﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>Cision News</title><link>https://news.cision.com</link><description>Cision is the leading global provider of media research, distribution, monitoring and evaluation services. With over 40 locations throughout the world, Cision provides the insight, expertise and intelligence that improve performance and build reputations.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:15:10 GMT</pubDate><image><title>Cision News</title><width>146</width><height>60</height><link>https://news.cision.com</link><url>https://news.cision.com/Content/img/news-logo.png</url></image><item><title>New Book Examines Jewish Identity and Jazz Music</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/new-book-examines-jewish-identity-and-jazz-music,c2134671</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2381132</guid><description><![CDATA[Presents first comprehensive analysis of how jazz has been used to explore Jewish experience
Jazz history includes numerous contributions from Jewish artists, from Benny Goodman to John Zorn, who have played a major role in the development of the music from its birth in New Orleans to the present day. However, there has been little examination of why so many Jewish musicians gravitated to jazz or how they used the music to explore Jewish identity and experience.

Jews and Jazz: Improvising Ethnicity, a new book by Charles Hersch, chair of the Department of Political Science at Cleveland]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2016 17:20:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>IISS journal: US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on US–Russia relations</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/iiss-journal--us-secretary-of-defense-ash-carter-on-us-russia-relations,c2134265</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2380626</guid><description><![CDATA[‘The United States does not seek a new cold war with Russia, let alone a hot war.’
That is the message (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00396338.2016.1257180) from US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in the latest issue of Survival: Global Politics and Strategy (http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tsur20/current), the journal of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (http://www.iiss.org). In the face of Russian actions that ‘undermine global security and erode an international order that has been of mutual benefit’, however, Carter lays out (http://www.tandfonline.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2016 11:40:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What are the dangers of extreme psychological control?</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/what-are-the-dangers-of-extreme-psychological-control-,c2128323</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2374762</guid><description><![CDATA[[image] (https://www.routledge.com/Terror-Love-and-Brainwashing-Attachment-in-Cults-and-Totalitarian-Systems/Stein/p/book/9781138677975?utm_source=publicity&utm_medium=wire&utm_campaign=161105638)“Alexandra Stein combines deep knowledge of cultic groups from Jehovah's Witnesses to ISIS with wide-ranging research and a rich trove of interviews. This wise and informed book will interest the specialist and the general reader.” - Charles B. Strozier, lead author and editor, The Fundamentalist Mindset 

Terror, Love and Brainwashing (https://www.routledge.com/Terror-Love-and-Brainwashing-]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2016 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>bell hooks and Cornel West are back with the 25th Anniversary of Breaking Bread</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/bell-hooks-and-cornel-west-are-back-with-the-25th-anniversary-of-breaking-bread,c2115555</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2364437</guid><description><![CDATA["bell hooks and Cornel West's wonderful volume is theoretical poetry, poetic theory….The scope of topics addressed in the far-ranging conversations between the two authors is breathtaking….[The book] not only theorizes about how a transformed intellectual power might fuse deep moral concern and political engagement--it actually does it."

—Patricia Hill Collins: Signs (Autumn, 1994) 

"A series of dialogues between and interviews with two of the foremost black intellectuals in America today, this volume is of enormous importance and offers rewarding reading."  

—Publishers Weekly]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2016 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Greater practitioner support needed for teenagers engaging in ‘sexting’</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/greater-practitioner-support-needed-for-teenagers-engaging-in--sexting-,c2122979</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2363960</guid><description><![CDATA[A new study (http://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13676261.2016.1241865) published in the Journal of Youth Studies highlights a need for practitioners to discuss with teenagers safe ways to engage in so-called 'sexting', the sending of self-made, sexually explicit images sent via mobile phone or computers. The research uncovers a disparity between gendered perceptions of sexting, and what the perceived risks and consequences are.

Author Joris Van Ouytsel, together with his co-authors at the University of Antwerp in Belgium, questioned teenagers aged between 15 and 18 years old on]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2016 09:50:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tales of magic, myth and mystery: How fantasy fiction can keep religion in business</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/tales-of-magic--myth-and-mystery--how-fantasy-fiction-can-keep-religion-in-business,c2116109</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2353669</guid><description><![CDATA[How do works of fantasy fiction – such as J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter series and Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy – represent and mediate religion? This is the central question addressed by Laura Feldt’s new study (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0048721X.2016.1212526) published by Religion.

