scholarly journals Journalists' language awareness: inferences from writing strategies

2006 ◽  
pp. 319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Perrin ◽  
Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Writing Process ◽  
Writing Strategies ◽  
Language Awareness ◽  
Strong Argument ◽  
Ethnographic Observation ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Method Approach

What journalists want to do is not always what they actually do as they sit at their computer workstations writing news based on source texts. This article focuses on journalists' writing behavior and their writing strategies in a sample of 17 case studies. Data was collected with progression analysis, a multi method approach combining ethnographic observation and interviews with computer logging and retrospective verbalizations. With this approach, it is possible to make inferences about the awareness journalists have of their language and their language use. The explorative findings show that there might be considerable differences between the professionally guided intentions of writers and their actions - a strong argument for multi-method approaches in production- oriented discourse analysis. Furthermore, the findings show clear differences between experienced and inexperienced journalists: the repertoires of the experienced journalists contain more writing strategies that are oriented to the management of the writing process and the design of the text function. Heightened language awareness may well be linked causally to writing success.

scholarly journals DESIGN-BASED APPROACHES TO ENGAGE YOUTH IN THE TRANSITION TO SUSTAINABILITYAbordagens de Design para Engajar os Jovens na Transição para a Sustentabilidade

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 135-147
Author(s):  
Najla Mouchrek
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Design ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Participatory Approaches ◽  
Context Analysis ◽  
Ethnographic Observation ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Positive Intervention ◽  
Method Approach

This research aims to study how the integration of design thinking and participatory design applied to education experiences can promote engagement in sustainability and pro-environmental behavior among young students. The potential of Design to support the culture of sustainability among youth, bridging the value-action gap in pro-environmental behavior and developing sustainable competencies is investigated. The research uses a multi-method approach. This paper summarizes the findings of the exploratory phase consisting in literature review, context analysis, ethnographic observation and pilot application of Participatory Design activities in undergraduate courses. Preliminary findings show that design-based participatory approaches integrated in educational settings offer excellent opportunities to positive intervention to both engage youth in sustainability and support their development.

scholarly journals British Asian Muslim Women, Multiple Spatialities, and Cosmopolitanism

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-118
Author(s):  
Anna Piela
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Religious Study ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Valuable Contribution ◽  
Study Circles ◽  
Violent Extremism ◽  
Visual Artist ◽  
The Media ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Method Approach

This book is a valuable contribution to the growing body of research on theexperiences and identities of British Muslim women. Intersections betweengender, ethnicity, and Islam only became a prominent theme in British socialsciences when the need for a careful and fair investigation of Muslim women’srealities arose during the last decade due to the unfolding of several Islamorientedpolicy debates (i.e., politicians’ critiques of the niqab) and the introductionof legislation designed to tackle “violent extremism” and “honorcrimes.” The way these matters were represented in the media and policy documentshas recycled and reinforced the age-old Orientalist stereotypes of Muslimwomen as silent and passive victims of patriarchal oppression.The author challenges these stereotypes, which are often expressedthrough depictions of Muslim women as spatially anchored and restricted.Thus this book focuses on cosmopolitan practices, particularly spatial andsocial transitions, among second-generation British Asian Muslim women.This approach brings together Bhimji’s earlier work, in particular articlesdealing with these women’s online interactions focused on religion (2005),travelling to and belonging in South Asia (2008), and religious study circles(2009). The monograph is updated with new themes (e.g., case studies ofprominent artists) and applies the analytic lens (viz., the concepts of spatialitiesand cosmopolitanism) adopted in her article on traveling overseas, toall of the issues discussed.The idea of these women crossing geographical, political, and socialboundaries runs throughout the book in order to identify how the stereotypemay be challenged. Bhimji demonstrates that cosmopolitanism, commonlyunderstood as a rejection of localized identities in favor of global ones andwhich is based on social, cultural, and economic privilege, may also be interpretedas a willingness to cross boundaries and engage with difference. Asboundaries and differences form a range of spaces, Bhimji builds her argumentby utilizing a multi-method approach to her data. Not only does she engagein “traditional” ethnographic research with the women attending mosquebasedstudy groups in northern England, as well as women who travel to SouthAsia and beyond, but she also includes media texts, online discussion transcripts,and case studies (i.e., a comedian, a poet, a visual artist, and a political ...

