scholarly journals Estudando os comportamentos online: premissas e desafios no desenvolvimento de um painel de utilizadores da Internet

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-137
Author(s):  
Branco Di Fátima ◽  
Filipe Montargil ◽  
Sandra Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Online Panel ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Living Lab ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

RESUMO: Este artigo apresenta e discute as premissas e desafios na construção de um painel online de utilizadores da Internet, com foco na experiência pioneira do Living Lab on Media Content and Platforms (LLMCP). Ao longo de 2018, o LLMCP desenvolveu uma extensão do GoogleChrome capaz de monitorizar, em tempo real, a navegação dos utilizadores da Internetatravés deste browser – o mais difundido entre os portugueses. Para poder iniciar a recolha de informação empírica, através de um painel online de utilizadores da Internet, o projeto adotou um conjunto de procedimentos teóricos, metodológicos e operativos no desenvolvimento tanto da ferramenta de monitorização quanto na captação de utilizadores disponíveis para a inscrição no painel. A ampla disseminação de tecnologias de informação e comunicação (TIC) tem vindo a modificar a forma como as pessoas vivem em sociedade e como organizam as suas relações sociais. Compreender a sociedade de informação passa pela criação de tecnologias e procedimentos para investigar essas novas formas de organização e estruturação dos comportamentos dos indivíduos. Para além do estudo de caso do LLMCP, este artigo problematiza brevemente o impacto dos métodos assentes na inquirição, como a entrevista e o questionário, na pesquisa dos comportamentos online. Os resultados apontam para duas linhas de raciocínio. Por um lado, para a ideia de que a adoção em massa de TIC tem vindo a contribuir para a criação de novas oportunidades, no domínio dos métodos de investigação em ciências sociais e humanas. Por outro lado, para a ideia de que as abordagens inovadoras necessitam de enfrentar os receios relacionados com a vigilância e o controlo, que afligem as sociedades hiperconectadas. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: comportamentos; monitorização; privacidade; métodos de investigação em ciências sociais; Internet.   ABSTRACT: This paper presents and discusses the assumptions and challenges for developing an online panel of Internet users, focusing on the pioneering experience of the Living Lab on Media Content and Platforms (LLMCP). Throughout 2018, LLMCP developed a Google Chrome extension able to monitor, in real-time, the navigation of Internet users through this browser - the most widely used by the Portuguese. In order to initiate the collection of empirical information through an online panel of Internet users, the project adopted a set of theoretical, methodological and operational procedures in the development of both the monitoring tool and to attract participants. The dissemination of information and communication technologies (ICT) has been changing the way people live in society and how they organize their social relationships. Understanding that the information society involves the creation of technologies and procedures to investigate these new forms of organization and structuring of individuals' behaviors. In addition to the LLMCP case study, this article briefly discusses the impact of inquiry methods, such as interview and questionnaire, on online behavioral research. The results point two lines of reasoning. On the one hand, to the idea that mass adoption of ICT has contributed to the creation of new opportunities in the field of research methods in the social and human sciences. On the other hand, innovative approaches still need to overcome surveillance and control fears existing in hyper connected societies. KEYWORDS: behaviours; monitoring; privacy; social research methods; Internet.

scholarly journals Motivating for Reading through Transmedia Storytelling: A Case Study with Students from a Middle School in the Médio Tejo Region

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. e23680
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Faria-Ferreira ◽  
Patrícia Alexandra Faria Ferreira ◽  
Célio Gonçalo Marques
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Immersive Learning ◽  
Transmedia Storytelling ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Level Of Motivation ◽  
The Impact

The evolution of information and communication technologies has changed the way we relate to each other and how we build our knowledge. This creates challenges for education systems, as school must provide all students with the educational experiences that will enable them to develop the skills reflected in the profile of the 21st-century student on com  pletion of compulsory schooling. It is up to teachers to find new ways of teaching, making the most of the resources and digital tools made available by mobile technologies. Technology can make a significant contribution to increasing students' motivation because it is closer to what they like and use in their daily lives. And this introduction of technology into the classroom can promote student-oriented teaching, which contributes to the development of skills such as autonomy, critical thinking and self-esteem. One of the areas that can contribute to this paradigm shift is the creation of experiences in immersive learning environments such as Transmedia Storytelling. Immersive learning environments can favour the creation and implementation of projects that promote reading skills in schools. This is the focus of this article. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of transmedia storytelling on the level of motivation of students and on the improvement of pedagogical practices implemented by the teachers involved. This case study was carried out in the subject of Portuguese in three 7th-grade classes of a school from the Médio Tejo region. The results obtained suggest a high level of motivation of students and teachers. The latter recognise that pedagogical routes using Transmedia Storytelling contribute to the motivation, autonomy and improvement of students' learning.

