‘No-one else wears one’: Exploring farmer attitudes towards All- Terrain Vehicle helmets using the COM-B model.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Irwin ◽  
Jana Mihulkova ◽  
Stephanie Berkeley ◽  
Ilinca-Ruxandra Tone
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Control ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
Helmet Use ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Farmer Attitudes ◽  
Barriers And Enablers ◽  
Attitudinal Factors ◽  
The Media ◽  
Injury Research

Introduction: All-Terrain Vehicles (ATV) are a popular piece of farming machinery but are sadly linked to many fatalities and injuries every year. Despite evidence that ATV helmets reduce the risk of serious or fatal injury, research suggests that few farmers wear them. The aim of this study was to explore farmer attitudes towards ATV helmets, using the COM-B model as a framework, to identify key barriers and enablers of helmet use and suggest potential interventions to increase helmet use in agriculture. Methods: A mixed-methods online survey featuring quantitative and qualitative questions was used to explore key attitudinal factors relevant to farmer helmet wearing. A total of 211 UK and Irish farmers were recruited, including farm owners, managers, workers and contractors.Results: Personal exemption from risk, emotional benefits, cognitive barriers and guideline prompts were all found to be significant predictors of farmer helmet wearing. Key categories within the qualitative data indicated that helmet properties, risk perception, farming culture and the farming environment could all function as barriers to helmet wearing. Suggested enablers of helmet use included increasing helmet availability and enhancing awareness of the consequences of ATV accidents. Conclusions: The key barriers and enablers presented within this paper highlight the relevance of capability (helmet design, time pressure), opportunity (social norms) and motivation (perceived control of risk) when considering farmer helmet wearing behaviours. In order to encourage farmers to wear helmets it will be necessary to design specific interventions using the behaviour change wheel. Practical applications: Key interventions to prompt helmet use include the inclusion of more cues to prompt helmet wearing (e.g. stickers on the ATV), enhanced training and education, and modelling (e.g. key farming figures shown to wear helmets in the media).

scholarly journals Just-in-time, but still planned development of an online intervention to promote COVID-19 vaccination among university students; an Intervention Mapping approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gill A. ten Hoor ◽  
Tugce Varol ◽  
Ilse Mesters ◽  
Francine Schneider ◽  
Gerjo Kok ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
Intervention Mapping ◽  
Online Intervention ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Asking Questions ◽  
The University

We describe the just-in-time, planned development of an online intervention promoting COVID-19-vaccination among University students, just before they were eligible for being vaccinated. We applied the six steps of Intervention Mapping within a time frame much shorter than usual, without losing scientific rigor. In step 1, we created a logic model of the problem. In step 2, we defined the behavioral outcome: taking the vaccination. We selected relevant determinants in an online survey and formulated change objectives. In step 3, we linked the objectives to theory- and evidence-based change methods and translated those into practical applications, taking into account the parameters for effectiveness. Students indicated preferring science-based information from experts; therefore, the final webpage, step 4, included four video-interviews, with a student asking questions to experts; the first two about worries & trust, and the second two on attitudes and perceived norms. In step 5, the intervention was fully implemented by the leadership of the University. Ideally in step 6, first-time interventions are systematically evaluated; however, not in times of COVID-19. This project was executed under unavoidable time pressure. Nevertheless, Intervention Mapping helped us developing an intervention that hopefully will positively affect students’ vaccination behavior in times of need.

scholarly journals Unequal chances: ex ante fairness and individual control

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leticia Micheli ◽  
Nickolas Gagnon
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Control ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Financial Outcomes ◽  
Individual Control ◽  
Ex Ante ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Do So

