Michael Cunningham’s The Hours: Homage to the Book in a Time of Media Transformation

Beginning in 2005 the tiny Christian sect then known as the Exclusive Brethren suddenly underwent a media transformation from a virtually unknown or ignored group of quirky and old-fashioned Protestant sectarians to being touted as “Australia’s biggest cult” by tabloid television programs. This explosion of controversy came on the heels of media revelations about the involvement of Brethren members in providing financial donations to conservative political causes across the globe and a snowballing effect in response which brought forth a number of ex-members eager to expose their former group. This article looks at how this media transformation has been received by the wider Australian public. By studying the hitherto little utilized data contained in readers’ letters to Australia’s three mainstream broadsheet newspapers this article identifies which events or undertakings had the most impact on public perceptions of the Exclusive Brethren and which specific articles and issues struck the most responsive chord with readers. This content analysis found that Australian public opinion toward the Exclusive Brethren, while on the whole negative, was more indicative of their political involvement than their beliefs. The study also found that prior to what I call “The Brethren Controversy” the Exclusive Brethren had maintained a high degree of “sectarian tension” in Australia for almost four decades with little public outcry or media vilification.

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An illusionistic device in the hours of Etienne Chevalier

Scriptorium ◽

10.3406/scrip.1981.1203 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 81-83

Author(s):

Mark-L. Evans

Keyword(s):

The Hours

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"VIR IUSTUS ATQUE PERFECTUS": SAINT LOUIS AS NOAH IN THE "MIRACULOUS RECOVERY OF THE BREVIARY" MINIATURE FROM "THE HOURS OF JEANNE D'ÉVREUX"

Source Notes in the History of Art ◽

10.1086/sou.23.1.23206826 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Elina Gertsman

Keyword(s):

Saint Louis ◽

The Hours

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Daytime perimeter environmental noise in the vicinity of four hospitals in the city of Lima, Peru

Noise Mapping ◽

10.1515/noise-2020-0020 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 239-247

Author(s):

Alberto E. García-Rivero ◽

Ricardo Ángel Yuli-Posadas ◽

Warren Reátegui Romero ◽

Odón Sánchez-Ccoyllo ◽

Wilfredo Bulege-Gutierrez ◽

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Keyword(s):

Working Hours ◽

Environmental Noise ◽

Integration Time ◽

Environmental Standards ◽

Mean Values ◽

The Hours ◽

Measurement Mode ◽

Special Protection Areas ◽

The City ◽

National Environmental

AbstractThe present study is intended to get to know the levels of perimeter diurnal environmental noise of four hospitals in the city of Lima. The measurement mode used at each hospital was A-weighting, with an integration time of five minutes per recording. It was measured in the FAST mode with calibrations made at the beginning and end of the measurement day. Statistical analysis consisted of the mean comparison T test which was applied at all the hospitals considered in the study. At the four hospitals, at all the hours of measurement and both on working days and non-working days (Sunday), LAeq mean values are higher than 83 dBA. On working days, two periods of maximum noise from 08:00 to 10:00 in the morning and from 17:00 to 19:00 in the afternoon coincide with the start and end of working hours. The perimeter diurnal environmental noise levels determined at the vicinity of four hospitals show higher values in all cases to those established by the Peruvian National Environmental Standards for Noise for special protection areas both for working days and for non-working days. Noise that comes from the dense and disorganized traffic of Lima plays a fundamental role in this behaviour.

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