1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910478896203321

Autore

Sobieraj Sarah

Titolo

Soundbitten : The Perils of Media-Centered Political Activism / / Sarah Sobieraj

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

0-8147-8858-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Disciplina

324.7/30973

Soggetti

Communication in politics - United States

Mass media - Political aspects - United States

Public relations and politics - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 What If the Whole World Isn’t Watching? -- 2 Campaign Events as Catalysts -- 3 Streets as Stage -- 4 “Apparently They Don’t Like Succinct and Articulate” -- 5 Wait, Isn’t That a Bird in Your Hand? -- 6 What About Us? -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

There is an elaborate and often invisible carnival that emerges alongside presidential campaigns as innumerable activist groups attempt to press their issues into mainstream political discourse. Sarah Sobieraj’s fascinating ethnographic portrait of fifty diverse organizations over the course of two campaign cycles reveals that while most activist groups equate political success with media success and channel their energies accordingly, their efforts fail to generate news coverage and come with deleterious consequences. Sobieraj shows that activists’ impact on public political debates is minimal, and carefully unravels the ways in which their all-consuming media work and unrelenting public relations approach undermine their ability to communicate with pedestrians, comes at the expense of other political activities, and perhaps most perniciously, damages the groups themselves. Weaving together fieldwork, news analysis, and in-depth



interviews with activists and journalists, Soundbitten illuminates the relationship between news and activist organizations. This captivating portrait of activism in the United States lays bare the challenges faced by outsiders struggling to be heard in a mass media dominated public sphere that proves exclusionary and shows that media-centrism is not only ineffective, but also damaging to group life. Soundbitten reveals why media-centered activism so often fails, what activist groups lose in the process, and why we should all be concerned.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789072603321

Autore

Kartveit Magnar <1946->

Titolo

Rejoice, dear Zion! : Hebrew construct phrases with "daughter" and "virgin" as nomen regens / / Magnar Kartveit

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : Walter de Gruyter, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

3-11-030915-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; ; Volume 447

Disciplina

792.4/554

Soggetti

Construct state (Grammar)

Hebrew language - Noun

Women in the Bible

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-193) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Signs of Zion -- Chapter 2: Does "Daughter of Zion" Refer to a Collective or an Individual? -- Chapter 3: "Daughter (of) Zion" in Recent Research -- Chapter 4: The Genitive and the Construct State in Semitic Languages -- Chapter 5: Semantic Analysis of the Construct Phrases with "Daughter" and/or "Virgin" -- Chapter 6: Can Nomen Regens in Biblical Hebrew be a Metaphor Applied (in Apposition?) to Nomen Rectum? -- Chapter 7: Dear Zion -- Bibliography -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Subject Index



Sommario/riassunto

The phrase "Daughter of Zion" is in recent Bible translations often rendered "Daughter Zion". The discussion behind this change has continued for decades, but lacks proper linguistic footing. Parlance in grammars, dictionaries, commentaries and textbooks is often confusing. The present book seeks to remedy this defect by treating all relevant expressions from a linguistic point of view. To do this, it also discusses the understanding of Hebrew construct phrases, and finds that while there is a morphological category of genitive in Akkadian, Ugaritic and Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic and Syriac do not display it. The use of this term as a syntactical category is unfortunate, and the term should be avoided in Hebrew grammar. Metaphor theory and the use of irony are also tools in the discussion of the phrases. As a result of the treatment, the author finds that there are some Hebrew construct phrases where nomen regens describes the following nomen rectum, and the description may be metaphorical, in some cases also ironical. This seems to be the case with "Daughter of Zion" and similar phrases. This understanding calls for a revision of the translation of the phrases, and new translations are suggested.