Using UV photoaged photography to better understand Western Australian teenagers’ attitudes towards adopting sun-protective behaviors

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myra F. Taylor ◽  
Dominique Westbrook ◽  
Paul Chang
Keyword(s):  
Ultra Violet ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Visual Presentation ◽  
Facial Image ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Social ◽  
Attitudinal Barrier ◽  
The Media ◽  
Western Australian

Abstract Background: This study aimed to determine whether the viewing of a personal photoaged photograph had the capacity to alter Western Australian teenagers’ pro-tanning attitudes. Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with fifteen teenagers. Findings: The teenagers’ pro-tanning attitudes prior to viewing their photoaged photograph are encapsulated in the study’s central theme: ‘You’ve got to look after your skin and use sunscreen, but I always forget!’. Post-viewing their photoaged facial image many teenagers reiterated their intentions to adopt (when they remembered) skin-protective measures. However, photoaged photography did not alter other teenagers’ intention to tan. New knowledge: Teenagers who choose to continue to tan were aware of the long-term health risks associated with ultra-violet over-exposure. However, their desire remained strong to emulate the media promoted image of bronzed youth being popular individuals. Indeed, the social benefits of being considered attractive to their peers became an attitudinal barrier to the teenagers’ adoption of skin-protective behaviours. Those teenagers who changed their pro-tanning attitudes following their viewing of their ultra-violet photoaged photograph did so because of the shock they received when they saw their sun-damaged facial image. This suggests that photoageing photography can be effective with many adolescents because it reduces the cause-and-effect delay that exists between the occurrence of sun-damage and its visual presentation in later-life. Conclusion: Greater effort needs to be focused on increasing teenagers’ understanding of how sun-damage occurs, when it is appropriate to apply sunscreen, as well as in changing the prevailing media image of an attractive body being a tanned body.

scholarly journals Memory in Linguistic Narrative vs. Postmodern Multitasked Multimedia Art Memory

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Vesna Srnic ◽  
Emina Berbic Kolar ◽  
Igor Ilic
Keyword(s):  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Procedural Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Social ◽  
Multimedia Art ◽  
The Media

<p><em>In addition to the well-known classification of long-term and short-term memory, we are also interested in distinguishing episodic, semantic and procedural memory in the areas of linguistic narrative and multimedial semantic deconstruction in postmodernism. We compare the liveliness of memorization in literary tradition and literature art with postmodernist divisions and reverberations of traditional memorizations through human multitasking and performative multimedia art, as well as formulate the existence of creative, intuitive and superhuman paradigms.</em></p><em>Since the memory can be physical, psychological or spiritual, according to neurobiologist Dr. J. Bauer (Das Gedächtnis des Körpers, 2004), the greatest importance for memorizing has the social role of collaboration, and consequently the personal transformation and remodelling of genomic architecture, yet the media theorist Mark Hansen thinks technology brings different solutions of framing function (Hansen, 2000). We believe that postmodern deconstruction does not necessarily damage memory, especially in the field of human multitasking that utilizes multimedia performative art by means of anthropologization of technology, thereby enhancing artistic and affective pre&amp;post-linguistic experience while unifying technology and humans through intuitive empathy in society.</em>

Rising above It: Status Ambivalence in Older Adults

Gerontology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (6) ◽  
pp. 576-588
Author(s):  
Deirdre A. Robertson ◽  
David Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Protective Mechanism ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Age Related ◽  
The Social ◽  
Implicit And Explicit

Background: Social status is the standing of a person or group in the social hierarchy, and is perceived to change across the life span from low social status in early life, to peak in midlife, and to a decline thereafter. As threats to subjective social status are known to be detrimental to individuals’ health, it is important to better understand how older adults perceive themselves and others in terms of age-related social status. Objective: We examined status ambivalence – the potential discrepancy between how older adults’ perceive social status for themselves compared to older adults in general. Method: Study 1 used qualitative data from 37 semi-structured interviews with older adults to assess perceptions of social status. Study 2 used quantitative survey data from 114 older adults who completed explicit and implicit measures of social status. Results: Study 1 (n = 37, meanage = 71.72, SDage = 5.69; 81.1% women) provided preliminary evidence for status ambivalence such that older adults reported unequivocal low social status for other older adults but a more ambivalent perception of their own social status. Study 2 (n = 114, meanage = 64.32, SDage = 8.98, 57.9% women) compared implicit and explicit measures of social status revealing that older adults consistently perceive older adults to have low social status but again show a more ambivalent perception of their own social status. Conclusion: We discuss status ambivalence as a potential protective mechanism in the context of negative societal perceptions of age-related social status that may be important for well-being in later life.

scholarly journals Barriers and facilitators to extended working life: a focus on a predominately female ageing workforce

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Clare Ellen Edge ◽  
Margaret Coffey ◽  
Penny A. Cook ◽  
Ashley Weinberg
Keyword(s):  
Older Workers ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Social ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Gender Profile ◽  
Predominately Female ◽  
Purposive Sample

