A study on the factors influencing adolescent opinion expression behaviors regarding social issues within online spaces

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-178
Author(s):  
Jabae Chun
Keyword(s):  
Social Issues ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Online Spaces ◽  
Opinion Expression

scholarly journals There for the Reaping: The Ethics of Harvesting Online Data for Research Purposes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadaf Zia ◽  
Celina De Lancey ◽  
Priscilla Regan ◽  
Jacquelyn Burkell
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Ethical Review ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Online Data ◽  
The Public ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Online Spaces ◽  
Ethics Guidelines ◽  
Research Ethics Guidelines

Online social environments offer a rich source of data that researchers can harvest to gain insight into a wide range of social issues. This type of research is sometimes considered as observation of public behaviour, and therefore exempt from ethical review. This type of research, however, raises ethical issues with respect to the public/private nature of online spaces, consent, and anonymity in the online environment. This project examines research ethics guidelines for recommendations regarding the use of harvested online data, identifying best practices for researchers who engage in this type of research. Les media sociaux offrent une riche source de données que les chercheurs peuvent récolter pour mieux comprendre un large éventail de problèmes sociaux. Ce type de recherche est parfois considéré comme une observation du comportement du public, et donc exempt de tout examen éthique. Ce type de recherche, cependant, soulève des problèmes éthiques en ce qui concerne la nature publique / privée des espaces en ligne, le consentement et l'anonymat dans l'environnement en ligne. Ce projet examine les lignes directrices en matière d'éthique de la recherche pour des recommandations concernant l'utilisation des données récoltées en ligne, identifiant les meilleures pratiques pour les chercheurs qui s'engagent dans ce type de recherche.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Science Research Motivation of Lecturers of Hanoi University

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Le Thi Thuong
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
University Lecturers ◽  
Depth Interviews

By synthesizing domestic and foreign studies related to the scientific research motivation of lecturers, considering the factors of studies models, inheriting suitable research results to build model of factors influencing to the scientific research motivation of lecturers of Hanoi University. This study applied factor analysis (EFA) to explore the factors affecting the motivation of scientific research based on a dataset of 218 teacher responses. At the same time, the research conducted in-depth interviews with 09 lecturers at Hanoi University. The analysis results show that the proposed factors in the model have different influence on the scientific research motivation of Hanoi University lecturers including: Professional competence of lecturers, Lecturer's social issues, Research environment, School’s support for scientific research activities and Lecturers' awareness of scientific research. These factors explained 61.81% of the influence on the scientific research motivation of lecturers.

scholarly journals L’expression de l’opinion

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-108
Author(s):  
Ana Zwitter Vitez
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Computational Linguistics ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Sentence Structure ◽  
Complex Sentence ◽  
Simple Sentence ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Opinion Expression ◽  
The Face ◽  
Research Challenge

Users of forums, social networks and news portals now have the opportunity to publicly express their opinions on current political events, social issues, or their everyday lives. The analysis of opinion expression, which primarily represented a research topic in the field of language learning, has now become an important research challenge in the field of computational linguistics, which provides relevant solutions for various companies and organizations. The aim of this article is to analyse messages by which users of the social network Twitter reacted to an incident in which Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face by a man as he went out to meet the public. We analysed the tweets that express agreement, disagreement and a neutral attitude towards the action. The analysis includes 80 tweets and refers to the textual, syntactic and lexical levels. The results show that tweets expressing disagreement have a typical declarative or exclamatory form, simple sentence structure and include explicit vocabulary expressing the author’s opinion (shameful, disrespectful). Tweets demonstrating agreement are more likely to have an exclamatory form, simple sentence structure and include an explicit term (well done, deserve a slap). Opinion-neutral tweets, on the other hand, are more likely to be formulated as declarative sentences with complex sentence structure and do not include an explicit term expressing the author’s opinion. The presented method is established on basic grammatical criteria (number of sentences, sentence structure, sentence form, keywords), which can also be applied to computational analysis of large collections of texts. In the future, the presented model could be applied to investigate various political, societal or healthcare challenges (elections, corruption or pandemic issues).

scholarly journals Tacit hierarchising in online communities of hillwalkers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Brown ◽  
Sharon Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Online Communities ◽  
Serious Leisure ◽  
Ad Hominem ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Online Spaces ◽  
Serious Leisure Perspective ◽  
Do So

This research explores how Munro-baggers – hillwalkers aiming to climb all 282 Scottish mountains over 3,000ft – hierarchise themselves and others as serious leisure participants. This increasingly popular hobby contributes to Scotland’s economy and profile, but its sparse literature insufficiently analyses the influence of Stebbins’ Serious Leisure Perspective (SLP), the recent reappraisal of Serious Leisure or the influence of online communities. Therefore, we critically revisit the SLP to re-evaluate Munro-bagging. Through phenomenological interviews, we explore how Munro-baggers hierarchise each other, tacitly and otherwise, offline and online, through their activities’ perceived characteristics. Ambiguities and overlaps are explored and the interplay of contexts analysed. We identify factors influencing Munro-baggers’ perceptions of seriousness amongst fellow hobbyists, taxonomising participants by their perceived characteristics of seriousness. Findings suggest that they draw upon quantitative and qualitative judgments of hobby-relevant activities and qualitative judgments of certain ad hominem characteristics. The expansion of the pastime beyond its temporospatial boundaries into online spaces is found to influence the extent to which actors categorise or hierarchise each other and the characteristics used to do so.

