bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PENGGUNAAN MEDIA GAMBAR PADA GUIDED INQUIRY: PENGARUHNYA PADA HASIL BELAJAR MATEMATIKA SISWA
Authors: Amin Muh. , Marsigit Marsigit , Firdaus Muh.
Published: November 2024

Penelitian ini membahas tentang pengaruh penerapan inkuiri terbimbing dengan media gambar pada materi bangun ruang sisi datar terhadap hasil belajar matematika siswa yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui hasil belajar matematika siswa tanpa menggunakan inkuiri terbimbing dengan media gambar pada bangun ruang sisi datar, mengetahui hasil belajar matematika siswa yang menggunakan inkuiri terbimbing dengan media gambar pada bangun ruang sisi datar dan mengetahui perbedaan hasil belajar matematika siswa sebelum dan setelah menggunakan inkuiri terbimbing dengan media gambar pada siswa. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan paired sampel t-test dengan desain one-group pretest-posttest desain. Populasi dan sampel penelitiannya adalah seluruh siswa kelas VIII SMPN SATAP 5 Baraka Kab.Enrekang berjumlah 18 peserta didik. Teknik pengambilan sampel adalah sampling jenuh. Instrumen penelitian test essai sedangkan teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah uji t dan paired sampel t-tes. Berdasarkan hasil analisis data deskriptif diperoleh rata-rata skor nilai hasil belajar siswa sebelum menggunakan inkuiri terbimbing dengan media gambar (pretest) yaitu 27 dengan persentasi tingkat penguasaan materi yaitu 72,22% dari seluruh siswa yang mengikuti (pretest) sedangkan rata-rata skor nilai hasil belajar siswa setelah menggunakan inkuiri terbimbing dengan media gambar (posttest) yaitu 62,78 dengan persentasi tingkat penguasaan materi yaitu 94,44% dari seluruh siswa yang mengikuti posttest. Sedangkan berdasarkan hasil analisis statistik inferensial dengan menggunakan SPSS 20.0 dan uji-t diperoleh nilai rata-rata hasil belajar pada Pretest 27,00 < Posttest 60,56, maka itu artinya secara deskriptif ada perbedaan rata-rata hasil belajar antara Pretest dengan Posttest pada siswa kelas VIII SMPN SATAP 5 Baraka Kab.Enrekang.
Does Political Instability cause and affect Macroeconomic instability in Pakistan?
Authors: Uzair Ahmad  , Muhammad Junaid Aslam  , Hamza Masood  , Dr. Sher Ali
Published: November 2024

This study is intended to examine the cause and effect of political instability on macroeconomic instability in Pakistan over the period of 1993-2023. As the nature of the data is time series therefore stationarity testing is necessary and ADF and PP tests are used for the said purpose. ARDL is employed to tests the required impact and granger causality to get the required objective. Result of the ARDL model reported that Inflation rate and Unemployment rate negatively and significantly influenced Political stability in long-run. Besides this, ECM is applied for short run effect. ECM’s result shows that Unemployment rate, Exchange rate, and Current account balance negatively and significantly influence Political stability in short-run. In the second model, the impact of Political stability variables employed Political stability & absence of terrorism, Voice & accountability, Regulation Quality, and Government Effectiveness on Macroeconomic instability. ARDL model result indicated that Political stability & absence of terrorism, Voice & accountability, and Government effectiveness have negative and significant impact on macroeconomic crisis index. Bound test result shows long-run relationship existence among variables. Besides this, ECM model shows that Political stability & absence of terrorism, Voice & accountability, Regulation Quality, and Government Effectiveness negatively and significantly influence macroeconomic instability. Beside this granger causality test was applied to test causal relationships among variables. The test found that Macroeconomic instability unidirectional granger cause Political stability significantly. Furthermore, Political variables index and Inflation rate show bidirectional causality. Unemployment rate unidirectional causes Political variables index. Similarly, current account balance is unidirectional granger causal political index. On the other hand, only Voice & accountability shows unidirectional causal relationship with Economic variables index.
Testing the CASEL Model: Exploring Relationship between Social Emotional Competencies and Academic Performance of Distance Learners
Authors: Shugufta Naseem  , Dr. Naila Naseer  , Mujeebur Rahim
Published: November 2024

Social emotional competencies (SEL) enable an individual to understand thoughts, ideas, and feelings. These are also important for students’ emotional, mental, and social well-being to achieve academic goals (Fitzgerald, Shipman, Pauletic, Ellesworth, & Dymnicki, 2022). In this study we investigated whether social and emotional variables correlate with academic performance of students through CASEL model. Survey was conducted (N=150 female and 70 male) distance learners. For measuring the levels of social emotional competence, the Social Emotional Competence Questionnaire (SECQ) was used which was based on CASEL model given by (Zhou & Ee, 2012). This scale contained five sub-constructs: “self-awareness competence, social awareness competence, self-management competence, relationship management competence, and responsible decision-making competence”. For measuring academic achievement of students their result was taken. Results showed that academic achievement of distance learners is significantly correlated with social emotional abilities such self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, relationship management, and responsible decision-making. Social-emotional competencies (SEC) in distance learning should be the future focus of research for the reasons that they are the key competencies for academic success. Such learners can improve their ability to deal with educational challenges in remote settings if they acquire SEC, such as self- awareness, social awareness, relationship management, self-management, and responsible decision-making competence can enhance learners’ ability to manage academic challenges in remote settings. Integration of SEC development should be the priority for institutions in distance education programs and facilitating a learning support culture. The areas for further studies could be constituted in effective interventions to strengthen SEC for the positive academic outcomes of distance learners.
Navigating the Role of Remittances in Attaining Sustainable Development Goals in Developing Countries: New Insights from Panel ARDL Model
Authors: Nadia Ameer  , Muhammad Ahsan Bhutta  , Dill Nawaz  , Muhammad Muzammil Asghar  , Farhat Jawad
Published: November 2024

