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Presenting an Innocent Nation: Critique of Gojira (1954)'s Reflections on Japan's WWII Responsibility
(Georgetown University, 2018)
The Japanese film Gojira (known as Godzilla to Western audiences) is a kaiju or monster movie, and the first installment in the Gojira series. Gojira films are allegorical, and typically comment on the contemporary political ...
African Americans: College Majors and Earnings
(2016-02)
Earnings vary greatly among college majors. While college access has increased among African Americans, they are overrepresented in majors that lead to low-paying jobs. African Americans: College Majors and Earnings shows ...
The "Good Girls": Exploring Features of Female Characters in Children's Animated Television
(Georgetown University, 2018)
This study was designed to identify the frequency and portrayals of female characters in a sample of animated television shows consumed by U.S.-based children aged six to twelve. We conducted a content analysis of thirty ...
Preferences of Mobile Dating App Users: A Semantic Network Analysis Approach
(Georgetown University, 2018)
Historically, differences have existed between heterosexual men and women regarding the traits they value most in a potential romantic partner. For example, men have typically prioritized their partner’s physical attractiveness, ...
The Labyrinth of the Gaze: Nicholas of Cusa's Mysticism and Michel Foucault's Panopticism
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2008)
Panopticism, the title of Foucault's famous chapter in his book Discipline and Punish, derives fromJeremy Bentham's panopticon, an architectural plan to reform prisons at the end of the eighteenth century. The fundamental ...
Media, Branding and Controversy: Perceptions of Al Jazeera in Newspapers around the World
(Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators, 2008)
This paper examines the effect of the newly launched Al Jazeera English channel on the Al Jazeera brand. An analysis of a random sample of 400 newspaper articles—drawn from 7,830 articles mentioning the Al Jazeera brand ...
Law and Ethics in Islamic Bioethics: Nonmaleficence in Islamic Paternity Regulations
(Blackwell Publishers, 2013)
In Islamic law paternity is treated as a consequence of a licit sexual relationship. Since DNA testing makes a clear distinction between legal and biological paternity possible, it challenges the continued correlation ...
Lockean Theories of Property: Justifications for Unilateral Appropriation
(The Center for the Study of Rationality and Beliefs, 2010)
Drawing on recent work in social philosophy and rational choice theory, in this paper I argue that the core thematic of Kant’s “What is Enlightenment?” is the relationship between reason and constraints. I discuss in some ...
Media, Cultural Diversity and Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities
(Tucker Publications, 2011)
This paper explores the role media play in safeguarding cultural diversity, promoting cultural dialogue, facilitating the exercise of cultural rights,fostering cultural understanding and cultivating intercultural citizenship ...
The Economy Goes To College
(2015-04)
The Economy Goes to College: The Hidden Promise of Higher Education in the Post-Industrial Service Economy analyzes long-term changes in how goods and services are produced. The report finds that college-educated workers ...