[{"id": "ajac-1010", "words": "4765", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "42", "author": "Adofu, Sophia Ojochogwu", "title": "THE INCARNATE BEING PHENOMENON AMONG THE IGALA OF KOGI STATE: THE SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT OF WOMEN EXEMPTION FROM PARTICIPATION", "date": "2025", "keywords": "african; divine; igala; r n; ritual; women", "summary": "Among the most illustrative examples of incarnate being in Igala practice are the roles of ritual specialists11. Masquerade festivals, such as those involving the Egwu-Ata, are central sites of incarnational manifestation in Igala tradition.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-1012", "words": "9604", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "40", "author": "Alikor, Queen Nneka; Okon, Godwin Bassey (Ph.D); Amadi, Richard Nlemanya; Dike, Harcourt Whyte", "title": "A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC RELATIONS TECHNIQUES IN MANAGING ANTHROPOGENIC DISASTER CONTROL IN THE NIGER DELTA", "date": "2025", "keywords": "c o; communication; delta; environmental; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; n d; niger; niger delta; oil; public; r n; r t; relations; study; techniques; u r", "summary": "Abstract: This study was an examination of a critical assessment of public relations techniques in managing anthropogenic disaster control in the Niger Delta. Findings of the study showed that the three companies employed public relation techniques to address anthropogenic disasters in Niger Delta.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-1013", "words": "8032", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "31", "author": "Eke, Chigozi; George, Nneoma Nora", "title": "POLITICAL COMMUNICATION, RULE OF LAW AND DEMOCRATIC VIGILANCE: ENHANCING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN NIGERIA\u2019S DEMOCRATIC PROCESS", "date": "2025", "keywords": "c o; citizen; communication; law; media; nigeria; participation; r n; rule; study; vigilance", "summary": "Methodology This study adopts a qualitative research methodology anchored on email interviews to explore how political communication, rule of law and democratic vigilance influence citizen participation in Nigeria\u2019s democratic process. Abstract: This study ascertained political communication, rule of law and democratic vigilance: enhancing citizen participation in Nigeria\u2019s democratic process.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-1015", "words": "6599", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "35", "author": "Umoren, Philomena Effiong", "title": "COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES, VIRTUAL COLLABORATION PLATFORMS AND JOB UNDERSTANDING AMONG STAFF OF AKWA IBOM STATE UNIVERSITY", "date": "2025", "keywords": "collaboration; communication; job; platforms; r n; remote; strategies; tools; understanding; work", "summary": "Remote communication strategies and job clarity in digital teams. Summary of Findings i. Low use of virtual communication strategies.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-1021", "words": "7522", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Ugwu, Ogechukwu Serah", "title": "COMPARING THE PREFERENCES AND USE PATTERNS OF TELEVISION AND NEW MEDIA AMONG YOUTHS IN ANAMBRA STATE: A CONVERGENCE AND DECONVERGENCE PERSPECTIVE", "date": "2025", "keywords": "convergence; media; new; patterns; r n; study; television; use", "summary": "Abstract: This study explores the patterns of television and new media use among youths in Anambra State, Nigeria, with particular focus on how demographic factors influence their media preferences. To find out the patterns of new media use among youths in Anambra State;", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-197", "words": "8580", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "60", "author": "Smith, John David; Garcia, Mariam Elizabeth", "title": "THE BENEFITS OF CREATIVITY FOR OUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH", "date": "2023", "keywords": "american; art; creativity; genius; journal; lives; work; world", "summary": "For example, the research focuses on aspects of art that could be comparable to everyday creativity. In the same way, it also focuses on qualities of everyday creativity that could be associated with aspects of art.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-199", "words": "9633", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "Olsen, Kari Anne; Stian, Andersen; Kristine , Berg", "title": "THE PROMISE AND CHALLENGES OF AUTOMATED FACT-CHECKING FOR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES", "date": "2023", "keywords": "afc; american; art; articles; checking; communication; et al; fact; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; human; journal; journalism; learning; news; research; tools", "summary": "Retrieved from https://nlp.stanford.edu/pubs/tmt-nips09.pdf mailto:topacademicjournals@gmail.com American Journal of Art and Communication Vol.7, Issue 2; March-April - 2022; 1252 Columbia Rd NW, Washington DC, United States https://topjournals.org/index.php/AJAC; mail: topacademicjournals@gmail.com 20 | American Journal of Art and Communication | https://topjournals.org/index.php/AJAC Reis, J. C. S., & Benevenuto, F. (2021). New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery. doi:10.1145/3470482.3479641 Reis, J. C. S., Correia, A., Murai, F., Veloso, A., & Benevenuto, F. (2019).