scholarly journals Media Generation and Pharmacy Regulatory Authority Awareness

2022 ◽  
pp. 875512252110515
Author(s):  
Todd A. Boyle ◽  
Bobbi Morrison ◽  
Thomas Mahaffey
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Authority ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Regulatory Authorities ◽  
Test Models ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Professional regulatory authorities play a critical role in protecting public interest. Yet, there is a growing view that trust in regulatory authorities may be on the decline. Objective: Awareness has been identified as important for maintaining trust. However, research that examines public awareness and trust in pharmacy regulatory authorities (PRAs) is lacking. This research explores public awareness and trust of PRAs and presents recommendations to enhance PRA communication strategies. Methods: An online survey was conducted with the Nova Scotia (Canada) public in 2020. Adopting classifications from the Communications literature, 3 media generations were explored: newspaper, television, and the Internet. The χ2 test of independence and Kruskal-Wallis H test were adopted to explore differences between the generations. Results: Six hundred sixty-two usable surveys were obtained. Over 80% of those surveyed were aware of the existence of the PRA. Those who had heard of the PRA were most aware of its operational responsibilities and less aware of its governance. The Internet Generation was more aware that the PRA includes members of the public in its decision making than expected and showed increased trust toward the PRA versus the other media generations. Conclusion: The findings should help inform PRA communication plans and set baselines to assess whether such plans enhance awareness. Future studies should explore additional aspects of PRA awareness and trust, perform comparisons across pharmacy jurisdictions, and develop and test models of the relationship between PRA awareness and various dimensions of institutional trust.

Write–Reach–Repeat

2020 ◽  
pp. 1083-1093
Author(s):  
Robin M. Boylorn
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Future ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter considers the role, importance, and impact of public intellectualism on the future of qualitative research. The chapter argues that the move toward technology and the public dissemination of information via the internet requires a shift in how and what we research with an expressed intention of reaching a broader and nonacademic audience. The chapter considers the relationship between the private and public sphere, and the so-called “bastardization” of intellectualism to explain the role and rise of public intellectualism in qualitative research. By considering issues such as personal subjectivity, accountability, representation, and epistemological privilege, the chapter discusses how public contexts inform qualitative research and, conversely, how qualitative research can inform the public.

Perceptions of time at work

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aristides Isidoro Ferreira ◽  
Joana Diniz Esteves
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Phone Calls ◽  
Working Day ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – Activities such as making personal phone calls, surfing on the internet, booking personal appointments or chatting with colleagues may or may not deviate attentions from work. With this in mind, the purpose of this paper is to examine gender differences and motivations behind personal activities employees do at work, as well as individuals’ perception of the time they spend doing these activities. Design/methodology/approach – Data were obtained from 35 individuals (M age=37.06 years; SD=7.80) from a Portuguese information technology company through an ethnographic method including a five-day non-participant direct observation (n=175 observations) and a questionnaire with open-ended questions. Findings – Results revealed that during a five-working-day period of eight hours per day, individuals spent around 58 minutes doing personal activities. During this time, individuals engaged mainly in socializing through conversation, internet use, smoking and taking coffee breaks. Results revealed that employees did not perceive the time they spent on non-work realted activities accurately, as the values of these perceptions were lower than the actual time. Moreover, through HLM, the findings showed that the time spent on conversation and internet use was moderated by the relationship between gender and the leisure vs home-related motivations associated with each personal activity developed at work. Originality/value – This study contributes to the literature on human resource management because it reveals how employees often perceive the time they spend on non-work related activities performed at work inaccurately. This study highlights the importance of including individual motivations when studying gender differences and personal activities performed at work. The current research discusses implications for practitioners and outlines suggestions for future studies.

scholarly journals Dakwah Dan Populisme Media : Idealisme Keberagamaan Netizen di Era Global

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Lukis Alam
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Field Work ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Public ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Internet Media ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Work Method

