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Disrupting Investigative Journalism: Moment of Death or Dramatic Rebirth? (Disruptions)

This book makes the case for the enormous potential embodied in investigative journalism if reporters collaborate in the digital sphere and engage with emerging techniques and technologies. Bringing together personal narratives from investigative journalists who have successfully found, verified and published stories using social media platforms and Web based communications, Disrupting Investigative Journalism explores the risks and benefits that come from this kind of digital collaboration. Citing how digital connection has enabled reporters around the world to form the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which in turn led to such global news sensations as the Panama Papers and the Paradise Papers, this book makes a practical argument for how the daily work of investigative journalism can change to capture enormous latent potential. This is a valuable text for students and scholars in the fields of investigative journalism, media and digital communication.

Analysis of Computer and Communication Networks

Analysis of Computer and Communication Networks provides the basic techniques for modeling and analyzing two of the fundamental components of high performance networks: switching equipment, and software employed at the end nodes and intermediate switches. The book also reviews the design options used to build efficient switching equipment. Topics covered include Markov chains and queuing analysis, traffic modeling, interconnection networks, and switch architectures and buffering strategies. This book covers the mathematical theory and techniques necessary for analyzing telecommunication systems. Queuing and Markov chain analyses are provided for many protocols currently in use. The book then discusses in detail applications of Markov chains and queuing analysis to model more than 15 communications protocols and hardware components.

Analysis of Computer Networks

This textbook presents the mathematical theory and techniques necessary for analyzing and modeling high-performance global networks, such as the Internet. The three main building blocks of high-performance networks are links, switching equipment connecting the links together and software employed at the end nodes and intermediate switches. This book provides the basic techniques for modeling and analyzing these last two components. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: Markov chains and queuing analysis, traffic modeling, interconnection networks and switch architectures and buffering strategies.

Academic Advancement in Composition Studies: Scholarship, Publication, Promotion, Tenure

This volume deals with a number of related issues that are becoming increasingly crucial for English studies during this time when most faculty in the field are assistant professors approaching tenure review or associate professors seeking promotion. These critical issues focus on: * The diversity of research and scholarly publication in composition studies; * The fact that composition studies faculty are often evaluated by personnel committee members, department chairs, and deans unfamiliar with the nature and demands of the field; * The way that American higher education is rethinking "scholarship" and the role it plays in the work and evaluation of faculty members; and * The role composition studies faculty can play in this review of scholarship and professional advancement. This book seeks to address the entire spectrum of "composition studies" -- expository and argumentative writing, personal essay, literary nonfiction, technical and business writing, historical rhetoric, empirical research, and more -- by understanding the nature of and evaluating the work of faculty members in this broad field. Scholarship and advancement issues are discussed in a variety of situations including basic and regular first-year composition classes at four-year and two-year institutions or writing centers, advanced writing courses, ESL and skills-development programs, and writing classes and programs for teachers, administrators, and researchers. The chapters focus on a variety of subjects, including the importance of mentoring and faculty development in all departments and institutions; and how young scholar-teachers and assistant professors can prepare for a successful personnel or tenure review.

Academic Advancement in Composition Studies: Scholarship, Publication, Promotion, Tenure

This volume deals with a number of related issues that are becoming increasingly crucial for English studies during this time when most faculty in the field are assistant professors approaching tenure review or associate professors seeking promotion. These critical issues focus on: * The diversity of research and scholarly publication in composition studies; * The fact that composition studies faculty are often evaluated by personnel committee members, department chairs, and deans unfamiliar with the nature and demands of the field; * The way that American higher education is rethinking "scholarship" and the role it plays in the work and evaluation of faculty members; and * The role composition studies faculty can play in this review of scholarship and professional advancement. This book seeks to address the entire spectrum of "composition studies" -- expository and argumentative writing, personal essay, literary nonfiction, technical and business writing, historical rhetoric, empirical research, and more -- by understanding the nature of and evaluating the work of faculty members in this broad field. Scholarship and advancement issues are discussed in a variety of situations including basic and regular first-year composition classes at four-year and two-year institutions or writing centers, advanced writing courses, ESL and skills-development programs, and writing classes and programs for teachers, administrators, and researchers. The chapters focus on a variety of subjects, including the importance of mentoring and faculty development in all departments and institutions; and how young scholar-teachers and assistant professors can prepare for a successful personnel or tenure review.

