scholarly journals Why do i fall for the elf, when i am no orc myself? The ımplıcatıons of vırtual avatars ın dıgıtal communıcatıon

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 181-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sercan Sengün
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Feedback Loop ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
The Self ◽  
Online Video ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Uncertainty Reduction Theory ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Do So

Various recent research on online avatars debated their authenticity in terms of representing the individuals that manage them. Seemingly users would construct an enhanced or idealized presence of themselves online, yet fail to realize that others also do so when seeking information of other users through their avatars. This phenomenon becomes even more curious inside online video game spaces, since video game avatars are already expected to be unrelated with their players but are still seen as sources of information about them. This study approaches the issue as a communication problem and tries to explain the process through Berger’s Uncertainty Reduction Theory (URT). Merging URT with various other nonverbal and visual communication approaches, it is debated how video game avatars – seemingly unrelated or arbitrarily related entitites with their users – become information sources about them. Additionally to elaborate further on the process, the relationship between self and avatars is also analyzed. To create this link, semiotic theories of Saussure and Lacan were expanded and a new approach was proposed. Saussure’s signification process and Lacan’s chains of signification were adapted into digital avatars to define an on-going feedback loop between the video game avatars and the self.

scholarly journals Attentional Literacy as a New Literacy: Helping Students Deal with Digital Disarray

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Pegrum ◽  
Agnieszka Palalas
Keyword(s):  
Information Overload ◽  
The Self ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
New Literacy ◽  
Approach To Learning ◽  
Educational Discourse ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Informational Environment ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Do So

When students learn online, they do so within a wider context of digital disarray, marked by distraction, disorder and disconnection, which research shows to be far from conducive to effective learning. Specific educational issues include a lack of focus, linked to information overload in an environment characterized by misinformation and disinformation, as well as a lack of connection to the self and others. Arguing that today’s growing focus on digital literacies in education already serves as a partial response to digital disarray, this evidence-based position paper proposes the concept of attentional literacy as a macroliteracy which interweaves elements of now established literacies with the emerging educational discourse of mindfulness. Through attentional literacy, students may gain awareness of how to focus their attention intentionally on the self, the relationship with others, and the informational environment, resulting in a more considered approach to learning coupled with an appreciation of multiple shifting perspectives. Armed with this developing skillset, students stand to benefit more fully from digital educational experiences. Considerations for continuing research in this area include the need to adopt a critical stance on mindfulness, and the need to operationalize attentional literacy for the classroom.

scholarly journals Metafore sebstva u autobiografskom diskursu Vesne Parun

2016 ◽  
Vol XIV (2) ◽  
pp. 184-184
Author(s):  
Kornelija Kuvač-Levačić
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Identity ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Factual Information ◽  
Human Personality ◽  
The World ◽  
Literary Device ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Symbolic Number ◽  
Do So

By using the concept of the Self as the human personality in its totality, as defined by Carl Gustav Jung and furthered by P. Ricoeur (the theory of narrative identity, the Self defined as an identity constructed by narrative configuration, the dialectics of the discovery of the other in one’s own Self and one’s own Self in the Other), this work will focus in the analysis of metaphors which express the Self of the auto-diegetic narrator as can be found in the autobiographical discourse of Vesna Parun. The corpus of this research is to be found in selected texts from her volume Noć za pakost. Moj život u 40 vreća (2001). From the first chapter of this volume [which consists of the following works of autobiography and essays: Poljubac života (1993), Do zalaska sunca hodajući za kamilicom (1958), Pod muškim kišobranom (1986)] the reader comes to realise that, for this author, the writing of autobiography is itself a problem of self-expression and that she had constantly deferred it, while, on the other hand, feeling a great compulsion from within to do so. This sense of paradox finds its reflection in some of the constitutive elements which can be found in her autobiographical discourse. In the relationship between literature and reality, which is something which the genre of autobiography questions in its own way, the author noticeably distances herself from the mere documentary transmission of factual information from her life. A reflection of this can be seen in the negation of a strict chronology of events and confessions, as she makes recourse to a technique which uses collage and appears fragmentary; furthermore, here prose here has a lyrical quality, negating "metaphor as a literary device" and transforming it into "literature as metaphor". The autobiographical prose of Vesna Parun is especially dense with metaphor, and it can be concluded that it expresses her Self. Attention is directed here to three metaphors in particular – the umbrella, which can be both "masculine" and "feminine", a map of the world, on the wall of every house in Vesna’s community, as well the sack, which is followed by the symbolic number 40, as many in which she could fill her life in. Besides the metaphors mentioned here, what will be proposed here is that in the autobiographical discourse of Vesna Parun literature itself is presented as metaphor of her Self, appearing to the reader as significantly (auto)meta-textual.

