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This study seeks to analyze each of Sillitoe's proletarian novels as a separate artistic endeavor, to study each in terms of its critical reception, plot, theme, characterization, setting, and style.

<p>Posters have been used in political communication for more than a century, and are still an important element in the election campaigns. However, few studies have been devoted to the way in which text and image work together in order to obtain the rhetorical goal of making voters vote for a specific party.</p><p>In this study, election posters in the 2002 general election in Sweden from all parties represented in the Swedish parliament are analysed. The context of this specific sample of political communication is described through a sociological approach inspired by Pierre Bourdieu, and through theories of political marketing. The model for analysis of the posters combine semiotics and rhetoric in order to present a model capable of analysing both text and image, and the way in which they are used in order to influence and persuade voters.</p><p>The conclusions are that Swedish parties favour textual messages and not visual elements, and that when visual elements are used, these are mostly portraits of candidates. So apparently, the predominance of visual elements in advertising does not show in election posters. Neither can one claim that personalisation is a predominant element, as the total percentage of posters depicting candidates is quite low. The tendency towards negative campaigning seen in earlier elections is not present in the 2002 posters, and the rhetoric is mostly epideictic and thus aimed at keeping already convinced voters rather than attracting new ones. This might indicate that the posters have lost their role as means of attracting new voters and have become more of an “internal” affair, telling the party’s voters, in a way which presupposes shared points of view, that the party is there to be voted for as always. The posters thus fulfil a symbolic function of binding together adherents rather than attracting newcomers. </p>

Posters have been used in political communication for more than a century, and are still an important element in the election campaigns. However, few studies have been devoted to the way in which text and image work together in order to obtain the rhetorical goal of making voters vote for a specific party. In this study, election posters in the 2002 general election in Sweden from all parties represented in the Swedish parliament are analysed. The context of this specific sample of political communication is described through a sociological approach inspired by Pierre Bourdieu, and through theories of political marketing. The model for analysis of the posters combine semiotics and rhetoric in order to present a model capable of analysing both text and image, and the way in which they are used in order to influence and persuade voters. The conclusions are that Swedish parties favour textual messages and not visual elements, and that when visual elements are used, these are mostly portraits of candidates. So apparently, the predominance of visual elements in advertising does not show in election posters. Neither can one claim that personalisation is a predominant element, as the total percentage of posters depicting candidates is quite low. The tendency towards negative campaigning seen in earlier elections is not present in the 2002 posters, and the rhetoric is mostly epideictic and thus aimed at keeping already convinced voters rather than attracting new ones. This might indicate that the posters have lost their role as means of attracting new voters and have become more of an “internal” affair, telling the party’s voters, in a way which presupposes shared points of view, that the party is there to be voted for as always. The posters thus fulfil a symbolic function of binding together adherents rather than attracting newcomers.

