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Enacting Empowerment in Private and Public Spaces: The Role of “Taru” in Facilitating Social Change Among Young Village Women in IndiaPant, Saumya 09 August 2007 (has links)
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História da psicologia social e comunicação de massa: leituras a partir de uma historiografia críticaConceição, Maria Flor Oliveira 13 May 2011 (has links)
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Previous issue date: 2011-05-13 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This work seek understand the historical relations between Social Psychology and
Mass Communication. There are a small number of studies about this subject that involves
these mutual contributions in the first half of the Twenty Century, especially between 1920
and 1950 decades. To understand these connections was realized a specific research about the
history of the two main perspectives of Mass Communication on period, the American Mass
Communication Research and the Critical Theory of Frankfurt School and also locate their
positions as parts of distinct traditions in Social Psychology. It was prepared the analyses of
two special articles: The Effects of Mass Communication of Carl Hovland (1954) and On
popular music of Adorno & Simpson (1941). In the articles can be found evidences that
methods of Social Psychology was used for the study of the observed phenomenon in Mass
Communication / O trabalho tem como objetivo esclarecer as relações históricas entre a psicologia, mais
especificamente a Psicologia Social, e a Comunicação de Massa. Pouco se tem publicado
acerca das contribuições trocadas por estas áreas de pesquisa ao longo da primeira metade do
século XX, período em que se observa significativa aproximação mútua, em especial entre os
anos 1920 e 1950. No intento de trazer a lume tais conexões, foi realizada para a confecção
desta dissertação pesquisa bibliográfica que possibilitou recontar a história das duas principais
perspectivas de pesquisa em comunicação de massa no período, quais foram, a Mass
Communication Research e a Teoria Crítica da Escola de Frankfurt, e apontar suas posições
como também participantes de tradições distintas em Psicologia Social. Endossa a
argumentação, a análise de dois textos especiais, aqui tratados como documentos primários:
Os efeitos dos meios de comunicação de massa , de Carl Hovland (1954), e Sobre música
popular , de Adorno e Simpson (1941). Em ambos os textos podem ser encontradas
evidências de que os métodos da Psicologia Social foram frequentemente tomados de
empréstimo para o estudo dos fenômenos observados em Comunicação de Massa
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Student nurses' experience of interaction with culturally diverse psychiatric patientsZwane, Theresa Sheila 15 September 2014 (has links)
M.Cur. / Please refer to full text to view abstract
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Social Media and Sustainable Communication. Rethinking the Role of Research and Innovation Networks.Köhler, Thomas, Weith, Thomas, Härtel, Lisette, Gaasch, Nadin 09 May 2019 (has links)
Purpose – Recent studies demonstrate the serious influence of social media on scholarly communication. However, scientists from academia seem to be rather carful in trying new technologies (Kaiser, Köhler, Weith 2016), with most preferring private channels first (Pscheida et al., 2013). Nevertheless, science and innovation are a public issue of wide interest. Communication is a fundamental prerequisite for transfer of information and creation of knowledge, but not sufficient to sustainably implement knowledge in society (Johnson & Chang 2000). Any innovative development from R&D needs to be published and distributed by means of communication and learning. Only if processes of learning are added relevant knowledge can be converted into actions and become effective (Larsen-Freeman 2013).
Design/methodology/approach – New media technologies open up a variety of technological tools and innovative individual and organizational collaboration patterns. Does science consider such opportunities? What kind of data can be used to investigate the ICT / social media usage from a functional perspective? The authors decided to build their argumentation on two cases studies, describing the structural design of research networks, which are indeed quite similar. Therefore, the funding measure „Sustainable Land Management” as well as the research network „eScience Saxony” were considered. Both combine a series of smaller R&D projects within the context of a wider network. The data shows, however, differences in structure and scope (some projects follow a transdisciplinary approach while others do not) as well as further similarities in relation to the usage of social media.
Originality/value – As a research question it is examined how actors of network projects design processes of transfer and implementation of knowledge in their project networks. For the empirical investigation, qualitative data of the two cases is obtained and evaluated systematically. The findings emphasize (1) the equality of knowledge communication and organization of joint learning experiences and, moreover, (2) similar conceptual understanding of transfer across projects. Moreover, they (3) consider similar media scenarios as appropriate. Marginally, also (4) processes of communication and learning receive attention – which are used as the operationalization of transfer and implementation in the studied networks.
