Approaches to Research Methodology of Ethnic Stereotypes (with the Example of the Image of the Estonian in the View of Russian-speaking Students of Estonia)

Ethno-cultural stereotypes are the result of comparing one´s own culture, customs, traditions with that of strangers, identifying and fixing differences between the cultures of ethnic groups. Stereotypical images of different peoples exist even in the minds of those people who had no experience in communication with representatives of these ethnic groups. However, the results of the study of ethnic stereotypes of people who are in direct contact with this ethnic group and see it up close in comparison to people who evaluate it from a distance, often raises more questions than gives clear answers. The solution of these questions raises before the researcher a whole complex of methodological problems. The article will introduce a new methodological approach to reveal ethno-cultural stereotypes in the text culture and in our contemporaries’ common sense perception. To distinguish between people’s individual perception of a particular ethnos and collective stereotypes, the following qualitative and quantitative criteria are suggested: 1) bipolar orthonormal core axes of parameter distribution; 2) the significance of the axis; 3) the degree of consistency of parameters distributed on the axis; 4) the weighting coefficient of testee’s reaction.

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Effects of Exposure to Political Violence in the Community and Mass-media on Children's and Adolescents' Psychosocial Functioning, Ethnic Stereotypes, and Attitudes Toward Other Ethnic Groups

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e554382012-002 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

Eric DuBow

Keyword(s):

Mass Media ◽

Ethnic Groups ◽

Political Violence ◽

Psychosocial Functioning ◽

Ethnic Stereotypes

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Leveraging human factors in cybersecurity: an integrated methodological approach

Cognition Technology & Work ◽

10.1007/s10111-021-00683-y ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Alessandro Pollini ◽

Tiziana C. Callari ◽

Alessandra Tedeschi ◽

Daniele Ruscio ◽

Luca Save ◽

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Keyword(s):

Human Factors ◽

Cyber Security ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Quantitative Research Methods ◽

Security Culture ◽

Technological Factors ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative ◽

The Individual ◽

Technical Solutions

AbstractComputer and Information Security (CIS) is usually approached adopting a technology-centric viewpoint, where the human components of sociotechnical systems are generally considered as their weakest part, with little consideration for the end users’ cognitive characteristics, needs and motivations. This paper presents a holistic/Human Factors (HF) approach, where the individual, organisational and technological factors are investigated in pilot healthcare organisations to show how HF vulnerabilities may impact on cybersecurity risks. An overview of current challenges in relation to cybersecurity is first provided, followed by the presentation of an integrated top–down and bottom–up methodology using qualitative and quantitative research methods to assess the level of maturity of the pilot organisations with respect to their capability to face and tackle cyber threats and attacks. This approach adopts a user-centred perspective, involving both the organisations’ management and employees, The results show that a better cyber-security culture does not always correspond with more rule compliant behaviour. In addition, conflicts among cybersecurity rules and procedures may trigger human vulnerabilities. In conclusion, the integration of traditional technical solutions with guidelines to enhance CIS systems by leveraging HF in cybersecurity may lead to the adoption of non-technical countermeasures (such as user awareness) for a comprehensive and holistic way to manage cyber security in organisations.

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Személynév – etnikai sztereotípia – előítélet

Névtani Értesítő ◽

10.29178/nevtert.2018.4 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 40 ◽

Author(s):

Judit Takács

Keyword(s):

Social Psychology ◽

Ethnic Groups ◽

Information Sources ◽

Proper Names ◽

Prototype Theory ◽

Variation Analysis ◽

Personal Names ◽

Ethnic Stereotypes ◽

Family Names ◽

Positive Discrimination

Personal name – ethnic stereotypes – prejudices. Findings of an examination The paper examines categorization and stereotypes from the perspective of social psychology, using the findings of so-called type creation and prototype theory. In connection with a group of personal names, i.e. the names that can be related to Roma ethnic groups, the author analyses the processes of developing stereotypes and prejudices, focusing primarily on how proper names as potential information sources to judge ethnic categories are involved in developing stereotypes. The author’s findings show that the correlation between the examined ethnic-marking first and/or family names (Levente Szabó, Bence Orsós, Rikárdó Kovács, Renátó Lakatos) and the assessments of the papers handed in is insignificant. Even the strongest correlation based on variation analysis is insignificant, which means that the results deduced from over 300 assessments examined by the author do not support the assumed connection between ethno-stereotypical names and lower grades in school. With respect to the examined typical ethnic-marking name form consisting of both a first and a family name (Renátó Lakatos) positive discrimination cannot be unambiguously proven either on the basis of the materials at hand.

