Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory

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This new Dictionary is the first in-depth reference to cover the approaches deployed in the study of the moving image as well as defining key theoretical terms.
Featuring over 400 entries ranging from 500 to 3,000 words, this resource gives a context to the debates surrounding the terms rather than simplistic "definitions." The dictionary is destined to be a key reference for students of communication, media, film and cultural studies, art, design and literature.
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David Black, William Urricchio, Gill Branston
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180 degree rule * African American cinema * agit-prop * audience measurement * Baudrillard, Jean * Bhaba, Homi K. * bias * children and media * consumption * continuity editing * decoding/encoding * deconstruction * Deleuze and Guattari * diaspora * displacement * essentialism * expressionism * fetishism * film noir * formalism * Gaze, the * globalization * hermeneutics * high concept * horror * imaginary * infotainment * internet * Jakobson, Roman * jouissance * kino pravda * live television/live news * Lyotard, Jean-Francois * matching (shots) * McLuhan, Marshall * metanarrative * mise-en-scene * moral panics * narrative * news values * oppositional * pleasure * prime time * Public sphere * quiz shows * real time * reification * Sarris, Andrew * sci-fi films * sender/receiver * tabloid television * utopia/dystopia * verisimilitude * vertical integration * video, home * violence * virtual reality * watershed * western * and more...
Includes suggestions for further reading, cross-references and an extensive index.

Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory (Routledge World Reference)

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We take reputations for granted. Believing in the bad and the good natures of our notorious or illustrious forebears is part of our shared national heritage. Yet we are largely ignorant of how such reputations came to be, who was instrumental in creating them, and why. Even less have we considered how villains, just as much as heroes, have helped our society define its values.
Presenting essays on America's most reviled traitor, its worst president, and its most controversial literary ingénue (Benedict Arnold, Warren G. Harding, and Lolita), among others, sociologist Gary Alan Fine analyzes negative, contested, and subcultural reputations. Difficult Reputations offers eight compelling historical case studies as well as a theoretical introduction situating the complex roles in culture and history that negative reputations play.

Arguing the need for understanding real conditions that lead to proposed interpretations, as well as how reputations are given meaning over time, this book marks an important contribution to the sociologies of culture and knowledge.

Difficult Reputations: Collective Memories of the Evil, Inept, and Controversial. (Book Reviews). (book review): An article from: Argumentation and Advocacy

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Difficult Reputations: Collective Memories of the Evil, Inept, and Controversial. (Book Reviews). (book review): An article from: Argumentation and Advocacy
Bradford Vivian
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Title: Difficult Reputations: Collective Memories of the Evil, Inept, and Controversial. (Book Reviews). (book review)
Author: Bradford Vivian
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Difficult Reputations: Collective Memories of the Evil, Inept, and Controversial (Heritage of Sociology)

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Difficult Reputations: Collective Memories of the Evil, Inept, and Controversial (Heritage of Sociology)
Gary Alan Fine
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

Illuminati: Crime Lords (Steve Jackson Games)

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Illuminati: Crime Lords (Steve Jackson Games)
Steve Jackson
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Excellent and clear technical overview of the semantic web

Re: Not a review -- correcting an error by another reviewer, December 2, 2005

Great introduction to semantic web technologies

don't waste your money

A Semantic Web Primer (Cooperative Information Systems)
Grigoris Antoniou , and Frank van Harmelen
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The development of the Semantic Web, with machine-readable content, has the potential to revolutionize the World Wide Web and its use. A Semantic Web Primer provides an introduction and guide to this emerging field, describing its key ideas, languages, and technologies. Suitable for use as a textbook or for self-study by professionals, it concentrates on undergraduate-level fundamental concepts and techniques that will enable readers to proceed with building applications on their own. It includes exercises, project descriptions, and annotated references to relevant online materials. A Semantic Web Primer is the only available book on the Semantic Web to include a systematic treatment of the different languages (XML, RDF, OWL, and rules) and technologies (explicit metadata, ontologies, and logic and inference) that are central to Semantic Web development. The book also examines such crucial related topics as ontology engineering and application scenarios.

After an introductory chapter, topics covered in succeeding chapters include XML and related technologies that support semantic interoperability; RDF and RDF Schema, the standard data model for machine-processable semantics; and OWL, the W3C-approved standard for a Web ontology language more extensive than RDF Schema; rules, both monotonic and nonmonotonic, in the framework of the Semantic Web; selected application domains and how the Semantic Web would benefit them; the development of ontology-based systems; and current debates on key issues and predictions for the future.

