scholarly journals Effectiveness of cartographic presentation methods applied within small-scale thematic maps in the press and on the Internet

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-17
Author(s):  
Jolanta Korycka-Skorupa
Keyword(s):  
Graphic Design ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Thematic Maps ◽  
The Press ◽  
Presentation Methods ◽  
Written Word ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Better Than

Abstract The author discuss effectiveness of cartographic presentations. The article includes opinions of cartographers regarding effectiveness, readability and efficiency of a map. It reminds the principles of map graphic design in order to verify them using examples of small-scale thematic maps. The following questions have been asked: Is the map effective? Why is the map effective? How do cartographic presentation methods affect effectiveness of the cartographic message? What else can influence effectiveness of a map? Each graphic presentation should be effective, as its purpose is to complete written word, draw the recipients’ attention, make text more readable, expose the most important information. Such a significant role of graphics results in the fact that graphic presentations (maps, diagrams) require proper preparation. Users need to have a chance to understand the graphics language in order to draw correct conclusions about the presented phenomenon. Graphics should demonstrate the most important elements, some tendencies, and directions of changes. It should generalize and present a given subject from a slightly different perspective. There are numerous examples of well-edited and poorly edited small-scale thematic maps. They include maps, which are impossible to interpret correctly. They are burdened with methodological defects and they cannot fulfill their task. Cartography practice indicates that the principles related to graphic design of cartographic presentation are frequently omitted during the process of developing small-scale thematic maps used – among others – in the press and on the Internet. The purpose of such presentations is to quickly interpret them. On such maps editors’ problems with the selection of an appropriate symbol and graphic variable (fig. 1A, 9B) are visible. Sometimes they use symbols which are not sufficiently distinguishable nor demonstrative (fig. 11), it does not increase their readability. Sometime authors try too hard to reflect presented phenomenon and therefore the map becomes more difficult to interpret (fig. 4A,B). The lack of graphic sense resulting in the lack of graphic balance and aesthetics constitutes a weak point of numerous cartographic presentations (fig. 13). Effectiveness of cartographic presentations consists of knowledge and skills of the map editor, as well as the recipients’ perception capabilities and their readiness to read and interpret maps. The qualifications of the map editor should include methodological qualifications supported by the knowledge of the principles for cartographic symbol design, as well as relevant technical qualifications, which allow to properly use the tools to edit a map. Maps facilitate the understanding of texts they accompany and they present relationships between phenomenon better than texts, appealing to the senses.

Where to find accurate information on attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder? A study of scientific distortions among French websites, newspapers, and television programs

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 684-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sébastien Ponnou ◽  
Héloïse Haliday ◽  
François Gonon
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
The Press ◽  
Lay Public

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is the most frequent mental disorder among school-age children. This condition has given rise to a large mediatic coverage, which contributed to the shaping of the lay public’s perceptions. We therefore conducted two studies on the way attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder was portrayed in the TV programs and the lay-public press in France between 1995 and 2015, but the growing part played by the Internet required an additional study to analyze and compare the scientific material which is available to the French lay public depending on the source of information used. We studied the 50 first French websites dedicated to attention-deficit/hyperactivity as indexed by Google® search engine using a structured quantitative content analysis for the web. We illustrate our results with excerpts derived from the websites. The conceptions of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder available on the Internet are essentially biomedical and comprise an important level of scientific distortion. Findings concerning other mass media such as television programs and the press also demonstrate massive and systematic distortions caused by the role of experts and the pharmaceutical industry. Furthermore, the most consulted media present the highest level of scientific distortions.

Revisiting the Role of Private Schooling on Children Learning Outcomes: Evidence from Rural India

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 274-302
Author(s):  
Karan Singhal ◽  
Upasak Das
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Private Schools ◽  
Private School ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Rural Children ◽  
Private Schooling ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Better Than

In the view of increasing preference of private schooling in India, this article assesses its impact on learning outcomes for rural children from 8 to 11 years. Despite earlier attempts to study the issue, this article stands out in two ways. Firstly, it addresses the problems arising because of non-random selection of children attending private schools. Secondly, it also presents an all-India estimate unlike most studies which have dealt largely with few states. Our results show the performance of children attending private school to be significantly better than those from public schools. This difference is evident among ‘low-fee’ private schools as well. However the private schooling premium differ across regions and groups, and there are several other concerns regarding affordability, access and segregation which require further deliberation and debate. JEL: I2, I21, I28

scholarly journals Unusual Graphic Solutions and Their Place in Classification of Cartographic Presentation Methods

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 289-298
Author(s):  
Jolanta Korycka-Skorupa
Keyword(s):  
Computer Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Press ◽  
Presentation Methods ◽  
The Times

Abstract Examples of unusual and unconventional graphic solutions which we can often find in the times of fast developing computer technology are discussed in the article. Many of them are suggested by various GIS programs, few of them may be found in the press or on the Internet. This means that their users are people who are not associated with cartography and who are not familiar with the framework of cartographic methods.

