scholarly journals “Our migrant” and “the other migrant”: migration discourse in the Albanian media, 2015–2018

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elona Dhëmbo ◽  
Erka Çaro ◽  
Julia Hoxha
Keyword(s):  
Destination Country ◽  
The Other ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Internal Development ◽  
Eu Membership ◽  
Demographic Challenges ◽  
Migration Crisis ◽  
Diaspora Policy

AbstractThe expansion of research on migration over recent decades has neglected sending and transit countries. Whether in terms of their internal development, their diaspora policy, their shift from primarily sending countries to (potential) transit or destination countries, or the issue of return migration and reintegration into home societies – all these topics deserve further exploration. This paper seeks to redress this by examining Albania, a sending country with almost a third of its population living externally, and which is recently shifting to a transit and potential destination country. Media discourse on migration was analysed, recalling its power to reflect as well as shape public opinion. Employing a quantitative approach, media discourse on migrants from 2015 to 2018 was examined. Some 55 web-based media were identified, along with twenty TV channels, 61 TV programs, and 317 articles. A qualitative analysis was then used to detect the tone of the discourse and gain a deeper understanding of the messages conveyed. Results showed that migration from the perspective of a sending country has dominated Albanian media discourse over the monitoring period. Major identified issues include: migration and demographic challenges, migration and multiculturalism in societies receiving Albanian migrants, and asylum seeking as a recent trend in Albanian emigration often standing in the way of potential Albanian EU membership. The regional migration “crisis” and the potential of Albania becoming a transit or destination country for refugees has only gained limited attention. The binary of “our migrant” versus “the other migrant” became a key distinction.

scholarly journals Odcienie obcości. Wyniki sondażu „Polacy i inni 30 lat później” — analiza porównawcza (1988, 1998, 2018)

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-198
Author(s):  
Ewa Nowicka ◽  
Sławomir Łodziński
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
World Outlook ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Polish Society ◽  
The Media ◽  
Migration Crisis ◽  
The One

The aim of the article is to analyze selected results of the 2018 survey “Poles and Others after Thirty Years” on attitudes to the arrival of foreigners in Poland and to compare them with the results of analogous studies from 1988 and 1998. The authors suggest that the notion of “foreign” is becoming increasingly definite in the consciousness of Polish society. There is a noticeable decline in openness in regard to more foreigners coming to Poland and an increase in the number of people who are clearly opposed to foreigners. The authors argue that the current attitudes of the respondents could have been influenced, on the one hand, by their personal experiences, which in the last few years have begun to take the form of real (non-abstract) contact with foreigners (immigrants), and on the other hand, by the media discourse related to the migration crisis of 2015. In light of the research, open (inclusive) attitudes toward foreigners can not be reduced to simple yes or no answers but remain related to wider world-outlook complexes reflecting the shape of Polish society, which in recent years has experienced the effects of immigration.

CROWDSOURCING INTERMEDIARIES AND PROBLEM TYPOLOGIES: AN EXPLORATIVE STUDY

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (02) ◽  
pp. 1350005 ◽  
Author(s):  
GABRIELE COLOMBO ◽  
TOMMASO BUGANZA ◽  
ILSE-MARIA KLANNER ◽  
SUSANNE ROISER
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
The Other ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Empirical Base ◽  
Explorative Study ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Web

Web-based intermediaries that offer crowdsourcing services represent a new and promising way through which firms can leverage the power of a crowd to sustain their innovation performance. However, limited attention has been devoted thus far to understanding the relationship between the intermediaries architecture, i.e., how they deliver their service, and the innovation problems they are designed to solve. Based on an empirical base of 7 in-depth case studies, two distinct architectures, namely competition and competence searching, will be described in the paper; it will be demonstrated that each type is designed to solve specific classes of innovation problems. The paper presents important implications both for firms and web-based intermediaries. On the one hand, firms should collaborate with the web-based intermediary which presents the architecture that best fits the innovation problem to be solved. On the other hand, web-based intermediaries should be designed in coherence with the problems at hand.