Opportunities and Limitations of Socio-economic Adaptation in the Coronavirus Crisis

2021 ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Vladimir Titov
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Economic Behavior ◽  
Economic Adaptation ◽  
The Status ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews

The article reviews the methodological assumptions and results of in-depth interviews held in May 2020. The aim of the article is to identify various aspects of the population’s socio-economic adaptation in the context of the coronavirus pandemic crisis. The author uses the tradition of phenomenological sociology, hermeneutics and narrative analysis as the methodology for the analysis of in-depth interviews contents. The content analysis of the interviews allows to identify certain similarities and differences between two groups of respondents, distinguished by the status of employment (employees and entrepreneurs) in terms of assessment of the crisis’ impact on enterprises and various businesses, specific of the socio-economic behavior, resources, and adaptation practices. A feature of socio-economic behavior common for both categories is the wait-and-see approach to find out possible prospects of the economy and the labour market. However, respondents in the status of employee are generally characterized by a more confident assessment of prospects of job preservation and income level. Active forms of adaptive behavior are particularly noticed among respondents employed in the area of information and communication technologies. Entrepreneurs tend to combine, on the one hand, a negative assessment of the impact the crisis has on their business, and on the other, the desire to look for new market opportunities, realistically assessing the threats and risks, and to rely on themselves. In the context of the ongoing crisis, the specificity of the population’s socio-economic adaptation is associated not only with the status of employment, but also with the industry specifics, an accumulated portfolio of orders, stability of the client base, and social capital.

Woman and Arcadia: The Impact of Ancient Utopian Thought on the Early Image of America

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Klarer
Keyword(s):  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Literary Traditions ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Promised Land ◽  
Terra Incognita ◽  
Early Image ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Utopian Thought ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

With the discovery of the new continent in the fifteenth century, a number of existing literary traditions contributed to the creation of the early image of America. In particular, Utopian features were projected onto the terra incognita. The equation of the New World with the earthly paradise and the Promised Land placed America in the tradition of ancient and medieval Utopian texts. The early picture of America is an indirect continuation of an ambivalent gendered view of the world predominant in most Utopias and pastorals. On the one hand, America becomes the positive projection of a benevolent female Mother-Earth who provides for all basic human needs; on the other, a number of intimidating gendered topoi are intricately interwoven with these new territories. The “feminine” appears to be a central issue of literary as well as pictorial imagery in the first narratives on America. As early as Columbus and Vespucci, America was stylized or allegorized through female symbols and metaphors. This paper will try to show how ancient Utopian concepts such as visions of a gendered paradise, myths of Amazons and role reversals, as well as notions of “women communism” were integral components in the creation of America as a myth. They can be traced in the writings of Columbus and Vespucci as well as in the early illustrations of their books. A selection of textual samples and pictures will serve as a basis for the discussion of these inherent gender issues.

scholarly journals Digitization and its Impact on Political Media Space: Theoretical Aspect

2019 ◽  
pp. 464-471
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Gribovod
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Theoretical Aspect ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
The Political ◽  
Media Space ◽  
Political Media ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

The process of digitization as the new theoretical framework for studying economic, social and political practices is actively applied in the academic discourse, yet the conceptual nature of digitization is not sufficiently studied. The paper analyzes the digitization phenomenon both from the perspective of theoretical comprehension of the impact of digital and novel information and communication technologies (ICT) on various social institutions and processes, and from the perspective of identifying and classifying methodology approaches that exist in the humanities discourse and interpret the process of political media space digitization. An attempt is made to define the main stages of the political media space formation; key mass media tools are identified at each stage. The research identifies the technocratic, discursive and cratological approaches making it possible to identify the features of political media space’s digital transformation. Under conditions of digital society emergence, the political media space is considered to be, on the one hand, a “soft power” instrument and on the other hand, a combination of information resources, mass media institutions, channels and networks building a certain information infrastructure of a country, a region, a city.

