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The Internet has proven to be an immensely effective tool in text development and distribution for amateur authors. Never before had the amateur authors so many opportunities for sharing their creations with others as they do now thanks to the Internet. The global network has helped not only with the spreading of independent films but also with their evolution in to new forms. A good example of such new film form is machinima, a hybrid of film and computer game – to be more specific, a film created by using the graphic engines and elements of computer games. Machinima are very tightly connected to the Internet. The necessary tools for creating machinima are available on the Internet and it was on the Internet where the machinima appeared for the first time and where this film form gained fame. Another connection between machinima films and the Internet is the source material for machinima. Many machinima use graphic engines and elements of MMORPGs, which one can play only via Internet. That is why machinima films illustrate very well the nature of Internet independent films.
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In the early days of the development, Polish blogosphere recruited from professionals equipped with the ability to program in HTML. Only after some time blogging became widespread, in the XXI century to gain a global character with tools for creating blogs by people not armed with knowledge of software development. Technological progress quickly was mastered by the Internet natives, leading to the dominance of “youth” in the network, sending network users known as the “internet inhabitants” into the oblivion. These last, now retake their voice to create their own social spaces. Digital natives dominate especially fashion/lifestyle blogs but not only. However, increasingly, there are network diaries kept and dedicated for the generation of digital immigrants or digital dinosaurs. Differences and similarities in the conduct of blogs aimed at different target groups raise the question of popular understanding of youth and social networking opportunities in a group of non‑native sites. The above questions are confronting with the contented of chosen blogsconducted by and targeted to tree different age groups:14–35, 35 + and 55 +. Repopulation of the network with digital immigrants without an undoubtly expands the capacity of Polish blogosphere about these social groups,which until recently could feel excluded from the network.
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The distribution of powers between the executive authorities and local government bodies as a priority of the administrative reform implementation at the regional level. The problems of implementation of administrative reform at the regional level is being analyzed.It has been proved that the basis for successful changes is a definite distribution of authorities and functions between the local bodies of executive power and local government bodies.
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The article presents the new book of Dr. Zornotza Ganeva, Assoc. Prof., named “Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS Statistics”. It is the first book, written by a pedagogue about one of the most popular computer packages – “IBM SPSS Statistics”, which helps statistical processing of research data. The book, written as a handbook, helps in the understanding of research work’s essence, as well as the meaning of statistical information by its accessible language and style, sufficient explanations, useful information and “step by step” methodological approach.
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The paper deals with metaphoric transfer of knowledge in English advertising discourse based on two- and cross-domain mappings referring to cultural conceptualizations of the world. On the one hand, text producers’ awareness of social events, as well as of people’s experiences and practices helps them in the construction of advertisements in the most intriguing and sensational way. On the other hand, text receivers are provoked and tempted by the ads deconstruction, though in some cases their unawareness of what is happening or has happened around us or in the world at large may block or hinder comprehension and thus lead to either misunderstanding of the message and their ignorance of it or to their complete indifference to it. The paper deals with all of the above mentioned issues supported by examples of English language ads and commercials. It shows in what ways multimodality related to the use of verbal and non-verbal signs works in them. The results prove the fact that the use of multimodal metaphors, especially in the non-verbal component, is supposed to trigger more emotions and feelings than the mere representation of the advertised items.
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Using a corpus comprised of examples from the Bulgarian and the British print media discourse on the topic of refugees, the paper aims at analyzing the stereotypes and prejudices that are formed and promoted at the encounter of the Other who is culturally and/or religiously different. In addition, the paper looks into the possible attitudes that these stereotypes can provoke towards refugees and the awareness of the image of the cultural Other that they contribute to. The main method of analysis is CDA and the aim is comparing and contrasting the linguistic devices used in both the Bulgarian and the British media on the topic in two different time periods.
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The preface provides an overview of the main topics discussed in the volume dedicated to the Challenges in English teaching and research.
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This volume reunites several papers from the Digital Classics, a relative narrow field of Digital Humanities. Some of the chapters were among papers presented at seminars in London and Berlin, however most of them were especially drafted for the present volume. The volume targets scholars in Classics, Archaeology and History, but the editors believe it will also be accessible to teachers and students, as well as non-academics with an interest in the topic.
