scholarly journals NATURE OF SUPERHEROES ANALYSIS OF THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY IN AGE OF SUPERHERO CRISIS

2020 ◽  
pp. 167-171
Author(s):  
Naresh Solanki
Keyword(s):  
Commercial Success ◽  
The World

Hero and heroism have been one of the oldest themes in literatures across the world. However, Comics, movies and other media have highlighted those to a hyperbolic level, turning allegorical in make-believe and vice versa. After critical and commercial success of various adaptations of Marvel and DC comics properties there has been a wave of alternative comic adaptations like Watchmen (2020), The Boys (2020) and The Umbrella Academy (2019), marking a different take on fictional superheroes. This critical paper studies that alternative stand taken by these adaptations and theorizes how these texts are critiquing the genre itself.

The Context

2021 ◽  
pp. 10-32
Author(s):  
W. M. Jacob
Keyword(s):  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Death Rate ◽  
Central Authority ◽  
Commercial Success ◽  
Victorian Period ◽  
Economic Downturns ◽  
The World ◽  
Leisure Industry ◽  
Outward Migration ◽  
Growing Population

London during the Victorian period was the largest city in the world, a focus for migration, and the centre of international finance, trade, and manufacturing as well as technological and scientific research, and the seat of imperial government. Its population included the very rich and the very poor, and a rapidly expanding professional and commercial middle class. Despite its vast and growing population, the metropolis had no formal identity and no central authority to coordinate services with the result that for much of the period water supplies and waste disposal were chaotic. With overcrowded housing, disease was endemic, and the death rate high. London was a very unhealthy place. Commercial success led to major redevelopment in the centre, and constant outward migration leading to suburbanization, a developing suburban transport network, segregation of classes, and a rapidly expanding leisure industry. Fluctuations in trade and economic downturns led to financial insecurity and political anxieties, periods of extreme distress among the poorest contributing to social unrest and fuelled millenarian hopes and fears. This provided the context for an extraordinary level of religious and religiously inspired philanthropic activity.

scholarly journals The Effect of Media Technology on Electronic Shopping

Webology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (Special Issue 04) ◽  
pp. 1424-1435
Author(s):  
Hussein Najm Abd Ali ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Commercial Success ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The World ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Cost Efficient

Social networking helps create greater online presence, leads and traffic for businesses. Strategic social media preparation is an integral part of an E-commerce sector. Social media continues to achieve global prominence because of commercial success. There is a great percentage of promotional campaigns taking place via social media platforms. Getting social media presence can make ecommerce even more useful. It makes it incredibly convenient to draw consumers via social media. Social media has motivated many people to buy different things, you know. Lots of firms have been able to market their goods and business through Facebook and other social networking platforms. Generally, only bigger corporations can use social media. To build profitable company on social media, you need to set specific goals. Companies now use social media with the intention of expanding their market. Social networking has the potential to boost revenue and it is an efficient cost-efficient way to communicate with customers. If you connect with your customers on Facebook and Twitter, you will be able to figure out what your customers want. Social networking sites cater for conversational features by 'liking' and 'discussing' features. Sharing knowledge online is relevant because it affects the decisions taken by customers when purchasing goods and services. A perfect way to promote your company is to add Sharing buttons for social media sites on your website. In this way, it's likely that you'll raise the number of users your site gets. Several individuals base their buying choices on things seen in the internet. Social media play a major part in one's networking and selling practices. Consumers around the world will be spending billions of their hard earned dollars yearly on social media sites.

scholarly journals From Philanthropic Strategy to Strategic Philanthropy: Selected Canadian Case Studies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Foster ◽  
Agnes Meinhard ◽  
Ida Berger ◽  
Pike Wright
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Corporate Philanthropy ◽  
Commercial Success ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
Strategic Philanthropy ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Corporate Social

The rapidly growing literature investigating corporate social responsibility and corporate philanthropy attests to the world-wide interest in this trend, both from an academic perspective and as a legitimate component of commercial success (Burson-Marsteller, 2000; Waddock & Graves, 1997). As Marx (1999) points out, the evolution of corporate philanthropy from donation programs to strategic philanthropy has been well documented in the nonprofit literature, particularly as it relates to US corporations, and indeed research interest in this topic dates back to the 1930s and 1940s (Carroll, 1999). Smith (1994) suggests that most US corporations established philanthropic foundations in the 1960s to demonstrate their obligation to support the American version of the social contract. Part of that contract involved the separation of profit, nonprofit and government roles. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation:

scholarly journals Bodies, Bollywood and Bond. The evolving image of secret agents in Hindi spy thrillers inspired by the 007 franchise

