Evaluating alternative styles of audio description in an animated comedy

Audio description is the practice of adding extra auditory cues into visual media to explain visual information to blind and low vision viewers. This thesis investigates the impact of conventional and alternative styles of audio descripton on the blind and low viewers' comprehension, entertainment experience, trustworthiness of the audio description narrative, and style preference. Eighteen blind and low vision participants took part in the study. The participants were divided into two groups, and asked to watch three episodes of the television show Odd Job Jack in a single audio description style. Each participant was asked to complete a pre and post study questionnaire, and a post episode questionnaire at the completion of each episode. Results indicated that the alternative style of audio description provided better understanding, entertainment value and is more trustworthy. Yet, there is no distinct preference among the blind or low vision viewers for either audio description style.

Evaluating alternative styles of audio description in an animated comedy

Audio description is the practice of adding extra auditory cues into visual media to explain visual information to blind and low vision viewers. This thesis investigates the impact of conventional and alternative styles of audio descripton on the blind and low viewers' comprehension, entertainment experience, trustworthiness of the audio description narrative, and style preference. Eighteen blind and low vision participants took part in the study. The participants were divided into two groups, and asked to watch three episodes of the television show Odd Job Jack in a single audio description style. Each participant was asked to complete a pre and post study questionnaire, and a post episode questionnaire at the completion of each episode. Results indicated that the alternative style of audio description provided better understanding, entertainment value and is more trustworthy. Yet, there is no distinct preference among the blind or low vision viewers for either audio description style.

AS RELAÇÕES ENTRE MODA E MÚSICA OBSERVADAS PELO VIÉS DO MOVIMENTO GRUNGE

Este artigo objetiva a reflexão sobre possíveis relações entre moda e música, destacando o movimento musical grunge, surgido na década de 1990, em Seattle, de forma que busca identificar as possíveis influências na moda, por meio de vestimentas usadas pelos integrantes do movimento. Neste estudo, é destacada a banda Nirvana – significativa representante do movimento grunge – com o objetivo de comparar suas vestimentas com as coleções criadas por estilistas que se inspiraram na estética grunge no desenvolvimento de suas coleções. São analisados os trabalhos dos estilistas Marc Jacobs, Juliana Jabour, e Dries Van Noten, além do trabalho da marca britânica Marques’ Almeida, nas décadas de 1990 e 2000. Assim, procurou-se evidenciar a teoria da ebulição, mencionada por Doris Treptow (2005), e verificar que estilos alternativos originários das ruas podem elevar-se na camada social, sendo trabalhados através do viés do luxo. Nesse sentido, entende-se a moda e a música como manifestações da cultura e enquanto formas de comunicação, de maneira que este artigo pretende contribuir com estudiosos de moda, música e áreas inter-relacionadas, considerando o caráter interdisciplinar da moda.Palavras-chave: Moda. Música. Identidade. Grunge.ABSTRACTThis article aims the reflection on possible relationships between fashion and music, highlighting the Grunge Musical Movement, emerged in the 1990s in Seattle, so that search to identificate possible influences on fashion, through the clothing worn by the members of the Movement. In this study, is highlighted the band Nirvana – a significant representative of the Grunge Movement – with the aim of comparing their clothes with collections created by stylists inspired by the Grunge aesthetics in their collections development. Thereby, it was tried to evident the Bubble-Up Theory, mentioned by Doris Treptow (2005), and check that alternative styles originating from the streets can elevate themselves in the social layer, being worked through the bias of the luxury. In this sense, fashion and music are understood as manifestations of culture and as forms of communication, that way this article intends to contribute with scholars of fashion, music and interrelated areas, considering the interdisciplinary character of fashion.Keywords: Fashion. Music. Identity. Grunge.

The aesthetic turn

This paper considers alternative styles of philosophy, based on art or science, through an investigation of Rudolf Carnap and Martin Heidegger. Carnap’s criticism of Heidegger’s account of das Nichts is analysed in relation to Immanuel Kant’s theory of the imagination. Heidegger’s account of the work of art demonstrates philosophies that take science as their model, over-emphasize cognition, and do not adequately consider the importance of apprehension.

Teaching Characteristics Of Successful College Professors

During the past several years, the authors have devoted a great deal of time and energy in the pursuit of becoming effective college professors. After observing a number of excellent professors (and a number of less-than-excellent ones), the authors would like to share some of their observations and ideas.Although this article focuses specifically on effective classroom performance in a traditional lecture-based setting, many of the principles discussed can be applied to alternative styles of teaching such as seminar settings, individualized instruction, etc.