523 research outputs found
Diary of Captain Jabez Fitch.
No full textFacsimile text of the diary of Jabez Fitch, of Norwich, Connecticut, who spent time as a British prisoner of war during the American RevolutionPrefatory letter with print signature by the author's great grandson, Vernon D. Fitch, Hyde Park, Vermont, September 23rd, 1897. Addressed to Mrs. S. V. White, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Chairman of the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument Association who discovered the manuscript and sold it for the benefit of the Association.Title from cover.Facsimile text of the diary of Jabez Fitch, of Norwich, Connecticut, who spent time as a British prisoner of war during the American RevolutionMode of access: Internet
Making friends in the Wild West: Singaporean public relations practitioners’ perceptions of working in social media
No full textThis paper explores the impact of social media on public relations by analysing Singapore-based practitioners’ perceptions and attitudes to their work in public relations agencies in an online environment.
Social media offers additional communication channels and the capacity to influence stakeholders outside of more traditional media structures. The research suggests that practitioners, in seeking to promote clients’ interests through the monitoring of online activity and the increasing engagement of social media users, are struggling to develop appropriate practices in an environment where traditional public relations techniques and concepts do not apply.
This research finds that the constant negotiation of conventions and rules, and the determination of what comprises appropriate social media activity and behaviour, results in a blurring of boundaries between public relations and marketing. Significantly, the discourse of friendship, which is increasingly fundamental to social media, conceals the promotional and commercial nature of public relations activity. Relying on online friends and influential bloggers to disseminate information, and producing content and activity designed to engage users, suggests that relationships or ‘friendships’ are not understood in the conventional sense of reciprocity.
The implications for public relations are that working with social media exposes the difficulty of developing strategic campaigns aimed at managing communication between stakeholders where concepts such as friends, and the online personas of influential bloggers, are increasingly credible and alternative sources of information. This analysis suggests public relations is struggling to negotiate the ethical parameters of social media practice and the limitations of traditional understandings of public relations in a social media context
The Poss-Ability Principle, G-cases, and Fitch Propositions
No full textThere is a very plausible principle linking abilities and possibilities: If S is able to Φ, then it is metaphysically possible that S Φ’s. Jack Spencer recently proposed a class of counterexamples to this principle involving the ability to know certain propositions. I renew an argument against these counterexamples based on the unknowability of Fitch propositions. In doing so, I provide a new argument for the unknowability of Fitch propositions and show that Spencer’s counterexamples are in tension with a principle weaker than the one linking abilities and possibilities
A tutoring system to practice theorem proving in Fitch
No full textIn this interactive event we demonstrate a web-based software tool to teach theorem proving in propositional logic, called Bop. This tool is a proof editor in the Fitch proof system that can give hints, proofsteps, or even complete proofs to the student.Software Computer TechnologyElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Eric Fitch Daglish (1892–1966): naturalist, illustrator, author and editor
No full text Eric Fitch Daglish (1892–1966) was a naturalist by inclination, a free-lance author and editor in business and, by practice, a wood-engraver of high repute. Taught wood-engraving skills by Paul Nash, he was a close friend also of other famous engravers (John Nash, Eric Gill) within the Society of Wood Engravers. He applied these skills to illustrating his own books for popular audiences on topics ranging from flowers to birds, beasts and the English countryside. Fluent in German, he translated books from that language to supplement his income in the years succeeding the First World War. He is perhaps best known for his bird books: Woodcuts of British birds, The life story of birds and Birds of the British Isles, but was also a prolific writer about dogs. His oeuvre is examined, and his contribution compared with other contemporary bird artists who embraced wood-engraving techniques. A bibliography of his natural history works as author and as editor is included. </jats:p
Impacts of roads on bee movement
No full textThis project investigated the effect of roads on the movement of bees and their role as pollen vectors. We used fluorescent pigment as a pollen analog to examine whether roads influenced pigment transfer in two species of plants, *Monarda fistulosa* and *Coreopsis verticillata*, and what characteristics of roads mediated this effect. Field work took place in and around Ann Arbor, MI in July-Aug 2020.
Associated publications:
Fitch G & Vaidya C. (2021) Roads pose a significant barrier to bee movement, mediated by road size, traffic, and bee identity. Journal of Applied Ecology
Impacts of roads on bee movement
No full textThis project investigated the effect of roads on the movement of bees and their role as pollen vectors. We used fluorescent pigment as a pollen analog to examine whether roads influenced pigment transfer in two species of plants, *Monarda fistulosa* and *Coreopsis verticillata*, and what characteristics of roads mediated this effect. Field work took place in and around Ann Arbor, MI in July-Aug 2020.
Associated publications:
Fitch G & Vaidya C. (2021) Roads pose a significant barrier to bee movement, mediated by road size, traffic, and bee identity. Journal of Applied Ecology
Abercrombie & Fitch: An Invitation to Identity
No full textabstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the negative effects Abercrombie & Fitch, a pricey retail store aimed at trendy teens to young adults, has on consumers. It analyzes the identity politics and rhetorical elements of the A&F brand. Specifically, it critiques their three issues in advertising, the store's space/layout, and comments made by their former Chief Executive Officer, Mike Jeffries, in order to explain the type of identity the brand invites consumers to become
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