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Visual Framing Of Patriotism And National Identity On The Covers Of Der Spiegel, Andrea Pyka, Scott B. Fosdick, William Tillinghast Oct 2011

Visual Framing Of Patriotism And National Identity On The Covers Of Der Spiegel, Andrea Pyka, Scott B. Fosdick, William Tillinghast

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Patriotism in Germany has been a controversial issue since the Nazi era. Despite the fear and hesitations surrounding the idea of German pride and national identity, Der Spiegel, one of Germany's major national news magazines, showed an increasing visual presence of national identity symbols on its covers following key historical events: the building of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of Germany, the adoption of the euro, and the 2006 World Cup.


Book Review Of Inside The Hollywood Fan Magazine: A History Of Star Makers, Fabricators, And Gossip Mongers, Scott B. Fosdick Oct 2011

Book Review Of Inside The Hollywood Fan Magazine: A History Of Star Makers, Fabricators, And Gossip Mongers, Scott B. Fosdick

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Creating A Supportive Culture For Online Teaching: A Case Study Of A Faculty Learning Community, Anne Marie Todd, Mei-Yan Lu Ph.D., Michael T. Miller Jul 2011

Creating A Supportive Culture For Online Teaching: A Case Study Of A Faculty Learning Community, Anne Marie Todd, Mei-Yan Lu Ph.D., Michael T. Miller

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This case study describes the creation of a supportive culture for online teaching at a western university that was transitioning to a new learning management system. The case study highlighted the creation of a faculty learning community as one strategy to address the challenge of faculty working through a change process. The faculty learning community provided a space for the development of best practices in teaching, drawing from the pedagogical experiences of teachers from diverse disciplines. The learning community also provided a venue for expanding the technical knowledge level of faculty members with a range of comfort levels with varied …


Saying Goodbye To Friends: Situation Comedy As Lived Experience, Anne Marie Todd Jan 2011

Saying Goodbye To Friends: Situation Comedy As Lived Experience, Anne Marie Todd

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The series finale for NBC’s sitcom Friends was a media event, a two-hour broadcast promoted for months, and immediately followed by cast appearances on late night comedy shows and the next morning’s news shows. The show’s popularity demonstrated by fan response to the last episode positions the online and broadcast media discourse surrounding the finale as a rich cultural text for examining the influence of the modern sitcom on fans’ cultural identities and social communities. The Friends broadcast finale taken together with the online discussion of the show creates a site for the production and consumption of fan culture in …


Of Careers And Curricula Vitae: Losing Track Of Academic Professionalism, Kathleen F. Mcconnell Jan 2011

Of Careers And Curricula Vitae: Losing Track Of Academic Professionalism, Kathleen F. Mcconnell

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