scholarly journals BOUNDARIES OF TRUST AND TRANSGRESSION: STUDYING THE CIRCULATION OF OBSCENE CONTENTS WITHIN ITALIAN PRIVATE GROUP CHATS

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Boccia Artieri ◽  
Elisabetta Zurovac ◽  
Stefano Brilli
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
System Level ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Media System ◽  
Boundary Maintenance ◽  
Online Spaces ◽  
The Impact

Within the contemporary social media sphere we witnessed an exploitation of visible and permanent contents shared by users for platforms’ marketing purposes (i.e. selling data to advertisers) and to enable platforms to provide tailored experiences. This, along with data breaches scandals, triggered concerns about privacy and the dangers of mass surveillance, and lead developers to provide Instant Messaging applications with greater security. However, the existence of this kind of ‘safe spaces’ in which users privacy is not menaced, has also raised the attention on the sharing of transgressive, obscene or offensive contents that eludes public scrutiny. While the mainstreaming of such contents in non-public digital spaces is often cited as one of the hallmarks of the “dark side of the web”, the research on this topic is still lacking as this phenomenon is observable mostly at an interactional level, and not at the mass media system level. Our study provides an analysis of users’ meaning-making and boundary maintenance activities regarding violent/pornographic contents in group chats (WhatsApp and Telegram), that combines participant observation and in-depth interviews with active participants of such groups. We expect that the results of this research will improve the understanding of 1) the role of messaging apps affordances in shaping the circulation of extreme contents, 2) group trust dynamics, 3) the impact of a common semantics of the obscene on the cultivated semantics of public sphere, 4) methodological difficulties in researching online spaces unreachable by web scraping approaches.

scholarly journals The Mediating Role of Employee Voice Behaviour in the Relation between Despotic Leadership and Employee Outcomes

sjesr ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 362-373
Author(s):  
Mir Aimal Kasi ◽  
Prof. Dr Zainiab Bibi ◽  
Prof. Dr Jahanvash Karim
Keyword(s):  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Voice Behavior ◽  
Employee Outcomes ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Impact

Leaders play an essential role in the success and failure of the organization. In the past, studies examined positive leadership characteristics and behavior and their impacts on employee outcomes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of despotic leadership on employee creativity and turnover intention with the mediating role of employee voice behavior. The sample consisted of 344 faculty members of Teacher Training Institutions in Pakistan. SPSS-25 software was used to evaluate the collected data. The results demonstrated that despotic leadership hurts employee voice behavior and creativity and has a positive impact on turnover intention. Further, the results also revealed that the voice behavior of employees has no mediation effect in the relationship between despotic leadership and employee outcomes (creativity and turnover intention). The study highlighted the importance of the topic and explored the research gap by focusing on the dark side of leadership and examined how despotic leadership harms the creativity and turnover intention of employees.

From hope to dystopia

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-50
Author(s):  
Ngambouk Vitalis Pemunta ◽  
Tabi Chama James Tabenyang
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Investment Decision ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Petroleum Development ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to examine the dark flip side of the heightened dreams and wild expectations of development as a bright picture that accompanied the discovery of petroleum in politically unstable and donor-dependent Chad. Design/methodology/approach Data were elicited through local-level ethnography–participant observation, individual surveys and focus group discussion sessions with stakeholders on the impact of the Chad–Cameroon pipeline and petroleum development project. Findings While the “discourse of development” is about a better and new future, this new future, however, has a dark side: un/under-development, “backwardness”, corruption and patronage, leading to deeply entrenched poverty. Petroleum has become a discursive site where the competing discourses about development personified as the provision of material resources are played out. Originality/value The failure of petro-dollar-inspired development in Chad speaks to the mutually reinforcing nature of development decisions. Although firms need workers with specialized skills, workers will not acquire those skills in anticipation of employment opportunities. This disjuncture highlights the need for strategic complementarity in investment decision and coordination among economic agents. More than a decade later, the utopic dream of petro-dollar-inspired development as an aspiration is now characterized by a disconnect–environmental degradation, food insecurity, gendered and deeply entrenched poverty. This disjuncture demonstrates the need for a holistic impact assessment that involves different adaptive approaches and focus on a wide range of livelihood issues. Holistic evaluation on all programmes, plans, projects, policies and interventions will lead to the achievement of sustainable people-centred development that conserves the stewardship of nature.

