scholarly journals Sexual Boundary Violations via Digital Media Among Students

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juergen Budde ◽  
Christina Witz ◽  
Maika Böhm
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Sexual Communication ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Sexual Content ◽  
Boundary Violations ◽  
Digital Medium ◽  
Group Discussions

As digital media becomes more central to the lives of adolescents, it also becomes increasingly relevant for their sexual communication. Sexting as an important image-based digital medium provides opportunities for self-determined digital communication, but also carries specific risks for boundary violations. Accordingly, sexting is understood either as an everyday, or as risky and deviant behavior among adolescents. In the affectedness of boundary violations gender plays an important role. However, it is still unclear to what extent digital sexual communication restores stereotypical gender roles and restrictive sexuality norms or, alternatively, enables new spaces of possibility. In this sense, current research points to a desideratum regarding adolescents’ orientations toward sexting as a practice between spaces of possibility and boundary violations. This paper discusses the possibilities, but also the risks, of intimate digital communication among adolescents. The main question is, how adolescents themselves perceive sexting practices and how they position themselves between both spaces for possibility and for the exchange of unwanted sexual content. For this purpose, orientations toward normalities and gender of students are reconstructed. To answer these questions, twelve single-sex, group discussions were carried out with students aged 16 and 17 at five different secondary schools in northern Germany. A total of 20 boys and 22 girls took part. The group discussions were structured by a narrative generating guideline. The analysis draws its methodology from the Documentary Method, regarding implicit and explicit forms of knowledge and discourse. It results in a typology of three types with different orientations. The study shows, that most of the students consider sexting to be a risky practice; only one type shows normality in the use of sexting. At the same time, some of the young people are interested in experimenting with image-based intimate digital communication. Further, gender differences in use and affectedness are also documented. In this way, orientations toward gender stereotypes “favor” both the attribution of responsibility to girls, and overlook the responsibility of students who perpetrated the boundary violation. The orientations of adolescents should be taken more into account in research as well as in educational programs for the prevention of sexual violence.

scholarly journals A communication model for non-fiction interactive digital narratives: A study of cultural heritage websites

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (s1) ◽  
pp. s48-s75
Author(s):  
Nicole Basaraba
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Game Studies ◽  
Communication Model ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Digital Medium ◽  
Transaction Model ◽  
Non Fiction ◽  
Digital Narrative

AbstractInteractive digital narrative (IDN) is an umbrella term used to encompass the various formats of digital narrative such as hypertext fiction, transmedia stories, and video games. The study of IDNs transverses the disciplines of narratology, game studies, and media studies. The main question this article addresses is how does the digital medium affect narrative in cultural heritage websites? This question is examined by proposing a new communication model that considers the role of digital media — the Creator-Produser Transaction Model — and adapting existing “tools” of narrative analysis into a “narratological toolkit” for the study of non-fiction IDNs. The transaction between creators and produsers and how an IDN narratological toolkit can be applied are exemplified through the analysis of three cultural heritage websites: Open Monuments (“Otwarte Zabytki”), Belgian Refugees of 1914–1919, and Storymap.

Digital Sovereignty of Adolescents

MedienJournal ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-40
Author(s):  
Jane Müller ◽  
Mareike Thumel ◽  
Katrin Potzel ◽  
Rudolf Kammerl
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Eighth Graders ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Competent Self

This paper takes up the approach of individual Digital Sovereignty and develops a first systematization of the concept. It defines it as all the abilities and opportunities a person possesses to realize his/her own plans and decisions in dealing with or depending on digital media in a competent, self-determined and secure manner and against the background of individual, technical, legal and social conditions. The significance of individual Digital Sovereignty for adolescents is illustrated by the results of an exploratory study in which we conducted group discussions with 106 eighth-graders of different school types. Results show that most adolescents have only a vague notion about their own data traces and the use they are put to. Only a small number of seven pupils – the whizzes – stood out due to their extraordinary understanding and deep reflections on digital media.

