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Open Access 2019 | Open Access | Book

Shipping and Globalization in the Post-War Era

Contexts, Companies, Connections

This open access book belongs to the Maritime Business and Economic History strand of the Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics book series.

This volume highlights the contribution of the shipping industry to the transformations in business and …

Editors:
Prof. Niels P. Petersson, Prof. Stig Tenold, Nicholas J. White

Open Access 2014 | Open Access | Book

Opening Science

The Evolving Guide on How the Internet is Changing Research, Collaboration and Scholarly Publishing

Modern information and communication technologies, together with a cultural upheaval within the research community, have profoundly changed research in nearly every aspect. Ranging from sharing and discussing ideas in social networks for scientist

Editors:
Sönke Bartling, Sascha Friesike

Open Access 2020 | Open Access | Book

Digital Peripheries

The Online Circulation of Audiovisual Content from the Small Market Perspective

This is an open access book. Media industry research and EU policymaking are predominantly tailored to large (and, in the latter case, Western) European markets. This open access book addresses the specific qualities of smaller media markets …

Editors:
Petr Szczepanik, Pavel Zahrádka, Jakub Macek, Paul Stepan

Open Access 2021 | Open Access | Book

The Science of Citizen Science

This open access book discusses how the involvement of citizens into scientific endeavors is expected to contribute to solve the big challenges of our time, such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity, growing inequalities within and …

Editors:
Katrin Vohland, Anne Land-Zandstra, Luigi Ceccaroni, Rob Lemmens, Josep Perelló, Marisa Ponti, Roeland Samson, Katherin Wagenknecht

2024 | Book

State Responses to Anti-LGBT Violence

Poland in a European Context

This book offers a much-needed analysis of the difficulties associated with providing state protection from violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe. Focusing on Poland as a national case study, encompassed in the broader …

Author:
Piotr Godzisz

2024 | Book

Artificial Misinformation

Exploring Human-Algorithm Interaction Online

This book serves as a guide to understanding the dynamics of AI in human contexts with a specific focus on the generation, sharing, and consumption of misinformation online. How do humans and AI interact? How is AI shaping our understanding of …

Author:
Donghee Shin

Open Access 2024 | Open Access | Book

Pinewood

Anatomy of a Film Studio in Post-war Britain

This open access book examines how Pinewood came to be Britain’s dominant film studio complex, focusing on key years following the Second World War. It presents a revisionist, micro history of the studio and its longevity during a particularly …

Author:
Sarah Street

2024 | Book

Children and Young People’s Digital Lifeworlds

Domestication, Mediation, and Agency

This book explores the ways in which adolescents in Nigeria domesticate technology and the role of digital gatekeepers such as parents, guardians, and teachers in their digital lifeworlds. Using a child-centred framework, what emerges is a rounded …

Author:
Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam

2024 | Book

A Comparative Analysis of Political and Media Discourses about Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

​This book explores the discursive dimension of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It analyzes how political leaders, mass media, social media, and ordinary people in Ukraine, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France discuss the war.

Author:
Oleinik Anton

2024 | Book

Buddhist Public Advocacy and Activism in Thailand

A Rhetoric of Dignity and Duty

This book studies Buddhist public advocacy and activism in Thailand—a movement often broadly called socially engaged Buddhism—from the perspective of rhetorical studies, specifically, on humanizing and dehumanizing communication practices. In …

Author:
Craig M. Pinkerton

Open Access 2021 | Open Access | Book

Understanding Well-being Data

Improving Social and Cultural Policy, Practice and Research

‘Following the data’ is a now-familiar phrase in Covid-19 policy communications. Well-being data are pivotal in decisions that affect our life chances, livelihoods and quality of life. They are increasingly valuable to companies with their eyes on …

Author:
Susan Oman

2024 | Book

A Democratic Approach to Religion News

Christianity and Islam in the British and Turkish Press

This book introduces the first systematic and unified four-dimension democratic approach to newspaper religion reporting. It explores the coverage of faith, with a particular focus on Christianity and Islam, in the British and Turkish national …

Author:
Ahmed Topkev

Open Access 2024 | Open Access | Book

Regulating the Metaverse Economy

How to Prevent Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism

This open access book examines regulating an environment that has no jurisdiction, is fully anonymous and infinitely vast? Welcome to the Metaverse, an online virtual reality that is expected to add billions to the global economy. The Metaverse …

Author:
Annelieke Mooij

Open Access 2024 | Open Access | Book

Epistemic Rights in the Era of Digital Disruption

This open-access volume argues that in a functioning democracy, citizens should be equally capable of making informed choices about matters of social importance. This includes citizens accessing all relevant information and knowledge necessary for …

Editors:
Minna Aslama Horowitz, Hannu Nieminen, Katja Lehtisaari, Alessandro D'Arma

Open Access 2024 | Open Access | Book

Sustainability Objectives in Competition and Intellectual Property Law

This open access volume of LIDC contributions focuses on how competition and intellectual property laws incorporate sustainability objectives. Businesses are increasingly embracing sustainability objectives, driven by the international community.

Editors:
Pranvera Këllezi, Pierre Kobel, Bruce Kilpatrick

Open Access 2024 | Open Access | Book

Truth Claims Across Media

This book offers an intermedial approach to truthful communication. Bringing together a wide range of media types and interactions from a transmedial perspective, the volume maps out how truth claims are made in different contexts, and how …

Editors:
Beate Schirrmacher, Nafiseh Mousavi

Open Access 2023 | Open Access | Book

Fashion Communication in the Digital Age

Proceedings of the FACTUM 23 Conference, Pisa, Italy, 2023

This is an open access book.

FACTUM Conference proceedings are the output of one of the few academic events of its nature happening globally, researching fashion communication from different angles and perspectives. It includes contributions from …

Editors:
Nadzeya Sabatini, Teresa Sádaba, Alessandro Tosi, Veronica Neri, Lorenzo Cantoni

Open Access 2024 | Open Access | Book

Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence and the Law

This open access book presents an interdisciplinary, multi-authored, edited collection of chapters on Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’) and the Law. AI technology has come to play a central role in the modern data economy. Through a combination of …

Editors:
Henrique Sousa Antunes, Pedro Miguel Freitas, Arlindo L. Oliveira, Clara Martins Pereira, Elsa Vaz de Sequeira, Luís Barreto Xavier

Open Access 2023 | Open Access | Book

Guide to Qualitative Research in Parliaments

Experiences and Practices

This open access book is a hands-on guide on doing qualitative research in parliaments, exploring achievements and drawbacks for all. From early-career scholars looking for an ‘in’ to start their research to senior academics interested in …

Authors:
Valentine Berthet, Barbara Gaweda, Johanna Kantola, Cherry Miller, Petra Ahrens, Anna Elomäki

Open Access 2024 | Open Access | Book

Researching Central Asia

Navigating Positionality in the Field

This open access book explores some of the struggles and challenges that researchers and practitioners face when conducting research in the Central Asian research setting. Written for scholars still in the planning stages of their research, it …

Editors:
Jasmin Dall'Agnola, Aijan Sharshenova