A Content Analysis of Personal Safety Apps: Are They Keeping Us Safe or Making Us More Vulnerable?

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Maxwell ◽  
A. Sanders ◽  
J. Skues ◽  
L. Wise
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Personal Safety ◽  
Common Features ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Stranger Violence ◽  
Google Play ◽  
Limited Usefulness

Despite personal safety apps claiming to increase safety, few studies have examined the usefulness of such apps in reducing public stranger violence. A content analysis of personal safety apps available in the iTunes store and Google Play identified location-based services, personal alarms, crowd-sourced hot spot data, and geofencing as the most common features. The majority of apps offered interventions either at the time of the event or post-event, suggesting that they may reduce a user’s fear of crime but have limited usefulness in reducing vulnerability to victimization. Implications for users, app designers, and key stakeholders are discussed.

BUILDING THE SAFE CITY PLANNING CONCEPT : AN ANALYSIS OF PRECEDING STUDIES

2015 ◽  
Vol 75 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arinah Rozhan ◽  
Yunos, M. Y. M. ◽  
Md Azree Othuman Mydin ◽  
Nor Kalsum Mohd Isa ◽  
Noor Fazamimah Mohd Ariffin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Main Concept ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
Quality Of Living ◽  
Planning Concept

The upsetting number of crime occurring in the cities evokes the fear of crime among the civilians. In order to provide a good quality of living environment, a safe city planning must be implemented. To achieve this, several safe city concepts are reviewed. This paper aim to study several safe city concepts done by other researchers. In order to search for the best safe city concepts, a qualitative method research which involves content analysis is the most suitable approach to be employed in this study. This research will develop a new safe city conceptual framework based on the synergy of the previous studies. It is noted that the main concept of safe city planning are the activities and proposition of land use planning, identification of hot spot crime areas, improvement of physical environment and public transport system and appropriate surveillance. 

scholarly journals Historiography as a Subject of Conceptual and Axiological Analysis (Based on Sources about MICHEL MONTAIGNE)

2021 ◽  
pp. 172-182
Author(s):  
Valeriya A. Rayskina
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Historical Discourse ◽  
Philosophical Beliefs ◽  
Common Features ◽  
Multidisciplinary Study ◽  
Subjective Evaluations ◽  
Xvith Century ◽  
Life Work

The paper presents the procedure and results of conceptual and axiological analysis based on sources related to life and work of the XVIth century writer, humanist, and philosopher Michel Montaigne. The aim of the conceptual and axiological analysis is to identify notional, ontological, and value-based categories in the prepared historiographical corpus. The analysis was based on Russian, English, French, Italian, German, and Ukrainian texts related to scientific and historical discourse of various themes but united in personality of M. Montaigne. The study appeals to the term personal historiography introduced and used as textual repertory, which forms a well-balances corpus representing the information about a person in the example of M. Montaigne. Several conceptual and axiological components are revealed on the paratextual layer. The linguistic-axiological analysis of titles of texts about M. Montaigne aims to reveal recurrent means used to express verbal subjective evaluations and axiological dominants in modern researchers` discourse dedicated to life, work, and art of the Renaissance philosopher. The overall purpose of the multidisciplinary study of titles, which includes lexical, semantical, conceptual, axiological and content-analysis is to classify concepts, representing central concerns of Montaigne`s researchers, but also to identify axiological dominants of these researches. The analysis resulted in the determination of several basic concept fields perceived as set of concepts` representations with common features. All the recurrent concepts belong to highly various fields: philosophical beliefs; writing; values and anti-values; others; self-identity; intertextuality; politics; physicality; teaching and education. The formed historiographical corpus contains researches focused on all-round reconstruction of personality, creation, ways of thinking, and acts of M. Montaigne. The relevance of the study is ensured by the discovered conceptual multivalence, which indicates the lack of consensus between scientists in the field of M. Montaigne`s personality.

scholarly journals Accountability Styles in State-Owned enterprises: The good, the bad, the ugly ... and the pretty

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Royo ◽  
Ana Yetano ◽  
Javier García-Lacalle
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Multidimensional Scaling ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Corporate Websites ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Website Content