Academic Advancement in Composition Studies: Scholarship, Publication, Promotion, Tenure

This volume deals with a number of related issues that are becoming increasingly crucial for English studies during this time when most faculty in the field are assistant professors approaching tenure review or associate professors seeking promotion. These critical issues focus on: * The diversity of research and scholarly publication in composition studies; * The fact that composition studies faculty are often evaluated by personnel committee members, department chairs, and deans unfamiliar with the nature and demands of the field; * The way that American higher education is rethinking "scholarship" and the role it plays in the work and evaluation of faculty members; and * The role composition studies faculty can play in this review of scholarship and professional advancement. This book seeks to address the entire spectrum of "composition studies" -- expository and argumentative writing, personal essay, literary nonfiction, technical and business writing, historical rhetoric, empirical research, and more -- by understanding the nature of and evaluating the work of faculty members in this broad field. Scholarship and advancement issues are discussed in a variety of situations including basic and regular first-year composition classes at four-year and two-year institutions or writing centers, advanced writing courses, ESL and skills-development programs, and writing classes and programs for teachers, administrators, and researchers. The chapters focus on a variety of subjects, including the importance of mentoring and faculty development in all departments and institutions; and how young scholar-teachers and assistant professors can prepare for a successful personnel or tenure review.

Security in Embedded Devices (Embedded Systems)

Although security is prevalent in PCs, wireless communications and other systems today, it is expected to become increasingly important and widespread in many embedded devices. For some time, typical embedded system designers have been dealing with tremendous challenges in performance, power, price and reliability. However now they must additionally deal with definition of security requirements, security design and implementation. Given the limited number of security engineers in the market, large background of cryptography with which these standards are based upon, and difficulty of ensuring the implementation will also be secure from attacks, security design remains a challenge. This book provides the foundations for understanding embedded security design, outlining various aspects of security in devices ranging from typical wireless devices such as PDAs through to contactless smartcards to satellites.

Research Methods and Communication in the Social Sciences

This work was developed for graduate students, professors, and others involved in research in the social sciences. This practical work emphasizes that science is more than an organized body of knowledge. It is a method of reasoned thinking that manages the research process and the reporting of reliable knowledge. The work goes through the steps of identifying and stating a problem, formulating and stating an hypothesis, developing and conducting analysis, interpreting results, and drawing conclusions.

Lichtwellenleiter für die optische Nachrichtenübertragung: Grundlagen und Eigenschaften eines modernen Übertragungsmediums (Nachrichtentechnik #16)

Aus den Besprechungen: "... Bei den Grundlagen werden die wichtigsten Begriffe an einfachen und leicht überschaubaren Beispielen erläutert. Wesentliche Aspekte der Übertragung durch Lichtleitfasern werden bereits hier berührt, und der Leser wird auf die folgenden Kapitel vorbereitet. Im nachfolgenden Abschnitt wird detailliert auf die Lichtausbreitung in Monomode- und Multimodefasern eingegangen. Dabei werden die Monomode- und Multimode-Theorie etwa gleich ausführlich behandelt. Das letzte Kapitel über Übertragungssysteme beschäftigt sich mit den Eigenschaften von Sendern und Empfängern, soweit sie für das Übertragungsverhalten von Interesse sind. Einige abschließende Seiten sind der kohärenten Übertragung gewidmet, die sicherlich in den nächsten Jahren immer größere Aufmerksamkeit finden wird. Ein umfangreiches Literaturverzeichnis hilft dem Leser bei der Vertiefung einzelner Problemkreise. Im Anhang befinden sich sieben Basic-Programme zur Berechnung einfacher Faser- und Systemeigenschaften. Das Buch kann all denen empfohlen werden, die einen Zugang zum Gebiet der optischen Nachrichtenübertragung suchen." ntz Archiv#1

Lichtwellenleiter für die optische Nachrichtenübertragung: Grundlagen und Eigenschaften eines neuen Übertragungsmediums (Nachrichtentechnik #16)

Diskursstrategien im Rechtspopulismus: Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs und Schweizerische Volkspartei zwischen Opposition und Regierungsbeteiligung

Rechtspopulistische Parteien betreiben die Wählermobilisierung aus der Opposition heraus häufig mit sehr großem Erfolg. Mündet dies jedoch in Regierungsbeteiligungen auf nationaler Ebene, so lässt der Wählerzuspruch meist schlagartig wieder nach. Oliver Geden rückt mit der Freiheitlichen Partei Österreichs und der Schweizerischen Volkspartei zwei Akteure ins Blickfeld, die den Übergang von Oppositions- zu Regierungsparteien mit höchst unterschiedlichem Erfolg bewältigt haben. Anhand von Medienanalysen sowie von eigens durchgeführten Interviews mit FPÖ- und SVP-Politikern zeichnet der Autor nach, in welcher Weise die inhaltliche Ausgestaltung rechtspopulistischer Politik von strategischen Erwägungen geprägt ist. Dabei wird deutlich, dass die Strukturen und Dynamiken der schweizerischen Politik einer rechtspopulistischen Partei günstigere Rahmenbedingungen für dauerhafte Wahlerfolge bieten als dies in Österreich der Fall ist.

