scholarly journals Demonstrative protest crime: the limits of criminological analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
pp. 78-83
Author(s):  
Il'ya Il'in
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Regulatory System ◽  
Mass Action ◽  
Common Mechanism ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Mass Actions ◽  
Distinct Separation ◽  
Criminological Analysis ◽  
Research Collective

Classical and network protest always assumes mass character. In this regard, the study of protest movements should assume: a) The analysis of many protest actions; b) the analysis of each individual protest action as a manifestation of the phenomenon of collective behavior. At the same time, the first level is important in the context of ensuring the representativeness of the second type of research. «Collective action» and «action of a team member» are fundamentally important. The regulatory system always deals with the assessment of the behavior of a particular person. In this regard, criminology and criminal law should not focus on the protest actions themselves, but on the behavior of individuals within the framework of these actions. In the theoretical analysis of the behavior of these individual participants of mass actions, it is necessary to distinguish: a) actions performed during a mass action, and actions that ensure the protest action itself, which can be performed both before and after it; b) actions of organizers, inspirers, leaders of protest actions, and actions of ordinary participants of the protest action; c) actions related to the organization and participation in mass actions coordinated by the official authorities, and in those not coordinated by the official authorities; d) lawful actions and illegal actions, and among the latter - criminally illegal and administratively illegal; e) intellectual, informational actions, and physical actions. To describe these actions, the article suggests using the term «demonstrative protest crimes». They are: a) associated with a well-defined sphere of public relations that arise in the process of interaction between a person, society and the authorities; b) they are imbued with the unity of motivational factors and the characteristics of the personality of the participants; c) they have a common determinative complex and a common mechanism for their commission; d) they have a distinct separation by the place and time of their commission; e) they assume a specific type and mechanism for the implementation of preventive measures. These signs allow us to consider demonstrative protest crimes as a separate, independent type of crime.

scholarly journals Unpacking the Political Effects of Social Movements With a Strong Digital Component: The Case of #IdleNoMore in Canada

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 205630512091558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuelle Richez ◽  
Vincent Raynauld ◽  
Abunya Agi ◽  
Arief B. Kartolo
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
The Political ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
Indigenous Policy ◽  
Political Narrative ◽  
Political Impact ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Media Component

While many scholars have studied collective action with a strong social media component led by marginalized groups, few have unpacked how this form of political engagement captures the attention of established political elites and, in some cases, influences the mainstream political narrative and policy outcomes. Fewer have focused on the political impact of social media-intensive Indigenous protest movements. This article addresses these gaps in the academic literature. It does so by examining the online and offline impact of the Indigenous-led Idle No More movement at the federal level in Canada. To evaluate the movement’s effects on the public political narrative on Indigenous-related issues, this article reviews the content of the House of Commons Question Period before and after the emergence of the movement in December 2012. To measure Idle No More’s impact on policy outcomes, this article compares federal budgets and the volume of policy proposals pertaining to Indigenous Affairs introduced in the years preceding the beginning of the movement to those that came in the years following it. Semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders are also conducted to better comprehend the political impact of the movement. The study posits that protests coincided with momentary changes to the salience of Indigenous policy issues, but not with significant policy outcomes in that area.

Telepresence robotics in an academic library

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 408-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
LuMarie Guth ◽  
Patricia Vander Meer
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Training Session ◽  
Employee Attitudes ◽  
Remote Communication ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Special Events ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Positive Results

