 Following the Production of Certified Knowledge in Logic 253 Observing the Work of De-monstration 256 Logic and Sociology 259 Toward a Social and Material History of Forms of De-monstration 266 WORKS CITED 271 INDEX 287

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a theoretically grounded introduction to new and emerging approaches to public engagement and research communication. -- .Trade Review‘This is an excellent book that can be read from cover to cover or used as a reference text.’Paul Webb, September 2016 in LSE review of books -- .Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction1. Creative research communication2. History3. ParticipantsPart II: Approach4. Face-to-Face5. Art6. Digital7. Social media8. Political9. Crowd-sourced researchPart III: Conclusion10. Impact11. Ethics12. DisseminationIndex

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Book SynopsisAwarded first place in the 2022 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Nursing ResearchThis innovative text helps nursing students and working nurses to master the essential skill of synthesizing diverse forms of literature to inform research, practice, and policy in Nursing and the Health Science disciplines. Focusing on the significance of synthesis as a critical component of the literature review process, this book walks readers through each step of completing an exemplary literature review and synthesis. The text provides detailed guidance to each of the rigorous steps needed to design, execute, and synthesize the results of a literature review.This book focuses on the literature review process intended to inform research, quality improvement efforts, clinical practice, and healthcare policy decisions, with discussion of how literature reviews and syntheses inform public conversation. Designed to simplify a complex topic, the text is also a platform for di

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Book SynopsisA practitioner-researcher is an information professional who may not have formal training in using research methods and is learning how to use these methods during their busy complex job. This book can help information professionals build an understanding of the research process as applied to our field.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review'From an academic point of view, entrepreneurial universities are still an emergent area in the field of entrepreneurship. This book, written by a group of scholars at the leading edge on this topic, is offering new and fresh research perspectives. I found interest in every piece of research; however, I would recommend paying greater attention to those chapters taking a critical stance toward the phenomenon and those discussing the challenges and opportunities entrepreneurial universities might meet in the digital era.' -- Alain Fayolle, University of Cagliari, Italy'This important new book not only makes crystal clear the key role played by an entrepreneurial university in driving economic performance, it also paves a pioneering path directing research and thought leadership on how best to create, develop and sustain an entrepreneurial university. The book transcends both disciplinary boundaries and conventional thinking in forging an important new research area.' -- David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: navigating the frontiers of entrepreneurial university research 1 Ulla Hytti 2 An alternative entrepreneurial university? 7 Karin Berglund, Anna Alexandersson, Marina Jogmark and Malin Tillmar 3 The societally entrepreneurial university 29 Karen Verduijn and Ida Sabelis 4 Entrepreneurial universities in post-Soviet countries 43 Rita Kaša, Mari Elken and Anders Paalzow 5 Orchestrating affect at the entrepreneurial university 67 Saija Katila, Ari Kuismin, Pikka-Maaria Laine and Anu Valtonen 6 Agent or principal? A discursive and rhetorical approach to changing stakeholder relations in the entrepreneurial university 85 Miira Niska and Kari Mikko Vesala 7 Entrepreneurial university business models: core drivers, challenges and consequences 103 James A. Cunningham and Kristel Miller 8 Calling for student engagement in an entrepreneurial university 129 Katja Lahikainen, Kati Peltonen, Lenita Hietanen and Elena Oikkonen 9 The entrepreneurial university in the digital era: looking into teaching challenges and new higher education trends 143 Maribel Guerrero and David Urbano 10 Sources of science and power: emerging organizational forms and professions in the entrepreneurial university 169 Jarrett B. Warshaw 11 Between academia and business: research agenda for acapreneurship 189 Andrew Creed, Jarna Heinonen and Ambika Zutshi 12 Relationship development patterns of university-based start-ups 207 Lise Aaboen, Anna Dubois and Leena Aarikka-Stenroos 13 Research spin-offs and their role within the entrepreneurial university in the digital age: a framework for future research from Italian case studies 229 Elisa Salvador, Raffaella Manzini, Andrea Urbinati, Gloria Puliga and Valentina Lazzarotti Index 251