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-200", "words": "4322", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Mustermann, Max", "title": "DISCRIMINATION AGAINST EIKE IN MORENO ET AL. (2022): A CALL FOR FAIRNESS IN SCIENCE", "date": "2023", "keywords": "american; art; climate; communication; eike; ipcc; journal; moreno; science; state", "summary": "Members of EIKE regularly publish scientific climate studies in peer-reviewed journals, including such high- ranked journals as Nature Scientific Reports, Climate of the Past, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, Frontiers in Earth Science, and Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics (EIKE, 2022a). The CO2 warming potential (climate sensitivity) is still poorly known and therefore an unresolved issue in climate science.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-202", "words": "5324", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "36", "author": "Smith, John; Doe, Jane", "title": "CAN THE FACEBOOK OVERSIGHT BOARD BUILD LEGITIMACY IN THE ABSENCE OF THE STATE? ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "art; board; communication; content; facebook; journal; legitimacy; moderation; oversight; oversight board; state", "summary": "Keywords: Meta, Facebook, Oversight Board, Content moderation, Artificial intelligence, State regulation Introduction There\u2019s a crescendo in the struggles\u2014ubiquitous and intense\u2014to find and implement a satisfactory societal response to the severe and seemingly intractable content problems imputed to social media. For example, legitimacy may be augmented if the Oversight Board helps develop a more accessible mailto:topacademicjournals@gmail.com American Journal of Art and Communication Vol.6 , Issue3 May-", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-203", "words": "6413", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "34", "author": "Smith, John David; Garcia , Maria Guadalupe", "title": "BUILDING A MORE INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS", "date": "2023", "keywords": "american; art; challenges; communication; education; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; international; journal; learning; pandemic; research; states; students", "summary": "Keywords: Cultural differences, Linguistic differences, International students, Cohorts, Communication Introduction My birthdays back in my home country were always huge celebrations and I recently just had my first birthday alone here in my dormitory. \u2014International Student 2 These are among many similar stories we have heard from international students in our roles as communication professors (both authors) and assistant dean of international affairs (second author).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-204", "words": "6514", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Williams , Robert", "title": "THE \u201cNAPALM GIRL\u201d PHOTOGRAPH: A PERSONAL JOURNEY OF HEALING AND FORGIVENESS ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "american; art; care; communication; ethics; girl; journal; news; photograph; values; war", "summary": "News photographs are compelling often because they arouse emotion, even empathy, in the viewer. Despite this, as Schwenkel (2009) reflects, even while news photographs \u201cmay heighten moral awareness and public criticism,\u201d they often concomitantly risk \u201cobjectifying and depoliticizing\u201d their subjects (p. 56).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-205", "words": "9816", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "42", "author": "Garc\u00eda-Mart\u00ednez, Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9; Mohamed El-Sherbiny , Mohamed El-Sherbiny", "title": "PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA AND THE STATE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EGYPTIAN AND SPANISH GOVERNMENTS AND THEIR PUBLIC MEDIA ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "american; american journal; art; audience; broadcasting; communication; egypt; european; government; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; independence; journal; media; nma; public; rtve; service; spain; state; television; united", "summary": "However, we should question if it is possible to propose publicly funded television media in political systems that fail to respect political freedom, diversity, independence, and universality, or even in democratic countries where public service media (PSM) have drifted from these fundamental principles when the industry context is favorable. Governance and independence of public service media.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-206", "words": "4902", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Smith, Johnathan P", "title": "CULTURAL CAPITAL EVALUATION: A PATH TO CERTIFIED VALUATION ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "american; art; communication; goods; journal; public; theatre; value", "summary": "Although an interesting thing to find out, the value people ascribe to their theatre or museum or their willingness to pay for preserving both institutions will gain greater information value only when compared to the willingness to pay for other cultural goods. Czech Republic Abstract: The valuation of cultural goods is a critical yet complex issue in the realm of culture funding and resource allocation.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-207", "words": "9684", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "41", "author": "Hernandez-Martinez, Hernandez-Martinez", "title": "FINDING HOPE: HOW SOCIAL MEDIA CAN HELP CENTRAL AMERICAN ADOPTEES HEAL AND THRIVE ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "adoptees; adoption; american; art; building; communication; community; fog; groups; guatemalan; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; journal; media; online; study", "summary": "For this project, the Adoptees with Guatemalan Roots leadership team put together a digital presentation that they gave to other Guatemalan adoptee groups and adoptive parent networks to raise awareness that Guatemalan adoptees and their children were eligible to play for the Guatemalan National Teams. Accordingly, this section argues that rather than solely existing in digital spaces, the community building that results from Guatemalan adoptee groups has worked to suture online and offline worlds.