1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789604403321

Autore

Gainous Jason <1971->

Titolo

Rebooting American politics [[electronic resource] ] : the internet revolution / / Jason Gainous and Kevin M. Wagner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2011

ISBN

1-283-05694-1

9786613056948

1-4422-1051-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WagnerKevin M. <1971->

Disciplina

324.0973

Soggetti

Internet - Political aspects - United States

Political participation - United States - Computer network resources

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

Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Ch01. Evolution, Revolution, and the Internet; Ch02. A Descriptive Summary of the Measurement and Story; Ch03. The Digital Political Public; Ch04. Balloting Online; Ch05. Bowling Online; Ch06. The Internet; Ch07. Click and Donate; Ch08. Is Anyone Listening?; Ch09. Evolution, Revolution, and the Internet Revisited; Appendix; Notes; References; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Going beyond theory and guess based forecasts; this book systematically explores and measures the implications of the growing use of the internet in the American political landscape. Using current election data, the authors specifically challenge the predominant conjecture that the impact of new technology will not affect the electoral outcomes and illustrate that the use of the internet is causing a marked shift in not just who votes, but who wins.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910824628403321

Titolo

Diagnosing folklore : perspectives on disability, health, and trauma / / edited by Trevor J. Blank and Andrea Kitta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, [Mississippi] : , : University Press of Mississippi, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4968-0429-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Disciplina

362.4

Soggetti

Disabilities - Social aspects

People with disabilities - Social conditions

People with mental disabilities - Social conditions

Stigma (Social psychology)

Folklore - Social aspects

Sociology of disability

Disability studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1. Disability, ethnography, and the stigmatized vernacular -- Part 2. Folk knowledge, belief, and treatment in regional and ethnic health praxis -- Part 3. The performance of mental illness, stigma, and trauma.

Sommario/riassunto

"Diagnosing Folklore provides an inclusive forum for an expansive conversation on the sensitive, raw, and powerful processes that shape and imbue meaning in the lives of individuals and communities beleaguered by medical stigmatization, conflicting public perceptions, and contextual constraints. This volume aims to showcase current ideas and debates, as well as promote the larger study of disability, health, and trauma within folkloristics, helping bridge the gaps between the folklore discipline and disability studies. This book consists of three sections, each dedicated to key issues in disability, health, and trauma. It explores the confluence of disability, ethnography, and the stigmatized vernacular through communicative



competence, esoteric and exoteric groups in the Special Olympics, and the role of family in stigmatized communities. Then, it considers knowledge, belief, and treatment in regional and ethnic communities with case studies from the Latino/a community in Los Angeles, Javanese Indonesia, and Middle America. Lastly, the volume looks to the performance of mental illness, stigma, and trauma through contemporary legends about mental illness, vlogs on bipolar disorder, medical fetishism, and veteran's stories"--

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910367564203321

Autore

Rodrigues Hugo

Titolo

Masonry Buildings : : Research and Practice / / Hugo Rodrigues, Tanja Kalman Šipoš

Pubbl/distr/stampa

MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019

Basel, Switzerland : , : MDPI, , 2019

ISBN

9783039213740

3039213741

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (202 p.)

Soggetti

History of engineering and technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Masonry is a construction material that has been used throughout the years as a structural or non-structural component in buildings. Masonry can be described as a composite material made up of different units and diverse types of arrangements, with or without mortar, that is used in many ancient public buildings, as well as with the latest technologies being applied in construction. Research in multiple relevant fields, as well as crossing structural with non-structural needs, is crucial for understanding the qualities of existent buildings and to develop new products and construction technologies. This book addresses and promotes the discussion related to the different topics



addressing the use of masonry in the construction sciences and in practice, including theory and research, numerical approaches and technical applications in new works, and repair actions and interventions in the built environment, connecting theory and application across topics from academia to industry.