Practical implications – The aim of the research presented is to investigate the various effects of the research networks as a specific form of organizational intervention (Härtel et al, 2015). The authors thereby give attention to the transfer and implementation strategies from the perspective of knowledge communication, in respect of knowledge management, and use theoretical approaches from different disciplines including developmental and social sciences (Stützer et al., 2013) as well as education and organizational studies to elaborate the meaning of research and innovation networks.
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Exploring Communicative Aspects of Client Satisfaction, Loyalty, and Retention in a Private, Non-profit Organization: A Qualitative, Interview-Based Study of Catholic CharitiesFortin, Amanda Michelle 22 January 2014 (has links)
This thesis focuses on Catholic Charities (Hereafter CC), a non-profit agency that provides pregnancy and adoption support to families in times of crisis. Research and agency data reflect a positive association between the amount of time clients engage in services and the resolution of crises. Both theoretically and empirically, a key determinant of the depth and breadth of clients' engagement with both for-profit and non-profit services is their satisfaction with such services. In 2009-2010, CC's in-house, client surveys reported a decreasing level of client engagement with services. One clear trend was that clients discontinued services after thirty days or less. Against this trend, CC aims to provide social services for an extended period of time (i.e. longer than thirty days) in order to insure that clients have fully recovered from crises. In order to understand possible reasons for clients' low or short engagement rates, this thesis analyzes clients' satisfaction with CC services. Using a grounded-theory approach, twenty semi-structured interviews with former and current CC clients were analyzed for communication-based themes involving clients' satisfaction with services. Four macro-themes emerged: (1) Positive Caseworker Personality, (2) Feeling Emotionally Supported, (3) Feeling Helped, and (4) Positive Counseling Environment. Findings have implications for both theories of satisfaction and the offering and practice of CC services.
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Communication for behavioral impact: a COMBI plan for cancer prevention in TaiwanChao, Kang-I 12 1900 (has links)
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / The aims of this research were to evaluate the merit of a communication-based medical approach to cancer prevention in Taiwan and to give deeper understanding of whether physicians view this type of method as a possible solution to public health problems. It is also hoped that this research will be able to find out whether doctors support the use of COMBI for managing public health issues in Taiwan. The results show that Taiwanese physicians perceive communication-based approach and communication methods as a way for managing public health problems, and they also agree that COMBI can be used for cancer or other public health issues prevention. The World Health Organization has used COMBI to deal with public health issues and has made a huge impact in many countries, combating diseases such as dengue fever, leprosy, lymphatic filariasis, tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS with successful results. There is also a large body of research indicating that there is a strong relationship between eating fruits and vegetables and cancer prevention. In Taiwan, cancer has been both the top cause of death for 18 years and one of the top ten causes of death for 30 years. However, more than 80% of people in Taiwan still do not consume enough fruits and vegetables daily. Thus, this COMBI plan is hoped to help change these people’s eating habits for cancer prevention. The plan is also evaluated by doctors from Taiwan in terms of its pros and cons in this document, and suggestions for changes are made. These doctors view communication-based strategies like COMBI as a key component for managing public health problems, and they also believe that this COMBI plan will accomplish its goal of increasing people's fruit and vegetable intake for cancer prevention in Taiwan. Up till now, only minimal research has been conducted on the use of COMBI in Taiwan. Therefore, this investigation is hoped to initiate this research and provide a guideline for future COMBI-based actions taken in Taiwan.
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Crossing social boundaries and dispersing social identity : tracing deaf networks from Cape TownHeap, Marion 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2003. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The conciliatory discourse of the South African Deaf social movement claims a
commonality across South Africa's historical divides on the basis of a 'Deaf culture'. This
claim in view of South Africa's deeply entrenched 'racial' divisions triggered this study.
The study investigates the construction of Deaf identity and emphasizes the crossing of
social boundaries in Cape Town, a society with a long history of discriminatory
boundaries based on race. The study was carried out among adults who became deaf
as children, the group for whom deafness, commonly viewed as both sensory and social
deficit, is said to pose considerable linguistic, social and cultural challenges. It focused
on strategies that deal with being deaf in a predominantly hearing world. To identify
strategies, for this population without a geographical base, the study traced networks of
social relationships.