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-208", "words": "10046", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "55", "author": "Anderson, Emily R", "title": "CONSTRUCTING CIVIC IDENTITY THROUGH SOCCER FANDOM IN ROME", "date": "2023", "keywords": "american; american journal; art; club; communication; core; fandom; fans; football; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; identity; journal; july; members; performance; roma; rome; team; testaccio; washington", "summary": "Roma fans are defined by rivalries with, or in the words of Gray (2003), the \u201canti-fandom\u201d of opposing teams and fans. Roma fans construct their identity most strongly in opposition to Lazio and consider their team to be the one that represents the real people of the city, whereas Lazio is the team for \u201ccountry bumpkins\u201d outside the city.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-209", "words": "9845", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "42", "author": "Smith, Smith; Jones, Mary Elizabeth", "title": "THE RHETORICAL CONSTRUCTION OF ASIANNESS IN THE BLACKFACE CONTROVERSY AROUND JELLA'S MAKEUP", "date": "2023", "keywords": "american; art; asian; asianness; beauty; black; blackface; blackness; communication; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; jella; journal; media; skin; viewers; white", "summary": "Interestingly, this claim is made by Asian viewers who disclose and identify themselves as dark-skinned Asians in their comments. Blackface minstrelsy involved White Americans delving into the visual realms of Black racial fantasy to stage and construct Black-and-White boundaries (Lott, 1992).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-210", "words": "15119", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "39", "author": "Walker, Benjamin J", "title": "COGNITIVE DIMENSIONS OF CATHARSIS: ARISTOTLE'S TRAGIC PLEASURE EXPLORED", "date": "2023", "keywords": "american; american journal; aristotle; art; catharsis; cognitive; communication; communication vol.8; fear; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; imagination; impact; issue; journal; lear; pity; pleasure; states; tragedy", "summary": "Notice that, in his description of the calculating sense of imagination, Aristotle shifts from rational to deliberative in order to render a precise sense of rational; for he goes on to explain the deliberative sense of rational imagination as it relates to practical reasoning. what each thing is: for instance, that this [person] is that [person].\u201d54 However, he qualifies his claim about learning by noting that non- philosophers\u201cpartake of it to a lesser extent [\u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03b2\u03c1\u03b1\u03c7\u1f7a].\u201d55 Again, we see Aristotle making a distinction between different sorts of aesthetic experiences\u2014in this case different degrees of cognitive pleasures\u2014had by different members of the polis.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-211", "words": "9378", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "45", "author": "Mitchell , Sarah E.; Anderson, Michael J", "title": "RESHAPING DEMOCRACY: THE IMPACT OF WEB 2.0 ON U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS\" ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "american; art; campaign; citizens; communication; data; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; information; journal; mail; new; obama; parties; states; supporters; united; voter", "summary": "This article delves into the transformative impact of technology on political campaigns, focusing on the shift from static websites to the dynamic realm of Web 2.0. The U.S. Regulatory Context Despite the massive amount of political information generated by political campaigns and parties in the United States, these entities face almost no regulation with respect to the collection, use, storage, and dissemination of data on citizens.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-212", "words": "6430", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "37", "author": "Smith , John", "title": "UNIONS AND THE NEWS: A HISTORY OF PROTECTING WORKERS AND PROMOTING DEMOCRACY ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "american; canada; collar; communication; convergence; itu; labor; newsworkers; states; union; unionism; united; workers", "summary": "It identifies two dimensions of labor convergence that are underdeveloped in these studies: first, treating labor convergence as an ideology, a set of values, rather than only a range of trade union processes; and second, accounting for a long historical mailto:topacademicjournals@gmail.com American Journal of Art and Communication Vol.7, Issue 2; March-April - 2022; 1252 Columbia Rd NW, Washington DC, United States https://topjournals.org/index.php/AJAC; mail: topacademicjournals@gmail.com 24 | American Journal of Art and Communication | https://topjournals.org/index.php/AJAC perspective on trade union labor convergence. Labor unions in media.