Purpose Librarians are working with telepresence robotics for various uses, particularly as a communication method inhabiting a space between video chat and face-to-face interactions. The library at (Blinded University) partnered with the (Blinded Laboratory) to showcase this emerging technology in a high-traffic setting utilized by students of every level and major. The purpose of this paper is to discuss patron reactions to this technology exhibition in the library, beta testing of a telepresence robot in various public services tasks, and library employee attitudes toward this unfamiliar technology before and after one-on-one training. Design/methodology/approach The project gathered data through three studies. In study 1, feedback forms were filled out by patrons who interacted with or piloted the robot. In study 2, observations by the librarians piloting the robot for various public services activities were recorded in a log. In study 3, employees were invited to complete a pretest designed to solicit perceptions and attitudes regarding the use of the robot, become trained in navigating the robot, and complete a posttest for comparison purposes. Results were analyzed to find trends and highlight perceived uses for the technology. Findings Patrons and library employees gave positive feedback regarding the novelty of the technology and appreciated its remote communication capability. Trialed uses of the technology for public services yielded positive results when the TR was used for public relations, such as at special events or in greeting tours, and yielded less positive results when used for reference purposes. Library employees comfort with and perceived utility of the robot grew consistently across departments, levels of experience and employment types after a personal training session. Originality/value Although libraries in recent years have surveyed users regarding TR technology, this paper captures quantitative and qualitative data from a library employee training study regarding perception of the technology. Exploration of the public services uses and library employee acceptance of TR technology is valuable to those contemplating expending time and resources in similar endeavors.

From unionism to youth activism: Taiwan’s politics of working hours

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 406-426
Author(s):  
Ming-sho Ho
Keyword(s):  
Working Hours ◽  
Youth Activism ◽  
The Political ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
Labour Unions ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Connective Action ◽  
Global Transition ◽  
Working Hour

This article examines two major protests related to working-hour reforms in Taiwan in 2000 and 2016–18, paying particular attention to the shift in the composition of protesters from union members to youth activists. The decline in mass membership and the failure to consolidate a national federation have diminished the political presence of labour unions. The emergence of youth protest movements, both before and after the 2014 Sunflower Movement, made possible the advent of Taiwan’s youth as political actors. The reconfiguration of Taiwan’s working hour politics has paralleled the global transition from the classical organization-based collective action to the digitally enabled ‘connective action’. The concluding section provides reflections on the impacts as well as the limitations of this newer form of labour politics.

Structures of the Ca2+-regulated photoprotein obelin Y138F mutant before and after bioluminescence support the catalytic function of a water molecule in the reaction

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 720-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel V. Natashin ◽  
Wei Ding ◽  
Elena V. Eremeeva ◽  
Svetlana V. Markova ◽  
John Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Water Molecule ◽  
Light Emission ◽  
Common Mechanism ◽  
Oxidative Decarboxylation ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Single Chain ◽  
Conformational States ◽  
Catalytic Function ◽  
Before And After

Ca2+-regulated photoproteins, which are responsible for light emission in a variety of marine coelenterates, are a highly valuable tool for measuring Ca2+inside living cells. All of the photoproteins are a single-chain polypeptide to which a 2-hydroperoxycoelenterazine molecule is tightly but noncovalently bound. Bioluminescence results from the oxidative decarboxylation of 2-hydroperoxycoelenterazine, generating protein-bound coelenteramide in an excited state. Here, the crystal structures of the Y138F obelin mutant before and after bioluminescence are reported at 1.72 and 1.30 Å resolution, respectively. The comparison of the spatial structures of the conformational states of Y138F obelin with those of wild-type obelin gives clear evidence that the substitution of Tyr by Phe does not affect the overall structure of both Y138F obelin and its product following Ca2+discharge compared with the corresponding conformational states of wild-type obelin. Despite the similarity of the overall structures and internal cavities of Y138F and wild-type obelins, there is a substantial difference: in the cavity of Y138F obelin a water molecule corresponding to W2in wild-type obelin is not found. However, in Ca2+-discharged Y138F obelin this water molecule now appears in the same location. This finding, together with the observed much slower kinetics of Y138F obelin, clearly supports the hypothesis that the function of a water molecule in this location is to catalyze the 2-hydroperoxycoelenterazine decarboxylation reaction by protonation of a dioxetanone anion before its decomposition into the excited-state product. Although obelin differs from other hydromedusan Ca2+-regulated photoproteins in some of its properties, they are believed to share a common mechanism.

scholarly journals The Effect of Social Media Marketing Compared to Traditional Marketing on Sales: A Study of Enterprises in Kosovo

