#someonetellcnn: The Agonistic Relationship between South and North Media Memories

Author(s): David Katiambo / Language(s): English / Issue: 10/2017

The international media stand accused for creating a negative retrospective memory about Africa through misreporting. Social media is providing an alternative channel to air counternarratives. Through Discourse Theoretical Analysis this paper uses the agonistic democracy theory to explain how Twitter is enabling Kenyans to create an optimistic prospective memory as a counter narrative to Western media’s negative retrospective memory about Africa. Mouffe’s concept of “agonism” will be utilized to conceptualize how uncivil attacks are enabling Kenyans to fend off international media misreporting. The paper unpacks how Kenyans on Twitter (KOT) used incivility against CNN to to create a national agonistic memory ahead of the 2015 Africa visit by President Obama. The paper analyses incivility at #SomeonetellCNN as a form of collective remembrance, meaning not only remembering what CNN had already said, the retrospective memory, but also remembering what CNN was expected to do, the prospective memory.

(RE)SHAPING POLITICAL CULTURE AND PARTICIPATION THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORKS

Author(s): Marija Andreeva / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2019

The influence of social networks is growing intensely. They do not only influence only certain aspects of our lives, but they also influence political participation and political culture. In recent years, this influence has been very notable. We have seen a change of policies as a result of pressure, a lot of significant political movements started via social networks. This paper concentrates on the influence of social networks on political participation and political culture. The paper tries to foresee the future implications and the intertwining of social networks and political culture and political participation. It also gives conclusions for the past, present and future implications and it gives a comparison between political participation before and after the rise of social networks. It also analyses the positive and negative implications that social network could have on political participation.

15 TEMMUZ DARBE GİRİŞİMİ GECESİ TRT’DE OKUTULAN DARBE BİLDİRİSİ METNİNİN SÖYLEM ÇÖZÜMLEMESİ

Author(s): Yusuf Söylemez / Language(s): Turkish / Issue: Special/2016

During the coup attempt on July 15, the TRT building was occupied and the coup text, which was taught by force of arms, was analyzed and the situation of overlapping with the discourse of the publications of the FETET / PDY terrorist organization on this side from Process of 17-25 December was tried to be revealed. Data were collected by the method of document examination and the obtained data were analyzed by discourse analysis. It is thought that the work will be beneficial in terms of political discourse studies.

1950-1960 YILLARI ARASINDA ULUSAL VE ULUSLARARASI BAZI OLAYLARIN AĞRI BASININA YANSIMASI

Author(s): Ahmet Edi / Language(s): Turkish / Issue: 32/2016

Between 1950 and 1960, various incidents occurred both in Turkey and in the world. These kinds of events have created a great influence in the country, especially in the written press and publications. These issues could be seen in the local press as well as in the national press. While international issues were being processed in the national press, these issues also took their place in the local press. Ağrı, which is at the farthest point of the country, has not remained indifferent to such matters. In particular, the activities of Turkey on international platforms was included in the local press of Ağrı with various positive and negative criticisms. In addition to the international events, various national issues and events that influenced both the region and the period were also included in the press. Reflections of some national and international events between 1950-1960 on Ağrı press were tried to be studied in the study.

2nd International Conference on Behavioral Addictions

Author(s): Authors Various / Language(s): English / Issue: suppl.1/2015

Abstracts of the 2nd International Conference on Behavioral Addictions. March 16–18, 2015; Budapest, Hungary

3D modelácia vybranej kultúrnej pamiatky na základe dobových historických i grafických dokumentov

Author(s): Ladislav Župcán / Language(s): Slovak / Issue: 01/2019

Various alternatives to the virtual environment have opened new application possibilities for both cultural and educational institutions. At present, it is not appropriate to talk only about monuments, artefacts and digitization, visual model reconstructions, multimedia guides, podcasts. It is also necessary to point to practical examples in defined areas and to create the necessary visions of cyber culture in the Slovak environment in terms of virtual collections and cyber artefacts. The presented study reflects the current state of the virtual world on the example of a selected 3D monument from the last phase of the Hungarian environment. The aim of the study is to design a conceptual vision of the creation of digital – virtual artefacts in the cyber – museum world for the needs of museums and universities in order to promote their activities and attract the interests of percipients.

45-a международна олимпиада по химия

Author(s): Donka Tasheva,Penka Vasileva / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 1/2019

The paper represents problems (theoretical and practical) of the 45th International Chemistry Olympiad and the solutions of theoretical problems. Comments of Bulgarian team presentation are given.