Abstract Many countries are reforming their pension systems so people stay in work for longer to improve the long-term sustainability of public finances to support an increasing older population. This research aimed to explore the factors that enable or inhibit people to extend working life (EWL) in a large United Kingdom-based retail organisation. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with a purposive sample (N = 30): 15 employees aged ⩾60 and 15 supervisors supporting these employees. Older workers were predominately female, reflecting the gender profile of the older workers in the organisation. Older workers and supervisors reported that key facilitators to EWL were good health, the perception that older workers are of value, flexibility and choice, the need for an ongoing conversation across the lifecourse, the social and community aspect of work as a facilitator to EWL and the financial necessity to EWL. Perceived barriers to EWL included poor health, negative impacts of work on health, and a lack of respect and support.

Social work interventions for human trafficking victims’ in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 002087281990116
Author(s):  
Solomon Amadasun
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Social ◽  
Trafficking Victims ◽  
Social Work Interventions

Human trafficking victims require holistic and long-term services if their social conditions are to be improved. This study aims to explore the nature of social work services for human trafficking survivors. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a cohort of social workers in a statutory anti-trafficking organization in southern Nigeria and the results were analyzed using thematic analysis. While the social workers reported providing services to trafficking survivors, these services were mainly rehabilitation-driven and short-term-focused. Although the research relates to a small-scale study, it has far-reaching implications for social work professionals and the Nigerian political leadership.

France – RFA (Séville, 1982) : l’évènement footballistique

2021 ◽  
pp. 095715582110044
Author(s):  
Louis Violette
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Long Term Memory ◽  
World Cup ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Input And Output ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Original Reading

This contribution offers an original reading of the representations surrounding the semi-final of the Football World Cup between France and Germany on 8 July 1982 in Seville. Input and output of the historical process by its status of socio-cultural rupture, this sporting fact postulates to be categorized as a symbolic event. In order to measure its social impacts, the challenge for academic sciences is to objectify its nature. Through a combined analysis of its manifestation, its future and its normalization, this study demonstrates the event-driven dimension of the Seville drama. In fact, captured and relayed by the media in a mythological way, it sees the emergence of a long-term memory movement. The social sciences make the football process of identification intelligible but they have so far failed to explain this still present past.

scholarly journals The Role of Internal Migration in Sustaining Rural Communities in Japan: The Case of Aso City in Kumamoto

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Antonia Miserka
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Demographic Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
Permanent Settlement ◽  
Term Basis ◽  
New Residents

AbstractThe shrinking of Japan’s rural areas, caused partly by continuous out-migration of younger people to the major cities, is an amply discussed topic in Japanese society and popular media. Even though a certain trend of counter-urbanisation exists despite larger depopulation patterns, many of these migrants do not stay permanently and therefore cannot contribute to sustaining rural areas in the long term. Previous studies argue that considering each community’s characteristics is important in order to find possible ways to sustain rural areas and attract new residents. Therefore, this study focuses on the case of Aso City, aiming to clarify the criteria that makes migration to Aso City appealing or unappealing, and to identify the factors responsible for enabling (or complicating) the act of permanently settling there. In order to do so, the author conducted a survey in Aso City using semi-structured interviews. While the beauty of the natural surroundings, quality of life, and social connectedness are the main positive qualities of Aso City, its infrastructure, demographic development, and economic situation are assessed more negatively by its residents. Further, this study shows that the better a person’s local social connections upon arrival, the more likely they are to find a place to live and work, and stay on a long-term basis. In order to attract new residents to rural areas and support their permanent settlement, it is important to help them obtain the resources necessary for settling and assist their transition into the social structure of the community.

scholarly journals Pathways to Late-Life Volunteering: A Focus on Social Connectedness

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 523-547
Author(s):  
Sarah Dury ◽  
Dorien Brosens ◽  
An-Sofie Smetcoren ◽  
Sofie Van Regenmortel ◽  
Nico De Witte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Qualitative Phase

Utilizing a mixed-methods research design consisting of two consecutive phases, this study investigates older adults’ perceptions and understanding of social connectedness factors influencing late-life volunteering. In the first phase, quantitative data from the Belgian Ageing Studies project ( N = 24,508, from 89 municipalities) was analyzed through regression modeling. In the second, qualitative phase, focus groups with older people were conducted in each of the six research locations, to elucidate and build on the quantitative results. The research findings indicate that formal connectedness is highly influential for both the potential to volunteer and actually doing so. Membership of an association and being a new resident are key determinants for volunteering in later life. Moreover, local policy also functions as an important bridge between long-term residents and new residents in terms of the social structure of the society and the extent to which people are integrated into the community.

scholarly journals The reshaping of medical image by news reports during COVID-19 's epidemic situation

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 390-400
Author(s):  
Xinyan Lu ◽  
Yijing Lu ◽  
Siyu Le ◽  
Yazheng Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Medical Image ◽  
Social Image ◽  
News Reports ◽  
The Social ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Media ◽  
Intermediary Role

