The importance of entertainment for sexuality education     

Alan McKee 《Sex education》2013,13(5):499-509

Researchers in sexuality education have tended to focus on formal schooling. However, young people learn about sexuality from a range of sources, including entertainment media. This is particularly important because young people actively seek out entertainment media. They do so because it gives them the kinds of information they want, in ways that seem relevant to them. This is often not the case for formal schooling, for reasons that may not easily change in the near future. Possibilities exist for sexuality education researchers to form productive relationships with entertainment producers: but only if these are approached with respect for the producers' particular skills, including the ability to give audiences what they want.  相似文献   

THE VANISHING MAGIC WAND     

Alan D. Bennett 《Journal of Jewish Education》2013,79(3-4):39-40

Futurists “wave a magic wand,” insinuating thereby that tabula rasa is a psychic and sociological option. “If there were no Bureau, what would the Jewish community do?” “If there were no Jewish community, what would the world's Jews do?” “If there were no world… ?” On the surface, it's an innocuous strategy: a way to probe assumptions, a way to hone a definition of needs. Examined closely, however, it is a flawed way to explore reality. At worst, it is a device to encourage a preconceived outcome.  相似文献   

An assessment of utility and competitive superiority in the video entertainment industries     

Alan B. Albarran  John W. Dimmick 《Journal of Media Economics》2013,26(2):45-51

The authors examine the satisfactions obtained by audiences from different video media (broadcast television, cable television, videocassette recorders, premium cable television, and pay‐per‐view cable services) and examine the extent to which the different media compete in meeting those satisfactions. The study illustrates how merging niche theory with gratifications research can be used to effectively study competitive relationships.  相似文献   

Moving on: 1988 editor's annual report     

Alan M. Rubin 《广播与电子媒介杂志》2013,57(4):507-511

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One “Nation,” Under Stephen? The Effects of The Colbert Report on American Youth     

Jody C Baumgartner Ph.D.  Jonathan S. Morris Ph.D. 《广播与电子媒介杂志》2013,57(4):622-643

This study examines the effect of The Colbert Report, Comedy Central's mock conservative talk show, on young adults. By fashioning his character as a hyperbolic ideologue, Colbert is mocking personalities such as Bill O'Reilly. However, this study finds that when young adults are exposed to The Colbert Report's humor, they are not led to be more critical of the far right. Instead, the opposite happens, and there is an increased affinity for President Bush, Republicans in Congress, and Republican policies. Ironically, Colbert's attempts to poke fun at conservative commentators may be helping those same commentators spread their message.  相似文献   

The Music Industry     

Jeremy Wade Morris 《广播与电子媒介杂志》2013,57(2):324-326

After finding that factor analysis is used extensively in the journal of Broadcasting &; Electronic Media, and further finding that there is little consistency to how the analysis is used, this article proposes some standards which authors ought to consider when using factor analysis, especially releasing the limits on the number of factors in exploratory analysis, and using structural models for confirmatory analysis.  相似文献   

Freedom Through Flight: Performing a Counter-Narrative of Disability     

Lynn M. Harter  Jennifer A. Scott  David R. Novak  Mark Leeman  Jerimiah F. Morris 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2013,41(1):3-29

This project explores how discourses of difference sustain the separation of people with disabilities from community life and highlights the efforts of one organization, Passion Works, as members perform a counter-narrative of disability. Passion Works is a non-profit organization housed within a sheltered workshop sponsored by its local county board of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, and provides innovative employment opportunities by supporting artistic collaborations between individuals with and without disabilities. Our ethnographic portrayal is based on our experiences as participant observers, narratives performed in daily routines and collected through in-depth interviews with staff artists, and document analysis. We unpack how artists perform a counter-narrative of freedom through flight that fosters both autonomy and connection, allows artists to accomplish mind and body, and provides opportunities for artists to perform the personal in the public sphere.  相似文献   

面对谋杀者     

竹茱 《英语沙龙》2010,(5)

一位穿灰衣服的被人称为"格雷"的神秘男子会时不时出现在某户人家的房子前,而此后不久那户人家便会有人离世,于是有人便把他当成是死亡预言家,他的出现给很多人造成了恐慌和不安。他到底是谁呢?他真的是死亡预言家吗?  相似文献   

A nation's pride turns to shame     

Brender A 《The Chronicle of higher education》2006,52(18):A27-A29

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What do clinicians want from us? An evaluation of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust clinical librarian service and its implications for developing futureworking patterns     

Brookman A  Lovell A  Henwood F  Lehmann J 《Health information and libraries journal》2006,23(Z1):10-21

Background: The Clinical Librarian (CL) Service at Brighton was established in 2003 with the aim of providing high‐quality evidence to designated teams and fostering an evidence‐based culture. Objective: To evaluate the CL service at Brighton and discuss the implication of the findings. Methods: A combination of internally collected data (n = 167), and an external evaluation of the service by questionnaires (n = 86) of users and non‐users and interviews (n = 9) of users. Results: Internal data suggest that the service is valued by its users and that patient care and continuing professional development are the most common uses for searches (confirmed by the external study); that searches generally result in some change in knowledge; and that this knowledge is disseminated. The external study found that visibility of the CL was crucial to the effectiveness of the role and that clinicians used the service mostly to get access to a wider range of resources and/or to save time. Users wanted the CL to include evaluative annotation with the results, and for the CL role to become more embedded in the team. Interview results expanded on the issues of integration of the CL and the need for annotation of results. Conclusions: To be most effective, CLs would be dedicated to one team, but financial constraints make this unlikely. Alternative working patterns are suggested as a possible compromise.  相似文献