VOLUME 2(1) • 2010
THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE MUSIC AS A SOCIALLY UNIFYING FORCE
ABSTRACT. The objective of this paper is to emphasize the importance of music as a resource for producing social life, and music’s discursive communicative capacity. DeNora portrays music as a temporal structure, as offering semiotic particles. Bispham states that specific features of musicality pro..
THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CAUSES OF THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CRISIS
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this paper is to examine corporate governance issues raised by the international financial crisis. Kirkpatrick says that the financial crisis can be to an important extent attributed to failures and weaknesses in corporate governance arrangements. Erkens et al. empirically e..
MUSICAL REPRESENTATION AND MUSICAL EMOTION
ABSTRACT. Our paper brings to light the importance of musical compositions as created worlds of aural experience, the communication of emotion in music performance, and music’s role in relation to the construction of the self. As Graham puts it, any assessment of a musical composition must take acco..
THE DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL OF CITIES AND REGIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION
ABSTRACT. We have sought in the present paper to emphasize the role of cities in the globalisation of the economy, the expanding presence of cities in global networks, and the dynamics of urban systems. Ducruet and Lee present a typology of port-urban relations and then propose a means of transcribi..
THE NATURE OF STATE TRANSBORDER RETERRITORIALIZATION IN THE LOWER DANUBE LANDS
ABSTRACT. The aim of the present paper is to examine and evaluate environmentally sustainable development of the Danube River basin, the role of the Lower Danube Euroregion in transborder reterritorialization, and landscape change and archaeological settlements in the lower Danube countries. Linnero..
THE PERCEPTION OF MUSIC AS A CAPACITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL MIND
ABSTRACT. This paper examines the expressive content of a musical gesture, how music affects listeners’ mental images of bodily motion, and the embodiment of music expression. Meelberg notes that musical emotion is the result of the interpretation of musical affect. Eitan and Granot investigate how ..
CULTURAL JOURNALISM AND GLOBALIZATION
ABSTRACT. This paper presents the results of a survey illustrating the rise of a global communications infrastructure, and the imaginative content and cultural uses of television. Keane holds that global media networks foster a common sense of worldly interdependence. Reese notes that a globalized j..
THE GEOPOLITICS OF THE BLACK SEA BASIN
ABSTRACT. In this paper we examine different arguments that could be used to point out the geopolitical relevance of the Black Sea area. Manoli posits that the Black Sea represents a paradox in terms of conflict and cooperation, of unity and diversity, and remarks that there is no agreemen..
CONCEPTUALIZING THE CHANGING DYNAMICS OF MEDIATED COMMUNICATION AND THE FLOW OF MASS-MEDIATED REALITIES
ABSTRACT. This paper is primarily devoted to exploring and understanding the semantic and technological dimensions of media, accessibility of media technologies and standardization of content, and mediated social interaction. Aguado explains that the mass media system (MMS) develops its functionalit..
THE SOCIETAL IMPACT OF CORPORATE RISKS
ABSTRACT. In this paper, I am particularly interested in exploring the performance relationship of effective risk management capabilities, the benefits of risk management, the risk management practices, and the corporate business processes. Andersen and Schrøder observe that various risk management ..
IS AMERICAN HEGEMONY STABLE AND SUSTAINABLE?
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this paper will be to supply an overview of the US ability to play cycles of limit pricing and optimal tariff pricing, of the character of the US’ hegemonic behavior, and of the formal arrangements for the conduct of transatlantic business between the US&..
STEREOTYPING AS A FORM OF COMMUNICATION
ABSTRACT. I shall examine here the importance of communication for the creation and persistence of social stereotypes, and the communicability of stereotypic beliefs. Greenwald and Banaji write that to the extent that implicit cognition differs from self-reportable cognition, direct measures are nec..