scholarly journals Human Positioning in Close-Encounter Photographs and the Effect on Public Perceptions of Zoo Animals

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Meghan N. Shaw ◽  
Emily M. McLeod ◽  
William T. Borrie ◽  
Kelly K. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
General Public ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Close Encounter ◽  
Wildlife Tourism ◽  
Natural Behaviour ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Zoo Animals ◽  
Human Animal

With the rising popularity of social media, conservation organisations and zoos need to understand its impact on public perceptions of the animals they house and their role in conservation. In addition, many zoos offer close-encounter experiences, and visitors frequently share images from these experiences online. This study measured the effects that viewing such encounter images had on public perceptions of both the zoo and the animals they saw. One of sixteen images was randomly presented to participants in two samples: one of Zoo Community followers and members of Zoos Victoria (n = 963), and a representative sample of the Australian public (n = 1619). Each image featured one of four animals (Eclectus parrot, Kangaroo Island kangaroo, Monteith’s leaf insect, Centralian carpet python) and one of four human positions (human and animal touching, human and animal ~30 cm apart, human and animal ~1 m apart, animal alone). Results indicated that viewing different animals and the different human positions within these human–animal encounter images can affect public perceptions of zoo animals. In particular, the closer the proximity of a human to an animal in an image, the more likely respondents were to think that the animal was not displaying a natural behaviour and the more likely it was for General Public respondents to think that the animal would make a good pet. These findings can be used by zoos, wildlife tourism, and media organisations to ensure that they are sending clear, positive, and intended messages about zoo facilities and animals, as well as providing insights into animal encounter images in wider settings.

scholarly journals What Makes Spiders Frightening and Disgusting to People?

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Zvaríková ◽  
Pavol Prokop ◽  
Milan Zvarík ◽  
Zuzana Ježová ◽  
William Medina-Jerez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Forced Choice ◽  
Body Hair ◽  
The World ◽  
Human Animal

The quality of human-animal interactions may crucially influence conservation efforts. Unfortunately, and despite their important roles in the functioning of the ecosystem, some animals are considered notoriously unpopular. Using the forced-choice paradigm, we investigated which cues humans perceive as frightening and disgusting in spiders, one of the most unpleasant animals in the world. The research was carried out with a representative sample of N = 1,015 Slovak adults. We found that perceived fear and disgust of spiders were triggered predominantly by enlarged chelicerae, enlarged abdomen, and the presence of body hair. Longer legs were associated with perceived fear as well; however, the presence of two eyes did not produce any statistical significance in terms of fear. We hope that further research in this field, where additional cues can be manipulated (e.g., color and number of legs), will improve conservation efforts by using an improved reputation of spiders in the eyes of the general public.

ANALISA YURIDIS HAK KEBEBASAN BERPENDAPAT BERDASARKAN KETENTUAN UNDANG-UNDANG NOMOR 19 TAHUN 2016 TENTANG PERUBAHAN ATAS UNDANG-UNDANG NOMOR 11 TAHUN 2008 TENTANG INFORMASI DAN TRANSAKSI ELEKTRONIK

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 001
Author(s):  
Eddy Suwito
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
General Public ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Harm To Others ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Republic

The development of technology that continues to grow, the public increasingly facilitates socialization through technology. Opinion on free and uncontrolled social media causes harm to others. The law sees this phenomenon subsequently changing. Legal Information Known as Information and Electronic Transaction Law or ITE Law. However, the ITE Law cannot protect the entire general public. Because it is an Article in the ITE Law that is contrary to Article in the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia.

How to Podcast in Archaeology

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-266
Author(s):  
Colin P. Amundsen ◽  
Cristina Belmonte
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
General Public ◽  
Public Archaeology ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Public Outreach ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
Business World ◽  
The Public ◽  
Broad Approach

ABSTRACTThe problem for archaeologists doing public outreach could be that we do not know who our audience is. Marketing to just the public at large is an extremely broad approach filled with the pitfalls of not engaging enough of the public, so it might be necessary to first find out who within the general public would have the most interest in your discovery and then tailor your presentation to that audience. At the podcastCooking with Archaeologistswe are using digital media, social media marketing, and our experience from the business world to do just that. Podcasting has been a trial-and-error project filled with uncertainty and doubt, and for archaeologists engaged in public archaeology it might be a practical approach to reaching the public and a medium to build an engaged and interested audience. In this “how-to” article, we will reveal what we have learned from this exciting and somewhat demanding venture and suggest how podcasting is a democratizing venture that connects the public to archaeology and the archaeologist.

scholarly journals PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF IMMIGRATION CONTENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA INSTAGRAM AT THE TPI EAST JAKARTA CLASS I IMMIGRATION OFFICE

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-92
Author(s):  
Muhammad Aditya Majdi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Class I ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
The Public

Public perception of immigration content at the TPI East Jakarta Class I Immigration Office is very important in determining the quality of information and understanding of immigration provided to the public by focusing on social media Instagram. With some literacy regarding public perceptions it can produce a public view of immigration content that has been disseminated through social media Instagram TPI Class I Immigration Office, East Jakarta. This can be used as study and learning material in seeing some of the shortcomings that must be addressed by the TPI East Jakarta Class I Immigration Office regarding public perceptions of immigration content. With the descriptive qualitative research method, it explains that there are still gaps or shortcomings of immigration content disseminated through social media Instagram TPI Class I Immigration Office, East Jakarta. So it is very necessary to make several further research studies related to public perceptions of immigration content so as to harmonize understanding between the information provider and the recipient of the information.  

