Wiesław, or a Slavic Magical Fairy Tale as Comic Book Material

Fairy Tales as a Forerunner of European Children's Literature: Cross-border Fairy Tale Materials and Fairy Tale Motifs

Due to the Romantic movement there was a growing attention for recording oral tradition. Pedagogues advocating an independent literature for children recognized the importance of folktales especially for the mediation of bourgeois virtues and social norms. Influenced by the stilistic model of the Brother Grimm's Household Tales and as a result of the propagation of national literatures, a broad...

Is bio-identical hormone therapy fact or fairy tale?

Bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) is becoming more popular among women, and providers should have adequate knowledge regarding this treatment. This article reviews traditional hormone replacement therapy, BHRT, its premise, treatment options, and its overall strengths and weaknesses.

The control over personal data: True remedy or fairy tale ?

This research report undertakes an interdisciplinary review of the concept of “control” (i.e. the idea that people should have greater “control” over their data), proposing an analysis of this concept in the field of law and computer science. Despite the omnipresence of the notion of control in the EU policy documents, scholarly literature and in the press, the very meaning of this concept rema...

Informed consent--a fairy tale? Law's vision.

Comic Book Violence and Vengeance

This study investigated the effects of reading violent versus nonviolent comic books on vengeful responding to hypothetical scenarios. Results indicated that participants reading violent comic books were the most vengeful. Exposure to violent media may influence the likelihood of seeking revenge by activating or reinforcing an individual’s aggressive network. Comic Book Violence and Vengeance 3...