Social media and customer retention: implications for the luxury beauty industry by Stokinger, Ellen, Ozuem, Wilson

“…The use of social media in the luxury beauty industry has caused many heated debates as it is seen as a form of interference in the exclusivity of luxury brands by limiting the physical and sensual contact between brand and customer. …”

Book review : American Islamophobia: understanding the roots and rise of fear by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Fast-forward 36 years and the election of Donald Trump as president in 2016 is seen by Beydoun as a further step down the road of a vilification of Muslims in the USA, a process immensely hastened and deepened by 11 September 2001 (“9/11”), when nearly 3,000 people were killed by an al Qaeda attack on the USA.…”
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Multidimensional cybersecurity framework for strategic foresight by Onwubiko, Cyril, Ouazzane, Karim

“…Hence its impact to society can no longer be seen to be one dimensional. The rise in National cybersecurity laws and regulations is a good indicator of its perceived importance to nations. …”
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Planning, history … and the environment? (editorial) by Gold, John Robert, Gold, Margaret

“…When preceded by the definite article, a focus on the environment would seem to imply something rather different from what is normally seen in this journal - at least with regard to that term's contemporary meaning and emotive associations. …”

Populism in foreign policy by Chryssogelos, Angelos

“…The same goes for trade: populists (particularly in the United States) are seen usually as ideological protectionists, but most often they do not mind striking trade deals if these favor their interests (see, e.g., Donald Trump’s discourse on this issue). …”
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The land of the telenovela in the age of social media : a study of the Brazilian prime-time soap opera and its online mediations from a social semiotic perspective for the purposes... by Paszkiewicz, George

“…Secondly, by considering the implications of this empirical study in terms of how we learn and improve our abilities to communicate more effectively for a multitude of purposes, this research promotes a wider notion of literacy in practical terms. This is also seen as representing an original contribution towards critical approaches to pedagogy in specific terms.…”
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Electoral guerrilla theatre in the 2015 UK general election: critique, legitimacy and incorporation in the news coverage of celebrity election campaigns by Collins, Jeremy

“…Each of these celebrity candidates displayed elements of theatricality in their campaign techniques, and the paper argues that while the campaigns could be seen as a form of electoral guerrilla theatre, the news coverage of the period leading up to the election suggests that neither campaign provided the kind of critical satirical edge that such a term might suggest. …”
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Challenges and constraints in designing a localisation module for a multilingual cohort by Baños-Piñero, Rocío, Toto, Piero

“…Although this heterogeneity can be difficult to manage and will have an impact on the resources needed, it can also be seen as an opportunity to increase students’ awareness of cultural differences, which is key to working in localization.…”
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Cultural journeys in higher education: student voices and narratives by Bamford, Jan, Pollard, Lucie

“…The cultural diversity of university student populations can be seen to reflect the changing demographics of an increasingly international mobile workforce. …”

Introductory thoughts about peace, politics and religion by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Recent years have seen a growing literature on the interactions between peace, politics and religion, including their diverse and often complex relationships. …”
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Re-cycle/up-cycle: a conversation by Rossi, Gian, Scarso, Jacek Ludwig

“…Drawing on the changing connotation of recycling in an environmentally concerned world, parallels may be seen in the conceptual and aesthetic adaption of existent ideas, and the physical re-use of items of performance. …”
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Food scares and news media: a case study approach to science and risk in the news by Collins, Jeremy

“…They can however also be seen as an expression of the competing frameworks of scientific rationality and social rationality, of which the latter, in Beck's analysis of 'late modernity' as derived in part from Habermas, represents the emergence of a 'reflexivity' which has the potential to challenge societal conceptions of science and knowledge.…”
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The internet and small to medium-sized enterprises: research notes by Lawrence, Japhet Eke

“…Therefore, the use of the Internet is widely seen as critical for the competitiveness of SMEs in the emerging global market.…”
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The possibilities of disruption: serendipity, accidents and impasse driven search by Ross, Wendy

“…It emphasises the importance of an externalist approach which takes into account the role of objects in the environment in shaping cognition. Accidents are seen as a key trigger for creative thinking, as they disrupt planned cognitive trajectories and introduce novel elements into the cognitive ecosystem, leading to new possibilities that were previously inconceivable. …”
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Perspectival kinaesthetic imaging by Malafouris, Lambros, Carnegie, Rory, Creswell, Miranda, Ilipoulus, Antonis, Koukouti, Marie-Danae, Ross, Wendy

“…The basic idea is that the juxtaposition of different media affects how we observe and what can be observed by enabling the discovery of connections and material relations that are often obscured when seen from a single perspectival point…”
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Queering sexual health translation pedagogy by Toto, Piero

“…The role of translation and web localization within this multicultural context can be seen as ‘social activism’ promoting sexual health and community engagement, with a view to providing wider healthcare access and information using inclusive language. …”
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The Public Sphere and Network Democracy: Social movements and Political Change? by Iosifidis, Petros, Wheeler, Mark

“…New communications environments were seen to be instrumental in forging the conditions for the ‘Arab Spring’ revolutions and the Turkish protests within Istanbul’s Taksim square during the summer of 2013. …”
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The strategic business value of internet usage in small to medium-sized enterprises by Lawrence, Japhet Eke

“…Therefore, the use of the Internet is widely seen as critical for the competitiveness of SMEs in the emerging global market.…”
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Students’ attitudes to online learning experience by Pratt, Simon, Dell, Eric

“…Traditionally, computers have been seen largely as tools for specific tasks but there is now a growing practice and literature (e.g. …”
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Mathematics learning and teaching : a student’s perspective by Ansari, Tasnuva

“…From my own experience, I have seen people in Bangladesh without any academic background, dealing with calculations fairly quickly without any formal education, and there is the famous study of Brazilian street children. …”
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