Making the Most of the Internet for Failure Analysis

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan J. Bodoh
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Failure Analysis ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Optimization Theory ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Medium ◽  
Production Distribution ◽  
Digital Production ◽  
Computer Monitors ◽  
And Storage

Abstract The growth of the Internet over the past four years provides the failure analyst with a new media for communicating his results. The new digital media offers significant advantages over analog publication of results. Digital production, distribution and storage of failure analysis results reduces copying costs and paper storage, and enhances the ability to search through old analyses. When published digitally, results reach the customer within minutes of finishing the report. Furthermore, images on the computer screen can be of significantly higher quality than images reproduced on paper. The advantages of the digital medium come at a price, however. Research has shown that employees can become less productive when replacing their analog methodologies with digital methodologies. Today's feature-filled software encourages "futzing," one cause of the productivity reduction. In addition, the quality of the images and ability to search the text can be compromised if the software or the analyst does not understand this digital medium. This paper describes a system that offers complete digital production, distribution and storage of failure analysis reports on the Internet. By design, this system reduces the futzing factor, enhances the ability to search the reports, and optimizes images for display on computer monitors. Because photographic images are so important to failure analysis, some digital image optimization theory is reviewed.

One Foot on the Streets, One Foot on the Web

2018 ◽  
pp. 443-453
Author(s):  
Paolo Gerbaudo
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Digital Politics ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Web

Digital communication technologies are modifying how social movements communicate internally and externally and the way participants are organized and mobilized. This transformation calls for a rethinking of how we conceive of and analyze them. Scholars cannot be content with studying the digital and the physical or the online and the offline separately, but must explore the imbrication between these aspects by studying how the elements of social movements combine in a political “ensemble,” an ecosystem, or an action texture, defining the possibilities and limits of collective action. This chapter proposes a qualitative methodology combining analysis of digital media with observations of events and interviews with participants to develop a holistic account of collective action. This methodology is best positioned to capture the changing nature and meaning of protest action in a digital era, producing a “thick account” of the relationship between digital politics and everyday life.

Digital Optical Card

1995 ◽  
Vol 36 (4-6) ◽  
pp. 674-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Langer ◽  
C. H. Buitrago-Téllez ◽  
C. Schulze ◽  
H. Gufler ◽  
A. Mundinger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Detection Rate ◽  
Region Of Interest ◽  
Digital Medium ◽  
Resolution Power ◽  
Referring Physicians

Purpose: To assess a patient-oriented digital optical card (OC) for documentation and communication of images using the analysis of breast microcalcifications to illustrate its resolution power. Methods: Fifty film mammograms with histologically proved clustered microcalcifications were digitized using a 5 lp/mm CCD-scanner. A region of interest containing the cluster was selected for documentation on an OC as an overview OC-image and as a magnified OC-image (5 lp/mm). The shape (spherical/nonspherical) as well as the total number of microcalcifications were quantitatively analyzed by 2 radiologists. Results: The detection rate for total number of overall and spherical microcalcifications using digital media was significantly reduced (p<0.01) compared to analog mammography. There were no significant differences in the detection rate of nonspherical microcalcifications between film mammograms (100%) and magnified section OC-images (92.7%). The overview OC-image revealed 72% of those calcifications (p<0.01). Conclusion: According to our results, this technology is not appropriate for diagnosis of breast microcalcifications, but may be a promising communication digital medium for transmitting an image/report unit to referring physicians.

scholarly journals Post-machismo, gender violence, and opinion dynamics in digital media. Exploring the Spanish reality through the experience of eldiario.es

Teknokultura ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-228
Author(s):  
Laura Martínez-Jiménez ◽  
Belén Zurbano-Berenguer
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Opinion Dynamics ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Digital Medium ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
Online Newspaper ◽  
Online Audiences ◽  
The Media ◽  
The One

Gender violence has gradually become a public issue and a matter of State concern under permanent discussion in the Spanish media. Its increasing visibility has stimulated social and political awareness, but has also given rise to controversies, which are especially manifested in the digital environment. In this environment, meanings are built and expressed not only by the media, but also by online audiences participating through various mechanisms. This work observes the dynamics of the readers’ views on gender violence, as expressed in a politically progressive born-digital medium like eldiario.es. A sample of 716 comments to articles on gender violence published by this online newspaper are analyzed. A quantitative analysis shows a male-dominated participation of readers who are not subscribed to the site and whose views are contrary to those of eldiario.es’ editorial charter and its commitment to equality. A qualitative analysis of the contents of those comments reveals the recurring use of the feminist-antifeminist dichotomy in the debate, as well as a questioning of the scientific nature, purpose and suitability of feminism for the eradication of gender violence. Finally, the promotion of a genuine democratic debate in digital sites as the one here analyzed is discussed in light of women’s notable underrepresentation in the debate and of the possible misuse of participation as a means to perpetrate symbolic violence against women.

