scholarly journals Social perception of Facebook friendship among Greek students

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Evangelia Kourti ◽  
Panagiotis Kordoutis ◽  
Madoglou Anna
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Social Perception ◽  
Basic Concept ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Social ◽  
Making Friends

Making friends is the basic concept upon which Facebook(Fb) isconceived. Fb operationalizes friendship more by simple acts of contact reinforcement (e.g., “add”, “like”, “comment”) and under the rubric “friend” allows diverse kinds of friendships (from real close friends to complete strangers). These new ways and practices of relating raisemainly issues of how friendship in Fb is perceived from users’ subjective point of view and according to their personal experience within the Fb context. Thisstudy focuses on users social perception of Fbfriendship.Participants were Greek students (N= 166); they provided their demographics and responded to questions onFbintensity use, Fb friends total number and their estimate of real friends in Fb. They also listedwords or thoughts to the question “how would you presentFbfriendship to someone who has never heard about it?”Content analysis of responses yielded7 themes (no response included).Fbfriendship was predominantly perceived as a means of “aggregating social capital” and “socializing”, frequently as “phoney” and less frequent as a way of “developing [real]friendships”, another mode of “flirting” and a “dangerous” way of connecting with people. Correspondence Analysis performed on the themes, taking into account gender, number of friends and proportion of real to total Fbfriends,indicated that although the social perception of Fbfriendship is permeated by disbelief and apprehension, making Fbfriends is also perceivedas a tool for the maintenance and expansion of one’s social capital and the promotion of desirable social identities.

Il capitale sociale nello studio delle migrazioni: riflessioni introduttive

2012 ◽  
pp. 9-29
Author(s):  
Michele Bertani
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Central Issue ◽  
Migration Studies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Nello Studio ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
Globalized World

In this essay the author analyzes contemporary migration, a central issue in the globalized world, through a particular sociological point of view: the social capital. The author presents a review of the scientific results of various scholars, who for various reasons have been dealing with migration studies, using the concept of social capital as a tool for innovative analysis. Starting from this literature, the author initially introduces issues and topics related to migration studies, with the aim to formulate a classification that takes into account the different emerging approaches.

Features of behavior of Russian and American students on social network Facebook

2021 ◽  
pp. 119-123
Author(s):  
M.I. Krishtal ◽  
◽  
A.V. Shchekoturov
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Student Behavior ◽  
Social Activism ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Social ◽  
American Students ◽  
Making Friends

Presented is the analysis of peculiarities of behavior of Russian and American students in the social network Facebook. The focus of the study is on what activities students of the two countries are most often engaged in, as well as on what motives they motivate when adding users to the personal list of friends. The main method of research is a formalized interview (N = 266). Students of two higher educational institutions located in Kaliningrad (Russia) and Philadelphia (USA) were interviewed. In anticipation of the analysis, according to the functionality, the types of activities on Facebook were highlighted, i.e. social, functional and cognitive. Also forms of activity were divided into public and private according to the nature of their manifestation (open or hidden). The motives for making friends were typologized according to the user’s orientation towards the development of “binding” or “connecting” social capital. As a result of the analysis, it was revealed that students from the United States are more likely to engage in public activities on Facebook than students from Russia, which is expressed in more active commenting on posts, publishing content on their personal page and friends’ pages. Russian students prefer private activities (chat and viewing other people’s pages). The functional type of activity, expressed in the use of gaming and non-gaming applications, turned out to be the most unpopular form of pastime on Facebook among students in both countries. It was also found that students at two universities are more focused on the development of “connecting” social capital. At the same time, for Russian students the dating factor in real life does not act as an important motive for adding friends to the list as for American ones. It is suggested that the basis for the differences discovered are the features of the cultural environments in which students live. The Russian environment involves more cautious participation in public life, the American stimulates social activism. Significant gender differences in peculiarities of student behavior in Facebook network could not be identified.

scholarly journals Combining first- and third-person data in Sports Sciences in France: analysis of an original methodology

2018 ◽  
pp. 39-52
Author(s):  
Brice Favier-Ambrosini ◽  
Matthieu Quidu
Keyword(s):  
Personal Experience ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Joint Analysis ◽  
Normal Science ◽  
Core Group ◽  
Interdisciplinary Practice ◽  
The Social ◽  
Third Person ◽  
Epistemological Analysis ◽  
Sports Sciences

