A Systems Dynamics Simulation Study of Network Public Opinion Evolution Mechanism

The factors that affect formation and dissemination of public opinion have been studied for a long time. However, the findings are disparate and fragmented, given the characteristics of netizens and new media in the Big Data era. To this end, this article introduces eight mechanisms working on formation and dissemination of public opinion on network. Based on system dynamics, this article further proposes a comprehensive causal relationship model to explore the factors affecting the consequence of public opinion on network. Particularly, the role of government is taken into consideration in this model. A simulation with Vensim PLE is conducted. The results of the simulation indicate that group polarization among netizens, opinion leaders, the quantity of media audience, the frequency of media report, government attention, and warning mechanism for public opinion crisis affect the consequence of public opinion on network significantly. Implications of the findings are discussed.

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Public Opinion and Archaeological Heritage: Views from Outside the Profession

American Antiquity ◽

10.2307/2694141 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 64 (3) ◽

pp. 400-416 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

David Pokotylo ◽

Neil Guppy

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Modern Society ◽

Heritage Conservation ◽

Archaeological Record ◽

Archaeological Heritage ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

And Gender ◽

High Level ◽

Legislative Measures

A survey of public opinion on archaeological heritage in British Columbia, Canada, focused on five main areas: knowledge of archaeology, interest and participation in archaeology, the role of archaeology in modern society, awareness and support of heritage conservation initiatives, and Aboriginal stewardship of the archaeological record. Public opinion data collected from a random sample of 963 residents of the greater Vancouver metropolitan area indicate a high level of interest and support for archaeology and heritage conservation, but also a high level of misunderstanding about the archaeological record and current legislative measures to protect it. In contrast to recent changes in legislation and initiations within the discipline, public attitude towards Aboriginal stewardship of archaeological resources is generally negative. Education, age, and gender are significant factors affecting differences in opinion.

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“Don’t Freak We’re Sikh”—A Study of the Extent to Which Australian Journalists and the Australian Public Wrongly Associate Sikhism with Islam

Religions ◽

10.3390/rel9100319 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (10) ◽

pp. 319

Author(s):

Kate O’Donnell ◽

Jacqui Ewart ◽

April Chrzanowski

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

News Media ◽

Religious Diversity ◽

Terrorist Attacks ◽

The West ◽

Australian Population ◽

Media Report ◽

Religious Literacy ◽

Surprising Finding

This study emerged from an incidental, and somewhat surprising, finding that 15 percent of working journalists who attend training on improving the ways that mainstream new media report stories about Islam and Muslims, wrongly associated Sikhism with Islam. We wondered if this was indicative of the Australian population and, through a random stratified survey of the Australian population, found that it was. The question about the extent to which populations wrongly associate Sikhism with Islam is an important one. In Australia, Muslims and Sikhs are minorities. Ignorance of Islam and its religious diversity coupled with ignorance of Muslims and their ethnic and cultural diversity underpins the intolerance of Islam in the West and the concomitant animus directed at Muslims. Intolerance and violence directed at Muslims and people wrongly assumed to be Muslims (such as Sikhs) increased after the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 (9/11). This speaks to religious literacy, the treatment of religious minorities and raises important questions around educating various publics (including the news media) about both Islam and Sikhism. It also speaks to the role of the mainstream news media in perpetuating Islamophobia, and its detrimental flow-on effects to Muslims and Sikhs.

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Testing Theories of the Determinants of An Individual Foreign Policy Preferences in Georgia

Jurnal Ilmiah Hubungan Internasional ◽

10.26593/jihi.v13i2.2542.91-103 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 91 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Angguntari C. Sari

