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Welcome to In the MIDst: A Kid\u27s Lit Podcast
No full textWelcome to In the MIDst: A Kid\u27s Lit Podcast, where two neurodivergent nerds discuss all things middle grade literature. This literature podcast is hosted by PhD student, Jennifer Slagus and author, Josh Palange
Abstract Thoughts
No full textPhD student Jennifer Slagus and author Josh Palange introduce the podcast and outline their plans for future episodes. They establish that the central theme will focus on discussions about middle grade literature, covering topics such as the genre itself, representation in literature, and the influence of graphic novels. Slagus and Palange also define middle grade literature, emphasize its importance, and share some of their personal favorite books from the genre
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Neurodivergent Narratives: Restorying Neurodiversity in Twenty-First Century Middle Grade Literature
Full text linkPopularized middle grade literature about neurodivergent characters, typically written by neurotypical authors, often portrays disability as a problem needing to be cured or changed. In contrast, fiction created by neurodivergent authors offers alternative perspectives, reimagining and restorying dominant narratives about neurodivergent individuals, positioning their natural ways of being as valid and valuable. This study explores the question of what neurodivergent representation in twenty-first century middle grade literature can become if we reject and restory the dominant narrative about neurodivergent people. Through paired analyses and (re)readings of historical texts, this dissertation reveals how racism and ableism are deeply embedded in children’s literature of the past, influencing portrayals of neurodivergent characters today. By examining the children’s book publishing industry as an exploitative, capitalist enterprise, this study highlights the social, cultural, and political contexts of middle grade literature and how the ways characters are treated in stories mirrors the treatment of neurodivergent individuals in educational, medical, and social settings. I argue that narratives authored by neurodivergent creators give presence to the neurodivergent lives excluded from popularized novels written by neurotypical authors. These narratives provide examples of restoried and reflective futures where neurodivergent characters—and young readers—thrive as the authors and protagonists of their own life stories
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Comics and Graphic Novels with Dr. Jarod Roselló
No full textJennifer Slagus and Josh Palange explore the world of comics and graphic novels with author Dr. Jarod Roselló. They highlight the value of graphic novels for young readers and discuss how these works are often perceived in comparison to traditional prose books. Dr. Roselló shares his journey as an author and cartoonist working with comics, emphasizing the scarcity of graphic novel-focused creative programs at the university level and the relationship between academia and comics. He also discusses his experience collaborating with publishers on his graphic novel series Red Panda & Moon Bear, and the challenges of marketing a book from an artist\u27s perspective
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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