scholarly journals The Doxxing of Violentacrez: interplay between action and structure on Reddit

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mata Kranakis
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Alternative Practices ◽  
Insight Into

On October 10, 2012 controversial online figure “Violentacrez” was doxxed1 by Gawker writer Adrien Chen and his true identity was shared with the general public. This MRP traces the development of the discussion on Reddit surrounding the doxxing from October 10, 2012 until October 18, 2012. Discussion is tracked by examining posts and comments gleaned from Reddit, and it is supported by an analysis of the structures that regulate user action on the Reddit platform. In a larger context, this MRP will show that users are engaging in collaborative, iterative and alternative practices--creating multi-layered documents and building upon the work of their predecessors. As well as offering insight into user action, an analysis of Reddit discussion will show the kinds of meanings being created within this online community.

scholarly journals The Doxxing of Violentacrez: interplay between action and structure on Reddit

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mata Kranakis
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Alternative Practices ◽  
Insight Into

On October 10, 2012 controversial online figure “Violentacrez” was doxxed1 by Gawker writer Adrien Chen and his true identity was shared with the general public. This MRP traces the development of the discussion on Reddit surrounding the doxxing from October 10, 2012 until October 18, 2012. Discussion is tracked by examining posts and comments gleaned from Reddit, and it is supported by an analysis of the structures that regulate user action on the Reddit platform. In a larger context, this MRP will show that users are engaging in collaborative, iterative and alternative practices--creating multi-layered documents and building upon the work of their predecessors. As well as offering insight into user action, an analysis of Reddit discussion will show the kinds of meanings being created within this online community.

scholarly journals Allies in Transparency? Parliamentary, Judicial and Administrative Interplays in the EU’s International Negotiations

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 75-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vigjilenca Abazi ◽  
Johan Adriaensen
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
International Negotiations ◽  
Joint Analysis ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Public Oversight ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
The Eu

International negotiations are an essential part of the European Union’s (EU) external affairs. A key aspect to negotiations is access to and sharing of information among the EU institutions involved as well as to the general public. Oversight of negotiations requires insight into the topics of negotiation, the positions taken and the strategies employed. Concurrently, however, some space for confidentiality is necessary for conducting the negotiations and defending EU interests without fully revealing the limit negotiating positions of the EU to the negotiating partner. Hence, attaining a balance between the necessities of oversight and confidentiality in negotiations is the subject of a dynamic debate between the EU institutions. This paper provides a joint analysis on EU oversight institutions’ position on transparency in international negotiations. We set out to answer whether parliamentary, judicial and administrative branches of oversight are allies in pursuing the objectives of transparency but also examine when their positions diverge.

scholarly journals Stretched Exponential Dynamics in Online Article Views

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeseul Kim ◽  
Byung Mook Weon
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Exponential Model ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Stretched Exponential ◽  
Popularity Dynamics ◽  
Biexponential Model ◽  
Community Changes ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Stretched Exponential Model

Article view statistics offers a measure to quantify scientific and public impact of online published articles. Popularity of a paper in online community changes with time. To understand popularity dynamics of article views, we propose a decay dynamics based on a stretched exponential model. We find that a stretched exponent gradually decreases with time after online publication following a power-law scaling. Compared with a simple exponential or biexponential model, a stretched exponential model with a time-dependent exponent well describes long-tailed popularity dynamics of online articles. This result gives a useful insight into how popularity diminishes with time in online community.

scholarly journals Political Memes and Fake News Discourses on Instagram

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 276-290
Author(s):  
Ahmed Al-Rawi
Keyword(s):  
Online Communities ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Republican Party ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Search Term ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
The Us ◽  
Insight Into

Political memes have been previously studied in different contexts, but this study fills a gap in literature by employing a mixed method to provide insight into the discourses of fake news on Instagram. The author collected more than 550,000 Instagram posts sent by over 198,000 unique users from 24 February 2012 to 21 December 2018, using the hashtag #fakenews as a search term. The study uses topic modelling to identify the most recurrent topics that are dominant on the platform, while the most active users are identified to understand the nature of the online communities that discuss fake news. In addition, the study offers an analysis of visual metadata that accompanies Instagram images. The findings indicate that Instagram has become a weaponized toxic platform, and the largest community of active users are supporters of the US President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, mostly trolling liberal mainstream media especially CNN, while often aligning themselves with the far-right. On the other hand, a much smaller online community attempts to troll Trump and the Republicans. Theoretically, the study relies on political memes literature and argues that Instagram has become weaponized through an ongoing ‘Meme War,’ for many members in the two main online communities troll and attack each other to exert power on the platform.

