Fk yea I swear: cursing and gender in MySpace

Corpora ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Thelwall
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
English Language ◽  
Home Pages ◽  
Contemporary Culture ◽  
The Us ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Language Context ◽  
Identity Expression

Youth-orientated social networking sites, like MySpace, are important venues for socialising and identity expression. Analysing such sites can, therefore, provide a timely insight into otherwise hidden aspects of contemporary culture. In this paper, MySpace member home pages are used to analyse swearing in the US and UK. The results indicate that almost all young MySpaces, and about half of middle-aged MySpaces, contain some swearing, in terms of both males and females. There was no significant gender difference in the UK for strong swearing, especially for younger users (16–19). This is perhaps the first significant evidence of gender equality in strong swearing frequency in any informal English-language context. By contrast, US male MySpaces contain significantly more strong swearing than those of females. The assimilation by UK females of traditional male swearing in the informal context of MySpace, suggests deeper changes in gender roles in society – possibly related to the recent rise in `ladette culture'.

THE WORLD IN PIECES: AARON EINBOND

Tempo ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (290) ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Tim Rutherford-Johnson
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Instrumental Music ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Audio Analysis ◽  
Acoustic Instruments ◽  
The Us ◽  
Retrieval Software ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The University

AbstractAaron Einbond was born in New York in 1978. He received his compositional education in the US (Harvard, University of California, Berkeley), the UK (Cambridge, Royal College of Music) and France (IRCAM), and his teachers have included Mario Davidovsky, Julian Anderson, Edmund Campion and Philippe Leroux. He currently teaches music composition, sound and technology at City University, London. He is interested in applications of technology within instrumental music, and almost all of his works combine electronics and acoustic instruments. Since 2007 – beginning with his piece Beside Oneself for viola and electronics (first performed by Ellen Ruth Rose), composed while studying at the University of California, Berkeley – he has also used audio analysis and retrieval software to transcribe recorded sounds into instrumental notation.Einbond's interest in phonographic transcription connects his work to that of other composers of his generation, including Patricia Alessandrini, Joanna Bailie, Richard Beaudoin and Cassandra Miller. (It also finds precedents in a wider musical interest in forms of transcription that one can find in the music of composers as diverse as Peter Ablinger, Luciano Berio and Michael Finnissy.) What makes Einbond's work distinctive is his focus on timbre as a musical parameter, rather than more abstract or easily quantifiable values such as pitch.

scholarly journals Article Commentary: Mitochondrial Replacement Techniques: Genetic Relatedness, Gender Implications, and Justice

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetsuya Ishii ◽  
César Palacios-González
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Relatedness ◽  
Genetic Diagnosis ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Us ◽  
Child Centered ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relevant Regulation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Transfer Procedures ◽  
Mitochondrial Replacement Techniques

In 2015 the United Kingdom (UK) became the first nation to legalize egg and zygotic nuclear transfer procedures using mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRTs) to prevent the maternal transmission of serious mitochondrial DNA diseases to offspring. These techniques are a form of human germline genetic modification and can happen intentionally if female embryos are selected during the MRT clinical process, either through sperm selection or preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). In the same year, an MRT was performed by a United States (U.S.)-based physician team. This experiment involved a cross-border effort: the MRT procedure per se was carried out in the US, and the embryo transfer in Mexico. The authors examine the ethics of MRTs from the standpoint of genetic relatedness and gender implications, in places that lack adequate laws and regulation regarding assisted reproduction. Then, we briefly examine whether MRTs can be justified as a reproductive option in the US and Mexico, after reassessing their legalization in the UK. We contend that morally inadequate and ineffective regulations regarding egg donation, PGD, and germline genetic modifications jeopardize the ethical acceptability of the implementation of MRTs, suggesting that MRTs are currently difficult to justify in the US and Mexico. In addition to relevant regulation, the initiation and appropriate use of MRTs in a country require a child-centered follow-up policy and more evidence for its safety.