The research highlights the inextricable links between fantasy fiction and religion, claiming that there is an ever-increasing presence of ‘the religious in the fictional and the fictional in the religious’.

Rather than being viewed as two separate strands functioning in]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2016 09:48:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Male sleep habits may increase risk of cancer</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/male-sleep-habits-may-increase-risk-of-cancer,c2112484</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2350752</guid><description><![CDATA[Men who have worked night shifts for more than 20 years, or who work night shifts without daytime napping, or sleep for more than ten hours per night on average may have an increased risk of cancer, according to a study published in Annals of Medicine (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07853890.2016.1217037).
The study, led by scientists based at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, reviewed data obtained via interviews with middle-aged and older Chinese in the Dongfeng-Tongji Cohort Study, a cohort of approximately 27,000 retired workers from the]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2016 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Explosive new book interrogates the "new intolerance" on British and American campuses</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/explosive-new-book-interrogates-the--new-intolerance--on-british-and-american-campuses,c2110656</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2345949</guid><description><![CDATA[[image]In his new book, one of Britain’s leading sociologists, Professor Frank Furedi, takes to task the growth of censorship and intolerance in British and American universities and makes the case for a radical rediscovery of academic freedom and rigour.

In the sixties, universities tended to nurture radicalism and intellectual experimentation. Today, they encourage censorship and intellectual conformism. Why has this happened? Why do universities, one-time bastions of enlightenment and open debate now appear so closed-minded and authoritarian?

This is the question that Professor]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2016 14:56:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nostalgia and nationalism create new identities for post-industrial Doncaster</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/nostalgia-and-nationalism-create-new-identities-for-post-industrial-doncaster,c2110045</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2345294</guid><description><![CDATA[How local conditions and circumstances in the former coal town of Doncaster have led to the creation of post-industrial identities is the subject of a fascinating new study (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02757206.2016.1219354) in the journal History & Anthropology.

Cathrine Thorleifsson traces Doncaster’s identity from the glory days of coal to its decline in the 1980s and current embrace of nostalgia and nationalism.
As Thorleifsson explains: “The industrial town of Doncaster was for decades emblematic of a golden industrial age. Up until the mid-1980s, the economic and]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2016 08:33:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Raising a child or teenager with a psychological condition is a "perfect storm" of stress, sadness, and uncertainty.</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/raising-a-child-or-teenager-with-a-psychological-condition-is-a--perfect-storm--of-stress--sadness--,c2108520</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2342667</guid><description><![CDATA[Parents often feel isolated and alone, but the reality is that nearly one in five kids is affected by an emotional or behavioral disorder—that means a lot of families are in the same boat.  

Ann Douglas knows firsthand just how difficult it can be. Each of her four children (now thriving young adults) has struggled with one or more mental health challenges, including bipolar disorder, anorexia, ADHD, Asperger's, and depression. In Parenting Through the Storm (http://www.guilfordpress.co.uk/books/details/9781462526772/) (Guilford Press, October 2016,£10.99) she shares everything she has]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:48:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Getting to the heart of children’s emotional and social development</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/getting-to-the-heart-of-children-s-emotional-and-social-development,c2105500</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2339254</guid><description><![CDATA[[image]“Graham Music brings discoveries to life in the context of clinical priorities in a way that no other author has been able to achieve.” –  Professor  Peter Fonagy, Chief Executive, Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, UK. 

The first edition of Nurturing Natures (https://www.routledge.com/Nurturing-Natures-Attachment-and-Childrens-Emotional-Sociocultural-and/Music/p/book/9781138101449?utm_source=publicity&utm_medium=wire&utm_campaign=161004501) quickly established itself as a bestselling and indispensable text about children’s emotional and social development.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2016 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>An Open Letter to the Presidential Nominees from Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/an-open-letter-to-the-presidential-nominees-from-change--the-magazine-of-higher-learning,c2103747</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2335729</guid><description><![CDATA[Philadelphia – Taylor & Francis Group and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) are pleased to announce the publication of an open letter to the presidential nominees from Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning entitled “Higher Education, The Road to American Success: An Open Letter to the Presidential Nominees (http://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00091383.2016.1227671)” written by George Pernsteiner and Rebecca Martin.

