scholarly journals Effects of digital mediation and familiarity in online video interviews between peers

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 205979912110607
Author(s):  
Ine Van Zeeland ◽  
Wendy Van den Broeck ◽  
Michelle Boonen ◽  
Stephanie Tintel
Keyword(s):  
Video Recording ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Physical Distance ◽  
Online Video ◽  
Unexpected Finding ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Explorative Study ◽  
Role Sharing ◽  
Online Methods ◽  
Video Calling

In times of social distancing, we need to adapt some of our research methods. Methodologies in field research can be partly replaced by a combination of online methods, which will often include online interviews. Technologically, there are few limitations to conducting interviews online, but there are side effects to digital mediation: privacy related concerns, technology hiccups, and physical distance may be barriers to disclosure for the interviewee. A survey among master students who had conducted interviews online confirmed these negative effects on the flow of interviews. Barriers to disclosure may be overcome by introducing familiarity and role-sharing. We tested the methodology of duo interviews via online video-calling tool Skype. In duo interviews, two respondents who know each other, interview each other in absence of a researcher. This explorative study investigated the effects of digital mediation on the flow of interviews and possible mitigation by familiarity between interviewer and interviewee. The qualitative study’s respondents were mostly experienced interviewers who knew each other well and were also experienced in using online video-calling tools, which reduced the influence of variation in technical and interviewing skills. The focus of the study was on finding conditions for the use of the familiarity strategy in online interviews. While familiarity between interview participants was reported to positively affect disclosure, the use of this method is limited to specific interview purposes. An unexpected finding was that the absent researcher was, in fact, present in the interview due to the element of video-recording. We list recommendations and conditions for conducting duo interviews over online video-calling tools, as well as limitations.

scholarly journals Can Watching Online Videos Be Addictive? A Qualitative Exploration of Online Video Watching among Chinese Young Adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (14) ◽  
pp. 7247
Author(s):  
Zeyang Yang ◽  
Mark Griffiths ◽  
Zhihao Yan ◽  
Wenting Xu
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Leisure Activity ◽  
Online Video ◽  
Video Content ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Online Videos ◽  
Chinese Young Adults ◽  
Qualitative Exploration

Watching online videos (including short-form videos) has become the most popular leisure activity in China. However, a few studies have reported the potential negative effects of online video watching behaviors (including the potential for ‘addiction’) among a minority of individuals. The present study investigated online video watching behaviors, motivational factors for watching online videos, and potentially addictive indicators of watching online videos. Semi-structured interviews were conducted among 20 young Chinese adults. Qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Eight themes were identified comprising: (i) content is key; (ii) types of online video watching; (iii) platform function hooks; (iv) personal interests; (v) watching becoming habitual; (vi) social interaction needs; (vii) reassurance needs; and (viii) addiction-like symptoms. Specific video content (e.g., mukbang, pornography), platform-driven continuous watching, and short-form videos were perceived by some participants as being potentially addictive. Specific features or content on Chinese online video platforms (e.g., ‘Danmu’ scrolling comments) need further investigation. Future studies should explore users’ addictive-like behaviors in relation to specific types of online video content and their social interaction on these platforms.

A Field Study of the Effects of Asynchronous Groupware Support on Process Improvement Groups

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-259
Author(s):  
Ned Kock ◽  
Robert Mcqueen
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Organizational Development ◽  
Process Improvement ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Electronic Messaging ◽  
Process Adoption ◽  
Incremental Process ◽  
Main Change

Process improvement (PI) groups have been among the main change instruments of widely adopted and publicized organizational development approaches such as total quality management and business process re-engineering. Asynchronous groupware tools, such as electronic messaging systems, have found widespread use in organizations yet very little field research exists on how PI groups are affected by such tools. We try to fill this gap with a field study of the effects of asynchronous groupware support on seven PI groups in two New Zealand organizations. Our study indicates that, while not having perceived negative effects on group effectiveness, asynchronous groupware support was perceived as increasing process adoption, hierarchy suppression, departmental heterogeneity and contribution length and decreasing discussion duration, cost and interaction in PI groups. We argue that, based on these findings, the use of asynchronous groupware tools is likely to be beneficial in PI projects, particularly where a large number of PI groups proposing incremental process changes is conducted.

