item: #1 of 53 id: ajac-1010 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 words: 4765 flesch: 42 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. keywords: african; divine; igala; r n; ritual; women cache: ajac-1010.pdf plain text: ajac-1010.txt item: #2 of 53 id: ajac-1012 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 words: 9604 flesch: 40 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. 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 cache: ajac-1012.pdf plain text: ajac-1012.txt item: #3 of 53 id: ajac-1013 author: Eke, Chigozi; George, Nneoma Nora title: POLITICAL COMMUNICATION, RULE OF LAW AND DEMOCRATIC VIGILANCE: ENHANCING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN NIGERIA’S DEMOCRATIC PROCESS date: 2025 words: 8032 flesch: 31 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’s democratic process. Abstract: This study ascertained political communication, rule of law and democratic vigilance: enhancing citizen participation in Nigeria’s democratic process. keywords: c o; citizen; communication; law; media; nigeria; participation; r n; rule; study; vigilance cache: ajac-1013.pdf plain text: ajac-1013.txt item: #4 of 53 id: ajac-1015 author: Umoren, Philomena Effiong title: COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES, VIRTUAL COLLABORATION PLATFORMS AND JOB UNDERSTANDING AMONG STAFF OF AKWA IBOM STATE UNIVERSITY date: 2025 words: 6599 flesch: 35 summary: Remote communication strategies and job clarity in digital teams. Summary of Findings i. Low use of virtual communication strategies. keywords: collaboration; communication; job; platforms; r n; remote; strategies; tools; understanding; work cache: ajac-1015.pdf plain text: ajac-1015.txt item: #5 of 53 id: ajac-1021 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 words: 7522 flesch: 50 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; keywords: convergence; media; new; patterns; r n; study; television; use cache: ajac-1021.pdf plain text: ajac-1021.txt item: #6 of 53 id: ajac-197 author: Smith, John David; Garcia, Mariam Elizabeth title: THE BENEFITS OF CREATIVITY FOR OUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH date: 2023 words: 8580 flesch: 60 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. keywords: american; art; creativity; genius; journal; lives; work; world cache: ajac-197.pdf plain text: ajac-197.txt item: #7 of 53 id: ajac-199 author: Olsen, Kari Anne; Stian, Andersen; Kristine , Berg title: THE PROMISE AND CHALLENGES OF AUTOMATED FACT-CHECKING FOR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES date: 2023 words: 9633 flesch: 46 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). keywords: afc; american; art; articles; checking; communication; et al; fact; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; human; journal; journalism; learning; news; research; tools cache: ajac-199.pdf plain text: ajac-199.txt item: #8 of 53 id: ajac-200 author: Mustermann, Max title: DISCRIMINATION AGAINST EIKE IN MORENO ET AL. (2022): A CALL FOR FAIRNESS IN SCIENCE date: 2023 words: 4322 flesch: 49 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. keywords: american; art; climate; communication; eike; ipcc; journal; moreno; science; state cache: ajac-200.pdf plain text: ajac-200.txt item: #9 of 53 id: ajac-202 author: Smith, John; Doe, Jane title: CAN THE FACEBOOK OVERSIGHT BOARD BUILD LEGITIMACY IN THE ABSENCE OF THE STATE? date: 2023 words: 5324 flesch: 36 summary: Keywords: Meta, Facebook, Oversight Board, Content moderation, Artificial intelligence, State regulation Introduction There’s a crescendo in the struggles—ubiquitous and intense—to 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- keywords: art; board; communication; content; facebook; journal; legitimacy; moderation; oversight; oversight board; state cache: ajac-202.pdf plain text: ajac-202.txt item: #10 of 53 id: ajac-203 author: Smith, John David; Garcia , Maria Guadalupe title: BUILDING A MORE INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS date: 2023 words: 6413 flesch: 34 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. —International 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). keywords: american; art; challenges; communication; education; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; international; journal; learning; pandemic; research; states; students cache: ajac-203.pdf plain text: ajac-203.txt item: #11 of 