One of the foremost sustainable development goals is eradicating poverty by 2030. To attain this goal, remittances are crucial, especially for developing countries, in improving the well-being of the people. Therefore, this study examines the influence of remittances on poverty alleviation in developing countries. The data from eighteen developing countries was used from 2001 to 2020. For data analysis, panel unit root tests, Pedroni cointegration test, and panel ARDL model are used. The study found that foreign remittances are negatively and significantly related to poverty eradication. Similarly, GFCF, LFPR, trade, and human capital are negatively and significantly related to poverty in developing countries, while the variable inflation rate is positively and significantly related to poverty. Considering the study's outcomes, it is concluded that remittances are crucial in mitigating the poverty level in developing countries. Therefore, it is recommended that governments should provide migration-friendly measures, such as incentives for workers to travel overseas and remit funds legally rather than illegally. Low-income families would benefit from this, but it would also help the government to increase its foreign reserves.
Sociocultural Attitudes towards Appearance and Social Networking Addiction among Young Adults
Authors: Aitizaz Ahmad  , Dr. Shagufta Perveen  , Summaira Rehman
Published: November 2024

The present study investigated the possible relationship between sociocultural attitudes toward appearance and social networking addiction among young adults. It also looked at how young persons' sociocultural views on looks and their addiction to social networking differed by demography (gender and age). Convince sampling strategy was used to choose the sample of 384 young adults from Post Graduate College Mansehra and Hazara University Garden Campus Mansehra.  Data was gathered using a demographic sheet, the Sociocultural Attitudes towards Appearance Questionnaire 4 Revised (SATAQ-4R), and the Social Media Addiction Scale Student Form (SMAS-SF). Young adults' social networking addiction and sociocultural attitudes toward appearance were found to be significantly positively correlated by the correlational analysis. A significant age-based difference was found in social networking addiction and sociocultural attitudes toward appearance. Sociocultural attitudes towards appearance and addiction to social networking were higher among young adults under the age of twenty. This research will help young individuals use social networking more productively because they use it more frequently. Furthermore, this study will help young people manage and cope with the social views that surround beauty.
The Effect of Attunement on the Development of Relationship Conflict Resolution Skills
Authors: Ghulam Mustafa  , Muhammad Aslam  , Dr. Farrukh Kamran
Published: November 2024

Teacher attunement is about teachers' being able to understand and empathize with the psychological experiences, worldviews, perspectives, motivations, learning capacities, skill levels, strengths, weaknesses, interests, affiliations, and affective states of students. The present study has been conducted to assess the effectiveness of teacher's attunement strategy for the development of social skills among elementary school students. It was an experimental study. The study employed a control group design with pre-test and post-test phases. Participants in the study were chosen from among sixty 6th grade students enrolled in a primary school. Using random sampling, thirty students were selected as the experimental group and thirty as the control group. For eight weeks, the control group received instruction using conventional teaching methods, whereas the experimental group received instruction using an attunement technique. The study was carried out in a Lahore government school. A statistical analysis was performed on the data obtained from the pre-test, post-test, and gain scores. According to the study's findings, the experimental and control groups were identical at first. The experimental group's post-test mean score differed significantly from the control groups. In the post-test, the experimental group fared better than the control group. The study's conclusions show that teacher sensitivity significantly improves elementary school pupils' social development. It can be inferred that 6th grade pupils' social skills are enhanced by their teachers' attentiveness. It is advised that both public and private schools employ teachers' attunement techniques to help elementary school pupils improve their social skills.
A Multi-Objective BMP Optimization Framework for the Jing River Basin Offers Cost-Effective Strategies for Controlling Watershed Pollution
Authors: Fatima Gulzar  , Shazia Khalid  , Tariq Khalid  , Muhammad Asif
Published: November 2024

