scholarly journals At the Top of the Tree? Surveying Conference Interpreters as an Elite

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (38) ◽  
pp. 29-42
Author(s):  
Antony Hoyte-West
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
The Internet ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The World ◽  
Political Economic

In spite of the crucial role that conference interpreters play in the world of international affairs and diplomacy, the concept of conference interpreters as an elite has not attracted significant academic interest to date. Building on the author’s previous work (Hoyte-West, 2021), which examined the historical and theoretical aspects of the intersection between conference interpreting and elite sociology, this article reports on the findings of an empirical study with practising conference interpreters. Given increasing interest in sociological aspects of the translational professions, this study is both necessary and timely. In terms of data gathering, snowball sampling was used to disseminate an internet-based survey among professional conference interpreters, with the aim of determining whether conference interpreters viewed themselves as members of an elite. The internet-based survey received 120 responses from freelance, staff, and retired conference interpreters. Using an overwhelmingly quantitative approach, the data was analysed and tabulated, before being subsequently discussed and compared with Khan’s (2012) framework of elite resource areas (political, economic, cultural, social network, and knowledge-based), which had previously been applied to the professional sphere of conference interpreting by the author. As such, it was noted that conference interpreters generally did not view themselves as members of an elite; however, further qualitative research in this area remains both desirable and necessary.

scholarly journals An Ethnography of a Community's Re-appropriation of Yārsān in Cyberspace: The Facebook Phenomenon

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyedeh Behnaz Hosseini
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The World ◽  
New Space ◽  
Changing Practices

This article presents a nuanced approach for qualitative research on the Internet, based on the synthesis of qualitative data-gathering methodologies both online and offline, and contributes to recent knowledge of changing practices within Yārsāni communities around the world. Yārsān is a religious belief of Indo-Iranian origin that traces back to Hooraman, a region in Iranian Kurdistan. Yārsān thought, which Islamic Shiite authorities treat as heretical, has extensively used processes of adaptation and strategies of survival throughout the course of its history. The research presented here makes a case for the significance of the Internet and, more specifically, social network sites in connecting Yārsānis in their homelands and in the diaspora. How does Facebook provide a new space for this minority group to disclose their beliefs to the world, thereby reassessing the clandestine nature of their religion, which is a tenet required by traditional belief and defined by their adage, “don’t tell the secret”?

scholarly journals «I» as «Other» on the World Wide Web: from «I»-Representation to «I»-Identification

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-156
Author(s):  
Elena Ryaguzova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
World Wide Web ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Personal Identity ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Applied Aspect ◽  
The World

The article presents results of the empirical study aimed at investigation of I-representations of active social network users on the World Wide Web and those who use the Internet as the information resource only. Based on our conception of personal representations of “I-Other” interaction, we analyzed specific peculiarities of the communicative environment on the World Wide Web (discursiveness, orientation towards self-representation of a personality to Other, publicity, responsiveness, performativity), and identified that they contribute to development of various personal I-representations, which gradually become I-identifications and transform into a new model of personal identity. The applied aspect of the problem under study can be realized in psychological programs of communicative competence and personal development trainings, in solving practical problems concerning optimization of real interpersonal interactions and interrelations, in understanding of Other’s personality and developing harmonious personal identity.

scholarly journals Emotional Impact of Dishes versus Wines on Restaurant Diners: From Haute Cuisine Open Innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Ana Mengual-Recuerda ◽  
Victoria Tur-Viñes ◽  
David Juárez-Varón ◽  
Faustino Alarcón-Valero
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Fundamental Importance ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
The World ◽  
Unique Experience ◽  
General Experience ◽  
High Level

Haute cuisine is emblematic in the world of tourism and is of fundamental importance in the economic and social life in most countries worldwide. Haute cuisine gastronomic experiences play with the senses, involving the diner, thus generating a unique experience for the customer. This empirical study aims to analyze the influence on the consumer of the characteristic stimuli of a high-level gastronomic experience in a restaurant with two Michelin stars. Using neuromarketing biometrics, combined with a qualitative research technique, the objective of this research was to determine the emotional impact of the presentation and tasting of dishes compared to wines and to draw conclusions about each variable in the general experience. The results indicate that the dishes have a greater influence on the level of interest than the wines, and both have a different emotional impact at different moments of the experience due to its duration.

scholarly journals Influence of the world wide web to the modern Russian language

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 80-85
Author(s):  
Natavan Kamilova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
World Wide Web ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The World ◽  
Network Language ◽  
Modern Russian

In this article we made an attempt to resolve a problem, which impends over our society. Getting involved in the Internet, using social network language, humanity, distorting their language, forget about great traditions of each nation, about originality, harmony, euphony of a language. In this case, we are talking about rich and expressive Russian language.

What can we learn from the Past about Future Technological Trends in Adult Education?

2011 ◽  
pp. 333-353
Author(s):  
John K. Hope
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
World Wide ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Pedagogical Issues ◽  
The Past ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
To Come ◽  
Political Economic

The purpose of this chapter is to examine the past two decades of technology use in adult education with the intention of providing a critical lens with which to view future technological trends in adult education. The article begins with a brief summary of technological trends, such as the introduction of the Internet and the World Wide Web, that have influenced adult education over the past two decades. Political, economic, social, and pedagogical issues that have influenced the use of technology in adult education are also discussed and possible solutions to these issues are outlined. The article concludes with an attempt to extrapolate future technological trends that could influence the direction of adult education in the decade to come.