Exiles on Main Street

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Whelan
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Main Street ◽  
Mutual Antagonism ◽  
Authority Figures ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Do So

This chapter reconsiders the relationship between the Vandal kings and the Nicene Church, which has often been seen as an obstacle to effective Vandal rule. The self-portrayal of Nicene bishops as martyrs suffering in an age of heretical persecution—and the self-portrayal of Hasding dynasts as pious defenders of true (Homoian) Christianity—seems to commit them to mutual antagonism. Yet both parties also had interests in compromises, which are revealed by recurrent interactions between bishops and the court at Carthage. Even as they decried heretical Vandal tyranny, Nicene bishops petitioned their rulers to improve their church’s lot, using obsequious courtly language and the appropriate bureaucratic channels to do so. Vandal kings sometimes granted these petitions; even when refused, the possibility of compromise was retained for as long as possible. The result was tacit or even explicit acknowledgment of the legitimacy of the other parties, whether as rulers or Christian authority figures.

scholarly journals COVID-19-Related Information Sources and the Relationship With Confidence in People Coping with COVID-19: Facebook Survey Study in Taiwan

10.2196/20021 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. e20021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng-Wei Wang ◽  
Wei-Hsin Lu ◽  
Nai-Ying Ko ◽  
Yi-Lung Chen ◽  
Dian-Jeng Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Information Source ◽  
The Self ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Care Workers

Background People obtain information on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from the internet and other sources. Understanding the factors related to such information sources aids health professionals in educating individuals. Objective This study used data collected from the online survey study on COVID-19 in Taiwan to examine what major COVID-19 information sources are available and which sources are significantly related to the self-confidence of people in coping with COVID-19 in Taiwan. Methods A total of 1904 participants (1270 non–health-care workers and 634 health care workers) were recruited from the Facebook advertisement. Their major sources of information about COVID-19, the relationships between the sources and demographic factors, and the relationships between the sources and the self-confidence in coping with COVID-19 were surveyed. Results Most Taiwanese people relied on the internet for COVID-19 information. Many respondents also used a variety of sources of information on COVID-19; such variety was associated with sex, age, and the level of worry toward COVID-19, as well as if one was a health care worker. For health care workers, the use of formal lessons as an information source was significantly associated with better self-confidence in coping with COVID-19. The significant association between receiving information from more sources and greater self-confidence was found only in health care workers but not in non–health-care workers. Conclusions Medical professionals should consider subgroups of the population when establishing various means to deliver information on COVID-19.

scholarly journals Benefits of Online Sources of Information in the Tourism Sector: The Key Role of Motivation to Co-Create

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 2051-2072
Author(s):  
Maria Angeles Garcia-Haro ◽  
Maria Pilar Martinez-Ruiz ◽  
Ricardo Martinez-Cañas ◽  
Pablo Ruiz-Palomino
Keyword(s):  
Information Sources ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Commercial Sources ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Online Sources

Online sources of information are a matter of special interest in tourism research. In particular, they are key elements in the formation of destination image. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between online sources of information and destination image and to analyze the mediating role of motivation to co-create in that relationship. A research model was developed, and hypotheses were tested on data collected from 394 usable responses about the World Heritage city of Cuenca (Spain). The results show that online commercial sources have a direct positive impact on the conative, affective and cognitive dimensions of the tourist image, in this order. Additionally, this study supports the view that motivation to co-create mediates the relationship between online information sources and destination image. Finally, motivation to co-create was also found to have a positive and direct impact, in this order, on conative, cognitive and affective image. The main value of our research is that it underlines the essential influence of motivation to co-create in the relationship between online information sources and destination image. This study also provides a critical review of the existing literature by positing a conceptual theoretical framework that links three types of online sources of information (social media sources, online commercial sources and online non-commercial sources) and destination image.

scholarly journals Risk Information Sources for Snow Disaster Risk Preparedness in Scotland

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josephine Adekola ◽  
Fabrice Renaud ◽  
Carol Hill
Keyword(s):  
Information Sources ◽  
Risk Information ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Heavy Snow ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Intervening Variables ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Full Adherence

