The book contains a selection of high quality papers, chosen among the best presentations during the International Conference on Spectral and High-Order Methods (2014), and provides an overview of the depth and breadth of the activities within this important research area. The carefully reviewed selection of papers will provide the reader with a snapshot of the state-of-the-art and help initiat…
Universities around the world are under increasing pressure to maintain high levels of graduation and to make study processes as efficient as possible, with teachers and students struggling to meet the expectations placed upon them as a result. The Psychology of Study Success in Universities asks whether it is possible to meet these demands at the same time as protecting the well-being of stude…
This volume examines the phenomenon of fake news by bringing together leading experts from different fields within psychology and related areas, and explores what has become a prominent feature of public discourse since the first Brexit referendum and the 2016 US election campaign. Dealing with misinformation is important in many areas of daily life, including politics, the marketplace, heal…
Genetic Surveillance and Crime Control presents a new empirical and conceptual framework for understanding trends of genetic surveillance in different countries in Europe and in other jurisdictions around the world. The use of DNA or genome for state-level surveillance for crime governance is becoming the norm in democratic societies. In the post-DNA, contemporary modes of criminal identific…
Integrative psychotherapy is a groundbreaking book where the authors present mindfulness- and compassion-oriented integrative psychotherapy (MCIP) as an integration of relational psychotherapy with the practice and research of mindfulness and compassion. The book elucidates an approach which is holistic and based on evidence-based processes of change related to the main dimensions of human e…
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- Preface and acknowledgments -- 1 Bornholm: a treasure island -- 2 The multi-causal hoards -- 3 Identifying Bornholm's hoards: content, character, and chronology -- 4 Classification of production, circulation, and distribution data -- 5 Silver flows: analysis of production data -- 6 Stab, bend, and cut: analysi…
Introduction : deceiving from the top : state-sponsored disinformation as a contemporary global phenomenon / Martin Echeverría and Sara García Santamaría -- Theoretical understanding of state-sponsored disinformation / Petros Iosifidis -- Rethinking disinformation for the global South : towards a particular research agenda / Grisel Salazar Rebolledo -- Statistics and state-sponsored disin…
ABSTRACT Invisible Search and Online Search Engines considers the use of search engines in contemporary everyday life and the challenges this poses for media and information literacy. Looking for mediated information is mostly done online and arbitrated by the various tools and devices that people carry with them on a daily basis. Because of this, search engines have a significant impact on th…
ABSTRACT First published in 1998, this book explores the links between theories of feminism and the practice of law, and does so through an examination of a number of contemporary themes in feminist legal studies. From an interdisciplinary perspective, this book examines, as one of its overarching themes, the existence of a distinctively female legal voice, or voices. In arguing for a recognit…