scholarly journals A Framework to Understand Attitudes towards Immigration through Twitter

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 9689
Author(s):  
Yerka Freire-Vidal ◽  
Eduardo Graells-Garrido ◽  
Francisco Rowe
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Policy Communication ◽  
Temporal Granularity

Understanding public opinion towards immigrants is key to prevent acts of violence, discrimination and abuse. Traditional data sources, such as surveys, provide rich insights into the formation of such attitudes; yet, they are costly and offer limited temporal granularity, providing only a partial understanding of the dynamics of attitudes towards immigrants. Leveraging Twitter data and natural language processing, we propose a framework to measure attitudes towards immigration in online discussions. Grounded in theories of social psychology, the proposed framework enables the classification of users’ into profile stances of positive and negative attitudes towards immigrants and characterisation of these profiles quantitatively summarising users’ content and temporal stance trends. We use a Twitter sample composed of 36 K users and 160 K tweets discussing the topic in 2017, when the immigrant population in the country recorded an increase by a factor of four from 2010. We found that the negative attitude group of users is smaller than the positive group, and that both attitudes have different distributions of the volume of content. Both types of attitudes show fluctuations over time that seem to be influenced by news events related to immigration. Accounts with negative attitudes use arguments of labour competition and stricter regulation of immigration. In contrast, accounts with positive attitudes reflect arguments in support of immigrants’ human and civil rights. The framework and its application can inform policy makers about how people feel about immigration, with possible implications for policy communication and the design of interventions to improve negative attitudes.

scholarly journals Situating east Indonesia's EFL Learners attitudes toward the extensive listening practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 314
Author(s):  
Yosefina Rosdiana Su ◽  
Fatmawati Fatmawati ◽  
Stanislaus Guna ◽  
Fransiskus Jemadi ◽  
Yovita Narsi Mat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
L2 Learning ◽  
Authentic Environment ◽  
Language And Education

Learning English as a foreign language is very challenging for both teachers and students in Flores, East Nusa Tenggara of Indonesia. The challenges are primarily caused by their lack of exposure to the authentic environment of English. In dealing with this phenomenon, the appropriate listening practices expect to help the learners to obtain and construct their knowledge of English as well as to acquire more comprehensible input. This article reports an investigation on the EFL learners� attitudes toward the extensive listening practices. It applied mixed-method research procedures involving 55 students of the English language and education program of Universitas Katolik Indonesia Santu Paulus Ruteng. The data were collected through a survey coupled with Focus Group Discussions with 15 participants. This research revealed that the learners' attitudes are identified into two main categories called positive and negative attitudes. In this case, 38 % of the participants have positive attitudes toward extensive listening practices and 62% of the participant reflected the negative attitude toward the extensive listening practices. Learners with a positive attitude had a very strong awareness of the significance of listening skills in L2 learning. To improve their listening skills, they develop their listening practices outside the classroom consistently. Meanwhile, learners with negative attitudes were categorized as dependent learners who practiced their listening skills during the listening course only. This group of learners was less aware of the significance of listening skills in L2 learning and their listening practices were highly dependent on the teachers' instruction. It showcased that both of the learners� internal and external factors were strongly contributed to this poor extensive listening practices.� The EFL teachers are then strongly suggested to strengthen the learners� awareness on the significance of Listening Skills in L2 learning as well as design more instructed extensive listening practices outside the classroom.�

Attitudes

2018 ◽  
pp. 118-158
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Personal Values ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Consumer Attitudes ◽  
Consumer Decision Making ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Consumer Decision ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
People’S Attitudes

There are many options to eat something delicious and fast. Some people like McDonald's, others like Burger King or Wendy's. Some people dislike Dominos while others prefer tacos for breakfast. People's attitudes reflect their likes and dislikes. All the thoughts of individuals, likes and dislikes about objects, constitute their attitudes. Attitude objects are anything that individuals can hold an attitude about. Attitude objects can be physical (food) or abstract (personal values, lifestyles). If a consumer has a negative attitude towards a product, he does not think to try it. Moreover, these attitudes drive consumer decision making. So, to understand consumer attitudes towards their product is critical for marketers. First, they should discover consumer attitudes towards their products. Later they should support positive attitudes consumer have, or they should find ways of changing the negative attitudes of the consumers to positive. This chapter discusses consumer attitudes, its importance, attitude models, and changing consumer attitudes strategies.

scholarly journals Are Negative Attitudes Toward Dreams Just the Inverse of Positive Attitudes Toward Dreams? An Empirical Investigation

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-19
Author(s):  
Michael Schredl ◽  
Nina Burau ◽  
Rebecca Kunkel ◽  
Julia Lanzl
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Dream Recall ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

