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Shades of the Gulf of Tonkin: Chemical Weapons False Flag
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Shades of the Gulf of Tonkin: Chemical Weapons False Flag

From: Syria

In this chapter, Kuzmarov and Kovalik examine allegations of chemical weapons false flag operations in Syria from 2013 to 2018, arguing that rebel forces orchestrated attacks to justify Western … ; 17 $1.70 Add
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Shrapnel, Snakes, and Blistering Rage: On the Occupational Hazards of a Foreign Correspondent

Shrapnel, Snakes, and Blistering Rage: On the Occupational Hazards of a Foreign Correspondent

From: The Next Big Thing

"Stephanie Nolen came in from the field with her five rules for success as a foreign correspondent. She’s been doing that job and doing it well for two decades, filing memorable … 19 $1.90 Add
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Slave-Descendants, Diaspora Subjects, and World Citizens
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Slave-Descendants, Diaspora Subjects, and World Citizens

Paul Gilroy’s Historical Sensibility

From: Thinking While Black

In this chapter the author further examines Paul Gilroy’s work and his contributions to cultural criticism and black academia. The topics explored in this chapter included, <Young Soul … 20 $2.00 Add
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Sleeping Car Porters and Uncle Ben

Sleeping Car Porters and Uncle Ben

From: Uncle

This chapter examines railway sleeping cars, the Black men who served as porters to tourists on the rails, and how these men were forced to conform to the Uncle Tom stereotype. 8 $0.80 Add
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Social Media

Social Media

From: Rethinking Free Speech

In this chapter, Ives examines how social media platforms have reshaped democratic discourse, tracing the evolution from the 1996 Communications Decency Act to contemporary debates. 33 $3.30 Add
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Socialization

Socialization

Child's Play

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

In this chapter, I will start a discussion on how, in the name of discipline, safety, and humaneness, i-tech has found yet another niche. How, for better or for worse, i-tech is now the principal … 21 $2.10 Add
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Someday My Prince Will Come: Disney and the World Without Shadows

Someday My Prince Will Come: Disney and the World Without Shadows

From: Disfigured

Chapter 4 focuses on Disney’s interpretation of fairy tales, discussing topics including ‘Disneyfication’ of well-known fairy tales,  elements of disability in Disney … 26 $2.60 Add
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Something Below Humanity: The Beautiful and the Beastly

Something Below Humanity: The Beautiful and the Beastly

From: Disfigured

Chapter 6 examines the archetype of beauty and the beast, exploring topics such as physical beauty, pity, humanity, isolation and childhood, beauty as good a sign of one’s characteristics, … 27 $2.70 Add
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Song of the South and Uncle Remus's Return

Song of the South and Uncle Remus’s Return

From: Uncle

This chapter explores Song of the South, a 1944 Disney movie that featured Uncle Remus. 12 $1.20 Add
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Sound Recording and Radio:

Sound Recording and Radio:

Intersections and Overlaps

From: Cultural Industries.ca

The interrelationship between radio and sound recording is the overarching theme in Richard Sutherland’s article. 20 $2.00 Add
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Speed Kills

Speed Kills

From: Spin

From Spin: Politics and Marketing in a Divided Age 29 $2.90 Add
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Step 3: Developing Strategies - Communication

Step 3: Developing Strategies – Communication

Communication: Creating Effective Messages

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Much of human communication involves persuasion. Whether done by a four-year-old or a marketing firm, the aims are the same: to influence our attitudes and/or our behavior. The transition to a … 21 $0.42 Add
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Step 5: Broad-scale Implementation and Evaluation

Step 5: Broad-scale Implementation and Evaluation

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

When a pilot project has demonstrated that a behavioral change can be brought about cost-effectively, it is time to broadly implement the strategy. Prior to broad-scale implementation, collect … 3 $0.30 Add
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Story Taking
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Story Taking

From: The Trauma Beat

In this chapter, Cherry explores how colonialism and anti-Indigenous racism impact how the media reports on missing and murdered Indigenous wome. She offers a first hand account through her … 18 $1.80 Add
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Sweden: Balancing the Public’s Right to Privacy and the Public’s Right to Know, Looking at privacy challenges that arise from embracing transparency, with a focus on the publication of criminal conviction information
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Sweden: Balancing the Public’s Right to Privacy and the Public’s Right to Know, Looking at privacy challenges that arise from embracing transparency, with a focus on the publication of criminal conviction information

From: Open Governments, Secret Canada

In this chapter, Malone examines Sweden’s problems with transparency under the European Union privacy law, contrasting this struggle with Canada’s, Access to Information Act. 19 $1.90 Add
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Taking on the titans
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Taking on the titans

Cultural policy in the Trudeau era

From: The Trudeau Record

This chapter looks at the history of Canadian cultural policy and the assesses the Trudeau government’s record relating to the new challenges of digital platforms such as Amazon, Netflix … 13 $1.30 Add