Classically studied from independent methodologies and compartmentalized research programs, first person data (documenting the actor’s personal experience from his own standpoint) and third-person data (data produced from the point of view of an outside observer, without reference to what the actor can feel and independently of his own point of view) have been braided together this past decade with a view to access a more complete and complex outlook on actions. How exactly has the field of French Sports Sciences contributed to the propagation of this original methodology consisting in confronting heterogeneous materials? Our epistemological analysis investigates the social and epistemic conditions of its genesis (progressive conquest of diversified subjects, reference to exemplar studies, dissemination from a core group of authors, etc.) until the establishment of an activity close to normal science. It also formalizes the diversity of the methods of joint analysis between these data (correlation, heuristic discordance, etc.) before evaluating the knowledge effects specifically generated (reinforcement of robustness through triangulation, discovery of new regularities, transformation of intervention practices, etc.). Ultimately, combining first and third-person descriptions is an actual example of a genuinely interdisciplinary practice.

scholarly journals Impact of Resources on the Development of Local Entrepreneurship in Industry 4.0

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10272
Author(s):  
Paweł Kłobukowski ◽  
Jacek Pasieczny
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sustainable Regional Development ◽  
Human And Social Capital ◽  
Research Show

The development of Industry 4.0 has a significant impact not only on production processes but also on the functioning and future of regions. It is crucial to understand the phenomena taking place in the social and economic space both from the cognitive and practical point of view. The article is based on research which investigates the prospect of communes in the context of Industry 4.0 development. The aim of the article is to show possible consequences of the development of Industry 4.0 from the local perspective. The basic assumption is a positive impact of entrepreneurship on ensuring sustainable regional development. The model adopted is built on a resource-based view and includes both invariable, external and independent resources such as location, as well as those which are variable in the longer term, such as human and social capital. To verify most of the hypotheses, a linear regression model has been created. The results of the research show that there is a strong correlation between human capital, social capital, proximity of an agglomeration and tourist attractiveness of a region, and regional development operationalised by the number of enterprises. The article presents possible directions of changes in the profiles of local units, as well as the conditions which have to be met in order to enable such a transformation.

scholarly journals Midwives' Experiences in Providing Care and Counselling to Women with Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Related Problems

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Isman ◽  
Amina Mahmoud Warsame ◽  
Annika Johansson ◽  
Sarah Fried ◽  
Vanja Berggren
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Female Genital Mutilation ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Professional Group ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
Personal Belief ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
Maternity Clinic ◽  
Female Genital

Aim. The aim of this study was to elucidate midwives experiences in providing care and counselling to women with FGM related problems.Setting. The study was conducted at a maternity clinic in Hargeisa, Somaliland.Method. A qualitative, inductive study were performed with eight midwives living in Somaliland. The interviews had semi-structured questions. Content analysis was used for the analysis.Findings. The main findings of the present study were how midwives are challenged by culture and religion when providing FGM counselling. The most prominent challenge is the perception that FGM is an important part of the culture and from this point of view the midwives work is apprehended as interfering and subverting the Somali culture. Having personal experience of FGM emerged as a benefit when counselling women.Conclusion. There is a contradiction between the professional actions of performing FGM despite a personal belief against FGM. Midwives as a professional group could be important agents of change and further research is needed about the midwives role in this process.

scholarly journals Social capital in online hashtag communities: analyzing #RubyPH

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena Lazarevic
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
News Media ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Social

This Major Research Paper uses theories of online community and social capital to explore how hashtag communities are formed, and whether or not social capital can be created in hashtag communities during a natural disaster. The focus is on #RubyPH, a hashtag created during Typhoon Ruby, which landed in the Philippines on December 6, 2014 (Malm, 2014). First, this Major Research Paper demonstrates the presence of social capital within hashtag communities emerging during Typhoon Ruby. Furthermore, demonstrating whether or not information shared by different parties can have an affect on the social capital present. This was done with a deductive content analysis of a sample of 2,000 tweets containing the hashtag #RubyPH. The findings of this study demonstrate that there is evidence of social capital within #RubyPH and that non-governmental organizations, news media, and governments contribute to social capital online. Keywords: online community, hashtag community, social capital, networked collectivism, natural disasters, twitter, typhoon ruby, typhoon hagupit

scholarly journals Acting Career and its Determinants in the Social World of Professional Theater in Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-69
Author(s):  
Emilia Zimnica-Kuzioła
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Social World ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relevant Role