A 3-FACTOR MODEL RELATING COMMUNICATION TO RISK MITIGATION OF EXTENDED INFORMATION SYSTEM FAILOVER

Author(s): Athanasios Podaras / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2015

This paper aims to analyse the relation between timely and effective communication and risk mitigation of late recovery after an unexpected information system outage in enterprises. An unforeseen information system failure in modern enterprise units, may result to significant operational and financial damage. In such a critical incident, effective communication between the team leaders and the recovery team involved, can minimize or even eliminate this negative impact. An extended information system outage can be perceived as a time deviation from the Maximum Accepted Outage (ΜΑΟ) timeframe, proposed by the business continuity management, according to the value of which dependent business functions may be interrupted without any serious effects to the company. The paper examines the relation between 3 basic factors and the efficient communication between team members. The factors are: timely information distribution, staff availability and network availability. Through the current paper, the author proposes a risk analysis model, based on the Composite Risk Index theory of Risk Management, which can significantly diminish the possibility of an extended information system outage, as well as calculate the extended time required to recover a system when the aforementioned factors emerge in their worst form. The precise calculation of recovery time can be achieved via the execution of business continuity tests which include scenarios, according to which an unexpected system outage coexists with delayed information distribution as well as low staff and network availability.

A Case Study on Viral Journalism in Greece: The Figures, the Trends and the Factors of Success

Author(s): Eleni-Revekka Staiou,Andreas Giannakoulopoulos / Language(s): English / Issue: 14/2018

In the era of social media, the concept of viral is a hub. But then, from the field of advertising and marketing, it is the turn of journalism to be affected by it. In recent years, websites such as buzzfeed and boredpanda have grown steadily and have reached a state in which -, according to statistics, they gather millions of users daily. The main characteristic of these websites is the fact that they are largely based on the viral journalism phenomenon, that is, they include small and light stories that have all the features of a viral content. The aim of these stories is to be shared by the users as much as possible on social networks and the web at large. Also, a second important feature of these websites is that they invite their readers to "upload" their own interesting content, thus giving them the opportunity to become journalists in some way and their content to become viral as well, exploding at the same time the user generated content (UGC) phenomenon. The aim of this article is to study the phenomenon of viral journalism in Greece, centered on the Mikropragmata (http://mikropragmata.lifo.gr), a column of the free press Lifo that has become so large that it has acquired its own micro-site and corresponding channels in social media. By studying the content of the website, we will try to understand what kinds of articles are posted and which appear to be more successful to the public. How do readers react? Are there any similar examples in Greece? In order to answer these questions, an online survey will be carried out. Quantitative and qualitative data will be gathered on the website under study and other relevant examples from Greece and abroad, as well.

A Concept for Inclusive Physical Education Training Program for Future Pre-School and Primary-School Teachers

Author(s): Galena Terzieva / Language(s): English / Issue: 5/2019

The adoption of new normative documents in the field of education in Bulgaria determines the inclusion of children with special educational needs in general education schools. The significant and integral role which physical education plays in the educational process poses the question of the inclusion of children with impairments in motor activity training as well. Teachers implementing it contribute greatly to its positive effects. The main features of physical education include active motor activity and the related physical workload. In order for them to be adapted successfully to the specific needs of children with different disabilities, more specialized training is required. The analysis of the curricula of the faculties of education in Bulgaria shows that future pre-school and primary school teachers who will be responsible for the physical education of children in kindergartens and primary schools respectively do not receive appropriate training in adaptive physical education. The aim of this article is to present a concept for introducing a training programme on “Motor Activity Training and Inclusive Physical Education”, intended for students of the specialty Preschool and Primary School Education at the Faculty of Education, Trakia University, Bulgaria.

A Content Analysis of the Results from the State Matriculation Examination in Mathematics

Author(s): Elena Karashtranova,Nikolay Karashtranov,Vladimir Vladimirov / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2019

This paper presents an analysis of the results from the State Matriculation Examination in Mathematics achieved by the students from the Science and Mathematics High School “Acad. S. Korolyov” within the period of 2012 – 2014.

A Mobile Cloud Computing Collaborative Model for the Support of On-Site Content Capturing and Publishing

Author(s): Nikolaos Vryzas,Efstathios Sidiropoulos,Lazaros Vrysis,Evangelia Avraam,Charalampos Dimoulas / Language(s): English / Issue: 14/2018

