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This article discusses the development and challenges faced by mediastudies.press, an open access publishing initiative in the field of film, media, and communication studies. The author emphasizes the importance of collective funding and support from universities, scholars, and the public to sustain open access publishing. The article also includes a case study on the Media History Digital Library (MHDL), which aimed to improve its user experience and globalize its collections by adding non-US film publications. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted their plans, but collaborations and utilizing existing digital image files allowed them to increase the number of non-English-language magazines in the MHDL collections. The project highlights the value of open access digital humanities projects and the need for continued funding and support. [Extracted from the article]

In times of globalisation and increased connectivity the construction of sense of place is subject to change. In this article the impact of increased connectivity on the development of sense of place is researched through literature studies and field research. The field research covered 18 towns and cities in Europe, all situated along the Rhine, Main and Danube. The largest spatial scale that is addressed in this article is Europe. During this field research, we constructed a systematic and methodological framework to read sense of place. The basis of this framework consists of the four stimuli of aesthetics, people, activity and connectivity. These four stimuli together form the basis of what we call a daily trajectory. This article focuses on connectivity because we believe that this stimulus is determined for the quality of the daily trajectory and consequently, sense of place. When stretched over time, improved connectivity ensures the expansion of scale of what people call their place. As the world is becoming more interconnected through transport and media networks, the way in which we establish connections is important to safeguard a sense of place. In this article we show the importance of the four stimuli is their interconnection in a daily trajectory, and their intrinsic link with daily lives. We argue that contemporary understanding of the concept of sense of place should assimilate our ever more globally connected world while valuing the more persistent attributes of each place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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