The article is an attempt to answer the question about factors affecting the trajectory of an acting career. The author confronts the objective dimensions of a career with a subjective concept of success, clarified by the participants of the social world of theater themselves. The empirical basis of the work are free interviews conducted by the author with actors of Polish public drama theaters (in 2015–2017) and journalistic interviews with theater artists published in books and popular monthly magazines in the last two decades of the 21st century. All sources were subjected to qualitative content analysis. It shows that in addition to talent, which is the basis of an acting career, hard work is also important. The actors pay attention to personality aspects – charismatic people with a natural ability to attract attention have a greater chance of success. The cultural capital of the stage artist and social capital (the relevant role of linking artistic careers) are not without significance for the course of the acting career. Actors also say a lot about coincidence of events, but it is worth remembering that “you have to be good to be lucky”, you have to be more motivated and determined. The author also tries to answer questions whether awards actuate the course of acting career and whether migrations are an opportunity for creative progression.

scholarly journals Concrete as Heritage: The Social Perception from Heritage Criteria Perspective. The Eduardo Torroja’s Work

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 785-791
Author(s):  
Gema Ramírez-Guerrero ◽  
Javier García-Onetti ◽  
Juan Adolfo Chica-Ruiz ◽  
Manuel Arcila-Garrido
Keyword(s):  
Social Perception ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Social ◽  
Tourist Infrastructure ◽  
Heritage Interpretation ◽  
Aesthetic Values ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

Eduardo Torroja Miret (1899-1961) was one of the most important Spanish engineers. His understanding of structures and materials made him a world reference in the field of engineering and architecture. Due to the lack of ornamentation in his works and the lack of heritage interpretation aimed at a non-specialist public, many of his works sometimes go unnoticed by inexperienced eyes and, despite his important legacy, Torroja remains a great unknown. This paper reports on the existing heritage perception of two of his most outstanding works in Spain, the Zarzuela Hippodrome and the Instituto Técnico de la Construcción y el Cemento (Eduardo Torroja Institute). To this end, surveys and interviews were carried out with visitors to both buildings based on different heritage criteria, such as their architectural importance, aesthetics, significance or representativeness, but also from the point of view of the available tourist infrastructure. The results show a lack of appreciation in the heritage criteria related to its architectural, historical and aesthetic values, combined with a lack of knowledge about Torroja and its way of understanding architectural beauty.

General Theoretical Approaches to the Concept of “State Property” as an Object of Evaluation

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-98
Author(s):  
Liliia Tymoshchyk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Basic Concept ◽  
Private Property ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Economic Literature ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Social ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Definition Of

Introduction. The basic concept of modern society is the concept of property. It is the basis of social relations – a variety of categories of tangible and intangible objects can be considered as property. This article considers the modern definition of “state property” in the Ukrainian economic literature, and features of the definition of state property as an object of evaluation in its economic content in Ukraine. Purpose. The main purpose of this article is to analyze the main existing in the current economic literature approaches to the valuation of state-owned property. Results. As simple and basic concept “state property” does not have a single clear and comprehensive definition. The article presents three main approaches to it. The interpretations presented in encyclopedic materials, views on state property from the point of view of sociology and philosophy are considered. Considerable attention is paid to the views of domestic economists, who focus on various aspects of the economic content of the concept, considering it as an act of state appropriation of certain objects (S. Mocherny), from the standpoint of the social contract (M. Kamyshanska), with emphasis for the purpose of using property – the realization of national interests (G. Dorofeeva), taking into account the role of state property as the basis of the economy of society (V. Emelyanov) and the primacy of economic relations compared to legal (N. Biryukova). Conclusions. Concluding the article, the author concludes that he adheres to the approach that state property, in contrast to private property is a system of relations regarding the appropriation of goods in the interests of the community and the state as a whole. Thus, state property can be considered as a basis for the development of capital-intensive industries and industries, an economic reserve designed to ensure the development of private and public capital of the nation, private enterprise, and to eliminate the effects of economic crises. State property is also responsible for the material security of public safety, the work of the social sphere and the production of public goods.

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