scholarly journals Factors influencing postoperative LOS after fragility hip fracture surgery: public perceptions – a mixed methods study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takawira Marufu ◽  
Dalal Almghairbi ◽  
Heather Elphick ◽  
Farah B Ahmed ◽  
Iain K Moppett
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Hip Fracture ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Medical Conditions ◽  
Fragility Hip Fracture ◽  
Hip Fracture Surgery ◽  
Factors Influencing

Abstract Background Postoperative patient outcomes after hip fracture are significant to patients and their relatives, clinicians and policy makers. However, little is known about the collective views of these stakeholders on postoperative factors perceived to cause prolonged hospitalisation in this patient population. We aimed to explore individual stakeholders’ opinions on factors influencing timing of discharge.Methods Using a mixed methods approach, healthcare professionals, patients and relatives completed a questionnaire and interviews. The questionnaire consisted of 13 morbidity and non-medical domains on a five-point Likert scale. Participants were asked to rank each item identifying its importance in influencing length of hospital stay; 1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neither disagree nor agree, 4 = agree, 5 = strongly agree. Interviews were semi-structured exploring participant perceptions.Findings Twenty-six participants completed both interviews and questionnaires; three completed questionnaires only. Five themes affecting LOS emerged from interview data analysis; medical conditions, age and frailty, psychological aspects, the recovery process and social issues. There were some differences between the importance attributed by the semi-quantitative rating scales and the qualitative themes generated. Quantitative data suggested medical factors (pulmonary, infectious, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, neurological, haematological, wound and pain). The interviews however highlighted functional and social aspects of recovery as key for patients and relative participants.Conclusion Recovery and discharge from hospital following hip fracture is understood by patients, carers or staff to be a complex interplay between medical conditions, psychosocial factors and the practicalities of living with increased dependency. Approaches to improving outcome will need to address each of these domains if they are to be effective.

What makes people engage in civic activism on social media?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyehyun Hong ◽  
Yeuseung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Political Efficacy ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Civic Activism ◽  
Opinion Expression ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Impact

PurposeGiven the profound impact of social media on civic activism, as demonstrated by the #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo movements, the current study aimed to examine the factors that influence the public to engage in civic activism on social media platforms.Design/methodology/approachThis study used the responses from 4,316 social media users who participated in the 2018 American Trends Survey (Wave 35) conducted by Pew Research Center. The dataset was analyzed using hierarchical regression.FindingsThe results suggest that respondents who were younger, female, White and liberal were more likely to participate in activism-related behaviors, such as using hashtags, changing profile pictures and participating in groups with shared interests in political and social issues. Respondents' engagement in online civic activism increased particularly when they had a strong motive for expressing and sharing their opinions. In contrast, external online political efficacy – the belief that social media influences policymaking and decision makers – was not significantly associated with activism engagement on social media.Originality/valueThis study identified key demographic characteristics of social media users who participate in online civic activism. In addition, the findings extend previous lines of inquiry by examining and assessing the impact of external online political efficacy and opinion expression motive. We conclude that individuals engage in civic activism on social media mainly because they find it important to express views on political and social issues and to find others who share these views, as opposed to thinking that social media can be used to exert influence on policy decisions.

Factors influencing adhesive bonding at the bone/implant interface

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 1114-1115
Author(s):  
Julie A. Martini ◽  
Robert H. Doremus
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Adhesive Bonding ◽  
Microscopy Study ◽  
Electron Microscopy Study ◽  
Bone Implant ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Lr White ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
New Zealand White Rabbits ◽  
Scanning Electron

Tracy and Doremus have demonstrated chemical bonding between bone and hydroxylapatite with transmission electron microscopy. Now researchers ponder how to improve upon this bond in turn improving the life expectancy and biocompatibility of implantable orthopedic devices.This report focuses on a study of the- chemical influences on the interfacial integrity and strength. Pure hydroxylapatite (HAP), magnesium doped HAP, strontium doped HAP, bioglass and medical grade titanium cylinders were implanted into the tibial cortices of New Zealand white rabbits. After 12 weeks, the implants were retrieved for a scanning electron microscopy study coupled with energy dispersive spectroscopy.Following sacrifice and careful retrieval, the samples were dehydrated through a graduated series starting with 50% ethanol and continuing through 60, 70, 80, 90, 95, and 100% ethanol over a period of two days. The samples were embedded in LR White. Again a graduated series was used with solutions of 50, 75 and 100% LR White diluted in ethanol.

Factors Influencing Electrophysiologic Responsivity in Normal Adults

1965 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-347
Author(s):  
Robert Goldstein ◽  
Benjamin RosenblÜt
Keyword(s):  
Conditioned Stimulus ◽  
White Light ◽  
Pure Tone ◽  
Alpha Rhythm ◽  
White Women ◽  
White Men ◽  
Inverse Relation ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Electrodermal Responses ◽  
Normal Adults

Electrodermal and electroencephalic responsivity to sound and to light was studied in 96 normal-hearing adults in three separate sessions. The subjects were subdivided into equal groups of white men, white women, colored men, and colored women. A 1 000 cps pure tone was the conditioned stimulus in two sessions and white light was used in a third session. Heat was the unconditioned stimulus in all sessions. Previously, an inverse relation had been found in white men between the prominence of alpha rhythm in the EEG and the ease with which electrodermal responses could be elicited. This relation did not hold true for white women. The main purpose of the present study was to answer the following questions: (1) are the previous findings on white subjects applicable to colored subjects? (2) are subjects who are most (or least) responsive electrophysiologically on one day equally responsive (or unresponsive) on another day? and (3) are subjects who are most (or least) responsive to sound equally responsive (or unresponsive) to light? In general, each question was answered affirmatively. Other factors influencing responsivity were also studied.

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