The paper reports on a study where three print articles, three television documentaries, and three Web sites by the National Geographic Society were compared, to see what constitutes linearity, and whether nonlinearity takes the place of linearity in Web media.Devices of transition, disposition, and linking are studied, as well as aspects of narration. The Web sites proved to be linked in a man...

This study advances documentary film effects research by comparing the influence of a political documentary with a historical reenactment film on narrative engagement, affect, learning, and interest. Using the Rwandan genocide as a context of study, a documentary film, The Triumph of Evil, and the historical reenactment fictional film,Hotel Rwanda, were examined. Results revealed significant di...

Social profiles and clinical characteristics of patients at the London Homoeopathic Hospital in the period 1889-1923 are described, based on documentary research. The main sources are 300 volumes of manuscript case notes from this period, discovered in the LHH basement in 1992. Annual hospital reports from 1899 and 1919 provide fur ther i l lustrat ive material . Examina t ion of these document...

Background The objective of this article is to make some analysis on the process of work and accidents occurring in slaughterhouses, evidenced in the Brazilian documentary film called Flesh and Bone. As such, it was necessary to discuss an alternative theoretical concept in relation to theories about health and safety at work. This alternative discussion focuses on the concepts of biopower and ...

Documentary heritage reflects the diversity of languages, peoples and cultures. It is the mirror of the world and its memory. But this memory is fragile. Every day, irreplaceable parts of this memory disappear for ever. A considerable proportion of the world's documentary heritage disappears through ‘natural’ causes: acidified paper crumbles away, leather, parchment, film and magnetic tape are ...

Documentary letters of credit have historically been an important and popular method of payment in international trading transactions. In fact, they have been described as the “lifeblood of international commerce.” A number of uniform international practices have developed for their use, many of which are codified in international rules such as Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credi...