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-213", "words": "9513", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "Smith, John; Doe, Jane", "title": "THE RISKS AND REWARDS OF DISCLOSURE: WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN DECIDING TO SHARE YOUR HEARING LOSS ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "american; communication; criteria; deaf; disability; disclosure; hearing; hearing loss; individuals; journal; loss; participants", "summary": "Overall, perceiving hearing loss as central to their identities was key for the participants who reported openly disclosing information about their hearing loss, making it a core criteria driving their disclosure decisions. Even participants who personally saw hearing loss as central to their identities demonstrated difficulty in being open about those identities with others.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-214", "words": "6269", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "40", "author": "Alves Sousa, Mariana Alves; Gravgaard, Benedicte; Thomas, Alexander Thomas", "title": "THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION IN CREATING A SUSTAINABLE WORLD", "date": "2023", "keywords": "american; art; change; climate; communication; debates; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; journal; media; public; research; science; society", "summary": "Yet, beyond these obvious but so far neglected objects of environmental communication research, practically all debates have ecological implications. The value of environmental communication research.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-215", "words": "9563", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "37", "author": "Cohen-Barzilai, Yair", "title": "THE ETHICAL AND STRATEGIC DIMENSIONS OF USING WORKERS' PERSONAL STORIES", "date": "2023", "keywords": "american; art; campaigns; communication; company; facebook; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; journal; labor; media; self; social; stories; storytellers; storytelling; union; unionization; united; workers", "summary": "Such personal stories from workers or job-seekers serve as \u201clenses through which leaders as well as rank and file assess opportunities and obstacles, costs and benefits, and success and failure\u201d (Polletta, 1998, p. 430). Through such personal stories, workers embody the special qualities of their organization (Maagaard, 2014).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-216", "words": "8676", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Anderson, Sarah Elizabeth", "title": "DIGITAL TRANSITION: IMPACT ON U.S. NEWSPAPER CONTENT IN 2001", "date": "2023", "keywords": "american; art; barnhurst; communication; content; events; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; internet; journal; journalists; july; news; newspapers; print; stories; times", "summary": "The study delves into the who, what, when, where, why, and how aspects of news stories, revealing intriguing trends. News stories multiplied and began linking events to historical contexts, fostering a deeper understanding of their significance.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-217", "words": "9636", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "40", "author": "Wei, Lim Jia; Xuan, Tan Wei; Ting , Ng Yi", "title": "THE EFFECTS OF INCIVILITY IN POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ADS ON FACEBOOK ON AFFECTIVE POLARIZATION AND MOBILIZATION ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "ads; affective; american; bjp; campaign; comments; communication; effects; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; incivility; intention; journal; media; party; polarization; post", "summary": "As politics become more prominent in users\u2019 news feeds on Facebook during elections because Facebook allows political campaign ads on its platform, it is important to analyze whether campaigns ads can also result in polarization. When political parties target the opposition with uncivil language, this can elicit negative affect among out-party supporters.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-218", "words": "9898", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "48", "author": "Aksoy, Mustafa Kemal; G\u00fcler, Ay\u015feg\u00fcl; Baran, Yavuz", "title": "THE NEED FOR INDEPENDENT AND OBJECTIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF WAR ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "al arabiya; al jazeera; american; arabiya; art; communication; content; crisis; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; jazeera; journal; media; news; news media; saudi; study; war", "summary": "Abstract: The role of news media during and in pursuit of war has been a hotly debated topic since the Vietnam War. Keywords: News media, War, Conflict, Media effects,", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-219", "words": "9622", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Smith, John David; Williams, Jane Elizabeth; Jones , Michael Thomas", "title": "AMERICANS DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR DATA IS USED, CAN'T CONTROL IT", "date": "2023", "keywords": "agree; american; art; communication; companies; consent; data; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; information; journal; knowledge; marketers; people; privacy; states; united; use; washington", "summary": "They have worried that the privacy policies and the steps encouraged by the fair information practices do not provide people the transparency and control over commercial data about them that the FTC, European Union, and other government entities have expected. Since the term was coined, marketers\u2019 command of internet data has become more far reaching, cross media, and location specific.