The Visual Experience of Accessing Captioned Television and Digital Videos

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 679-696
Author(s):  
Janine Butler
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Hard Of Hearing ◽  
Visual Experience ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Digital Videos ◽  
Viewing Experience

The increase in video-based communication has made different caption styles more apparent to audiences, including hearing viewers who watch social media videos with colorful open captions. To explore how viewers respond to a variety of caption styles, this article shares findings from three focus group discussions with twenty deaf and hard-of-hearing college students. This article begins by discussing the accessibility of captioned television and digital media and how captions can influence the viewing experience. This article then analyzes deaf and hard-of-hearing focus group participants’ statements about their viewing experiences, reception practices, and critiques of aesthetic and accessible caption styles. The analysis of viewers’ feedback reveals how the tension between various approaches to captions contributes to the reshaping of television and online media: a reshaping in which captions are coming to the forefront of the viewing experience for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing viewers.

scholarly journals Information Digitalization and Socialization of the Savings and Loan Video at the “Usaha Wanita Mandiri” Women’s Cooperative

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-47
Author(s):  
Mariana Rista Ananda Siregar ◽  
Qoute Nuraini Cahyaningrum
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Service Program ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Digital Videos ◽  
Savings And Loans ◽  
Savings And Loan ◽  
Paper Form

The women’s cooperative “Usaha Wanita Mandiri” was established as a forum for women to be economically empowered. However, in the enforcement of rules of savings and loan activities, the management often encounters problems with loan repayments in each installment period. This program aimed to educate supervisors, administrators, and coordinators in charge of the Kopwan Utama group regarding the importance of keeping regulatory archives in the form of digital videos and facilitating the dissemination of information on savings and loan regulations that are still in paper form. The community service program consists of focus group discussions and video socialization. The formulation of regulations and the video socialization were conducted face-toface and through online communication platforms, such as whatsapp and youtube. Because of the pandemic, issues arose during the focus group discussions and socialization, wherein some stages were not attended by all participants. The dissemination of the video via whatsapp and youtube is acknowledged by the supervisors, administrators, and coordinators of the groups to  help provide their members with videos on savings and loans.

scholarly journals When viruses and misinformation spread: How young Singaporeans navigated uncertainty in the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak

2020 ◽  
pp. 146144482096821
Author(s):  
Edson C Tandoc ◽  
James Chong Boi Lee
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Uncertainty Management ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Social Media Use

Guided by the frameworks of uncertainty management and sensemaking during crises, this study examined how young adults in Singapore managed uncertainty around the COVID-19 outbreak. Through a series of eight focus group discussions involving 89 young adults, we found that participants experienced uncertainty about the outbreak, especially when it comes to how they should protect themselves. They managed this uncertainty in two ways: while some engaged in information seeking, others engaged in information scanning. Those who did not actively seek information did not avoid it either, with some of them finding it impossible to avoid information about COVID-19, as it comes up in their routine social media use and offline conversations. Understanding COVID-19 as an illness that does not threaten young people, our participants noted only minimal disruptions to them. Instead, they were more concerned about their parents and older family members, whom they considered as more vulnerable.

An unavoidable convenience: How post-millennials engage with the news that finds them on social and mobile media

Journalism ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 146488492199025
Author(s):  
Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch ◽  
Preeti Srinivasan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Cognitive Mediation ◽  
News Content ◽  
Current Events

The growing reliance on social media via mobile devices is changing how individuals obtain, engage with, and learn from news content. Based on the cognitive mediation model of learning from the news, this study qualitatively explores this three-step process of news exposure, engagement, and knowledge via digital media. Focus group discussions with post-Millennials ( N = 60) and thematic analysis of the results reveal several tensions. Participants see social media as imperfect but unavoidably convenient ways to get news, and they find the personalised news content available to be both a benefit and a drawback. They show a general hesitation to engage publicly with news content, opting mostly to passively observe others’ discussions on social media. Finally, they feel that social media give them a sense of awareness of current events, but do not prompt deeper learning about news topics.

PELUANG DAN TANTANGAN PENERAPAN PRINSIP SYARIAH DI INDUSTRI PERHOTELAN: STUDI KASUS HOTEL UNISI YOGYAKARTA

Pringgitan ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (02) ◽  
pp. 98-108
Author(s):  
Indi Printianto ◽  
Dyah Wahyuning Tyas ◽  
Rosalina Nur Annisa
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Operational Activities ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Sharia hotels are hotels that implement Islamic sharia principles in all of their operational activities. The sharia principles in hospitality consist of six principles, among others, namely the principle of consumption, entertainment, business activities, ethical, boundary relations, and layout. This research is a descriptive qualitative field study that aims to find out the application of six sharia principles in Yogyakarta Unisi Hotel while analyzing the opportunities and challenges of sharia implementation in Yogyakarta Unisi Hotel. Primary data collection is done by interviews, focus group discussions, and hotel guest ratings through social media. The results showed that Unisi hotel has implemented five sharia principles in the field of hospitality, while one principle (the principle of entertainment) could not be investigated because it was not available in Unisi Hotel. In addition, the opportunity to develop Unisi hotel business is huge because it follows the "Islamic lifestyle", while the challenges ahead are related to the socialization and promotion of promotional activities. Keywords:    Sharia Principles, Sharia Hotels, Sharia Hotel Opportunities, Sharia Hotel Challenges

scholarly journals “Too Good to Be True”