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Les photographies documentaires, mais aussi les photographies de presse, font appel à des femmes démunies en tant que personnages appropriés aux différents types d'illustrations de maux sociaux. L’attention portée à la situation précaire d’innombrables femmes devient un aspect récurrent chaque fois qu’il faut faire face à la précarité et à la pauvreté. Dans ce texte, nous observons comment les person-nages féminins sont décrits à partir d’une étude comparative des deux régimes: l’information et le documentaire. Nous avons cherché à comprendre comment leurs modes d'enregistrement permettent des expériences visuelles distinctes, ce qui attes-terait des changements dans leurs formes de représentation et de figuration dans la culture visuelle, mais principalement dans la manière dont ces femmes apparaissent. *** Documentary photographs, but also photographs of the press, refer to impoverished women as characters appropriate to the different types of illustration of social ills. The focus on the precarious situation of countless women becomes a recurrent aspect whenever one must deal with precariousness and poverty. In this text we observe how female characters are portrayed from a comparative study between two photographic regimes: the informative and the documentary. We sought to understand how their modes of representation and figuration enable distinct visual experiences, which would attest to changes in their forms of representation in the visual culture, but mainly in the ways these women appear.
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Over the last few years a conservative wave has been unfolding in Bulgarian media. It affects many aspects of content and attacks primarily liberal and left-wing point of views. The text analyses the topless pictures on Page 3 of the largest Bulgarian daily Telegraph as part of this conservative turnover. The pictures claim to be innocent erotica, but the analysis reveals that they are part of a widely spread sexism of the newspaper. The ideological effects of such form of representation of women are traced. The conservative approach seeks to win the women's consent to their pre-assigned roles in society.
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The research is implemented by fourth year students in Journalism, specialization Radio, at Sofia University. Research team: Genika Grigorova, Greta Grigorova, Dobromir Tsvetkov, Eva Taseva, Katrin Asenova, Kristian Dudekov, Maria Nikolova, Nikolai Sulov, Preslava Marinova, Ralitsa Vasileva, Simona Dafinova, Franchaska Hristova. Computer data processing: Genika Grigorova.
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The article presents results of the research, implemented by fourth year students in Journalism, specialization Radio, at Sofia University. Research team: Veronika Iotova, Evelin Tsaneva, Elena Miteva, Emilia Ilieva, Kaloyan Guglev, Mihaela Simonovska, Natasha Stoichkov, Simona Todorova, Teodor Penev, Flora Velcheva, Tsvetina Ivanova; with the participation of Alexia Petrova, Iliana Pavlova and Momchil Rusev.
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Interview with Rosemary Statelova about her new book „Estrada and Socialism: Glimpses“
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A review of Gergana Rayzhekova’s book “The invisible rock. The alternative rock scene in Bulgaria”
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Conference report on the International academic conference “From word to action: tales and representations”, Sofia University, 02.05-04.05 2019
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Modern society changes in accord with the recent developments in the sphere of information technology and the intensive communications worldwide.E-learning facilitates the access to information sources and enhances the acquisition of knowledge and skills. Additionally, blended learning combines traditional in-person classroom interaction with electronic learning and contributes to the achievement of optimal results in teaching both adults and children. Collaborative learning implemented in an electronic context creates the necessary conditions for the formation of an electronic learning community. Blended learning based on the principles of the action-oriented approach ensures the continuity of the learning process by overcoming the restrictions over the time, the place and the pace of work.
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How to define an identity? As a product of individual or result of social and cultural influences through the ages? One, main and only answer could not exist. Ones identity in post-modern reality will be elusive. From time to time, from information or network to alghorithmic society some new identity concepts have appeared. But it is a fact that the category of identity becames smooth and undefined nowadays. We all have its plural. Technologies of self may be a solution to search for specific identity settings. Looking at actions and attitudes that lead to the realization of the goals and self-improvement, technologies of self represent the modern coordinates of identity formation. The use of analog and digital tools makes it possible to control and characterize the factors forming ones personality. In the end, it is expressed as media practices. This article is an essay to redefine the concept of technologies of self, including digital return during last 20 years. The conclusions are based on the analysis of the author’s qualitative research. The paper presents a short specification of the definitions focused on daily on-line activities and user habits.
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My personal motivation to write this article was a consequence of the “heated discussion” on the occasion of the Istanbul Convention. During the working period it became clear to me the need to include Bulgarian low of protection against domestic violence as well. My analysis is a psychological one, in some places – linguistic, but for sure not a legal one, a field in which I am not qualified. In both documents there are no specific texts that defend children and men as victims of domestic violence compared to many texts specifically dedicated to the protection of women from domestic violence. In my opinion, this violates the equality of citizens according to the Bulgarian Constitution, which are guaranteed regardless of gender, age, ethnicity and religion. In conclusion I suggest a serious information campaign то be held, in which mass media to play a significant role followed by public opinion polling and a new parliamentary debate and voting on the Istanbul Convention.
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