Politics of Counter-Memory in Turkey: Docudramatizing the Past as a Panacea for Official Discourses? by Nuran E. Işik

“…The past of the Turkish Republic as well as the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (the founder of the Republic) have always been narrated though memory rituals, speeches and official announcements, celebrations, movies and reports which created an ensemble of practices re-dramatizing the historical events and figures. …”
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“Hi! My name is Pauline, but most of my friends just call me Paul”: Divine on stage by Jean DU VERGER

“…The infamous star of John Waters’ underground movies, Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead), had become during the 1970s and 1980s the cross-dressing icon of a generation. …”
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A Critical Review on the Book An Approach to Realism, Cinema and the Expression of Religious Concepts by Ali Khorashadi, Dariush Esmaeili

“…Meanwhile, Cinema as modern era art has close connections with realism for image recording and we know that from the earliest films of Lumiere brothers. with the addition of sound and color to basic silent movies, this relation continued and from mid 20th-century attitudes for social realism were increased which was reflected in works of Iitalian Neorealists and “Andre Bazin” theories. …”
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Extraction of Psychological Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic through Topic-Level Sentiment Dynamics by Abdul Razzaq, Touqeer Abbas, Sarfraz Hashim, Salman Qadri, Imran Mumtaz, Najia Saher, Muzammil Ul-Rehman, Faisal Shahzad, Syed Ali Nawaz

“…However, most people enjoyed by playing games, watching movies, and reading books during the lockdown period. …”
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Léo Malet ou le roman noir américain made in France by Crystel Pinçonnat

“…His main source of inspiration was not so much noir fiction as the movies. It is on this “American” production by Léo Malet that we will focus here. …”
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Piracy as counter-hegemony by Tanja Bosch

“… Despite several attempts by the Antipiracy Foundation in South Africa, piracy and counterfeiting of movies on DVD is still widespread. This paper explores piracy in Hanover Park, a Cape Flats township, as an expression of a politics of resistance to racism and racial disadvantage, but more specifically as a routine social practice deeply embedded within the lived reality of community members. …”
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Acting Styles, Nuances and Linguistic Aesthetics: A Case Study of Ibrahim Chatta in Yoruba Films by Adejoke Adetoun Fadirepo, Adeyemi Oluwadamilare Oresanya

“…In Yoruba films, there is a crop of non-native actors who are fluent in the language of their nativity as well as being conversational in the Yoruba language movies which aid their celebrity status. The inability to acculturate to the expected character through diction, gesticulation and socio-linguistic nuances create disorientation between the actors and the audience. …”
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English language teachers’ experiences with the first transition to online education during COVID-19 by K. Váradi

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Which aspects of neighbourhood environment are most associated with meeting physical activity recommendations in American adults: an NHIS study by Leigh F Callahan, Sarah C Gebauer, Joanne Salas, Jeffrey Scherrer

“…Other elements associated with meeting PA were presence of bus or transit stops to walk to and presence of movies, libraries or churches to walk to (OR=1.12 (95% CI 1.03 to 1.23) and OR=1.19 (95% CI 1.08 to 1.31), respectively).Conclusions In this analysis, the characteristic most strongly associated with PA was presence of places to walk and relax. …”
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Developing High School Prep Class Students’ Verbal Skils by Using Web 2.0 Application by Gürbüz Ocak, Hateme Aysel Kuzu, Akın Karakuyu

“…It has been concluded that the willingness to speak is increased with Web 2.0 applications and the lessons that include more dialogues, reading-listening activities, games and movies will be motivating for the students.…”
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The efficiency of using the technology of “edutainment” in teaching foreign languages by Julia D. Ermakova, Tamara M. Nosova

“…The peculiarity of edutainment technology is in introduction modern forms of entertainment in the system of traditional lectures, lessons, classes, seminars and master classes, as without television programs, desktop, computer and video games, movies, music, websites, multimedia programs it is difficult to imagine the daily reality of any student. …”
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From Rockstar Researcher to Selfless Mentor: A DaughtersPerspective by Melissa Castillo-Garsow

“…Of course, I was still (and am) a daddy's little girl, bonded forever by a shared obsession with the same movies (The Godfather, My Name is Nobody, The Man from Snowy River); the same TV shows (Law & Order); and all things sports related, but I also knew that my father was a very busy man and his time was limited. …”
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Narrativas del pasado y literatura infantil: continuidades y rupturas en los planteos críticos de Graciela Montes y Ana Maria Machado by Laura Rafaela García

“…El posicionamiento crítico de las autoras con respecto a los movi mientos de su campo y las características del contexto de cada país contribuye a profundizar en los modos desde los cuales la literatura participa de la infancia.…”
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Observing the Coming of Age of Video Game Graphics: Exploring the historical development of video game graphics through distant viewing, hermeneutics and image clustering by Adrian Demleitner

“…., 2015; Fizek, 2022), different from movies or software interfaces. Being an essential part of digital history and formative to how we understand and consume video games and other digital media today, there is a need for studying this lesser researched area. …”
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The Wandering Character in the Coen Brothers’ Films: When the Southern Gothic Meets the Western by Julie Assouly

“…Those archetypes can be found in their contemporary versions in Blood Simple (1984), Raising Arizona (1987) or No Country for Old Men (2007) – movies in which the iconography of the Western is pregnant – and to some extent in Fargo (1996) which provides a re-reading of the frontier myth. …”
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Mobile-Commerce Usage Challenges among University Students in Uganda: A Case of Kabale University. by Phelix, Businge Mbabazi, Micheal, Tamale, Patricia, Kyomugisha

“…., mobile music, mobile gaming, mobile movies, etc. Some of these services can help students access the University services easily and generally improve their social wellbeing and generally ease their academic process. …”
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Life satisfaction of Palestinian and Polish students after pandemic COVID-19 by Krzysztof Zdziarski, Anna Knyszyńska, Katarzyna Karakiewicz-Krawczyk, Mariam Awad, Salam Awad, Narmeen Qumsieh, Marek Landowski, Beata Karakiewicz

“…Polish students attach importance to social activity, meetings with friends, traveling, listening to music and watching movies. For them, these forms of spending free time are important in the context of mental regeneration and escape from stress. …”
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Characteristic features of manifestations of aggressiveness in children by P. D. Chervonyi, A. V. Nadutyi

“…Factors that can provoke aggressive behavior in children are described, in particular: family problems (brutal treatment by parents, quarrels, divorce), mental disorders (anxiety, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), media influence (children who often watch movies and violent TV shows, more prone to aggressive behavior). …”
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KIDS CLUB: CHILD-FRIENDLY HOTEL MARKETING STRATEGY by Dian Pramita Sugiarti, I Gede Anom Sastrawan

“…The activities offered by the hotel are painting, coloring, storytelling, drawing, watching movies, and outdoor activities, namely parks made with the concept of adventure. …”
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Electronic media use and sleep in toddlerhood and preschool age by R. Praninskienė, R. Jusienė, I. Laurinaitytė, L. Petronytė, I. Rakickienė, V. Urbonas

“…Children of parents with lower education were more likely to have an IT device in the sleeping room, and they were permitted to watch movies before bedtime. Also, children who had an IT device in their sleeping room had more difficulties initiating sleep, and they had more sleep problems (reaching the borderline or clinical level). …”
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