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Foreign Policy ◽

Logistic Regression ◽

Public Opinion ◽

Major Power ◽

Role Of Government ◽

The People ◽

Strategic Value ◽

The Individual

Abstract Public opinion has an impact on states’ foreign policy. In the case of Georgia, the pro-Russian or pro-United States attitude among the people is determined by several factors. The strategic value of Georgia for these two most powerful states in the world makes their study of the mass opinion’s preferences toward major power an interesting and a valuable one. In this article, I test two sets of factors that shape the individual preferences toward major powers, and employ logistic regression model to explain the relationship between four independent variables with the dependent variable. I argue that religiosity, role of government, and economic satisfaction are still the best predictors of the pro-Russian policy. Key words: Georgia, public opinion, Russia, United States, logistic regressionAbstrakKebijakan luar negeri suatu negara dipengaruhi oleh pendapat para masyarakatnya. Pertanyaannya adalah apa yang mempengaruhi pandangan masyarakat mengenai kebijakan yang selayaknya diambil oleh pemerintah? Artikel ini meneliti faktor-faktor yang dapat mempengaruhi pandangan masyarakat di Georgia mengenai rekan ideal bagi negara mereka. Georgia sendiri merupakan negara yang memiliki nilai strategis bagi negara besar seperti Rusia dan Amerika. Oleh karenanya, kajian mengenai determinan opini publik mengenai siapa diantara kedua negara besar tersebut yang layak menjadi mitra Georgia penting untuk dilakukan. Melalui metode kuantitatif, khususnya pendekatan regresi logistik, artikel ini berusaha melanjutkan penelitian yang terdahulu. Penelitian sebelumnya melihat korelasi antara faktor agama, peran pemerintah, dan kepuasan ekonomi dengan pilihan masyarakat terhadap mitra kerjasama luar negeri Georgia. Satu hal yang luput dari penelitian sebelumnya adalah peran nilai politik. Berdasar analisa melalui model regresi logistik, faktor agama, peran pemerintah, dan kepuasan ekonomi masih menjadi faktor penentu utama pilihan masyarakat Georgia mengenai siapa diantara Amerika dan Rusia yang dianggap ideal menjadi mitra hubungan bilateral negara mereka. Kata kunci: georgia; opini publik; rusia; amerika; regresi logistik.

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LEGAL ASPECT OF ONLINE ARBITRATION IN EUROPEAN UNION AND CHINA

Law Review ◽

10.19166/lr.v0i2.1882 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 222

Author(s):

Manja Indah Sari

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

East Asia ◽

Dispute Resolution ◽

Legal Aspect ◽

South East Asia ◽

Role Of Government ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Dispute Resolution Mechanism ◽

Online Arbitration

Indonesia is highly regarded as a country with the biggest e-commerce market in South-East Asia. This creates an urgency for the Indonesian government to offer an efficient and effective dispute resolution mechanism to settle dispute arising from e-commerce transaction. Online arbitration as an arbitration conducted online through means of internet and technology may provide solution to the disputes arising from e-commerce transactions. Thus, this article sets out the legal aspect of online arbitration in European Union and China as countries with the most developed online arbitration and largest market of e-commerce. The author will use normative research through comparative, statue approach and will be based on the regulations from primary and secondary resources. This article compares six aspects of online arbitration in European Union and China, covering the arbiter, role of government, scope, procedure, enforcement, and factors affecting enforcement. The comparison may give further recommendation on the prospective of online arbitration in Indonesia.

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Dinamika Sosioekonomi Pada Ilmu Ekonomi Islam Klasik

LITERASI (Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan) ◽

10.21927/literasi.2009.2(1).37-44 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 37

Author(s):

Rikmat Ismatullah

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Economic System ◽

Role Of Government ◽

Ibn Khaldun ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Islamic Economic ◽

Political Economic ◽

Social Demographic ◽

The Relationship

M. Umer Chapra discusses various concepts that related to the Islamic economic system and compare with the conventional economic system, directions and challenges facing the Islamic economy in the future as well as, as the central theme of his book, he picked up the concept of Ibn Khaldun's economic development. Interestingly, he managed to formulate the concept into a cycle that is easy to understand.He not only succeeded in formulating the concept of Ibn Khaldun into the cycle of increase progress and decrease cycles, but also he was able to further define the relationship between one component of development linkages with other components. Ibn Khaldun explains the important for the development of Sharia (S), the development community (W), law enforcement and other Development (j & g), as well as the role of Government (G). Umer Chapra formulate these components in the cycle, the cycle advances toward him: SNW-j & g-GS and other cycle: j & g-WNSG-j & g. In this article, he discusses about some of the thinking of classical Islamic scholars who provide the base foundation in the concept of Islamic economics in particular Ibn Khaldun in his several works such as the Muqaddimah, which tried to determine factors affecting quality by analyzing factors such as the role of interconnected moral factors, psychological, political, economic, social, demographic, and historical phenomena of the rise and fall of dynasties and civilizations.Keywords: Capra, Systems, Economics, Islam.

