Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network最新文献

Animal Oppression and Solidarity: Examining Representations of Animals and Their Allies in Twenty-First Century Media 动物压迫与团结:检视二十一世纪媒体中动物及其盟友的表现

Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network Pub Date : 2021-10-31 DOI: 10.31165/nk.2021.142.643

Tayler Zavitz, Corie Kielbiski

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Book Review: Filling the Ark: Animal Welfare in Disasters 书评:填满方舟:灾难中的动物福利

Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network Pub Date : 2021-10-31 DOI: 10.31165/nk.2021.142.668

Rebecca C. Jones

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The Affective Database: 'Symulation' and Enacting Worldhood in the Film-worlds of Scott Barley 情感数据库:斯科特·巴利电影世界中的“模拟”与演绎世界

Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network Pub Date : 2021-10-31 DOI: 10.31165/nk.2021.142.645

John Buchanan

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Construction of Natures and Protests on Instagram: A Study of Virtual Environmental Activism in India During the COVID-19 Pandemic Instagram上的自然建构与抗议:2019冠状病毒病大流行期间印度虚拟环境行动主义研究

Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network Pub Date : 2021-10-31 DOI: 10.31165/nk.2021.142.646

Nivedita Tuli, Azam Danish

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Animal Representation on UK Children’s Television 英国儿童电视节目中的动物代表

Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network Pub Date : 2021-10-31 DOI: 10.31165/nk.2021.142.651

Lynda Korimboccus

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The Online Genetically Modified Food Debate: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Genetically Modified Animals 在线转基因食品辩论:社会技术想象和转基因动物

Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network Pub Date : 2021-10-31 DOI: 10.31165/nk.2021.142.641

Catherine Price

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Climate, Creatures and COVID-19: Environment and Animals in Twenty-First Century Media Discourse 气候、生物和COVID-19: 21世纪媒体话语中的环境和动物

Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network Pub Date : 2021-10-31 DOI: 10.31165/nk.2021.142.667

Rebecca C. Jones

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Folklore and the Climate Crisis: Reading Beara as an Anthropocene Patch with Máiréad Ní Mhíonacháin 民间传说和气候危机:阅读Beara作为人类世补丁与Máiréad Ní Mhíonacháin

Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network Pub Date : 2021-10-31 DOI: 10.31165/nk.2021.142.644

Callum Bateson

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Analysing Dairy Farming in Japan through the TV Drama 'Natsuzora' (‘Summer Sky’) 从电视剧《夏日天空》看日本的奶牛业

Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network Pub Date : 2021-10-31 DOI: 10.31165/nk.2021.142.647

M. Eguchi

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The Potential for a ‘Tiger King Effect’: Analysis of Public and Media Response to the Netflix Series 'Tiger King' 潜在的“虎王效应”:公众和媒体对Netflix电视剧《虎王》的反应分析

Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network Pub Date : 2021-10-31 DOI: 10.31165/nk.2021.142.642

Nikki E. Bennett, Elizabeth Johnson

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