Matthew Hanchard, Peter Merrington, Bridgette Wessels, Kathy Rogers, Michael Pidd, Simeon Yates, David Forrest, Andrew Higson, Nathan Townsend and Roderik Smits
In this article, we discuss an innovative audience research methodology developed for the AHRC-funded “Beyond the Multiplex: Audiences for Specialised Film in English Regions”…
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In this article, we discuss an innovative audience research methodology developed for the AHRC-funded “Beyond the Multiplex: Audiences for Specialised Film in English Regions” project (BtM). The project combines a computational ontology with a mixed-methods approach drawn from both the social sciences and the humanities, enabling research to be conducted both at scale and in depth, producing complex relational analyses of audiences. BtM aims to understand how we might enable a wide range of audiences to participate in a more diverse film culture, and embrace the wealth of films beyond the mainstream in order to optimise the cultural value of engaging with less familiar films. BtM collects data through a three-wave survey of film audience members’ practices, semi-structured interviews and film-elicitation groups with audience members alongside interviews with policy and industry experts, and analyses of key policy and industry documents. Bringing each of these datasets together within our ontology enables us to map relationships between them across a variety of different concerns. For instance, how cultural engagement in general relates to engagement with specialised films; how different audiences access and/or share films across different platforms and venues; how their engagement with those films enables them to make meaning and generate value; and how all of this is shaped by national and regional policy, film industry practices, and the decisions of cultural intermediaries across the fields of film production, distribution and exhibition. Alongside our analyses, the ontology enables us to produce data visualisations and a suite of analytical tools for audience development studies that stakeholders can use, ensuring the research has impact beyond the academy. This paper sets out our methodology for developing the BtM ontology, so that others may adapt it and develop their own ontologies from mixed-methods empirical data in their studies of other knowledge domains.
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The main developments in the metallic inks market are currently focused on the need to reduce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the ink formulation, responding to existing and…
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The main developments in the metallic inks market are currently focused on the need to reduce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the ink formulation, responding to existing and future legislation. Two of the most recent successes in the move away from solvents are water‐based metallic inks and UV (ultra violet) curing metallic inks. Both products, because of their metallic content, have inherent problems associated with their successful manufacture, which must be overcome if the products are to be accepted as viable replacements for traditional solvent‐based formulations.
Stuart Haywood, John Yates and Mike Harley
The London teaching hospitals' case for a larger slice of National Health Service (NHS) funds is gaining ground. The House of Commons Social Services Committee has already made a…
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The London teaching hospitals' case for a larger slice of National Health Service (NHS) funds is gaining ground. The House of Commons Social Services Committee has already made a special plea on their behalf in its 1986 report on expenditure on the NHS. More money has been earmarked for Thames Regions in 1987–88 and 1988–89 and the formula on which the present policy of more equal allocations to English regions is based is under review.
It is widely believed that, during the neoliberal era, labor has become weaker and capital has become stronger. This chapter argues the opposite is true. Only if class struggle is…
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It is widely believed that, during the neoliberal era, labor has become weaker and capital has become stronger. This chapter argues the opposite is true. Only if class struggle is reduced to the economic struggle to improve our position within capitalism – as opposed to the political struggle to overthrow it – can workers’ loss of agency be considered a fact. In every other respect, this belief is false. When uprisings against corrupt plutocracies, worldwide mobilizations sparked by George Floyd’s murder, youth rebellions against the capitalist destruction of nature, struggles of millions of women for reproductive rights are seen for what they are – expressions of class struggle – it becomes clear that transition to socialism is not only necessary, it is also possible.
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Assesses the current status and future prospects of quality andproductivity improvement efforts in business, especially in America.Presents a picture of the state of the art of…
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Assesses the current status and future prospects of quality and productivity improvement efforts in business, especially in America. Presents a picture of the state of the art of quality as a way of life in the service sector. Lots of service operations lag behind manufacturers in making quality improvement a part of the corporate culture, not just an add‐on programme.