Advances in Sciences and Humanities

Volume 2, Issue 6, December 2016

  • Life Oral History as a Strategy to Humanize the Relationship Between Caregivers and the Eldery: A Brazilian Experience

    Carla Souza Mota de Melo, Dante Marcello Claramonte Gallian, Valdir Reginato

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, December 2016
    Pages: 56-62
    Received: 22 August 2016
    Accepted: 29 October 2016
    Published: 20 January 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ash.20160206.11
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    Abstract: In view of the increasing population aging, the present qualitative descriptive study aimed to assess the applicability of the Oral History of Life to bring caregivers and the elderly closer together. The study sample included seven participants. A total of 12 interviews were recorded and transcribed according to the methodology selected. As a resu... Show More
  • Illicit Content in the Nigerian Hip-Hop: A Probe into the Credibility of Music Censorship in Nigeria

    Endong, Floribert Patrick Calvain

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, December 2016
    Pages: 63-69
    Received: 22 September 2016
    Accepted: 8 October 2016
    Published: 18 October 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ash.20160206.12
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    Abstract: Most Nigerian popular musicians have made sex and sexuality dominant themes of their musical production and veritable “baits” used to attract an ever growing prurient public of fans. Despite the presence of various forms of censorship mechanisms in the country, obscenity - as a form of language and artistic/esthetic expression in both lyrical text ... Show More
  • Social Media: An Ideal Tool for Public Participation to Promote Deliberative Democracy —— The Case of Public Participation in Refugee Crisis

    Chuangying Li

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, December 2016
    Pages: 70-75
    Received: 5 September 2016
    Accepted: 16 November 2016
    Published: 18 October 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ash.20160206.13
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    Abstract: On social media, the images of a drowned child on the beach continue to spark public’s sympathy toward refugees and evoke international outcry over the governments’ inability to adequately address the refugee crisis. These photos and refugee crisis can be seen as catalysts that have promoted the chain of political events. It has promoted civic enga... Show More
  • Students’ Social Movements: Expanding Communication Through Social Networking Sites

    Fernando Rezende da Cunha Junior, Monica Ferreira Lemos

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, December 2016
    Pages: 76-85
    Received: 24 October 2016
    Accepted: 8 December 2016
    Published: 18 October 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ash.20160206.14
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    Abstract: This article describes an exploratory study on how secondary education students, from nine different states in Brazil, used SNS as a form of communication, more specifically Facebook and Facebook fan pages, in order to organize and to publish news, videos and pictures about their Students’ Social Movements. This study is framed under Cultural-Histo... Show More
  • Television Directors’ Visual Focus on Sport Games: An Eye-Tracking Study

    Anthony S. C. Huang

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, December 2016
    Pages: 86-91
    Received: 10 August 2016
    Accepted: 19 August 2016
    Published: 20 October 2016
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ash.20160206.15
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    Abstract: With the advent of digital media, live television sports broadcast became an important training for future sports communication professionals. Sports TV directors will usually direct all broadcast sports visual contents, in the training of student (future) sports TV directors, they must first have solid background knowledge of the sports itself, be... Show More
  • Language Preference of Student Journalists in Mindanao State University-Marawi, Philippines: Reasons and Attitudes

    Riz P. Sunio, Jerryk C. Alico

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, December 2016
    Pages: 92-103
    Received: 26 August 2016
    Accepted: 12 September 2016
    Published: 21 October 2016
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ash.20160206.16
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    Abstract: Student journalists are trained to express and translate their outputs into paper. The preferred language medium they use to do so, however, may convey their perception and attitude towards languages. This study aimed to determine the preferred language that student journalists use in their articles, the reason for their preference, and their attit... Show More