Ensuring public access to the information that State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) produce is necessary and corporate websites should be used for this purpose. However, there is a lack of research analyzing the accountability of SOEs. This paper aims to identify different accountability patterns among SOEs by carrying out an assessment of the e-disclosure levels of Spanish SOEs. For this purpose, a comprehensive website content analysis of 91 SOEs owned by the Spanish central government was carried out. Each website was analyzed for 60 items classified into 4 dimensions: 1) financial information, 2) information about objectives and strategies, 3) corporate governance and 4) usability. In order to identify different accountability patterns among SOEs, cluster, multidimensional scaling and Pro-Fit analyses were carried out. Results show that e-disclosure practices among Spanish SOEs are still in their infancy. Financial accountability is the main focus of SOEs’ disclosures and most are silent about their policies, objectives and corporate governance structures. The majority of them are still anchored in a narrow accountability style that only considers shareholders as the key stakeholders and they are a long way from fulfilling the OECD recommendation that they should be as transparent as listed companies. Furthermore, results show that enforcement of transparency-related legislation is scarce in Spain. Based on these findings, some recommendations to improve e-disclosure practices among SOEs are suggested. Garantizar el acceso del público a la información que generan las Empresas Públicas (EP) es necesario y las páginas web corporativas deberían utilizarse para lograr este objetivo. Sin embargo, no existen estudios académicos que analicen la rendición de cuentas por parte de las EP. Este trabajo pretende identificar diferentes estilos de rendición de cuentas en las EP, llevando a cabo una evaluación de los niveles de divulgación a través de Internet de las EP españolas. Para lograr este objetivo, se ha llevado a cabo un análisis de 91 EP de titularidad estatal. En cada página web se ha analizado la presencia de 60 atributos clasificados en 4 dimensiones: 1) información financiera, 2) información sobre objetivos y estrategias, 3) gobierno corporativo y 4) facilidad de uso. Para identificar los diferentes estilos de rendición de cuentas se han utilizado análisis cluster, escalas multidimensionales y Pro-Fit. Los resultados muestran que las prácticas de divulgación de información a través de Internet de las EP españolas todavía se encuentran muy poco desarrolladas. La rendición de cuentas de tipo financiero ocupa el principal foco de atención de las EP y en su mayoría no divulgan información sobre sus políticas, objetivos y estructuras de gobierno corporativo. La mayor parte están ancladas en un estilo limitado de rendición de cuentas que solo considera a los accionistas como principales agentes interesados y lejos de cumplir la recomendación de la OCDE de ser tan transparentes como las empresas cotizadas. Además, los resultados muestran que el cumplimiento de la legislación en materia de transparencia es escaso. Sobre la base de estos resultados, se sugieren algunas recomendaciones para mejorar las prácticas de divulgación de información a través de Internet en las EP.

scholarly journals Assessment of Mobile Applications and its Uses for Home Makers.

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 94-97
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Google Play

Digital technology development has made a wide demand for smart phones and its applications. The use of mobile applications is needed for all the fields. Mobile applications makes the works easy and simple. The advantage of mobile applications is to reduce the usage of computer and laptop and also the time of travelling to different places. Mobile applications are used with the help of internet. Google play store offers many mobile applications for different purpose for all the users who use smartphones. The usage of smart phones are necessary for both working and home making women. However home makers are in need of mobile applications to do their work easy and fast from home. The mobile applications that are widely used in India for doing home making works like shopping for home, banking, communication and services. In this research we are going to analyse the mobile applications that are useful for home makers to do their home making works from home without travelling to any places. Content analysis method is used for analysing the mobile applications. The mobile applications which are verified by google play store will be selected and analysed. The analysis will report on the usage of mobile applications, features and need for mobile applications. The analysed applications list will be shown in table format. Thus through this research we can find which are the mobile applications that will help home makers in doing their home making work.

scholarly journals Language-in-Education Policies in Malawi, Zambia and Rwanda as presented by Williams (2013): A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 232-236
Author(s):  
Edward Owusu ◽  
Asuamah Adade-Yeboah ◽  
Solomon A. Dansieh ◽  
Charles Afram Snr
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Language Planning ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Key Stakeholders

This paper reviews Williams’ (2013) assessment of the language-in-education policies of three African countries – Malawi, Zambia, and Rwanda. Williams’ (2013) paper, therefore, constitutes the main data of our review paper. The methodology used was descriptive design. Specifically, content analysis was used in reviewing the main sections of Williams’ (2013) paper. The current paper has four sections. These are introduction; language-in-education policies in Malawi, Zambia, and Rwanda; the research design, findings, and conclusion of Williams (2013); and the conclusion. We anticipate that the review would provide useful information for educationists, language planning and policymakers, researchers, and all key stakeholders.

scholarly journals Decision Tree-Based Contextual Location Prediction from Mobile Device Logs

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Linyuan Xia ◽  
Qiumei Huang ◽  
Dongjin Wu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Tree ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
Semantic Information ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Location Prediction ◽  
Tree Model ◽  
Gps Trajectories ◽  
Point Detection ◽  
Data Extracting

Contextual location prediction is an important topic in the field of personalized location recommendation in LBS (location-based services). With the advancement of mobile positioning techniques and various sensors embedded in smartphones, it is convenient to obtain massive human mobile trajectories and to derive a large amount of valuable information from geospatial big data. Extracting and recognizing personally interesting places and predicting next semantic location become a research hot spot in LBS. In this paper, we proposed an approach to predict next personally semantic place with historical visiting patterns derived from mobile device logs. To address the problems of location imprecision and lack of semantic information, a modified trip-identify method is employed to extract key visit points from GPS trajectories to a more accurate extent while semantic information are added through stay point detection and semantic places recognition. At last, a decision tree model is adopted to explore the spatial, temporal, and sequential features in contextual location prediction. To validate the effectiveness of our approach, experiments were conducted based on a trajectory collection in Guangzhou downtown area. The results verified the feasibility of our approach on contextual location prediction from continuous mobile devices logs.

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