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Development and Prospect of Nanoarchitectured Solar Cells

International Journal of Photoenergy ◽

10.1155/2015/382389 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2015 ◽

pp. 1-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Bo Zhang ◽

Wenxu Xie ◽

Yong Xiang

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Quantum Effect ◽

Photovoltaic Device ◽

Device Performance ◽

Key Factors ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Long Time ◽

Lower Production

This paper gives an overview of the development and prospect of nanotechnologies utilized in the solar cell applications. Even though it is not clearly pointed out, nanostructures indeed have been used in the fabrication of conventional solar cells for a long time. However, in those circumstances, only very limited benefits of nanostructures have been used to improve cell performance. During the last decade, the development of the photovoltaic device theory and nanofabrication technology enables studies of more complex nanostructured solar cells with higher conversion efficiency and lower production cost. The fundamental principles and important features of these advanced solar cell designs are systematically reviewed and summarized in this paper, with a focus on the function and role of nanostructures and the key factors affecting device performance. Among various nanostructures, special attention is given to those relying on quantum effect.

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Buffet or à la Carte

Understanding the Interactive Digital Media Marketplace ◽

10.4018/978-1-61350-147-4.ch004 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 32-42

Author(s):

Deepti Verma ◽

Gaurav Gupta ◽

Kamat Keshav

Keyword(s):

Cable Television ◽

Pricing Strategy ◽

Pricing Model ◽

Role Of Government ◽

Television Industry ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Pricing Decision ◽

Cable Television Industry ◽

A La Carte

Pricing strategy plays a key role in most organizations. The pricing decision of bundling or à la carte in the case of cable television industry is a long debated one. While consumers seem to favor the à la carte option, operators are persistent in continuing with the bundling options. In this chapter, we explore both sides of the argument. We then discuss several factors affecting the players in the eco-system of cable television industry; these include the subscriber-operator relationship, operator-distributor relationship, and the role of government policies affecting their decisions. In concluding we use these factors to conceptualize a framework that seeks to assist the players in the cable television industry in choosing an adequate pricing model.

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Political Culture and Values

The United States and Canada ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190870829.003.0002 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 27-47

Author(s):

Russell J. Dalton

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

The United States ◽

Role Of Government ◽

Good Citizenship ◽

Public Opinion Surveys ◽

Industrial Democracies ◽

New Evidence ◽

Public Opinion Polls ◽

Opinion Polls

A long intellectual tradition links the different historical experiences in Canada and the United States (U.S.) to continuing contrasts in their political cultures. New evidence from contemporary public opinion polls highlights more cultural similarities between nations than differences. In broad value priorities, Canadians and Americans are more similar to each other than to the citizens in most other advanced industrial democracies. Feelings of national identity and trust in government are also strikingly similar across these two nations. The norms of good citizenship are very comparable. And perhaps most surprising of all, images of the appropriate role of government overlap substantially. In short, the rhetoric of cultural differences is less apparent in the reality of public opinion surveys.

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Interpreting the role of proximity on Industrial District competitiveness using a complexity science-based view and Systems Dynamics simulation

Journal of Geographical Systems ◽

10.1007/s10109-010-0128-2 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 415-436 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Nunzia Carbonara ◽

Ilaria Giannoccaro

Keyword(s):

Complexity Science ◽

Dynamics Simulation ◽

Systems Dynamics ◽

Industrial District

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Latino Public Opinion & Realigning the American Electorate

Daedalus ◽

10.1162/daed_a_00176 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 141 (4) ◽

pp. 98-113 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Gary M. Segura

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Social Impact ◽

Generational Status ◽

National Origin ◽

Core Beliefs ◽

Latino Population ◽

Role Of Government ◽

Political Group ◽

Political Impact

The growth and significance of the Latino electorate raises important questions about its preferences, identity, and impact. In this essay, I explore three facets of Latino public opinion and offer thoughts regarding their political impact. First, I demonstrate that Latino core beliefs about the role of government are progressive. Second, I explore the ways in which national origin, nativity, and generational status reveal important differences in how Latinos think about and participate in politics; I caution against over-interpreting the importance of these differences. Finally, I offer evidence that Latino panethnic identity is sufficiently developed to constitute a political “group.” Given that this segment in the American electorate is increasingly unified and demonstrably left of center, I suggest that the growth of the Latino population and electorate could have substantial electoral and social impact.

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