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Download or read book Where Truth Lies written by Kris Fallon and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. This boldly original book traces the evolution of documentary film and photography as they migrated onto digital platforms during the first decades of the twenty-first century. Kris Fallon examines the emergence of several key media forms—social networking and crowdsourcing, video games and virtual environments, big data and data visualization—and demonstrates the formative influence of political conflict and the documentary film tradition on their evolution and cultural integration. Focusing on particular moments of political rupture, Fallon argues that the ideological rifts of the period inspired the adoption and adaptation of newly available technologies to encourage social mobilization and political action, a function performed for much of the previous century by independent documentary film. Positioning documentary film and digital media side by side in the political sphere, Fallon asserts that “truth” now lies in a new set of media forms and discursive practices that implicitly shape the documentation of everything from widespread cultural spectacles like wars and presidential elections to more invisible or isolated phenomena like the Abu Ghraib torture scandal or the “fake news” debates of 2016.

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Download or read book Electrical Level 4 written by NCCER and published by Pearson. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completelyupdated to the 2020 NEC®! Features ahighly illustrated design, technical hints and tips from industry experts,review questions and a whole lot more! Key content includes: Load Calculations- Feeders and Services, Health Care Facilities, Standby and Emergency Systems,Basic Electronic Theory, Fire Alarm Systems, Specialty Transformers, AdvancedControls, HVAC Controls, Heat Tracing and Freeze Protection, Motor Operationand Maintenance, Medium-Voltage Terminations/Splices, Special Locations, and Fundamentalsof Crew Leadership.

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Download or read book NICET Fire Alarm Systems Level 1 Study Guide written by Henry Nazar and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-29 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting October 1, 2018, the NICET Fire Alarm System exam content for Levels I will be updated to the following references: NFPA 70 2014, NFPA 72 2016, NFPA 101 2015, IBC 2015. This study guide has been updated to the latest codes and standards: NEC 2014 and NFPA 72 2016.Don't take the NICET Fire Alarm Systems Level I Certification Exam until you study this guide....This study guide includes... 150 questions + DETAILED solution to the question including the method to which you arrive at the answer and the reference code (NFPA 72, NEC and OSHA standard). Each question is a multiple choice (most are 4 choices) similar to the format of the actual NICET exam. Challenging questions to get you ready for the actual exam. Solutions to questions are very easy to follow. Questions and solutions are essential for practicing for the actual NICET Fire Alarm Systems Level I exam. Includes test tips from the author: an electrical trades instructor with over 10 years of training experience. "If you are going to study something, study this guide to pass!"