The movie industry, like any other cultural industry, is often viewed as highly ambiguous, risky and uncertain. As a part of serving customer’s new preferences and searching for novelty, movie producers sometimes choose to switch and explore a new genre. By examining the sample of 2084 movies (produced …

Effects of peer response using instruction in genre knowledge on the writing of 140 sixth-grade students are investigated. In one condition students were taught specific genre knowledge involving functions of linguistic indicators of time and place. In another condition students were taught more general …

The aim of this study is to contribute to the body of knowledge on the use of contextual mathematical problems. Word problems are a predominant genre in mathematics classrooms in assessing students’ ability to solve problems from everyday life. Research on word problems, however, reveals a range of difficulties …

This study examined whether instruction in genre knowledge enriches students’ feedback on each other’s writing, resulting in better writing quality. In total 140 sixth-grade students (age 11–13) participated in the study. Two approaches to peer response with additional instruction were compared. In one …

Interactive Poetry is a lively genre within E-Lit and interactive digital narrative that was made more accessible by the diffusion of tablets with “multitouch” screens allowing relatively complex gestural UIs on consumer-level hardware. This paper leverages pragmatist aesthetics to critically interrogate …

The main objective of this study was to explore the online tools and techniques that independent documentary makers can use to make their productions more interactive and engaging. The research was conducted with an international documentary audience and international documentary producers in mind, and …

The main purpose of this report was to research how to increase art house ticket sales and visits by optimizing current marketing methods used to position independent films in the Netherlands. The perspective of the art film audience was taken during this research and their motivations to visit art houses …

Hoewel er al redelijk wat onderzoek is gedaan, naar de lespraktijk van docenten in de vakken Beeldende Vorming, Muziek en Dans (zie ondermeer: Zicht op zes jaar onderzoek in cultuureducatie, 2006) is er tot op heden weinig onderzoek gedaan naar de lespraktijk van de AV docent. Wij hopen met dit kleinschalige …

In de zeventiende eeuw ontstond de kinderprent: een bladzijde met plaatjes en teksten om kinderen iets te leren. Deze prenten waren zeer succesvol, omdat ze kinderen iets konden leren. En waarschijnlijk ook omdat ze refereerden aan een literair genre dat onder volwassen als hoogstaand werd beschouwd: …