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Book SynopsisThis insightful Research Agenda provides reflections on the state of the international business and management discipline and also highlights important future topics for research, as well as sharing a range of thought-provoking ideas on key subjects from externalization theory to emerging market economies to societal crises and modern slavery.Trade Review'Climate change, increasing inequality, pandemic, political turmoil... ''Thinking out of the box'' is exactly what we need to do. But how can we do that? This book will help us leave our comfort zone and encourage our renewed challenges to overcome the box.' -- Takahiro Endo, Hitotsubashi University Business School, Tokyo, Japan'Ödül Bozkurt and Mike Geppert have brought together a selective and creative set of scholars to revisit how to conduct research in international business and management from a more relevant and critical perspective. Authors in this edited book identify chasms in mainstream ideas, illustrate how to think outside the box and practice cross-disciplinary fertilization. This leads to analysis of international dynamics emerging from the role of nation states, power relations, ideology and crises. It is a must read for scholars interested in tackling big questions in IB.' -- Ruth Aguilera, Northeastern University, US'''Thinking out of the box'' is definitely needed in order to write this book A Research Agenda for International Business and Management (IB/M) and address the current and future grand challenges of society. This impressive edited book by Bozkurt and Geppert thoroughly analyzes a number of topical themes within IB/M emphasizing multinational enterprises and internationalization processes and operations on the one hand, and themes like behavioral aspects, social-political developments, power, humanitarian crises, and modern slavery on the other. As such, this book will set the scene for IB/M research in the years to come.' -- Jens Gammelgaard, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: 1 A Research Agenda for International Business and Management: the promises and prospects of thinking outside the box 1 Mike Geppert and .dül Bozkurt PART I REVISITING CORE IB/M THEORIES 2 Do we need a theory of externalisation? 23 Roger Strange 3 Behavioural theory and MNE decision-making: changing the narrative in international business management 43 Giulio Nardella, Rajneesh Narula and Irina Surdu 4 Outward investment from emerging markets: time for a paradigm shift? 63 Suma Athreye PART II CHANGING ROLES OF NATION-STATES AND MNES 5 The role of the home country in international business and management research: state of the art and future research directions 87 Florian Becker-Ritterspach and Khaled Fourati 6 The diplomatic imperative: MNEs as international actors 109 Brent Burmester PART III INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT, POWER RELATIONS AND IDEOLOGY 7 Treating ideology seriously in international business and management research: a textual analysis of the global “self-management” fad 131 Leo McCann, Brian Wierman and Edward Granter 8 Emerging economy MNCs and their geopolitical embeddedness 153 Ursula Mense-Petermann PART IV THEORIZING AND STUDYING NEW PHENOMENA IN IB/M: CRISIS, SLAVERY AND METHODOLOGY 9 Managing the unavoidable: new avenues for research on MNEs and societal crises 175 Verena Girschik and Jasper Hotho 10 Developing parameters for the occurrence of modern slavery: towards an empirical validation of Crane’s (2013) theory of modern slavery 195 Christoph Dörrenbächer and Lukas Ellermann 11 The future of international business research: theorising on unfolding phenomena in a complex, dynamic world 221 Peter Zettinig and Niina Nummela PART V COMMENTARY 12 Commentary on fulfilling the future agenda in international business 245 Jonathan P. Doh Index 251

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Book SynopsisIs it possible to compare French presidential politics with village leadership in rural India? Most social scientists are united in thinking such unlikely juxtapositions are not feasible. Boswell, Corbett and Rhodes argue that they are possible. This book explains why and how. It is a call to arms for interpretivists to embrace creatively comparative work. As well as explaining, defending and illustrating the comparative interpretive approach, this book is also an engaging, hands-on guide to doing comparative interpretive research, with chapters covering design, fieldwork, analysis and writing. The advice in each revolves around ''rules of thumb'', grounded in experience, and illustrated through stories and examples from the authors'' research in different contexts around the world. Naturalist and humanist traditions have thus far dominated the field but this book presents a real alternative to these two orthodoxies which expands the horizons of comparative analysis in social science rTrade Review'Against those who would seek to either constrict or suppress the comparative intuition, Boswell, Corbett, and Rhodes make a brilliant case for an open and artful use of comparison in the social sciences. Comparing, they show, can be a creative act in which discovery, plausible conjecture, and unlikely juxtaposition figure prominently. A mind-opening perspective, colorfully presented, from which all social scientists can learn.' Frederic Schaffer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst'… refreshingly honest, pragmatic and easy-to-follow, explaining how scholars within the broad interpretive tradition can adapt their research for comparative social science.' Marc Geddes, European Consortium for Political ResearchTable of Contents1. Comparative intuition ; 2. Interpretation; 3. Dilemmas; 4. Design; 5. Fieldwork; 6. Analysis; 7. The craft of writing; 8. Retrospective; References; Indices.