As dreaming is a universal phenomenon, it seems natural that everyone has a more or less explicitly defined attitude toward dreams. Recent studies indicate that positive and negative attitude toward dream scales—even given there is considerable overlap—might not be related to the same variables. The findings of the present online survey ( N = 2,056) using 22 attitude items indicated that positive and negative attitudes can be differentiated through confirmatory factor analysis and that variables like age, education, and frequent dream recall are differentially associated with positive and negative attitudes toward dreams. It would be very interesting to expand this study to investigate whether other variables, personality dimensions, general skepticism and so on, are associated with positive and negative attitudes toward dreams in different ways.

scholarly journals HOME ECONOMICS VERSUS OTHER SUBJECTS: A STUDY OF NIGERIANS PARENT ATTITUDE TOWARDS HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 517-520
Author(s):  
Nchekwube Justina ◽  
◽  
Amarachi Igwe ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Home Economics ◽  
Economics Education ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Percentage Score ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Parent Attitude ◽  
Enugu State ◽  
Home Economics Education

Home economics is an essential subject in Nigerias education system with the potential of providing life skills and teaching basic homecare knowledge to the students. However, there is a growing concern about the decreasing enrollment and interest of students in home economics education in Nigeria. Thus, the primary purpose of this study wasto investigate the attitudes of parentsregarding home economics education in comparison to other subjects. Two hundred and thirty-six parents were drawn from different locations in the Enugu State of Nigeria. A simple percentage score indicates that the majority of the parents (74%) indicated a negative attitude towards home economics, while less (26%) showed positive attitudes. The study concludes that there is a prevalence of negative attitudes towards home economics education in secondary schools in Nigeria.

Analgesics in Chronic Back Pain

2014 ◽  
Vol 222 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Kamping ◽  
Maike Müller ◽  
Regine Klinger ◽  
Julia Schmitz ◽  
Herta Flor
Keyword(s):  
Back Pain ◽  
Chronic Back Pain ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Placebo Response ◽  
Pain Medication ◽  
Attitude Score ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Pain Patients

Patients’ attitude toward and their personal experience of analgesics may not only influence their expectations about new medications they are prescribed but might also influence placebo effects. We assessed attitudes toward pain medication with an 8-item instrument and experiences with pain medication with an 11-item instrument and evaluated the relationship of attitudes and experiences and placebo responses in chronic back pain patients. On average, patients reported a slightly negative attitude toward analgesics and a slightly positive experience with them compared to healthy pain-free controls that had a more positive attitude toward and experience of analgesics. Pain patients seemed to report their short-term experience with analgesics when completing our instrument, as can be seen by the regression of experience with pain medication and the subscale short-term efficacy of non-/minimally invasive pain medication of the pain interview. Using a pharmacological placebo in a subsample of 38 patients, we were able to show that patients with positive attitudes had a larger placebo response than patients with negative attitudes. The size of the placebo response could be predicted using the mean attitude score. Future placebo research assessing patients’ attitudes toward analgesics seems important and could help to understand the results obtained.

The influence of socio-economic status, age, gender, and level of literacy on language attitudes

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-263
Author(s):  
Gerdine M. Ulysse ◽  
Khaled Al Masaeed
Keyword(s):  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Haitian Creole ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
Literacy Level ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This study investigated the relationship between socio-economic status, age, gender, and literacy level and Haitian Gonâviens‘ attitudes towards Haitian Creole or Kreyòl and French. Most studies that investigated language attitudes of Creolophones have found that they have negative attitudes towards Kreyòl. Nevertheless, previous studies often included participants who are affiliated with education such as students, teachers, and language policy makers, or those from higher social classes. The current study, however, utilized a language attitudes questionnaire to collect data from 78 adult informants from diverse backgrounds. These participants included 21 highly literate, 51 partially literate and 6 illiterate Haitians. Findings revealed that participants of higher socio-economic status have more positive attitudes towards French than those from lower socio-economic status. Results also showed that there is a tendency for age, gender, and literacy level to affect language attitudes. For instance, positive attitudes towards Kreyòl were found to be more prevalent among older participants than younger respondents. Similarly, male participants had more negative attitudes towards French than female informants. Moreover, respondents of lower literacy levels had more negative attitudes towards French than those who were highly literate.

scholarly journals Pengetahuan dan Sikap Wanita Premenopause dalam Menghadapi Perubahan-Perubahan pada Masa Menopause

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Ria Afriani ◽  
Tina Yuli Fatmawati
Keyword(s):  
Health Center ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Premenopausal Women ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Face

