The current discussion among journalists and scholars in media research and peace studies focuses on the question of how the media can become vehicles for conf1ict prevention and constructive, nonviolent conflict transformation. This proposal of critical peace journalism as an alternative to traditional war reporting is not suggesting that violence should not be reported or that what is reporte...

During the war, accumulation of tensions, anguish and collective traumas form a "breeding ground" most conducive to birth proliferation false news, rumors legends. The first them, spy mania, explodes in hours conflict. home front becomes scene veritable jingoistic outburst, leading many civilians relentlessly hunt down this "enemy from within" demonized by propaganda focusing on German barbaris...

In this paper, with point of departure in theories on generic fascism and critical gender history, I analyse gendered visions in fascist propaganda produced by the National Socialist Labour Party (NSLP), an interwar Swedish party. The presented results are part of my forthcoming thesis, aiming at investigating how the NSLP legitimated and made fascism intelligible in a Swedish context. Even if ...

eResearch is a concept or word which has come into vogue in academic research circles since 2000. Fundamentally, it is collaborative and interactive research made possible by the Internet and data and computational grids. But like any other new concept, it can and has been abused and misused by people keen to “jump on the bandwagon”. eResearch presents many challenges, both technical and organi...

Information may be transmitted directly from a sender to a receiver, or indirectly through intermediaries. How do intermediaries affect the reporting truthfulness of an informed sender? When does he prefer using intermediaries? In this model, an objective sender or intermediary passes on information truthfully, while a biased one wants to push a particular agenda but also has reputational conce...

Truby King's theory is that the vast majority of full term babies are born healthy and that they become weakly and unhealthy largely owing to the well-meaning but misguided efforts of the parents and attendants. His great success in reducing infantile mortality in New Zealand to the lowest in the world proves the truth of his hypothesis. Curiously enough he has written nothing for the professio...

Department of Fishing and Processing Technology, Faculty of Fisheries, University of Süleyman Demirel, Isparta, Turkey; 2 Departmento de Engenharia Alimentar, Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Universidade do Algarve and Centro de Ciências do Mar CCMar – CIMAR Laboratório Associado, Faro, Portugal; 3 CIMA Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental and Departamento de Engenheria Alimentar, Insti...