AbstractHeavy snow disruptions are common and costly occurrences in the UK, including Scotland. Yet, heavy snow remains an underresearched aspect of disaster risks in Scotland. This study critically examined the 2018 heavy snow event in Scotland referred to as the “Beast from the East” (BfE) in order to explore the different sources of information used by the public in preparation for and response to heavy snow emergencies. Our study also examined the effectiveness of BfE risk communication between authorities and the public and sought to determine if there is a relationship between risk information received and the intention to mitigate risk. Data were collected through a semistructured survey from (n = 180) residents of the Annandale and Eskdale region of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Our analysis shows that public authority information sources were the most sought-after information sources, followed by online and web sources. We found statistically significant differences between groups (such as age, gender, and mobility/disability) in terms of using risk information sources. Further analysis shows that the relationship between information received and the intention to mitigate risks is not linear but influenced by intervening variables such as work pressures, financial commitment, and stakeholders’ expectations. We argue that where full adherence to official risk advice is required, policymakers should carefully consider issues around these three factors.

scholarly journals COVID-19-Related Information Sources and the Relationship With Confidence in People Coping with COVID-19: Facebook Survey Study in Taiwan (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng-Wei Wang ◽  
Wei-Hsin Lu ◽  
Nai-Ying Ko ◽  
Yi-Lung Chen ◽  
Dian-Jeng Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Information Source ◽  
The Self ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Care Workers

BACKGROUND People obtain information on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from the internet and other sources. Understanding the factors related to such information sources aids health professionals in educating individuals. OBJECTIVE This study used data collected from the online survey study on COVID-19 in Taiwan to examine what major COVID-19 information sources are available and which sources are significantly related to the self-confidence of people in coping with COVID-19 in Taiwan. METHODS A total of 1904 participants (1270 non–health-care workers and 634 health care workers) were recruited from the Facebook advertisement. Their major sources of information about COVID-19, the relationships between the sources and demographic factors, and the relationships between the sources and the self-confidence in coping with COVID-19 were surveyed. RESULTS Most Taiwanese people relied on the internet for COVID-19 information. Many respondents also used a variety of sources of information on COVID-19; such variety was associated with sex, age, and the level of worry toward COVID-19, as well as if one was a health care worker. For health care workers, the use of formal lessons as an information source was significantly associated with better self-confidence in coping with COVID-19. The significant association between receiving information from more sources and greater self-confidence was found only in health care workers but not in non–health-care workers. CONCLUSIONS Medical professionals should consider subgroups of the population when establishing various means to deliver information on COVID-19.

Developing Effective Electronic Information Seekers

2002 ◽  
Vol 27 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 21-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelda Debowski
Keyword(s):  
Information Search ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Basic Information ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
Work Activities ◽  
Motivational Influences ◽  
The Relationship

As electronic sources of information expand and build depth, there is an increasing reliance on information seeking to support work activities and decision-making. Despite the growing importance of these information sources, little is known about the process of information seeking, and the ways in which skills may be improved. This paper describes a series of studies that seek to identify factors which enhance information seeking, and, in particular, to explore the relationship between motivational influences and information search strategy. The results indicate the need for reviews of organisational training and infrastructure to ensure workers are sufficiently skilled in basic information seeking.

scholarly journals The Information Gathering Practices of City Officials

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 191-209
Author(s):  
Carol Ann Traut ◽  
Hal G. Rainey
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Information Use ◽  
Information Gathering ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
City Managers ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Media ◽  
Technical Model ◽  
Do So

The pressures on city officials warrant much more research into their evaluations of the sources of information available to them. In more complex times, are they turning more to technical and professional informational supports? How does their reliance on such sources compare to their use of other sources such as the media and contacts with the public? Do mayors and city managers differ on such questions, as one might expect? Using a more elaborate set of questions about this topic than used in previous research, this survey of mayors and city managers in Florida asked them to rate the importance of the information sources they use in decision making. The results permitted comparisons of a public responsiveness model of information-use and a professional-technical model, which usually have been treated separately in previous research. Results indicate that the mayors and city managers showed marked similarities, with the vast majority concentrating on contacts with the public. Far fewer find professional and technical sources and media sources particularly useful. City managers thus showed less reliance than we expected on technical-professional sources, except for some tendencies to do so (1) more than mayors, (2) more in larger cities, and (3) more when they feel government should be less active. The study thus supports researchers who have suggested that city managers play a stronger political and public relations role than idealized conceptions of their role suggest More importantly, it contributes some useful findings about information use by city officials and suggests important avenues for further research.

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