scholarly journals Peran Perempuan Dalam Pemeliharaan Rumah Tradisional di Kampung Tarung, Sumba Barat, NTT

HUMANIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Sarah Ulina Kariny ◽  
Ni Luh Arjani ◽  
Industri Ginting Suka
Keyword(s):  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Field Data ◽  
Role Theory ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Female Figures ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
Village Women ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Local knowledge of Kampung Tarung community is maintained to preserve the traditional house. Most of the local knowledge is practiced by women because it relates to its domestic role. So the role of women has an impact on the preservation of traditional homes. The formulation of problem in this research include (1) How is the role of Kampung Tarung women in traditional house maintenance? (2) What forms of local knowledge do women have in Kampung Tarung? and (3) How is the impact of local knowledge owned by Kampung Tarung women towards the preservation of traditional house ?. The purpose of this research is to (1) identify and explain the role of Tarung Village women in traditional house maintenance; (2) describes the local knowledge forms owned by the Kampung Tarung women; and (3) disclose and analyze the impact of local knowledge of Kampung Tarung women on the preservation of traditional houses. Descriptive qualitative research methods with participant observation techniques, interviews, literature studies, and analysis of field data findings. The role of women in the maintenance of traditional houses in Kampung Tarung can be described by applying the role theory and the theory of ecofeminism. The role, according to Soekanto, is the dynamic aspect of status, so that if a person exercises his rights and obligations in accordance with his position he can be said to run a role. Meanwhile, ecofeminism as proposed Megawangi, see the individual comprehensively as a being that is bound and interact with the environment. This study also uses the concept of women's roles, local knowledge, and traditional houses. The results of the study show the importance of the role of women in the maintenance of traditional houses related to their daily domestic activities, the role is based on local knowledge possessed by women as the most effective way of maintaining traditional houses. Forms of local knowledge that are presently maintained, can not be separated from female figures and forms of local knowledge are taught to the children so that the next generation retains the kelur of the traditional house of Kampung Tarung.

scholarly journals Negotiating Educated Subjectivity: Intern Labour and Higher Education in Hong Kong

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 501-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iam-chong Ip
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Career Paths ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Cultural Industries ◽  
Work Identity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Education In Hong Kong

This article examines interns’ negotiation of their work identity, with a focus on the nexus of transformations in higher education and the “new” capitalist economy. The existing literature on internships emphasizes the restructuring of employment in creative and cultural industries, the surplus cultural labour supply, and the impact of internships on the career paths of educated youth mostly in western countries. Based on interviews and participant observation in Hong Kong, I argue that the intern’s “educated subjectivity,” nurtured by new values and practices of higher education such as self-reflexive learning and interfacing with community, plays an important role in the making of the intern economy. These values and practices contribute to the ambiguity and elasticity of the role of interns identified in previous research on internships.  

scholarly journals he Mediating Role of Gender in ICT Acceptance & Its Impacts on Students’ Academic Performance during Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 505-514
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Educational Barriers ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Media System ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The Impact

