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An exploration of job demands, job control, stress, and attitudes in public, nonprofit, and for-profit employees (2013)
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Hamann, D. J., & Foster, N. T. (2014). An exploration of job demands, job control, stress, and attitudes in public, nonprofit, and for-profit employees. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 34(4), 332-355. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371X13491119

© 2013 SAGE Publications. Drawing on the Job Demands-Control-Support model, we argue that job demands, job control, social support, stress, and employee attitudes differ by ownership sector. Using Random Coefficient/ Hierarchical Linear Modeling, we... Read More about An exploration of job demands, job control, stress, and attitudes in public, nonprofit, and for-profit employees.

Tracing the Democratic Narrative: Big Society, Localism and Civic Engagement (2013)
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Buser, M. (2013). Tracing the Democratic Narrative: Big Society, Localism and Civic Engagement. Local Government Studies, 39(1), 3-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2012.693077

This paper engages with recent policy changes in the UK surrounding the government's Big Society and localism agenda. Examining the framework and condition through which these programmes are developing in England, the article traces the conceptual de... Read More about Tracing the Democratic Narrative: Big Society, Localism and Civic Engagement.

Experiences with AR plots: A travel time augmented reality game (2013)
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Dixon, D., Liaquat Kiani, S., & Ikram, A. (2013). Experiences with AR plots: A travel time augmented reality game. Communications in Mobile Computing, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/2192-1121-2-1

Digital games have the potential for changing attitudes towards social issues such as climate change and sustainability. These games don’t have to be based on fixed computing and with the rise of smart phone, they can make use of a range of sensor an... Read More about Experiences with AR plots: A travel time augmented reality game.

The production of space in metropolitan regions: A Lefebvrian analysis of governance and spatial change (2012)
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Buser, M. (2012). The production of space in metropolitan regions: A Lefebvrian analysis of governance and spatial change. Planning Theory, 11(3), 279-298. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473095212439693

The language of relational geography now permeates the field and literature of planning, with phrases such as 'fuzzy boundaries' and 'flows and networks' being commonly used to express the complexity of socio-economic and governance relations. Howeve... Read More about The production of space in metropolitan regions: A Lefebvrian analysis of governance and spatial change.

'Stuff it': Respectability and the voice of resistance in letter to brezhnev (2012)
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Dolan, J. (2012). 'Stuff it': Respectability and the voice of resistance in letter to brezhnev. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 9(2), 247-261. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2012.0082

Exploring Letter to Brezhnev through concepts of respectability as feminine cultural capital this article suggests that the film’s affective impulse stems from its representation of a female, working class experience under Thatcherism. This experienc... Read More about 'Stuff it': Respectability and the voice of resistance in letter to brezhnev.

Paying attention: Toward a critique of the attention economy (2012)
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Crogan, P., & Kinsley, S. (2012). Paying attention: Toward a critique of the attention economy

This is the introduction to the special issue of Culture Machine co-edited by the authors and drawn from the 2010 conference of the same name co-convened by the Digital Cultures Research Centre for the European Science Foundaiton (see www.payingatten... Read More about Paying attention: Toward a critique of the attention economy.

Interactive documentary: Setting the field (2012)
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Aston, J., & Gaudenzi, S. (2012). Interactive documentary: Setting the field. Studies in Documentary Film, 6(2), 125-139. https://doi.org/10.1386/sdf.6.2.125_1

This article articulates the authors’ combined vision behind convening i-Docs, the first international symposia to focus exclusively on the rapidly evolving field of interactive documentary. In so doing, it provides a case study of practice-driven re... Read More about Interactive documentary: Setting the field.

We’re happy and we know it: Documentary, data, montage (2012)
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Dovey, J., Dovey, J., & Rose, M. (2012). We’re happy and we know it: Documentary, data, montage. Studies in Documentary Film, 6(2), 159-173. https://doi.org/10.1386/sdf.6.2.159_1

This article is concerned with the social praxis of documentary in the sea of ‘ubiquitous data’ that is both consequence and driver of online social mediation. The topic is given importance by the morphing of the character of video in the context of... Read More about We’re happy and we know it: Documentary, data, montage.