AbstractUnequal financial outcomes often originate from unequal chances. Yet, compared to outcomes, little is known about how individuals perceive unequal distributions of chances. We investigate empirically the role of different sources of unequal chances in shaping inequality perceptions. Importantly, we do so from an ex ante perspective—i.e., before the chances are realized—which has rarely been explored. In an online survey, we asked uninvolved respondents to evaluate ex ante the fairness of unequal allocations of chances. We varied the source of inequality of chances, using a comprehensive range of factors which resemble several real world situations. Respondents also evaluated how much control individuals hold over the distribution of chances. Results show that different sources generate different ex ante perception of fairness. That is, unequal chances based on socioeconomic and biological factors, such as gender, family income and ethnicity, are evaluated to be unfair relative to the same chances based on effort, knowledge, and benevolence. Results also show that, for most individuals, there is a positive correlation between perceived control of a factor and fairness of unequal chances based on that factor. Luck appears to be an exception to this correlation, ranking as high in fairness as effort, knowledge, and benevolence, but similarly low in individual control as ethnicity, family income, and gender.

Moving Into the Media World: The Moral Psychology of Emerging Adults in Journalism and Communication

2021 ◽  
pp. 107769582199224
Author(s):  
David A. Craig ◽  
Patrick Lee Plaisance ◽  
Erin Schauster ◽  
Ryan J. Thomas ◽  
Chris Roberts ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Moral Psychology ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Moral Identity ◽  
Ethical Ideology ◽  
Transitional Stage ◽  
Virtuous Character ◽  
Recent Graduates ◽  
The Media

A growing body of psychology-based scholarship identifies emerging adulthood as a distinct, transitional stage of life and work characterized by several features, wherein relatively little is known regarding moral development. This study is part of a 3-year, longitudinal project involving recent graduates across six U.S. universities who studied journalism and media-related fields. Guided by emerging adulthood, moral psychology, and media exemplar research, this study analyzes results for 110 graduates who completed an online survey regarding their personality traits, virtuous character, moral reasoning, and ethical ideology. It constitutes the first detailed portrait of moral identity of emerging adults in media-related fields.

scholarly journals Professional Values of Future Journalists

2019 ◽  
pp. 398-406
Author(s):  
Natalya Antonova ◽  
Viktoria Khafizova
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Professional Values ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Journalism Ethics ◽  
Information Distortion ◽  
The Media ◽  
Journalism Students

The paper deals with professional values of journalism students. The grounds for research are the transformation of values in journalists’ professional activity that occurs under conditions of society mediatization and development of new information and communication technologies. The consequences of this transformation include problems like publication of non-validated / non-authentic information, distortion of facts, imposing a false agenda. Media experts are engaged in active debates on preserving the journalists’ professional ethics. In this regard, a need emerges to study professional and value orientations of students – future journalists who are beginning to get acquainted with this profession at a higher education institution. The object of our research was students from Journalism Faculty of the Ural Federal University and the University for Humanities. The research included an online survey of students (n = 202), as well as two interviews with Faculty Heads for profound understanding of the situation in the contemporary journalism education. The findings evidence that fact checking, accuracy and integrity are among the top professional values of journalism students. A journalist, in students’ view, is an innovator capable of creating unique content; their purpose is disclosing the truth and helping people. We can therefore conclude that students respond to value demands of the media environment and at the same time they are oriented at reproducing the traditional principles of journalism ethics, despite media experts’ doubts of preserving professional values in contemporary journalism.

scholarly journals News Media Exposure and Political Communication among Libyan Elites at the Time of War

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 330-339
Author(s):  
Abdul-Karim Ziani ◽  
Mokhtar Elareshi ◽  
Khalid Al-Jaber
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
News Media ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
News Sources ◽  
The Media

