Woman, Life, Freedom (Seven Stories Press) is an urgent, groundbreaking and visually stunning new collection of graphic story-telling about the present Iranian revolution, using comics to show what would be censored in photos and film in Iran. Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis, returns to gr...
This paper complicates Avery Gordon's notion of ‘haunting’ to critically examine the educational experiences of working-class boys attending Lillydown Primary, a state school for pupils aged 3–11 in a former coalmining community in the north of England. It uses the notion of social haunting...
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The social world of our participants was undergoing a significant transition, with changes in both close and less close friendships. By the end of our study, the identity of some of the close friends of the participants had changed, and so these relationships were now with entirely different ...
Human capital and social capital are crucial in shaping entrepreneurial decisions, yet their combined effects on entrepreneurship entry remain insufficiently explored. This study uses data from the China Household Tracking Survey (2010–2018) to examine
The Story of Zakhar Zaripov Zakhar Zaripov and his wife. Source: Mediazona The story of Zakhar Zaripov, dying of cancer in prison while serving time for a social media post Prison medicine is not known for its diligence. It can do little to help seriously ill people and plays on the ...
All providers agreed that caregivers should attend clinic when APHIV are failing treatment to help providers hear both “side[s] of the story” and give them the “true picture [of] home” (Provider) that APHIV may refuse to share or not feel comfortable sharing. Providers felt that this ...
This study attempts to explore the relationship between the two mediator variables effective learning engagement and educational social media (SM) usage and the study’s outcome measures, which include student satisfaction and learning performance. The d
In response to a request from Black Press,Surrey school district released a statement in support of Ohana. “The well-being of everyone in our school communities, including students, staff and parents, is always our top priority. We support our educators, administrators and support staff, w...
Games with more realistic story- lines may be even more likely to foster script development, as they have an added element of pseudocredibility. Desensitization to Violence Desensitization to violence is a possible outcome of exposure to media violence, as well as a mechanism that may explain the...