This letter, from state executive officers of higher education and the heads of state university systems, calls upon the presidential nominees to]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:31:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How neuroscience can benefit the learning and performance of music</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/how-neuroscience-can-benefit-the-learning-and-performance-of-music,c2101194</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2331983</guid><description><![CDATA[Understanding the factors that impact on brain development and brain function in musicians can empower music teachers to unlock each learner’s full potential, a new study (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/18125980.2016.1182386) published in Muziki: Journal of Music Research in Africa suggests.

Inette Swart of North-West University, South Africa shows how incorporating training in psychology into the music education system could be beneficial, particularly to those learners who have experienced traumatic events. 

Neuroscientific research indicates that the right hemisphere of]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2016 08:39:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Taylor &amp; Francis Partners with ReadCube to Enhance Discoverability of Article and Book Collections</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/taylor---francis-partners-with-readcube-to-enhance-discoverability-of-article-and-book-collections,c2099911</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2330191</guid><description><![CDATA[Four million books, journals, and peer reviewed articles have been indexed and enhanced within ReadCube’s free Web, Desktop and Mobile platform.
Taylor & Francis, one of the world’s leading publishers of scholarly content, today announced its partnership with publishing technology company, ReadCube. Through ReadCube’s Discover service, over four million Taylor & Francis journal articles and book chapters are now indexed and discoverable across ReadCube’s platform.  By incorporating popular features from Taylor & Francis Online with those of ReadCube’s reference management tools, scholars]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:47:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>High-Dose Influenza Vaccine is Expected to Provide Cost Savings and Better Outcomes Compared to Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccine in Canadian Seniors</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/high-dose-influenza-vaccine-is-expected-to-provide-cost-savings-and-better-outcomes-compared-to-stan,c2099007</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2329062</guid><description><![CDATA[Seasonal influenza is a global public health concern. The World Health Organization estimates 3-5 million cases of severe infection annually, resulting in up to half a million deaths. In industrialized countries, people aged 65 years or older are most vulnerable, and influenza vaccine is less effective in this age group due to the age-related weakening of the immune system.

To improve vaccine efficacy in the elderly, a high dose formulation of the commonly used trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) was tested in a large-scale Phase 3 clinical trial dubbed FIM12. The high-dose]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 16:09:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Legacy of Nuclear Power</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/the-legacy-of-nuclear-power,c2094067</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2324102</guid><description><![CDATA[A new book by Andrew Blowers
In all the arguments about the future of nuclear power, one fundamental issue seems to be overlooked – the inevitable and long-lasting legacy of radioactive waste, contamination and risk that it leaves for generations to come. Already this legacy is massive and will take decades to clean up.  Adding to this intractable and enduring problem by building more nuclear power stations should be economically and morally unthinkable. 

[image]  In his new book, The Legacy of Nuclear
         Power (https://www.routledge.com/The-Legacy-of-Nuclear
         -Power/]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2016 15:04:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Did the experts practice what they preached?</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/did-the-experts-practice-what-they-preached-,c2088797</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2321434</guid><description><![CDATA[[image]Does it make you a better parent if you have pioneered scientific theories of child development? In a unique study, Great Psychologists as Parents (https://www.routledge.com/Great-Psychologists-as-Parents-Does-knowing-the-theory-make-you-an-expert/Cohen/p/book/9781138899919?utm_source=publicity&utm_medium=wire&utm_campaign=160902108) compares what great psychologists have said about raising children and the way they did it themselves.

Using an eclectic variety of sources, from letters, diaries, autobiographies, biographies, as well as material from interviews, each chapter focuses]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>#allmalepanels – how to break the cycle of discrimination</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/allmalepanels---how-to-break-the-cycle-of-discrimination,c2086625</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2313954</guid><description><![CDATA[It might seem that equal rights have come a long way, but how far are we from true diversity and equality? New research by Cardiff University's Marysia Zalewski in the International Feminist Journal of Politics (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14616742.2016.1189674) broaches the issue of endemic discrimination by looking at the all too common phenomena of ‘all male panels’.