scholarly journals Samhørighed, interaktion og vidensdeling blandt studerende - erfaringer fra et IKT-pædagogisk udviklingsprojekt

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 57-71
Author(s):  
Jacob Davidsen ◽  
Thomas Ryberg
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Social Community ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Men I ◽  
Institutional System ◽  
Insight Into

I artiklen beskriver vi erfaringer fra et projekt på Aalborg Universitet (AAU), hvor forfatterne designede et forløb med Google+ communities for at skabe øget samhørighed, interaktion og vidensdeling mellem studerende på 1. semester på studiet Kommunikation og Digitale Medier (KDM). Studier viser, at studerende i vid udstrækning anvender sociale netværkssteder, såsom Facebook, i forbindelse med deres studieliv til faglige, men i særdeleshed sociale aktiviteter. Det betyder, at vi som undervisere har et begrænset indblik i, hvad de studerende kommunikerer om og har af problemstillinger i deres studieliv, hvilket er problematisk i forhold til at udvikle et fagligt fællesskab og forankringspunkt. Det skyldes endvidere, at brugen af det institutionelle system Moodle er begrænset til envejskommunikation fra underviser til studerende. Formålet med udviklingsprojektet var således at skabe et tredje rum imellem Facebook og Moodle, som skulle give de studerende oplevelser og erfaringer med, hvordan de kan bruge og finde inspiration i hinandens arbejde ved at deltage i et online-fællesskab sammen med underviserne. Projektet viser, at underviserne spiller en central rolle i udviklingen af online-fællesskabet, men samtidig, at nogle af forløbets aktiviteter har haft positiv indflydelse på de studerendes samhørighed, interaktion og vidensdeling gennem forløbet. In this paper, we share experiences from a project at Aalborg University (AAU), in which the authors designed a course using Google + Communities for the first semester of the Communication and Digital Media programme. In this programme Google + Communities was used to nurture both an academic and social community among the students, through encouraging interaction and knowledge sharing. Studies show that students prefer to use Facebook for academic and social purposes. As a consequence, teachers have minimal insight into the challenges facing students, which is problematic when trying to create and support an academic community. Moreover, it is problematic that the institutional system Moodle primarily is used by the teachers to push information in the direction of the students. Thus, we wanted to design a third space that would fit in-between Facebook and Moodle, and which would allow the students to experience the benefits of participating in an online community with fellow students and teachers. The project shows that teachers are crucial in developing and maintaining the online community. But there was also evidence that some of the online activities encouraged students to interact and share knowledge and fostered a sense of community.

scholarly journals Valerijs Bitenieks – no Rīgas Politehniskā institūta studenta līdz būvuzņēmējam neatkarīgajā Latvijā

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 125-144
Author(s):  
Ērika Lanka
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
21St Century ◽  
General Public ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Photographic Material ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Young Engineer ◽  
Insight Into

Pētījums par Rīgas Politehniskā institūta (RPI) Arhitektūras un celtniecības fakultātes absolventu (1986) Valeriju Bitenieku atklāj padomju studentu ikdienu 20. gadsimta 80. gados, jaunā inženiera darbību, izmēģinot dažādas iespējas darba tirgū un inženiera izaugsmi par veiksmīgu būvuzņēmēju neatkarīgajā Latvijā 21. gadsimtā. Tajā izsekots V. Bitenieka dzīvei no bērnības līdz mūsdienām, pievēršot uzmanību viņa profesionālajai darbībai. Veicot pētī¬jumu, gūts ieskats par studentu prakses un ārpusstudiju aktivitātēm padomju laikā, iegūti nepublicēti un plašākai sabiedrībai nezināmi fotomateriāli. A paper on Valerijs Bitenieks, a graduate (1986) of the Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering of Riga Polytechnic Institute (RPI), reflects on the daily life of the Soviet students in the 1980s, the work of a young engineer while he was trying various opportunities in the labour market and the engineer’s growth as a successful contractor in the independent Latvia in the 21st century. It traces the life of V. Bitenieks from his childhood to the present day, paying attention to his professional activities. The research provides an insight into students’ internships and extracurricular activities during the Soviet era. Unpublished photographic material unknown to the general public has been obtained.