53 id: ajac-204 author: Williams , Robert title: THE “NAPALM GIRL” PHOTOGRAPH: A PERSONAL JOURNEY OF HEALING AND FORGIVENESS date: 2023 words: 6514 flesch: 49 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 “may heighten moral awareness and public criticism,” they often concomitantly risk “objectifying and depoliticizing” their subjects (p. 56). keywords: american; art; care; communication; ethics; girl; journal; news; photograph; values; war cache: ajac-204.pdf plain text: ajac-204.txt item: #12 of 53 id: ajac-205 author: García-Martínez, María José; 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 words: 9816 flesch: 42 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. 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 cache: ajac-205.pdf plain text: ajac-205.txt item: #13 of 53 id: ajac-206 author: Smith, Johnathan P title: CULTURAL CAPITAL EVALUATION: A PATH TO CERTIFIED VALUATION date: 2023 words: 4902 flesch: 50 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. keywords: american; art; communication; goods; journal; public; theatre; value cache: ajac-206.pdf plain text: ajac-206.txt item: #14 of 53 id: ajac-207 author: Hernandez-Martinez, Hernandez-Martinez title: FINDING HOPE: HOW SOCIAL MEDIA CAN HELP CENTRAL AMERICAN ADOPTEES HEAL AND THRIVE date: 2023 words: 9684 flesch: 41 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. keywords: adoptees; adoption; american; art; building; communication; community; fog; groups; guatemalan; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; journal; media; online; study cache: ajac-207.pdf plain text: ajac-207.txt item: #15 of 53 id: ajac-208 author: Anderson, Emily R title: CONSTRUCTING CIVIC IDENTITY THROUGH SOCCER FANDOM IN ROME date: 2023 words: 10046 flesch: 55 summary: Roma fans are defined by rivalries with, or in the words of Gray (2003), the “anti-fandom” 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 “country bumpkins” outside the city. 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 cache: ajac-208.pdf plain text: ajac-208.txt item: #16 of 53 id: ajac-209 author: Smith, Smith; Jones, Mary Elizabeth title: THE RHETORICAL CONSTRUCTION OF ASIANNESS IN THE BLACKFACE CONTROVERSY AROUND JELLA'S MAKEUP date: 2023 words: 9845 flesch: 42 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). keywords: american; art; asian; asianness; beauty; black; blackface; blackness; communication; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; jella; journal; media; skin; viewers; white cache: ajac-209.pdf plain text: ajac-209.txt item: #17 of 53 id: ajac-210 author: Walker, Benjamin J title: COGNITIVE DIMENSIONS OF CATHARSIS: ARISTOTLE'S TRAGIC PLEASURE EXPLORED date: 2023 words: 15119 flesch: 39 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].”54 However, he qualifies his claim about learning by noting that non- philosophers“partake of it to a lesser extent [ἐπὶ βραχὺ].”55 Again, we see Aristotle making a distinction between different sorts of aesthetic experiences—in this case different degrees of cognitive pleasures—had by different members of the polis. 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 cache: ajac-210.pdf plain text: ajac-210.txt item: #18 of 53 id: ajac-211 author: Mitchell , Sarah E.; Anderson, Michael J title: RESHAPING DEMOCRACY: THE IMPACT OF WEB 2.0 ON U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS" date: 2023 words: 9378 flesch: 45 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. keywords: american; art; campaign; citizens; communication; data; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; information; journal; mail; new; obama; parties; states; supporters; united; voter cache: ajac-211.pdf plain text: ajac-211.txt item: #19 of 53 id: ajac-212 author: Smith , John title: UNIONS AND THE NEWS: A HISTORY OF PROTECTING WORKERS AND PROMOTING DEMOCRACY date: 2023 words: 6430 flesch: 37 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. keywords: american; canada; collar; communication; convergence; itu; labor; newsworkers; states; union; unionism; united; workers cache: ajac-212.pdf plain text: ajac-212.txt item: #20 of 53 id: ajac-213 author: Smith, John; Doe, Jane title: THE RISKS AND REWARDS OF DISCLOSURE: WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN DECIDING TO SHARE YOUR HEARING LOSS date: 2023 words: 9513 flesch: 46 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. keywords: american; communication; criteria; deaf; disability; disclosure; hearing; hearing loss; individuals; journal; loss; participants cache: ajac-213.pdf plain text: ajac-213.txt item: #21 of 53 id: ajac-214 author: Alves Sousa, Mariana Alves; Gravgaard, Benedicte; Thomas, Alexander Thomas title: THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION IN CREATING A SUSTAINABLE WORLD date: 2023 words: 6269 flesch: 40 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. keywords: american; art; change; climate; communication; debates; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; journal; media; public; research; science; society cache: ajac-214.pdf plain text: ajac-214.txt item: #22 of 53 id: ajac-215 author: Cohen-Barzilai, Yair title: THE ETHICAL AND STRATEGIC DIMENSIONS OF USING WORKERS' PERSONAL STORIES date: 2023 words: 9563 flesch: 37 summary: Such personal stories from workers or job-seekers serve as “lenses through which leaders as well as rank and file assess opportunities and obstacles, costs and benefits, and success and failure” (Polletta, 1998, p. 430). Through such personal stories, workers embody the special qualities of their organization (Maagaard, 2014). 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 cache: ajac-215.pdf plain text: ajac-215.txt item: #23 of 53 id: ajac-216 author: Anderson, Sarah Elizabeth title: DIGITAL TRANSITION: IMPACT ON U.S. NEWSPAPER CONTENT IN 2001 date: 2023 words: 8676 flesch: 52 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. keywords: american; art; barnhurst; communication; content; events; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; internet; journal; journalists; july; news; newspapers; print; stories; times cache: ajac-216.pdf plain text: ajac-216.txt item: #24 of 53 id: ajac-217 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 words: 9636 flesch: 40 summary: As politics become more prominent in users’ 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. keywords: ads; affective; american; bjp; campaign; comments; communication; effects; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; incivility; intention; journal; media; party; polarization; post cache: ajac-217.pdf plain text: ajac-217.txt item: #25 of 53 id: ajac-218 author: Aksoy, Mustafa Kemal; Güler, Ayşegül; Baran, Yavuz title: THE NEED FOR INDEPENDENT AND OBJECTIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF WAR date: 2023 words: 9898 flesch: 48 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, 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 cache: ajac-218.pdf plain text: ajac-218.txt item: #26 of 53 id: ajac-219 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 words: 9622 flesch: 51 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’ command of internet data has become more far reaching, cross media, and location specific. keywords: agree; american; art; communication; companies; consent; data; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; information; journal; knowledge; marketers; people; privacy; states; united; use; washington cache: ajac-219.pdf plain text: ajac-219.txt item: #27 of 53 id: ajac-220 author: Liang, Wei, Liang, Wei title: HARNESSING THE POWER OF INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY LIFE date: 2023 words: 2158 flesch: 33 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. keywords: communication; communities; community; design; information; residents cache: ajac-220.pdf plain text: ajac-220.txt item: #28 of 53 id: ajac-221 author: Anderson, Jennifer Louise title: EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES: THE CLIMATE AIRWAVES INITIATIVE IN GHANA date: 2023 words: 10160 flesch: 39 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. 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 cache: ajac-221.pdf plain text: ajac-221.txt item: #29 of 53 id: ajac-222 author: Johnson, Emily A. title: EVOLUTIONARY INSIGHTS INTO THE GENESIS OF VISUAL ART date: 2023 words: 12448 flesch: 43 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. 