scholarly journals The Migration Crisis as It Seems: Speech Manipulation Technology in US Internet Media

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-29
Author(s):  
Ksenia Nikitina
Keyword(s):  
Mass Communication ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Distinct Structure ◽  
Mass Audience ◽  
Internet Media ◽  
Media Texts ◽  
Migration Crisis ◽  
European Situation

Abstract The following paper is devoted to the study of speech manipulation technologies in US political media discourse. A number of web-based articles have been taken under consideration for this study. They demonstrate the problem arising from the refugee flow in Europe and create a special “image” of the complicated European situation. It is helpful to see how the situation appears in the Internet media since this type of mass communication is most influential these days. While considering a large amount of media texts, a special speech manipulation technology has been revealed. This phenomenon demonstrates a distinct structure and close interrelations of purposefully selected elements. Going through a number of stages we can find out the technology of speech manipulation – a system of using the aggregate of speech manipulation instruments in order to purposefully guide the reality perception of the mass audience. The external level of the texts enables us to take a penetrating look at the internal intentions. This knowledge will help us not to confuse the migration crisis as it is and the migration crisis as it seems.

Gender and Social Exclusion in European Migration Crisis

2018 ◽  
pp. 658-676
Author(s):  
Marlou Schrover
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
The Other ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Refugee Women ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Migration Crisis ◽  
The One ◽  
European Migration

This chapter discusses social exclusion in European migration from a gendered and historical perspective. It discusses how from this perspective the idea of a crisis in migration was repeatedly constructed. Gender is used in this chapter in a dual way: attention is paid to differences between men and women in (refugee) migration, and to differences between men and women as advocates and claim makers for migrant rights. There is a dilemma—recognized mostly for recent decades—that on the one hand refugee women can be used to generate empathy, and thus support. On the other hand, emphasis on women as victims forces them into a victimhood role and leaves them without agency. This dilemma played itself out throughout the twentieth century. It led to saving the victims, but not to solving the problem. It fortified rather than weakened the idea of a crisis.

Progressive periphrases in language contact

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-127
Author(s):  
Rossella Maraffino
Keyword(s):  
Language Contact ◽  
The Other ◽  
Minority Languages ◽  
Internal Development ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Alpine Area ◽  
Diffusion Pattern ◽  
The One

Abstract In this paper, I will deal with the diffusion pattern of the progressive periphrases (PROGPER) attested in the minority languages that are present in the areas of Swiss Grisons, Trentino-Alto Adige and Friulian Carnia. I will individualize on the one hand the vectors of diffusion between the standard languages and the minority varieties; on the other hand, I will explain the mechanism of adaptation or re-elaboration of the borrowed structure in the replica language. Finally, I will pinpoint which of this structure replication seems to be the result of an internal development witnessed in the Alpine area.

scholarly journals The Ethics of Outsourcing Online Survey Research

2012 ◽  
pp. 160-175
Author(s):  
Peter J. Allen ◽  
Lynne D. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Survey Research ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Web Surveys ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Research Software ◽  
Research Students

The increasing level of Internet penetration over the last decade has made web surveying a viable option for data collection in academic research. Software tools and services have been developed to facilitate the development and deployment of web surveys. Many academics and research students are outsourcing the design and/or hosting of their web surveys to external service providers, yet ethical issues associated with this use have received limited attention in academic literature. In this article, the authors focus on specific ethical concerns associated with the outsourcing of web surveys with particular reference to external commercial web survey service providers. These include threats to confidentiality and anonymity, the potential for loss of control over decisions about research data, and the reduced credibility of research. Suggested guidelines for academic institutions and researchers in relation to outsourcing aspects of web-based survey research are provided.

scholarly journals Does Technology Impact on Teaching Styles or Do Teaching Styles Impact on Technology in the Delivery of Higher Education?

