scholarly journals Surveillance on/off: Examining home surveillance systems from the user's perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liisa A Mäkinen
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Control Devices ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Traditional Understanding

Surveillance equipment, especially cameras and access control devices, are increasingly introduced into homes and other private dwellings. Residents use the equipment in their daily lives in places where they are both operators and targets of these systems. Thus far, the concrete practices of these systems use or the users’ feelings towards them have not been investigated. This article sets out to examine the surveillance produced with home surveillance systems and the meanings and implications of that surveillance to the resident.The data consist of 13 interviews conducted in Finland with people who have installed surveillance systems in their homes. Through qualitative content analysis of the interviews, this article argues that five types of surveillance is produced with these systems. The first two types are comparable to traditional understanding of surveillance motivated by control and care. Besides these two, the equipment is used for recreational and communicational surveillance which are motivated by more playful purposes. The fifth type of surveillance analyzed here is ‘sincere’ surveillance. Domestic surveillance is sincere in the sense that the residents consider it, along with their motives for conducting it, innocent. The users as overseers wish to separate themselves from voyeurs.This article offers important insight into the everyday life practices of surveillance and expands our previous understanding of domestic surveillance. The surveillance produced with home surveillance systems needs to be understood more broadly than in mere control-care-setting. The playful and entertaining usages of the systems, however, do not remove the ambiguities of domestic surveillance. 

Identification of Pre-Dominant Coping Types in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease: An Abductive Content Analysis of Video-Based Narratives

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Trine Hørmann Thomsen ◽  
Lene Bastrup Jørgensen ◽  
Troels Wesenberg Kjær ◽  
Kristian Winge ◽  
Anita Haahr
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Symptom Experience ◽  
Symptom Profile ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Disease Experience ◽  
Psychoeducational Interventions

Background: People with Parkinson’s disease suffer from a range of various symptoms. Altered movement patterns frequently represent the prevailing symptom experience and influence the everyday life of the affected persons. Objective: This qualitative study explores how persons with Parkinson‘s disease experience everyday life with a complex symptom profile and how they manage the consequential challenges in their daily life, as well as the motivation and consequences of these coping behaviours. Methods: Thirty-four patients with Parkinson’s disease were interviewed as an integrated part of the method Video-based Narrative. The interviews were analysed by means of qualitative content analysis according to Graneheim & Lundman. Results: The analysis identified six predominant coping types with different behavioural traits: The convincing behaviour, The economizing behaviour, The encapsulating behaviour, The evasive behaviour, The adaptable behaviour, and The dynamic behaviour. The strategies embedded in each of the six types are diverse, but all participants seek to maintain their integrity in different ways leading to the main motivation “To stay the same person”. Conclusion: Healthcare professionals should be aware of the patients‘ various coping behaviour in order to offer a person-centred approach. Psychoeducational interventions to promote coping skills may be essential in incorporating disease-related changes in the conduct of everyday life with Parkinson’s disease to maintain integrity.

scholarly journals A Content Analysis of Blog Posts on Angry Library Patrons

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Iris Marigold Operario
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Problem Library ◽  
Library Staff ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Blog Posts

<p>Research Problem: This exploratory study looks into what is written in blogs regarding angry library patrons. It aims to provide insight on angry library patrons by identifying the themes/issues in the blog posts, the reasons for anger of the library patrons, and to describe the characteristics of the blog post authors. Methodology: A qualitative content analysis was used to analyse the blog posts. The blog search engine Google Blogs was used to search for the relevant blog posts. A sample of 92 individual and organisational blog posts were read and analysed. Results: Three main themes emerged in the analysis of the blog posts: 1) the causes of anger which can either be library-related or due to other patrons; 2) how anger was displayed; and 3) the sentiments of the library staff members towards angry patrons. The blog authors mostly come from North America and have a library background. Implications: Analysing these blog posts provides further insight into angry library patrons which might not otherwise be found in existing anger studies in a library setting and problem library patron research. Uncovering what is said in the blogosphere about angry library patrons will give a picture of a wide range of anger issues which may be relevant for library staff members as they try to better understand angry library patrons. While this study was not able to retrieve as much blog posts from an angry library patron’s perspective as originally planned, a study noting the key difference of opinions between angry library patrons and library staff members could be investigated in the future</p>

scholarly journals Family Achievements in the Battle with Schizophrenia: :Life Experiences in a Qualitative Content Analysis Study in IRAN