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 cache: ajac-222.pdf plain text: ajac-222.txt item: #30 of 53 id: ajac-223 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 words: 4051 flesch: 42 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. keywords: art; audience; communication; language; presenters; programme cache: ajac-223.pdf plain text: ajac-223.txt item: #31 of 53 id: ajac-224 author: Ming-Hua , Li,; Xin-Yu , Wu, title: THE KIZIL GROTTOES: A TREASURE TROVE OF CHINESE CULTURAL HERITAGE date: 2023 words: 3478 flesch: 42 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. keywords: art; cave; cultural; design; journal; kizil grottoes; products cache: ajac-224.pdf plain text: ajac-224.txt item: #32 of 53 id: ajac-225 author: Zhang , Xin title: HOW TO MAKE TV PROGRAMS THAT PEOPLE WILL WATCH date: 2023 words: 3337 flesch: 37 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. keywords: art; audience; communication; crossover; hosting; hosts; journal; program cache: ajac-225.pdf plain text: ajac-225.txt item: #33 of 53 id: ajac-226 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 words: 7227 flesch: 32 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’ 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. keywords: american; art; communication; disabilities; facilities; journal; library; persons; spaces; universities; university; users cache: ajac-226.pdf plain text: ajac-226.txt item: #34 of 53 id: ajac-228 author: Doe , Jane Elizabeth; Garcia, Maria Sofia title: UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLEXITY OF BEETHOVEN'S PIANO SONATA NO.15 THROUGH SCHENKERIAN ANALYSIS date: 2023 words: 3919 flesch: 44 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. keywords: beethoven; exposition; major; music; sonata; theme cache: ajac-228.pdf plain text: ajac-228.txt item: #35 of 53 id: ajac-229 author: David, John Paul; Garcia, Maria Isabel; Fernandez , Miguel Antonio title: CULTIVATING INNOVATIVE ABILITY IN ART EDUCATION: A DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR UNIVERSITIES date: 2023 words: 3527 flesch: 30 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. keywords: ability; art; education; students; teaching; universities cache: ajac-229.pdf plain text: ajac-229.txt item: #36 of 53 id: ajac-230 author: Min-Jeong, Kim; Ji-Hyun , Park; Soo-Yeon , Choi title: FROM SUBSERVIENCE TO EMPOWERMENT: THE PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN INDIAN FILMS date: 2023 words: 2608 flesch: 55 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. keywords: films; images; society; women cache: ajac-230.pdf plain text: ajac-230.txt item: #37 of 53 id: ajac-231 author: Mingyue , Li; Yifan , Zhang title: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO TEACHING CULTURAL AND CREATIVE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN MUSEUMS USING DESIGN THINKING date: 2023 words: 2808 flesch: 36 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. keywords: art; communication; design; museum; products; resources cache: ajac-231.pdf plain text: ajac-231.txt item: #38 of 53 id: ajac-234 author: Chowdhury, Amina Rahman title: EAST AFRICA'S ENCOUNTER WITH BRITISH COLONIALISM IN THE 1800S date: 2023 words: 3628 flesch: 49 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. keywords: africa; american; art; british; colonial; communication; company; east; journal cache: ajac-234.pdf plain text: ajac-234.txt item: #39 of 53 id: ajac-235 author: Meimei, Yang; Jiaqi, Zhang title: THE ART OF CHILDREN'S RECITATION: AUTHENTICITY AND BEYOND date: 2023 words: 4267 flesch: 37 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. keywords: art; children; communication; recitation; teachers; teaching; training cache: ajac-235.pdf plain text: ajac-235.txt item: #40 of 53 id: ajac-236 author: dela Cruz, Maria Teresa C. title: TWO-DIMENSIONAL DYNAMIC TECHNOLOGY FOR RESHAPING THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE SUMMER RESORT date: 2023 words: 3657 flesch: 43 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. keywords: art; display; kangxi; resort; summer; summer resort; technology cache: ajac-236.pdf plain text: ajac-236.txt item: #41 of 53 id: ajac-237 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 words: 3749 flesch: 39 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. keywords: application; art; design; flowers; greening; landscape; magnolia; planting; plants cache: ajac-237.pdf plain text: ajac-237.txt item: #42 of 53 id: ajac-238 author: Jiangyu , An title: THE EXPRESSIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF BROADCAST HOSTS IN THE NEW MEDIA ERA date: 2023 words: 3399 flesch: 42 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. keywords: art; audience; broadcasting; era; hosts; language; media cache: ajac-238.pdf plain text: ajac-238.txt item: #43 of 53 id: ajac-239 