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 402-410
Author(s):  
Gonxhe Beqiri ◽  
Kreshnik Bello
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
T Test ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Marketing Department ◽  
Paired Sample ◽  
Primary Data Analysis ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Consumer Services ◽  
Tools And Techniques

The aim of this paper is to analyse whether there is an impact of some key marketing components, in particular the advertising, promotion, public relations, campaigns, and consumer services on enterprise sales, before and after applying social media tools and techniques. The methodology used in this paper is based on statistical primary data analysis procedure. The data was gathered through structured questionnaires, conducted mainly in marketing department with key marketing management representatives, in 120 enterprises in Kosovo. The sampling was based on the deliberating techniques. In order to test the main hypothesis of the research, whether there was a specific change in the sales of the enterprise, before and after applying social media marketing tools and techniques, a variance coefficient analysis was performed using in specific paired sample t-test analysis through SPSS. The data shows that in all cases, the results of the paired sample t-test were statistically significant. Moreover, there was a significant average difference between each paired group. In all cases, the means of the groups paired through this research from advertising, promotion, public relations, campaigns, consumer services, the sales were higher in social media contest compared to traditional contest.

scholarly journals Online Rebellion: Self-Organized Criticality of Contemporary Protest Movements

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402092335
Author(s):  
Dmitry Zhukov ◽  
Konstantin Kunavin ◽  
Sergey Lyamin
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Organized Criticality ◽  
Mass Actions ◽  
Protest Activity

The theory of self-organized criticality (SOC) is applicable for explaining powerful surges of protest activity on social media. The objects of study were two protest clusters. The first was a set of Facebook groups that promoted the impeachment of the Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff. The second was a set of groups on the social network Vkontakte that provided support for anti-government rallies in Armenia, referred to as Electric Yerevan. Numerous groups in the examined clusters were functioning in SOC mode during certain periods. Those clusters were able to generate information avalanches—seemingly spontaneous, powerful surges of creation, transmission, and reproduction of information. The facts are presented that supported the assumptions that SOC effects in social networks are associated with mass actions on the streets, including violence. The observations of SOC make it possible to reveal certain periods when the course of a sociopolitical system is least stable.

scholarly journals Competition and Sustainability: Evidence from Professional Service Organization

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7266
Author(s):  
Yahn-Shir Chen ◽  
Enny Susilowati Mardjono ◽  
Yi-Fang Yang
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Regulatory System ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Service Organization ◽  
Professional Service ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Survey Report ◽  
Audit Firms ◽  
Before And After

Two professional service organizations, an auditor and a tax agent, provide services to the same target clients. Taiwan established a new regulatory system for tax agents in 2004, which directly enhances their ability to compete with auditors. From the perspective of the economic theory of regulation, this study investigates the indirect effects of the new regulatory system on the business of auditors. We focus on auditors in proprietorship audit firms and divide the sample period into before and after 2004. This study establishes a cross-sectional regression equation to test our hypotheses. We classify the types of business into three levels, total amount, three categories and six individual items. Based on the 1989–2017 Survey Report of Audit Firms in Taiwan, we find that auditors perform better after 2004, indicating that increased competition leads to positive sustainability for auditors. Further results show that the effects of the regulation on auditors’ performance are greater after 2004, additional evidence of the positive indirect effect on auditors. This study contributes to the literature, provides public policy implications to regulators and contributes managerial information to auditors.

Arenas of Character Work

2020 ◽  
pp. 94-120
Author(s):  
James M. Jasper ◽  
Michael P. Young ◽  
Elke Zuern
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Institutional Environments ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
Legal Proceedings ◽  
Media And Politics ◽  
Corporate Public Relations ◽  
The Media ◽  
Character Work

This chapter examines how institutional environments elicit and shape character work. Their reputed characters help or hinder players in a range of strategic arenas. This chapter explores the founding of nations, mobilization for war, corporate public relations, protest movements, elections, and legal proceedings for the nuances of character work in each of them. The media and politics often intersect, especially to stoke outrage through the identification of villains. Rumors, scandals, and gossip affect characters in subtle and sometimes sudden ways. The character work in these public arenas shows how much is at stake in the politics of reputation and blame.