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Book Lives Up to Title.......2006-08-27

A Semantic Web Primer, by Grigoris Antoniou and Frank van Harmelen, achieves just what it sets out to achieve: to be a useful undergraduate introduction to the semantic Web. This actually has much broader applicability, because, in the words of the authors':

"The question arises whether there is a need for [such an introductory undergraduate] textbook, given that all information is available online. We think there is a need because on the Web there are too many sources of varying quality and too much information. Some information is valid, some outdated, some wrong, and most sources talk about obscure details. Anyone who is a newcomer and wishes to learn something about the Semantic Web, or who wishes to set up a course on the Semantic Web, is faced with these problems. This book is meant to help out."

I obtained the book for that very same purpose, and it does provide a fairly useful basis for self-study for the layperson practitioner. It also contains exercises at the end of each section making it useful for course teaching.

The book proceeds from a general discussion of the semantic Web and progresses through XML to XML Schema, XPath and XSL and XSLT, then the RDF and RDF Schema frameworks, on to then OWL and predicate logic, applications, example uses and ontologies and possible future developments. The progression builds in line with Tim Berner-Lee's "layer" cake diagram and explains concepts clearly and well.

But it is a prettly slim volume. After removal of blank pages, listings of markup code and accounting for wide white space margins, there are perhaps only 110 pages of useful content in the whole volume.

The references at the end of each section are excellent and will be important follow-on reading for serious students.

I think -- as an introductory guide and as a quick way to cut through all of the overlapping and confusing resources on the Web -- that this hardcover book deserves attention. But it does not, unfortunately, alone constitute the one-stop introductory resource it could have been. After reading this, it is time to move on to the more detailed section references. I actually suspect that it will also be little consulted as a reference source on the shelf.

But, if you have been wanting a pretty good global, easy introduction to the semantic Web, this is probably worth your purchase.

Excellent and clear technical overview of the semantic web.......2006-05-23

Thanks to this book I now have new found confidence on the subject of the semantic web. "A semantic Web Primer" takes the reader for a fast trip around the key concepts which underlie the subject and then goes on to help the reader develop an understanding of the key tools and applications which make this technology actually work. The book lays out why expertise in this area is useful very clearly - and in itself this is valuable and very useful.
Chapter One of the book sets out the basic concepts clearly. It explains the need for semantic Web technologies and also explains, with useful examples, exactly how this could work and what we could gain from it in terms of access to relevant, timely and accurate information. The authors set out the role of ontologies in the development of the semantic Web and also emphasize a very practical and evolutionary view of the potential future for the semantic Web. This chapter makes it very clear that we are not dealing with a single technology but with a set of tools and technologies, that these need to be actively taken forward and that they will require integration and development over time to realize the potential that the authors describe.
Chapters 2 through 5 deal with the specific tools and technologies that can take the semantic Web from an abstract idea to a functioning tool, providing a guide to XML, RDF, OWL and rules in the context of the development of the semantic Web. These are not detailed tutorial chapters and the authors point to a set of resources for very specific and detailed knowledge on all of these areas for those who want or need them.
Chapter 6 gives some examples of the use of semantic Web technologies - primarily in data integration - as well as charting out a few key areas where the authors believe that impacts can and will be made in the medium term. The examples are well chosen and the chapter provides a convincing case for the development of the technologies and techniques in these areas, while acknowledging that there is a long way to go before the state of the art advances to the point where the benefits will be realized on any large scale.
Chapter 7 provides a practical guide to the development of ontologies and also provides a guide to resources which can be used to help the reader actually develop an ontology for a given area. A practical task is given at the end of the chapter which should form the basis of a useful project for anyone who wants to get hands-on experience with the concepts and available tools. Actually, this book has exercises and smaller projects at the end of each chapter.
Chapter 8 effectively poses the question 'Where next?' - but doesn't answer it in any detail. Instead, the chapter presents a brief guide to the issues which need to be resolved and expresses the view that the semantic Web will form a part of our future development of the World Wide Web.
In summary this is a useful guide and a source of some much needed clarification on the semantic Web. The authors successfully describe the main concepts and provide a guide to the key tools and technologies. They emphasize the range of technologies and the need for successful integration of them. They also emphasize the complexity of overall development in the semantic web and the need for active involvement and development if we are to see this ambitious development succeed.
Amazon does not show the table of contents so I do that here:
1 THE SEMANTIC WEB VISION 1
Today's Web; From Today's Web to the Semantic Web: Examples; Semantic Web Technologies; A Layered Approach; Book Overview; Summary; Suggested Reading;