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
fatemeh darban ◽  
Roghayeh Mehdipour_Rabori ◽  
Jamileh Farokhzadian ◽  
Esmat Nouhi ◽  
Sakineh Sabzevari
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitals ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Family Ties ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Taking Care

Abstract Introduction: The challenges of living with and taking care of a patient with schizophrenia can lead to positive changes depending on the experiences and reactions of the families. Such changes may directly affect the family performance and the patient's recovery stage. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explain the positive experiences reported by families of patients with schizophrenia.Materials and methods: In this qualitative study of content analysis, data were collected using semi-structured and in-depth interviews with 15 family members of patients with schizophrenia who referred to one of the psychiatric hospitals in Zahedan City, Iran. Targeted sampling method was applied and data analysis was conducted using contractual content analysis proposed by Graneheim and Lundman.Results: Data analysis resulted in a theme entitled 'family achievements in the battle with schizophrenia'. This theme included four main categories of: Developing positive personality traits in family members, Strengthening family ties, Developing insight into life, and Social mobility.Conclusion: The findings provided evidences that the experience of taking care of patients with schizophrenia led to positive consequences for the families.Highlights- Caring for a patient with schizophrenia promotes personality traits in caregivers- Participating in patient care strengthens family ties- Living with schizophrenia patients developed their insight into life.- Family members of a schizophrenic patient try to reach their previous social status

Significant aspects of nursing within the process of end-of-life communication in an oncological context

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annelie Rylander ◽  
Stina Fredriksson ◽  
Ewa Stenwall ◽  
Lena-Karin Gustafsson
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Before And After ◽  
New Situation ◽  
End Of Life Communication ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Insight Into

The complexity of end-of-life communications has previously been described and found to be given late in the patient’s palliative care. There is a need for earlier and more continuous end-of-life-communications throughout the patient’s care to reduce anxiety, confusion, and promote participation. Registered nurses (RNs) have a unique closeness to the patient and the ability to identify early the need for end-of-life communication. The aim of this study was to describe crucial aspects of nursing in end-of-life communication in an oncology context. The study was designed as a qualitative content analysis of in-depth interviews with RNs working in oncology in-patient care units. Two domains were identified: before, and after end-of-life communications, with the categories importance of being well prepared to identify both the patient’s and their family’s needs. Cooperation and interaction between physicians and RNs were crucial to be able to support patients and their relatives around the clock. The presence of RNs encouraged further conversations about the patients’ conditions to gain insight into the new situation. End-of-life communication should not only be medicine oriented and performed by physicians. Involvement of RNs’ expertise enables increased patient/relative participation as well as reduced anxiety and suffering, creating clarity and safety for all involved in care.

Korean Cultural Codes and Communication

2003 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suk-hyon Kim
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Communication Styles ◽  
Korean Culture ◽  
Korean People ◽  
Cultural Codes ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Broad Generalization ◽  
Culture And Communication

This paper, seeking to examine the aspects of Korean culture unfamiliar to foreigners, explores the relationship between Korean culture and communication. In doing so, this paper takes a look at Korean cultural codes unfamiliar to foreigners. They are categorized into: Thrift on Words, Silence and Smiling, Group-Networking(Collectivism), Chemyon, Nunchi, Kongson, Harmony of Eum and Yang, Chong and Euiri. The paper explains the relationship the above cultural codes to Korean communication styles and patterns by taking examples from the everyday life of the Koreans today. Since there are too many variations in how the cultural codes are displayed in everyday life, this paper recognizes that there may have been broad generalization and oversimplification. Nonetheless, this paper seeks to present Korean cultural codes and Korean communication in terms of current everyday life of the Korean people with the hope that foreigners can gain better insight into how Korea's cultural codes have affected its people and communication.