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Book SynopsisAn essential part of studying to become a physical scientist or engineer is learning how to solve problems. This book contains over 200 appropriate physics problems with hints and full solutions. The author demonstrates how to break down a problem into its essential components, and how to chart a course through them to a solution. With problem-solving skills being essential for any physical scientist or engineer, this book will be invaluable to potential and current undergraduates seeking a career in these fields. The book is divided into three parts: questions, hints and solutions. The questions section is subdivided into 15 chapters, each centred on a different area of physics, from elementary particles, through classical physics, to cosmology. The second section provides brief hints, whilst the third sets out full and explicit solutions to each problem. Most begin with thoughts that students might have after reading a problem, allowing the reader to understand which questions they sTrade Review'Useful to both students and teachers of physics at introductory levels, this book is a compendium of some 200 problems with some questions on physical concepts … Students preparing for entrance examinations or teachers looking for interesting questions will find this compendium useful and enjoyable.' N. Sadanand, Choice'I am personally convinced since some time that this is just the right way to train motivated students … I decided to prove the effectiveness of [this approach] … once a week I gave two or three problems from Riley's book to selected final years college students … Some problems were solved (not always closely following the solution presented in the book) with no hint supplied … Some of them (few) effectively required the hint supplied in the second part of the book … Finally, few problems were left unsolved. I gave the students the solution proposed in the third part of the book, without any explanation or presentation on my part … Good students interested in becoming scientific innovators and developers of the future (as well as good teachers looking to the future) wanted.' Salvatore Esposito, Contemporary PhysicsTable of ContentsPreface; How to use this book; 1. Dimensions; 2. Statics; 3. Dynamics; 4. Rotation; 5. Gravity; 6. SHM; 7. Waves; 8. Solids and liquids; 9. Electrical circuits; 10. Electrostatics; 11. Magnetic fields; 12. Electromagnetism; 13. Heat transfer; 14. Gases; 15. Particles and atoms; Hints; Solutions; Physical constants.

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Book SynopsisThis book is relevant for anyone involved in the practice of psychology and the social sciences more broadly: researchers, teachers, students, and practitioners. It challenges the status quo with regards to the way that psychology is done, and it offers a unified solution that encompasses both theory and methodology.Trade Review'Contemporary psychology has supplemented its traditional cabinet of curiosities, where inner substances such as 'intelligence' and 'extraversion' have long been on display, with the discovery of several others we didn't know we have. Virtuous substances such as 'self-esteem', 'grit', and 'self-compassion' are now exhibited alongside more noxious substances, such as post-traumatic stress disorder or Borderline Personality Disorder. For those who might, at this point, feel there are just too many inner substances to keep track of, Paul van Geert and Naomi de Ruiter offer some relief. They argue that many research programs in psychology get caught up in their own dubious assumptions, neglecting the vicissitudes of individual lives as lived over time. With learning and humor, ranging from Ancient Greece to Monty Python, they invite readers to contemplate a less rigid, more dynamic and process-oriented research agenda in psychology.' Paul Harris, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Education, Harvard University, USA'Van Geert and de Ruiter present a bold and comprehensive denouncement of status quo psychological science to argue for a more ontologically valid process and systems orientation. A guide for how to move the science forward, this is a must-read for all social scientists at any level of experience.' Tom Hollenstein, Professor in the Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Canada'This book is a breath of fresh air for psychology. It inspires us to question conventional assumptions and practices, and to think about human behavior in new ways. Using an impressive range of interdisciplinary sources, van Geert and de Ruiter masterfully and convincingly demonstrate how systems theory and a process framework can significantly advance basic and applied psychology.' Catherine Raeff, Ph.D., Theoretical and Developmental Psychologist, USA'This important book has it all. It provides an in-depth yet highly accessible explanation of the complex systems approach to psychology, while exposing the limitations of conventional approaches. This is a must-read for anyone who yearns to understand the dynamics of human experience and is looking for the path forward.' Robin R. Vallacher, Professor and Interim Chair, Florida Atlantic University, USA and Research Associate, Center for Complex Systems, University of Warsaw, Poland'Van Geert and de Ruiter provide psychological scientists with a timely admonition: our discipline's mainstream research practices and assumptions have yielded a base of knowledge and view of reality wholly out of touch with the time- and context-sensitive dynamics of people and their functioning. Written with exceptional clarity, precision, and scope, this remarkable new book adds immeasurably to the growing list of scholarly works challenging science's orthodox ontology of substance in favor of a process ontology.' David Witherington, Associate Professor, The University of New Mexico, USATable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Change, the final frontier; 2. A (selected) foundation for a process approach; 3. The goal of Socrates; 4. Esteeming entities; 5. A person acting amongst persons; 6. Cliffhangers and utilitarian infants; 7. Causes, kings and interventions; 8. (Compl)explanation and King Alfonso's lament; 9. What's in a name?; 10. (Un)certainties; 11. Troubled waters of Hercalitus' river?; 12. Psychological science as a complex dynamic system.