Abstract Many critical questions concerning the relationship between the news media and political knowledge involve the extent to which the media facilitate learning about news, war and politics. Political awareness - via the news media - affects virtually every aspect of citizens’ political attitudes and behaviours. This paper examines how Libyan elites adopt the news media to access news and information regarding the current Libyan war and politics and how they use political communication and new media to build/spread political awareness. With the expansion of private and state-owned television in Libya, concern has grown that these new TV services will survive in providing information about citizens’ interests, including the new, developing political scene. A total of 134 highly educated Libyan professionals completed an online survey, reporting their perceptions of issues covered by national TV services. This account centres on how those elites consume the media and what level of trust they have in the media and in information and what the role of the media in their country should be. The results show that most respondents, especially those who live outside the country, prefer using different Libyan news platforms. However, 50 per cent of these do not trust these channels as a source of information regarding the civil war, associated conflicts and politics in general. They have grown weary of coverage that represents the interests of those who run or own the services and consequently place little trust in the media. Spreading ‘lies as facts’ has affected the credibility of these services. Politically, these respondents wish the media to discuss solutions and act as a force for good, not for division. They also differed in the number and variety of national news sources that they reportedly used. This paper also highlights the role of social media, mobile telephony and the Internet, as well as the rapidly proliferating private and national media. These findings are also discussed in relation to the growing impact of online sources in Libyan society, social and political change and the emergence of new media platforms as new sources of information.

scholarly journals PERAN PEMODERASI TEKANAN WAKTU HUBUNGAN ANTARA NILAI FUNGSIONAL DAN NILAI EMOSIONAL TERHADAP NIAT BELI PRODUK FLASH SALE

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wiry Utami
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Regression Analysis ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Functional Value ◽  
Emotional Value ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACT The research examines the role of time pressure as moderating variable to the relationship between functional value and emotional value on purchase intention on flash sale product. Data for this research were collected by online survey and administered to 150 respondents. The hypothesis testing was conducted using multiple regression analysis and hierarchical regression analysis. Finding of this indicated that functional value and emotional value have positive and significant effect on purchase intention. Time pressure has no negatively moderated the effect of functional value and emotional value on purchase intention. Keywords: functional value, emotional value, time pressure ABSTRAK Penelitian ini menguji peran tekanan waktu sebagai variabel moderasi hubungan antara nilai fungsional dan nilai emosional terhadap niat beli konsumen pada produk flash sale. Data di kumpulkan melalui survey online dengan 150 responden. Pengujian hipotesis dilakukan dengan menggunakan analisis regresi berganda dan analsisi regresi hirarki. Hasil dari penelitian menunjukan bahwa nilai fungsional dan nilai emosional berpengaruh terhadap niat beli. Tekanan waktu tidak memoderasi secara negatif pengaruh nilai fungsional dan nilai emosional terhadap niat beli. Kata Kunci: nilai fungsional, nilai emosional, tekanan waktu

Using Shattered Assumption Theory to Understand How Cyberbullying Victimization is Linked With Perceived Control Among Chinese College Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110425
Author(s):  
Hongxia Wang ◽  
Li Zhou ◽  
Li Lei
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Indirect Connection ◽  
Personal Belief

Perceived control (PC) is considered as one of the most basic psychological needs of human beings, and it is also an important index to measure individual mental health. Previous studies have shown that negative life experience is an important risk factor for predicting PC. With the prevalence of cyberbullying among college students, this study explored how cybervictimization (CV) was related to the PC, mediated through the personal belief in a just world (PBJW). Besides, this study examined the moderating role of interpersonal forgiveness (IF) in the direct relationship between CV and PC and the indirect connection through PBJW. It was expected that CV would negatively predict the PC, and the PBJW would mediate this relationship. The direct and indirect effects were stronger in individuals with low IF than those with high IF. In this study, 837 Chinese college students were invited to conduct an online survey using a convenient sampling method. Participants were asked to complete the measurement of CV, PBJW, IF, and PC. After controlling gender and age, the results revealed that CV could directly and negatively predict college students’ PC and indirectly predict the PC through the mediation of PBJW. Additionally, IF moderated the effect of CV on PBJW and PC. Unlike what we expected, the effect of CV on PBJW was stronger for low IF individuals than those with high IF, while the effect of CV on PC was stronger for high IF individuals than those with low IF. The unexpected orientation and other results were discussed.