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-220", "words": "2158", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "33", "author": "Liang, Wei, Liang, Wei", "title": "HARNESSING THE POWER OF INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY LIFE ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "communication; communities; community; design; information; residents", "summary": "Intelligent community The Intelligent Community is a concept that integrates information technology with community services, which focuses on community participation and co-construction. Information dissemination The intelligent public guidance screen can be connected to the Internet, providing real-time updates of community information.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-221", "words": "10160", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "39", "author": "Anderson, Jennifer Louise", "title": "EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES: THE CLIMATE AIRWAVES INITIATIVE IN GHANA", "date": "2023", "keywords": "action; american; american journal; art; broadcasters; change; climate; climate change; communication; communities; community; community radio; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; impact; issue; journal; radio; research", "summary": "This article explores lessons learned from the Climate Airwaves initiative, which aims to empower community radio broadcasters in Ghana to investigate, communicate, and engage in discussions about climate change's impact on vulnerable communities. This article discusses lessons learned to date from the Climate Airwaves, an initiative aimed at developing new approaches for supporting community radio broadcasters to investigate, communicate, and engage in broader debates on the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities in Ghana.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-222", "words": "12448", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "Johnson, Emily A.", "title": "EVOLUTIONARY INSIGHTS INTO THE GENESIS OF VISUAL ART ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "american; american journal; april; art; communication; dutton; evolution; factor; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; human; impact; issn; issue; journal; march; states; united; washington", "summary": "Like insect flight, which was originally a function of temperature regulation or breathing, the adaptations for primate art were originally a means of foraging and communication. Behaviorism from Modern Theorists Like Desmond Morris, Alison Jolly studies a modern day primate in order to better understand human evolution.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-223", "words": "4051", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "42", "author": "Mingyu, Li,; Xueying , Wang; Jianwei , Zhang; Yifei , Chen; Tianyu, Wu", "title": "CLARIFYING YOUR THINKING, COMBINING EMOTIONS AND VOICES, FITTING THE CONTEXT, AND STANDARDIZING COMMUNICATION: THE KEYS TO EFFECTIVE ORAL COMMUNICATION FOR TV PRESENTERS ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "art; audience; communication; language; presenters; programme", "summary": "And in the era of integrated media, people attach more importance to the timeliness of communication, and they also prefer oral communication content that is close to life, civilian, grounded, easy to understand, and easy and humorous. Enrichment of oral communication content, enhancement of knowledge base and strengthening of oral communication relevance.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-224", "words": "3478", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "42", "author": "Ming-Hua , Li,; Xin-Yu , Wu,", "title": "THE KIZIL GROTTOES: A TREASURE TROVE OF CHINESE CULTURAL HERITAGE ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "art; cave; cultural; design; journal; kizil grottoes; products", "summary": "Figure 2 Cave paintings in Kizil Thousand Buddha Cave. Keywords: Kizil Grottoes, cultural and creative products, Flying Heaven, Buddha statues, decorative elements, colors 1.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-225", "words": "3337", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "37", "author": "Zhang , Xin", "title": "HOW TO MAKE TV PROGRAMS THAT PEOPLE WILL WATCH ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "art; audience; communication; crossover; hosting; hosts; journal; program", "summary": "Advantages and Features From its inception to the present day, there have been noticeable changes in the role of television program hosts due to the increasing influence of integrated media and digital technology. This paper analyzes the current situation of cross-border hosting and discusses the role of TV program hosts and the characteristics of cross-border hosts in program development.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-226", "words": "7227", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "32", "author": "Wambui, Mary; Muigai, Peter; Kamau, Christine", "title": "THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROVIDING INCLUSIVE LIBRARY SPACES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN KENYAN UNIVERSITIES ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "american; art; communication; disabilities; facilities; journal; library; persons; spaces; universities; university; users", "summary": "This paper embarked on establishing the status of access to spaces and facilities provided to PWDs using the following objectives; identify the available library spaces and facilities offered by Kenyan universities to persons with disabilities, determine the extent to which library staff in Kenyan universities are skilled in serving persons with disabilities, ascertain university library users\u2019 awareness of the availability of special library spaces and facilities for persons with disabilities and examine the relationship between the provision of library spaces and facilities for persons with disabilities with their satisfaction with the spaces and facilities. The study population was university library users and librarians drawn from six public and private universities in Kenya.