Effective watershed management often employs Biosecurity best practices (BMPs) for lowering pollution levels from non-point sources. It is critical to carefully evaluate the relative relevance of different goals and the integration restrictions before assigning Best Management Practices (BMPs). Decisions involving several qualities and random combinations of multiple Best Management Practices (BMPs) should be considered while investigating a geographically optimum allocation strategy. This framework achieves improved performance by combining the SWAT model with the NSGA-II algorithm. Finding effective water-scale pollution management methods is this research's primary objective. To do this, we will look at a lot of different things, such as how fast total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) is lowered and how much it costs to execute optimum management techniques (BMP). To determine how seriously to take TN and TP, the framework uses the TOPSIS method—which stands for Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution and Embedded Entropy Weight—to rank them. The sub-basin characteristics are considered to improve the evaluation of regional appropriateness. Best Management Practices (BMPs) in four areas were studied in the Jing River Basin (JRB): tillage, fertilizer, vegetative filter strips, and landscape. Typical decrease rates after implementing these techniques were 9.77%, 10.53%, 16.40%, and 14.27%, correspondingly. Three distinct monetary contexts inform the BMP allocation methods that use multi-objective optimization. In the most affordable plan, which may be implemented with as little as 2 billion RMB, 28.81% of the sub-basins would participate in the Grain for Green program. The "grain for green" initiative is heavily emphasized in places with a slope more than 15° in the medium-cost scenario, which ranges from 2 to 6 billion RMB. This endeavor covers about 20% of the sub-basins. Because of all the interconnected steps, the high-cost scenario is more than 6 billion RMB. With these three design alternatives, decision-makers may weigh the effectiveness of emissions reduction against the costs of implementing the measures. Not only does the new framework make implementation more accessible and cheaper, but it also gives a realistic way for different locations to choose cost-efficient conservation methods.
The Role of ICT Resources Available to Students Influencing their Academic Performance: A Comparative Study between Private and Public Schools in Sindh-Pakistan
Authors: Pirah Abbasi  , Dr. Fawad Hussain
Published: November 2024

In today's digital age, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources play a crucial role in shaping students' academic performance. This comparative study aims to analyze the impact of ICT resources on students' academic performance in both private and public schools in Larkana Sindh, Pakistan. The study utilizes a quantitative methodology, collecting data through questionnaires administered to 100 students using stratified random sampling. This study used Smart PLS 4.0 for Data Analysis. The questionnaires assess the availability and utilization of ICT resources, including computers, internet connectivity, and educational software. Additionally, student records provide insight into academic achievements. The research sheds light on disparities in access to and utilization of ICT resources between private and public institutions. It underscores how resources in private schools contribute to an enriched learning experience and improved academic performance. Conversely, public educational institutions in Sindh often encounter challenges in providing adequate ICT resources, which can negatively impact academic achievement. By highlighting these discrepancies, the study emphasizes the importance of addressing inequities in ICT resource allocation. Policymakers and educators must work to ensure that all students, regardless of school type, have equal access to ICT resources. Bridging this gap is crucial for enhancing students' academic success and preparing them for the demands of the digital era.
Exploring the Determinants of Child Labor in District Peshawar
Authors: Aneela Ejaz  , Nadeem Iqbal  , Aisha Rehman  , Khadija Zia
Published: November 2024

The study investigates the relationship between skilled labor, poverty and child labor in district Peshawar. OLS and Multinomial Logistic Regression model is used for empirical findings. 150 boys (5-17 years) are randomly selected for survey. The methodology employed in the present study involves collecting primary data through questionnaires from two distinct populations: physically demanding laborers in Shoba Bazaar's mechanic shops and children engaged in online work. The majority of the little boys had no or little education. Most of their fathers had little education and were in poorly paid jobs, unemployed or deceased. Moreover, the study suggests that educational years of children and head’s educational status have strong negative impact on child labor. In addition, the study finds that age of children has positive relationship with child labor while joint family system has negative impact on child labor. Poverty serves as a driving force for child labor.
Examining the Influence of significant determinants of social enterprises for alleviating poverty and socio economic growth: Evidence from South Asia.
Authors: Fairtown Zhou Ayoungman  , Abid Hossain Shawon  , Tawsif Shafayet Ali  , Fatematuzzohra Khandaker  , Israt Jahan Khandaker
Published: November 2024

This research explores the relationships among social entrepreneurship, environmental sustainability, and poverty alleviation within the context of emerging economies. An investigation of 705 respondents of South Asian social enterprises evaluates a conceptual model proposing social entrepreneurship and environmental sustainability’s impact on poverty alleviation. By employing structural equation modelling, the study elucidates the role of social enterprises as a mediating variable between the realms of entrepreneurial actions and societal welfare. Path coefficient analysis reveals the substantial direct impact of social enterprises on poverty alleviation and the recursive relationship between social entrepreneurship and social enterprises. Indirect effects analysis further clarifies the nuanced mechanism through which social entrepreneurship influences poverty reduction. Reliability and validity of the constructs are confirmed through Average Variance Extracted (AVE) and Cronbach's alpha metrics, despite the indication of potential areas for refinement. The findings suggest that the intersection of environmental sustainability and social entrepreneurship, channelled through the vehicle of social enterprises, holds significant promise for poverty alleviation strategies. The research concludes by advocating for integrated policy frameworks that leverage entrepreneurial innovation to address poverty, bolstering the commitment to sustainable development goals.
Impacto de la inteligencia artificial en la adaptación de los estilos de aprendizaje y el rendimiento académico: un análisis bibliométrico
Authors: Salazar Sisalima Martha Cecilia , Rea Masabanda Deysi Dolores , Lanche Quizhpe Magali Janett , Macias Reyes Yohana Elizabeth
Published: November 2024

