Sports Viewing: A Theoretical Approach

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Frandsen
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Theoretical Discussion ◽  
Individual Approach ◽  
Symbolic Forms ◽  
General Significance ◽  
Sports Events ◽  
Entertainment Value ◽  
Viewing Experience

The article presents a theoretical discussion of the entertainment value inherent to viewing televised sports. By combining different theories that consider sports events and television as essentially presentational symbolic forms, sports as a game phenomenon, and sports events as rituals, one obtains a more elaborate understanding of the potential attractions related to watching sports. The author argues that because of the very nature of sports, it becomes crucial to give prominence to a conception of the audience as active and meaning producing. In order to understand and acquire knowledge about both these meaning-producing processes, and the more general significance of televised sports, a comprehensive, rather than a purely individual, approach is required. Knowledge sharing and discussion of the implications of the acts on the field are, among various social groups, as important as the viewing experience itself.

Refugees and Diasporas

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tenzin Dorjee
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Identity Negotiation ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Diaspora Studies ◽  
Theoretical Discussion ◽  
Intergroup Communication ◽  
Immigrant Studies ◽  
Social Identity Complexity ◽  
Scholarly Attention

Refugees and diasporas are part and parcel of today’s accelerating global diversity and domestic diversity changes that we encounter in social interactions. These terms conjure up images in our mind of individuals who belong to certain social groups in host environments. Basically, their social identities define who they are and how they are treated by others in social interactions. While there is extensive research on refugees and diasporas in three separate but interrelated domains—refugee studies, diaspora studies, and immigrant studies, less scholarly attention has been paid to the conceptual distinctions between refugees and diasporas, among other things. The complexity of refugees and diasporas is explored along with some implications. Most studies are atheoretical in nature, and an intergroup perspective can provide insights into how they engage in identity negotiation and intergroup communication adaptation to host environments. Thus, a theoretical discussion is provided of how refugees and diasporas face the challenges to preserve, maintain, and further their distinctive social identities, and also adapt to the new environment by way of negotiating their social identity complexity using intergroup communication strategies.

Evolutionary and Ideation Concepts for Cybersecurity Education

2022 ◽  
pp. 535-546
Author(s):  
David A Gould ◽  
Gregory Block ◽  
Simon Cleveland
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Evolutionary Algorithm ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Cyber Security ◽  
Biological Theory ◽  
Evolutionary Processes ◽  
Security Education ◽  
Basic Concepts

Evolution is a well-established biological theory, but some basic concepts can be abstracted and applied to non-biological domains such as the education domain for the purposes of knowledge sharing. There is a gap in the literature regarding how evolutionary processes can be applied to cyber security education. This article presents the general evolutionary algorithm and pairs it with an ideation technique (SCAMPER) to illustrate how certain evolutionary processes can be applied to cyber security education and learning. This paper does not attempt to close the gap, but rather offer a theoretical approach to address the gap.

scholarly journals Mobilność artefaktów protestu. Maska Guya Fawkesa w cyklu kontestacji 2008–2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 83-97
Author(s):  
Bartosz Ślosarski
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Meanings ◽  
The World ◽  
The Given

The mobility of protest artifacts: The Guy Fawkes mask in the cycle of contestation in the years 2008–2017The aim of the article is to present the process of protest artifacts’ mobility using the example of the social biography of Guy Fawkes’ mask. The applied theoretical approach is based on a three-ele­ment concept of the social biography of the artifact which includes transformations in the field of cultural practices what is done with an object, industrialization of an object how and by whom it is made, and the change and acquisition of new meanings by the given artifact in which cultural contexts it is located. The example of the Guy Fawkes mask, as well as masking policy in general, is considered in the context of protests against ACTA in Poland and the other events in the world from the 2008–2017 contestation cycle. The mask leads its own social life, being active and mobile, both in the spaces in which it occurs, social groups that use it and what they do with it, and the forms that it takes.

scholarly journals Knowledge sharing and organizational change: Practice interactions in Australian local government

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 1041-1051 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean Leith ◽  
Hilary Yerbury
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Social Spaces ◽  
Subject Knowledge

The sharing of knowledge in organizations is deemed critical to achieving environmental and economic sustainability outcomes. This study applies a practice theoretical approach to investigating knowledge sharing in a team in local government created to break down the boundaries which have led to siloed practices. Findings indicate a range of activities, including influencing and resisting, and these differ from findings in other studies. Analysis of organizational discourses, physical arrangements and social spaces of organizations demonstrated the existence of two distinct practices: knowledge sharing and organizational change. Sharing knowledge of the organization and its ways of working were found to be as important as sharing subject knowledge and expertise.

A State of Passion: The Use of Ethnogenesis in Kyrgyzstan

Inner Asia ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Gullette
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Group Identity ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Everyday Lives

AbstractThis article analyses former President Askar Akaev's use of ethnogenesis, a theoretical approach concerned with demonstrating continuous social groups and group identity, in his nation-building campaign. In particular, it examines the president's sympathy for the work of Lev Gumilev, a prominent ethnogenetic theorist, and the ways he combined this with people's understandings of their ancestors. Akaev promoted the image of ancestors through Gumilev's concept of passionate energy. This is demonstrated through two commemorative ceremonies to ancestors. A further comparison between Gumilev's concept of 'passion' and charisma reveals other characteristics in the Kyrgyz nation-building campaign and how it attempts to influence people's everyday lives.

scholarly journals Organizational diversity in the fusion process of a financial institution