The Optimization of the Role of Zakat in the Alleviating Poverty in Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Farisha Rizky Haniefah ◽  
Akhmad Faozan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Poverty Index ◽  
Program Managers ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study aims to determine the extent of the role of zakat in alleviating identified as mustahiq inentrepreneurship. Zakat intended for mustahiq can be used as business capital where businessesdeveloped by mustahiq are generally still small-scale, which is not accessed by bank financialinstitutions. The mentoring process includes planning, implementing, supervising and controlling andevaluating the program, becoming one of the amil zakat programs in managing productive zakat so thatit is expected to create economic circulation, increase the productivity of community businesses,increase income / economic results, and be sustainable. The methodology used in this study is adescriptive qualitative method to see the effect of productive zakat on the empowerment of the poorthrough the poverty index. This study consisted of primary data and secondary data. Primary dataobtained from the survey results or the results of questionnaires and conducted in-depth interviews withproductive Zakat program managers in Baznas and mustahiq as participants of the communityempowerment program through productive zakat. While secondary data is obtained from the BAZNASProgram Report on the internet, several kinds of literature, articles both magazines, journals,newspapers and the internet. The results of the study show that overall mustahik considers that theproductive zakat program by Baznas has run very well.

Higher education, impact, and the Internet: Publishing, politics, and performativity

First Monday ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Research Funding ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Scholarly Work ◽  
Internet Publishing ◽  
Written Word ◽  
Academic Communication ◽  
Opening Up

This paper considers how and why scholarly publishing has changed over the last two decades. It discusses the role of the Internet in overcoming earlier barriers to the rapid circulation of ideas and in opening up new forms of academic communication. While we live in a world increasingly dominated by images, the written word remains vital to academic life, and more published scholarly material is being produced than ever before. The paper argues that the Internet provides only part of the explanation for this growth in the volume of written material; another key contributing factor is the use of performance-based research funding schemes in assessing scholarly work. Such schemes can exert a powerful influence over researchers, changing their views of themselves and the reasons for undertaking their activities. With their tendency to encourage the relentless, machine-like production and measurement of outputs, they can be dehumanizing. Of even greater concern, however, is the possibility of systems based entirely on metrics, ‘impact’, and revenue generation. The paper critiques these trends, makes a case for the continuing value of peer review, and comments briefly on the subversive potential of the Internet in resisting the dehumanization of scholarly work.

The Written Word: Player-Press Relationships in American Sports

1984 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick Telander
Keyword(s):  
Historical Review ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Major Conclusion ◽  
Ethical Guidelines ◽  
Role Relationship ◽  
The Press ◽  
Written Word ◽  
Role Definitions ◽  
Changing Role

This paper provides an overview of the role relationship between professional athletes and sports journalists. After a brief historical review it discusses (a) the current conflicts between players and sports writers in light of changing role definitions for both athletes and journalists, (b) ethical guidelines for writers covering athletes as personalities, and (c) how the emergence of superstar athletes has intensified the potential for conflict in player-press relations. The major conclusion is that conflict in player-press relations is likely to continue. Its intensity will vary with the players’ understandings of the role of the press in professional sport, the knowledge and empathy of the sports writers themselves, and the sophistication of the consumers of sport publications.

scholarly journals Elaboration of topographic bases for statistical maps, their contents and importance

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 97-106
Author(s):  
Paweł Cebrykow
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Spatial Relations ◽  
Diagram Method ◽  
Thematic Map ◽  
Equal Area ◽  
Statistical Map ◽  
Presentation Methods ◽  
Optimum Solution ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract The author’s objective is to present the role of base contents for a statistical map and determine its desired features which would influence optimum perception of the main contents of the map. The article consists of two main parts. The first part discusses selection of cartographic projection. Presented recommendations could be summarized in a short conclusion that application of equal-area projections is the optimum solution. It results from the necessity of preserving correct spatial relations during the perception of the thematic map contents. It is recommended to show cartographic graticule on statistical maps, for it helps to recognize geometrical attributes of the map and plays the localizing role. The second part of the article concentrates on the issue of selection of base contents’ elements on statistical maps. Such selection depends on the method of presentation of the thematic contents of the map. Because of that the optimum contents of the map is discussed in the context of basic cartographic presentation methods, i.e. the dot method, the choropleth method, the diagram method and the isoline method. The role of base elements in the process of reading of the main contents is also underlined. It is shown that it is not only the localizing role. Including additional elements of base contents facilitates understanding of the spatial distribution of the phenomenon which is the main topic of the map. The article encourages extension of the contents of statistical maps by additional elements of contents, which, while keeping correct spatial relations, can improve the efficiency of map use.