10.28945/2792 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Jewels ◽  
Carmen de Pablos Heredero ◽  
Marilyn Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Teaching Styles ◽  
Interaction Effects ◽  
The Other ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Practice Teaching ◽  
Institutional Adoption

Although there are many teaching styles in higher education, they can usually be reduced to two: the traditional, on campus attendance, lecturing, student-passive style and the newer, distance education, self-paced, student-active style. It is the contention of this paper, illustrated by two case studies of one Spanish and one Australian university, that the differences in technology seem to have evolved due to these different teaching styles. On the other hand, both institutions seem to be in the same stage of technological implementation, although the technological product appears different. A discussion is provided to consider the interaction effects in practice, teaching styles and institutional adoption stage on web based technologies in these two universities.

Looking for needles in a haystack: how do ebook reader applications handle active indexes? Part 4 - smartphones

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-34
Author(s):  
Mary Coe ◽  
Jan Wright
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
The Other ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Smartphone Applications ◽  
Tablet Devices ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Third ◽  
Word Level ◽  
Complex Question

Indexes in ebooks can be ‘active’, with hyperlinks into the text. Should these links go to the page, paragraph, line or word level? This is a complex question, but the main concern may be the user interface in ebook reader applications. In this last article of a four-part series, Mary Coe and Jan Wright report on their investigation of how active ebook indexes are handled by applications on smartphones. They conclude that smartphone applications perform reasonably well but do not handle all levels of locator specificity with precision and that small smartphone screens can lead to problems with index display and use. They also conclude the series with a summary of their findings across all ereading applications and devices. (See also the other articles in this series - the first part on Web-based browser ereader applications in The Indexer 37(2), pp. 125-40; the second part on dedicated ereader devices in The Indexer 38(1), pp. 29-44; and the third part on tablet devices in The Indexer 38(3), pp. 271-89.)

Enhancing the Daily Routines of Equine Veterinarians Using Mobile Technology

2018 ◽  
pp. 194-213
Author(s):  
Sonja Leskinen
Keyword(s):  
Influenza Vaccination ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Support System ◽  
The Other ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Daily Routines ◽  
Future Developments ◽  
Mobile Interface ◽  
Horse Owners ◽  
The Web

The goal of this paper is to introduce and understand the equine veterinarians' needs in their daily routines and develop a web-based support system to promote their work. An equine veterinarian works in both clinic and stable environments, which requires resilience and smart functionality from the support system's interfaces. Especially when horse treatment is in the stable environment, a mobile interface is required. The development of the system must also take into account the needs of the other stakeholders around horses. This paper introduces the requirements to develop a mobile interface for the web-based support system, m-equine. The trial of m-equine will start with an influenza vaccination protocol that is used by veterinarians, horse owners and riders as well as competition organizers. In conclusion the future developments and added values of the system are introduced.

Modelling and Analysis of Web-Based CourseWare Systems

2000 ◽  
pp. 155-173
Author(s):  
Lam Chi-Yung ◽  
Cheung Shing-Chi
Keyword(s):  
Information Structure ◽  
Formal Method ◽  
The Other ◽  
Design Phase ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Case Tools ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
Dynamic Components ◽  
The One ◽  
Computer Aided Software Engineering

Designing reliable Web-based courseware systems is not trivial. Courseware authors need to allow as much flexibility in navigating through the system as possible on the one hand, and to ensure the satisfaction of properties and constraints in the system on the other. The problem is aggravated with facilities like Java applets which incorporate dynamic behaviour into the information structure. These issues motivate the need for designing such systems through rigorous modelling and analysis. We propose a scheme using a formal method called the Calculus of Communicating Systems (CCS) to unify the modelling of the courseware based on its navigational structure, semantics and dynamic components. Properties like ordering constraint, reachability and coverage constraint can be answered after a model is extracted from the implementation. Besides, our approach can be extended to assist in the design phase of the construction process, just like what computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools do. A hypothetical example is used throughout the chapter as an illustration.

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