USABILITY OF DIGITAL MEDIA IN PATIENTS WITH COPD: A PILOT STUDY

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Cheung ◽  
Anton Janssen ◽  
Oliver Amft ◽  
Emiel F. M. Wouters ◽  
Martijn A. Spruit
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Response Speed ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Digital Medium ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Tele Monitoring ◽  
Selection Of

Background: Digital media can be integrated in tele-monitoring solutions, serving as the main interface between the patient and the caregiver. Consequently, the selection of the most appropriate digital medium for the specified target group is critical to ensure compliance with the tele-monitoring system.Objectives: This pilot study aims to gather insights from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on the ease-of-use, efficacy, effectiveness, and satisfaction of different types of digital media.Methods: Five off-the-shelf digital media devices were tested on nine patients at CIRO+ in Horn, The Netherlands. Usability was evaluated by asking patients to use each device to answer questions related to their symptoms and health status. Subsequently, patients completed a paper-based device usability questionnaire, which assessed prior experience with digital media, device dimensions, device controllability, response speed, screen readability, ease-of-use, and overall satisfaction. After testing all the devices, patients ranked the devices according to their preference.Results: We identified the netbook as the preferred type of device due to its good controllability, fast response time, and large screen size. The smartphone was the least favorite device as patients found the size of the screen to be too small, which made it difficult to interact with.Conclusion: The pilot study has provided important insights to guide the selection of the most appropriate type of digital medium for implementation in tele-monitoring solutions for patients with COPD. As the digital medium is an important interface to the patient in tele-monitoring solutions, it is essential that patients feel motivated to interact with the digital medium on a regular basis.

Do consumers dig it all? The interplay of digital and print formats in media

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 489-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anjala S. Krishen ◽  
Sheen Kachen ◽  
Michael Kraussman ◽  
Zeenath Haniff
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Personal Space ◽  
Digital Medium ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Media Type ◽  
The Media ◽  
Lock In

Purpose This study aims to explore consumers’ motivations in the adoption of either print or digital forms of media, given the fluctuation of trends and attitudes in magazine consumption in the USA. This paper utilizes cognitive lock-in and the power law of practice to further the understanding of digital adoption through an interdisciplinary lens. Design/methodology/approach In this study, initially, five focus group sessions, including 53 qualifying non-student participants randomly placed into groups of 10 or 11, were held. Next, a 2 × 2 between-subjects quasi-experiment, using 163 undergraduate students at a large public university, was conducted. Findings The findings show that although the digital medium is considered less expensive, more convenient and more environmentally friendly, the print medium is regarded as more familiar, personal and visual. Further, whether the media type is a book or a magazine, consumers report higher perceived value, hedonic value and attitude toward print versus digital media. Practical implications The potential to digitally attract and lock-in consumers in the media industry has immense implications. Individuals consume media because of fashion marketing, personal space and advertisements, among other reasons. Originality/value This paper contributes to existing research by uncovering qualitative and quantitative insights into media consumption through a multilayered analysis of focus group participants and a quantitative experiment. The findings indicate that both the power law of practice theory and cognitive lock-in are plausible explanations for the choice of print over digital media format.

scholarly journals Children’s Engagement with Urban Legends: Temporality and Collective Story-sharing Through Horror Narratives

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Piper Biswell
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Oral Tradition ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Digital Medium ◽  
Urban Legends ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Story Sharing ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Personal Devices

<p>This thesis explores how children engage with horror narratives in the digital era and how this engagement has changed over the last decade. The term ‘Horror narratives’ encompasses a wide range of genre-based storytelling from urban legends, to creepypastas, to images, YouTube videos, and internet forums. It is a broad form of story-sharing that transcends physical and digital mediums. I examine the relationship between the horror narratives, the individual child, and wider group engagement in real-life and on a digital platforms, and how this has changed over the last fifteen years. Over the past twenty years children’s access to personal devices and digital media has expanded rapidly. I ask whether oral tradition has been overtaken by digital horror narratives. What does story-sharing look like in a digital medium?   Part of this paper is looking at how children’s horror narrative repertoires develop and what stories are retained and disseminated among their peers. In my childhood era the predominant form of dissemination was oral story-sharing, but during my fieldwork with young scouts I learned that children engage in a variety of media for dissemination as they now have easier access to internet communities on their personal devices. I have compared popular oral urban legends from my childhood (Click Click Slide, Drip Drip, and “Johnny, I want my liver back”) to contemporary horror narratives children engage with both in real-life and in the digital medium. My thesis also explores the relationship between young adults in their early twenties and memories of these horror narratives from their childhood, and how these memories have been impacted by nostalgia and retroactive knowledge. The major question of this thesis is how has horror storytelling changed from my childhood fifteen years ago to present time, and what have new technologies contributed to this evolution in horror narration?</p>

scholarly journals Saúde Mental Em Tempos De Covid-19: Construção De Cartilha Educativa Com Orientações Para O Período De Pandemia