Medical image has always been a long-term topic in social life, through questionnaires and personal interviews to investigate the role of news reports on the reconstruction of medical image before and after the epidemic. Through the investigation, it can be found that the media has played a certain intermediary role and positive guiding role in the alleviation of doctor-patient relationship and the shaping of medical portrayals; some metaphorical discourse descriptions in news reports can achieve better communication effect; through a variety of reporting forms and attribute agenda settings, the media enriches the foreground image of doctors and indirectly shapes the social image of doctors.

scholarly journals Konseling Model Transteoritik dalam Perubahan Perilaku Merokok pada Remaja

2013 ◽  
pp. 152
Author(s):  
Adhitya Mardhika Saputra ◽  
Noni Mardeka Sary
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Behavioral Change ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
Global Youth Tobacco Survey ◽  
The Social ◽  
Risk Of Disease ◽  
The Media ◽  
Counseling Clients

Perkembangan perokok di kalangan anak-anak dan remaja semakin meningkat, baik secara kuantitas maupun kualitas. Data Global Youth Tobacco Survey terakhir di tahun 2009, menunjukkan 20,3% anak sekolah 13 - 15 tahun merokok. Perokok pemula usia 10 - 14 tahun naik 2 kali lipat dalam 10 tahun terakhir dari 9,5% pada tahun 2001 menjadi 17,5% pada tahun 2010. Angka perokok pada usia remaja yang tinggi meningkatkan risiko penyakit. Berdasarkan penelitian, para perokok yang terus merokok dalam jangka panjang memiliki risiko kematian tiga kali lebih tinggi daripada mereka yang bukan perokok. Individu mulai merokok disebabkan oleh pengaruh lingkungan sosial, seperti teman-teman, orang tua, dan media sehingga diperlukan suatu konseling terhadap remaja, salah satu metode konseling dengan pendekatan model transteoritik. Dalam beberapa kajian, terbukti model transteoritik efektif dalam mengubah perilaku merokok pada remaja. Berdasarkan kajian tersebut, diharapkan para konselor dalam memberikan konseling hendaknya memperhatikan kesiapan klien dalam mengubah perilaku hidupnya (aktivitas fisik) sesuai dengan tahap-tahapan yang ada dalam model transteoritik.The quantitiy and quality of smoking habits in adolescents are rising, steadily. According to Data Global Youth Tobacco Survey in 2009, showed 20.3% of school children 13 - 15 years were smoking. A beginner smokers aged 10 - 14 years increased 2-fold in the last 10 years from 9.5% in 2001 to 17.5% in 2010. High number of smokers in adolescence will increase the risk of disease. Based on studies, smokers who keep smoking in the long term would face the possibility of death three times higher than nonsmokers. People started to smoke because the influence of the social environment such as friends, parents, and the media thus needed a counseling to adolescents that is one with the approaches of counseling methods transtheoritical model (TTM).Transtheoritical models in several studies provedeffective in changing smoking behavior in adolescents. Based on the study is expected to provide counselors should keep in readiness counseling clients in behavioral change his life (physical activity), it has been doing according to the stages in the transtheoritical model.

scholarly journals The Social Fabric of Cheese Agroindustry: Cooperation and Competition Aspects

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2921
Author(s):  
María Camila Rendón-Rendón ◽  
Juan Felipe Núñez Espinoza ◽  
Ramón Soriano-Robles ◽  
Valentín Efrén Espinosa Ortiz ◽  
Luis Manuel Chávez Pérez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
San Jose ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Social Fabric ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Underlying Network

The aim of this study was to analyze the relational social structure of the cheese factories based on an agribusiness territory of Mexico through social network analysis (SNA) in order to understand how different types of agroindustries coexist and endure. Participant observation and semi-structured interviews were carried out in 17 cheese agribusinesses located in the area of San José de Gracia, Michoacán (Mexico), in order to get insight into the family, inter-company, commercial and technical ties they have built. The SNA showed that in the community there is a meso-system where different cheese companies that produce either natural, imitation or both cheeses converge and coexist. These agroindustries make up a complex social structure composed of 1717 actors, comprising a dispersed network with low connectivity (density ˂0.5%) due to the commercial nature of the relationships (95.9%). Simultaneously, an underlying network with a higher density (1.73%) was also evident, enriched by kinship and friendship ties that create cooperation and trust among the parties through 136 reciprocal tangible and intangible exchanges. Despite the differences and asymmetries of cheese agribusinesses in this community, the social structure they form behaves like a ‘local neighborhood’ where everyone knows everyone, and everyone coexists, competes and shares with one another, allowing them to be sustainable in the marketplace. This study provides important lessons for institutions that promote competitiveness and local development, because it shows that in order to achieve sustainability of agroindustrial companies, it is important to recognize and promote long-term social structures based on trust, friendship and reciprocity.

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