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The Image of the German, the Pole, the Latvian, and the Lithuanian in Lithuanian and Latvian Folklore

Folklore Electronic Journal of Folklore ◽

10.7592/fejf2021.84.anglickiene_klavinska ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 84 ◽

pp. 49-76

Author(s):

Laima Anglickienė ◽

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Antra Kļavinska ◽

Keyword(s):

Lived Experience ◽

Ethnic Groups ◽

Social Factors ◽

Ethnic Origin ◽

Self Awareness ◽

Historical Events ◽

Ethnic Stereotypes ◽

Similarities And Differences

In multi-ethnic societies, one way in which ethnicity manifests itself is in classifying people according to their ethnic origin. Such classification is based on stereotyping and is typically achieved by emphasizing certain common characteristics rather than individual particularities. Both lived experience and folklore corroborate the fact that ethnic stereotypes, ethnic self-awareness, and identity are also influenced by historical circumstances. This article focuses on Lithuanians’ and Latvians’ attitudes towards Poles and Germans, and towards one another during the period between the eighteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries. The aim of this article is to reveal how the folklore of the two neighbouring nations, Lithuanians and Latvians, depicts the aforementioned ethnic groups; what historical events, cultural and social factors determined the similarities and differences in their portrayal in Lithuanian and Latvian folklore.

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Research Methodology

Consumption Culture in Europe ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-2857-1.ch003 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 100-115

Author(s):

Stéphane Ganassali ◽

Jean Moscarola ◽

Francesco Casarin

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Research Methodology ◽

Consumer Culture ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

A Priori ◽

Point Of View ◽

Response Process ◽

Collection Method ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative ◽

Different Dimensions

Considering the large number of participants and the heterogeneity of the group, the research methodology of COBEREN has been defined in a very specific way. The authors implemented a mixed methodological approach, combining qualitative and quantitative techniques, and they used a various range of numerical, verbal, and even pictorial measurements. The scope for covering different dimensions of the consumer culture was made as open as possible but had to remain acceptable from the point of view of the survey response process. Finally, they successfully combined some a priori instructions/guidelines and some a posteriori adjustments/adaptations. This chapter introduces the data collection method, the sampling aspects, the questionnaire design and translation, implemented according to the general principles of the COBEREN methodology.

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A Multi-Methodological Approach to Study Systems Development in a Software Organization

Software Applications ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-060-8.ch134 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 2285-2306

Author(s):

Paivi Ovaska

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Quantitative Methods ◽

Development Process ◽

Organizational Context ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Research Process ◽

Systems Development ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽

Software Organization

Large-scale systems development is a complex activity involving number of dependencies that people working together face. Only a few studies concentrate on the coordination of development activities in their organizational context. This research study tries to fill at least part of this gap by studying how systems development process is coordinated in practice. The study uses a multimethodological approach to interpret coordination of systems development process in a contemporary software organization in Finland. The methodology is based on the empirical casestudy approach in which the actions, conceptions, and artefacts of practitioners are analyzed using within-case and cross-case principles. In all the three phases of the study, namely multi-\site coordination, requirement understanding, and working with systems development methods, both the qualitative and quantitative methods were used to an understanding of coordination in systems development. The main contribution of this study is to demonstrate that contemporary systems development is much more complex and more driven by opportunity than is currently acknowledged by researchers. The most challenging part of the research process was the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, because of the lack of multimethodological work done in IS discipline.

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LATE ANTIQUE OR EARLY BYZANTINE? THE SHIFTING BEGINNINGS OF BYZANTINE LITERATURE

Istituto Lombardo - Accademia di Scienze e Lettere - Rendiconti di Lettere ◽

10.4081/let.2012.187 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Panagiotis A. Agapitos

Keyword(s):

Late Antiquity ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Structural Break ◽

Fourth Century ◽

Historical Period ◽

Late Antique ◽

Greek Literature ◽

Methodological Problems ◽

The One ◽

Early Byzantine

The aim of the paper is twofold. On the one hand, it examines the epistemological reasons behind the shifting beginnings of Byzantine literature, a shift that covers a period of four centuries (AD 300-700), as well as the methodological problems for the study of Byzantine literature resulting from the rise of Late Antiquity as a new historical period and a new field of studies. On the other hand, the paper proposes a series of four textually immanent criteria and seven internal operative principles by means of which a different methodological approach to the «beginning» of Byzantine literature can be reached. For this purpose Eusebios of Caesarea and Lactantius will be used as the textual basis for establishing a structural break in literary production in the first two decades of the fourth century. For the purpose of controlling this proposal a comparison with an important but highly debated monument (the Arch of Constantine in Rome) will be made and some final conclusions as to the course of Greek literature in early Byzantine times will be made.

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