UMTS Radio Network Planning: Mastering Cell Coupling for Capacity Optimization (Advanced Studies Mobile Research Center Bremen)

The author establishes a concise system model for UMTS radio networks, which describes interference coupling and its impact on the network. This model is the basis for efficient radio network performance analysis as well as new optimization methods for automatic planning.

Bollypolitics: Popular Hindi Cinema and Hindutva (World Cinema)

This book provides an in-depth exploration of the evolving landscape of Bollywood cinema in response to recent socio-political changes in India, including a surge in sectarian violence and the ascent of Hindutva, or Hindu nationalism, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership. Through a comprehensive analysis of prominent filmmakers and actors like Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Kangana Ranaut, Akshay Kumar, and Anupam Kher, Ajay Gehlawat investigates the extent to which their recent works align with key tenets of the Hindutva movement. He scrutinizes the growing influence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on film production, manifesting in collaborations covering diverse themes, from Modi's Clean India initiative to the nation's space exploration endeavors and grand historical epics such as Padmaavat (2018) and Manikarnika (2019) that seek to reshape Indian history in line with Hindutva ideology.Gehlawat goes on to dissect smaller budget films like Article 15 (2019) and Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (2020), which tackle pressing social issues like caste-based violence and homophobia exacerbated by the surge in right-wing extremism in India. In doing so, he elucidates the profound and far-reaching impact of Hindutva ideology on Indian cinematic narratives and aesthetics, while also considering the broader implications for Indian society as a whole.

Bollypolitics: Popular Hindi Cinema and Hindutva (World Cinema)

This book provides an in-depth exploration of the evolving landscape of Bollywood cinema in response to recent socio-political changes in India, including a surge in sectarian violence and the ascent of Hindutva, or Hindu nationalism, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership. Through a comprehensive analysis of prominent filmmakers and actors like Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Kangana Ranaut, Akshay Kumar, and Anupam Kher, Ajay Gehlawat investigates the extent to which their recent works align with key tenets of the Hindutva movement. He scrutinizes the growing influence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on film production, manifesting in collaborations covering diverse themes, from Modi's Clean India initiative to the nation's space exploration endeavors and grand historical epics such as Padmaavat (2018) and Manikarnika (2019) that seek to reshape Indian history in line with Hindutva ideology.Gehlawat goes on to dissect smaller budget films like Article 15 (2019) and Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (2020), which tackle pressing social issues like caste-based violence and homophobia exacerbated by the surge in right-wing extremism in India. In doing so, he elucidates the profound and far-reaching impact of Hindutva ideology on Indian cinematic narratives and aesthetics, while also considering the broader implications for Indian society as a whole.

Metaphern und Redewendungen im politischen Kommentar

​Martin Gehr untersuchte Chancen und Risiken von Sprachbildern in journalistischen Texten. Denn wenn ein Politiker Schiffbruch erleidet und ihm daraufhin das Wasser bis zum Hals steht, befinden wir uns auf dem Ozean der Metaphern und Redewendungen. Sie sind im journalistischen Sprachgebrauch alltäglich, werden allerdings zusehends gedankenlos und sinnentleert gebraucht oder wirken stereotyp und aussageschwach. Besonders sensibel zu handhaben sind sie in meinungsbasierten Darstellungsformen wie dem Kommentar, da die Sprache hier zwecks Argumentation persönliche Prägungen aufweisen sollte. Belanglose Bilder verhindern jedoch klare Standpunkte. Der Autor analysierte hierfür politische Zeitungskommentare während der Landtagswahl in NRW 2010.