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-46
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Lipka-Chudzik
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Gradual Change ◽  
James Bond ◽  
Commercial Success ◽  
The World ◽  
Physical Abilities ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
Made In ◽  
The Way

Independent researcherIn the 1960s, after the international commercial success of the James Bond films, many imitations and parodies of the original were made in different parts of the world. In India popular Hindi films were also inspired by the 007 franchise, beginning with the action thriller Farz in 1967. From then on a new genre was formed in the Bombay cinema: Hindi Bond films. These derivative productions were deliberately created to replicate the plot formula and narrative structure of the original Bond series. They underwent considerable development from cheap, amateurish B-movies to big budget commercial hits such as Ek Tha Tiger in 2012. Also the leading characters in Hindi Bond films, the secret agents of the Indian police and intelligence, evolved from the innocent, happy-go-lucky youngsters in the 1960s into the tough, world-weary men of action in the 2010s. One of the most important factors of this gradual change is the way the heroes’ bodies were shown on screen. The focus on the esthetics, the musculature, the physical abilities and sex appeal of the Bombay Bonds was different in every decade. This article concentrates on the evolution of Hindi Bond films: the genre as well as the leading characters.

Henry Mayer Lecture 2012: The Market Populism of Rupert Murdoch

2012 ◽  
Vol 144 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
David McKnight
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Republican Party ◽  
The United States ◽  
Commercial Success ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Us ◽  
Liberal Ideology ◽  
The World ◽  
English Speaking

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is the most powerful media organisation in the world. Murdoch's commercial success is obvious, but less well understood is his successful pursuit of political goals, using his news media. Murdoch himself is probably the most influential Australian of all time. He says the recent News of the World hacking scandal went ‘went against everything [he stands] for’. But how true is this? He sees himself as an anti-establishment rebel, yet his influence in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States makes him part of a global elite. He has become one of the key promoters of neo-liberal ideology of small government and deregulation over the past 30 years. The basis of his philosophy was expressed by one of his former editors, David Montgomery, who said ‘Rupert has contempt for the rules. Contempt even for governments.’ Murdoch is also a devotee of the neo-conservative wing of the US Republican Party. The possibility of exercising power through ownership of the news media has been little studied in recent years, but Murdoch's role in English-speaking countries over the last 30 years shows that perhaps we need to look again at such media theories.

scholarly journals Overview of 1-Methylcyclopropene Trials and Uses for Edible Horticultural Crops

HortScience ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher B. Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Product Quality ◽  
High Temperatures ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Commercial Success ◽  
Horticultural Crops ◽  
The World ◽  
Exogenous Ethylene ◽  
The Cost

The inhibitor of ethylene perception, 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP), is the basis of a new technology that is increasingly being used to improve storage potential and maintain quality of fruit and vegetables. 1-MCP is registered for use on a number of crops, including apple, apricot, avocado, banana, broccoli, kiwifruit, pear, mango, melon, peach, nectarine, persimmon, plum, and tomato. The registered crop is often specific to country. The effects of 1-MCP on quality of these crops, as well as its effects on physiological disorders and pathological diseases, are reviewed. Most available literature on 1-MCP has focused on laboratory-based trials and little information exists about its effects on product quality at the commercial level. The apple is the most significant exception, being the first crop for which 1-MCP was used commercially and extensively around the world. The apple is a crop for which limited ripening after harvest is desirable. For many other fruit, successful commercialization of 1-MCP will require an appropriate balance between 1-MCP concentrations and exposure periods that will delay but not inhibit ripening. The effects of preharvest factors, cultivar, maturity, and postharvest practices are complex and will impact commercial success of 1-MCP-based technology. For leafy or nonfruit vegetables, the advantages of 1-MCP may only be apparent under abusive conditions such as high temperatures and exogenous ethylene exposure. Finally, commercial utilization of 1-MCP-based technology will be a function of the cost of its application relative to its benefits for each product.