Abstrak: Teknologi  informasi  dan  komunikasi  yang  berkembang  saat  ini, telah  menciptakan  perubahan  pada  banyak  hal.  Terlebih  dengan kehadiran  internet,  berbagai  keunggulannya  semakin  menambah keunggulan  dalam  dinamika  kehidupan  modern.  Ratusan juta manusia di seluruh dunia mengakses internet setiap harinya, dan jumlahnya terus bertambah dari waktu ke waktu. Hal ini berdampak pada penggunaan internet untuk kegiatan dakwah.Secara umum dakwah dilaksanakan secara konvensional. Namun, seiring perkembangan teknologi informasi, bermunculan dakwah yang menggunakan internet, yang biasa disebut dengan cyber dakwah. Terkait dengan hal tersebut, penelitian ini berupaya untuk melihat keterkaitan keduanya dalam konstruksi keberagamaan, yang karenanya media internet memberikan kemudahan dalam penyebaran informasi kepada masyarakat. Adapun jenis penelitian ini adalah kualitatif, dengan menggunakan metode field work yang dipadukan dengan studi kepustakaan.Diharapkan penelitian ini akan membuka ruang diskusi baru mengenai studi keislaman kontemporer yang lebih integratif dengan isu-isu kekinian. Selain itu, untuk memperkaya cakrawala terhadap diskursus perkembangan media yang menjadi bagian dari wacana keislaman global dan masyarakat modern. Abtsract: Information and communication technology that has developed at this time has created changes in many things. Especially with the presence of the internet, various advantages have added to the dynamics of modern life. Hundreds of millions of people around the world access the internet every day, and the number continues to increase from time to time. This has an impact on the use of the internet for da'wah activities.In general, preaching is carried out conventionally. However, along with the development of information technology, da'wah has sprung up using the internet, commonly referred to as cyber da'wah. Related to this, this study seeks to see the relationship between the two in religious construction, which is why internet media makes it easy to disseminate information to the public. The type of this study is qualitative, using the field work method combined with library studies.It is hoped that this research will open up new discussion space regarding contemporary Islamic studies that are more integrative with current issues. In addition, to enrich the horizon of the discourse of media development which is part of a global Islamic discourse and modern society.

scholarly journals Bloggers and Deliberative Democracy in Indonesia's Blogosphere

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (28) ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Jacky
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Deliberative Democracy ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
The Public ◽  
Study Support ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Relationship

<p>The study of the relationship between the Internet and democracy has produced two main debates. Some studies have said that the Internet has significantly contributed to democracy while others disagree. This study challenged the thesis of Habermas (2006) about the relationship between the Internet and Deliberative Democracy. This study was built on the following propositions: that the Internet causes bloggers to become parasitic, fragmented, and isolated; that it is effective in breaking down authoritarian regimes to create an egalitarian relationship, but it fails as a deliberative medium. This study used the concept of the public sphere and Habermas’ Deliberative Democracy (2006). It also explored the use of 2.0 qualitative methods with a hacking analysis perspective. Moreover, it gained data from the Internet by using the latest version of 2.0 Web and a virtual community. It focused on both discursive and non-discursive construction. The results of this study support only one of Habermas’ three propositions: that the Internet creates egalitarianism. Thus, this study rejects Habermas’ thesis apart from this one proposition. Furthermore, this study recommends that further research be done using the same propositions but on Twitter instead of the Internet.</p>

scholarly journals Help-giving and moral courage on the Internet

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suna P. Kinnunen ◽  
Marjaana Lindeman ◽  
Markku Verkasalo
Keyword(s):  
Big Five ◽  
Moral Courage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Willingness To Donate ◽  
Help Giving ◽  
Self Transcendence ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Relationship

The study addressed individual differences on two types of prosocial behavior on the Internet: help-giving/sharing and moral courage. A questionnaire to measure these behaviors was developed. We investigated the effects of the Big Five personality traits, sadistic traits, and values on help-giving and moral courage. We found that the willingness to help on the Internet was promoted by open personality, and the relationship was partly moderated by high weekly use of social media. The willingness to act morally courageous was promoted by open personality, inclination toward sadism, and self-transcendence values. Surprisingly, the relationship between moral courage and sadistic traits was not moderated by the time spent online. Willingness to donate to a charity was fostered by benevolence and universalism values. Future studies will need to replicate the results with behavioral observations.

scholarly journals Event Characteristics of Crypto Currency and Security

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S10) ◽  
pp. 494-498
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
Mining Equipment ◽  
Security Incident ◽  
The Public ◽  
Currency Exchange ◽  
Crypto Currency ◽  
Block Chain ◽  
The Relationship

