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| | | | | The Journal of Tolkien Research (JTR) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal. It has the goal of providing high-quality research and scholarship based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) and on transformative and derivative texts based on his work to a wide and diverse audience. It is an open access journal, and content will be published immediately once peer reviewers and editors have deemed it ready for publication. Content will be bundled on a yearly basis and given an issue number to assist authors and libraries in citing work and managing dissemination. | |
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| | | | | This paper explores China's public relations strategy in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) through diplomacy, promoting study networks, cooperation among academies, and establishing a significant number of Confucius Institutes. This is supported by a vast network of print, audiovisual and digital media owned by China or LAC groups. Yet, among the LAC population, knowledge of China is minimal. In sectors dedicated to research, politics, and the economy and finance, there is a slightly favorable image ... | |
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| | | | | Self-assessment measures of competency are blends of an authentic self-assessment signal that researchers seek to measure and random disorder or "noise" that accompanies that signal. In this study, we use random number simulations to explore how random noise affects critical aspects of self-assessment investigations: reliability, correlation, critical sample size, and the graphical representations of self-assessment data. We show that graphical conventions common in the self-assessment literature introdu... | |
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| | | A popular meme depict Galadriel and Frodo admitting that Sauron is "weirdly sexy," a humorous allusion to The Rings of Power's Halbrand. The show's controversial revelation of Halbrand as Sauron highlights the differences between Tolkien's construction of Second and Third Age Sauron as an attractive or admirable leader compared to Peter Jackson's portrayal of him as a monster or disembodied fiery eyeball. This, in turn, has implications for the geopolitical order of Middle-earth in which many people legi... | ||
