The political economy of empowerment: research skills in an enterprise culture.
Presentation / Conference
Atton, C. (1996, May)
The political economy of empowerment: research skills in an enterprise culture. Paper presented at Second Annual Conference on Liberal Arts and the Future of University Education, Banff. Canada
‘New’ technologies and journalism practice in Africa: Towards a critical sociological approach.
Book
Mabweazara, H. (2009)
‘New’ technologies and journalism practice in Africa: Towards a critical sociological approach. In N. Hyde-Clarke (Ed.), Citizen Journalism and Alternative Avenues of Communication, 11-30. Juta & Co
This chapter suggests a critical sociological approach in terms of which we can closely examine the use of ‘new’ technologies by journalists in Africa. It argues that to under...
Current Issues in Alternative Media Research
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2007)
Current Issues in Alternative Media Research. Sociology Compass. 1, 17-27. doi:10.1111/j.1751-9020.2007.00005.x. ISSN 1751-9020
Research in alternative media has burgeoned since the turn of the millennium. The majority of studies has examined the political and social dimensions of alternative media and...
Transnational network formation through sports related regional development projects in the Arabian Peninsula
Journal Article
Amara, M., & Theodoraki, E. (2010)
Transnational network formation through sports related regional development projects in the Arabian Peninsula. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 2, 135-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2010.488060
The exploration of the phenomenon of regional development through sports related projects in the Arabian Peninsula shows ways in which urban regeneration investment projects a...
"Virtuous Beings"; The concept of tha damtshig and being a moral person in contemporary Bhutanese society
Journal Article
Whitecross, R. W. (2010)
"Virtuous Beings"; The concept of tha damtshig and being a moral person in contemporary Bhutanese society. Himalaya, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, 28, 71-82
This paper sets out a preliminary investigation of tha damtshig. In particular, it examines the concept of tha damtshig, and its role in the creation of a sense of moral ident...