Chewing Accidents

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 580-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siegfried Saerberg
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Behavior ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Phenomenological Description ◽  
Life World ◽  
Equal Footing ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Online Sources ◽  
Insight Into

This article compares two variations of bodily practices and bodily-grounded orientations and systems of relevance: the blind and the sighted life-worlds. Blindness is conceptualized as a particular style of perception being in no way a deficit but on equal footing with sight. Comparison will show differences and commonalities that may give a deeper insight into how bodily and sensory orientation and practice work in a mundane situation. This situation is feeding behavior and in particular its failure in “Chewing Accidents” focusing on three variations: tongue biting, swallowing a wasp, and biting on a cherry pit. Data are taken from participant observation, focused interviews, and online sources such as blogs and medical forums. By virtue of a detailed phenomenological description of chewing behavior, the article shows that blindness is not the contradiction of sight and vice versa. Invisibility is an element of the everyday life-world, with the latter being dependent on dark areas.

The experience of being next of kin to an older person in the last phase of life

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Andersson ◽  
Anna K. Ekwall ◽  
Ingalill R. Hallberg ◽  
Anna-Karin Edberg
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Older Person ◽  
Next Of Kin ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Professional Care

AbstractObjective:The aim of the study was to investigate the experience of being next of kin to an older person in the last phase of life as narrated after the older person's death.Method:Qualitative interviews were performed with the next of kin (n = 17) to people aged 75 years and older who had recently died and had received help and/or care from the municipality in the last phase of life. Eleven women and six men participated, of whom seven were spouses, nine were children, and one was a grandchild. The interviews were analysed using qualitative content analysis.Results:The experience of the next of kin could be understood as being a devoted companion during the transition toward the inevitable end, embracing the categories of living in the shadow of death; focusing on the needs of the dying person, making adjustments to everyday life; feeling the major responsibility; struggling with the health and social care system; and gaining strength from support.Significance of results:Being next of kin to an old person at the end of life means being a devoted companion during the transition toward the inevitable end, including the feeling of bearing the major responsibility and the need to be acknowledged by professionals. This study points to the importance of having access to professional care when it is needed, to complement and support the next of kin when his or her own resources and strength falter. This also includes support to enable the next of kin to remain involved in the care of his or her loved ones, thereby fulfilling their own wishes.

scholarly journals CIRCLE DANCING IN THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE ELDERLY PERSON

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Maciel Silva ◽  
Rosane Gonçalves Nitschke ◽  
Michelle Kuntz Durand ◽  
Ivonete Teresinha Schülter Buss Heidemann ◽  
Joanara Rozane da Fontoura Winters ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Elderly Person ◽  
Family Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Quality Life ◽  
Work Community ◽  
The Everyday

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the everyday life of the elderly person who practices circle dancing. Method: a interpretative qualitative research based on Comprehensive sociology and the daily life. Data collection occurred between September 2016 and March 2017 through in-depth interviews and participant observation. There was a total of 20 participants, with 17 of them practicing the dancing and three circle dance leaders in the Basic Health Units of a municipality in southern Brazil. Data analysis included preliminary analysis, ordering, key links, coding and categorization. Results: two thematic categories emerged: The daily life of the elderly person; Experiencing circle dancing in everyday life. The daily lives of the elderly are involved in domestic activities, family care, volunteer work, community groups and physical activities. The elderly expressed that circle dancing brought changes, made them more balanced, calm, cheerful, attentive, interactive, with pain relief and improved family and social relationships. Conclusion: circle dancing in the daily life of the elderly person causes emotional, physical, social and, mainly, family changes in their everyday way of living, making them more positive, loving and sensitive, healthier, it also contributes to health promotion and a better quality life.

scholarly journals Everyday life under the PIDE: A quantitative survey on the relations between ordinary citizens and Salazar’s political police (1955–74)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan Simpson ◽  
Ana Louceiro
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Small Minority ◽  
Quantitative Survey ◽  
Main Research ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Portuguese Society ◽  
Ordinary Citizens

This article examines the relations between Portuguese society and Salazar’s political police (PIDE) from the perspective of the everyday lives of ordinary citizens – in contrast to the small minority of oppositionists that has so far monopolized the attention of historians. It is based on a quantitative survey of 400 respondents in four separate locations across Portugal and addresses two main research questions: To what extent did the sample of ordinary citizens experience the PIDE as a disruptive influence on their daily lives? Was the PIDE ‘normalized’ by them as part of the framework of everyday life? The data analysis calls upon the inputs of the international bibliography of everyday life under dictatorship and critically engages with the existing historiography of the PIDE.

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