Backgrounds and behaviors: Which students successfully identify online resources in the face of container collapse

First Monday ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Cyr ◽  
Tara Tobin Cataldo ◽  
Brittany Brannon ◽  
Amy Buhler ◽  
Ixchel Faniel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Contextual Information ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Visual Appearance ◽  
Demographic Traits ◽  
The Face

In a digital environment, students have difficulty determining whether an information resource comes from a book, magazine, journal, blog, or other container, and lose the contextual information that these containers provide. This study of students from primary through graduate school looks at their ability to identify the containers of information resources, and how this ability is affected by their demographic traits, the resource features they attended to, and their behaviors during a task-based simulation. The results indicate that correct container identification requires deep engagement with a resource. Those who attended to cues such as genre and source were better able to identify container, while those who paid attention to heuristics such as its visual appearance and URL were not. Demographic characteristics, including educational cohort and first-generation student status, also had an effect.

Archives as a Scientific Laboratory and a Challenge for Researchers in the Digital Society

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-176
Author(s):  
Ruselena Pendzhekova-Hristeva
Keyword(s):  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Environment Analysis ◽  
Digital Society ◽  
Scientific Laboratory

The article presents the problem of archives as a scientific laboratory and a challenge for researchers in the digital society. In terms of content there are two thematic focuses of the study: digital transformation of archives and their information resources; the researcher like a user of retrospective documentary information in a digital environment. Analysis of the problems and challenges, that the archival institutions and modern researchers face in the era of digital civilization, is made.

Muslims and the Crisis of British National Identity

2019 ◽  
pp. 221-243
Author(s):  
Martin Pugh
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Gradual Process ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
British Muslims ◽  
Secular Society ◽  
Mainstream Society

This chapter demonstrates how, despite their experience of prejudice, Muslims became involved in a gradual process of integration into mainstream society; in this period they largely thought of themselves as ‘black’ or as Asians, rather than as Muslims. First-generation British Muslims had been fairly relaxed about social behaviour and religious observation. Meanwhile, the second generation of Muslims were not in Britain as temporary economic migrants, and consequently were less passive than their predecessors, more confident and aware of their opportunities and rights in Britain. For them, integration into mainstream society went hand in hand with an increasing assertiveness in the face of prejudice and an awareness of their identity as Anglo-Asians. By the 1980s and 1990s, the younger generation were becoming alienated from their parents due to familiarity with a secular society; many regarded the world of the mosque as boring. Muslims also began to reflect mainstream practice in other ways: more women in their twenties remained unmarried and, with their better language skills and qualifications, they were more likely to be in paid employment.

scholarly journals An Explorative Study on Access to Print and Electronic Information Resources among Journalists in Mysore and Mandya District of Karnataka

2020 ◽  
pp. 58-66
Author(s):  
G. Kiran Kumar ◽  
Chikkamanju .
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
Electronic Format ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
Explorative Study ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Electronic Information Resources ◽  
Criteria For Evaluation ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This explorative study focuses on access to print and electronic information resources among journalists in Mysore and Mandya district of Karnataka, India. The researchers tried to analyze frequency of library visits, average time spent, use of print and electronic information resources, criteria for evaluation of information resources, usage of social networks for accessing and sharing information, rating of online resources based on its features, preferred format of information resources, factors influencing for use of e-resources and to know the importance of e-resources for journalistic tasks. For this purpose the researchers prepared a well structured questionnaire as a tool for data collection and the collected questionnaire has been analyzed and presented with useful percentage analysis, Anova, Mean, Standard Deviation and suitable tables for presentation of data. It has been found form the study that the journalists prefer both print and electronic format of information resources. Hence, the libraries should maintain both formats of information resources till the users inculcate the habit of using information resources available in electronic format. 

scholarly journals Ethnographic toolkit: Strategic positionality and researchers’ visible and invisible tools in field research

Ethnography ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Multiple Identities ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
The Past ◽  
Demographic Traits ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Sociological Work ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies

For many, reflexivity is a core tenet in qualitative research. Often, scholars focus on how one or two of their socio-demographic traits compare to their participants and how it may influence field dynamics. Research that incorporates an intersectionality perspective, which brings attention to how people’s multiple identities are entwined, also has a long history. Yet, researchers tend to pay less attention to how we strategically draw on our multiple social positions in the course of field work. Drawing on data I have collected over the past several years and extending recent sociological work that goes beyond a reflexive accounting of one or two of researchers’ demographic characteristics, I argue that each researcher has their own ethnographic toolkit from which they strategically draw. It consists of researchers’ visible (e.g. race/ethnicity) and invisible tools (e.g. social capital) and ties qualitative methodologies to research on how culture is strategically and inconsistently used.

The Gail Palmer Ashton Graduate School of Business: The Balanced Scorecard Initiative

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Mark E. Haskins
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Contextual Information ◽  
The Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Mba Program ◽  
Strategic Goal

This case presents students with an opportunity to develop a set of performance metrics based on four strategic goal statements. The setting is a highly ranked U.S. MBA program. Students are given some basic, limited-but-sufficient contextual information about the school to get a sense of its heritage, avowed differentiating characteristics, and important foci.

Caught in Limbo: Mapping Social Spaces for First-Generation Students in Graduate School

2021 ◽  
pp. 016059762110015
Author(s):  
Michael A. Miner
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Research University ◽  
First Generation ◽  
First Generation Students ◽  
Social Spaces ◽  
Socialization Process ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Group Experience ◽  
Large Research

The share of college students who are first-generation has grown rapidly in recent decades. Less attention has been paid to the educational experiences of graduate students. This article asks: How do first-generation students in graduate school differ from one another in their experiences with the socialization process? Based on data from in-depth interviews with 41 graduate students at a large research university, this article examines student narratives of experiences and circumstances to characterize multiple social spaces in graduate school. Contrary to notions suggesting that first-generation students share a similar group experience, these data reveal that first-generation students have divergent experiences and circumstances that characterize four distinct regions. Drawing on social capital and socialization theories, I find that students occupy social spaces that (1) modify, (2) adapt or (3) defy the socialization processes of graduate school. Findings also show barriers for those that are (4) excluded.

scholarly journals Exploring Sikh Youth in Toronto and Issues of Identity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jagjeet Kaur Gill
Keyword(s):  
Religious Identity ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Structural Barriers ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
The Face ◽  
Ethnic And Cultural Identity ◽  
Sikh Youth ◽  
Mainstream Culture

My paper investigates ten Punjabi-Sikh youth from the ages of 18 to 25, across Ontario, this study attempts to answer how Sikh youth identify themselves and what external and social influences affect perception and identity. As Punjabi-Sikh youth struggle to find their identity in the midst of competing expectations, they may face institutional and structural barriers that may further complicate their identity. While there is extensive literature on the reception of first generation Sikhs in Canada, there is minimal information on how second-generation Sikhs have integrated within the mainstream culture. There are many important questions to be answered, such as, do Western euro-centric values and beliefs by the mainstream contradict with traditional and cultural beliefs? How do youth accommodate some cultural and religious values over others? Are there multiple oppressions, which are in conflict with retaining an ethnic and cultural identity? How do the values, expectations, and beliefs of Punjabi-Sikh parents differ from their children's? How do youth negotiate their cultural and religious identity in the face of conflicting expectations from parents, school, and their community? These are just some of the questions that will be explored in this study.

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