Bringing Information Literacy into the Social Sphere: A Case Study Using Social Software to Teach Information Literacy at WFU

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik T. Mitchell ◽  
Susan Sharpless Smith
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Social Software ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals Exploitation and Liberation: Case Study of Women Workers in Surat’s Unorganised Sector

Social Change ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-27
Author(s):  
Kiran Desai
Keyword(s):  
Women Workers ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City ◽  
Status Of Women

Based on an empirical study, this article narrates the condition and status of women workers engaged in the unorganised sector in Surat. The city, considered Gujarat’s economic hub and business capital, is known for its small- and medium-scale industries (SMSIs) especially those connected with weaving, dying-printing, embroidery and diamonds. A number of non-industrial, informal sector livelihood activities, known as the fringe sub-sector, are integrated with the city’s main industrial activities. Studies reveal that a high number of migrant workers from all over India eke their livelihood from this wide spectrum of economic activities combining both these sub-sectors in which women constitute a significant proportion of this workforce. The article firstly describes their demographic profile as well as their working conditions. It also takes into account not only their contribution in terms of an economic income but also outlines their impact in the social sphere. The article argues that though the work milieu of the unorganised sector is as exploitative and oppressive for women workers as it is for men, to a certain extent there is an element of liberation for women in their social existence.

Information literacies of self-identified sadomasochists: an ethnographic case study

2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Tuomas Harviainen
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
National Level ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information Literacy Skills

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present findings on the way in which self-identified sadomasochist apply their information literacy skills, and to analyse those applications in the context of existing research on information literacies (IL). Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on the author’s two decades of ethnographic work within a national-level sadomasochist community, supplemented by interviews with 30 practitioners and an extensive literature survey. Findings – Sadomasochists avoid the social stigma associated with their activities by developing highly refined ILs. Central among these is the ability to learn from other practitioners by reading and interpreting their actions as “texts.” They furthermore stockpile potentially useful information for later use. Their ILs not only make sadomasochists more skilled in their practices, but also provide them with safety. Originality/value – By examining its subject community, the paper develops the ideas of embodied information literacy, currently strongly associated with workplace learning, to the hobby and lifestyle sectors, as it deals with a particularly corporeal set of ILs. This radical example allows scholars to conduct research on the ILs other communities of practice, in which the activities may be less obviously corporeal, but the literacies just as based on embodied interpretation and the reading of others’ activities as texts.

scholarly journals The Challenges and Opportunities of Entering the Social Media Sphere: A Case Study of Polish Cities

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-157
Author(s):  
Michał Sędkowski
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Image ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
The Social ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

The social media sphere is growing in Poland as more and more people embrace the new ways of communication. Cities in Poland are also slowly catching up with the social media revolution as all 16 provincial cities are present on Facebook. Profiles are static in nature and have problems with engaging the audience in any kind of meaningful conversation. The purpose of this article is to indicate the key challenges that cities are facing while entering the social sphere. Official profiles of all provincial cities in Poland will be analysed to highlight possible ways of improving their digital image.

scholarly journals INTERTEXTUAL MARKERS IN THE EDUCATIONAL PEDAGOGICAL DISCOURSE

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-85
Author(s):  
Tetiana Kibalnikova
Keyword(s):  
Close Relation ◽  
Specific Method ◽  
Pedagogical Discourse ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
Linguistic Abstraction ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
Artistic Images ◽  
Dialogic Theory

The article addresses the issue of intertextual links in the educational pedagogical discourse. The research is based on the theoretical findings and provisions of foreign scholars as well as the linguists of the post-soviet information space, who consider the intertextual links in the aspect of M.M. Bakhtin’s dialogic theory. The basic methods of the research are general scientific (descriptive and analytical) and a specific method of linguistic abstraction. The material of the research is a modern coursebook Focus 1, 2, 3, 4 used in teaching a foreign language in mid-school. The main objective of the case study is to specify the notion of intertextuality, define its role in the didactic text, and to analyze the main intertextual markers in the English coursebook. The coursebook is viewed in the plane of the “supertext” where all heterogeneous didactic materials are interconnected in the aspect of their sense and situational context. Intertextuality in the didactic text stands in close relation with the category of addressability. It suggests a dialogic link with other texts, actualizes precedence of the didactic text, ensures intersubject connections and fosters socio-cultural competence of pupils. The author differentiates the notions of inner and outer intertextuality. The intertextual markers in the coursebook are precedent names, utterances, events and texts of different genres. There has been cleared out that the most productive spheres for borrowing precedent names are the social sphere and the sphere of arts; precedent utterances are mostly expressed by complete quotations, proverbs and sayings; precedent situations reflect nationally and universally significant events; precedent texts are adopted authentic text fragments of different genres. Non-verbal intertextual markers are schemes, tables, diagrams and artistic images.

scholarly journals Konversi Agama di Kalangan Etnis Tionghoa: Motivasi, Adaptasi dan Konsekuensi

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-40
Author(s):  
Rakhmat Hidayat ◽  
Dessita Putri Sherina
Keyword(s):  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Emile Durkheim ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Ethnic Chinese ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
Conversion Time

This paper aims to describe ​​the process of religious conversion conducted by five ethnic Chinese muallafs at Yayasan Haji Karim Oei Jakarta. This study also describes the state of anomie experienced by muallafs in the post-religious conversion time and the adaptation to face the anomic circumstances. Qualitative approach with case study method is the research approach used in this research. Observations and interviews were used as data collection. This study uses the concept of systemic stage model by Rambo Lewis to examine the process of religious conversion and the concept of anomie by Emile Durkheim to examine the social state of post-religious conversion.  In fact, that the religious conversion is caused by internal factor which is inner crisis and also caused by external factors such as living in a social sphere dominated by the majority of Muslims, the factor of marriage, and religious lectures performed by the religious leaders.

scholarly journals Learning Styles and Motivations for Practicing English as a Foreign Language: A Case Study of Role-play in Two Ecuadorian Universities

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 555
Author(s):  
Jhonny S. Villafuerte ◽  
Maria A. Rojas ◽  
Sandy L. Hormaza ◽  
Lourdes A. Soledispa
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Coastal Region ◽  
Social Software ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Task

This action research studies the Ecuadorian university students’ learning styles and motivations to practice English as a Foreign Language through Role-play. The sample is composed of 158 students from two national universities located in the Coastal region of Ecuador. They took part of Role-play practices in the English as a Foreign Language course during 2016-2017. The instruments applied were the Social Software Survey Used with Undergraduate Students; and a questionnaire designed ad hoc, by the research team named Likert Questionnaire Learners’ Motivations for Practicing English through Role-play. The results show participants' openness to cooperative learning and task-based learning. It is concluded that the learning styles that participants prefer is working in groups; situation that favours the implementation of English as a foreign language practices through role-play.

Social Design for Services Framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie SARANTOU ◽  
Satu MIETTINEN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Social Design ◽  
Practical Action ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

This paper addresses the fields of social and service design in development contexts, practice-based and constructive design research. A framework for social design for services will be explored through the survey of existing literature, specifically by drawing on eight doctoral theses that were produced by the World Design research group. The work of World Design researcher-designers was guided by a strong ethos of social and service design for development in marginalised communities. The paper also draws on a case study in Namibia and South Africa titled ‘My Dream World’. This case study presents a good example of how the social design for services framework functions in practice during experimentation and research in the field. The social design for services framework transfers the World Design group’s research results into practical action, providing a tool for the facilitation of design and research processes for sustainable development in marginal contexts.

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