the present research which falls in the field of comparative literature and is based on the french school aims to study and compare the social poetry of ahmad shamlou, a renowned contemporary iranian poet, and bertolt brescht, a german poet, writer and theorist's famous theater. the two poets looked at social issues through a human perspective and simple language which is reflected in thei...

We present a structural model of consumer trust in a multi-channel retailer. The model was developed on a sample of 1048 consumers who responded to a questionnaire linked to the website of a large German multi-channel retailer. The study identifies perceived privacy concerns as the strongest influence on trust in the e-shop, followed by perceived reputation and perceived size of the offline sto...

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), dramaturgo e diretor alemão, dedicou o conjunto de sua obra ao pensamento crítico à exploração dos funcionamentos processos sociais. Seu compromisso com as questões políticas culturais época – como avanço do nazifascismo, vida no exílio críticas capitalismo –, assim a formulação teórica uma nova forma produção teatral que se contrapõe teatro burguês, hegemônico merca...

Encouraged by authors like Brenda Laurel and Janet Murray, videogame designers have been taking for granted that a high level of agency and immersion are desirable effects. However, I will show that alternative, non-Aristotelian techniques could be used to develop character-driven videogames that enhance critical thinking about ideological issues and social conflicts while keeping the experienc...