Professional journalism and political affiliation of the media : examining the influence of media ownership on Indonesian daily newspapers by Ekayanti, Mala

“…While press freedom is celebrated as an indicator of democratisation, Indonesian journalists may not always enjoy total autonomy in their day-to-day news reporting activities. …”
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The politics of gender in a time of change: gender discourses, institutions, and identities in contemporary Indonesia by Love, K

“…It does so by exploring the Indonesian state’s gender policies in the context of globalisation, democratisation, and decentralisation. In this way, the lens of gender allows us to analyse the dynamic interactions between state and society, between ideas and institutions, which impact on everything from cultural structures to physical bodies. …”

« Paroles de flics ». Communications policières et actualité politique au Maroc (2005-2023) by Mériam Cheikh

“…Driven by a strong desire to address the general public directly in Arabic and French, the magazine’s editors - who happen to be in positions of responsibility within the police force - aim to reconcile their security service, which suffers from a bad reputation, and to seize upon the new vulgate on political liberalisation and the democratisation process. Aware that they are, theoretically speaking, a key player in the protection and enforcement of human rights, the Moroccan police, while still discredited for the violations of which they became notorious during the so-called years of lead, and which were addressed in the debates led by the Equity and Reconciliation Commission (Instance équité et réconciliation - IER), are now asserting their attachment to these ideals as the IER’s work draws to a close. …”
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Emerging trends in language learning strategy use among net-generation ESL tertiary learners by Shakarami, Alireza

“…Emergent trends in strategy use that are not addressed in the SILL include:multi-tasking, visual dependency, language customisation, language democratisation, distributed cognition or cognition sharing, growing tendency toward more paper-less learning, and change in the notions of privacy and authorship. …”
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Meaning and contents of the programme for a revitalization of Africa by Dinić Jordan

“…The Plan of Action identifies establishment of peace and stability, democratisation of the systems in African countries and formation of uncorrupted and competent governments, that would work in the interest of the people and not in the interest of certain groupings or individuals, as important conditions for the implementation of the strategy. …”
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A STORM IN PANDEMIC TIMES. THE TERMINOLOGICAL SYNTAGM ‘CYTOKINE STORM’ IN THE SCIENTIFIC DISCOURSE OF POPULARISATION IN ROMANIAN by Andreea-Victoria GRIGORE

“…As a result of the phenomenon known as the scientific vulgarisation, the corresponding discourse is closely linked to the democratisation of knowledge, in which both mass-media and education play an important part. …”
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Openness in Education as a Praxis: From Individual Testimonials to Collective Voices by Aras Bozkurt, Torunn Gjelsvik, Taskeen Adam, Tutaleni I. Asino, Javiera Atenas, Maha Bali, Constance Blomgren, Melissa Bond, Curtis J. Bonk, Mark Brown, Daniel Burgos, Dianne Conrad, Eamon Costello, Catherine Cronin, Laura Czerniewicz, Maren Deepwell, Markus Deimann, Helen J. DeWaard, Tonia A. Dousay, Martin Ebner, Robert Farrow, Inés Gil-Jaurena, Leo Havemann, Andreia Inamorato, Valerie Irvine, Shironica P. Karunanayaka, Michael Kerres, Sarah Lambert, Kyungmee Lee, Mpine Makoe, Victoria I. Marín, Alexander Mikroyannidis, Sanjaya Mishra, Som Naidu, Fabio Nascimbeni, Mark Nichols, Don Olcott, Ebba Ossiannilsson, Daniel Otto, Brenda Cecilia Padilla Rodriguez, Michael Paskevicius, Verena Roberts, Tooba Saleem, Robert Schuwer, Ramesh C. Sharma, Bonnie Stewart, Christian M. Stracke, Alan Tait, Ahmed Tlili, George Ubachs, Joshua Weidlich, Martin Weller, Junhong Xiao, Olaf Zawacki-Richter

“…These range from aspects such as sharing, access, flexibility, affordability, enlightenment, barrier-removal, empowerment, care, individual agency, trust, innovation, sustainability, collaboration, co-creation, social justice, equity, transparency, inclusivity, decolonization, democratisation, participation, liberty, and respect for diversity. …”
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Participation and recent theories of democracy by Pateman, C, Pateman, Carole

