scholarly journals DOUYIN AND TIKTOK: A CROSS-LANGUAGE SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP ON SISTER APPS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Ting Poh ◽  
Crystal Abidin
Keyword(s):  
Short Form ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Chinese Market ◽  
Engagement Strategies ◽  
Academic Scholarship ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Cross Language ◽  
Fan Engagement ◽  
Chinese And English

Following the meteoric rise of TikTok in the global market and the dominance of Douyin in the Chinese market, this article maps academic scholarship focusing on Douyin and TikTok. Examining Chinese and English journal articles studying Douyin and TikTok, we address three research questions: Firstly, what are the disciplinary approaches and methodologies employed by researchers in studying Douyin and TikTok? Secondly, what are the foci of research questions put forth by researchers? Thirdly, how is the academic scholarship on these platforms developing independently? In terms of disciplinary leanings, Douyin publications tended to be published by scholars in the humanities and social sciences while TikTok and comparative publications demonstrated a broader scope of disciplinary leanings. Regarding methodology, Douyin publications tended to employ qualitative ones. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed approaches for TikTok publications were more balanced. Qualitative and quantitative approaches were observed in comparative publications. Data collection methods across publications included digital fieldwork, surveys, interviews, experiments, media texts, and ethnography; while data analyses included content, thematic, statistical, network, critical discourse, and descriptive forms of analyses. Regarding research questions, articles on Douyin tended to engage with e-commerce, the development of short form videos, and practices, cultures and communities. Articles on TikTok tended to engage with platform logics and governance concerns, fame, virality and influencers, and representation of events or information. Comparative publications tended to engage with platformization, expression of cultural differences, fan engagement strategies and factors underlying app usage. Finally, academic scholarship on Douyin and TikTok are largely based in independent geographic regions.

Storytelling: How We Learn

2019 ◽  
pp. 141-142
Keyword(s):  
Journal Articles ◽  
Effect Change ◽  
Quality Research ◽  
Conference Presentations ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
New Research

The best conference presentations tell a story with an interesting introduction, details in the middle, and a conclusion that leads to new research, questions or answers about practice, and perhaps further research on the topic. So, too, do journal articles, and this publication is dependent on the rigors of quality research to tell stories about our patients and their experiences and make suggestions on how we can effect change.

scholarly journals Is China’s domestic agricultural market influenced by price fluctuations of the world agricultural commodities in the short-run?

2013 ◽  
Vol 59 (No. 12) ◽  
pp. 578-589
Author(s):  
Y. Jiang ◽  
Y. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Price Change ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Price Impact ◽  
Agricultural Commodities ◽  
Chinese Market ◽  
Agricultural Market ◽  
Price Fluctuation ◽  
Price Fluctuations ◽  
The World ◽  
Short Run

After entry into the WTO, China’s domestic agricultural market is more and more closely integrated into the world market. Recently, a significant price fluctuation of agricultural commodities in the global market has increased concerns over its impact on the economic stability in those developing countries such as China, which has a large import and export of agricultural commodities every year. This paper attempts to study the short-term impact from price fluctuations of the world agricultural commodities upon the China’s domestic agricultural market by investigating the dynamic correlation between the price change in the world and Chinese market in the copula framework. Our findings suggest a weak but strengthening short-run impact with an asymmetric nature. At the same time, diversified short-run impacts are observed in four main agricultural commodity markets. Empirical results show that the world price fluctuation has a volatile but decreasing influence on the China’s rice market. This volatility of price impact is also observed in the wheat market but it has an escalating trend. The corn market experiences an intensified price shock with a distinct stage characteristic and the soybean market is under the strongest influence from the international price fluctuation.

scholarly journals Fan Engagement in 15 Seconds: Athletes’ Relationship Marketing During a Pandemic via TikTok

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 436-446
Author(s):  
Yiran Su ◽  
Bradley J. Baker ◽  
Jason P. Doyle ◽  
Meimei Yan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Relationship Marketing ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Video Sharing ◽  
Online Branding ◽  
Shared Content ◽  
Sport Industry ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Fan Engagement

As COVID-19 lockdowns force most sport leagues into hiatus, engaging fans has emerged as a key challenge confronting the sport industry. While navigating social distancing protocols, athletes are experimenting with new ways to connect with their fans. Alongside established social media platforms (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram), TikTok, a short-form video-sharing platform, has gained prominence in terms of registered users and shared content. Yet, little is known about the utility of TikTok as an athlete branding tool. This study uses a netnographic approach to explore the use of TikTok among athletes (N = 10) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings reveal that athlete-generated TikTok videos are characterized as playful and authentic. While athletes are recent adopters of TikTok, this emerging social media platform can be profitably integrated into their online branding strategies. Communicating via TikTok presents opportunities for athletes to foster existing fan relationships, promote branded content, and appeal to new fan segments. Overall, athletes and sport practitioners can leverage these findings to create content for an audience that is attracted to novelty and the activities of athletes extending beyond game highlights or interviews.