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Book SynopsisExploring the rise of open scholarship in the digital era and its transformational impact on how knowledge is created, shared, and accessed, this open access book offers new insights on the history, development, and future directions of openness in the humanities and identifies key drivers, opportunities, and challenges. The concept of open research is reconfiguring scholarly communication across all disciplines, changing how understandings are produced through more accessible, participatory, ethical, and transparent approaches, reaching and involving far broader and more diverse publics. Considering multiple stakeholder perspectives, Arthur and Hearn argue that for the humanities to proactively contribute to open knowledge at the global scale, new ways of thinking are needed within every part of the system. In the open information economy, the humanities are on a trajectory following the sciences, but parts of the world are almost completely left out. A cultural shifTrade ReviewThis book offers a clarion call to academia for the necessity of participating in "the global drive toward an interconnected digital future". Open Scholarship in the Humanities is required reading for digital humanists, chairs of humanities departments, librarians, directors of digital humanities centers, and deans of liberal arts colleges. -- Laura C. Mandell, Professor of English Literature and Founding Director of the Center of Digital Humanities, Texas A&M University, USAPaul Longley Arthur and Lydia Hearn's Open Scholarship in the Humanities gives a concise and up-to-date history and context for open, digital practices in the humanities. A must-read for anyone new to the debate, with plenty also for old hands, Open Scholarship in the Humanities is a crucial and accessible volume for our digital, open times. -- Martin Eve, Professor of Literature, Technology and Publishing, Birkbeck, University of London, UKA compendium, state-of-the art survey and synthesis – an essential entry point, providing the broadest, strongest close-reading and analysis of current open scholarship trends in the Humanities to date. * Ray Siemens, Distinguished Professor of English, University of Victoria, Canada *Table of ContentsList of Tables List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements About the Authors Introduction: Unlocking Scholarship Chapter 1: Scholarly Communication from Past to Present Chapter 2: Global Policies Promoting Openness Chapter 3: Barriers in Implementing Open Scholarship Chapter 4: Toward the Open Humanities Chapter 5: Reshaping how Universities Assess Research Impact Conclusion: Pathways to Action Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together accounts from facilitating or ''brokering'' researchers in three settings afflicted by armed conflict, including DR Congo, Sierra Leone and Jharkhand, India. Indispensable to the research practice carried out by so-called ''contracting researchers'', who are often based in the Global North, it is these facilitating researchers who truly regulate the access and flow of knowledge, and yet are often referred to merely as ''fixers'', with their contributions systematically erased in the final research texts. This book recounts first-hand the varied and crucial roles played by such researchers, meanwhile bearing witness to the insecurities and scarce resources navigated by them in order to facilitate the research of others. By listening to and learning from their experiences, the book outlines different routes towards a more equitable fieldwork, and a more collaborative process of knowledge production.Trade ReviewFacilitating Researchers in Insecure Zones is a compelling and innovative book that highlights the unequal relationship between Contracting Researchers and Facilitating Researchers engaging in research in conflict-affected countries. Examples from experiences in Sierra Leone, India and DR Congo are used to discuss the types of inequalities in the research process, from the conceptualization of the research to the publication of the research findings and analysis, including the funding of the research. It is an invaluable resource for researchers to establish a good and equal relationship prior to future research endeavors. * Gameela Samarasinghe, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka *Facilitating Researchers sheds needed light on the plight of unsung heroes, those Global South scholars who despite their role in shaping the production of knowledge are hardly acknowledged. It is a timely decolonial intervention that charts a new course for doing ethical and more equitable fieldwork in the Global South. * Didier Gondola, Johns Hopkins University, USA *For anyone interested in global postcoloniality, this is a wonderful and must-read book by mainly Global South-based researchers on North-South knowledge production. Rooted in Global South sites of armed conflict, the book’s contributions are all the more compelling – and therefore all the more insightful – on the perils and potentialities of researcher relationships and knowledge co-production across the North-South, elite-subaltern, war-peace, and class/gender/ethnic/racial divides. * Ilan Kapoor, author of The Postcolonial Politics of Development and Confronting Desire: Psychoanalysis and International Development. *This book catalyses transformative thinking about the ethics and practice of equitable research partnerships between researchers in the global north and global south. It brings together compelling chapters by researchers from Sierra Leone, Congo and Jharkhand who share their reflections of working in insecure zones through multiple relationalities between communities and institutions across diverse spatial contexts and social hierarchies. This book is a must read for scholars and practitioners of international development and international relations who are looking for practical and actionable ways for decolonising research methods in conflict and post conflict settings. * Ipshita Basu, University of Westminster, UK *This volume provides an honest, useful analysis for researchers from various disciplines on the difficult question of collaboration between research teams. The various chapters provide powerful accounts and innovative approaches to understanding the complex relationships between those who make research possible in often very difficult contexts and in some cases in their communities where research is conducted who they call ‘facilitating researchers’, and those from ‘Contracting researchers’ often from outside the researched communities. The examples drawn from lived experiences are rich as they are from various countries in Africa, and Asia but also reflect on dilemmas familiar to researchers globally. Unlike most literature on similar topics, the volume concludes with practical ideas that point to more hopeful future pathways to navigate these ethical challenges during the research process in sensitive contexts. * David Mwambari, associate professor KU Leuven University, Belgium *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Spotlight on the Research Backstage: Introduction by the editors Chapter 2: Getting and keeping engaged Chapter 3: The indispensable bridge: “without us no research” Chapter 4: Systematically silenced and non-­-recognized Chapter 5: Navigating insecurity with scarce resources Chapter 6: Beyond a narrow South/North divide Chapter 7: Beyond the bleak picture: Comraderie into the Future Chapter 8: Recommendations: how to bring about change?