Melodrama

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Miguel García-Mainar
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Commercial Success ◽  
Action Films ◽  
Late 18Th Century ◽  
Popular Appeal ◽  
The World ◽  
Indian Industries

With its origins in the novel and the theater, melodrama appeared in late 18th-century Europe and reached maturity at the turn of the 20th century. In the United States, the incipient film industry adopted it as a vehicle for suspense and action stories aimed at a mass audience. Melodrama featured a Manichaean world in which unquestionably virtuous protagonists had to endure suffering and defend themselves from the advance of evil, in the form of utterly villanous antagonists. Belonging to the same family as the biblical parable, it offered testimonies of moral struggle that have pervaded most commercial cinema across the world—in France, Italy, Mexico, the Middle East, and the various Indian industries—yet is best known through its Hollywood incarnation. Hollywood combined the melodrama with various types of action films but also developed a distinct version revolving around domestic conflict and sentimental plots. During the 1970s film criticism associated the term with films centerd on women and family life, frequently containing a more or less open critique of dominant gender relations. Excessive in form and emotions and subtly critical of social mores, it combined popular appeal and modernist stylization, and attracted auteurs striving for cultural respectability and commercial success.

OUP España

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Richardson
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Commercial Success ◽  
The World ◽  
English Speaking

ELT activity was vigorous in many European countries, but it was only in Spain that political, cultural, economic, and personal factors combined to produce a new branch designed principally to create and market OUP English Language Teaching courses. After the death of Franco and the establishment of constitutional monarchy in the late 1970s, the country reformed its political and educational systems; as a result, Spain emerged as the largest single ELT market in the world. OUP established a sales office in Madrid in 1981, and later enlarged this into the branch OUP España, which came to be a prime example of a commercial success for OUP in a non-English-speaking market. Under the leadership of Jesús Lezcano, OUP España developed its own ELT publications and adapted other OUP titles for the local market, as well as producing Spanish-language textbooks.

scholarly journals The world of Assamese celluloid: ‘yesterday and today’

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 393-423
Author(s):  
Violet Barman Deka
Keyword(s):  
Visual Representation ◽  
Commercial Success ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
World Cinema ◽  
The World ◽  
Future Potential

The study explores the entire journey of the Assamese cinema, which means a journey that will narrate many stories from its past and present, furthermore also will try to analyze its future potential. This paper deals with the trends emerging in genres, technical advancement, and visual representation along with a cult that emphasized the commercial success of cinema by toeing the style of Bollywood and world cinema. It explores the new journey of Assamese cinema, which deals with small budgets, realistic approaches, and portraying stories from the native lanes. It also touches upon the phase of ‘freeze’ that the Assamese cinema industry was undergoing due to global pandemic Covid-19.

scholarly journals The invention of the Swiss house: engineers, ethnographers and artists to the discovery of the Alpine vernacular construction

ARCHALP ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Braghieri
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Industrial Growth ◽  
Architectural Form ◽  
Commercial Success ◽  
The World ◽  
Catholic Religion ◽  
Cultural Functions

“At the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900, Switzerland presented itself to the world by exhibiting an imaginary synthetic village, making the conflicting features of the various Cantons – which for a few decades gathered under the flag of the Confederation – the founding elements of its national identity. These features were based on the cultural core of the “idem Alpine feeling” defined by the primitive cantons of Alemannic language, Catholic religion, and mountain economy. Not being able to express an authentic image by drawing on the nation’s historicized heritage, the focus is on popular architecture. The Alpine House has built and nurtured a resilient narrated “myth” which, in its architectural form of “chalet” typical of the Bernese Oberland, has helped feed a generalist image of considerable pro-motional and commercial success for Switzerland and its industry. In the twentieth century, during the industrial growth of the nation, campaigns of survey and inventory of the rural and bourgeois “heritage” tried to scientifically systematize the heterogeneous disciplinary approaches that had undertaken the interpretation of the Alpine house in the previous century. Social, economic, and cultural functions are the raison d’être of the vernacular construction and are expressed in the lexicon of typological, constructive, and decorative elements. The specific linguistic and cultural affiliations translate not only into different materials, techniques, and forms of construction but also into different settlement models in the territory. An unwavering mythology has been built and, paradoxically, the national identity has been modelled on the assumption that Germans are “assemblers” of logs, and Latins are “builders” who use stone.”

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