2 STRUCTURED WEB DOCUMENTS IN XML 23
Introduction; The XML Language; Structuring; Namespaces; Addressing and Querying XML Documents; Processing; Summary; Suggested Reading; Exercises and Projects;

3 DESCRIBING WEB RESOURCES RDF 61
Introduction; RDF: Basic Ideas; RDF: XML-Based Syntax; RDF Schema: Basic Ideas; RDF Schema: The Language; RDF and RDF Schema in RDF Schema; An Axiomatic Semantics for RDF and RDF Schema; A Direct Inference System for RDF and RDFS; Querying in RQL; Summary; Suggested Reading; Exercises and Projects;

4 WEB ONTOLOGY LANGUAGE: OWL 109
Introduction; The OWL Language; Examples; OWL in OWL; Future Extensions; Summary; Suggested Reading; Exercises and Projects;

5 LOGIC AND INFERENCE: Rules 151
Introduction; Example of Monotonic Rules: Family Relationships; Monotonic Rules: Syntax; Monotonic Rules: Semantics; Nonmonotonic Rules: Motivation and Syntax; Example of Nonmonotonic Rules: Brokered Trade; Rule Markup in XML: Monotonic Rules; Rule Markup in XML: Nonmonotonic Rules; Summary; Suggested Reading; Exercises and Projects;

6 APPLICATIONS 179
Introduction; Horizontal Information Products at Elsevier; Data Integration at Audi; Skill Finding at Swiss Life; Think Tank Portal at EnerSearch; e-Learning; Web Services; Other Scenarios; Suggested Reading;

7 ONTOLOGY ENGINEERING 205
Introduction; Constructing Ontologies Manually; Reusing Existing Ontologies; Using Semiautomatic Methods; On-To-Knowledge Semantic Web Architecture; Suggested Reading; Project;

8 CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK 223
How It All Fits Together; Some Technical Questions; Predicting the Future;

Appendix Abstract OWL syntax 227
Index 235

Re: Not a review -- correcting an error by another reviewer, December 2, 2005.......2006-05-23

Hello,

Rather harsh correction, I'd say, Mr. "_x".

An ontology is merely a kind of (type of, subclass of, ... pick your term of choice) taxonomy. Any taxonomy always has principles of organization, even if the logical principles are inconsistent. Otherwise all biological taxa would be exercises in futility, for instance. Are you suggesting that everyone from Aristotle to Linnaeus to modern day biologists/taxonomists are morons?

Now let's get back to that big word you threw out there: subsumption. You precede this with the statement, "No sound reasoning is possible in a taxonomy." As opposed to an ontology? For sound reasoning in all cases, a logic must be both decidable and consistent. First order logic is neither -- we can thank Kurt Godel for this unfortunate predicament. In other words, subsumption is sound (consistent and decidable) only for certain subsets of first order logic.

So if subsumption in a given ontology is as expressive as first order logic, technically, you lose all the sound principles for organizing the hierarchy, and you're back to being a taxonomy.

Ah, ..., amateur ontologists are indeed the bane of a taxonomist's existence ... :-)

Cheers,
Sunit.

PS. My apologies to the gentle reader for not posting a review of the book (which was recommended by someone who's judgment I respect), and instead getting into an old-fashioned "flame-war," but I didn't want you to not buy this book because someone claiming to be an expert turns out to be just whingeing.

Great introduction to semantic web technologies.......2006-03-08

This book is clearly organized and steps you through the technologies and ideas underlying the semantic web. Starts out with some basic concepts about the semantic web, goes on to describe XML -> RDF -> OWL -> logic/inference. It wraps it up with some examples and ontology engineering.

Great introduction with enough references to help the more advanced reader find what they're looking for.

don't waste your money.......2006-01-10

The book needs a lot of editing, a lot. I found the errors distracting. Terms appear from nowhere and are never explained. Don't bother using the index, it does not line up with the pages. How do you return a defective book!

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