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Book SynopsisThis book is a step-by-step guide to writing a literature review, and includes tips for modifying the process as needed depending on your audience, purpose, and goals. The lessons in this book can be applied to writing the background section for a thesis or an original research publication. Literature reviews are now much more challenging to compile today than they used to be. You need a structured approach to handle the sheer volume of published research available. This book will help you formulate a strategy for making decisions about what to include and not include in your review,and produce a reliable and unbiased summary of the existing research. You will learn skills for defining research questions, using search tools and managing citations. This book is part of the American Psychological Association’s Concise Guides to Conducting Behavioral, Health, and Social Science Research series. Aimed at undergraduate students in research methods courTable of Contents Series Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: What to Achieve: Clarifying the Goal of Your Literature Review Chapter 2: Where to Look: Choosing Databases and Other Sources of Literature Chapter 3: How to Look: Developing Search Strategies Chapter 4: What to Look For: Deciding What Literature to Include Chapter 5: How to Organize: Managing Your Material Chapter 6: How to Abstract: Extracting Key Information From the Literature Chapter 7: How to Assess: Critically Appraising Your Material Chapter 8: How to Synthesize: Determining What to Say About the Literature Chapter 9: How to Document: Writing Up Your Literature Review Further Reading Index About the Author About the Series Editor

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Book SynopsisThis timely handbook brings academic excellence to international advertising research in the form of 28 contributions from over 40 leading scholars. The handbook s comprehensive treatment highlights existing knowledge, reports major findings across the subject, and recommends directions and agendas for future research.Trade Review“The Handbook of International Advertising Research, ably edited by Hong Cheng of Virginia Commonwealth University, is a welcome addition to Wiley Blackwell’s series, Handbooks in Communication and Media." (Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 1 February 2015)Table of ContentsList of Figures x List of Tables xi Notes on Editor and Contributors xiii Preface xxvi Part I Historical and Methodological Underpinnings 1 1 International Advertising Research: A Historical Review 3 Gordon E. Miracle 2 Research Methods for International Advertising Studies: A Practical Guide 32 Charles R. Taylor and John B. Ford Part II International Advertising Industry 49 3 The Economic Effects of Advertising: How Research Can Untangle Them 51 John Philip Jones 4 Research on Transnational Advertising Agencies: Management, Structure, and Entry Strategies 78 Kwangmi Ko Kim 5 Account Planning: International Perspectives 95 Padmini Patwardhan and Hemant Patwardhan 6 The State of Research on Media Planning, Buying, and Selling 111 Yunjae Cheong Part III International Advertising Audience and Media 125 7 International and Cross-Cultural Consumer Behavior 127 Marieke de Mooij 8 Magazines and International Advertising 149 Katherine Frith and Kavita Karan 9 New Media and International Advertising 161 Ran Wei 10 Viral Advertising: A Conceptualization 184 Petya Eckler and Shelly Rodgers Part IV International Advertising Creativity and Strategy 203 11 International Advertising Creativity 205 Sheila L. Sasser 12 Visual Rhetoric and International Advertising 238 Barbara J. Phillips and Edward F. McQuarrie 13 International Advertising Strategy 251 Stephen W. Marshall and Marilyn S. Roberts Part V International Advertising Content 271 14 Cultural Messages in International Advertisements 273 Yuan Zhang 15 Gender-Role Portrayals in International Advertising 299 Ping Shaw, Martin Eisend, and Yue Tan Part VI International Advertising Effects 313 16 Attention and Memory Effects of Advertising in an International Context 315 Mahdi Rajabi, Nathalie Dens, and Patrick De Pelsmacker 17 A Close Look at Research on Sex Appeal Advertising 338 Fang Liu 18 Celebrity Endorsement and International Advertising 353 Wei-Na Lee and Nam-Hyun Um 19 International Branding: Findings, Shifts, and Challenges 375 Fengru Li Part VII International Advertising Law, Regulation, and Ethics 393 20 International Advertising Law and Regulation: A Research Review and Agenda – the Devil Is in the Details 395 Ross D. Petty 21 International Research on Advertising and Children 414 Kara Chan 22 Social Responsibility in International Advertising 434 Xiaoli Nan and Hye-Jin Paek Part VIII Beyond International Commercial Advertising 455 23 Integrated Marketing Communication Research: Its Limited Past and Huge Potential 457 Don E. Schultz, Ilchul Kim, and Kyoungsoo Kang 24 Sibling Rivalry: How Public Relations and Advertising Continue to Grow and Live Together 484 Barbara DeSanto and Curtis B. Matthews 25 Now Starring Brand X: Product Placement as a Local, Global, and Glocal Branding Communication Tool 510 Michelle R. Nelson and Alexandra M. Vilela 26 International Sponsorship Research 529 Ellen L. Bloxsome, Mark R. Brown, Nigel K. Ll. Pope, and Kevin E. Voges 27 Political Advertising in International Comparison 554 Christina Holtz-Bacha 28 International Advertising Education: Curriculum and Pedagogy 575 Frauke Hachtmann Name Index 593 Subject Index 612