'The queen', aging femininity and the recuperation of the monarchy (2012)
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Dolan, J. (2012). 'The queen', aging femininity and the recuperation of the monarchy

Located in the ideologically saturated discourses of historical truth and the cinematic conventions of authenticity mobilised by the biopic genre, Stephen Frear’s 2006 film, The Queen, contributes to the hegemonic recuperation of the British monarchy... Read More about 'The queen', aging femininity and the recuperation of the monarchy.

Editing (and) individuation (2012)
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Crogan, P. (2012). Editing (and) individuation. New Formations: A Journal of Culture, Theory, Politics, 97-110

This essay will explore aspects of Bernard Stiegler's theorisation of film editing as the construction of a flux of perceptual experience at the heart of the industrialisation of attention characteristic of modern and contemporary technocultures. Thi... Read More about Editing (and) individuation.

Interactive multimedia ethnography: Archiving workflow, interface aesthetics and metadata (2012)
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Matthews, P., & Aston, J. (2012). Interactive multimedia ethnography: Archiving workflow, interface aesthetics and metadata. Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, 5(4), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1145/2399180.2399182

Digital heritage archives often lack engaging user interfaces that strike a balance between providing narrative context and affording user interaction and exploration. It seems nevertheless feasible for metadata tagging and a "joined up" workflow to... Read More about Interactive multimedia ethnography: Archiving workflow, interface aesthetics and metadata.

Mini-games, monsters and Mr Happy: A video essay on virtual and actual play (2011)
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Giddings, S. (2011). Mini-games, monsters and Mr Happy: A video essay on virtual and actual play

This video essay is a microethological study of the transduction of a virtual world (the PC game Age of Mythologies) into the actual world play of children with toys and water. The video is constructed from an audio recording and a sequence of still... Read More about Mini-games, monsters and Mr Happy: A video essay on virtual and actual play.

Cinema distribution in the age of digital projection (2011)
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Crofts, C. (2011). Cinema distribution in the age of digital projection. Post Script -Jacksonville-, 30(2), 82-98

It has become almost axiomatic to state that the transition to digital technologies represents a momentous period of change for the cinema. As Angelo D’Alessio of the European Digital Cinema Form suggests, “the Cinema industry is confronting unparall... Read More about Cinema distribution in the age of digital projection.

Spatial planning as an integrative mechanism: A study of sub-regional planning in South Hampshire, England (2011)
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Buser, M., & Farthing, S. (2011). Spatial planning as an integrative mechanism: A study of sub-regional planning in South Hampshire, England. Planning Practice and Research, 26(3), 307-324. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2011.580113

This article examines the concept of integrated spatial planning through a case study of subregional working in South Hampshire, England. It argues that while the government's notion of integration was ill-defined and inconsistent, there were critica... Read More about Spatial planning as an integrative mechanism: A study of sub-regional planning in South Hampshire, England.

Simulation, history and experience in Oshii’s Avalon and military-entertainment technoculture (2010)
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Crogan, P. (2010). Simulation, history and experience in Oshii’s Avalon and military-entertainment technoculture

This essay takes Mamoru Oshii’s Avalon (2001) as a starting point for consideration of the impact of simulational interactive media on contemporary technoculture. The connections made in the film between virtual reality games and military research an... Read More about Simulation, history and experience in Oshii’s Avalon and military-entertainment technoculture.

Knowledge, care and trans-individuation: An interview with Bernard Stiegler (2010)
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Crogan, P. (2010). Knowledge, care and trans-individuation: An interview with Bernard Stiegler. Cultural Politics, 6(2), 157-170. https://doi.org/10.2752/175174310X12672016548207

An Interview with French philosopher of technology and activist, Bernard Stiegler. The interview was conducted in November 2008 in Paris. It appears in the special issue on Stiegler in the journal Cultural Politics (6:2, July 2010), guest edited by P... Read More about Knowledge, care and trans-individuation: An interview with Bernard Stiegler.

“Incremental Speed Increases Excitement”: Bodies, Space, Movement, and Televisual Change (2010)
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Giddings, S., & Kennedy, H. W. (2010). “Incremental Speed Increases Excitement”: Bodies, Space, Movement, and Televisual Change. Television and New Media, 11(3), 163-179. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476409357592

The authors argue that both Pong in the mid-1970s and the Wii today have transformed the television set in dramatic ways that have captured the popular imagination. Through a series of case studies, the authors pay close attention to the continuities... Read More about “Incremental Speed Increases Excitement”: Bodies, Space, Movement, and Televisual Change.