Zalewski describes how superficial solutions to this ‘all male’ event, such as the last minute addition of a ‘minority’ popped into your panel, creates an illusion of diversity. She recalls Miss Triggs - a]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2016 09:51:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sweet News: Review of Literature Indicates Sucralose Is Not Linked to Cancer</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/sweet-news--review-of-literature-indicates-sucralose-is-not-linked-to-cancer,c2084472</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2311798</guid><description><![CDATA[In a society where obesity is increasingly recognized as a risk factor for disease, low- and no-calorie ingredients are logical choices for those wishing to manage their weight. However, some people have concerns that sucralose, a no-calorie sweetener, may be linked to cancer. A new article published in Nutrition and Cancer: An International Journal (http://www.tandfonline.com/hnuc) may finally put those fears to rest; a comprehensive review of studies testing the safety and carcinogenicity of sucralose has confirmed that the artificial sweetener does not cause cancer, and is safe to ingest.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>‘Brexit’ appealed more to the ‘losers’ of globalization than its ‘winners’</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/brexit--appealed-more-to-the--losers--of-globalization-than-its--winners-,c2084980</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2311625</guid><description><![CDATA[Voters’ hopes and fears about globalization were a key factor in June’s vote for ‘Brexit’ – and will continue to challenge the political establishment for years to come, according to a new study (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2016.1225785).
Writing in the Journal of European Public Policy, Sara B. Hobolt of the London School of Economics and Political Science analyses campaign and survey data to understand the shock result – and what it might mean for the future of Europe.

Although the choice was a simple one – between ‘in’ or ‘out’ – the British public was divided]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2016 11:47:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>“See it before it’s gone”: the paradox of ‘last chance tourism’ on the Great Barrier Reef</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/see-it-before-it-s-gone--the-paradox-of--last-chance-tourism--on-the-great-barrier-reef,c2084798</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2311410</guid><description><![CDATA[Many of the tourists now flocking to see Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GBR) are hoping to ‘see it before it’s gone’ – in the latest example of what’s come to be known as ‘Last Chance Tourism (LCT)’.

Annah Piggott-McKellar and Karen McNamara from the University of Queensland (Australia) explain the concept of ‘LCT’ in the current issue of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09669582.2016.1213849).

They write: “LCT is a niche tourism market focused on witnessing and experiencing a place before it disappears. This tourism market can also be]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2016 08:50:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Feeding a Mars mission: the challenges of growing plants in space</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/feeding-a-mars-mission--the-challenges-of-growing-plants-in-space,c2083014</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2310008</guid><description><![CDATA[Plants will play a critical role in the survival of human beings on long-duration space missions, such as a mission to Mars.  However, as a paper published in Botany Letters (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23818107.2016.1194228) shows, many challenges need to be addressed if astronauts are to successfully grow enough food on board spacecraft and on other planets.

Lucie Poulet and colleagues from the University of Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne outline in their review that while healthy plants can be grown in space, the long-term effects of the space environment on plant growth and]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2016 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Do the writing styles of Hillary’s memoirs mirror her greatest political struggle?</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/do-the-writing-styles-of-hillary-s-memoirs-mirror-her-greatest-political-struggle-,c2083112</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2308802</guid><description><![CDATA[The memoir has long formed an important part of politicians’ careers, no more so when they are positioning themselves for a run to the highest level of office. Carnegie Mellon University’s David S. Kaufer and the University of Maryland’s Shawn J. Parry-Giles have reviewed Hillary Clinton’s two political memoirs:  Living History (2003), spanning Clinton’s childhood through her years as First Lady, and Hard Choices (2014), recounting her tenure as Secretary of State. They reveal that while there are contrasts in narrative style between the two memoirs, a common theme is Clinton’s guardedness –]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2016 09:44:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Practical Nuclear Questions for the Presidential Candidates, and the Psychology of Doom</title><link>http://news.cision.com/taylor---francis/r/practical-nuclear-questions-for-the-presidential-candidates--and-the-psychology-of-doom,c2082187</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2307818</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Double Special Issue
Bulletin Media Contact: Janice Sinclaire, jsinclaire@thebulletin.org

CHICAGO – September 7, 2016 – The 2016 presidential race is unusual in many ways, but a silver lining of sorts has emerged: For the first time since Lyndon Johnson’s famous “Daisy” political ad during the 1964 presidential campaign, the control that the President of the United States wields over the US nuclear arsenal is under serious discussion.

In his introduction to the Bulletin’s September/October issue, editor John Mecklin writes: “The Bulletin is]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2016 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>