Hailed by many as a game-changer in political communication, Twitter has made its way into election campaigns all around the world. The European Parliamentary elections, taking place simultaneously in 28 countries, give us a unique comparative vision of the way the tool is used by candidates in different national contexts. This volume is the fruit of a research project bringing together scholars from 6 countries, specialised in communication science, media studies, linguistics and computer...

The opening statement of the whole Bible is, "In the beginning, God created," and this creator, God, has the incarnate image of Jesus Christ, of whom is said that "all things were created through Him and for Him" (Col. 1:15-16). This can be seen to be so far removed from much of today's teachings, that of evolution and its propounder, Charles Darwin. The theory of evolution is, in truth, exactly what it says it is-a theory-and which raises many more questions than answers. If we are to bel...

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The opening statement of the whole Bible is, In the beginning, God created, and this creator, God, has the incarnate image of Jesus Christ, of whom is said that all things were created through Him and for Him (Col. 1:1516). This can be seen to be so far removed from much of todays teachings, that of evolution and its propounder, Charles Darwin. The theory of evolution is, in truth, exactly what it says it isa theoryand which raises many more questions than answers. If we are to believe in ...

With few exceptions, the unsurpassable inequality between cultures on the literary field and in the imaginary Republic of Letters remains underemphasized and a more radical reconsideration is needed with regard to vernacular and peripheral forms of understanding cosmopolitan principles. The contributors voice insufficiently acknowledged cosmopolitan networks, frames, authorial positions, and cultural and literary practices, whose links to the nation-building process of Romanian literature ...

Framing the Global explores new and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of global issues. Essays are framed around the entry points or key concepts that have emerged in each contributor's engagement with global studies in the course of empirical research, offering a conceptual toolkit for global research in the 21st century.

The arrival of the participatory web 2.0 has been hailed by many as a media revolution, bringing with it new tools and possibilities for direct political action. Through specialised online platforms, mainstream social media or blogs, citizens in many countries are increasingly seeking to have their voices heard online, whether it is to lobby, to support or to complain about their elected representatives. Politicians, too, are adopting "new media" in specific ways, though they are often cri...

Old hacks meet new media in this BBC radio sitcom set in the changing world of the newspaper industry'The writing is tight, the characters astutely observed and the situation comedy inclusive'Radio TimesMaddox is an old-school journalist struggling to keep up with new technology. He fears the art of finding stories is being forgotten, and is not about to let that happen. His online editor Freddy, however, will happi...