BOARD GAME AS A MEANS OF DEVELOPING INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
pp. 55-61
Author(s):  
A. S. Opanasets ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
University Students ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Academic Program ◽  
Board Game ◽  
Intercultural Awareness ◽  
Historical Material ◽  
Creative Project ◽  
Before And After

The paper analyzes the project-based method as a means of developing the intercultural competence of university students in the course of learning a foreign language. The application of this method is caused by the high requirements of the university academic programs and the necessity to search for pedagogical technologies, methods, and approaches that contribute to the imitation of real communication situations in the course of studying a foreign language by students of non-linguistic specialties. The author describes the project-based method as an approach in teaching undergraduates of the academic program “Advertising and public relations” to make a creative project. The paper presents the results of a survey regarding the students’ preferences in the forms of educational activities used in class; describes the students’ experience in creating a board game as a creative project for the Foreign Language course. The stages of the project activity – preparatory, technological, and final – are described in detail, the meaning of each stage is explained, a detailed description of the exercises used at all stages is given. The author paid particular attention to the criteria for evaluating the project activities. The paper presents the results of monitoring that identifies the level of students' proficiency in lexical, cultural, and historical material on the given topic before and after the implementation of the project-based method. The author underlines the potential of the project-based technique in enhancing the existing intercultural awareness and cognitive interest of the students, improving their skills of learning new information as well as lexical, cultural, and historical material.

Impact of Alcohol-Based, Waterless Hand Antiseptic on the Incidence of Infection and Colonization With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 1018-1024 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwan Kew Lai ◽  
Sally Fontecchio ◽  
Zita Melvin ◽  
Stephen P. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Common Mechanism ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mrsa Colonization

Objective:Colonized and infected inpatients are major reservoirs for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and transient carriage of these pathogens on the hands of healthcare workers remains the most common mechanism of patient-to-patient transmission. We hypothesized that use of alcohol-based, waterless hand antiseptic would lower the incidence of colonization and/or infection with MRSA and VRE.Methods.On June 19, 2001, alcohol hand antiseptic was introduced at the University campus and not the nearby Memorial campus of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (Worcester, MA), allowing us to evaluate the impact of this antiseptic on the incidence of MRSA and VRE colonization and infection. From January 1 through December 31, 2001, the incidence of MRSA colonization or infection was compared between the 2 campuses before and after the hand antiseptic was introduced. Its effect on VRE colonization and infection was only studied in the medical intensive care unit at the University campus.Results.At the University campus, the incidence of MRSA colonization or infection decreased from 1.26 cases/1,000 patient-days before the intervention to 0.75 cases/1,000 patient-days after the intervention, for a 1.46-fold decrease (95% confidence interval, 1.04-2.58; P = .037). At the Memorial campus, the incidence of MRSA colonization or infection remained virtually unchanged, from 0.34 cases/1,000 patient-days to 0.49 cases/1,000 patient-days during the same period. However, a separate analysis of the University campus data that controlled for proximity to prevalent cases did not show a significant improvement in the rates of infection or colonization. The incidence of nosocomial VRE colonization or infection before and after the hand antiseptic decreased from 12.0 cases/1,000 patient-days to 3.0 cases/1,000 patient-days, a 2.25-fold decrease (P = .018). Compliance with rectal surveillance for detection of VRE was 86% before and 84% after implementation of the hand antiseptic intervention. The prevalences of VRE cases during these 2 periods were 25% and 29%, respectively (P = .017).Conclusions.Alcohol hand antiseptic appears to be effective in controlling the transmission of VRE. However, after controlling for proximity to prevalent cases (ie, for clustering), it does not appear to be more effective than standard methods for controlling MRSA. Further controlled studies are needed to evaluate its effectiveness.

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