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / This research has the topic of discussion discursive multimodality and part of an expanded notion of text (Fairclough, 2001), according to which the text is defined as a unit of meaning and concerns, so the verbal compositions, nonverbal compositions and also formed compositions, both verbal material and non-verbal material. The theme of this research is defined as Multimodality in preventive speech posters of the Family Health Program (PSF) and arises from the field experience gained during the participation in the project entitled "Dialogue as Health Professional Intervention Tool in Relationship Patients with ", funded by the Cearense Support Scientific and Technological Development Foundation (FUNCAP / PPSUS / CNPq / SESA notice 3-2012) and coordinated by Professor Maria Isabel Santos Magalhaes, guiding this research. We aimed to examine how multimodality contributes to materialize the preventive discourse on posters to publicize the Family Health Program (PSF), identifying and characterizing the multimodal elements that shape the genre in question, checking how these elements are articulated to build and naturalize senses potentially ideological. From the perspective of qualitative research, we conducted a case study with as photographic records of circulating posters data in the PSF service centers. Reports and field notes subsidized in context and analysis of the data analyzed based on the theoretical and methodological assumptions of Design Visual Grammar (KRESS; van Leeuwen, 2006) and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) (Fairclough, 2001, 2003). We note that the posters are produced by joint elements from the advertisement genre, and its informative function and neutrality of information are in the background, because the persuasive elements have greater prominence. Thus, we understand that the real purpose of the wide circulation of these visual compositions in the PSF service posts is not the information as a preventive method, able to alert and educate the public, but lead your readers to see the social practice in which they live as part of the reality presented in the visual compositions. Our conclusions point that, so that campaigns can meet a really informative and preventive role, you need much more than their dissemination through posters. It is also necessary to rethink how the reception of these texts is being made and take into account the specificities of the different communities which are circulating because we find that the social, economic and cultural issues are not present in these visual compositions. / Esta pesquisa tem como tema de discussÃo a multimodalidade discursiva e parte de uma noÃÃo ampliada de texto (FAIRCLOUGH, 2001), segundo a qual o texto à definido como unidade de sentido e diz respeito, portanto, a composiÃÃes verbais, composiÃÃes nÃo-verbais e tambÃm composiÃÃes formadas, tanto de material verbal quanto material nÃo-verbal. O tema desta pesquisa està delimitado como Multimodalidade no discurso preventivo de cartazes do Programa de SaÃde da FamÃlia (PSF) e à oriundo da vivÃncia de campo adquirida ao longo da participaÃÃo no projeto intitulado âO DiÃlogo como Instrumento de IntervenÃÃo de Profissionais de SaÃde na RelaÃÃo com Pacientesâ, financiado pela FundaÃÃo Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico (FUNCAP/ PPSUS/CNPq/SESA, edital 3 - 2012) e coordenado pela Professora Doutora Maria Izabel Santos MagalhÃes, orientadora desta investigaÃÃo. Objetivamos examinar como a multimodalidade contribui para materializar o discurso preventivo em cartazes de divulgaÃÃo do Programa de SaÃde da FamÃlia (PSF), identificando e caracterizando os elementos multimodais que estruturam o gÃnero em questÃo, verificando como esses elementos articulam-se para construir e naturalizar sentidos, potencialmente ideolÃgicos. Sob o prisma da pesquisa qualitativa, realizamos um estudo tendo como dados registros fotogrÃficos de cartazes circulantes nos postos de atendimento do PSF. Relatos e notas de campo subsidiaram na contextualizaÃÃo e anÃlise dos dados analisados com base nos pressupostos teÃrico-metodolÃgicos da GramÃtica do Design Visual (KRESS; van LEEUWEN, 2006) e da AnÃlise de Discurso CrÃtica (ADC) (FAIRCLOUGH; 2001, 2003). Constatamos que os cartazes sÃo produzidos mediante a junÃÃo de elementos, provenientes do gÃnero anÃncio publicitÃrio, e que sua funÃÃo informativa e a neutralidade da informaÃÃo ficam em segundo plano, pois os elementos persuasivos possuem maior destaque. Desse modo, compreendemos que o intuito real da grande circulaÃÃo dessas composiÃÃes visuais nos postos de atendimento do PSF nÃo à a informaÃÃo como mÃtodo preventivo, capaz de alertar e conscientizar a populaÃÃo, mas sim conduzir seus leitores a enxergar a prÃtica social em que estÃo inseridos como parte da realidade apresentada nas composiÃÃes visuais. Nossas consideraÃÃes finais apontam que, para que as campanhas possam cumprir um papel realmente informativo e preventivo, à necessÃrio bem mais do que sua divulgaÃÃo atravÃs dos cartazes. à necessÃrio, ainda, repensar como a recepÃÃo desses textos està sendo feita e levar em consideraÃÃo as especificidades das diversas comunidades onde estÃo circulando, pois verificamos que as questÃes sociais, econÃmicas e culturais nÃo estÃo presentes nessas composiÃÃes visuais.

