scholarly journals A case study exploring associations between popular media attention of scientific research and scientific citations

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. e0234912 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Sage Anderson ◽  
Aubrey R. Odom ◽  
Hunter M. Gray ◽  
Jordan B. Jones ◽  
William F. Christensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Research ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Media Attention

What Business Leaders Should Know About Cloud Computing

2020 ◽  
pp. 264-286
Author(s):  
Tomislav Videc ◽  
Jovana Zoroja ◽  
Mirjana Pejic-Bach
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Knowledge Discovery ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Transition Countries ◽  
Business Value ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Software As A Service ◽  
Media Attention

Cloud computing represents a popular and frequent notion in media and scientific research. However, in post-transition countries, there remains a low offer of cloud computing solutions and users have not still accepted this concept besides its broad spectrum of benefits. This chapter examines the possible reasons why, despite high media attention, there are not many examples of using cloud-computing solutions by companies in post-transition countries, using Croatia as a case study. For that purpose, the survey among Croatian enterprises has been conducted regarding cloud-computing usage in business. Collected data is analyzed using knowledge discovery from databases aiming to define firms' readiness when using cloud-computing solutions. Results indicate that Croatian enterprises recognize the value of cloud computing as a software-as-a-service, but significant barriers are present in terms of slow recognition of its business value. Steps for overcoming this obstacle are proposed in the chapter.

Russia’s ‘fortresses of solitude’: Social imaginaries of loneliness after the fall of the USSR

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-309
Author(s):  
Sergei Akopov
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Individual Rights ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Russian Government ◽  
Authoritarian Rule ◽  
Social Imaginaries ◽  
Official Discourse ◽  
Specific Focus

Based on the distinction between three approaches to loneliness, and the development of the phenomenological and existential framework of loneliness studies, this article explores Russia’s discourse of national loneliness on three levels: a) the level of the official discourse of the Russian government; b) the level of political and philosophical concepts; and c) the level of popular media and cinema (with a specific focus on a case-study of the post-Soviet Russian blockbuster film Brother and its sequel, Brother 2). In this article I concentrate on the particular experiences of loneliness and their interpretations in Russia after the fall of the USSR. The case of the fall of the USSR has shown that social and political exploitations of different forms of national loneliness can become the flip side of the doctrine of autonomy, equal individual rights and freedom from authoritarian rule. This should be considered and never disregarded within our analysis of the contours and new transformations of emerging hegemonic discourses, including the different forms of nationalism in Russia, and in a wider cross-cultural perspective.

Dolphins in Popular Literature and Media

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Reiss ◽  
Jessica Sickler ◽  
Sarah Gruber ◽  
Paul Boyle ◽  
Elizabeth Elliott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Research ◽  
Popular Literature ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Higher Power

AbstractThis review of how dolphins are portrayed in popular media (including literature, film, television, and music) reveals four themes that may influence public acceptance of current scientific research into dolphin cognition. These themes are: (a) dolphin as peer to humans, of equal intelligence or at least capable of communicating with or helping humans; (b) the dolphin as the representation of a romantic notion of ideal freedom in nature, embodying principles of peace, harmony or love; (c) the dolphin as a naïve, innocent being that is subordinate and in need of human protection; and (d) the dolphin as superior to humans, potentially affiliating with a higher power or intelligence. This review revealed that the use of dolphins in humor reinforced or lampooned the four identified themes, indicating a common acceptance of these themes. The paper concludes with a discussion of the importance of considering popular narratives in the presentation of scientific research results.

Using Facebook Groups to Encourage Science Discussions in a Large-Enrollment Biology Class

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aditi Pai ◽  
Gene McGinnis ◽  
Dana Bryant ◽  
Megan Cole ◽  
Jennifer Kovacs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
News Article ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Spelman College ◽  
Biology Class ◽  
Science News ◽  
Large Enrollment

This case study reports the instructional development, impact, and lessons learned regarding the use of Facebook as an educational tool within a large enrollment Biology class at Spelman College (Atlanta, GA). We describe the use of this social networking site to (a) engage students in active scientific discussions, (b) build community within the student body in class, and (c) promote communication between students and instructors. To achieve this, we created a Facebook Group page that students were required to join and use to complete the main assignment of this class, which was to read, discuss, and write about a science news article in the popular media. Overall, we find that Facebook, due to its popularity with students and its informal nature, is very effective in engaging them.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Scope of Scientific Research of Academics at the Faculty of Engineering Management: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol XXIV (Special Issue 5) ◽  
pp. 248-256
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Stachowiak ◽  
Hanna Wlodarkiewicz-Klimek ◽  
Agnieszka Misztal
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Research ◽  
Engineering Management

Crisis Pregnancy and the Colonization of the Clinic

2019 ◽  
pp. 111-140
Author(s):  
Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz
Keyword(s):  
Homeland Security ◽  
Teen Pregnancy ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Teen Motherhood ◽  
Reproductive Politics ◽  
Security Culture ◽  
Health Clinics ◽  
Teen Mom ◽  
Crisis Pregnancy

This chapter explores how rhetorics of crisis have reshaped contemporary reproductive politics. First, it examines the significance of crisis teen pregnancy narratives in popular media (e.g., Juno, 16 and Pregnant, Glee, and Teen Mom) and how these narratives manage collective anxieties over abortion, adoption, and teen motherhood. It traces these trends alongside the colonization of comprehensive women’s health clinics by the evangelical crisis pregnancy center movement. The logic of homeland security culture, present in this case study through rhetorics of “crisis,” fuels the differential protection of domestic bodies and works to produce and reproduce national identity through the bodies of particular women and families.

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