2019 ◽  
pp. 65-86
Author(s):  
Anke J. Kleim ◽  
Petya Eckler ◽  
Andrea Tonner
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Bodily Representation

This chapter examines how body image deception is created and understood in social media. The authors focus specifically on the beach body, which is a narrower form of bodily representation online, but where deception is especially likely to occur. Focus group discussions with young adults revealed that editing and perfecting the beach body is commonplace and even normalized on social media. However, participants distinguished between celebrities and friends in expected use of manipulation and seemed to place a limit on the acceptable types of manipulation: body tan but not body shape, for example. The authors discuss the implications of these discussions and how applying deception theory in body image research can provide useful insights.

scholarly journals National Insights and Youth Political Attitudes in Rural Lampung Against Negative Campaigns

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 184
Author(s):  
Hertanto Hertanto ◽  
Handi Mulyaningsih ◽  
Asep Nurjaman
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Rural Youth ◽  
Election Campaigns ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Direct Elections ◽  
Depth Interviews

Indonesia is a heterogeneous country that requires an inclusive and tolerant attitude to live in harmony. However, with the implementation of direct elections in Indonesia, there are many hoaxes and black campaigns through the mass media. The purpose of this study is to examine the national insight and political attitudes of rural youth in social media-based election campaigns. The method used is in-depth interviews through structured focus group discussions (FGD) with young students in rural South Lampung. The results showed that Lampung rural youth realized the importance of Pancasila as a unifying tool for the nation. Furthermore, the youth of Lampung strongly disapprove of hoaxes and black campaigns in the general election. This finding is very important to maintain harmony in Indonesia and can serve as a model  Indonesia merupakan negara heterogen yang membutuhkan sikap inklusif dan toleran agar dapat hidup rukun. Namun, dengan diterapkannya pemilihan langsung di Indonesia, banyak bermunculan hoax dan kampanye hitam melalui media massa. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengkaji wawasan kebangsaan dan sikap politik pemuda pedesaan dalam kampanye pemilu berbasis media sosial. Metode yang digunakan adalah wawancara mendalam melalui diskusi kelompok terfokus (FGD) terstruktur dengan mahasiswa generasi muda di pedesaan Lampung Selatan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pemuda pedesaan Lampung menyadari pentingnya Pancasila sebagai alat pemersatu Bangsa. Lebih lanjut, pemuda Lampung sangat tidak setuju dengan hoaks dan kampanye hitam dalam pemilihan umum. Temuan ini sangat penting untuk menjaga kerukunan di Indonesia dan dapat menjadi model bagi daerah lain di Indonesia. 

scholarly journals Exploring pharmacist experience and acceptance for debunking health misinformation in the social media

2021 ◽  
pp. 42-47
Author(s):  
Andi Hermansyah ◽  
Anila Impian Sukorini ◽  
Titik Puji Rahayu ◽  
Kandi Aryani Suwito
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Pharmacist Experience

Introduction: The increasing evidence of misinformation on pharmacy issues in Social Media (SM) may provide potential for pharmacist involvement. Aim: This study aims at exploring pharmacist experience and acceptance to debunk pharmacy misinformation in SM. Methods: Four Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) with 41 selected pharmacists were conducted. The FGDs collected participant’s experience with misinformation, action taken and participant’s acceptance for debunking misinformation. The FGDs were audio recorded, subsequently transcribed and thematically analysed. Results: The majority of respondents often clarified the misinformation. Pharmacist motivation, relationship with the sender, opportunities to response and ability to respond the misleading message are themes determining pharmacist acceptance for debunking misinformation in SM. Conclusion: Pharmacist has the potential to contain and prevent misinformation about health and pharmacy issues in SM.

scholarly journals Malaysian Stakeholder Perspectives on Suicide-Related Reporting: Findings From Focus Group Discussions

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yin Ping Ng ◽  
Kai Shuen Pheh ◽  
Ravivarma Rao Panirselvam ◽  
Wen Li Chan ◽  
Joanne Bee Yin Lim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Reporting Practices ◽  
The Impact