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Book SynopsisAvailable Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book examines the increasing importance of engagement with non-academic groups and actors in the co-production of knowledge and real-world influence in academic research.Trade Review“Focusing on the personhood of researchers and scholars, this collection addresses important practical and epistemological questions about knowledge construction and impact both within and outside of the academy. A valuable bookshelf addition for anyone interested in the research process and product and the relationship between them.” Gayle Letherby, Plymouth University and The University of Greenwich, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Dr Sarah Marie Hall and Dr Ralitsa Hiteva; Dwarfism Expectations ~ Dr. Erin Pritchard; Disability Policy for Nomadic Positionings ~ Prof. Pamela Moss and Dr Michael J Prince; "You're not from 'round here, are you?": Class and accent as opportunity and obstacle in research encounters ~ Dr Sarah Marie Hall; A feminist retrofit: Spaces of encounter in collaborative domestic energy research ~ Prof. Gordon Waitt; Enacting intersectionality: the academic as critic, advocate and policymaker ~Dr. JP Catungal; Encountering "Experts" in the gender-social science-engineering nexus ~ Dr. Ralitsa Hiteva; Participants as experts in the own lives ~ Dr. Michael Richardson; Conclusions, key lessons and tactics: addressing social difference in spaces of engagement.

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Book SynopsisEPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Written by a leading expert in the field, this practical and accessible book is an essential guide to knowledge exchange, impact and research dissemination in health and social care.Table of ContentsIntroducing this book WHY researchers should spend time on this WHAT counts as evidence WHO you want to reach – practitioners WHO you want to reach – patients, public, service users WHO you want to reach – policymakers and managers WHEN you could have most impact HOW to reach people – use of stories and the media HOW to reach people – finding the right language and style Last thoughts

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Book SynopsisAvoiding both over-simplification and jargon-riddled complexity, this book is an invaluable, straightforward guide to participatory research for you and your fellow practitioners working with community groups and organisations.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Just what is participatory research? 2. How do we begin to plan our participatory research project? 3. What do we want to explore and why? 4. What ideas are the foundations of our research? 5. How will we go about exploring our questions? 6. Who can get involved to explore our questions? 7. How shall we collect our data? 8. What do we do with our data? 9. How do we get our messages out there? 10. How do we keep everyone safe? 11. Doing and reviewing participatory research Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis clear and concise guide provides the introduction to descriptive statistical analysis that all students need to draw insightful conclusions from their data. Assuming no prior expertise, it presents jargon-free and practical advice for analysing and presenting numbers.Trade Review"This book provides a great introduction for students who want to undertake quantitative or mixed-methods research for their dissertation. Many are not well versed in mathematics and statistics, and this book provides a gentle introduction. Chapters 9 and 10 are especially helpful, as they cover how to present numerical information and analysis, which some other textbooks do not do as well." Carrie Philips, University of SunderlandTable of ContentsIntroduction: Why this book actually is different 1. Everybody’s talking about it: important terms explained in everyday language 2. What are numbers really about? 3. Absolute beginnings: starting statistical analysis one variable at a time 4. What you see is only half the story: why you need more than averages to describe distributions 5. How the tables turn: examining relationships between categorical variables 6. What does it all mean? Comparing distributions between groups 7. You’re so predictable: using correlations 8. Where do we draw the line? How regression analysis can tell you more than correlation 9. A graph is like a joke: if you have to explain it, it isn’t any good 10. Telling statistical stories: how to present your findings and conclusions

