Over the last half of the twentieth century, television has become the predominant medium through which the public accesses information about the world. Through the news, situation comedies, police dramas, and commercials, we learn about the world around us, and our role within it. These genres, narratives, and cultural forms are not simply entertainment, but powerful socializing agents that show the world as we might never see it in real life. How Television Shapes Our Worldview brings to...

Friends, Lovers, Co-Workers, and Community analyzes how television narratives form the first decade of the twenty-first century are powerful socializing agents which both define and limit the types of acceptable interpersonal relationships between co-workers, friends, romantic partners, family members, communities, and nations. This book is written by a diverse group of scholars who used a variety of methodological and theoretical approaches to interrogate the ways through which television...

This book examines how State Governors, the chief executives in the second tier of government in Nigeria’s constitutional order, have become the pivotal actors in the Fourth Republic. Following the post–Civil War state creations and the expansion to 36 states in 1996, governors have consolidated their influence over party machinery, candidate selection, and resource control. They also shape presidential tickets in major parties and nominate federal cabinet members, as well as decide who be...

Dieses Buch stellt eine Fortsetzung von „Supervision auf dem Prüfstand“ aus dem Jahr 2002 dar und bietet eine Analyse der internationalen Supervisionsforschung und ihrer Entwicklung ab dem Jahr 2003 bis 2016. Der Forschungsprozess orientierte sich am Vorgehen und den Themenclustern von „Supervision auf dem Prüfstand“ Teil 1 und basiert vor allem auf der Recherche von Publikationen zu empirischen Studien in Datenbanken und in zweiter Linie auf der direkten Recherche in Fachzeitschriften und...

In diesem Buch stellt der Autor gewinnbringende strategische Maßnahmen für die Entwicklung und Implementierung branchenübergreifender Wachstumsstrategien vor. Dabei zählen Cross-Industry Joint Ventures, Unternehmensübernahmen, Fusionen und strategische Partnerschaften zu den wichtigsten Instrumenten. Den Ausführungen liegt das neuartige Konzept der betriebswirtschaftlichen Ökosysteme zugrunde. Noah Farhadi erläutert das Konzept sowie die unterschiedlichen Strategien unter anderem anhand d...

Actionable strategies for navigating Cuba's energy transition are presented in this volume, which contains 18 rigorously peer-reviewed papers selected from over 120 presentations at the II International Conference on Renewable Energy Sources, Energy Efficiency, and the Environment (Havana, 2025). These contributions take a distinctly practical approach—connecting technological innovations in renewable generation and energy efficiency with actionable frameworks for environmental protection ...

Corporate retail chains, like Walmart and Target, are the largest employers of working-class Americans. And yet, this class of workers is rarely examined as political agents, in contrast to union workers or government employees. What is often presumed about retail workers—that they steal from their employers, are frequently absent for shifts, and present lazy attitudes—is seen as reflective of the personal character of these workers.In Deserting the Superstore, Noah Shuste...

This concise yet thorough textbook presents an active-learning model for the teaching of computer science. Offering both a conceptual framework and detailed implementation guidelines, the work is designed to support a Methods of Teaching Computer Science (MTCS) course, but may be applied to the teaching of any area of computer science at any level, from elementary school to university. This text is not limited to any specific curriculum or programming language, but instead suggests various...

This textbook presents both a conceptual framework and detailed implementation guidelines for computer science (CS) teaching. Updated with the latest teaching approaches and trends, and expanded with new learning activities, the content of this new edition is clearly written and structured to be applicable to all levels of CS education and for any teaching organization. Features: provides 110 detailed learning activities; reviews curriculum and cross-curriculum topics in CS; explores the b...

As they have done historically, innovative institutions enrich the college ecosystem, helping the higher educational industry develop flexible resilience. The chapters in this book showcase perspectives, hard-won lessons, challenges and provocative ideas about how historically innovative institutions can contribute to the current discourse on innovation in higher education. The chapters in this book include case studies of innovative campuses and practices, as well as future-looking direct...

Focusing on the teaching of computer science in the generative A.I. (GenAI) era, the 4th edition of this Guide to Teaching Computer Science aims to contribute to the urgent effort to rethink and redesign computer science education.This Guide to Teaching Computer Science is intended for all computer science educators, from elementary, middle and high school to academia. It is organized in a way that enables an immediate application of its main ide...

This book examines the emergence of small cinemas of the Andes, covering digital peripheries in Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Colombia. The volume critically assesses heterogeneous audiovisual practices and subaltern agents, elucidating existing tensions, contradictions and resistances with respect to established cinematic norms. The reason these small cinematic sectors are of interest is twofold: first, the film markets of the aforementioned countries are often eclipsed by the filmmaking gia...