Promoting peace and sustainability in human development while accounting for the risks associated with the impact of climate change on society has become more imperative than ever when addressing humanity's challenges of the twenty-first century.
Through a critical, transdisciplinary approach, Journalism and Crime offers a chronological interrogation of crime journalism from its first origins in 16th century print, to a transatlantic phenomenon in the 19th century and through to the complex networked digital spheres of the current day.
Communication scholars have taken seriously the call for engaged scholarship, and this book examines the principles, practices, and outcomes of communication activism research for social justice.
La investigación-acción combina el estudio académico, la participación en el debate público, la incidencia en políticas públicas y la construcción de instituciones (como centros de pensamiento y ONG).
Using clear language and real-world examples, this accessible textbook provides a concise guide to the understanding and critical evaluation of journal articles in epidemiology.
El multinaturalismo del antropólogo brasilero Eduardo Viveiros de Castro y el animismo del francés Philippe Descola se han popularizado más o menos juntos bajo el nombre de perspectivismo amerindio y se están expandiendo viralmente desde la Amazonia al resto de la academia de las ciencias sociales.
Este libro tiene la finalidad de ofrecer algunas reflexiones en torno a nuevos enfoques y perspectivas en la investigación social, como es el método de la Investigación Aplicada y su potencial utilidad en la elaboración de investigaciones diagnósticas o bien, en lo que en este texto propongo pensar como prácticas investigativas en Trabajo Social.
This book explores how China, and especially China's Belt and Road Initiative, is viewed in European media and by European think tanks, thereby uncovering European elites' views of China.
This book presents a research-based solution-focused applied psychology approach (SoFAP-P) that is efficient and effective in helping clients address challenges and can be applied to a wide range of psychological domains.
This book presents a research-based solution-focused applied psychology approach (SoFAP-P) that is efficient and effective in helping clients address challenges and can be applied to a wide range of psychological domains.
Designed to foster inquiry-mindedness, this book prepares graduate students to develop a conceptual framework and conduct inquiry projects that are linked to ongoing conversations in a field.
Written in an accessible and engaging style, this book uses a series of case studies to show how popular media are important to us, as a source of pleasure and entertainment, but also in communicating about the world with others.
Written in an accessible and engaging style, this book uses a series of case studies to show how popular media are important to us, as a source of pleasure and entertainment, but also in communicating about the world with others.
The contemporary world currently faces multi-level challenges, including cross-border migration, economic crises and myriad health issues, including the recent COVID-19 pandemic.
The contemporary world currently faces multi-level challenges, including cross-border migration, economic crises and myriad health issues, including the recent COVID-19 pandemic.
This second edition textbook provides invaluable guidance on carrying out qualitative research in psychology using methods both individually and in combination.
In this remarkable volume, a multinational team of scientists catalogs the stressors and benefits for combat-trained soldiers deployed on missions where they are told to hold their fire and assume the role of peacekeeper.
The new, second edition of this successful Handbook explores the growing and evolving field of Chinese media, offering a window through which to observe multi-directional flows of information, culture and communications within the contexts of globalisation and regionalisation.
Originally published in 1986, this volume brings together geographical modelling of population change and demographic analysis of population structures and pattern.
Unraveling: An Autoethnography of Suicide and Renewal is an autoethnographic story that explores the intricate relationship among trauma, marginality, and mental health.
This encyclopedia provides a real-world guide to American political journalism and news coverage in the 21st century, from the most influential media organizations and pundits to the controversies and practices shaping modern-day political journalism.
Unraveling: An Autoethnography of Suicide and Renewal is an autoethnographic story that explores the intricate relationship among trauma, marginality, and mental health.
Originally published in 1986, this volume brings together geographical modelling of population change and demographic analysis of population structures and pattern.
Originally published in 1974, this book evaluates and compares three important styles of sociological research: positivism, symbolic interactionism and critique.
Departing Radically in Academic Writing (DRAW) seeks to show qualitative researchers that there are ways to embrace creatively alternative approaches to writing, whilst fulfilling the demands of an academic tenure system.
By the 1970s psychology had made sizable advances with its primary emphasis on the study of overt behavior, but its progress on covert behavior had been delayed because of the lack of suitable psychophysiological technology.
By the 1970s psychology had made sizable advances with its primary emphasis on the study of overt behavior, but its progress on covert behavior had been delayed because of the lack of suitable psychophysiological technology.
This book demonstrates how creative research methods can be used to better understand the experiences of children, particularly in the context of sport, physical activity and health.
Departing Radically in Academic Writing (DRAW) seeks to show qualitative researchers that there are ways to embrace creatively alternative approaches to writing, whilst fulfilling the demands of an academic tenure system.
Postfoundational Approaches to Qualitative Inquiry is an edited collection that aims to move beyond a critique and deconstruction of method in order to present an engagement with various postfoundational frameworks and approaches that produce new concepts and enactments.
Emphasizing the new challenges posed by the data science revolution, digital media, and changing norms, Research Ethics in Applied Economics examines the ethical issues faced by quantitative social scientists at each stage of the research process.
Postfoundational Approaches to Qualitative Inquiry is an edited collection that aims to move beyond a critique and deconstruction of method in order to present an engagement with various postfoundational frameworks and approaches that produce new concepts and enactments.
This book demonstrates how creative research methods can be used to better understand the experiences of children, particularly in the context of sport, physical activity and health.
Emphasizing the new challenges posed by the data science revolution, digital media, and changing norms, Research Ethics in Applied Economics examines the ethical issues faced by quantitative social scientists at each stage of the research process.
Covering basic univariate and bivariate statistics and regression models for nominal, ordinal, and interval outcomes, Applied Statistics for the Social and Health Sciences provides graduate students in the social and health sciences with fundamental skills to estimate, interpret, and publish quantitative research using contemporary standards.
Covering basic univariate and bivariate statistics and regression models for nominal, ordinal, and interval outcomes, Applied Statistics for the Social and Health Sciences provides graduate students in the social and health sciences with fundamental skills to estimate, interpret, and publish quantitative research using contemporary standards.
Whether you are looking to interpret and evaluate existing health research, or conduct your own, this book discusses every step of the research process, from theory and ethics to data collection, analysis and dissemination.
'WAYB remains an indispensable companion for anyone seriously committed to the profession of author, whether full-time or part-time; and as always it is particularly valued by those who are setting out hopefully on that vocational path.