Media guidelines on safe suicide-related reporting are within the suicide prevention armamentarium. However, implementation issues beleaguer real-world practice. This study evaluated the perspectives of the Malaysian media community, persons with lived experience of suicidal behavior (PLE), and mental health professionals (MHP) on suicide-related reporting in terms of the impact, strategies, challenges, and the implementation of guidelines on safe reporting. Three focus group discussions of purposively sampled Malaysian media practitioners (n = 8), PLE (n = 6), and MHP (n = 7) were audio-recorded, transcribed, coded and thematically analyzed. Inclusion criteria were: English fluency, no clinical depression or suicidal ideation (current), no recent previous suicide attempts or suicide bereavement. Three major themes emerged: (1) Unsafe Reporting; (2) Impact; and (3) Safe Reporting. Most described current reporting as unsafe by being potentially triggering to media users and may contribute to contagion effect. Positive impacts identified included raised awareness toward suicide and its prevention. Unsafe reporting was attributed to inadequate awareness, knowledge, and guidance, lack of empathy and accountability, job-related factors, popularity-seeking, lack of monitoring and governance, and information source(s) with unsafe content. Majority agreed on how suicide stories should be framed to produce a safe report. The media community diverged on how detailed a suicide story should be. Safe reporting challenges included difficulties in balancing beneficial versus harmful details, social media ubiquity and its citizen reporters. Participants suggested these safe reporting strategies: stakeholder engagement, educational approaches, improving governance and surveillance, and guidelines revision. Most acknowledged the relevance of guidelines but were unaware of the existence of local guidelines. Implementation challenges included the dilemma in balancing media industry needs vis-à-vis safe reporting requirements, stakeholder engagement difficulties and social media regulation. There is poor awareness regarding safe suicide-related reporting across all groups. PLE and MHP were negatively impacted by current unsafe messaging which aggravated trauma and grief reactions. Postvention support gaps for mental health professionals were highlighted. Safe reporting promotion strategies should include stakeholder engagement to increase awareness on minimizing Werther and maximizing Papageno effects. Strategic re-examination and dissemination of local media guidelines to address new media issues, and effective surveillance mechanisms, are crucial in sustainable improvement of safe reporting practices.

Chonis and pijas: Slut-shaming and double standards in online performances among Spanish teens

Sexualities ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 532-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cilia Willem ◽  
Núria Araüna ◽  
Iolanda Tortajada
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Double Standard ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Double Standards ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Moral Standards ◽  
Online Spaces

In a context of demonization of the working class in Western societies, the choni has become an epitome of the female incarnation of the failed underclass in Spain. During our focus group discussions with 16- to 20-year-olds, girls evoked clear-cut images of the tasteless and sexualized choni as a stigma to avoid, in contrast with the more classy pija. This article deals with gender and class regarding sexual scrutiny on social media in Spain. Youngsters’ readings of the choni/ pija eluded a socio-economic explanation, pointing to the ‘moral standards’ that chonis supposedly fail to attain. We argue that online spaces make it more difficult for chonis to avoid this omnipresent ‘double’ double standard.

A framework for advanced social media exploitation in government for crowdsourcing

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 545-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lefkothea Spiliotopoulou ◽  
Yannis Charalabidis ◽  
Euripidis N. Loukis ◽  
Vasiliki Diamantopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Sector Employees

Purpose – This paper aims to develop and evaluate, in “real-life” pilot applications, a framework for advanced social media exploitation by government agencies in their policy-making processes to promote public participation and conduct crowdsourcing. Design/methodology/approach – This framework has been developed through cooperation with public sector employees experienced in public policy-making, using both qualitative and quantitative techniques: semi-structured focus group discussions, scenarios development and questionnaire surveys. The evaluation of the framework has been conducted through semi-structured focus group discussions with public sector employees involved in the pilot applications. Findings – A framework has been developed for advanced social media exploitation by government agencies, which is based on the automated posting of policy-related content to multiple social media, and then retrieval and processing of citizens’ interactions with it (e.g. views, likes, comments and retweets), using the application programming interfaces (API) of these social media. Furthermore, a supporting information and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure and an application process model for it were developed. Its evaluation, based on “real-life” pilot applications, leads to useful insights concerning its capabilities, strengths and weaknesses. Research limitations/implications – The proposed framework has been evaluated in a small number of pilot applications, so further evaluation of it is required, in various types of government agencies and for different kinds of policy consultations. Practical/Implications – The above framework enables government agencies to communicate with wider and more heterogeneous audiences in a short time and at a low cost, increase public participation in their policy-making processes, collect useful knowledge, ideas and opinions from citizens and, finally, design better, more socially rooted, balanced and realistic policies. Originality/value – This research contributes to the development of knowledge concerning advanced practices for effective social media exploitation in government (which is currently limited, despite the considerable relevant knowledge developed in this area for the private sector), by developing and evaluating a framework for advanced and highly automated exploitation of multiple social media by government agencies. Furthermore, an evaluation methodology for such practices has been developed, which is based on sound theoretical foundations.

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