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cintia Rodrigues de O Medeiros ◽  
Valdir Machado Valadao Junior ◽  
Rodrigo Miranda ◽  
Esther Solano Gallego
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Financial Institution ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Fusion Process ◽  
Organizational Diversity ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Los Grupos

In this research, we addressed the meeting of cultures, with the aim of exploring the relationship of symbolic in a financial institution, then the process of acquiring another institution. The theoretical approach is used to analyze the perspective of Elias and Scotson (1994) on the processes of stigmatization of foreign social groups as a crucial factor in understanding the relationship of symbolic, the concept of Robert Park on marginal man and the concept of Turner on liminality. As a result, we show that members of the acquired company are seen as those who threaten the established culture.En esta investigación, abordamos el encuentro de culturas, con el objetivo de explorar las relaciones de dominación simbólica en una institución financiera, posteriormente al proceso de adquisición de otra institución. El abordaje teórico utilizado para el análisis es la perspectiva de Elias y Scotson (1994) sobre los procesos de estigmatización de los grupos sociales extranjeros como factor crucial en el entendimiento de la relación de dominación simbólica, el concepto de Robert Park sobre el hombre marginal y de Turner sobre liminaridad. Como resultados, evidenciamos que los miembros de la empresa adquirida son vistos como aquellos que amenazan la cultura establecida.Nesta pesquisa, abordamos o encontro das culturas, com o objetivo de explorar as relações de dominação simbólica em uma instituição financeira, após o processo de aquisição de outra instituição. A abordagem teórica utilizada para a análise é a perspectiva de Elias e Scotson (1994) sobre os processos de estigmatização de grupos sociais estrangeiros como fator crucial na compreensão da relação de dominação simbólica, o conceito de Robert Park no homem marginal e Turner na liminaridade. Como resultados, mostramos que os membros da empresa adquirida são vistos como aqueles que ameaçam a cultura estabelecida.

scholarly journals User Willingness toward Knowledge Sharing in Social Networks

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Zhao ◽  
Chanjuan Zhu ◽  
Zhixiang Peng ◽  
Xin Xu ◽  
Yan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Information Value ◽  
Acceptance Model ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
New Research ◽  
Entertainment Value

Social networks introduce new potential for people to share knowledge with others. However, it is not clear what factors influence user willingness toward knowledge sharing in social networks. Aiming to answer these questions, in this paper we analyze the major factors influencing user willingness toward knowledge sharing in social networks and propose a new research model that is inspired by the technology acceptance model (TAM). In particular, we introduce a new independent variable called perceived value which is described by four aspects: social value, entertainment value, emotion value, and information value. In addition, we introduce a new mediating variable, trust, to reflect the intermediating relationship between perceived value and knowledge-sharing willingness. We conduct an empirical analysis on questionnaire data and present comprehensive results on reliability and validity, factor analysis, correlation analysis, and mediating effects analysis. The results show that perceived value has a significant impact on knowledge-sharing willingness, and trust plays a partial intermediate role between perceived value and knowledge-sharing willingness. Further, we present some research implications for knowledge sharing and learning innovation in social networks, as well as some suggestions for organizations to advance knowledge sharing and learning innovation in the social-network age.

Evolutionary and Ideation Concepts for Cybersecurity Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
David A Gould ◽  
Gregory Block ◽  
Simon Cleveland
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Evolutionary Algorithm ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Cyber Security ◽  
Biological Theory ◽  
Evolutionary Processes ◽  
Security Education ◽  
Basic Concepts

Evolution is a well-established biological theory, but some basic concepts can be abstracted and applied to non-biological domains such as the education domain for the purposes of knowledge sharing. There is a gap in the literature regarding how evolutionary processes can be applied to cyber security education. This article presents the general evolutionary algorithm and pairs it with an ideation technique (SCAMPER) to illustrate how certain evolutionary processes can be applied to cyber security education and learning. This paper does not attempt to close the gap, but rather offer a theoretical approach to address the gap.

A Theoretical Approach Exploring Knowledge Transmission Across Generations in Family SMEs

2022 ◽  
pp. 997-1016
Author(s):  
Filippo Ferrari
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Small Firm ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Knowledge Transmission ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Family Smes ◽  
Business Succession

This paper explores, by adopting a theoretical approach, if and how the knowledge sharing process between the generations involved in business succession is actually accomplished. This paper also highlights the negative consequences of overlooking knowledge sharing process. In spite of existing previous empirical findings, this paper suggests that small firm dimensions and everyday side-by-side working activities do not ensure effective knowledge sharing processes. Finally, this paper also provides insights in order to shift from the 'how' of the knowledge sharing process to the 'why' this process fails, suggesting both cognitive and cultural explanations.

A Theoretical Approach Exploring Knowledge Transmission Across Generations in Family SMEs

2021 ◽  
pp. 1531-1550
Author(s):  
Filippo Ferrari
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Small Firm ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Knowledge Transmission ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Family Smes ◽  
Business Succession

This paper explores, by adopting a theoretical approach, if and how the knowledge sharing process between the generations involved in business succession is actually accomplished. This paper also highlights the negative consequences of overlooking knowledge sharing process. In spite of existing previous empirical findings, this paper suggests that small firm dimensions and everyday side-by-side working activities do not ensure effective knowledge sharing processes. Finally, this paper also provides insights in order to shift from the 'how' of the knowledge sharing process to the 'why' this process fails, suggesting both cognitive and cultural explanations.

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