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-228", "words": "3919", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "44", "author": "Doe , Jane Elizabeth; Garcia, Maria Sofia", "title": "UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLEXITY OF BEETHOVEN'S PIANO SONATA NO.15 THROUGH SCHENKERIAN ANALYSIS", "date": "2023", "keywords": "beethoven; exposition; major; music; sonata; theme", "summary": "Keywords: Schenkerian analysis, Beethoven Piano Sonata No.15, Exposition, D Major, Opus 28 1. It provides a framework for understanding the relationships between different music sections and how they fit together to create a coherent whole.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-229", "words": "3527", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "30", "author": "David, John Paul; Garcia, Maria Isabel; Fernandez , Miguel Antonio", "title": "CULTIVATING INNOVATIVE ABILITY IN ART EDUCATION: A DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR UNIVERSITIES", "date": "2023", "keywords": "ability; art; education; students; teaching; universities", "summary": "Finally, incorporate innovative and creative abilities into the evaluation system of art education curriculum, and through assessment from both theoretical and practical perspectives, it attracts the attention of university students and enables them to actively participate in innovation and creation. From guiding students to establish a correct artistic perspective, to learning with innovative awareness and creative thinking, gradually guiding them to break free from various constraints, dare to explore and create independently, thereby improving students' comprehensive abilities and meeting the needs of society and job work.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-230", "words": "2608", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "55", "author": "Min-Jeong, Kim; Ji-Hyun , Park; Soo-Yeon , Choi", "title": "FROM SUBSERVIENCE TO EMPOWERMENT: THE PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN INDIAN FILMS ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "films; images; society; women", "summary": "At that time, Indian women lived at the bottom of society and had almost no status at all. Female images have always been a concern in Indian films, and their evolution is closely related to the changes in Indian society.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-231", "words": "2808", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "36", "author": "Mingyue , Li; Yifan , Zhang", "title": "A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO TEACHING CULTURAL AND CREATIVE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN MUSEUMS USING DESIGN THINKING ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "art; communication; design; museum; products; resources", "summary": "Only the museum cultural and creative products really containing cultural factors can become an important carrier to make cultural relics come alive and deeply integrate into people's lives, and finally realize the creative transformation and innovative development of museum resources. On the one hand, they provide a variety of usage functions as products to provide convenience for users, and on the other hand, they also make museum cultural relics truly integrate into the daily life of ordinary people in the process of high-frequency contact and repeated use.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-234", "words": "3628", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Chowdhury, Amina Rahman", "title": "EAST AFRICA'S ENCOUNTER WITH BRITISH COLONIALISM IN THE 1800S", "date": "2023", "keywords": "africa; american; art; british; colonial; communication; company; east; journal", "summary": "Bangladesh Abstract: This abstract delves into the historical context of colonialism, particularly focusing on British Colonialism in East Africa during the nineteenth century. Geographically, East Africa comprises modern-day Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and some prominent islands.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-235", "words": "4267", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "37", "author": "Meimei, Yang; Jiaqi, Zhang", "title": "THE ART OF CHILDREN'S RECITATION: AUTHENTICITY AND BEYOND", "date": "2023", "keywords": "art; children; communication; recitation; teachers; teaching; training", "summary": "Children's recitation art training necessitates a combination of children's education and recitation art training in an educational format. Introduction Presently, recitation art has gained immense popularity among the public, and the audience groups for Recitation have become more diverse.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-236", "words": "3657", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "dela Cruz, Maria Teresa C.", "title": "TWO-DIMENSIONAL DYNAMIC TECHNOLOGY FOR RESHAPING THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE SUMMER RESORT ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "art; display; kangxi; resort; summer; summer resort; technology", "summary": "Construction, transformation, and pepair of summer resort from Kangxi to Jiaqing 2.1 The design and construction of the summer resort in the Kangxi period The design and construction of the Summer Resort began in the 41st year of Kangxi ( 1702 ) of the Qing Dynasty. 