scholarly journals The Use of Web-Based Technologies in Health Research Participation: Qualitative Study of Consumer and Researcher Experiences (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Cheong-Iao Pang ◽  
Shanton Chang ◽  
Karin Verspoor ◽  
Ornella Clavisi
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Design Research ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Research Participation ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Analysis Methodology

BACKGROUND Health consumers are often targeted for their involvement in health research including randomized controlled trials, focus groups, interviews, and surveys. However, as reported by many studies, recruitment and engagement of consumers in academic research remains challenging. In addition, there is scarce literature describing what consumers look for and want to achieve by participating in research. OBJECTIVE Understanding and responding to the needs of consumers is crucial to the success of health research projects. In this study, we aim to understand consumers’ needs and investigate the opportunities for addressing these needs with Web-based technologies, particularly in the use of Web-based research registers and social networking sites (SNSs). METHODS We undertook a qualitative approach, interviewing both consumer and medical researchers in this study. With the help from an Australian-based organization supporting people with musculoskeletal conditions, we successfully interviewed 23 consumers and 10 researchers. All interviews were transcribed and analyzed with thematic analysis methodology. Data collection was stopped after the data themes reached saturation. RESULTS We found that consumers perceive research as a learning opportunity and, therefore, expect high research transparency and regular updates. They also consider the sources of the information about research projects, the trust between consumers and researchers, and the mobility of consumers before participating in any research. Researchers need to be aware of such needs when designing a campaign for recruitment for their studies. On the other hand, researchers have attempted to establish a rapport with consumer participants, design research for consumers’ needs, and use technologies to reach out to consumers. A systematic approach to integrating a variety of technologies is needed. CONCLUSIONS On the basis of the feedback from both consumers and researchers, we propose 3 future directions to use Web-based technologies for addressing consumers’ needs and engaging with consumers in health research: (1) researchers can make use of consumer registers and Web-based research portals, (2) SNSs and new media should be frequently used as an aid, and (3) new technologies should be adopted to remotely collect data and reduce administrative work for obtaining consumers’ consent.

scholarly journals The Use of Web-Based Technologies in Health Research Participation: Qualitative Study of Consumer and Researcher Experiences

10.2196/12094 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. e12094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Cheong-Iao Pang ◽  
Shanton Chang ◽  
Karin Verspoor ◽  
Ornella Clavisi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Participation ◽  
Web Based

scholarly journals WHO CONTROLS THE ARAB PUBLIC SPHERE IN THE ERA OF NEW MEDIA, THE NEW REVOLUTIONISTS OR THE DEEP STATE?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 312-323
Author(s):  
Nawaf Abdelhay Altamimi
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Public ◽  
Deep State ◽  
The Web

Recent events in Arab countries, particularly in Tunisia, Egypt have shown that new modes of communications such as Mobile phones and social networking sites have facilitated civil society's organization by allowing a timely exchange of opinions and ideas. Youth protesters in uprising societies have recognised the value of Mechanisms in which the public can meet and discuss and share ideas openly, recognise problems and suggest solutions (Caplan and Boyd, 2016). Those Young demonstrators have taken to social media such as Facebook and Twitter online to organize social prodemocracy movements and start the revolution, demonstrating how the Web-based platforms have become a crucial alternative media instrument for advocacy in today's Digital Age. (Kenix, 2009).

scholarly journals Adapting the buying funnel model of consumer behavior to the design of an online health research recruitment tool

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 240-245
Author(s):  
Aalap Doshi ◽  
Lisa Connally ◽  
Meghan Spiroff ◽  
Anita Johnson ◽  
George A. Mashour
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Research Participation ◽  
Annual Average ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Research Recruitment ◽  
Randomized Design ◽  
The University ◽  
Recruitment Tool

IntroductionUMHealthResearch is the University of Michigan’s digital health research recruitment platform. It allows health researchers to connect efficiently with potentially eligible volunteers.MethodsIn 2013, the UMHealthResearch team strategically adapted a consumer behavior model, the buying funnel, to create the Digital Health Research Participation Funnel. The Digital Health Research Participation Funnel was then used to design a more active way for potential participants to volunteer for research studies through UMHealthResearch.ResultsIn the 5 years before the redesign (2007–2012), an average of 1844 new accounts were created every year, whereas in the completed years after the redesign (2013–2016) the annual average improved to 3906, an increase of 111%.ConclusionAlthough a randomized design was not possible in this instance, these preintervention and postintervention data suggest that the focus on user experience is an effective strategy for improving web-based research recruitment platforms.