scholarly journals Discussing the Scientific Evidence Generation and Psychological Research Methods in Postmodern Societies

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-30
Author(s):  
Albert Sesé
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Evidence Generation

Abstract Evidence generation by current Social and Health Sciences is coping with some important barriers that difficult credibility of scientific products. Information and communication technologies have a strong impact over social relationships in our postmodern societies. The incidence of post-truth in our context is generating a pernicious relativism, far from contrasting the information veracity. The aim of this paper is to analyze and discuss the challenges of research methods and statistical models, more specifically for Psychological research, taking into account the impact of novel techniques as big data and virtual reality. Special attention is also devoted to the discussion about statistical shortcomings of psychological research and to the reproducibility problem. Finally, some potential solutions are proposed to be applied in order to improve the quality of scientific evidence.

ACTA as Media Gatekeeping Factor

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vassiliki Cossiavelou
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Regulatory Instruments ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact

This paper explores the influence of regulatory instruments in media content gatekeeping model and especially, the impact of ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) in online media industries. The author argues that both developments in the regulatory field worldwide as well as the emerging role of international agreements' negotiators on internet access and security issues are going to influence also the media gatekeeping model. The analysis shows that even an updated by the ICTs' evolutions media gatekeeping model should follow the developments on regulations' global debate related to online media and on their impact to the electronic and mobile (e/m) business models. The actions taken by EU institutions indicate the establishment of EU as a global negotiator in cultural industries as well as the global internet users' communities as an informal negotiator for online media issues.

scholarly journals Neuere Literatur zur Methodenlehre der empirischen Sozialforschung / New literature on the methodology of empirical social research

1974 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Achim Schrader
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Empirical Social Research ◽  
Empirical Research Methods ◽  
The One ◽  
New Literature ◽  
Classroom Use

AbstractThis review discusses a number of recent publications in the methodology of empirical social research. With one exception, all publications reviewed are in German and the point of view governing their evaluation is their significance for the teaching of sociology. By this we are referring to, on the one hand, their suitability for integrating instruction in empirical research methods into sociological curricula generally and, on the other side, to the question if the measure of consideration given in them to techniques of learning is sufficient to make them commentable for classroom use.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ON BUSINESS MODELS OF MODERN COMPANIES

2014 ◽  
pp. 60-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. Trachuk ◽  
N. V. Linder ◽  
D. A. Antonov
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Model Concept ◽  
Dual Nature ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The One

The article highlights the trends of change of business models following the development of modern forms of business. Term hyperconnectedand its role in the contemporary world are described. The article features an overview of publications related to the business model concept as well as its evolution during the last 20 years. The dual nature of the business model is revealed: on the one hand, it describes business activities, on the other hand – the relationships into which different business activities enter. The author provides the overview of the share of e-commerce in the world trade and a social research on the Russian population’s attitude to e-payments. The influence of hyperconnectedon the formation of value chain in the current circumstances is presented. This influence has a large impact on business models as well. In this context, the author claims that it is reasonable to switch over from a single-level business model to the business platform based on facilitating to exchange resources and information between several interconnected groups.

scholarly journals The Social Cost of the Integration of Information and Communication Technologies: Communication on the Young of the Republic of Mauritius

10.28945/3249 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahendrenath Motah
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Teachers And Parents ◽  
The One ◽  
Work Done ◽  
The Impact

The applications of the Information, Education and Communication approaches to all sectors have brought unexpected changes in the attitudes and behaviours of people of all ages. The overwhelming amount of theoretical and empirical work done regarding the impact of ICT on educational processes has highlighted the benefits of ICT to students, teachers, and parents. Mauritius is faced with a double dilemma: the positive value of information technologies, on the one hand, and the potentialities and possibilities of the negative impact on the life of people on the other. This paper aims to gauge the impact of the ICT, IEC and IT on the Mauritian population confronted with the issues related to the access to information through the technological advances the world has been exposed to. It is also to draw the attention of policy-makers of the need to consider the “digital opportunity” and its influence on the Mauritian population.

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