Dynamiken der öffentlichen Problemwahrnehmung: Umwelt, Terrorismus, Rechtsextremismus und Konsumklima in der deutschen Öffentlichkeit

In diesem Buch wird die Anlage des DFG-Projektes „Einflüsse der Aggregierung von Personen-, Themen- und Zeitangaben auf die Ergebnisse von Agenda-Setting-Studien“ vorgestellt. Es handelt sich um eine Sekundäranalyse von werktäglichen Befragungsdaten und täglichen Mediendaten aus der BRD zwischen 1994 und 2006. Die Daten wurden auf Wochen aggregiert und fusioniert. Zunächst wird anhand dieser Daten dargestellt, was in diesem Zeitraum die aus Sicht der Bevölkerung wichtigsten Probleme waren. Anschließend wird die Dynamik der Medienberichterstattung sowie deren Niederschlag in Interesse und Relevanzeinschätzung der Bevölkerung an vier Beispielen nachvollzogen: Politik, Terroranschläge, NPD-Verbotsverfahren sowie Konsumklima.

A Century of Communication Studies: The Unfinished Conversation

This volume chronicles the development of communication studies as a discipline, providing a history of the field and identifying opportunities for future growth. Editors Pat J. Gehrke and William M. Keith have assembled an exceptional list of communication scholars who, in the thirteen chapters contained in this book, cover the breadth and depth of the field. Organized around themes and concepts that have enduring historical significance and wide appeal across numerous subfields of communication, A Century of Communication Studies bridges research and pedagogy, addressing themes that connect classroom practice and publication. Published in the 100th anniversary year of the National Communication Association, this collection highlights the evolution of communication studies and will serve future generations of scholars as a window into not only our past but also the field’s collective possibilities.

A Century of Communication Studies: The Unfinished Conversation

This volume chronicles the development of communication studies as a discipline, providing a history of the field and identifying opportunities for future growth. Editors Pat J. Gehrke and William M. Keith have assembled an exceptional list of communication scholars who, in the thirteen chapters contained in this book, cover the breadth and depth of the field. Organized around themes and concepts that have enduring historical significance and wide appeal across numerous subfields of communication, A Century of Communication Studies bridges research and pedagogy, addressing themes that connect classroom practice and publication. Published in the 100th anniversary year of the National Communication Association, this collection highlights the evolution of communication studies and will serve future generations of scholars as a window into not only our past but also the field’s collective possibilities.

Digitaltechnik: Grundlagen, VHDL, FPGAs, Mikrocontroller

Moderne Digitaltechnik, umfassend und kompakt: Dieses Lehr- und Übungsbuch spannt den Bogen von den Grundlagen der Digitaltechnik über den Entwurf mit VHDL und Komponenten digitaler Systeme bis zu modernen Mikrocontrollern der STM32-Serie.Digitale Grundelemente wie Logikgatter und Flip-FlopsKombinatorische und sequenzielle SchaltungenSchaltungsentwurf und Simulation mit VHDLProgrammierbare Logikbausteine: CPLDs, FPGAsHalbleiterspeicherA/D- und D/A-UmsetzerArchitektur von MikroprozessorenProgrammierung von Arm® CortexTM Mikroprozessoren in C und Assembler32-Bit-Mikrocontroller der STM32-FamilieFunktion und Programmierung von STM32-Peripheriemodulen Die 8. Auflage wurde aktualisiert und die Themenbereiche Mikroprozessoren und Mikrocontroller grundlegend überarbeitet.Zahlreiche Beispiele erleichtern das Verständnis. Viele Übungsaufgaben mit Musterlösungen unterstützen die Lernkontrolle und stehen zu jedem Kapitel zur Verfügung. Ergänzendes Material wird auf der Webseite zum Buch angeboten.Das Buch ist so konzipiert, dass es sowohl als Begleitlektüre von Lehrveranstaltungen als auch für das Selbststudium in den Bereichen Digitaltechnik, Mikrocontroller und Systementwurf geeignet ist.

Digitaltechnik: Grundlagen, VHDL, FPGAs, Mikrocontroller (Springer-Lehrbuch)

Das Buch spannt den Bogen von den Grundlagen der Digitaltechnik über den Entwurf mit VHDL zu den wichtigsten Komponenten digitaler Systeme. Die 7. Auflage wurde grundlegend überarbeitet und aktualisiert. Folgende Themen werden diskutiert:• Digitale Grundelemente wie Logikgatter und Flip-Flops • Kombinatorische und sequentielle Schaltungen• Schaltungsentwurf und Simulation mit VHDL• Programmierbare Logikbausteine (CPLDs, FPGAs)• Halbleiterspeicher• AD-/DA-Umsetzer• Architektur von Mikroprozessoren• MikrocontrollerZahlreiche Beispiele erleichtern das Verständnis. Übungsaufgaben mit Musterlösungen unterstützen die Lernkontrolle und stehen zu jedem Kapitel zur Verfügung.