2.3 Renovation and maintenance of summer resort in Jiaqing period The Jiaqing period was the post-construction period of the Summer Resort.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-237", "words": "3749", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "39", "author": "Yi-Xuan , Liang; Wei-Jie, Wang; Xin-Yu, Zhang; Yu-Qian, Chen", "title": "THE BEAUTY AND BENEFITS OF MAGNOLIAS IN LANDSCAPE DESIGN", "date": "2023", "keywords": "application; art; design; flowers; greening; landscape; magnolia; planting; plants", "summary": "= A1, A2, A3, A1 is magnolia planting and cultivation indicator, A2 is magnolia landscape design indicator; A3 is magnolia application harvesting indicator. 3.1.2 Seasonal matching principle Landscape design should consider the different seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the growth pattern and changes between landscape plants in the four seasons with combinations.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-238", "words": "3399", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "42", "author": "Jiangyu , An", "title": "THE EXPRESSIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF BROADCAST HOSTS IN THE NEW MEDIA ERA ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "art; audience; broadcasting; era; hosts; language; media", "summary": "Keywords: New media era, Broadcasting hosts, Language arts, Expressive characteristics, Cultivation strategies 1. Nowadays, as the trend of media development further strengthens, broadcasting hosts need to keep up with the development trend of new media and the application of technology, and continue to cultivate broadcasting hosts' in-depth understanding and use of new media platforms.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-239", "words": "4203", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "Wang, Xin, Wang; Yi, Zhang; Xiaomei, Chen; Qiang, Zhao; Yu , Sun", "title": "ECO-FRIENDLY CLOTHING: HOW TO DESIGN CLOTHES THAT PROTECT THE PLANET ", "date": "2023", "keywords": "american; art; clothing; communication; concept; design; environmental; fabric; journal; protection", "summary": "The design and application of environmental protection concept in clothing styles Vivian Westwood (Vivienne Westwood), the representative designer of the top environmentalists in the fashion industry, appeared in the 2018 spring and summer men's fashion show, in order to better express the concept of environmental protection, she used four different poker symbols in life to convey the theme of this season We Are Mother Fucker. First of all, the design of environmental protection clothing brings us the most direct feeling is the reduction.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-704", "words": "5879", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "40", "author": "Simo , Juan; Garcia, Maria", "title": "DIALECTICAL SPACE IN CONTEMPORARY ART: INSIGHTS FROM ALFREDO JAAR AND GORDON MATTA-CLARK", "date": "2023", "keywords": "american; american journal; art; clark; communication; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; jaar; journal; matta; space; spatial; work", "summary": "Matta-Clark used these contradictory and dialectical effects of space in his work, which connects the space and society, the urban and architectural territories and starts from some of these contradictions to operate the urban space as a criticism towards the fragmentation of the experiences and spaces. The third space is derived from the definition of urban space in which the symbolic imagination or spatial contextualization is possible and is characterized by the narrative created by politics and culture, but that is also inseparable and interdependent of the other two spaces.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-895", "words": "7914", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "Choudhury, Ananya S.; Singhania, Arjun M.", "title": "BREAKING LINGUISTIC CHAINS: CHOMSKY'S VISION FOR A STIMULUS-FREE VERBAL SYMPHONY", "date": "2024", "keywords": "aurobindo; consciousness; existence; language; man; mind; plane; sri", "summary": "In another letter on yoga Sri Aurobindo while revealing the inner being of man says that man is made up of body, life and mind, at the centre of which exists Soul, the Divine Self in his being as stated earlier. Sri Aurobindo says further that in the evolutionary journey of man, the psychicisation of the body, the life and the mind which are the instruments of the Soul of man for executing the Divine Will in his being enables him to ascend the planes of spiritual consciousness decisively and irreversibly as there is no downward force due to the gravitational pull of Matter in body, life and mind on account of the percolation of the Divine Consciousness in them.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-896", "words": "4213", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Mansour, Yasmin A.; Khalil, Omar H.", "title": "DIALOGUE DYNAMICS: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF CONVERSATION TEXTBOOKS FOR UNDERGRADUATES AT AN-NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, PALESTINE ", "date": "2024", "keywords": "activities; language; textbook", "summary": "The conversation and oral communication textbook emphasizes on situational syllabus and focuses on what language needed in various situations and how to use it in a certain context, for example how to use language (when you are talking to foreigners, in arguing, on birthdays), but the textbook doesn't provide enough exercises for practicing. For example: From conversation and oral communication textbook p.39:", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-897", "words": "10942", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "Eze, Chijioke U.; Oni, Olumide A.", "title": "CULTURAL MOSAIC: COMPLEX GENDER IDENTITIES IN IGBO AND YORUBA LANGUAGES AND CULTURES", "date": "2024", "keywords": "c o; d c; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; human; identities; identity; igbo; issue; n d; n j; r n; r t; spiritual; u r; women; world; yoruba", "summary": "It is within this meaning that the idea of women spiritual identity has become a philosophical issue rather than religious issue. What is central here is the extent to which the study of women spiritual identities can be an object of systematic and scientific study.