scholarly journals A Novel Kinematically Redundant Planar Parallel Robot Manipulator With Full Rotatability

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Baron ◽  
Andrew Philippides ◽  
Nicolas Rojas
Keyword(s):  
Potential Application ◽  
Robot Manipulator ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Parallel Robot ◽  
Singularity Analysis ◽  
Geometric Method ◽  
Forward Kinematics ◽  
Online Video ◽  
End Effector ◽  
Moving Platform

This paper presents a novel kinematically redundant planar parallel robot manipulator, which has full rotatability. The proposed robot manipulator has an architecture that corresponds to a fundamental truss, meaning that it does not contain internal rigid structures when the actuators are locked. This also implies that its rigidity is not inherited from more general architectures or resulting from the combination of other fundamental structures. The introduced topology is a departure from the standard 3-RPR (or 3-RRR) mechanism on which most kinematically redundant planar parallel robot manipulators are based. The robot manipulator consists of a moving platform that is connected to the base via two RRR legs and connected to a ternary link, which is joined to the base by a passive revolute joint, via two other RRR legs. The resulting robot mechanism is kinematically redundant, being able to avoid the production of singularities and having unlimited rotational capability. The inverse and forward kinematics analyses of this novel robot manipulator are derived using distance-based techniques, and the singularity analysis is performed using a geometric method based on the properties of instantaneous centers of rotation. An example robot mechanism is analyzed numerically and physically tested; and a test trajectory where the end effector completes a full cycle rotation is reported. A link to an online video recording of such a capability, along with the avoidance of singularities and a potential application, is also provided.

scholarly journals Games and Fieldwork in Agriculture: A Systematic Review of the 21st Century in Economics and Social Science

Games ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
J. Nicolas Hernandez-Aguilera ◽  
Max Mauerman ◽  
Alexandra Herrera ◽  
Kathryn Vasilaky ◽  
Walter Baethgen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Physical Distance ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Experimental Games ◽  
Internal And External Validity ◽  
Case Basis

Games are particularly relevant for field research in agriculture, where alternative experimental designs can be costly and unfeasible. Games are also popular for non-experimental purposes such as recreating learning experiences and facilitating dialogue with local communities. After a systematic review of the literature, we found that the volume of published studies employing coordination and cooperation games increased during the 2000–2020 period. In recent years, more attention has been given to the areas of natural resource management, conservation, and ecology, particularly in regions important to agricultural sustainability. Other games, such as trust and risk games, have come to be regarded as standards of artefactual and framed field experiments in agriculture. Regardless of their scope, most games’ results are subject to criticism for their internal and external validity. In particular, a significant portion of the games reviewed here reveal recruitment biases towards women and provide few opportunities for continued impact assessment. However, games’ validity should be judged on a case-by-case basis. Specific cultural aspects of games might reflect the real context, and generalizing games’ conclusions to different settings is often constrained by cost and utility. Overall, games in agriculture could benefit from more significant, frequent, and inclusive experiments and data—all possibilities offered by digital technology. Present-day physical distance restrictions may accelerate this shift. New technologies and engaging mediums to approach farmers might present a turning point for integrating experimental and non-experimental games for agriculture in the 21st century.

Season of birth and media use

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 535-550
Author(s):  
Klaus Schoenbach
Keyword(s):  
North Africa ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Online Video ◽  
Season Of Birth ◽  
Month Of Birth ◽  
Mood Management ◽  
Explorative Study ◽  
Genre Preferences

Abstract This study investigates the influence of season of birth on media use and media genre preferences later in life. An impressive body of research in Europe and Japan shows that the month of birth has a significant impact on one’s temperament: People born in the winter of the northern hemisphere, for instance, tend to be less cheerful, lively and self-assured. Reasons seem to be the experience of less light, of coldness and of living mostly inside the home. Mood-management theory suggests that media entertainment may be used to compensate for that lack of cheerfulness and liveliness. In this explorative study, we assume that in countries north of the equator, but with extremely hot temperatures, summer is the season with fewer outdoor activities. So, there, individuals with more summer months in their first half year of life should be comparatively less cheerful – which they may regulate by using more media entertainment. Indeed, a secondary analysis of large-scale surveys in six countries in the Middle East and North Africa in 2016 supports this assumption, albeit conditionally: In the countries with particularly hot summers, but also for younger people in general, the duration of summer directly after birth is correlated significantly with consuming more media entertainment as well as with preferring comedy and drama as genres on TV and online video.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTASI PENDIDIKAN NILAI (LIVING VALUES EDUCATION) DALAM PEMBELAJARAN IPS (STUDIPEMBENTUKAN KARAKTER ANAK DI SDN BATANG-BATANG DAYA I)