The global pandemic raised several social and economic challenges worldwide. Executing lockdown and closure of educational institutions became only options to mitigate these challenges, leading to educational barriers for billions of students worldwide. In such a situation, the acceptance, adoption and integration of ICT informally supported the learning process. However, policymakers, instructors and critics anticipated adverse consequences due to a fast shift from conventional to eLearning system. In this regard, the current research scrutinized the intervening role of gender in eLearning acceptance during Covid-19 outbreak. Additionally, this study also examines the impact of eLearning acceptance on students’ academic performance under Media System Dependency Theory. Data was gathered from n= 300 participants currently enrolled in n= 3 public sector universities in Islamabad, Pakistan. Results from quantitative data analysis indicated moderately significant gender differences concerning eLearning acceptance during the Covid-19. Similarly, findings also revealed a significant positive correlation between female students and conventional learning, male students and eLearning acceptance. Here the inferential statistics also highlighted the positive impacts of eLearning on students’ academic performance during Covid-19. The study concludes that gender is moderately hindering eLearning acceptance during the Covid-19 pandemic. Even though eLearning positively influences educational performance, stakeholders need to reconsider the current policies and ensure web-based as equally acceptable for all.

scholarly journals Trust and fake news: Exploratory analysis of the impact of news literacy on the relationship with news content in Portugal

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-117
Author(s):  
Miguel Paisana ◽  
Ana Pinto-Martinho ◽  
Gustavo Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
Communication Networks ◽  
News Content ◽  
Media System ◽  
The Media ◽  
Individual Ability ◽  
News Literacy ◽  
Literacy Profiles ◽  
Democratic Systems ◽  
The Impact

In order to understand the role of contemporary journalism and the media system it is vital to consider consumers’ relationship with news content in terms of trust and perception of dubious content. This analysis is particularly relevant in a context where intense flows of information raise serious questions about individual ability to interpret, validate, and reproduce content. This analysis explores a news literacy scale used by Maskl et al. (2015) and Fletcher (in Newman et al., 2018) to investigate the links between news literacy profiles and their relationship with content, with particular focus on illegitimate/doubtful news pieces. Results suggest individuals with higher news literacy tend to trust news in general but not when content originates in social media. Higher literacy profiles are also associated with increased concern regarding online content legitimacy. These conclusions are particularly relevant in the currently volatile media sphere, highly dependent on a substantially informed public to ensure the legitimacy and importance of journalistic content and to distinguish it from other kinds of content flooding communication networks. These efforts depend not only on the journalistic sphere but also on democratic systems themselves as they rely on a well-informed public to guarantee a healthy and inclusive debate.

The impact of digitalization and inter-organizational technological activities on supplier opportunism: the moderating role of relational ties

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Yang ◽  
Baofeng Huo ◽  
Min Tian ◽  
Zhaojun Han
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Relational Governance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
It Integration ◽  
The Impact

PurposeDigitalization encourages the manufacturer to engage in inter-organizational technological activities (i.e. supplier IT integration and supply visibility) with its major supplier, which influences supply chain (SC) governance. This study tests a moderated mediation model that considers supplier IT integration and supply visibility as mediators between supply-side digitalization and supplier opportunism, and relational ties as a moderator in the relationship between inter-organizational technological activities and supplier opportunism.Design/methodology/approachOrdinary least square (OLS) regression is used to examine data from 200 firms in China describing their supply chain management (SCM) practices and perceived relationships with their major suppliers.FindingsSupply-side digitalization is positively related to supplier IT integration and supply visibility. Supply-side digitalization has a positive indirect effect on supplier opportunism through supplier IT integration but a negative indirect effect through supply visibility. Relational ties weaken the positive effect of supplier IT integration and the positive indirect effect of supply-side digitalization on supplier opportunism. Relational ties also weaken the negative effect of supply visibility and the negative indirect effect of supply-side digitalization on supplier opportunism.Originality/valueThis study enriches understanding of SC governance in the digital age by empirically confirming that digital transformation brings both challenges and opportunities to SC governance and by clarifying the interplay of relational governance and technological activities. In addition, this study contributes to the SC digitalization literature by empirically validating the role of digitalization in promoting inter-organizational technological activities, as well as by revealing its potential dark side.