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Book SynopsisFrom the familiar to the improbable, the gross to the endearing, The Modern Bestiary is a compendium of curious creatures. It includes both animals that have made headlines and those you''ve probably never heard of, such as skin-eating caecilians, harp sponges, or zombie worms - also known as bone-eating snot flowers. Arranged by elements (Earth, Water, Air), The Modern Bestiary contains well-known species told from new, unexpected angles (rats that drive cars; fish that communicate by passing wind), as well as stranger and lesser-known creatures, including carnivorous mice that howl at the moon, cross-dressing cuttlefish, and antechinuses - small marsupials that literally mate themselves to death. Finally, there are the ''aliens on Earth'' - the incredible, the surreal, the magical - such as tardigrades, tongue-eating lice and immortal jellyfish, creatures so astonishing that they make unicorns look rather commonplace.Written by a zoologist with a flair foTrade ReviewEveryone who loves wildlife - especially fantastically weird and cringingly gross wildlife - should read this masterful book. * Mark Carwardine, author/presenter of Last Chance to See *Even after half a century - and counting - as a professional zoologist, I encountered new and intriguing facts on every page, all conveyed in an easy, friendly style. If ever there was a book that highlighted the bewildering wonders of the natural world, and the need for their conservation, this is it. * Michael Brooke, author of Far from Land *If you love animals, especially ones with unsavoury habits, this book is for you. Entries are crafted with affection, cast-iron scholarship and an unyielding dedication to exposing as much hilarious weirdness as the animal kingdom can offer. And that, it appears, is rather a lot. This is a book to adore. * Tom Moorhouse, author of Elegy for a River *This modern bestiary is a magnificent miscellany that will amuse and amaze. From butterflies that make crocodiles cry and penis-fencing slugs to fish that live inside sea cucumbers' bottoms - the natural world is stranger than you could ever imagine. * George McGavin, entomologist, author and TV presenter *The Modern Bestiary provides a fascinating, accessible and humorous insight into the wonders of the natural world. Packed with incredible facts and jaw-dropping insights into wildlife ecology, anatomy and behaviour, it is a genuine delight. * Amy Dickman, director of Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit *Just when you thought the natural world couldn't get any more bizarre, you turn the page and learn about a small marsupial that mates itself to death. There's plenty inside this beautifully written book to make you laugh, squirm and - perhaps most importantly - appreciate how lucky we are to not have to live inside an anus. * Yussef Rafik, zoologist and wildlife TV presenter *An illuminating compendium of some weird and wonderful creatures. * Observer *'Addictive ... The Modern Bestiary offers excitement on a grand scale' * Times Literary Supplement *