Recently, there has been a continuous occurrence of a security incident on a crypto currency exchange. This background is not related to the current social situation. This is because the social interest in crypto currency provides an attacker with a chance to attack. In this paper, we have started to investigate the relationship between crypto currency and security incidents of block chain. This paper focuses on analysis of crypto currency event of block chain. In this paper, we analyzed the amount of Google data retrieval around specific keywords during a specific period. And we analysis the relevance of this keyword to specific keywords related to security. For example, we analyzed the decrypted bitch coin or etherium, the nice money exchange, nicehash, coincheck, BTCglobal, BITGRAIL, Blackwallet. We are focused on the relationship between the time of the security incident and the public awareness of the related crypto currency exchange. According to the results of the study, it can be assumed that a security incident occurred at a certain point in each exchange. Through this study, we were able to confirm public interest in crypto currency miners. I was able to confirm the degree of interest by time. Cryptographic digger was mainly focused on BitMiner, CGMiner, MultiMiner, and BFGMiner. Most of the public interest in these mining equipment is peaking in December 2017. We also looked at public interest in cryptic bit coin and etherium, mainly in December 2017. The results of this paper can be used to analyze the point of time of the attack on the crypto currency exchange. Crypto currency exchange attacks will continue to occur in the future. If so, when is this attack going to take place? At that point, we need to know at what point the exchange will have public interest. At that point, we should also look at the exchange for vulnerabilities.

scholarly journals Forensic Accountants: Financial Investigators

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Les Nunn ◽  
Brian L. McGuire ◽  
Carrie Whitcomb ◽  
Eric Jost
Keyword(s):  
Critical Role ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Font Size ◽  
High Demand ◽  
The Public ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Financial Scandals

<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0.6in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The public fraud scandals with companies like Enron and WorldCom, the Internet and other technological advances, and even the threat of terrorists have created a large demand for the skills and services provided by forensic accountants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Forensic accountants are in high demand because they play a critical role in an investigation of suspected financial scandals and misappropriation of assets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>It is their job to bring independence and credibility to these investigations.</span></span></p>

Police and the News Media

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Gest
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
News Media ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Investigative Reporting ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship

Police and the media have had a close relationship but it has become an increasingly uneasy one. For more than a century, the mainstream United States media—mainly newspapers, radio, television and magazines—have depended on the police for raw material for a steady diet of crime stories. For its part, law enforcement regards the media as something of an adversary. The relationship has changed because of the growth of investigative reporting and of the Internet. Both developments have increased the volume of material critical of the police. At the same time, law enforcement has used social media as a means to bypass the mainstream media to try getting its message directly to the public. However, the news media in all of its forms remains a powerful interpreter of how law enforcement does its job.

scholarly journals Public Attitudes toward Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence from Five Chinese Cities

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 5793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting Guan ◽  
Ke Meng ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Lan Xue
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
National Level ◽  
Public Support ◽  
The Public ◽  
Heuristic Systematic Model ◽  
Development Goals

Raising public awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a critical prerequisite for their implementation. However, little is known about attitude formation among the public toward SDGs at the national level. We explored this topic in China, a country that has emerged as a leading world economy with strong transformational imperatives to work toward sustainable development. Following Chaiken’s heuristic–systematic model and using data from an online survey with 4128 valid respondents, this study investigated the factors that affect public support for SDGs and explains how individuals form supportive attitudes. Our empirical evidence showed that in China, first, public support is mainly shaped by demographic attributes (gender, age, and educational attainment), value predispositions (e.g., altruistic values and anthropocentric worldviews), and the level of SDG-relevant knowledge. Second, an interaction effect exists between value predispositions and knowledge among the public concerning support for SDGs. Third, the Chinese public views the implementation of SDGs as a part of development policy rather than environmental policy. This study provides empirical findings on the factors that account for public attitudes toward SDGs, outlining some useful implications for designing policy tools that would bolster SDG action.

Beauty is a Fact under Siege: John Ruskin as Critic in a State of Ecological Emergency

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Safe Space ◽  
The Internet ◽  
John Ruskin ◽  
The Public ◽  
Natural Beauty ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Some of Ruskin’s aesthetic positions become more comprehensible, if not defensible, when viewed in terms of a response to Victorian Britain’s environmental degradation. By his insistence on truth in controversies concerning the beautiful, Ruskin sets himself at variance with the aesthetic tradition that treats the beautiful as a topic of open-ended debate in which different opinions are weighed up and the authority of experts is never final. What Ruskin puts forward in support of his factual account of beauty is the urgency of protecting beauty against the depredations of industrial capitalism. Since the public sphere of aesthetic debate, as he perceives it, is in the nineteenth century too fragmented and, more generally, too jealous of the aesthetic’s distinctness from other areas of human existence to take up arms to save the beautiful, aesthetics has to be overhauled if it is to play its part in meeting modernity’s ecological challenges. Ruskin presses for factual witnessing as the appropriate mode of aesthetically appreciating natural beauty. Yet it can be asked whether what has become of witnessing today – the eternalizing images uploaded to the biologically safe space of the internet – does not in its own manner contribute to the problem by denying the destructibility of the environment. Ruskin’s objection to the relationship between traditional aesthetics and ecology remains in force even as the question of an appreciation of natural beauty fit for the times has yet to be answered.

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