Este estudio aborda el impacto de la inteligencia artificial en la adaptación de los estilos de aprendizaje y el rendimiento académico, un tema de creciente importancia en el contexto educativo contemporáneo. Con la creciente integración de tecnologías digitales en los entornos educativos, se vuelve crucial comprender cómo estas herramientas ayudan a que los estudiantes puedan personalizar su experiencia de aprendizaje, para que consecuentemente mejore su rendimiento académico. El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar estos efectos a través de una revisión exhaustiva de la literatura existente, y proporcionar recomendaciones para un uso responsable y ético de la IA en la educación. La metodología aplicada fue de carácter literario, basada en una revisión sistemática de 55 artículos académicos indexados en Scopus. Se seleccionaron estudios relevantes que exploran el impacto de la IA en la adaptación de estilos de aprendizaje, y por lo tanto su incidencia en el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes. A través de un análisis crítico de los hallazgos de la literatura hechos en RStudio, se identificaron patrones y tendencias significativas que reflejan tanto los beneficios como los desafíos asociados con la integración de la IA en el ámbito educativo. Los principales resultados de esta investigación revelan una relación compleja entre la inteligencia artificial (IA) y la educación. La IA tiene un potencial significativo para personalizar el aprendizaje, adaptando contenidos y estrategias pedagógicas a las necesidades individuales de los estudiantes, lo que puede mejorar su rendimiento académico y aumentar la motivación.
THE GOLDEN YEARS OF STEPHEN KING
Authors: Brown Simon
Published: November 2024

When thinking about TV in relation to horror/SF/fantasy I tend to think in quite simple terms. Its modern incarnation starts with the arrival of

Twin Peaks

in 1990.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE TITLE SEQUENCE?
Authors: Ellis John
Published: November 2024

Dana Delaney stars as Megan Hunt in a heavily trailed new series on ABC,

Body of Proof

, set right here in Philadelphia. Delayed from an autumn launch because of her illness, Delany plays a medical examiner with more than a touch of the Dr House about her. But being female and maybe approaching 50, she is a very welcome addition to American TV’s crowded medical facility.
CONFESSIONS OF A BINGE WATCHER
Authors: Ramsay Debra
Published: November 2024

I have a confession to make.  Recently, on a rare day with the house to myself and nothing to do, I watched

Supernatural

, Season One.  The entire season.  All twenty-two episodes in one day.  This is not the first time I’ve watched the series, and initially, this blog was going to be about repeat viewing.
WHITHER THE TITLE SEQUENCE? EXPOSITION, REDUNDANCY AND OPENING CREDITS
Authors: Hewett Richard
Published: November 2024

In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.
TELEVISION WETNESS
Authors: Redmond Sean
Published: November 2024

I am swimming, swimming in a sea of liquid camera movements, dissolves, reflections, blue pools, deep oceans, lavish spectacles, messy births, intimate bodily exchanges, bad romances, trashy sex, bright lights, swirling colours, big windows, runny eyes, wet wounds, red blood, DNA, semen, salty tears, moist mouths, saliva, and beads of sweat. I am experiencing the incredible tides of television wetness.
THE CARRIE DIARIES: FROM TEENAGE VIRGIN IN THE SUBURBS TO SEX AND THE CITY
Authors: Berridge Susan
Published: November 2024

It is ten years since the final episode of HBO’s hugely popular series,

Sex and the City

(1998 – 2004) aired

.

This anniversary is being marked by a conference held at the University of Roehampton next week on the 4

th

of April, entitled ‘

Sex and the City

Ten Years On:
BBC EXECUTIVE PAYOFF SCANDAL
Authors: Ellis John
Published: November 2024

Who would be Chair of the BBC Trust in these scandal-hit days? Not Lord Patten, who has just announced he will be off after a single four-year term, despite the awkward timing (it will coincide with both a new government and a review of the licence fee). Not that many want him to stay on, after his dismal performance over the appointment and dismissal of George Entwhistle as Director General over a torrid three months last year.
What is a system?
Authors: Sadki Reda
Published: November 2024

Donella H. Meadows wrote the following simple, eloquent description of a system: “A system isn’t just any old collection of things. A system must consist of three kinds of things: elements, interconnections, and a function or purpose. A system is an interconnected set of elements that is coherently organized in a way that achieves something. The behavior of a system cannot be known just by knowing the elements of which the system is made.
CANARY IN THE GOLDMINE
Authors: Edgerton Gary R
Published: November 2024

It’s complicated, being an American, having the money and the bad conscience, both at the same time. (Louis Simpson from ‘On the Lawn at the Villa,’

Selected Poems

, 1965) I haven’t given up yet on Aaron Sorkin’s newest creation,

The Newsroom

, but I’ve come close once or twice.
HORRIBLE HISTORIES
Authors: Jowett Lorna
Published: November 2024

Byzantium

, a vampire film that incorporates both period detail and contemporary era in its tale of a mother-daughter relationship, has just hit the big screen and I’ve been working on a conference paper about flashbacks in vampire television, so I thought I’d gather some of my thoughts about period flashbacks in vampire TV for this blog.
VOTING FOR BBC’S THE VOICE
Authors: Akass Kim
Published: November 2024