scholarly journals FOMO, Brands and Consumers – about the Reactions of Polish Internet Users to the Activities of Brands in Social Media (Based on CAWI Representative Research)

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Jupowicz-Ginalska
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Marketing Communication ◽  
Specific Nature ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Interdisciplinary Character ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Fear of Missing Out is mainly a subject of psychological research; however, due to its specific nature, it gains an interdisciplinary character. Thanks to this, it can also be analysed from the perspective of media or business. This paper focuses on the threads of the relationship between FOMO and marketing communication online. It realizes the following objectives: it presents the scale of FOMO in Poland; it analyses the phenomenon in the context of consumers’ reactions to basic brand activity on social and it shows differences between the answers given by all the respondents and those with high FOMO. In order to clarify the scope of the research work, four research questions are answered: how do social media users react to the use of particular features of social platforms by brands? What form of posts coming from brands are preferred by Polish Internet users? What is the attitude of the respondents towards advertisements posted on social media portals? Does FOMO influence the answers in any way? The research was based on the nationwide, representative sample of Internet users aged 15+ (N=1060). The tool was the CAWI questionnaire.

scholarly journals Equality Kapped; Media Unleashed

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Diana Majury
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
General Public ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Substantive Equality ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Media ◽  
Formal Equality ◽  
Grand Public

In this paper, Diana Majury looks at the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent s.15 decision, R. v. Kapp, in a preliminary exploration of the different understandings of equality she sees operating in three different sites (the Supreme Court, equality advocates, and the general public). She looks at the first two sites simultaneously by offering her equality advocate’s critique of the Kapp decision, outlining where the decision falls short of the substantive equality that equality advocates have been theorizing and promoting. She then looks at media responses to the decision, responses that almost unanimously present a formal equality understanding of equality. Recognizing that media coverage provides only a very limited and partial window on public perceptions, the media coverage of Kapp nonetheless raises the spectre that the general public understands equality only to mean formal equality. This conclusion highlights the importance of Rose Vyovodic’s work in combining equality and public education and the need for that work to be continued and expanded.Dans cet article, Diana Majury examine le récent jugement R. c. Kapp de la Cour Suprême du Canada en rapport avec l’article 15 pour faire une exploration préliminaire des compréhensions diverses de l’égalité qu’elle constate être en jeu dans trois lieux différents (la Cour Suprême, chez les défenseurs de l’égalité et chez le grand public). Elle examine les deux premiers lieux simultanément en présentant sa critique du jugement Kapp en tant que défenseure de l’égalité, exposant en quoi le jugement n’atteint pas l’égalité de fond au sujet de laquelle théorisent et que préconisent les défenseurs de l’égalité. Puis elle examine les réactions médiatiques au jugement, réactions qui présentent presque unanimement une compréhension d’égalité comme égalité formelle. Tout en reconnaissant que la couverture médiatique ne présente qu’une fenêtre très limitée et partielle sur les perceptions du public, la couverture médiatique de Kapp laisse tout de même pressentir que le grand public ne conçoit l’égalité que dans le sens d’égalité formelle. Cette conclusion fait ressortir l’importance de l’oeuvre de Rose Vyovodic qui combinait égalité et éducation du public et le besoin que cette oeuvre se poursuive et grandisse.

scholarly journals Artificial Intelligence-enabled analysis of social media data to understand public perceptions of COVID-19 contact tracing apps (Preprint)

10.2196/26618 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathrin Cresswell ◽  
Ahsen Tahir ◽  
Zakariya Sheikh ◽  
Zain Hussain ◽  
Andrés Domínguez Hernández ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
Media Data

scholarly journals Detecting sentiment dynamics and clusters of Twitter users for trending topics in COVID-19 pandemic

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. e0253300
Author(s):  
Md Shoaib Ahmed ◽  
Tanjim Taharat Aurpa ◽  
Md Musfique Anwar
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
User Generated Content ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Public Health Crisis ◽  
Significant Public Health ◽  
Trending Topics ◽  
Twitter Users

COVID-19 caused a significant public health crisis worldwide and triggered some other issues such as economic crisis, job cuts, mental anxiety, etc. This pandemic plies across the world and involves many people not only through the infection but also agitation, stress, fret, fear, repugnance, and poignancy. During this time, social media involvement and interaction increase dynamically and share one’s viewpoint and aspects under those mentioned health crises. From user-generated content on social media, we can analyze the public’s thoughts and sentiments on health status, concerns, panic, and awareness related to COVID-19, which can ultimately assist in developing health intervention strategies and design effective campaigns based on public perceptions. In this work, we scrutinize the users’ sentiment in different time intervals to assist in trending topics in Twitter on the COVID-19 tweets dataset. We also find out the sentimental clusters from the sentiment categories. With the help of comprehensive sentiment dynamics, we investigate different experimental results that exhibit different multifariousness in social media engagement and communication in the pandemic period.

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