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 words: 4203 flesch: 43 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. keywords: american; art; clothing; communication; concept; design; environmental; fabric; journal; protection cache: ajac-239.pdf plain text: ajac-239.txt item: #44 of 53 id: ajac-704 author: Simo , Juan; Garcia, Maria title: DIALECTICAL SPACE IN CONTEMPORARY ART: INSIGHTS FROM ALFREDO JAAR AND GORDON MATTA-CLARK date: 2023 words: 5879 flesch: 40 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. keywords: american; american journal; art; clark; communication; https://topjournals.org/index.php/ajac; jaar; journal; matta; space; spatial; work cache: ajac-704.pdf plain text: ajac-704.txt item: #45 of 53 id: ajac-895 author: Choudhury, Ananya S.; Singhania, Arjun M. title: BREAKING LINGUISTIC CHAINS: CHOMSKY'S VISION FOR A STIMULUS-FREE VERBAL SYMPHONY date: 2024 words: 7914 flesch: 53 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. keywords: aurobindo; consciousness; existence; language; man; mind; plane; sri cache: ajac-895.pdf plain text: ajac-895.txt item: #46 of 53 id: ajac-896 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 words: 4213 flesch: 49 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: keywords: activities; language; textbook cache: ajac-896.pdf plain text: ajac-896.txt item: #47 of 53 id: ajac-897 author: Eze, Chijioke U.; Oni, Olumide A. title: CULTURAL MOSAIC: COMPLEX GENDER IDENTITIES IN IGBO AND YORUBA LANGUAGES AND CULTURES date: 2024 words: 10942 flesch: 53 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. 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 cache: ajac-897.pdf plain text: ajac-897.txt item: #48 of 53 id: ajac-898 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 words: 10083 flesch: 40 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. keywords: american; audience; communication; cool fm; journal; listeners; love fm; music; radio; radio station; station; study; wazobia fm cache: ajac-898.pdf plain text: ajac-898.txt item: #49 of 53 id: ajac-940 author: Eze, Franklin Amaechi title: THE FOUR CATEGORIES OF FORCE IN AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY date: 2024 words: 4092 flesch: 60 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. keywords: categories; force; journal; muntu; ntu; philosophy; world cache: ajac-940.pdf plain text: ajac-940.txt item: #50 of 53 id: ajac-987 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 words: 7811 flesch: 29 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. keywords: broadcast; broadcast media; corruption; media; nigeria; public; r n; role; study cache: ajac-987.pdf plain text: ajac-987.txt item: #51 of 53 id: ajac-989 author: Ire, Ebele Stella title: BROADCAST MEDIA AS A CATALYST FOR LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL IDENTITY IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA date: 2025 words: 6450 flesch: 30 summary: Bandura’s assertion that media can only effectively transmit cultural values if it is accessible and consistent supports the study’s 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. keywords: broadcast; identity; languages; media; rivers; state; study cache: ajac-989.pdf plain text: ajac-989.txt item: #52 of 53 id: ajac-994 author: Obidile, Stella Ogechukwu title: PRINCIPALS’ INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY AND EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE date: 2025 words: 7103 flesch: 39 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. keywords: development; education; instructional; management; monitoring; principals; professional; r n; schools; state; teachers cache: ajac-994.pdf plain text: ajac-994.txt item: #53 of 53 id: ajac-999 author: Chigbu, Baptista Chinyere; Eziamaka , Chika Nonye; Okoye, Ferdinand Nwafor title: CORRELATES OF SCHOOL CULTURE DIMENSIONS AND TEACHERS’ JOB SATISFACTION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ABIA STATE, NIGERIA. date: 2025 words: 4613 flesch: 41 summary: The result revealed that there is a moderate positive and significant relationship between bureaucratic school culture and teachers’ job satisfaction in public secondary schools in Abia State. Relationship between bureaucratic school culture and teachers’ job satisfaction in public secondary schools in Abia State. keywords: abia; culture; job; job satisfaction; satisfaction; schools; state; teachers cache: ajac-999.pdf plain text: ajac-999.txt