The role of market-oriented tourist policies in the planned economies socialist Eastern Europe has been long overlooked. This article examines how regime Romania moved from sheer ideological rhetoric to commercialism and market-driven strategies when promoting as a destination ‘West’ between 1960s 1980s. It argues that there was continual shifting using tourism an tool certain pragmatism needed...

This paper presents an information-boundaries perspective on the family and the Internet with the aim of helping to set the context for child development in the new media environment. Drawing from family studies, sociology, and communication, it lays out a model for viewing the family in relation to the Web. The paper draws research ideas out of the framework that center on four areas: family c...

Abstract Collective memory of atrocities is a fractured and disputed terrain. In this article, we empirically explore the complex process translating violent events that took place in Medellín during 1980s 1990s into collective memory. It examines conflict between inhabitants’ (in)ability to overcome trauma shape their identity power global media representations, exemplified by popular TV shows...

Recently a letter appeared in Physical Therapy authored by the American Physical Therapy Association's (APT A's) Committee on Research (1). Th e letter condemned the use of the initials PhC following an individual's name. It seems the initials are being used to designate a candidate for the PhD. The committee correctly observed that it was a misleading practice and urged members to stop using t...