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Literature and cinema are two distinct languages, irreducible. Their grammar, their vocabulary, syntax are radically different. Any image, let alone any series of images is necessarily, inevitably, "infidel" in text. In his film The Trial Orson Welles has appropriated the Kafka novel The Trial -- to recreate in his own words. The novel does not express a political message or doctrinaire, but rather a certain state of mind anti-authoritarian. We find, in another form, and other aesthetic means, this same spirit in the film. Adapted from the source document.

Past third-person effect (TPE) research indicates that individuals perceive that the media are more influential on others than on oneself. However, recent studies find a reverse effect, where individuals perceive a greater effect on oneself than on others when media messages are positive and desirable to be influenced by. This study sought to examine the reverse of the TPE, or the first-person effect, from corporate commercial advertisements. Brand awareness advertisements and public affairs advertisements were used to measure both the perceptual and the behavioral components of TPE theory. Findings indicate that corporate commercial public affairs advertisements are found to be socially desirable to be influenced by and that individuals are likely to act on that perception in the form of legislative support of the issues that corporations promote.

The evidence that exposure to media violence causes later aggression derives largely from observational (nonexperimental) studies augmented by short-term experimental studies. The authors review some of the difficulties in causal inference from observational, longitudinal data; examine the extent to which these seem relevant to the empirical work on exposure to televised violence published to date; and present a reanalysis of data from an especially influential study to address one of the more serious limitations of existing analyses. They conclude that the data give evidence that there is likely, although not certainly, a causal connection between exposure to televised violence and adult aggression. The authors close with a brief discussion of policy interventions designed to reduce exposure to violent TV.

This paper explores and re-defines notions of nationhood as reflected in the Bengali literati's expressions of an empowered identity in tracts, pamphlets and articles in periodicals during the late colonial period. It shifts the focus from existing assumptions of the nation as an artefact of modernity by demonstrating that though ideas about nationhood acquired a coherent and articulated form in the late nineteenth century, its roots are to be traced back to the pre-modern era. By interrogating the relatively unexplored conceptual category of samaj (social collectivity) deployed by the literati, this essay demonstrates how a connection was forged between the modern nation and the historical community from whence it emerged. Ideas about nationhood articulated by the literati had indigenous origins, which were oriented to a tradition of a shared world of values and conduct. In highlighting such origins I seek to qualify existing academic models that regard colonial nationalisms as 'borrowed' or 'derivative', and stress the tremendous difficulty in transcending western paradigms. The notion of a nation in colonial Bengal was produced through a complex interaction between re-orientations of indigenous ideas of past unities and the historical circumstances of the modern period. The latter included influences emanating from the late colonial situation, specifically the development of print technologies and the emergence of a civil society in India after 1800.

Les réactions à l'émission de télé-réalité Big Brother Africa, produite par M-Net et MultiChoice Africa, et retransmise dans 46 pays recueillant un public de 30 millions de téléspectateurs, ont été du plaisir le plus grand à l'opprobre la plus radicale. Cette série posait la question des relations entre l'Afrique et le monde, mais aussi son interaction avec la globalisation, obligeant à une analyse plus originale. (Polit afr/DÜI)

This paper explores how the historical imperial legacy in which mainstream white feminism is rooted has had a detrimental impact in grassroots feminist organizations. The analysis is based on struggles around anti-racism that took place inside one feminist organization, Nellie's, in Toronto, Ontario. ; Cet article explore comment le legs de l'historique impérial dans le féminisme dominant blanc est enraciné au détriment des organismes féministes populaires. L'analyse est basée sur la lutte axée sur l'anti-racisme qui prit place dans un organisme féministe à Nellie's de Toronto, en Ontario.

Ralf Hohlfeld untersucht, in wie weit die in der Praxis beobachtbare Orientierung der Journalisten am Publikum auf systematischer Medien- und Publikumsforschung basiert. Ihn interessieren die Hindernisse, die einen Transfer von empirischen Forschungserkenntnissen in die redaktionelle Praxis stören oder behindern. Ralf Hohlfeld geht in dieser Untersuchung der Frage nach, in wie weit die in der Praxis beobachtbare Orientierung der Journalisten am Publikum auf systematischer Medien- und Publikumsforschung basiert. Ihn interessieren die Hindernisse, die einen Transfer von empirischen Forschungserkenntnissen in die redaktionelle Praxis stören oder behindern. Mit den verschiedenen Methoden der teilnehmenden Beobachtung, des Intensivinterviews und der Inhaltsanalyse sowie mit umfangreichen Befragungen von Medienforschern und Journalisten analysierte er die Publikumsbilder und -orientierungen von Journalisten, die Rolle der angewandten Medienforschung beim Zustandekommen dieser Orientierungen und die Integration der Medienforschung in journalistische Entscheidungsprozesse.

Describes political humor & its various functions in both modern democratic & authoritarian societies. Differences in the form & content of political jokes are discussed across historical & political contexts. K. Coddon

Over the past 50 years, hundreds of afternoon newspapers have lost customers & folded, but three newspapers -- the Seattle Times, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, & the San Francisco Examiner -- are struggling to hold on. Various challenges have beset afternoon newspapers including urban sprawl, rush hour traffic, distribution problems, competition from 24-hour TV news coverage, & instantaneous news on the Internet. In the past, the morning newspaper presented the breaking news while the afternoon paper specialized in analysis & commentary on that news. Since the presence of a second newspaper enhances quality through competition & strengthens democracy through the expression of differing viewpoints, the battle for survival of two newspapers in a city is of great importance. The strategies used by the evening newspapers that have survived thus far are discussed, but a shift to morning publication is the likely outcome. 4 References. L. A. Hoffman