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Tri Sukitman ◽  
M Ridwan
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Values Education ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Role Of Parents

Information and communication technologies that facilitate the service of the man, in fact alsoaccelerate the negative effects for the existence of values that has evolved in this masyarakat.Pernyataan evidenced by the spread of violence committed on school-age children, sexual abuse,a lack of values of decency against the old, free sex, abortion, and others. The spread of thisphenomenon is inseparable from the development of information and communication technologythat has now become the primary needs of a person. This research is categorized into fieldresearch (field research) were designed using qualitative approach with case study method (casestudy). The data collection techniques were used in this research through interviews, observation,field notes (field notes), study the documentation, and literature. Results of research conductedin SDN Batang-Batang Power I declare that there is some development programs educationalvalue, including the value of education is integrated into the curriculum in 2013 (K-13) and thedevelopment of value by maximizing the role of parents in monitoring every activity of childrenin the home environment through liaison book. The book serves for monitoring the activities ofchildren at home every day ranging from learning, prayer, reading the Koran, refined language(Enggi Bunten), and helping the elderly.educational values (values education), social studies learning, character

scholarly journals Home Garden With Eco-Healing Functions Benefiting Mental Health and Biodiversity During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xindi Zhang ◽  
Yixin Zhang ◽  
Jun Zhai
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Physical Distance ◽  
Urban Biodiversity ◽  
Home Garden ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Therapeutic Landscape ◽  
Isolation Period

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to tremendous impacts on human lives and society, which are not only because of negative effects on people's mental health due to isolation policies and physical distance for mitigating the spread of SARS-CoV-2, but also because the incident post-acute sequelae of the coronavirus will cause mental disorders. A green environment is a health resource, which cannot only benefit human physical and mental health, but also increases biodiversity, contributes to flood mitigation, and cools urban areas. A home garden, as a kind of small green space, can provide ecosystem services with eco-healing functions in reducing mental stress during the isolation period of the COVID-19 pandemic through the garden itself and physical activities in it. Such an eco-healing approach within a mini-therapeutic landscape can also benefit biodiversity by enhancing plant diversity in residence and increasing biodiversity at a large scale. In this article, we propose a conceptual framework describing a home garden as “ecological medicine” with healing functions to improve mental health, as well as indirectly enhancing urban biodiversity. A home garden, as a mini-type of green landscape with biodiversity content, allows people to get close with nature so that it can promote comfortable and natural feelings during the pandemic. Furthermore, such an eco-healing home garden approach benefiting urban biodiversity can meet the challenges in maintaining environmental and mental health in post COVID-19 pandemic recovery, as well as preparing unknown next-surge risks with potential isolation regulations.

scholarly journals FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI PENYALAHGUNAAN DOKUMEN KEIMIGRASIAN PENCARI SUAKA DI KOTA MAKASSAR

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-116
Author(s):  
Andi Fikri Fauzi Alimuddin ◽  
Ruslan Renggong ◽  
Baso Madiong
Keyword(s):  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Detention Center ◽  
Limited Budget ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The Government ◽  
Specific Regulation ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers ◽  
United Nation