As I write this, the seconds are ticking away towards the first live show of BBC’s surprise ratings hit,

The Voice

.  Locked in a battle with ITV’s

Britain’s Got Talent

,

The Voice

is proving that Simon Cowell’s rule over Saturday night primetime TV is slowly being eroded.
Community health into the scalable, networked future of learning
Authors: Sadki Reda
Published: November 2024

Preface to the IFRC Global Health Team’s Training Guidelines (2013)

by Reda Sadki “At the heart of a strong National Society” explains Strategy 2020, “is its nationwide network of locally organized branches or units with members and volunteers who have agreed to abide by the Fundamental Principles and the statutes of their National Society.” To achieve this aim, National Societies share a deeply-rooted culture of face-to-face
MILEY, TEARS, AND THE CELEBRITY VULVA
Authors: Redmond Sean
Published: November 2024

When Miley Cyrus appeared on the Alan Carr ChattyMan show (13th September, 2013), the narrative and representational markers that define her as a particular star were in obvious play. Miley is immediately sexualised and (playfully, knowingly) comments on her sexualisation.
WRITING TV INTO DISCOURSE
Authors: McCabe Kim Akass and Janet
Published: November 2024

October 2008

At the Quality American TV conference in Dublin back in 2004 Maire Messenger Davies highlighted a key problem in studying television: namely, the question of availability. She mentioned NBC’s critically acclaimed series

I’ll Fly Away

(1991-93), which lived on in memory but not in any tangible form like DVD or video.
IT’S SHOWTIME! AND ALL THAT JAZZ: PROMOTING CHRISTMAS ON THE TELLY
Authors: Johnson Catherine
Published: November 2024

Being asked to write a blog so close to Christmas my thoughts, perhaps inevitably, turned to Christmas telly, one of the primary pleasures that I associate with this time of year. My Christmas telly excitement always begins when the broadcasters launch their Christmas idents and promos. But unfortunately this year BBC One’s Christmas promos and idents were a bit of a disappointment.
SEX AND THE CITY – THE ENDINGS
Authors: Akass Kim
Published: November 2024

Writing about the last episode of

Sex and the City

(HBO, 1998-2004) seven years after bidding farewell to the series for in media res recently, I was faced with an unexpected conundrum.
Maybe old learning isn’t so bad, after all?
Authors: Sadki Reda
Published: November 2024

When I first saw Mary Kalantzis’s photos of a 1983 elementary school classroom in Greece, I scoffed.
A few of my favorite excerpts from George Siemens’s Knowing Knowledge (2006)
Authors: Sadki Reda
Published: November 2024

My own practice (and no doubt yours) has been shaped by many different learning theorists. George Siemens, for me, stands out articulating what I felt but did not know how to express about the changing nature of knowledge in the Digital Age.
Reflecting on Classic Television
Authors: Lury Rachel Moseley and Karen
Published: November 2024

Making and Remaking Television Classics, 20 March 2009, University of Warwick

Rachel Moseley writes:

Most people have a sense of what might count, for them, as ‘classic television’. From long-running serial drama like

Coronation Street

, to Sunday evening dramas such as

Upstairs Downstairs

and

Pride and Prejudice

, or the nostalgic pull of 1960s children’s programming
HE IS LEGEND
Authors: Abbott Stacey
Published: November 2024

Richard Matheson (1926-2013) Voted the best vampire novel of the 20

th

Century by the Horror Writers Association of America, Richard Matheson’s

I Am Legend

(1954)

was revolutionary in its approach to the vampire genre and prescient of how the genre would develop in the 21

st

Century.  No his vampires aren’t sparkly.
ENDLESS IMPOSSIBILITIES
Authors: Lavery David
Published: November 2024

In Tim Pratt’s short story “Impossible Dreams,” a cinephile named Pete discovers a mysterious video store from an alternative universe that appears in our reality only for briefer and briefer periods each evening near closing time. As he becomes more-than-friends with the clerk, Ally, Pete discovers the store’s amazing, not from our reality, collection, which includes: •
ON NOT WATCHING TV
Authors: Akass Kim
Published: November 2024

Confronted with the challenge of editing an article I had submitted a year ago, writing a paper for a conference for the week after next and starting work on my (now long overdue) book, it was with some horror that I realized I had put myself down to write a blog this week. What was I thinking?
NO SCHOOL LIKE THE OLD SKOOL?: CITV, NOSTALGIA AND BRANDING
Authors: Byard Victoria
Published: November 2024

This Monday, at 6 am, a much-trumpeted ITV rebrand was revealed. The ITV logo has been re-designed and the 1 has been dropped to make their flagship channel ITV once more.
GAME OF THRONES: THE PERILS AND PLEASURES OF RESISTANCE
Authors: Ramsay Debra
Published: November 2024

It wasn’t something I deliberately set out to do.  It was a result of a combination of factors – a PhD to finish, lessons to plan, marking to do, the day-to-day demands of running a household.  Life, in short, getting in the way of television.  I’d seen the trailers, of course.
THE UNDATEABLES AND DOCUMENTARY VOICE
Authors: Hewett Richard
Published: November 2024

