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An der Jerusalemer Gedenkstätte für die 6 Mio. von Nationalsozialisten ermordeten Juden behauptete unlängst ein Historiker, die Opfer des Faschismus hätten keinen Gott gehabt, zu dem sie beten konnten. Dies versucht der Autor, ein Atheist und KZ-Opfer, aus eigener Anschauung zu widerlegen. (RO)

"In this book, Gunther Kress and Jeff Bezemer present a new social semiotic theory which brings together communication, learning and identity through detailed analyses of a range of different multimodal environments, including classrooms, textbooks and hospital operating theatres. The world has changed and is changing, economically and technologically, and there is now a mismatch between academic disciplines and the tasks which need to be undertaken. In the light of this, the authors question what is learning, what is communication and what is the place of design in our contemporary world. The approach they develop shows the intrinsic connectedness of different fields of learning; these fields can now be shown as an integrated domain within one theoretical frame. With a focus on a range of socially shaped cultural resources, 'modes'; and how people use these 'to make (their) meanings material', they describe how different modes and combinations of modes are used, whether in communication or in the achievement of specific tasks. They hypothesize on the effects of the semiotic work that is being done and has been done, and reflect on the constant remaking of the semiotic resources in shaping identity. This book provides students and researchers with a framework which can be used to look at any multimodal environment, whether a dining room, an operating theatre or a classroom. With extensive illustrations and a comprehensive glossary of terms, this book is essential reading for all those working in multimodality, semiotics and related areas"--

To explore whether political regime matters, parallel analyses were conducted of Spanish public expenditure & taxation policies under the authoritarian Francisco Franco regime & in the current democracy, as well as of decision-making processes under both regimes. Data obtained via in-depth interviews with 97 relevant government officials, 1974-1996, indicate that political regime characteristics can have a profound impact on both policy processes & outputs. Ruling out a socioeconomic explanation, it is concluded that striking aberrations in state spending & taxation policies in the early 1970s were systematic products of unusual features of Franquist policy-making processes, which were directly linked to the authoritarian nature of the regime itself. Subsequently, democratization has been accompanied by dramatic changes in both policy processes & outputs. 5 Tables, 63 References. Adapted from the source document.

Semiotic landscape -- Narrative representations: designing social action -- Conceptual representations: designing social constructs -- Representation and interaction: designing the position of the viewer -- Morality: designing models of reality -- Meaning of composition -- Materiality of meaning: surface and inscription -- Third dimension

Privacy is regarded as a fundamental human right and it is clear that the study of digital privacy is an important field. Digital privacy is influenced by new and constantly evolving technologies and this continuous change makes it hard to create legislation to protect people's privacy from being exploited by misuse of these technologies. This study aims to benefit digital privacy legislation efforts by evaluating the awareness and perceived importance of digital privacy legislation among computer science students. The chosen fixed variables for the population are study year and gamer classification. The use of location based services in mobile applications and games are a concern for digital privacy. For this reason the study focused on computer science students as they have a high likelihood to use and develop this type of software. Surveys were used to evaluate awareness and perceived importance of digital privacy legislation. The results of the study show that privacy legislation and awareness of privacy legislation are important to people. The perception of the importance of privacy legislation increases with academic experience. Awareness of privacy legislation increases from non-gamers to pro gamers.