SPINNING NARRATIVES ACROSS POLITICAL DIVIDES: HARNESSING THE CULTURAL POWER OF A STORY WELL-TOLD

This dissertation explores how two American storytellers, considered by many in their to be exemplary in their craft, rely on narrative strategies to communicate to their audiences on divisive political topics in a way that both invokes feelings of pleasure and connection and transcends party identification and ideological divides. Anna Quindlen, through her political columns and op-eds, and Aaron Sorkin, through his television show The West Wing, have won over a politically diverse fan base in spite of the fact that their writing espouses liberal political viewpoints. By telling stories that entertain, first and foremost, Quindlen and Sorkin are able to have a material impact on their audiences on both dry and controversial topics, accomplishing that which 19th Century writer and activist Harriet Farley made her practice: writing in such a way to gain the access necessary to ���do good by stealth.��� This dissertation will argue that it is their skilled use of storytelling elements, which capitalize on the cultural relationship humans have with storytelling, that enables Quindlen and Sorkin to achieve this. The dissertation asks: How do stories shape the beliefs, perspectives, and cognitive functions of humans? How do stories construct culture and interact with cultural values? What is the media���s role in shaping society? What gives stories their power to unite as a medium? What is the significance of the experience of reading or hearing a well-told story, of how it feels? What are the effects of Quindlen���s and Sorkin���s writing on audience members and the political world at large? What is lost when a simplistic narrative structure is followed? Who is left out and what is overlooked? The literature that informs the answers to these questions will cross over and through several academic disciplines: American Studies, British Cultural Studies, Communication, Folklore, Journalism, Literature, Media Studies, Popular Culture, and Social Psychology. The chapters will also explore scholarship on the subjects of narratology and schema theory.

Elaboraci��n de un suplemento tur��stico cultural para diario portada de la ciudad de Azogues

El presente proyecto ha sido realizado con la mentalidad de la ���Elaboraci��n de un suplemento tur��stico-cultural para Diario Portada de la ciudad de Azogues���, complemento representativo para la ciudad mediante varios temas como: reportajes, art��culos y entretenimiento. De acuerdo con las encuestas realizadas, la gente no conoce ning��n medio de comunicaci��n dentro de la ciudad que posea un suplemento, es por eso que se lo cre��, para la distribuci��n de dos ediciones. Cada una de las fotograf��as y la redacci��n fueron realizadas por las ejecutoras del proyecto, con la idea de que vaya evidencia del trabajo realizado. Este trabajo est�� complementado con la investigaci��n te��rica de varios y prestigiosos autores que han sido y son expertos en la materia de la comunicaci��n social y el periodismo, y que debidamente han sido citadas en cada uno de los cap��tulos. Logramos el objetivo con el apoyo de varias personas; la ciudadan��a y del medio de comunicaci��n en conjunto con sus directivos. As�� como tambi��n con el apoyo del Sr. Rafael Santos, qui��n con su asesor��a complement�� el proyecto con la diagramaci��n del suplemento en sus dos ediciones, el mismo que no tendr�� ning��n costo econ��mico para los lectores, pues circular�� como un aporte adicional en el Diario y al mismo costo.

Comunicaci��n audio visual y creatividad como recurso para producir nuevas formas de periodismo cultural local: estudio de caso, la tradici��n artesanal en el cant��n Cuenca

No existe en Cuenca un proyecto de investigaci��n period��stica y de producci��n audiovisual que indague, recopile y presente informaci��n sobre aquellas profesiones tradicionales heredadas a trav��s del tiempo y que poco a poco se van perdiendo con miras a extinguirse completamente. Este proyecto, de cierta manera, puede ser innovador, ya que involucra dos ��reas: comunicaci��n audiovisual y redacci��n dentro del periodismo. Se involucran por el hecho de presentar informaci��n relevante, a trav��s de un producto final, visual y escrito, que ense��e de qu��forma estas profesiones son desarrolladas por diferentes actores humanos, sus contextos y sus procesos, con la intenci��n de servir de apoyo investigativo cultural en el ��mbito local y nacional.

