Film & media
The Camera That Circles Frozen Time: Bullet Time
Bullet time is a visual effect in which time seems to slow down or stop while the camera keeps moving around the scene at normal speed. This article explains how it differs from sl
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Design
Unlocking Design Innovation Through Proportion: The Secret of Visual Balance
Design is a form of visual communication that plays a central role in conveying information and emotion. Proportion is a particularly important element of design, defining the rela
Economics
Putting a Price on the Harm: Pigouvian Tax
A Pigouvian tax charges an activity that harms others a tax equal to that harm, so market prices reflect the true social cost. Learn about externalities, how the tax corrects the m
Library & information science
Research Cited Together Is Close: Co-citation Analysis
Co-citation analysis judges two documents to be closer in subject the more often other documents cite them together. Learn how it emerged, how co-citation strength is counted, how
Physics
New Interpretations of Dark Energy and Cosmic Expansion
The universe is so vast that its limits are impossible to fathom, and countless mysteries lie hidden within it. Humanity has pursued research tirelessly over a long period to uncov
Earth science
What Are the Causes and Effects of Global Warming? What Are the Solutions?
Global warming is one of the most important environmental issues we face today. Since industrialization, a sharp increase in greenhouse gas emissions has caused Earth's average tem
Film & media
When Sound Leads or Lingers: J-Cut and L-Cut
Why do some dialogue scenes feel so natural? This article explains the split edit, which cuts picture and sound at different moments, and the difference between the J-cut, where so
Business administration
Promoted to the Level of Incompetence: The Peter Principle
The Peter Principle is the claim that in a hierarchy, people tend to be promoted until they reach a position where their incompetence shows. This article covers its basic definitio
Economics
Same Product, Different Price: Price Discrimination
Price discrimination is the strategy of selling the same product or service at different prices to different groups of consumers. This article covers the concept, the first-, secon
Psychology
Hearing Your Name Through the Noise: The Cocktail Party Effect
The cocktail party effect is our ability to focus on one voice amid many overlapping sounds while still reacting to important information, such as our own name, in the sounds we ar
Library & information science
Books Are for Use: The Five Laws of Library Science
The Five Laws of Library Science are five short principles, published by the Indian mathematician and librarian S. R. Ranganathan in 1931, that sum up whom and what a library exist
Statistics
The Four Types of Measurement Scales Made Easy: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, and Ratio Scales
A scale assigns numbers to the attributes of people or objects so they can be expressed statistically. This article explains the four types of scales widely used in sociology, psyc