scholarly journals Rethinking corruption in contemporary African philosophy: Old wine cannot fit

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emeka A. Ndaguba ◽  
Onyinye J. Ndaguba ◽  
Michel M. Tshiyoyo ◽  
Kgothatso B. Shai
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
African Philosophy ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Corrupt Practice ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Definition Of

To conceive the notion of corruption presupposes the existence of corrupt individuals, groups or organisations. The existence of corrupt individuals, groups or organisations you might say presupposes the presence of an entity. Every entity (i.e. state or corporate) has laid down procedures, processes and methods of doings and functioning. When these procedures and processes are negated, one could be accused of subversion. Subversion is an element in the definition of administrative corruption and is the unwillingness to follow stipulated plans of actions. An action that negates procedures falls under corrupt practice. This article will answer the following research questions: How has corruption been framed and perceived and what are the underlining consequences in Africa? In what ways, if any, has the prevailing perception of corruption undermined and understated the notion of corruption in Africa? In what ways can a remedial be conceived in the fight to make Africa free of corruption? And finally: How can Kleptoafronia be conceived as a panacea for corruption in the continent? This article uses themes and narrative analysis in the qualitative realm to provide answers to the research questions. Over 500 scholarly materials were read and scanned from journal articles, Internet sources, textbooks and several academic indexes to provide evidence for the arguments in this article from five disciplinary standpoints: political science, public administration, criminology, psychology and medical sciences. This article is a conceptual article that tends to demonstrate that corruption in Africa is a psych-administrative disorder termed – Kleptoafronia.

scholarly journals Operational Excellence as the Main Customer Value: Information Technology Vendors' Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-30
Author(s):  
Christof Gellweiler
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Customer Value ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Process Efficiency ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Competitive Capabilities ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Value Disciplines ◽  
Operational Excellence ◽  
The Competitiveness Of Enterprises

Abstract Background: Information technology (IT) requires substantial investments from enterprises to build competitive capabilities. IT products are supposed to provide value to customers and to increase the competitiveness of enterprises. Vendors of IT products should take the competitive strategy and value creation for enterprise buyers into account. Objectives: This article takes the perspective of IT vendors (ITVs) and attempts to answer the research questions “What types of customer value do ITVs consider?” and “Do ITVs consider the competitiveness of enterprises?” Methods/Approach: This research investigates descriptions from ITVs and analyzes patterns and correlations of coded content. The annual reports of 32 global market-leading ITVs were examined through direct content analysis. Results: Half of the annual reports mention the competitiveness of enterprise buyers; 84% of the samples relate to customer-value disciplines. Moderate positive and monotonic relationships were detected between customer value disciplines. Conclusions: ITVs consider the competitiveness of buyers and noticeably regard customer value disciplines, mainly operational excellence, that in turn refers to process efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

scholarly journals Engagement science: The core of dissemination, implementation, and translational research science

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Meissner ◽  
Linda B. Cottler ◽  
Milton “Mickey” Eder ◽  
J. Lloyd Michener
Keyword(s):  
Translational Research ◽  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Service Research ◽  
Dissemination And Implementation ◽  
Research Prioritization ◽  
Individual Health ◽  
Engagement Strategies ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Implementation And Dissemination ◽  
Research Questions

AbstractStakeholder engagement is acknowledged as central to dissemination and implementation (D&I) of research that generates and answers new clinical and health service research questions. There is both benefit and risk in conducting stakeholder engagement. Done wrong, it can damage trust and adversely impact study results, outcomes, and reputations. Done correctly with sensitivity, inclusion, and respect, it can significantly facilitate improvements in research prioritization, communication, design, recruitment strategies, and ultimately provide results useful to improve population and individual health. There is a recognized science of stakeholder engagement, but a general lack of knowledge that matches its strategies and approaches to particular populations of interest based on history and characteristics. This article reviews stakeholder engagement, provides several examples of its application across the range of translational research, and recommends that Clinical Translational Science Awards, with their unique geographical, systems, and historical characteristics, actively participate in deepening our understanding of stakeholder engagement science and methods within implementation and dissemination research. These recommendations include (a) development of an inventory of successful stakeholder engagement strategies; (b) coordination and intentionally testing a variety of stakeholder engagement strategies; (c) tool kit development; and (d) identification of fundamental motivators and logic models for stakeholder engagement to help align stakeholders and researchers.