Even before its first episode was transmitted in April last year,

The Undateables

(Channel 4, 2012- ) polarised opinion.
Teaching logistics with haptic feedback
Authors: Sadki Reda
Published: November 2024

EPFL’s Professor Pierre Dillenbourg heads the Center for Digital Education. He demonstrates the use of a Simpliquity Tinkerlamp to teach logistics training, and explains how research has moved from developing an expensive, specialized device to using a simple webcam and paper. Note: interview and discussion are in French.
THAT’S THE LAST TIME I PLAY THE TART FOR YOU, JERRY! PENELOPE KEITH AND BRITISH TELEVISION SITUATION COMEDY
Authors: Irwin Mary
Published: November 2024

In the past year as researcher on the Warwick and De Montfort Universities AHRC project

A History of Television for Women in Britain

(1947-89) I’ve been thinking a lot about women and situation comedy, and watching a lot of women in situation comedy.
BYE Y’ALL: NASHVILLE BOWS OUT
Authors: McElroy Ruth
Published: November 2024

For those of us watching on this side of the Atlantic, the end is now very nigh for

Nashville

, ABC’s female country music ensemble drama. With

The Good Wife

already finished for another season, More 4’sThursday night America drama slot is going to leave quite a gap in my TV schedule.
New preprint on Transformative Agreements
Authors: Rothfritz Laura
Published: November 2024

In recent years, transformative agreements (TAs) have become a go-to strategy for publishers and research performing organizations aiming to open up access to research (Farley et al. 2021). These agreements promise to bridge traditional subscription-based journal models to an Open Access (OA) future (Borrego, Anglada, and Abadal 2021). But are they delivering on that promise?
Learning in a VUCA world: IFRC FACT and ERU Global Meeting (Vienna, 31 May 2013)
Authors: Sadki Reda
Published: November 2024

Presentation at the IFRC FACT and ERU Global Meeting (Vienna, 31 May 2013), exploring how we learn in a complex world.
THIS EVENT WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY #nordicana …
Authors: Akass Kim
Published: November 2024

In Matt Hills’ 2002 book

Fan Cultures,

he theorises the relationship between fandom and academia, in particular the way academia and fandom are often imagined as being mutually exclusive with academia, the ‘good subject’, dependent upon the fan as its ‘other’ in order to affirm its subjectivity and institutional legitimisation.
THE END OF DISTRACTION? MUSINGS ON THE DEATH OF MICK ASTON
Authors: Weissmann Elke
Published: November 2024

The news of the death of Mick Aston (24 June 2013) came for me with a real sense of loss.
RE-APPRAISING THE TELEVISION HEROINE
Authors: Geraghty Christine
Published: November 2024

Scott and Bailey, The Politician’s Husband, The Fall, Top of the Lake, The Americans Over the past few months I’ve found myself engaged with television heroines once again.1 The ‘Television for Women’ conference at University of Warwick in May threw up lots of examples of women on and off the screen who might fulfill such a role and Charlotte […]
KEEPING UP WITH TELEVISION
Authors: Wallace Hannah Andrews and Richard
Published: November 2024

There has been something of an auto-ethnographic turn in some quarters of recent television scholarship, with a number of academics reflecting on their engagement with television as viewers and as scholars.
WOMEN AND ‘BANTER’ IN BRITISH TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT
Authors: Wood Helen
Published: November 2024

I have spent most of the last week worrying about my upcoming turn on the CST rota. Like Kim Akass my TV viewing habits have gone awry, mine in the inevitable balancing act of work/life/kids where at present I am wedded to watching entertainment programming mostly as it is scheduled – how passe.
THE ART OF SPORT ON TELEVISION, OR WHY I LOVE FORMULA ONE ON THE BBC
Authors: Johnson Catherine
Published: November 2024

I’m not a great sports fan. I enjoy the Olympics, tennis and darts when they happen to be on the telly, but I’ve never suffered the agonies and ecstasies of loyally supporting a particular team or following a specific sport. That is until I discovered Formula One.  I’m not sure what it was about Formula One that drew me in a few years ago.
SPACES OF TELEVISION
Authors: Chapman James
Published: November 2024

One of the aims of the ‘Spaces of Television’ project is to explore the relationship between sites of production and the content and form of (British) television drama. We have already seen, in the papers at our two symposia to date, how there is much more to this relationship than the overly simplistic dichotomy between live studio-based drama on the one hand and drama shot using film and film production methods on the other.
THE INVISIBLE WRITER: LOOKING FOR PAT HOOKER
Authors: Smart Billy
Published: November 2024

Even when you work as an assiduous researcher of television drama history, it’s rare that you make a genuinely major discovery, but watching Patricia Hooker’s 1973

Armchair Theatre

play, ‘The Golden Road’, I had the tremendously exciting sensation of unearthing a buried treasure and being the first person to hold it up to the light for forty years.
RELATIVE DIMENSIONS IN TELEVISION PART 2 – INSIDE THE MIND OF 3DTV
Authors: Brown Simon
Published: November 2024

I do not intend all my blogs to be about 3D, but two days at the excellent 3D Creative Summit, organised by Ravensbourne, has provided a number of useful ideas on which to ruminate.
AS MAD AS HELL
Authors: Akass Kim
Published: November 2024