A common phenomenon in the private higher education environment is that lecturers are highly qualified subject specialists and conduct research mainly in areas in their fields of expertise. Therefore they are not always well informed about the dynamics of the global educational environment and they do not have an indepth knowledge of how learning takes place. As a result of this the traditional lecturing style is mainly used during contact sessions and mostly theoretical knowledge is assessed in written examinations. During class visits that were conducted as part of my duties as quality assurer of the teaching, learning and assessment that take place in the Production Management Institute of Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd (trading as PMI), a private higher education institution, it was noticed that the facilitators of learning present mostly lectures that are based on one-way communication with very little student participation. Learning style flexibility and allowing active student participation during the contact sessions are, in most instances, not considered. This lecturer-centred practice prevents the students from developing responsibility for their own learning process and creating an interest in becoming lifelong learners. An action research-driven professional development programme was presented to the academic staff of PMI to allow them the opportunity to develop innovative facilitation of learning practices. The programme aimed to create a scholarly approach to establishing a culture of lifelong learning in the private higher education environment – in literature commonly referred to as a scholarship of learning and teaching. The academic staff members conducted action research on their own practices as facilitators and assessors of lifelong learning. I conducted living theory action research on my style of being a mentor for the participants of the project. The programme commenced in 2009. The content of and the level on which the programme was presented are in line with a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE) that is offered at a public institution. The participants were introduced to, inter alia, the principles of the Ned Herrmann Whole Brain® theory, Gardner’s multiple intelligence theory and Bloom’s taxonomy of cognitive levels. As the first step in the programme all the participants completed the on-line Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument® (HBDI®). An accredited Hermann Brain Dominance practitioner was contracted to provide feedback to the participants and to explain the principles of this instrument. The HBDI® practitioner is affiliated on a full-time basis with the education faculty of a public higher education institution. He was contracted to facilitate the professional development programme as well. The success of the programme became evident through student feedback and requests, and feedback received from the participating facilitators of learning. Top level management of PMI also became aware of the successes and it resulted in the inclusion of the development of the academic staff members as one of the main focus areas in the strategic management plan for 2010. It was decided that the programme should be repeated every year in order to ensure the continuous professional development of existing and new academic staff members. PMI was invited to offer the programme in the Agriculture and Science Faculty of a public university. Parts of the project were showcased at the 2010 and 2012 conferences of the Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of South Africa (HELTASA) and the Knowledge 2011 international conference. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2014. / lk2014 / Humanities Education / PhD / Unrestricted

Commercials effect norms and much more, but how does the individual abide to these normativeperceptions in Swedish media? The norm is only first identified when it differs from what is not the norm. Therefor knowledge surrounding the commercials influential power on individuals is needed. The purpose of this study is to examine how diversity in society can be mirrored in campaign posters in subway stations. The starting point is to apply a linguistic perspective to be able to analyze how written text and image can express meaning through a sociosemiotic multimodal analysis from the interpersonalmeta-function. The material consists of four campaign posters and each poster is analyzed as a whole. If needed the individuals or parts being displayed in the poster will be analyzed as well. The chosen campaign posters are: 1177 hjälper dygnet runt, Många har många frågor, GÖR PLATS! and Julstök.

The aim of this study is to analyze 25 fake election posters that have been put up between 2018 and 2022 in Sweden, through a narrative analysis, to gain an insight into how they displace political messages in the public space. The study is also done to gain a deeper understanding of the practice from a media activist perspective and to investigate how these practices renegotiate a traditional form of political communication. These renegotiation practices are theorized in terms of territorialization (Deleuze &amp; Guattari, 1987). In addition, the concept right to the city (Harvey, 2003, 2008; Lefebvre, 1996) is used to understand the city as a public political space. The results of the study show that many fake election posters seem to want to challenge and try to influence their surroundings, although there are differences in what the the election posters specifically want to challenge or criticize. Common characteristics of the practice are activism, criticism, disclosure, disinformation, appropriation, intertextuality, irony, satire, humor, and political standpoints. This also shows that fake election posters can be understood as a type of activism, as there are many similarities with other media activist practices such as culture jamming, street art and graffiti.

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