scholarly journals S&T coverage in English-language Indian dailies

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. A01 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharvi Dutt ◽  
K.C. Garg
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Uk

The paper examines the coverage of S&T related items published in selected English-language Indian newspapers in terms of their quantification and thematic representation. S&T is not the priority of the English-language newspapers in India. Even sports get several times more coverage than science. There is a case for amply visible representation of science in the press. Health, Environment, Space S&T, and Astronomy were the four dominant subjects covered. Most of the science covered in the newspapers was performed in the US, the UK and other advanced countries of Europe. Among all the newspapers, The Times of India devoted the maximum space to S&T coverage

8. Hate crime

2021 ◽  
pp. 211-235
Author(s):  
Angus Nurse ◽  
Mark Walters
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Hate Crime ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
The Public ◽  
Homophobic Violence ◽  
The Us ◽  
Civil Rights Movements ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Uk

This chapter addresses hate crimes, which are complex, as these offences can be linked to both personal gain or even profit, as well as concepts such as ‘difference’ and ‘othering’. This area of criminology came about primarily because the civil rights movements in the US and the UK raised the profile of racist and (later) homophobic violence so that they became important political and social issues. The chapter looks at a range of different types of hate crime, including offences based on prejudice towards victims because of their disability, race or ethnicity, religion or beliefs, sexual orientation, and gender identity. It also identifies some of the factors that can affect these offences in ways that are not immediately obvious. These elements include the influence politicians can have, especially when using language that excludes minority groups and portrays them as a threat to the public or as somehow being ‘Other’ (different and arguably not to be trusted).

scholarly journals In Search of the Roots of American Inequality Exceptionalism: An Analysis Based on Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Data

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet C. Gornick ◽  
Branko Milanovic ◽  
Nathaniel Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Labor Income ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
The Us ◽  
Market Income ◽  
Working Age ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Main Component ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Group Inequality

Earlier work has established that the US has exceptionally high inequality of disposable household income (i.e., income after accounting for taxes and transfers). There is a debate whether it is due to an unusually high inequality of market (pre-tax-pre- transfer) income or to weak redistribution. In this paper, we look more deeply at market income inequality, focusing on its main component – labor income – across a group of 24 OECD countries. We disaggregate the working-age population into household types, defined by the number and gender of the household’s earners and the partnership and parenting status of its members. We conclude that within-group inequality of labor incomes in the US is, in almost all groups, high by OECD standards. The roots of US inequality exceptionalism are not to be found in an unusual demographic composition, nor in unusually high or low mean incomes of some demographic groups, but in pervasive high inequality within each of these groups. (Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality Working Paper)

2. Freud and psychoanalysis

2015 ◽  
pp. 16-31
Author(s):  
Tom Burns ◽  
Eva Burns‐Lundgren
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Sigmund Freud ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Dream Interpretation ◽  
Defence Mechanisms ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Almost All

Almost all modern psychotherapies owe their origins to Freud and psychoanalysis. ‘Freud and psychoanalysis’ shows that although psychoanalysis is no longer the dominant psychotherapy, it has influenced virtually all subsequent therapies. Sigmund Freud (1856–1939), a neurologist based in Vienna, started it all. He used hypnosis for many years with his neurotic patients, but moved on to free association and dream interpretation. His psychoanalysis involved gaining an understanding of a person’s mental structures: the ego, id, super-ego, and defence mechanisms. The spread of psychoanalysis to the US, the UK, and South America was a result of the rise of Nazism in the 1930s, which forced many early analysts to leave Austria.