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Book SynopsisThe history of how a deceptively ordinary piece of office furniture transformed our relationship with information The ubiquity of the filing cabinet in the twentieth-century office space, along with its noticeable absence of style, has obscured its transformative role in the histories of both information technology and work. In the first in-depth history of this neglected artifact, Craig Robertson explores how the filing cabinet profoundly shaped the way that information and data have been sorted, stored, retrieved, and used.Invented in the 1890s, the filing cabinet was a result of the nineteenth-century faith in efficiency. Previously, paper records were arranged haphazardly: bound into books, stacked in piles, curled into slots, or impaled on spindles. The filing cabinet organized loose papers in tabbed folders that could be sorted alphanumerically, radically changing how people accessed, circulated, and structured information.Robertson’s unconventional history of the origins of the information age posits the filing cabinet as an information storage container, an “automatic memory” machine that contributed to a new type of information labor privileging manual dexterity over mental deliberation. Gendered assumptions about women’s nimble fingers helped to naturalize the changes that brought women into the workforce as low-level clerical workers. The filing cabinet emerges from this unexpected account as a sophisticated piece of information technology and a site of gendered labor that with its folders, files, and tabs continues to shape how we interact with information and data in today’s digital world.Trade Review"How we store information reflects the aspirations we have about what to remember. Taking this idea to heart, Craig Robertson's essential history of the filing cabinet is the definitive account of verticality and efficiency as guiding principles for corporate capitalism."—Melissa Gregg, senior principal engineer, Client Computing Group, Intel"Craig Robertson’s book offers a fascinating account of how the humble file cabinet and the associated practice of filing shaped the emergence of modern conceptions of information. These influences continue to reverberate—from the organization of our computer desktops to our assumptions about ‘information’ as a discrete entity that can be stored, manipulated, and retrieved. A significant contribution to media studies and information studies."—Jennifer S. Light, Massachusetts Institute of Technology*"In this fascinating history, Craig Robertson shows how a seemingly mundane thing was central to the rise of modern bureaucracies, information society, and the gendered relations of office labor. Wonderfully researched and full of surprises, The Filing Cabinet explores an object and a system that orchestrated new ways of knowing, remembering, and experiencing the world."—Lynn Spigel, Northwestern University "[The filing cabinet] worked to blur the past into the present with active storage; and the future into the present by encouraging forethought. The Filing Cabinet would be particularly helpful for researchers who want to write about media materialism without getting lost in the minutiae of model numbers."—LSE Review of Books "[Robertson’s] prowess for raiding an archive is formidable, and he has a talent for cherry-picking unusual details."—Washington Examiner "Captivating . . . the filing cabinet, despite its deep roots in our contemporary information architecture, is just one step in our epistemological journey, not its end."—The Atlantic "Timely, incisive, and impressively imaginative."—The New Rambler "If you’re a reader who relishes the unconventional, if you’ve pondered arcane subjects at odd times, or if you want a conversation-breaker at the water cooler, find The Filing Cabinet. Yep, this is the book you need now."—Idaho Press "Robertson persuasively sets out the ways in which domestic furniture and organising practices were reshaped to mirror those found in offices."—Literary Review "A useful and thought-provoking text for those of us dependent on the filing cabinet and the subsequent technologies they inspire, this book deserves a wider readership in both the art historical and cultural studies fields."—College & Research Libraries "Robertson eloquently describes the historical account of the filing cabinet."—International Journal of Communication "Robertson deconstructs and situates the filing cabinet in its historical contexts of use, with the support of a rich apparatus of beautiful images."—H-Net Reviews Table of ContentsContentsPreface: Discovering the Power of the Filing CabinetIntroduction: Making Paper Work EfficientlyPart 1. The Cabinet1. Verticality: A Skyscraper for the Office2. Integrity: A Steel Container for Paper3. Cabinet Logic: A Structure for Efficiency and Information Part II. Filing4. Granular Certainty: Bringing System to the Office5. Automatic Filing: Delegating Memory to a Machine6. The Ideal File Clerk: Controlling Work in the Office7. Planned Storage: Domesticating Cabinet LogicAfterword: File Cabinets, Out of Time and Out of PlaceAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe history of how a deceptively ordinary piece of office furniture transformed our relationship with information The ubiquity of the filing cabinet in the twentieth-century office space, along with its noticeable absence of style, has obscured its transformative role in the histories of both information technology and work. In the first in-depth history of this neglected artifact, Craig Robertson explores how the filing cabinet profoundly shaped the way that information and data have been sorted, stored, retrieved, and used.Invented in the 1890s, the filing cabinet was a result of the nineteenth-century faith in efficiency. Previously, paper records were arranged haphazardly: bound into books, stacked in piles, curled into slots, or impaled on spindles. The filing cabinet organized loose papers in tabbed folders that could be sorted alphanumerically, radically changing how people accessed, circulated, and structured information.Robertson’s unconventional history of the origins of the information age posits the filing cabinet as an information storage container, an “automatic memory” machine that contributed to a new type of information labor privileging manual dexterity over mental deliberation. Gendered assumptions about women’s nimble fingers helped to naturalize the changes that brought women into the workforce as low-level clerical workers. The filing cabinet emerges from this unexpected account as a sophisticated piece of information technology and a site of gendered labor that with its folders, files, and tabs continues to shape how we interact with information and data in today’s digital world.Trade Review"How we store information reflects the aspirations we have about what to remember. Taking this idea to heart, Craig Robertson's essential history of the filing cabinet is the definitive account of verticality and efficiency as guiding principles for corporate capitalism."—Melissa Gregg, senior principal engineer, Client Computing Group, Intel"Craig Robertson’s book offers a fascinating account of how the humble file cabinet and the associated practice of filing shaped the emergence of modern conceptions of information. These influences continue to reverberate—from the organization of our computer desktops to our assumptions about ‘information’ as a discrete entity that can be stored, manipulated, and retrieved. A significant contribution to media studies and information studies."—Jennifer S. Light, Massachusetts Institute of Technology*"In this fascinating history, Craig Robertson shows how a seemingly mundane thing was central to the rise of modern bureaucracies, information society, and the gendered relations of office labor. Wonderfully researched and full of surprises, The Filing Cabinet explores an object and a system that orchestrated new ways of knowing, remembering, and experiencing the world."—Lynn Spigel, Northwestern University "[The filing cabinet] worked to blur the past into the present with active storage; and the future into the present by encouraging forethought. The Filing Cabinet would be particularly helpful for researchers who want to write about media materialism without getting lost in the minutiae of model numbers."—LSE Review of Books "[Robertson’s] prowess for raiding an archive is formidable, and he has a talent for cherry-picking unusual details."—Washington Examiner "Captivating . . . the filing cabinet, despite its deep roots in our contemporary information architecture, is just one step in our epistemological journey, not its end."—The Atlantic "Timely, incisive, and impressively imaginative."—The New Rambler "If you’re a reader who relishes the unconventional, if you’ve pondered arcane subjects at odd times, or if you want a conversation-breaker at the water cooler, find The Filing Cabinet. Yep, this is the book you need now."—Idaho Press "Robertson persuasively sets out the ways in which domestic furniture and organising practices were reshaped to mirror those found in offices."—Literary Review "A useful and thought-provoking text for those of us dependent on the filing cabinet and the subsequent technologies they inspire, this book deserves a wider readership in both the art historical and cultural studies fields."—College & Research Libraries "Robertson eloquently describes the historical account of the filing cabinet."—International Journal of Communication "Robertson deconstructs and situates the filing cabinet in its historical contexts of use, with the support of a rich apparatus of beautiful images."—H-Net Reviews Table of ContentsContentsPreface: Discovering the Power of the Filing CabinetIntroduction: Making Paper Work EfficientlyPart 1. The Cabinet1. Verticality: A Skyscraper for the Office2. Integrity: A Steel Container for Paper3. Cabinet Logic: A Structure for Efficiency and Information Part II. Filing4. Granular Certainty: Bringing System to the Office5. Automatic Filing: Delegating Memory to a Machine6. The Ideal File Clerk: Controlling Work in the Office7. Planned Storage: Domesticating Cabinet LogicAfterword: File Cabinets, Out of Time and Out of PlaceAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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