Kota Makassar sebagai salah satu tempat favorit bagi para pengungsi dan pencari suaka sebagai tempat transit sementara sebelum berangkat ke negara tujuan.  Fenomena kemunculan pengungsi dan pencari suaka di kota Makassar  seringkali dianggap membawa efek negatif bagi negara transit terkhusus Kota Makassar, dimana para pengungsi berpotensi melakukan tindakan-tindakan Penyalahgunaan Izin Keimigrasian serta dari aspek ekonomi akan membebankan Pemerintah karena harus menyediakan fasilitas yang diambil dari pajak masyarakat.. Pemerintah Indonesia tidak mempunyai aturan khusus yang mengatur mengenai perlindungan penanganan dan pengawasan pengungsi dan pencari suaka yang jelas. Hal ini kadang membuat penanganan dan pengawasan pengungsi dan pencari suaka di Kota Makassar tidak berjalan secara maksimal.  Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah Penelitian Lapangan (Field Research) dikombinasikan dengan Penelitian Kepustakaan (Library Research). Populasi dari penelitian ini adalah United Nation High Comission for Refugees (UNHCR) perwakilan Makassar, Kantor Imigrasi kota Makassar, Rumah Detensi Imigrasi kota Makassar dan pengungsi dan pencari suaka yang berada di rumah rumah penampungan sementara di Kota Makassar. Teknik pengumpulan data adalah wawancara dan dokumentasi yang kemudian dianalisis secara kualitatif dan dituangkan dalam bentuk deksriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa adanya penanganan dan pengawasan pengungsi dan pencari suaka yang berada di kota Makassar yang belum maksimal di karenakan beberapa faktor antaran lain, ketidakjelasan payung hukum pelaksanaan tugas, terbatasnya anggran dalam pemenuhan sarana dan prasarana penanaganan dan pengawasan  pengungsi dan pencari suaka di Kota Makassar. Makassar City is one of favorite places for refugees and asylum seekers as a temporary transit point before leaving for the destination country. Phenomenon of the emergence of refugees and asylum seekers in Makassar is often considered to have negative effects on transit countries, especially in Makassar City, where the refugees have the potential to commit the acts of abuse of immigration permits, and in economic aspect this will burden the Government to provide facilities taken from public taxes. The Indonesian government does not have a specific regulation to set the protection of handling and supervision of refugees and asylum seekers clearly. It sometimes makes the handling and supervision of refugees and asylum seekers in Makassar City not running optimally.  The research method used is Field Research combined with Library Research. The population of the study were the United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) representatives in Makassar, Immigration Office of Makassar, Immigration Detention Center of Makassar, refugees and asylum seekers residing in temporary shelters in Makassar City. Techniques of data collection are interviews and documentation which are then analyzed qualitatively and set forth in a descriptive form. The results showed that the handling and supervision of refugees and asylum seekers in Makassar City was not optimal due to several factors, such as the unclear, legal basis for the implementation of duties, limited budget in fulfilling the facilities and infrastructure for handling and supervision as well as limited officers in handling and supervision of refugees and asylum seekers in Makassar City.

Disposable Hearing Aid Battery Management: Survey Assessment of Providers and Qualitative Interviews of Patients

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Torri Ann Woodruff ◽  
Jackie DiFrancesco ◽  
Michael Kurth ◽  
Alison Marinelli ◽  
Kathleen M. Cienkowski
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Hearing Aid ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Battery Management ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Patient Reports ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Online Methods

Purpose The purpose of this study was to better understand the behaviors that hearing aid users engage in to manage batteries. Method Two arms of research, a survey of audiologists ( n = 110) and qualitative interviews with adult hearing aid users ( n = 13), were conducted. Surveys were distributed and collected both via paper and online methods. Descriptive analyses of survey results were conducted to report on common threads. Qualitative interviews were conducted with video recording for transcription purposes. These transcripts were then coded thematically to identify shared themes across participants. Results Results of this study highlight the variability in behavior between provider-recommended strategies (preemptive battery management) and the reactive/delay strategies that are implemented by users. Patient reports indicate several challenges related to changing their batteries including limited information on hearing aid batteries, physical/sensory challenges to the act, and the social impact of having to change hearing aid batteries. Concurrently, patients express a wide range of strategies to address other challenges including engaging in cost-conscious behaviors when managing batteries (both purchasing and deciding to replace) and maintaining a collection of easily accessible batteries for use. Conclusions Hearing aid batteries are a topic that reflect social and economic factors in a patient's life. While providers may report they cover these topics sufficiently, challenges related to batteries may need specific elucidation by the clinician to ensure adherence to recommendations and functioning devices.

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