scholarly journals Communication Design of Ma’had Al-Jami’ah in Preventing Radicalism in IAIN Salatiga

ADDIN ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Muhamad Fahrudin Yusuf ◽  
M. Miftahuddin
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Group Management ◽  
Creative Strategy ◽  
Communication Design ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Selection Of

The purpose of this study was to describe how Ma’had Al-Jami’ah designed the message of religious antiradicalism in Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN, State Islamic Institute) Salatiga. In this study, communication design was interpreted as a creative strategy from Ma’had Al-Jami’ah through informative and transformative messages. The strategy started from how the idea was expressed and who would be the messenger. This study used a qualitative method with descriptive case studies. The collecting data techniques in this study were in depth interview, observation, and documentation techniques. The results obtained from this study were that although there is no antiradicalism communication design that is detailed, structured, and massive and is still on a small scale, but efforts to counteract radicalism have been carried out by Ma’had Al-Jami’ah IAIN Salatiga. This is done by the manager, instructor, caregiver and management. Starting from the selection of teachers, the contents of the material, and presenters in a variety of formal and informal activities, updating <em>maqalah</em> (quote) about the love peace message of Islam the WhatsApp group management. The recommendations found in this study are: (1) the importance of a comprehensive explanation of the antiradicalism benefits; (2) revitalizing the role of Ma’had Al-Jami’ah as an antiradicalism agent on campus; and (3) a structured and massive campaign is needed that covered the entire academic community of IAIN Salatiga, given the heterogeneous input of students.

scholarly journals Scientific criticism and criteria of scientific character

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 250-259
Author(s):  
Boguslaw Wolniewic
Keyword(s):  
Common Sense ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Ludwig Wittgenstein ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Information Space ◽  
Religious Fundamentalism ◽  
The Internet ◽  
European Universities ◽  
The Press

The first Ukrainian translation of the text by Boguslaw Wolniewicz "Scientific criticism and criteria of scientific character". Boguslaw Wolniewicz (1927-2017) is a new figure in Ukrainian information space. This Warsaw professor and visiting professor at a number of leading American and European universities, a member of the International Wittgenstein Society, also known for his journalistic activities, including appearances in the press, radio and television, and lectures on YouTube where he became a real star of the Internet. The main areas of his thought were logic, metaphysics, ethics, philosophy of religion and philosophy of law, but he gained the most recognition as the creator of the ontology of the situation, as translator and commentator of Ludwig Wittgenstein, as well as a critic of freudianism, phenomenology, postmodernism, marxism and religious fundamentalism. In his view, philosophy is an attempt to rationally grasp problems on which there is no scientific knowledge. Along with the chaos in modern social life, the role of philosophy is constantly growing. Philosophy expresses theses that through common sense anyone can reach, if they think deeply enough. Therefore, there are no innovative things in it. It is about providing tools for the formation of clear thoughts, which, in turn, make it possible to distinguish between truth and falsehood in all non-scientific knowledge, in particular because it relates to the problems of philosophy and education.

scholarly journals The Role of Cloud Computing Fashionable the Strategic Growth of Business Enterprises in India

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Richard Essah
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Computing Time ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Cloud Users ◽  
The Internet Of Things

In this 21st Century technology extent of time and worldwide integration, various narrow and medium enterprises exist adopting cloud calculate for their trade operations. Cloud calculate exist an increasing information in visible form Centre technology in accordance with the becoming more intense traffic connected to the internet fashionable the period of the Internet of Things (IoT). These electronics outwit the defect of conventional servers for speed, scalability and effectiveness. However, skilled exist still narrow enterprises that exist undecided of the appropriate of cloud computing time in military operation fashionable trade movement. Thus, this paper is inscribed to survey the views of person who is very involved in education and learning about the benefits of cloud computing rite of a fashionable trade movement that motivate bureaucracy to legally care for business enterprise. The aims of the study include to ascertain the benefits of cloud to small-scale enterprises in India, to determine the challenges facing cloud users and to unravel the strategies that can improve the strategic growth of cloud users in India enterprises.  The researcher used a case study design and a qualitative research approach. The place of the study is Chandigarh University of India and Busy Network company in India.

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