The current paper investigates the design of a collaborative Mobile Cloud Computing model to support the workflow of collecting, editing and publishing news reporting material, aiming at better managing technology and human resources. While semantic services and tools have made tremendous progress in both academic and applied level, journalists don’t seem to make the most of contemporary technological possibilities. With the proposed framework, journalists, reporters, technical experts and editors can cooperate remotely and simultaneously on the cloud, collaboratively producing and publish timely, authentic and high-quality content, with proper documentation. Context- and location-aware semantic metadata, provided by mobile devices, guide the field reporter, while also serving annotation and authentication purposes. State-of-theart mobile publishing tools are used for capturing and processing multimodal assets, which are then uploaded to the cloud. Augmented interaction tools (speech-to-text, voice commands, etc.) can boost usability to overcome the functional constraints of mobile devices, thus facilitating reporting services and improving the overall media experience. Technologists /expert collaborators monitor the process to meet the quality standards posed by the news reporting team or organization. The adopted human-centred design aims at serving the needs of modern journalists, concerning functionality and effectiveness, promoting their professional development through in-service training. This is succeeded with the implementation of rapid /pilot prototyping and evaluation cycles, in which the project is progressed, leading to the suggestion and the adoption of best practices, within the scope of further automating news reporting procedures.

A NARRATIVE CRITICISM OF LIFESTYLE REALITY PROGRAMS

Author(s): Travis Loof / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2015

This article seeks to understand and explain the relationship between lifestyle reality television programs and consumers. Specifically, this article outlines this relationship from a critical narrative perspective by interrogating two common story structures within lifestyle reality programming. By analyzing these narratives, conclusions are drawn about the role of story in consumer behavior. Additionally, this article argues that through the combination of the rhetorical situation of the housing collapse and narrative storytelling, consumers are taught how to perceive and interact when considering the purchase of a house. Finally, this article synthesizes Social Cognitive theory (Bandura, 1986) in conjunction with Narrative theory (Fisher, 1984) to explore how rhetorical criticism can use social science to better understand lived, mediated, experience.

A New Way to Enhance China's Cultural Confidence through Internet Cultural Consumption

Author(s): Kejin Liu / Language(s): English / Issue: 14/2018

The vigorous development of China's Internet culture industry has profoundly changed the internal structure of cultural industry and the habits of people's cultural consumption. With the frequent international cultural exchanges, the collision and integration of different cultures often have an impact on the cultural products and services of the country. How to stick to the core of their own culture and realize the expansion and promotion of culture self-confidence in the wave of Internet communication is an issue that every country needs to face and think about. This paper aims at clarifying the necessity of developing Internet culture industry in China and illustrating the new trend and characteristics of Internet culture consumption. This paper mainly adopts cases from different industries to analysis in order to predict the direction of the industry and put forward the proposals. Only deeply analyze the present situation of China's Internet industry and accurate grasp of the characteristics of the Chinese Internet culture consumption, we are able to cultivate, guide, promote and manage the endogenous power of economic and social development, and finally make suggestions on the key points of government governance.

A RESEARCH ON PRESENTATION OF VIOLENCE IN SOCIAL MEDIA: OPINIONS OF FACEBOOK USERS

Author(s): Gülsüm Çalisir / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2015

Element of violence which was seen almost every day in all media but in no way could be prevented is reflecting a bitter side of life. Today that we called age of information, technology rapidly improved, and thanks to this there found solutions for a lot of matters, we are unfortunately are living violence more heavy day by day. Consequently, elements of violence lived are taking part in television and computer screens, and magazine and newspaper pages. Although it is an unapproved and unwanted matter of fact, violence’s existing in life is keeping this phenomenon fresh in media’s agenda.

A SEMIOTIC READING OF DIGITAL AVATARS AND THEIR ROLE OF UNCERTAINTY REDUCTION IN DIGITAL COMMUNICATION

Author(s): Sercan Sengün / Language(s): English / Issue: Special/2014

This study tries to explain the role of digital avatars for communication in two distinct ways. In the first part it debates what kinds of meanings avatars have for their users. To answer this question based on semiotic theories of Saussure and Lacan, a new approach will be proposed. Saussure’s theory of signs and Lacan’s theory of chain of signifiers as an entry for self, will be merged to form a new viewpoint. In the second part, the role of avatars in the digital communication for the receivers will be approached by Berger’s uncertainty reduction theory.

A support vector machine approach for developing telemedicine solutions: Medical diagnosis

Author(s): Mihaela Gheorghe / Language(s): English / Issue: 05/2015

Support vector machine represents an important tool for artificial neural networks techniques including classification and prediction. It offers a solution for a wide range of different issues in which cases the traditional optimization algorithms and methods cannot be applied directly due to different constraints, including memory restrictions, hidden relationships between variables, very high volume of computations that needs to be handled. One of these issues relates to medical diagnosis, a subset of the medical field. In this paper, the SVM learning algorithm is tested on a diabetes dataset and the results obtained for training with different kernel functions are presented and analyzed in order to determine a good approach from a telemedicine perspective.