The interaction between technologies and society: Lessons learned from 160 evolutionary years of online news services

First Monday ◽  
2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
An Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Evolutionary Process ◽  
Online News ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Web Based ◽  
History Of ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Definition Of

In mapping the evolutionary process of online news and the socio-cultural factors determining this development, this paper has a dual purpose. First, in reworking the definition of “online communication”, it argues that despite its seemingly sudden emergence in the 1990s, the history of online news started right in the early days of the telegraphs and spread throughout the development of the telephone and the fax machine before becoming computer-based in the 1980s and Web-based in the 1990s. Second, merging macro-perspectives on the dynamic of media evolution by DeFleur and Ball-Rokeach (1989) and Winston (1998), the paper consolidates a critical point for thinking about new media development: that something technically feasible does not always mean that it will be socially accepted and/or demanded. From a producer-centric perspective, the birth and development of pre-Web online news forms have been more or less generated by the traditional media’s sometimes excessive hype about the power of new technologies. However, placing such an emphasis on technological potentials at the expense of their social conditions not only can be misleading but also can be detrimental to the development of new media, including the potential of today’s online news.

scholarly journals eLab City: A Platform for Academic Research on Virtual Worlds

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas P. Novak
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Second Life ◽  
User Behavior ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Laboratory Environment ◽  
Virtual Infrastructure ◽  
Research Studies

The eLab City project in Second Life is a laboratory environment for the study of user behavior in virtual worlds.  This paper describes the origin and development of the eLab City project, which includes virtual infrastructure constructed in Second Life, a panel of Second Life users who have agreed to participate in research studies, tools for observational data collection, and procedures for fielding research projects.   The eLab City panel is described in detail, with discussion of the panel signup process, recruitment, and panelist demographics.  A series of research studies have been fielded with eLab City panelists, and cooperation rates for these studies are presented, together with comparison to Web-based studies.  We conclude with a discussion of lessons learned and next steps for this research project.

scholarly journals Facilitating Web-Based Collaboration in Evidence Synthesis (TaskExchange): Development and Analysis (Preprint)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tari Turner ◽  
Emily Steele ◽  
Chris Mavergames ◽  
Julian Elliott ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Guideline Development ◽  
Evidence Synthesis ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Search Tasks ◽  
Wide Range

BACKGROUND The conduct and publication of scientific research are increasingly open and collaborative. There is growing interest in Web-based platforms that can effectively enable global, multidisciplinary scientific teams and foster networks of scientists in areas of shared research interest. Designed to facilitate Web-based collaboration in research evidence synthesis, TaskExchange highlights the potential of these kinds of platforms. OBJECTIVE This paper describes the development, growth, and future of TaskExchange, a Web-based platform facilitating collaboration in research evidence synthesis. METHODS The original purpose of TaskExchange was to create a platform that connected people who needed help with their Cochrane systematic reviews (rigorous syntheses of health research) with people who had the time and expertise to help. The scope of TaskExchange has now been expanded to include other evidence synthesis tasks, including guideline development. The development of TaskExchange was initially undertaken in 5 agile development phases with substantial user engagement. In each phase, software was iteratively deployed as it was developed and tested, enabling close cycles of development and refinement. RESULTS TaskExchange enables users to browse and search tasks and members by keyword or nested filters, post and respond to tasks, sign up to notification emails, and acknowledge the work of TaskExchange members. The pilot platform has been open access since August 2016, has over 2300 members, and has hosted more than 630 tasks, covering a wide range of research synthesis-related tasks. Response rates are consistently over 75%, and user feedback has been positive. CONCLUSIONS TaskExchange demonstrates the potential for new technologies to support Web-based collaboration in health research. Development of a relatively simple platform for peer-to-peer exchange has provided opportunities for systematic reviewers to get their reviews completed more quickly and provides an effective pathway for people to join the global health evidence community.