GEOPHYSICS TO CADAVER DOGS: MULTI-METHOD APPROACH TO SURVEYING HISTORICAL CEMETERIES

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul S. Martin ◽  
◽  
Blair R. Tormey ◽  
John M. Sullivan ◽  
Craig A Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Cadaver Dogs ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Method Approach

scholarly journals Emergency Manager Perceptions of the Effectiveness and Limitations of Mass Notification Systems: A Mixed Method Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
William V. Pelfrey
Keyword(s):  
Text Messaging ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Notification System ◽  
Emergency Managers ◽  
Emergency Manager ◽  
Wide Variability ◽  
Manager Perceptions ◽  
Critical Resource ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Method Approach

AbstractDisasters can move quickly. Effective communication is a critical resource that can significantly enhance public safety. A mass notification system (MNS) uses text messaging to inform constituents of crisis, provide recommendations, connect to resources, and has the advantage of speed. Limited research has been conducted on the variables that influence the effectiveness, utilization, and perceptions of MNS. The extant study employs a multi-method approach to advance the scholarly knowledge on MNS. All emergency managers in a state were surveyed on issues of MNS enrollment, utilization, and brand. A subgroup of emergency managers were then interviewed to provide depth to the survey findings. Key findings indicate wide variability in MNS usage, little relationship between population size and enrollment, and a high perceived importance of MNS as a communication modality. Policy implications and recommendations are offered.

Emotions and politics of sensibilities in Latin America

2021 ◽  
pp. 026858092199451
Author(s):  
Adrian Scribano
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Latin America ◽  
The State ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
The Social ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Method Approach

The social sciences in Latin America have always had a special connection with the study and analysis of the place of emotions in the social structuration processes. The aim of this article is to offer a synthetic exposition of some inquiries about emotions and the politics of sensibilities in Latin America, emphasizing those that are being felt in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. To achieve this objective, first we offer a synthesis of the theoretical and methodological points that will guide the interpretation; then we draw on pre-existing inquiries and surveys which allow us to capture the state of sensibilities before and during the pandemic in the region; and finally some conclusions are presented. The work is based on a multi-method approach, where qualitative and quantitative secondary and primary data are articulated in tandem.

Methodological reflections on geographies of blackness

2021 ◽  
pp. 030913252098512
Author(s):  
Adam Bledsoe
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Black Geographies ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Black Populations ◽  
Method Approach

This article argues that work on geographies of Blackness and Black Geographies emphasizes different aspects of Black experiences and relies on different methodologies in making these emphases. I focus on the work of six prominent geographers who engage with questions of Blackness and examine the different data sources they draw on. I show that they all employ a multi-method, interdisciplinary approach in their scholarship and that all of them, regardless of emphasis or method, foreground the experiences of black populations. I argue that this collective multi-method approach pushes the conceptual boundaries of the wider discipline of Geography.

Unveiling the relationship between drivers and capabilities for reduced time-to-market in start-ups: A multi-method approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 108018
Author(s):  
Renata de Oliveira Mota ◽  
Moacir Godinho Filho ◽  
Lauro Osiro ◽  
Gilberto Miller Devós Ganga ◽  
Glauco Henrique de Sousa Mendes
Keyword(s):  
Time To Market ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
Reduced Time

Multi-Method Vs Single Method Appraisal of Clinical Quality Indicators for the Emergency Medical Services

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Howard ◽  
Peter Cameron ◽  
Maaret Castrén ◽  
Lee Wallis ◽  
Veronica Lindström
Keyword(s):  
Group Discussion ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Healthcare Setting ◽  
Prehospital Emergency Care ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation ◽  
Prehospital Emergency ◽  
Single Method ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Method Approach

ABSTRACT Background Quality Indicator (QI) appraisal protocols are a novel methodology that combines multiple appraisal methods to comprehensively assess the "appropriateness" of QIs for a particular healthcare setting. However, they remain inadequately explored compared to the single appraisal method approach. This paper aimed to describe and test a QI appraisal protocol versus the single method approach, against a series of QIs potentially relevant to the South African Prehospital Emergency Care setting. Methods An appraisal protocol was developed consisting of two categorical-based appraisal methods, combined with the qualitative analysis of the discussion generated during the consensus application of each method. The output of the protocol was assessed and compared with the application and output of each method. Inter-rater reliability of each particular method was evaluated prior to group consensus rating. Variation in the number of non-valid QIs and the proportion of non-valid QIs identified between each method and the protocol were compared and assessed. Results There was mixed IRR of the individual methods. There was similarly low to moderate correlation of the results obtained between the particular methods (Spearman’s rank correlation=0.42,p<0.001). From a series of 104 QIs, 11 non-valid QIs were identified that were shared between the individual methods. A further 19 non-valid QIs were identified and not shared by each method, highlighting the benefits of a multi-method approach. The outcomes were additionally evident in the group discussion analysis, which in and of itself added further input that would not have otherwise been captured by the individual methods alone. Conclusion The utilization of a multi-method appraisal protocol offers multiple benefits, when compared to the single appraisal approach, and can provide the confidence that the outcomes of the appraisal will ensure a strong foundation on which the QI framework can be successfully implemented.

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