Filmrezeption und Filmaneignung: Eine qualitativ-rekonstruktive Studie über Praktiken der Rezeption bei Jugendlichen

Diese Arbeit berichtet über Praktiken der Regelung des Verhältnisses zwischen Alltagswelten und Filmwelten; insbesondere: Praktiken der Verknüpfung der eigenen Alltagspraxis (bzw. der diese strukturierenden Wissensbestände) mit einer filmisch inszenierten Praxis. Von besonderem Interesse ist dabei die Modifikation habituell verankerter Orientierungen im Zuge der Film-Zuschauer-Interaktion (produktive Aneignung), die als Ressource einer impliziten und spontanen Bildung zu diskutieren ist. In umfassender Auseinandersetzung mit der Rezeptionsforschung (insbesondere der Cultural Studies) und der aktuellen Bildungsforschung (unter Berücksichtigung von Theorien zur ästhetischen Erfahrung) legt die Arbeit ein theoretisch fundiertes und empirisch gesättigtes Konzept der Aneignung von Filmen vor. Es lässt sich so aus der Perspektive einer praxeologischen Wissenssoziologie und mittels der dokumentarischen Methode das heute inflationär verwendete Konzept der Aneignung präzisieren.

The Language of Politics

This study is the second of two I have done concerning how language is used to persuade others to believe things and to do things. The first, published by Aca­ demic Press, was The Language of Television Advertising, and was concerned with how advertisers use language in their efforts to sell products and services and how consumers could be expected to understand it. In this study, the focus is on how politicians use language to win elections and get others to accept their policies and programs and on how journalists report the suasive efforts of politicans. I combine an interest in the language of political reporting with an interest in the language of politics for a number of reasons. First, much of the suasive rhetoric of politicians is filtered through the minds of political journalists before it reaches the citizenry, and we can be reasonably sure that this rhetoric does not come out the way it went in. Second, the press plays a significant role in deter­ mining the nation's political agenda through its choices of what issues will be presented to the public, how these issues will be presented, and which voices will be heard speaking out on these issues. Third, political reporting can be suasive in effect, if not in intent, and it will be useful, I think, to understand how this is so.

Vision that matters: Die Funktions- und Wirkungslogik Visueller Politischer Kommunikation am Beispiel des Wahlplakats

Datenanalyse mit Mplus: Eine anwendungsorientierte Einführung

Strukturgleichungsmodelle gehören mittlerweile zu den etablierten statistischen Methoden in den Sozialwissenschaften und eignen sich für die Beantwortung einer Vielzahl von Fragestellungen. Das Analyseprogramm Mplus erfreut sich als eines der aktuellsten, flexibelsten und anwenderfreundlichsten Statistikprogramme zunehmender Beliebtheit. Praxisnah, mit zahlreichen Beispielen, Probedatensätzen und Abbildungen führt der Autor Schritt für Schritt in die Grundlagen der Handhabung von Mplus (Version 5) ein, und beschreibt die Anwendung grundlegender Analyseverfahren. Dabei werden nicht nur konventionelle Strukturgleichungsmodelle, sondern auch Strukturgleichungsmodelle der Veränderungsmessung sowie Mehrebenenregressionsmodelle und Latent-Class-Analysen besprochen.

Datenanalyse mit Mplus: Eine anwendungsorientierte Einführung

Strukturgleichungsmodelle gehören mittlerweile zu den etablierten statistischen Methoden in den Sozialwissenschaften und eignen sich für die Beantwortung einer Vielzahl von Fragestellungen. Das Analyseprogramm Mplus erfreut sich als eines der aktuellsten, flexibelsten und anwenderfreundlichsten Statistikprogramme zunehmender Beliebtheit. Praxisnah, mit zahlreichen Beispielen, Probedatensätzen und Abbildungen führt der Autor Schritt für Schritt in die Grundlagen der Handhabung von Mplus (Version 5) ein, und beschreibt die Anwendung grundlegender Analyseverfahren. Dabei werden nicht nur konventionelle Strukturgleichungsmodelle, sondern auch Strukturgleichungsmodelle der Veränderungsmessung sowie Mehrebenenregressionsmodelle und Latent-Class-Analysen besprochen.