Abitare i nuovi media, con uno sguardo alla Evangelii Gaudium di Papa Francesco

Author(s): Giovanni Tridente / Language(s): Italian / Issue: 1/2016

According to the predictions over 50% of the world’s population will have internet access in 2016, while the number of social media users on a global level increases at a rate of 100 million per month. On average, the time that people spend daily on social networks and microblogs exceeds that of 2 hours. Use of Internet is not only for leisure, but also to tap into information. Facing this technological evolution, customs and habits, and even the Church – called from its beginning to proclaim the Good News everywhere and always, whatever the circumstances and means available – must ask not only about what is the best way to live in this new world, but also how to influence it positively. This contribution, meant to be explorative but certainly not exhaustive, seeks to offer food for thought in order to respond to these needs. After having painted the media landscape that we find ourselves viewing, verifying the informative nature of the Church and recalling her essential evangelical mission, we will affirm some possible proposals for “citizenship” in new media. Such proposals are made in light of the Magisterium with particular reference to Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii gaudium.

Acta Informatica Pragensia

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Czech Republic

Acta Informatica Pragensia (ISSN 1805-4951) is a peer-reviewed journal that uses the Open Access model of sharing scientific knowledge. The aim of the journal is to actively support research and professional activities by offering a publication platform that is available worldwide and is free of charge. The journal covers a broad range of topics dealing with the social and business aspects of informatics. It covers mainly the theory and application of enterprise information systems, as well as interactions between information and communications technologies (ICT) and people.

In the business domain, we especially seek the empirical and design type of research with practical applications, such as research articles concerned with the current problems of IT managers and IT professionals working in various types of organizations. In the social domain, we particularly welcome submissions that emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of ICT when considering its application and impact on the society.

The journal’s ambition is to stimulate the dialogue concerning the role of ICT in the region of Central and Eastern Europe. This geographical area is affected by two main factors: the recent history of the Eastern Bloc, and the pro‑Western development in the past few decades. This situation is also reflected in the paradigms of informatics research in the region, e.g. in the strong tradition of informatics research based in cybernetics and other system‑oriented disciplines, but also in the effort to create a close connection between research and practice. In contrast with that, there is a growing awareness in the region of the “Western tradition” of informatics research. This means mainly the social research focused on such ICT topics as the behavioural tradition of the study of information systems in organizations. Nevertheless, there are no geographical or subject field restrictions imposed on the authors, providing that their manuscript is of a high standard and thematically relevant, presenting the research results from either the Western or the Eastern perspective.

Acta Informatica Pragensia is published biannually by the University of Economics, Prague – a leading educational institution in 'Business and Economics' in the Central European region that holds several internationally-recognized accreditations (e.g. EQUIS, FIBAA, ACCA). The university is highly appraised both in the Czech Republic and abroad. University partners of the journal who are involved in its publishing are the University of Finance and Administration and the University of Pardubice (Faculty of Economics and Administration).

Adaptation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Young Diagnostic Questionnaire (YDQ) for Parental Assessment of Adolescent Problematic Internet Use

Author(s): Lutz Wartberg,Levente Kriston,Katharina Kegel,Rainer Thomasius / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2016

The surge of problematic Internet use in adolescents is a continuously growing problem across the globe. To our knowledge, to date valid questionnaire-based measurement of problematic Internet use is possible only by self-assessment. The objective for the present study was to adapt an established instrument for a parental assessment of adolescent problematic Internet use and to evaluate the psychometric properties of this questionnaire. Methods: Data were collected from a representative German sample of 1,000 parents of adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years using a standardized questionnaire. To assess problematic Internet use, we adapted the established Young Diagnostic Questionnaire by rewording the items to survey a parental rating instead of a self-report (“Parental version of the Young Diagnostic Questionnaire,” PYDQ). Additionally, we assessed the Internet usage time, parental monitoring, family functioning, school performance of the adolescent, and parent–adolescent conflicts. We conducted a confirmatory factor analysis based on the 8 items of the PYDQ modeled as categorical indicators and one latent factor using a robust weighted least squares estimator. We also calculated a reliability coefficient, the acceptance of the instrument, and performed correlation analyses. Results: The unidimensional model showed excellent global goodness-of-fit (χ2/df = 1.65, RMSEA = 0.03, CFI = 0.99, TLI = 0.99) and satisfactory factor loadings (standardized values ranged from 0.60 to 0.77). We observed a reliability coefficient of 0.70, a good acceptance of the instrument, and the correlation analyses indicated the construct validity of the PYDQ. Discussion and conclusion: The proposed PYDQ is a suitable instrument for parental assessment of adolescent problematic Internet use.