Media Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Pathogenic or salutogenic? (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjolaine Rivest-Beauregard ◽  
Justine Fortin ◽  
Connie Guo ◽  
Sabrina Cipolletta ◽  
Ram Sapkota ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Related Information ◽  
The Media ◽  
Support Seeking ◽  
Peritraumatic Distress

BACKGROUND While exposure to COVID-related stressors, level of peritraumatic distress, and frequency of media use for seeking COVID-related information can increase the risk for trauma- and stressor-related (TSR) symptoms during the pandemic, frequency of social media use for support and connection may buffer these effects. OBJECTIVE We examined the associations between COVID-related stressors and frequency of media use for information-seeking on TSR symptoms, with a focus on the indirect effects of social media use for support-seeking and peritraumatic distress. METHODS A path model was tested in an international sample of 5 913 adults who completed an online survey. RESULTS COVID-related stressors (β = .25, p <.05) and information-seeking through media (β = .24, p <.05) were significantly associated with TSR symptoms in bivariate comparisons. Levels of peritraumatic distress and frequency of social media use for support were significant intermediary variables (respectively, β=0.71, p<.05; β=.02, p<.05). CONCLUSIONS Results suggest that exposure to COVID-related stressors and seeking COVID-related information through the media are associated with higher levels of peritraumatic distress and, in turn, higher levels of TSR symptoms. Although exposure to the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic may be unavoidable, the frequency consuming COVID-related information through the media should be approached with caution. CLINICALTRIAL NA

Determinants of Muslim travellers Halal food consumption attitude and behavioural intentions

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Hafiz Hanafiah ◽  
Nurul Alia Aqilah Hamdan
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Halal Food

Purpose The demand for Muslim friendly tourism industry has been gaining momentum from the increasing number of Muslim travellers globally. This paper aims to examine the role of religiosity in Muslim travellers Halal food consumption attitude and behaviour while travelling to the non-Muslim destination. Design/methodology/approach A total of 384 respondents participated in this study through an online survey. This study used the partial least square structural equation modelling to assess the survey measurements and hypotheses testing. Findings This study asserts that the Muslim travellers’ Halal consumption attitude relies heavily on their level of religiosity, subjective norms and perceived control behaviour. Besides, the results provide evidence that consumption attitude mediates the relationship between religiosity, subjective norm, perceived behavioural control and intention in consuming Halal food products while travelling abroad. Practical implications This study highlighted the critical aspects of an emerging Muslim market that travel for leisure with the urge to comply with their Islamic teachings and religiosity. It is vital for non-Muslim tourism destination marketers to tailor their marketing strategies and consider promoting Islamic dietary rules when planning their travel packages. Originality/value This study is one of the few that focus on Muslim-friendly tourism and the role of religiosity in Muslim traveller’s Halal food consumption behaviour. This study confirms that the theory of planned behaviour model can be used to explain Muslim travellers Halal food consumption attitude while travelling to a non-Muslim destination.

Ontology Evolution

2010 ◽  
pp. 113-125
Author(s):  
Christian Weiss ◽  
Jon Atle Gulla ◽  
Jin Liu ◽  
Terje Brasethvik ◽  
Felix Burkhardt
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Semantic Content ◽  
Semantic Search ◽  
Semantic Web Technologies ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
Learning From Text ◽  
The Media ◽  
Access To Data ◽  
Machine Communication

As semantic web technologies, including semantic search, have matured from visions to practical applications, this chapter describes a case study of (semi-) automatic construction and maintenance of ontologies and their applications to the media domain. A substantial amount of work has been done and will be done to integrate semantic search technologies into all kind of services where the underlying data is crucial for the success of automatic processing. Semantic search technologies should help both the user-to-machine and machine-to-machine communication to understand the meaning behind the data as well as to retrieve information according to user’s requests and needs. The crucial question is how to manage the semantic content (meaning) and how to deliver it in order to increase the value-chain of users’ benefits. Ontologies provide the basis for machine-based data understanding and ontology-based semantic search as they play a major role in allowing semantic access to data resources. However, the human effort needed for creating, maintaining and extending ontologies is often unreasonably high. In order to reduce effort for engineering and managing ontologies, the authors have developed a general framework for ontology learning from text. This framework has been applied in the media domain, in particular to video, music and later on to game search to offer an extended user experience in machineto machine as well as user-machine interaction.

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