Tradu����o para a l��ngua portuguesa e adapta����o cultural do question��rio Rowe modificado para atletas arremessadores

OBJECTIVE: Study was to translate and culturally adapt the modified Rowe score for overhead athletes. METHODS: The translation and cultural adaptation process initially involved the stages of transla tion, synthesis, back-translation, and revision by the Translation Group. It was than created the pre-final version of the question naire, being the areas function and pain applied to 20 athletes that perform overhead movements and that suffered SLAP lesions in the dominant shoulder and the areas active compression test and anterior apprehension test and motion were applied to 15 health professionals. RESULTS: During the translation process there were made little modifications in the questionnaire in order to adapt it to Brazilian culture, without changing the semantics and the idiomatic concept originally described. CONCLUSIONS: The questionnaire was easily understood by the subjects of the study, being possible to obtain the Brazilian version of the modified Rowe score for over head athletes that underwent surgical treatment of the SLAP lesion.

Pesquisa qualitativa em Educa����o F��sica: possibilidades de constru����o de conhecimento a partir do referencial cultural

This work indicates presuppositions for the qualitative research in Physical Education, starting with a literature review based on the cultural frame of reference. Firstly, we introduce the debate concerning the natural and the human sciences and implications for the Physical Education; we then use a cultural axis as a ground basis for the research in the area, proposing the 'dense description' as a possibility for knowledge building; finally, we bring up examples of studies conducted with such an approach. This theoretical methodological approach allows the study of the human being as a cultural being, thus opposed to the naturalised view of a human - predominant in Physical Education.

Programa����o esportiva na TV Brasil : a influ��ncia da ideologia e ind��stria cultural

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educa����o F��sica

Significados do taiko no Instituto Cultural Nipo Brasileiro de Campinas

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educa����o F��sica

Emo����es no basquetebol : primeiras aproxima����es a partir da psicologia cultural

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educa����o F��sica

Crescimento e desempenho motor em pre-escolares de Itapira SP : um enfoque bio-social-cultural

Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Educa����o F��sica

Lazer, politica cultural e extens��o universitaria no projeto de ensino, pesquisa e extens��o : recrea����o comunitaria

Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Educa����o F��sica

Tradu����o, adapta����o cultural e estrutura fatorial do Body Shape Questionnaire, Body Esteem Scale e Body Appreciation Scale para mulheres brasileiras na meia-idade

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educa����o F��sica

Tradu����o, adapta����o cultural e valida����o do question��rio Body image After Breast Cancer para a l��ngua portuguesa do Brasil

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educa����o F��sica

Tradu����o, adapta����o cultural e valida����o da escala Moorong Self-Efficacy Scale (MSES) para o portugu��s no Brasil = : Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of Moorong Self-Efficacy Scale (MSES) into Brazilian Portuguese

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educa����o F��sica

Analise do desenvolvimento das praticas urbanas de lazer relacionadas a produ����o cultural no periodo nacional-desenvolvimentista a globaliza����o atraves da Teoria da A����o Comunicativa

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educa����o F��sica

Health Related Quality of Life Assessment questionnaire for children aged 5 to 11 years with HIV/AIDS: cross-cultural adaptation for the Portuguese language

The objective of this study is to describe preliminary results from the cross-cultural adaptation of the Quality of Life Assessment Questionnaire, used to measure health related quality of life (HRQL) in Brazilian children aged between 5 and 11 with HIV/AIDS. The cross-cultural model evaluated the Concept, Item, Semantic and Measurement Equivalences (internal consistency and intra-observer reliability). Evaluation of the conceptual, item, semantic equivalences showed that the Portuguese version is pertinent for the Brazilian context. Four of seven domains showed internal consistency above 0.70 (α: 0.76-0.90) and five of seven revealed intra-observer reliability (ricc: 0.41-0.70). This first Portuguese version of the HRQL questionnaire can be understood as a valuable tool for assessing children's HRQL, but further studies with large samples and more robust analyses are recommended before use in the Brazilian context.