A Proposal to Study of Cross Language Information Retrieval (CLIR) System Users’ Information Seeking Behavior

2014 ◽  
pp. 43-62
Author(s):  
YooJin Ha
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Discussion Section ◽  
Information Behaviors ◽  
Cross Language Information Retrieval ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Cross Language

There has been an enormous increase for information written in different languages by users from various backgrounds and disciplines. This chapter proposes a research design to examine multilingual information users’ information behaviors when using a Cross Language Information Retrieval (CLIR) system. Development of a true CLIR is absolutely necessary so that the system would allow users to access information written in the user’s languages of choice. Kuhlthau’s Information Search Process (ISP) model was borrowed as a theoretical framework. Of particular concern are those users who want information represented by a language different than the users’ original query or for those users who would like to retrieve additional information written in a second and/or third language or in a language which cannot be understood by them. This research is expected to yield a revised or new ISP model applicable to CLIR environments. It is expected that this study will also increase our understanding of CLIR users. The expected CLIR users include many of non-English speakers, especially users in developing countries who need this kind of CLIR system due to lack of materials in their own language. It is possible that the results of this research could inform CLIR system designers. The chapter is composed of purpose of study, literature review, theory, research questions, methodology, and discussion section. In the literature review section, pertinent research studies from information seeking behavior, cross language information retrieval, and general relevance studies are presented. Kuhlthau’s ISP model is introduced in detail in the theory section. A possible application of Kuhlthau’s ISP Model to the CLIR environment is presented in a table format. Research questions are developed from the literature reviews and Kuhlthau’s model. Each research question, premises/assumptions, and its correspondent methodology are proposed in the methodology section. Limitations are discussed in the discussion section.

Collective internationalization – a new take off route for SMEs from China

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Sandberg ◽  
Hans Jansson
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Foreign Market ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Retail Market ◽  
Chinese Market ◽  
Content Type

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the establishments of Chinese wholesale and retail market platforms in China and Europe, which create a new take-off route for SMEs from China, and to theorize on this as a new collective route to internationalization. Design/methodology/approach – An exploratory case study has been undertaken covering four Chinese market platforms: the role model in Yiwu, China, and the establishments in Warsaw, Poland; Budapest, Hungary; and Kalmar, Sweden. Findings – A new collective internationalization route is identified, driven by the collectivistic Chinese culture. Here Chinese SMEs diverge from traditionally suggested paths of internationalization, taking off independently from the domestic business network but form a joint market platform in the foreign market. This collective behavior compensates for the resource constraints of internationally inexperienced Chinese SMEs. From the market platform, they plug into the local market network and are provided with economies of scale and scope, ultimately making them internationally competitive. This collective route offers the potential for joint learning and risk reduction when entering distant markets in the early internationalization stages. Research limitations/implications – For Chinese SMEs, co-location in a market platform in foreign market offers the advantages of lowering institutional distance and uncertainty as the firms collectively handle these matters. A limitation of the study concerns the generalizability, as few cases are studied. Still, being an unstudied phenomena there are important empirical contributions to be made. Originality/value – The paper reports on an overlooked empirical phenomenon, namely the establishment of Chinese wholesale and retail market platforms in China and Europe. Through this establishment a new collective route into the global market by Chinese SMEs is identified and theorized.

Geography and the Anthropocene: Critical approaches needed

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 451-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Knitter ◽  
Katja Augustin ◽  
Ehsan Biniyaz ◽  
Wolfgang Hamer ◽  
Michael Kuhwald ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Earth Systems ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Critical Approaches ◽  
Research Questions

“The Anthropocene” currently serves as a framework to acknowledge global human influences on the earth systems. Different prominent authors call for geographers and especially physical geographers to intensify their involvement in the discussions on the theme. A bibliometric analysis shows that geographers are already one of the leading contributors to the keyword Anthropocene in journal articles. While we generally support the standpoint of increased engagement with the topic, we want to emphasize that we need to do more than only attaching the “Anthropocene” label to our daily research practice. A critical engagement with and reflection of the research questions and contexts is needed to play a vital role as discussant in the debate. We should take advantage of the diverse themes, topics and viewpoints of our subject by actively following a more critical approach to our research practices in order to find those geographic ties that join us and our discipline and that enable us to contribute more substantially to the Anthropocene debate.

Testing the concepts of market mavenism and opinion leadership in China

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 178-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Wei-Na Lee
Keyword(s):  
Market Segmentation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Opinion Leadership ◽  
Marketing Communication ◽  
Chinese Market ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Value Consciousness ◽  
Research Questions

Purpose – Market mavenism and opinion leadership are two important consumer influential concepts in marketing communication literature. The purpose of this paper is to explore two overarching research questions. First, can we separate market mavenism from opinion leadership in China? The answer to this question would solve an important issue of targeting in marketing communication. Second, if market mavenism is indeed distinctive from opinion leadership, are market mavenism and opinion leadership determined by same or different factors in China? The answer of this question would help determine how to reach each type of consumer influential and add knowledge to market segmentation. Design/methodology/approach – An online survey was conducted to test the hypotheses. In total, 316 Chinese respondents completed this survey. Findings – The results were illuminating: market mavenism and opinion leadership were indeed distinctive yet related concepts in China. Monochronicity, altruism, price-value consciousness, and income significantly influenced market mavenism after controlling for all other variables while monochronicity, price-value consciousness, and age significantly predicted opinion leadership after controlling for all other variables. Research limitations/implications – This study provides a richer picture of market mavenism and opinion leadership in the Chinese market. Originality/value – This study helps scholars and professionals efficiently and effectively reach each type of consumer influential.

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