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1.ESP) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Ouriques De Gouveia ◽  
Herberth Rick Dos Santos Silva ◽  
José Benedito Dos Santos Batista Neto
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Experience Report ◽  
Digital Medium ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Nursing Experience ◽  
Salud Mental ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
Ease Of Access

Objetivo: descrever a experiência de produção de uma cartilha informativa com o tema: Saúde Mental em Tempos de Pandemia, voltada ao público geral. Metodologia: trata-se de um estudo descritivo, do tipo relato de experiência resultante da produção de discentes do curso de Bacharelado em Enfermagem de uma universidade pública do interior do estado do Pará, vinculada ao componente curricular - Enfermagem em Saúde Mental. Relato de Experiência: O desenvolvimento da mídia aconteceu em seis etapas: 1) realização de revisão de literatura desenvolvendo a fundamentação teórica para a construção; 2) escolha do tipo de tecnologia, sendo elegida a cartilha, tendo em vista a praticidade e facilidade do acesso; 3) escolha do tipo de linguagem e recursos gráficos a serem utilizados com o intuito de atender a demanda do público-alvo e de elencar identidade visual a tecnologia; 4) elaboração da cartilha digital; 5) análise por parte da orientadora/docente; e, por fim, 6) divulgação da tecnologia em meios digitais. Considerações Finais: a construção e disseminação desta cartilha educativa foi uma viável e elucidativa forma de educação em saúde, utilizando o meio digital para levar orientações aos indivíduos quanto a medidas de manter sua saúde mental com qualidade.Descritores: Tecnologia Educacional; Saúde Mental; Pandemias; Coronavírus.MENTAL HEALTH IN TIMES OF COVID-19: CONSTRUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL BOOKLET WITH GUIDELINES FOR THE PANDEMIC PERIODObjective: Describe the experience of producing an informative booklet with the theme: Mental Health in Times of Pandemic, turned to the general public. Methodology: It’s a descriptive study, the type of experience report resulting from the production of Bachelor degree Nursing students of a public university in the countryside of the state of Pará, linked to the curricular component - Mental Health Nursing. Experience Report: The media development took place in six stages: 1) The achievement of literature review developing the theoretical foundation for the construction; 2) choice of the type of technology, being chosen the booklet, in view of the practicality and ease of access; 3) choice of language type and graphics features to be used in order to meet the demand of the target audience and to list visual identity technology; 4) elaboration of the digital booklet; 5) analysis on the part of the guiding/docent; and finally, 6) Divulgation of the technology in digital media. Final Considerations: the construction and dissemination of this educational booklet was a viable and elucidative form of health education, using the digital medium to provide orientations to individuals as measures to maintain your mental health with quality. Descriptors: Educational Technology; Mental Health; Pandemics; Coronavirus.SALUD MENTAL EN TIEMPOS DE COVID-19: CONSTRUCCIÓN DE FOLLETO EDUCATIVO CON DIRECTRICES PARA EL PERÍODO PANDÉMICOObjetivo: describir la experiencia de producir un folleto informativo con el tema: Salud mental en tiempos de pandemia, dirigido al público en general. Metodología: se trata de un estudio descriptivo, del tipo de informe de experiencia resultante de la producción de estudiantes del curso de Licenciatura en Enfermería en una universidad pública del interior del estado Pará, vinculada al componente curricular - Enfermería en Salud Mental. Informe de experiencia: El desarrollo de los medios ocurrió en seis etapas: 1) realización de una revisión de la literatura desarrollando los fundamentos teóricos para la construcción; 2) elección del tipo de tecnología, el folleto fue elegido, en vista de la practicidad y la facilidad de acceso; 3) elección del tipo de lenguaje y recursos gráficos que se utilizarán para satisfacer la demanda del público objetivo y relacionar la identidad visual con la tecnología; 4) elaboración del folleto digital; 5) análisis por parte del asesor / profesor; y por fin, 6) divulgación de tecnología en medios digitales. Consideraciones finales: la construcción y difusión de este folleto educativo fue una forma viable y explicativa de educación para la salud, utilizando el medio digital para proporcionar orientación a las personas sobre medidas para mantener su salud mental con calidad.Descriptores: Tecnología Educacional; Salud Mental; Pandemias; Coronavirus.

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