Den danske filosof Rasmus Nielsen (1809-1884) var tilhænger af den tyske filosof Hegel og kontinentalfilosofien, men blev i stigende grad i løbet af sit liv præget af Søren Kierkegaards eksistentialisme. I denne biografi beskriver P.A. Rosenberg kronologisk Nielsens barndom og ungdom samt Hegels indflydelse, ligesom han beskriver dialektikkens metode, den propædeutiske logik og den kierkegaardske periode i Nielsens liv. I bogens sidste kapitler sammenstilles Rasmus Nielsens filosofi med ho...

Seriality in the Streaming Era explores the dynamic transformation of serialized storytelling in the digital era, where platforms like Netflix, Disney+, and Apple Podcasts have redefined how narratives are created, consumed, and experienced.This book examines the profound impact of streaming technologies on both fictional and nonfictional series, offering an in-depth analysis of how these formats have evolved. Drawing from case studies across a wide range of media—from tel...

This open access book reports on research carried out as part of the European Union co-funded C.O.N.T.A.C.T. project which targeted hate speech and hate crime across a number of EU member states. It showcases the bearing that discourse analytic research can have on our understanding of this phenomenon that is a growing global cause for concern.Although ‘hate speech’ is often incorporated in legal and policy documents, there is no universally accepted definition, which in itself war...

Winner, 2025 Hazel Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award, International Journal of Press/PoliticsWinner, 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleA small but growing number of people in many countries consistently avoid the news. They feel they do not have time for it, believe it is not worth the effort, find it irrelevant or emotionally draining, or do not trust the media, among other reasons. Why and how do people circumvent news? Which gr...

Winner, 2025 Hazel Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award, International Journal of Press/PoliticsWinner, 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleA small but growing number of people in many countries consistently avoid the news. They feel they do not have time for it, believe it is not worth the effort, find it irrelevant or emotionally draining, or do not trust the media, among other reasons. Why and how do people circumvent news? Which gr...

More people today get news via Facebook and Google than from any news organization in history, and smaller platforms like Twitter serve news to more users than all but the biggest media companies. In The Power of Platforms, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen and Sarah Anne Ganter draw on original interviews and other qualitative evidence to analyze the "platform power" that a few technology companies have come to exercise in public life, the reservations publishers have about platforms, as well...

Der findes ikke nogen formel på Amerika. Ingen enkel måde at definere landet eller dets indbyggere. Men skal man alligevel gøre forsøget, må det være at sige, at USA er kontrasternes land. Stedet med ubegribelig rigdom, skønhed og glamour. Stedet, hvor drømme kan blive til virkelighed, og hvor træerne næsten vokser helt ind i himlen. Men samtidig også stedet, hvor millioner lever under fattigdomsgrænsen, og hvor grundlaget for din eksistens kan styrte i grus, hvis du mister dit arbejde. De...

Political campaigns today are won or lost in the so-called ground war--the strategic deployment of teams of staffers, volunteers, and paid part-timers who work the phones and canvass block by block, house by house, voter by voter. Ground Wars provides an in-depth ethnographic portrait of two such campaigns, New Jersey Democrat Linda Stender's and that of Democratic Congressman Jim Himes of Connecticut, who both ran for Congress in 2008.Rasmus Kleis Nielsen examines how Ame...

Tv-serier har taget verden med storm de seneste år. House Of Cards, Breaking Bad, True Detective og Homeland er blot nogle af de serier, der har lagt gaderne øde. Serierne er fiktion, men afspejler ofte en virkelighed eller en opfattelse af faktiske forhold. Og vores syn på mange samfundsaspekter, hvad enten det er politik, kvindefængsler eller politiarbejde, bliver præget af de skildringer, vi har set i tv-serierne.Denne antologi går tæt på en række af de største og mest betydning...

Barack Obama Han blev valgt på løftet om at forandre USA. ”Change We Can Believe In” lød det valgslogan, der henrykkede både amerikanerne og resten af verden. I 2009 blev Obama indsat som Amerikas 44. præsident. Fem år er nu gået, siden Barack Obama blev taget i ed som præsident, og spørgsmålet er: Har han forandret Amerika? I denne antologi søger skribenterne på Kongressen.com at give svaret. Ud fra såvel indenrigs- som udenrigspolitiske vinkler ser de tilbage på Obamas første fem år ved ...

Phantasma er første bind i den sexede dark romantasy-serie Wicked Games.Dødsspillet Phantasmas vigtigste regel: Du må ikke forelske dig.Da Ophelia og Genevieves mor dør, er der ingen tid til at sørge. Ophelia har nemlig både arvet morens nekromantiske evner og en monumental gæld. Genevieve ser kun én udvej: i al hemmelighed at tilmelde sig Phantasma – en konkurrence til døden, hvor vinderen får sit højeste ønske opfyldt.Phantasma finder sted i et hjem...

For more than a century, local journalism has been taken almost for granted. But the twenty-first century has brought major challenges. The newspaper industry that has historically provided most local coverage is in decline and it is not yet clear whether digital media will sustain new forms of local journalism. This book provides an international overview of the challenges facing changing forms of local journalism today. It identifies the central role that diminished newspapers still play...