Elderly women are found around 8-10% in the State of Indonesia whose health must get the attention of the community so that happiness and well-being are achieved. A woman at a certain age will experience climacteria where there is a natural change in her body. Changes that occur during menopause consist of short-term effects such as physical changes in skin changes, under-skin fat is reduced so that the skin becomes saggy, skin is flammable to the sun and cause pigmentation and blackening, muscles under the skin of the face relax and fall and become soft, this condition can cause discomfort in everyday life. Knowledge of menopause will help climacteric women to be able to prepare themselves and be able to act and act appropriately in preventing the occurrence of disturbances that occur accompanying menopause. This research is a descriptive study to find out the description of knowledge and attitudes of premenopausal women in dealing with changes during menopause. The population in this study were all pre-elderly women at the Kenali Besar Health Center in Jambi City. The samples taken by accidental sampling technique amounted to 44 people. This research was conducted in 2019 at the Kenali Besar Health Center in Jambi City. Data collection through interviews using a questionnaire. Data were analyzed univariately. The results were obtained from 44 respondents, 17 respondents (39%) had good knowledge, 11 respondents (25%) had enough knowledge and 16 respondents (36%) had poor knowledge. The results of attitudes obtained most of the respondents have a negative attitude that is 22 respondents (55%), positive attitudes as many as 20 respondents (45%). Most respondents have good knowledge and negative attitudes

scholarly journals Language Attitude of Sellers in Traditional Market Toward Karonese Language

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Siti Aisyah Ginting
Keyword(s):  
Personal Identity ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Daily Life Activities ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Traditional Market ◽  
Language Attitude

The purpose of this study was to find out the trades attitude towards the karonese language in Indonesia. Therefore, descriptive analysis research was conducted to get the relevan findings in this study. The data were collected by using interview and documentation techniques. Furthermore, the data were analyzed qualitatively on language attitude. The Finding of this study was there were 12 traders consists of 10 male traders and 2 female traders (67%) of respondents showed positive attitudes towards Karonese Language. They said that they are responsible to use Karonese Language since it is their personal identity. In addition, There was nobody using Karonese Language unless themselves. While the researcher found 6 female traders (33%) of respondents showed negative attitudes since they usually use Indonesian Language in their daily life activities because their husbands are not Karonese. In conclusion, all male gave positive attitude towards karonese language in traditional market in Indonesia and some females give negative attitude towards karonese language in traditional market in Indonesia.

scholarly journals CAUSES OF NEGATIVE ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YOUNGER GRADES TOWARDS CAMPINGS

2019 ◽  
pp. 621
Author(s):  
Vladimir Miletić ◽  
Željko Rajković ◽  
Dragan Branković
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Wild Animals ◽  
School Students ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
The Third ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Republic

The organization of compulsory camping activities for elementary and secondary school students was given as a possibility in the educational system of the Republic of Serbia. The precondition for the implementation of this plan with the regulated legislation, assumes positive attitudes of both parents and students. Because of their nature, attitudes affect human mental functions. The sample in this study consisted of 252 students of the third and fourth grade, five classes per two elementary schools from Belgrade. A survey was used as an instrument of research, with a main goal to discover number of students with a negative attitude towards camping, with explained motives. Results showed that 15.07% of respondents would not like to go camping. Some think that they are not mature enough, they do not like the mentioned activity, and they think that their camping would be boring, while some might be bothered by insects. The most frequent projected fears of possible lodging at the campsite are fears directed towards wild animals, bugs, spiders, snakes, darkness, sudden sounds, loss, and unknown people. All the aforementioned fears, regardless of their type, are united by the fear of the unknown, and as a form of solution it is recommended to confront these "inconveniences" and fears whereby this process achieves gradual neutralization and their disappearance. Conclusion is that all these fears could be eradicated by getting to know the students with details about the organization of camping and the location of the camp.

scholarly journals The students' language attitudes towards lecturers' code mixing: A SFL study

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marsandi Manar ◽  
Prapti Wigati Purwaningrum
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Millennial Students ◽  
Local Language ◽  
Code Mixing ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Insight Into

As the effort to have the insight into the existing status of a local language in Indonesia especially in the academic setting viewed as the respected discourse, this current study aims to delineate the attitudes of millennial students towards lecturer’s code mixing to Sundanese during courses. 42 responses reflecting respondents’ perspectives towards the issue were collected via qualitative questionnaire. To reveal the view of participants on the issue under the context of higher education, responses in the forms of 62 clauses were analysed by the transitivity framework of Halliday and Matthiessen. The findings of this SFL study shows that lecturer’s code mixing to Sundanese during courses were viewed by 74% of Sundanese and non-Sundanese participants in positive ways while the rest addressed it with negative attitude. The positive attitudes were respectively represented in material, mental, relational, and existential processes while the negative attitudes were constructed sequentially in relational, material and mental, verbal, and existential clauses. The main reasons in the positive attitudes as revealed by the transitivity analysis are associated with the needs to maintain and preserve local language especially Sundanese via the academic channel. HIGHLIGHTS: The processes of meaning making in positive-attitude responses are realized especially in material clauses to establish the importance of preserving local languages especially Sundanese through the academic channel. The processes of meaning making in negative-attitude responses are realized especially in relational clauses to give priority to the negative impact of using Sundanese on the academic aspect especially for non-Sundanese students.

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