The Masterpiece

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Émile Zola
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Insight Into

The Masterpiece is the tragic story of Claude Lantier, an ambitious and talented young artist from the provinces who has come to conquer Paris and is conquered by the flaws in his own genius. While his boyhood friend Pierre Sandoz becomes a successful novelist, Claude's originality is mocked at the Salon and turns gradually into a doomed obsession with one great canvas. Life - in the form of his model and wife Christine and their deformed child Jacques - is sacrificed on the altar of Art. The Masterpiece is the most autobiographical of the twenty novels in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series. Set in the 1860s and 1870s, it provides a unique insight into his career as a writer and his relationship with Cézanne, a friend since their schooldays in Aix-en-Provence. It also presents a well-documented account of the turbulent Bohemia world in which the Impressionists came to prominence despit the conservatism of the Academy and the ridicule of the general public.

scholarly journals Pre-Service Elementary School Teachers Becoming Mathematics Teachers: Their Participation in an Online Professional Community

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annie Savard ◽  
Terry Wan Jung Lin ◽  
Natasha Lamb
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Mathematical Knowledge ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Mathematical Knowledge For Teaching ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
Student Perspective ◽  
Knowledge For Teaching ◽  
Insight Into

This pilot study sought to examine the mathematical knowledge for teaching that pre-service teachers used when participating in an online community, and to gain insight into their epistemological stance. The participants of this study were among the pre-service teachers in a large urban university, chosen as they were completing their mathematics methods course in their teacher-education program and before entering a field experience in the same academic year. A qualitative analysis of the online discussions of our participants was done using Ball and her colleagues’ (2008) framework for mathematical knowledge for teaching and that of communities of practice (Wenger, 1998). These theories provided insight into the development of pre-service teachers as they moved from “student” to “teacher”. Our findings show that pre-service teachers struggle to shed their student-perspective as they transition from theory to practice. This was readily evident in how they used their mathematical knowledge for teaching in their online exchange. Our work contributes to understanding the complexity of becoming a mathematics teacher in elementary school.

More than Just Books

2013 ◽  
pp. 148-167
Keyword(s):  
Professional Identity ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
General Public ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
Professional Identities ◽  
Time Machine ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Buffy The Vampire Slayer ◽  
Popular Images ◽  
Insight Into

This chapter explores popular images of librarians. Such images provide librarians with insight into how the general public understands their work. But by focusing on how librarians themselves react to these images, deeper insight is gained into how librarians understand their professional identity. When librarians engage with popular representations of their profession, they bring different understandings and meaning to the image than the general public. This understanding is the product of the professional education and their experiences as a profession. As they interact with the representation, they express and make sense of their professional identities. This chapter focuses on three images of the profession: Bunny Watson from Desk Set, Rupert Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Vox NY-114 from The Time Machine. Librarians have generally reacted very positively to these images. Bunny is seen as stereotype-shattering, Giles is understood to portray librarians as heroes, and Vox is celebrated for being the compendium of all human knowledge. The popular stereotype of librarians rarely includes them interacting with technology, and the professional literature often focuses on how inaccurate this portrayal is. Librarians clearly understand themselves to have a closer relationship with technology than the stereotype allows.

The Broken and the Breakthroughs in Acting

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xing Fan
Keyword(s):  
Performing Arts ◽  
Traditional Practices ◽  
Performance Practices ◽  
Alternative Practices ◽  
Insight Into

Chapter 6 examines acting in model jingju from three perspectives: how it is related to the role-types, schools of performance, and the old form (song, speech, dance-acting, and combat) of traditional jingju. By examining the fusion of selectively adapted traditional practices and newly invented performance styles and techniques, this chapter offers an insight into how performance practices in model jingju are intricately related to traditional jingju, though their associations as seen through these three perspectives unfold in different ways. The author discerns an overall pattern of creation: the deconstruction of traditional practices and the liberty to select appropriate traditional elements and fuse them with new ones, be they borrowed from other performing arts or newly created. In some cases, to deconstruct means to destroy, and to break down leads to abandonment. In other cases, to break down leads to breakthrough; the deconstruction nurtures innovative and alternative practices that embody unique aesthetic qualities of model jingju. This chapter features personal interviews with the performers of principal heroes/heroines and other major roles.

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