A review of credit scoring research in the age of Big Data

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 382-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ceylan Onay ◽  
Elif Öztürk
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Credit Scoring ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Scoring Algorithms

Purpose This paper aims to survey the credit scoring literature in the past 41 years (1976-2017) and presents a research agenda that addresses the challenges and opportunities Big Data bring to credit scoring. Design/methodology/approach Content analysis methodology is used to analyze 258 peer-reviewed academic papers from 147 journals from two comprehensive academic research databases to identify their research themes and detect trends and changes in the credit scoring literature according to content characteristics. Findings The authors find that credit scoring is going through a quantitative transformation, where data-centric underwriting approaches, usage of non-traditional data sources in credit scoring and their regulatory aspects are the up-coming avenues for further research. Practical implications The paper’s findings highlight the perils and benefits of using Big Data in credit scoring algorithms for corporates, governments and non-profit actors who develop and use new technologies in credit scoring. Originality/value This paper presents greater insight on how Big Data challenges traditional credit scoring models and addresses the need to develop new credit models that identify new and secure data sources and convert them to useful insights that are in compliance with regulations.

A study of practice based design research models from knowledge integration perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Honghai LI ◽  
Jun CAI
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Design Knowledge ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Design Innovation

The transformation of China's design innovation industry has highlighted the importance of design research. The design research process in practice can be regarded as the process of knowledge production. The design 3.0 mode based on knowledge production MODE2 has been shown in the Chinese design innovation industry. On this cognition, this paper establishes a map with two dimensions of how knowledge integration occurs in practice based design research, which are the design knowledge transfer and contextual transformation of design knowledge. We use this map to carry out the analysis of design research cases. Through the analysis, we define four typical practice based design research models from the viewpoint of knowledge integration. This method and the proposed model can provide a theoretical basis and a path for better management design research projects.

Towards an interdisciplinary knowledge exchange model

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Santiago DE FRANCISCO ◽  
Diego MAZO
Keyword(s):  
Design Research ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Design Environment ◽  
Interdisciplinary Knowledge ◽  
One Year ◽  
The University ◽  
Common Situation

Universities and corporates, in Europe and the United States, have come to a win-win relationship to accomplish goals that serve research and industry. However, this is not a common situation in Latin America. Knowledge exchange and the co-creation of new projects by applying academic research to solve company problems does not happen naturally.To bridge this gap, the Design School of Universidad de los Andes, together with Avianca, are exploring new formats to understand the knowledge transfer impact in an open innovation network aiming to create fluid channels between different stakeholders. The primary goal was to help Avianca to strengthen their innovation department by apply design methodologies. First, allowing design students to proposed novel solutions for the traveller experience. Then, engaging Avianca employees to learn the design process. These explorations gave the opportunity to the university to apply design research and academic findings in a professional and commercial environment.After one year of collaboration and ten prototypes tested at the airport, we can say that Avianca’s innovation mindset has evolved by implementing a user-centric perspective in the customer experience touch points, building prototypes and quickly iterate. Furthermore, this partnership helped Avianca’s employees to experience a design environment in which they were actively interacting in the innovation process.

scholarly journals Reflective insights from developing a palliative care children and young people’s advisory group

2021 ◽  
pp. 026921632097603
Author(s):  
Anna Roach ◽  
Debbie Braybrook ◽  
Steve Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Research ◽  
School Health ◽  
Public Involvement ◽  
After School ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Care Research

Background: The importance of actively involving patient and public members throughout the different stages of palliative care and health research projects is widely acknowledged, however patient and public involvement work rarely considers insight from children and young people. Although this is becoming increasingly recognised in other areas of research, there is currently no structured guidance on how to best involve children and young people in palliative care research. Aim: To plan and deliver a Young People’s Advisory Group in palliative care and health research at a secondary school. Findings: Attending an after-school ‘Health and Social Research Methods Club’ for 11 weeks benefitted children and researchers. Children were taught about data collection methods, data analysis and ethics in health research and used these skills to provide valuable feedback which has been implemented in current palliative care research projects. Children took part in considered discussions around palliative care topics and enjoyed attending the group. Conclusion: This project has equipped researchers with skills and provided a structured template for future Young People’s Advisory Groups, ensuring the unique voices of children and young people are considered and valued in future palliative care research.

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