So Mad Men is coming to these shores next week? I should be glad, of course I should. The return of one of the best shows to come out of America since The Sopranos should be celebrated. In New York, the fifth season has apparently been greeted with themed shows and parties, people dressed in 60s garb, smoking cigarettes and drinking whisky sours. After a hiatus of 17 months Mad Men is, no doubt, going to be under much scrutiny.
Alternative histories: David Rose and English Regions Drama
Authors: Lacey Prof Stephen
Published: November 2024

March 2009. On July 5 2008, the National Film Theatre in London played host to a remarkable event. It was a talk given by one of the central figures in the history of British television drama, David Rose.
THE FAILED TV A-Z
Authors: Miller Toby
Published: November 2024

Ten years ago, I published a Television A-Z (Miller, 2002). A cute conceit, I thought, and one likely to attract attention. It didn’t. Complete failure. Hopeless joke, Toby. I tried revised versions a couple of times (Miller, 2004 and 2010), with identical results.
Chronology of a new transit camp on the Tunisian border (Part 1 of 2)
Authors: Sadki Reda
Published: November 2024

Part 1: Like clockwork | Part 2: Going Live 06:00 – Base camp wakes up Base camp wakes up. A cool breeze has risen along with the bright sun, whipping up sand and dust. The first crews of volunteers move out to the transit camp at Ras Jedir. Some of the volunteers, like 32-year-old Moaz, have spent the last four weeks installing tents that are now ready to provide shelter. “We learnt on the job,” he explains.
SAY GOODNIGHT CLARA: LONDON WEEKEND TELEVISION’S NO – HONESTLY
Authors: Irwin Mary
Published: November 2024

I return for this blog to the topic of neglected historical British television comedy.  In my last post, my focus was on the significance of female performers to the genre, with a retrospective of the comedy career of actress Penelope Keith.
CHALLENGED ALLOTMENTS
Authors: Ellis John
Published: November 2024

BBC2’s

Big Allotment Challenge

pushes the TV challenge format to breaking point.  This six-part series pits nine contestant pairs against each other each week in three contests: growing a prize specimen; arranging a bouquet; preparing or preserving their produce.
SUBMISSION TO DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
Authors: Ellis John
Published: November 2024

Re: NOTICE OF CONSULTATION ON THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION BY NEWS CORPORATION OF UP TO 60.9% OF BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING GROUP PLC

8 JULY 2011 The result of the 100% acquisition of BSkyB by News Corporation would be the creation of a foreign-controlled monopoly news supplier in the area of subscription television. That this is a problem is acknowledged by the proposed arrangements in relation to Sky News.
THE PIRATE SPECTATOR
Authors: Miller Toby
Published: November 2024

I watch pirate television. Will you forgive me some narcissography in this first blog, given that enticing new status? I live in Mexico City, the biggest in the world. It also lays claim to more political demonstrations than anywhere else, more film clubs than Paris, more abortions than London, and the region’s most corrupt police force. My landlady lets me use her cable service. She dug a hole in the wall between her loft and mine.
RELATIVE DIMENSIONS IN TELEVISION
Authors: Brown Simon
Published: November 2024

Last week the BBC revealed that the Doctor Who 50

th

anniversary special would be shown in 3D, not only on television via the BBC HD channel, but also in cinemas.
TOC Frankfurt Ignite! Presentation: Of Emergencies, E-Books, and Literacy
Authors: Sadki Reda
Published: November 2024

In this session, Reda Sadki, will examine his own organisation’s non-profit publishing activities. With 750 publications given away each year in print and on the web, he has initiated an effort to rewire a traditional publishing workflow into a digital one, including the use of XML for layout automation, print-on-demand (POD) and e-books.
BROADCHURCH – THE PLEASURES OF ORDINARY TELEVISION
Authors: Geraghty Christine
Published: November 2024

Forgive me for returning to

Broadchurch

so soon after John Ellis’s excellent account, written just as it finished. But I thought it was worth commenting on some of its other (largely textual) features before it slips away from view until the second series.
CCTV9: AN ENTIRE CHANNEL DEVOTED TO DOCUMENTARIES!
Authors: Ellis John
Published: November 2024

It’s suddenly a good time for documentary. The annual

Sheffield Festival

is about to kick off; ITV shows the

latest in the

7-Up

series

(

56-Up

… can it really be that long;
WHY THE TELEVISION MOMENT STILL MATTERS
Authors: Howard Douglas L.
Published: November 2024

When I was younger, I used to plan my weeks around those Sunday night episodes of

The Six Million Dollar Man

.  After all, this was back in the days before VCRs, DVRs, and internet downloads, when “Must See TV” took on an entirely different meaning.  If you missed your favorite show, you were pretty much in the dark until the summer reruns.
TV FUTURISM
Authors: Miller Toby
Published: November 2024

Futuristic TV images are fun to look at, whether the sets are depicted in splendid isolation or with asinine human faces as accompaniment. I like to look back and think about what was once thought of as the future as well as forwards to what we imagine as the world of tomorrow. Predictions are great to revisit, like an old sweater at the first chill of winter or a lost lover’s rediscovered kiss.
THE BROADCHURCH CASE
Authors: Ellis John
Published: November 2024