A Report on a Novice User's Interaction with the Internet through a Self-Voicing Application

2005 ◽  
Vol 99 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith S. Jones ◽  
J. Shawn Farris ◽  
Peter D. Elgin ◽  
Brent A. Anders ◽  
Brian R. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
World Wide ◽  
Protocol Analysis ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Verbal Protocol ◽  
Verbal Protocol Analysis ◽  
Textual Information ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual

This study used verbal protocol analysis to examine the behavior of an individual with visual impairment using a self-voicing application to find information on the World Wide Web. The results indicated that executing actions (such as typing or pressing keys) and interpreting the computer system's state (data gathering) were the most frequent and time-consuming tasks. Furthermore, the individual had difficulty determining the effects of her actions on the system and whether relevant information was present on a page. These results suggest that there may be problems in interfacing the user with the software and the way textual information is aurally displayed to the user.

An Intelligent Design System for Agile Design and Manufacturing of Mechanical Transmission Systems

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
El-Sayed Aziz ◽  
C. Chassapis
Keyword(s):  
Process Design ◽  
Intelligent Design ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Design System ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Mechanical Transmission ◽  
Transmission Systems ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The World ◽  
Design And Manufacturing

Product development is a process with complicated procedures, which incorporate many aspects of knowledge, experience and teamwork. Specifically, mechanical system design requires an iterative process to determine the desired component design parameters that would satisfy kinematic, performance and manufacturability requirements, which would result in an efficient and reliable operation of speed reduction units. This article describes an approach towards the development of intelligent design support environments for mechanical transmission systems, along with implementation details of a distributed knowledge-based gearing design and manufacturing system that is deployed over the Internet. The system embodies the various tasks of the design process, with modules that address: performance evaluation, process optimization, manufacturability analysis, and provides reasoning and decision-making capabilities for reducing the time between gear tooth creation, detailed design and final production. This methodology is highly desirable in that it is able to simulate real working conditions, evaluate and optimize the design effectively, prevent designers from time-consuming iterations and reduce long and expensive test phases. In an application example relating to process design of a forged gearing system, once a successful power rating is achieved within the design environment through FEA based techniques, the system automatically feeds input parameters into the manufacturing module which carries out all process design and planning stages. Estimation of the number of preforming stages, generation of detail die drawings, and forging load and energy requirements are calculated based on available material design databases, knowledge-based rules and feature-level calculations. Utilization of the World Wide Web, as a medium for the implementation of gear design and its agile manufacturing over the Internet is also being demonstrated. A combination of HTML, JavaScript, VRML, CGI Script and C++ based procedures is used to bring this capability to users distributed anywhere in the world. With the above developments, the problems of experience and expertise for the designers are overcome and unexpected design iterations that cause wastage of engineering time and effort, are avoided. The environment can be easily enhanced with other types of gearing systems.

The Nature of Research Methodologies

2018 ◽  
pp. 6756-6766
Author(s):  
Ben Tran
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Video Conferencing ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
High Definition ◽  
Research Methodologies ◽  
The World

In the nature of research methodologies, quantitative research and quantitative research data are static through time, compared to qualitative research and qualitative research data. Across the globe, the Internet and mobile technologies are providing unprecedented access to markets and individuals. Such technologies ranges from high-definition video conferencing and instant communication around the world to the ability to reach participants on their mobile devices and access to demographics that are traditionally hard to reach, the Internet is providing technology based research methods like blogs, webinars, virtual intercepts, and virtual reality. The nature of the problem then plays the major role in determining what approaches are suitable. The purpose of this chapter is to cover the three types (trends) of research methodologies: the traditional (quantitative, qualitative), the universal (mixed-methods), and the trends (blogs, webinars, virtual intercepts, and virtual reality).

A Study of Two Microfinance Models and Their Suitability for Egypt

2019 ◽  
pp. 171-195
Author(s):  
Ahmed Youssry ◽  
Brett Winklehake ◽  
Jaime A. Lobera
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Financial Analysis ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Grameen Bank ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
The World ◽  
Political Economic

Developing countries around the world strive to implement one of the several current models of microfinance. This study focuses on two models: Grameen Bank, which is considered the change factor for the microfinance field, and Kiva.org, an organization that understood the importance of the Internet and crowdfunding to create a different model of microfinance. The purpose of the study is to analyze these two models and determine which would be more suitable for application in Egypt. This study provides a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT analysis), a financial analysis, and a structural analysis, as well as historical background for both organizations along with a scan for the political, economic, social, and technological infrastructure in Egypt to determine the most suitable microfinance model.

The Nature of Research Methodologies

2019 ◽  
pp. 552-563
Author(s):  
Ben Tran
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Video Conferencing ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
High Definition ◽  
Research Methodologies ◽  
The World

In the nature of research methodologies, quantitative research and quantitative research data are static through time, compared to qualitative research and qualitative research data. Across the globe, the internet and mobile technologies are providing unprecedented access to markets and individuals. Such technologies range from high-definition video conferencing and instant communication around the world to the ability to reach participants on their mobile devices and access to demographics that are traditionally hard to reach. The internet is providing technology-based research methods like blogs, webinars, virtual intercepts, and virtual reality. The nature of the problem then plays the major role in determining what approaches are suitable. The purpose of this chapter is to cover the three types (trends) of research methodologies: the traditional (quantitative, qualitative), the universal (mixed-methods), and the trends (blogs, webinars, virtual intercepts, and virtual reality).

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