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-898", "words": "10083", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "40", "author": "Enyindah , Stella Chinyere", "title": "ADAPTING TO MUSICAL TRENDS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LOVE FM, COOL FM, AND WAZOBIA FM IN THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF MUSIC PREFERENCES", "date": "2024", "keywords": "american; audience; communication; cool fm; journal; listeners; love fm; music; radio; radio station; station; study; wazobia fm", "summary": "The study concluded that music radio listeners are generally satisfied with their radio listening experience and that their loyalty is strongly influenced by the amount of time they spend listening to a particular station. The study concluded that music radio listeners are generally satisfied with their radio listening experience and that their loyalty is strongly influenced by the amount of time they spend listening to a particular station.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-940", "words": "4092", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "60", "author": "Eze, Franklin Amaechi", "title": "THE FOUR CATEGORIES OF FORCE IN AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY", "date": "2024", "keywords": "categories; force; journal; muntu; ntu; philosophy; world", "summary": "Vital force is the key idea in Bantu philosophy, the source of vital force is God. 2.1 Interaction of Forces: One being influencing another The vital human force can directly influence inferior force beings such as animal, vegetable, or mineral in their being itself.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-987", "words": "7811", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "29", "author": "Eke, Chigozi; Okure, Ekemini George; Ikebude, Olufunke Dorcas", "title": "COMMUNICATING GOVERNANCE AND CULTURAL INTEGRITY: THE ROLE OF BROADCAST MEDIA IN COMBATING CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA", "date": "2025", "keywords": "broadcast; broadcast media; corruption; media; nigeria; public; r n; role; study", "summary": "This study adopted a qualitative research methodology, utilizing in-depth interviews to explore the role of broadcast media in combating corruption in Nigeria. A purposive sampling technique was employed to ensure that participants have relevant experience and expertise in broadcast media and anti- corruption efforts.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-989", "words": "6450", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "30", "author": "Ire, Ebele Stella", "title": "BROADCAST MEDIA AS A CATALYST FOR LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL IDENTITY IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA ", "date": "2025", "keywords": "broadcast; identity; languages; media; rivers; state; study", "summary": "Bandura\u2019s assertion that media can only effectively transmit cultural values if it is accessible and consistent supports the study\u2019s conclusion that financial limitations and the dominance of English content hinder the effective dissemination of indigenous cultural practices in Rivers State media. The study discovered that broadcast media content in indigenous languages significantly influences the preservation and promotion of cultural identity in Rivers State, as local radio and television programs help foster a sense of pride and cultural continuity, particularly through the portrayal of indigenous music, folklore, and traditional practices.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-994", "words": "7103", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "39", "author": "Obidile, Stella Ogechukwu", "title": "PRINCIPALS\u2019 INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY AND EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE", "date": "2025", "keywords": "development; education; instructional; management; monitoring; principals; professional; r n; schools; state; teachers", "summary": "Statement of the Problem Ideally, secondary school principals are expected to promote effective management in education of the citizens for national development. Assessment of financial management practices among secondary school principals in Kaduna state.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajac-999", "words": "4613", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "41", "author": "Chigbu, Baptista Chinyere; Eziamaka , Chika Nonye; Okoye, Ferdinand Nwafor", "title": "CORRELATES OF SCHOOL CULTURE DIMENSIONS AND TEACHERS\u2019 JOB SATISFACTION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ABIA STATE, NIGERIA.", "date": "2025", "keywords": "abia; culture; job; job satisfaction; satisfaction; schools; state; teachers", "summary": "The result revealed that there is a moderate positive and significant relationship between bureaucratic school culture and teachers\u2019 job satisfaction in public secondary schools in Abia State. Relationship between bureaucratic school culture and teachers\u2019 job satisfaction in public secondary schools in Abia State.", "mime": "application/pdf"}]