Last Monday, Britain invented television… all over again. A load of people watched the same programme at the same time, at the moment of first broadcast. At one point, 9.27 million people, 34.64% of the TV audience, was watching the final denouement of the ITV peak-time drama

Broadchurch

. Over a third of the TV audience (8.72 million people) watched right through the episode. It broke the record for tweets during a TV drama.
WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND . . . SKY ARTS AND UK TV DRAMA HISTORY
Authors: Lacey Stephen
Published: November 2024

One of the pleasures of researching the history of UKTV drama for the ‘Spaces of Television: production, site and style’ AHRC project is finding yet more evidence of the non-teleological and non-linear nature of TV history.
IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT … AND I FEEL FINE
Authors: Beeler Stan
Published: November 2024

THIS BLOG CONTAINS SPOILERS

Someone once asked me “What’s the difference between apocalyptic fiction and dystopia?” I had to think about it for a bit, but then I came up with, “The world goes to hell suddenly in apocalyptic fiction and the people who remain have to deal with it. In dystopias the world has been hellish for quite some time and dealing with it has become a routine.”
LOVE IT. HATE IT. MISUNDERSTAND IT. TELEVISION
Authors: Miller Toby
Published: November 2024

Television. So often derided or adored for its alleged properties of distraction or pleasure. Blamed by pediatricians for making children weigh more than is fashionable in evidence-based public policy. Criticized by some cultural critics for diverting the young, the middle-aged, the firm, and the infirm from attending to real matters of state or heart. Valorized by corporations as a guaranteed source of revenue.
PREACHER MAN
Authors: Jacobs Jason
Published: November 2024

Walton Goggins.  What a name.  Worthy of Dickens, everything about it just fits when you know his work: the Depression-era mountain-boy Sunday morning re-run buzz of the Christian name and the boggle-eyed hillbilly, gin n’ grog stutter of his family name.
TV PREQUELS
Authors: Hewett Richard
Published: November 2024

The concept of prequels is not one that, on first consideration, sits easily in the television landscape.
NEW TRICKS . . . AND NEW FACES: HOW TO MANAGE CHARACTER TRANSITIONS IN SERIES TV
Authors: Hewett Richard
Published: November 2024

Aside of devising plotlines engaging enough to both maintain core audiences and entice new viewers, there can be few greater challenges to a television production team than the unexpected departure of regular cast members. The need to fill the resulting character void requires both the reassurance of the familiar and the creative spark of the new, and otherwise invulnerable prime-time programmes can stand or fall as a result of the choices made.
SPOILERS!
Authors: Brown Simon
Published: November 2024

(Warning: Contains Spoilers. But ones you can avoid.
Power of Humanity, Power of Education: Presentation at the AIESEC Youth 2 Business Forum, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (20 August 2013)
Authors: Sadki Reda
Published: November 2024

Power of Humanity, Power of Education from Reda Learning
SAVILE AND TELEVISION STUDIES
Authors: Ellis John
Published: November 2024

There’s no picture of Jimmy Savile attached to this blog. Press and TV coverage has repeated images of him, seemingly to demonstrate what an unsavoury person he was (shell suit, cigar, endless gurning). Such images encourage the speculation “why didn’t anyone object?” or “why didn’t anyone find him out?” The answer lies, unfortunately, with television more than any other institution.
SELLING THE MEDIUM: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BBC’S COMMERCIAL ARM
Authors: Jacobs Jason
Published: November 2024

The recent attention given to the various troubles associated with the Murdoch media empire, not to mention anxieties about the continued expansion of new media giants like Facebook and Google has had the effect, perhaps, of slightly occluding the workings of more traditional state-funded national broadcasters, whose power in part accrues from their proximity (even at the length of a long arm) to the body of the nation state, an entity whose
The role and importance of risk factors in the development of laryngeal cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Gnjatić Mirjana , Vranješ Dalibor , Jurišić Branko , Nežić Vanja
Published: November 2024

Background/Aim: Laryngeal cancer is one of the most common malig-nancies in the head and neck region, with the highest incidence among 50 years old patients. The leading risk factors are alcohol consumption and tobacco use as the most correlated behaviours. This study aimed to assess the extent of laryngeal cancer and leading risk factors for the onset of the disease during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This retrospective study included 102 patients who were treated both diagnostically and therapeutically for laryngeal cancer during a 1-year period. All patients had a previous history of being treated for COVID-19. Results: The sample included male (88.3 %) and female (11.7 %) respondents. The age group 60-69 years was predominant (40.0 %). The youngest patient was 41 and the oldest 82. Total laryngectomy was performed in 15.7 % of patients, while partial laryngectomy was performed in 57.85 % patients. Advanced stages of the cancer (T3, T4) prevented 17.65 % patients from receiving surgery. Tobacco use was the most leading risk factor (99 %). Conclusion: Advanced stages (T3, T4) of laryngeal cancer and radical surgical techniques with a potentially high rate of disability showed a higher incidence during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic im-pacted timely diagnosis and delays between diagnosis and surgical treatment of the cancer. Old age, male gender and tobacco use proved to be the most common risk factors of laryngeal cancer.