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Review of: Greek Cinema and Migration, 1991–2016, Philip E. Phillis (2020)
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 272 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-47443-704-2, p/bk, £19.99
ISBN 978-1-47443-703-5, h/bk, £80.00

In this review study, a descriptive analysis was conducted of the media addiction research published from 1991 to 2016. The search of all academic output published in 13 major scientific and academic databases in 256 journals within the 26-year period yielded 1,099 Social Sciences Citation Index/Science Citation Index (SSCI/SCI) articles that were relevant to this study. The review was focused on the trends, developmental periods, study domains, themes, research methods, measurement instruments, and research purposes in the field of media addiction. The results show that most previous media addiction research in the study period were conducted from the perspectives of compulsivity and impairment. As a psychiatric disorder and a complex biopsychosocial phenomenon, the findings suggest that future media addiction research should go beyond the predominant perspectives in the prevalence, causes, and consequences of media addiction (59.7%) and extend into the effectiveness of prevention and treatment (only 3.96%) provided in both clinical and nonclinical settings. The review also shows that of the 974 studies using quantitative or mixed methods to examine media addiction, over 30% used Young's Internet Addiction Test and Diagnostic Questionnaire as the two frequently used measurement scales, which means that they were adopted by at least 20 studies in the study period. Furthermore, over 77% of the media addiction studies employed survey and experiment methods. The implications of these findings for future media addiction research and the limitations of the study are discussed.

The territorial conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia in Nagorno – Karabakh was considered as the frozen one until the end of 2020, when it was finally resolved. Unfortunately, not the effective mediation, but warfare helped to end this dispute. This dissertation is an analysis of failed mediation attempts in the Nagorno – Karabakh region from the beginning of the conflict (1987-88) until 2016. Chapter one focuses on the theory of Old and New Wars, giving the reader clear image about disputes that have become more complicated. The significant number of unresolved conflicts in former Soviet Union republics is the best evidence of it. Chapter two gives the reader brief theoretical framework about conflict stages and mediation process. I also presented opinions of both Azerbaijan and Armenia as well as causes and stages of the dispute in Nagorno – Karabakh. Finally, in the third chapter you can see deep analysis of failed mediation attempts by various political agents: states, organizations or individuals. In order to understand measures that had been taken in order to resolve the conflict, I use theoretical typology of dispute prevention. Moreover, I try to investigate if religion or location of the particular actors have an impact on opinion towards the dispute.

The article is devoted to the study of the current state and dynamics of development of Russian-Sudanese relations from the beginning of the 20th century to the present time. The study of this work is devoted to identifying the main points of contact between countries in various areas of interaction: trade, politics, energy, and diplomacy. In the course of the study it was determined that the main driver of economic relations is the energy sector, in the direction of which active cooperation of large Russian companies with the state structures of Sudan is taking place. It has also been established that the development of the economic foundations of cooperation is facilitated by a well-established and built-up diplomatic dialogue, especially intensively occurring in the last decade. ; Статья посвящена исследованию современного состояния и динамики развития российско-суданских отношений с начала XX века и до настоящего времени. Исследование в рамках настоящей работы посвящено выявлению основных точек соприкосновения интересов между странами в различных сферах взаимодействия: торговой, политической, энергетической, дипломатической. В ходе исследования определено, что основным драйвером экономических отношений является энергетическая сфера, по направлению которой происходит активное сотрудничество крупных российских компаний с национальными структурами Судана. Также установлено, что развитию экономических основ сотрудничества способствует отлаженный и выстроенный дипломатический диалог, особенно интенсивно происходящий в последнее десятилетие.

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