Melinda B Robins
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 88713 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Melinda B Robins |
| PRENOMES | Melinda B |
| SOBRENOME | Robins |
| ASSINATURA | ROBINS M B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Emerson College |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 4 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2002 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2004 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Visiting Africa
In this textual analysis, we investigate the official travel websites of African countries. Our study examines where travel and tourism fit into agendas of nationalist constructions. Whose vision of nation is being served by these constructions? How does this "image-work" by developing nations reconcile the paradoxes between modernization, authenticity, and change? Do host nations sustain earlier or develop new authenticities as they become "tour…
Lost Boys’ and the promised land
This textual analysis of top US newspapers examines coverage of the Sudanese ‘Lost Boys’ as they were being resettled in the USA after enduring years of civil war and exile. I uncover some of the narrative elements employed in the text that perpetuate US myths such as ‘the rugged individualist’ and ‘the Promised Land’, even as a complex foreign news story is made palatable to local news consumers. I find that the refugees were presented as coming…
Are African Women Online Just Ict Consumers
As Africa's women struggle to enlarge their spheres of influence in political, economic and social arenas, the question is whether the Internet and other digital technologies can become agents of transformation or will reproduce the inequalities of the status quo. This study investigates the sites where gender, class and international trade intersect with the emerging communications technologies, thus epitomizing the ambiguities of globalization.…
Beyond Boundaries
Lost Boys’ and the promised land
This textual analysis of top US newspapers examines coverage of the Sudanese ‘Lost Boys’ as they were being resettled in the USA after enduring years of civil war and exile. I uncover some of the narrative elements employed in the text that perpetuate US myths such as ‘the rugged individualist’ and ‘the Promised Land’, even as a complex foreign news story is made palatable to local news consumers. I find that the refugees were presented as coming…
Visiting Africa
In this textual analysis, we investigate the official travel websites of African countries. Our study examines where travel and tourism fit into agendas of nationalist constructions. Whose vision of nation is being served by these constructions? How does this "image-work" by developing nations reconcile the paradoxes between modernization, authenticity, and change? Do host nations sustain earlier or develop new authenticities as they become "tour…
Beyond Boundaries
Are African Women Online Just Ict Consumers
As Africa's women struggle to enlarge their spheres of influence in political, economic and social arenas, the question is whether the Internet and other digital technologies can become agents of transformation or will reproduce the inequalities of the status quo. This study investigates the sites where gender, class and international trade intersect with the emerging communications technologies, thus epitomizing the ambiguities of globalization.…
Are African Women Online Just Ict Consumers
As Africa's women struggle to enlarge their spheres of influence in political, economic and social arenas, the question is whether the Internet and other digital technologies can become agents of transformation or will reproduce the inequalities of the status quo. This study investigates the sites where gender, class and international trade intersect with the emerging communications technologies, thus epitomizing the ambiguities of globalization.…
Beyond Boundaries
Lost Boys’ and the promised land
This textual analysis of top US newspapers examines coverage of the Sudanese ‘Lost Boys’ as they were being resettled in the USA after enduring years of civil war and exile. I uncover some of the narrative elements employed in the text that perpetuate US myths such as ‘the rugged individualist’ and ‘the Promised Land’, even as a complex foreign news story is made palatable to local news consumers. I find that the refugees were presented as coming…
Visiting Africa
In this textual analysis, we investigate the official travel websites of African countries. Our study examines where travel and tourism fit into agendas of nationalist constructions. Whose vision of nation is being served by these constructions? How does this "image-work" by developing nations reconcile the paradoxes between modernization, authenticity, and change? Do host nations sustain earlier or develop new authenticities as they become "tour…
Political science (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · Law (3 obras) · Aesthetics (2 obras) · Computer Science (2 obras) · Economics (2 obras) · ICT Impact and Policies (2 obras) · Media studies (2 obras) · Political economy (2 obras) · The Internet (2 obras)