“…</p> <p>It is argued that the crucial variable in the political socialisation process is the authority structures of familiar spheres of social life, the most important area being industry. The democratisation of this area makes possible the transformation of the existing political culture.…”

Cities for or against citizens? by Gabriela Perez Rendon

“…In a time of political and economic shifts and as a result of citizen struggles and social movements, the democratisation of decision making in planning became a political act. …”
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Avant-propos by G. GUY, L. FORTUN-LAMOTHE

“… Ce numéro de la revue INRA Productions Animales contient un dossier consacré aux dernières avancées de la recherche sur le foie gras. En effet, la démocratisation de la consommation de ce produit haut de gamme a été permise notamment par les efforts de recherche et développement sur l’élevage des palmipèdes à foie gras et la maîtrise de la qualité du produit. …”
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Development and evaluation of a de-escalation training intervention in adult acute and forensic units: the EDITION systematic review and feasibility trial by Owen Price, Cat Papastavrou Brooks, Isobel Johnston, Peter McPherson, Helena Goodman, Andrew Grundy, Lindsey Cree, Zahra Motala, Jade Robinson, Michael Doyle, Nicholas Stokes, Christopher J Armitage, Elizabeth Barley, Helen Brooks, Patrick Callaghan, Lesley-Anne Carter, Linda M Davies, Richard J Drake, Karina Lovell, Penny Bee

“…The process of organising and prioritising behaviour change targets revealed that the intervention should aim to meet its outcomes via the following five mechanisms: (1) enhancing de-escalation skills and modifying staff attitudes, knowledge and understanding of patients; (2) changing power dynamics (service user involvement, increased democratisation of inpatient services); (3) changing the environment (sensory modulation, reducing visible evidence of coercion); (4) changing clinical systems and organisational context (systems to ensure a culture of de-escalation, that is reducing blame, increasing accountability); (5) changing attitudes to vulnerability within staff teams. …”
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Projection art and projection activism by Andy Buchanan, Andy Buchanan

“…The effect of street art is to democratise the alterations of the animate urban surface, and the effect of projection-based street art is to further democratise access to protected visual spaces, and to accelerate its animate nature.…”
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Towards the Formation of Genuine European Parties? Examining and Comparing the Cases of DiEM25 and Volt Europa by Panos Panayotu, Giorgos Katsambekis

“…This paper explores the potential of genuine pan-European parties in increasing public contestation and inclusiveness at the European level and in democratising EU politics by treating DiEM25 and Volt as prototypical cases. …”
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Gendering citizenship education. Feminist-relational approaches on political education by Mariona Massip Sabater, Edda Sant

“…We conclude suggesting ways in which feminist-relational theory can help us to reconsider political education, further democratising who we care for, what we care for and how we care. …”
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A World without a Project: An Interview with Celso Amorim, Former Brazilian Foreign Minister by Juliano Fiori

“…He critically reflects on his experiences in positioning Brazil on the world stage and democratising human rights. And he considers whether the influence of Brazil and other Southern states is likely to continue expanding.…”

“I can't imagine a radically reformed political economy that isn't built on a radically reformed public sphere.” An interview with Dan Hind. by Sašo Slaček Brlek

“…We discuss the need to democratise journalism, his proposal to achieve this goal by giving the public direct control over the allocation of public subsidies in the form of public commissioning, possible objections and hurdles in the way of implementing it and his views on the pilot project of public commissioning by the Croatian Ministry of Culture.…”
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Open / Closed by Evin Dalkilic, Georg Fischer

“…Although Open Access carries the promise of removing barriers and democratising access, numerous barriers beyond the obvious ones like paywalls or processing charges exist or are being installed.…”
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The left after social democracy: towards state-society partnerships by White, S

“…It discusses how they envisaged transforming the welfare state, notably through the creation of state-society partnerships that would democratise the provision of public services.…”

Creating a cultural brand in France: slam poetry as poésie démocratisée by Nolen, C

“…French slam is oriented around the concept of democratising poetry. However, at its core it is not just poetry as an aesthetic experience, but also the social experience of creating, sharing, and consuming poetry together. …”

Critical Reflections on Digital Public Archaeology by Chiara Bonacchi, Gabriel Moshenska

“…Finally the article considers the democratising effects of digital media on archaeological knowledge economies, highlighting some current and potential future areas of interest.…”
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