Stress test

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Stress Test ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Personal Lives ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
The Us ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The Coronavirus outbreak that started in China in late 2019 and spread globally in 2020 has had profound impacts on almost all areas of our working and personal lives. In the workplace, one of the functions that was perhaps most under the spotlight was human relations (HR) as first they had to deal with how people could work from home, and then if people should be put on furlough or worse, if they should lose their jobs. While countries such as Denmark and the UK agreed to fund people’s wages up to a certain percentage or cap of their salary, other countries such as the US saw millions simply become unemployed overnight. HR departments worldwide suddenly had to make some of the toughest decisions they will have ever been asked to do and implement them in a matter of days. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds his/her own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings The Coronavirus outbreak that started in China in late 2019 and spread globally in 2020 has had profound impacts on almost all areas of our working and personal lives. In the workplace, one of the functions that was perhaps most under the spotlight was human relations (HR) as first they had to deal with how people could work from home, and then if people should be put on furlough or worse, if they should lose their jobs. While countries such as Denmark and the UK agreed to fund people’s wages up to a certain percentage or cap of their salary, other countries such as the US saw millions simply become unemployed overnight. HR departments worldwide suddenly had to make some of the toughest decisions they will have ever been asked to do and implement them in a matter of days. Practical implications This paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

scholarly journals Might changes in diagnostic practice explain increasing incidence of brain and central nervous system tumours? A population-based study in Wales (UK) and the US

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael T C Poon ◽  
Paul M Brennan ◽  
Kai Jin ◽  
Cathie L M Sudlow ◽  
Jonine D Figueroa
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Population Based ◽  
The Us ◽  
Cns Tumours ◽  
Grade Ii ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Histological Confirmation ◽  
The Uk

Abstract Background Increasing incidence of central nervous system (CNS) tumours has been noted in some populations. However, the influence of changing surgical and imaging practice has not been consistently accounted for. Methods We evaluated average annualised percentage change (AAPC) in age- and gender-stratified incidence of CNS tumours by tumour subtypes and histological confirmation in Wales, UK (1997-2015) and the US (2004-2015) using joinpoint regression. Findings In Wales, incidence of histologically confirmed CNS tumours increased more than all CNS tumours (AAPC 3.62% vs. 1.63%), indicating an increasing proportion undergoing surgery. Grade II and III glioma incidence declined significantly (AAPC -3.09% and -1.85% respectively) but remained stable for those with histological confirmation. Grade IV glioma incidence increased overall (AAPC 3.99%), more markedly for those with histological confirmation (AAPC 5.36%), suggesting reduced glioma subtype misclassification due to increased surgery. In the US, incidence of CNS tumours increased overall but was stable for histologically confirmed tumours (AAPC 1.86% vs 0.09%) indicating an increase in patients diagnosed without surgery. An increase in grade IV gliomas (AAPC 0.28%) and decline in grade II gliomas (AAPC -3.41%) were accompanied by similar changes in those with histological confirmation, indicating the overall trends in glioma subtypes were unlikely to be caused by changing diagnostic and clinical management. Conclusions Changes in clinical practice have influenced the incidence of CNS tumours in the UK and the US. These should be considered when evaluating trends and in epidemiological studies of putative risk factors for CNS tumours.

Immigration

Sociology ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Bloemraad ◽  
Edwin Lin
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Population Movements ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
Nation States ◽  
The People ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Us ◽  
Almost All

The field of immigration research is broadly interested in understanding why people migrate across international borders, and what the consequences of migration are for the individuals involved, as well as the people and societies they enter and leave behind. In some countries, more than one in five residents were not born in the country where they live, while the economies of other countries are heavily dependent on the money that migrants send back. Migration thus affects a wide range of societies around the globe and can affect almost all aspects of human life. Sociologists consequently seek to explain population movements and state policies of migration control, debate theories of integration across a range of human activities, and consider the consequences of migration for development, national identities, and conceptions of membership in a world increasingly characterized by human relationships that span the borders of contemporary nation-states. Sociologists who work on migration do so in conversation with scholars drawn from many disciplines, including anthropology, demography, economics, ethnic studies, geography, history, legal studies, and political science. Given that the sociological field of migration studies is fundamentally interdisciplinary, any bibliography must be multidisciplinary, and it will invariably provide only a very small snapshot of the whole. The snapshot below, to remain manageable, is restricted to English-language publications, and it provides greater coverage of the US case than of other countries or regions of the world.

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