Pandemic and Literary Creativity

2022 ◽  
pp. 80-93
Author(s):  
Barbara Greco
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Collection

The essay proposes the analysis of some stories included in the digital collection Relatos de Confinamiento, published on the internet page of the Catalan newspaper La Vanguardia between March and April 2020. The stories, of about 2-3 pages in length, composed by contributors to the newspaper, utilize the pandemic experience about COVID-2019 in a creative way and reflect on the typical circumstances of the first wave and the period of confinement. After a brief introduction to the project, the chapter offers a critical analysis of selected texts focusing on the following topics: isolation and loneliness, isolation and fear, isolation and dystopia.

Building and Connecting to Online Communities for Action

2012 ◽  
pp. 114-132
Author(s):  
Philippa Collin
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Young People ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
The United Kingdom

Young people are using information communication technologies (ICT) for new forms of political participation. At the same time, government and non-government organisations are looking to the internet to implement policies designed to engage young people in democracy. This raises the question of what forms of e-citizenship are being imposed on young people and are these same forms being pursued by young people themselves? Coleman (2008) has suggested that programs tend to promote autonomous or managed forms and argues for a ‘productive convergence’ that can facilitate democratic e-citizenship. Using original research, this article presents two case studies of such a ‘productive convergence’ and argues that what is particularly powerful in such e-citizenship programs is that they facilitate young people’s connection to existing networks as well as the building of new communities for action. This article presents a critical analysis of how organisations and young people in Australia and the United Kingdom view and use the internet for participation and considers the extent to which there is increased democratising potential in these e-citizenship programs.

Building and Connecting to Online Communities for Action

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippa Collin
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Young People ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
The United Kingdom

Young people are using information communication technologies (ICT) for new forms of political participation. At the same time, government and non-government organisations are looking to the internet to implement policies designed to engage young people in democracy. This raises the question of what forms of e-citizenship are being imposed on young people and are these same forms being pursued by young people themselves? Coleman (2008) has suggested that programs tend to promote autonomous or managed forms and argues for a ‘productive convergence’ that can facilitate democratic e-citizenship. Using original research, this article presents two case studies of such a ‘productive convergence’ and argues that what is particularly powerful in such e-citizenship programs is that they facilitate young people’s connection to existing networks as well as the building of new communities for action. This article presents a critical analysis of how organisations and young people in Australia and the United Kingdom view and use the internet for participation and considers the extent to which there is increased democratising potential in these e-citizenship programs.

Foster Strength of Graphic Communications Industry and Make Print the Value Added Media

2013 ◽  
Vol 663 ◽  
pp. 592-595
Author(s):  
Chang Xian Cheng
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Printed Electronics ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Past ◽  
Communications Industry ◽  
Metal Type ◽  
Graphic Communications

Graphic communications industry has a tradition of more than one thousand years. Not since the invention of movable metal type by Gutenberg in 1450 has the communication landscape been shaken at its foundation as today, when print media face competition from new and novel forms of visual communication. In this paper, the critical analysis and study is made as to why printing has weathered the onslaught of new forms of communication in the past and if, in fact, print media will yet again be able to prevail over radically different methods of dissemi¬nating information. Although printing jobs are still in much need today and printing presses everywhere are keeping busy with a steady influx of orders everyday, people in the graphic communications industry should adapt to the new changes of the internet ages and make fully use of print communications to prevail over different kinds of new media. Printed Electronics and postpress finishing also play key roles in creating new functional print products and adding more value to print media.

Games for Social Change

2019 ◽  
pp. 866-881
Author(s):  
Paul Keating
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Online Games ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Augusto Boal ◽  
Multiplayer Online Games ◽  
Group Identities ◽  
Gaming Environment ◽  
Use Of The Internet

Building on the use of the internet and social media as sites for activism, this paper highlights the emergence of political activism and collective protest in the online gaming environment. Referencing social movement theory and the rapidly evolving capacity of multiplayer online games to facilitate the development of strong group identities and real-time, real-world collaboration, the paper explores the potential of such games to create a space and a mechanism for enabling the emergence of movements for social change. Highlighting the growing number of social activist games designers, building values of equality and social justice into their gameplay, the paper draws an epistemological link between the work of these “conscientious designers” and the process of Conscientization within youth and community work inspired by the critical analysis of political activists such as Paulo Freire and Augusto Boal.

Brief Dictionary of Discussion Terms on Medical Radiology, Radiation Safety and Medical Physics

2018 ◽  
pp. 55-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Б. Наркевич ◽  
B. Narkevich ◽  
Т. Ратнер ◽  
T. Ratner ◽  
А. Моисеев ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Medicine ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Radiation Safety ◽  
Medical Physics ◽  
International Project ◽  
The Internet ◽  
International Electrotechnical Commission ◽  
Radiation Physics ◽  
Medical Radiology ◽  
Russian Dictionary

A critical analysis of terms and concepts in medical radiology, radiation safety and medical physics in a multilingual dictionary developed within the framework of the international project EMITEL2 and included in the Encyclopedia of Medical Physics, accessible via the Internet. The same analysis was carried out for the three-language dictionary on radiology and radiation physics of the International Electrotechnical Commission, issued as GOST R IEC 60050-881-2008. Based on the results of the analysis, a short English-Russian dictionary of discussion terms on medical physics, radiation protection, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine and radiation diagnostics was developed. Its main difference is the presence in it only of those terms, the literal translation of which from English into Russian either causes lexical difficulties, or is erroneous, or leads to ambiguity of termed concepts. In addition, the dictionary includes those terms, the interpretation of which is debatable for professional specialists and erroneous for non-specialist users.

A critical analysis of the literature on the Internet and consumer health information

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 41-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
J A Powell ◽  
P Lowe ◽  
F E Griffiths ◽  
M Thorogood
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Consumer Health Information ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Consumer Health ◽  
Online Social Support

A critical review of the published literature investigating the Internet and consumer health information was undertaken in order to inform further research and policy. A qualitative, narrative method was used, consisting of a three-stage process of identification and collation, thematic coding, and critical analysis. This analysis identified five main themes in the research in this area: (1) the quality of online health information for consumers; (2) consumer use of the Internet for health information; (3) the effect of e-health on the practitioner-patient relationship; (4) virtual communities and online social support and (5) the electronic delivery of information-based interventions. Analysis of these themes revealed more about the concerns of health professionals than about the effect of the Internet on users. Much of the existing work has concentrated on quantifying characteristics of the Internet: for example, measuring the quality of online information, or describing the numbers of users in different health-care settings. There is a lack of qualitative research that explores how citizens are actually using the Internet for health care.

Teaching Mathematics with Technology: Mining Mathematics on the Internet

1994 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 276-281
Author(s):  
M. G. (Peggy) Kelly ◽  
James H. Wiebe
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Computer Network ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Teaching Mathematics ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Evaluation Standards ◽  
The World ◽  
Problem Solvers

Throughout the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM 1989) the notion of students and teachers as critical thinkers, information seekers, and problem solvers is a priority. The Internet, an electronic highway connected by gateways from one computer network to another, furnishes a telecommunications link around the world. The Internet enables students and teachers to access authentic, real-time data for critical analysis. With access to such Internet service providers as a university computer network or a commercial service like Compuserve, Prodigy, or Applelink, students and teachers become active information seekers.

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