Fan Culture in the Digital Age

2020 ◽  
pp. 357-377
Author(s):  
Anıl Sayan ◽  
Gunes Ekin Aksan
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Fan Culture ◽  
Virtual Experience ◽  
Football Team ◽  
Virtual Presence ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article seeks to examine the impact of the stadium and its emotional references on spectators' virtual presence and experience. Specifically, the transfer of such practices to the online fan forum Ali-Sami-Yen.net, one of the largest unofficial fan forums founded by supporters of the Turkish popular football team Galatasaray in 1999, is inspected and the significance of spatiality for the football fan cultures is scrutinized with Maffesoli's concept of the “neo-tribe” in this chapter. The notion of neo-tribe helps to discuss the role of shared ambiance and emotions for the construction of the virtual experience in a fan forum. Methodologically, content and interaction among the users on Ali-Sami-Yen.net is analyzed through the primary sources including in-depth interviews and participant observation. It is concluded that the stadium attendance with its specific terrace culture practices constitutes a distinctive source of identity among the Galatasaray fans and their online forum is the replica of this experience.

Ethnographic Methods

2019 ◽  
pp. 201-211
Author(s):  
Tatjana Thelen
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Ethnographic Methods ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Short Overview ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Critical Questioning

This chapter describes the impact of ethnographic methods on the study of transformation. Ethnographic methods comprise a bundle of tools, the most important of which remains participant observation. In general, ethnographic methods aim at insights into processes of meaning making by actors in everyday life. They focus on the plurality of experiences within processes of change and ambivalences in specific contexts, as well as on historical depth. The openness of ethnographic research design allows for unexpected results and critical questioning of taken-for-granted theoretical concepts. The chapter starts with a short overview of the historical development of ethnographic methods in relation to shifting paradigms of transformation. Examples of ethnographic research of (post-)socialist transformations substantiate the potential (and pitfalls) of ethnographic methods. One important insight is that the great diversity of socialist as well as post-socialist transformations do not follow a modernization blueprint, demonstrating the potential of ethnography in generating innovative theoretical approaches.

scholarly journals The role of orthopaedic trainees during the COVID-19 pandemic and impact on post-graduate orthopaedic education

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (11) ◽  
pp. 676-682
Author(s):  
Gianluca Gonzi ◽  
Rhodri Gwyn ◽  
Kathryn Rooney ◽  
Joseph Boktor ◽  
Kunal Roy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Instant Messaging ◽  
General Medicine ◽  
Orthopaedic Care ◽  
Orthopaedic Training ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Orthopaedic Education ◽  
Theatre List

Aims The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the provision of orthopaedic care across the UK. During the pandemic orthopaedic specialist registrars were redeployed to “frontline” specialties occupying non-surgical roles. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orthopaedic training in the UK is unknown. This paper sought to examine the role of orthopaedic trainees during the COVID-19 and the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on postgraduate orthopaedic education. Methods A 42-point questionnaire was designed, validated, and disseminated via e-mail and an instant-messaging platform. Results A total of 101 orthopaedic trainees, representing the four nations (Wales, England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland), completed the questionnaire. Overall, 23.1% (23/101) of trainees were redeployed to non-surgical roles. Of these, 73% (17/23) were redeployed to intensive treatment units (ITUs), 13% (3/23) to A/E, and 13%(3/23%) to general medicine. Of the trainees redeployed to ITU 100%, (17/17) received formal induction. Non-deployed or returning trainees had a significant reduction in sessions. In total, 42.9% (42/101) % of trainees were not timetabled into fracture clinic, 53% (53/101) of trainees had one allocated theatre list per week, and 63.8%(64/101) of trainees did not feel they obtained enough experience in the attached subspecialty and preferred repeating this. Overall, 93% (93/101) of respondents attended at least one weekly online webinar, with 79% (79/101) of trainees rating these as useful or very useful, while 95% (95/101) trainees attended online deanery teaching which was rated as more useful than online webinars (p = 0.005) Conclusion Orthopaedic specialist trainees occupied an important role during the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has had a significant impact on orthopaedic training. It is imperative this is properly understood to ensure orthopaedic specialist trainees achieve competencies set out in the training curriculum. Cite this article: Bone Joint Open 2020;1-11:676–682.

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