scholarly journals Designing a talents training model for cross-border e-commerce: a mixed approach of problem-based learning with social media

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 801-822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xusen Cheng ◽  
Linlin Su ◽  
Alex Zarifis
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Training Model ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Mixed Approach

Social media bots as active disseminators of COVID-19 news (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Al-Rawi ◽  
Vishal Shukla
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Breaking News ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
Credible Information ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
Standard Terms ◽  
Official Sources

BACKGROUND In this study, we examined the activities of automated social media accounts or bots that tweet or retweet referencing #COVID-19 and #COVID19. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to identify bot accounts to understand the nature of messages sent by them on COVID-19. Social media bots have been widely discussed in academic literature as some kind of moral panic mostly in relation to spreading controversial and politically polarized messages or in connection to problematic health bots (Broniatowski et al., 2018; Allem & Ferrara, 2018). The findings of this study, however, show that bots that reference COVID-19 mostly mention mainstream media and credible health sources while spreading breaking news on the pandemic or urging people to stay at home. These results align with previous research on the possible benefits, advantages, or possibilities afforded by the use of health chatbots (Brandtzaeg & Følstad, 2018; Skjuve & Brandtzæg, 2018; Kretzschmar et al., 2019; Greer et al., 2019). METHODS We used a mixed approach mostly comprised of several digital methods in this study. First, we collected 50,811,299 tweets and retweets referencing #COVID-19 and #COVID19 for a period of over two months from February 12 until April 18, 2020. We focused on these two hashtags because they are standard terms used by WHO and other official sources. From a total sample of over 50 million tweets, we used a mixed method to extract more than 185,000 messages posted by 127 bots. RESULTS Unlike the literature on health bots that associate them with anti-social activities, our findings show that the majority of these bots tweet, retweet and mention mainstream media outlets and credible official sources, promote health protection and telemedicine, and disseminate breaking news on the number of casualties and deaths caused by COVID-19. CONCLUSIONS Despite that some literature on social media bots highlight the controversial and anti-social nature of automated accounts, the findings of this study show that the majority of bots spread news on and awareness of COVID-19 risks while citing and referencing mainstream media outlets and credible health sources. We argue that there might be financial incentives behind designing some of these bots. However and if monitored and updated with credible information by health agencies themselves, we believe that bots can be useful during health crises due to their efficiency and speed in spreading valuable information, some of which is crucial for public health. CLINICALTRIAL N/A

Disconnective intimacies through social media: practices of transnational family among overseas Chinese students in Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 173 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinyu Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
International Students ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Transnational Families ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Transnational Family ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Media Practices ◽  
Contemporary Chinese ◽  
Insight Into

This article investigates Chinese international students’ everyday transnational family practices through the use of social media. Specifically, the article highlights the relevance of two interlinked forms of disconnection in these students’ daily negotiations of ambivalent cross-border family relations in an age of always-on connectivity. The first form involves their disconnection from the general public via their creation of intimate spaces on social media that are exclusive to their family members. The second form involves the students detaching themselves from such intimate spaces, often temporarily, to escape and resist familial control and surveillance. I conclude the article by developing the notion of ‘disconnective intimacy’ to conceptualise contemporary Chinese transnational families. This article contributes to the literature on the transnational family by providing an insight into the micro-politics of mediated co-presence through the trope of ‘disconnective practice’.

scholarly journals The Development of Competency-Based Training Model for Studio Operational Techniques About Problem Based Learning for Camera Operator Instructors

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 54-61
Author(s):  
Ezrian . ◽  
Nizwardi Jalinus ◽  
Jamaris Jamna
Keyword(s):  
Training Programs ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Training Model ◽  
Lesson Plans ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Research Product ◽  
Competency Based

This development research is aimed to develop training procedures that can help participants implement the results of the training in their respective assignments. Validation is carried out by experts in education by providing a questionnaire to fill out. This method was chosen so that the validator can provide conclusions (invalid, less valid, quite valid, valid, and very valid) directly on each part of the research product which includes competency-based training guides, training programs, lesson plans, and problem-based learning design modules for studio operational instructor, camera operator subject.

Competing to the rescue—leveraging social media for cross border collaboration in life-saving rescue operations

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 1618-1619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomer Simon ◽  
Bruria Adini ◽  
Mohammed El-Hadid ◽  
Limor Aharonson-Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Life Saving

scholarly journals Project-Based Learning in the Practice of a Higher Technical School Abroad

2019 ◽  
pp. 82-92
Author(s):  
O.V. Toporkova
Keyword(s):  
Technical Education ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Technical School ◽  
Engineering And Technology ◽  
Traditional Technologies ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
Theoretical Foundations ◽  
Training Specialists

The article presents some special aspects of applying project-based learning in the practice of training abroad. What makes this study topical is the need to find new ways to solve important problems of higher technical education, and to improve the quality of training specialists in engineering areas. The article considers the main characteristics of project-based learning, presents its theoretical foundations, clarifies the goals of applying this technology in training specialists in the field of engineering and technology, analyzes the strategies for introducing this technology into the practice of a higher technical school abroad. As a result of the study, it is concluded that it is preferable to use a mixed approach, which includes implementation of project and problem-based learning, along with traditional technologies, when training specialists in the field of engineering and technology.

scholarly journals Defamation on Social Media

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-134
Author(s):  
Sandra Sakolciová
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
International Law ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Private International Law ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Applicable Law ◽  
Cross Border

There is no doubt that social media have become a very important part of many people’s everyday life. The consequences of their usage is an increased engagement in defamation, most likely due to the aspect of anonymity present in the online environment. Such cross-border (or more precisely border-less) defamation raises difficult challenges in terms of jurisdiction and applicable law. These challenges, which will be analysed in more detail in the article, remain unresolved up until today. Moreover, negative effects occur not only within private international law itself, but status quo significantly influences the exercise of basic human rights, too. Besides analysing the existing EU legal framework and applicable case-law, the article also looks into the possible alternatives.

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