Fieldwork was carried out from September 1995 to December 2001. Between
September 1995 and December 1997 research included systematic participant
observation and informal interviews. Between January 1998 and December 2001 ,
continuing with participant observation and informal interviews, the study added formal
interviews with a sample population of 94 deaf people across Cape Town, collected by
the snowball method. The profile of this sample shows a relatively heterogeneous
population on the basis of demographic factors and residential area but similarity on the
basis of first language, Sign.
The study demonstrates that history imposed boundaries. It categorized the Deaf as
different from the hearing and in addition, in South Africa, produced further differentiation
on the basis of apartheid category, age, Deaf school attended, method of education and
spoken language. In this historical context the study identified a key strategy, 'Signing
spaces'. A Signing space, identifiable on the basis of Sign-based communication, is a
set of networks that extends from the deaf individual to include deaf and hearing people.
On analysis it comprises a Sign-hear and a Sign-Q.e.gfspace. In Sign-~ networks,
hearing people predominate. Relationships are domestic and near neighbourhood. In Sign-~ networks, deaf people predominate. Relationships are sociable and marked
by familiarity.
The study found that via the Signing space, the Deaf subvert deafness as deficit to
recoup a social identity that is multi-faceted and dispersed across context. Boundaries
crossed also vary by context and by networks. Sign-~ networks address the hearing
boundary. Limits could be identified in the public arena, when barriers to communication
and a poor supply of professional Sign language interpreters again rendered deafness
as deficit. The boundaries of the Sign-deaf networks were difficult to determine and
suggest the potential, facilitated by Sign language, to transcend South Africa's spoken
languages and the related historical divisions. Sign-~ networks also suggest the
additional potential, in sociable contexts, to transcend spoken language, trans-nationally.
But mutual intelligibility of Sign language and the familiarity, communality and
commonality it offered did not deny an awareness of historical differentiation and
discrimination, as a case of leadership succession presented as a 'social drama' shows.
However, the process of the 'social drama' also demonstrates that conflict, crises, and a
discourse that reflects South Africa's historical divisions need not threaten a broader
commonality. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die oorsteek van maatskaplike grense en verbreiding van maatskaplike identiteit:
die nagaan van netwerke vir Dowes van Kaapstad
Die bemiddelende diskoers van die Suid-Afrikaanse maatskaplike beweging vir Dowes
maak op grond van 'n 'Dowe kultuur' aanspraak op 'n algemeenheid wat oor Suid-Afrika
se geskiedkundige verdeeldhede heen strek. Hierdie aanspraak het, in die lig van Suid-
Afrika se diepgewortelde 'rasseverdelings' , tot hierdie navorsing aanleiding gegee. Die
navorsing ondersoek die vorming van 'n Dowe identiteit en beklemtoon die oorsteek van
maatskaplike grense in Kaapstad, 'n gemeenskap met 'n lang verlede van
diskriminerende grense wat op ras gebaseer is. Die navorsing is gedoen onder
volwassenes wat as kinders doof geword het. Vir hierdie groep, waar dit gewoonlik as 'n
sensoriese en sosiale gebrek beskou word, hou doofheid aansienlike linguistiese,
sosiale en kulturele uitdagings in. Die navorsing fokus op strategieë wat te make het
met doof wees in 'n oorheersend horende wêreld. Om vir hierdie bevolking sonder 'n
geografiese basis strategieë te identifiseer, het die navorsing maatskaplike
verhoudingsnetwerke nagegaan.
Veldwerk is tussen September 1995 en Desember 2001 gedoen. Tussen September
1995 en Desember 1997 het die navorsing stelselmatige waarneming van die
deelnemers en informele onderhoude met hulle behels. Hierdie waarneming en
informele onderhoude is tussen Januarie 1998 en Desember 2001 voortgesit, maar die
navorsing het nou ook formele onderhoude met 'n steekproefbevolking van 94 dowe
mense van regoor Kaapstad ingesluit. Hiervoor is van die sneeubalmetode gebruik
gemaak. Die profiel van hierdie steekproef toon 'n relatief heterogene bevolking op
grond van demografiese faktore en woongebied, maar ooreenkoms op grond van eerste
taal, naamlik Gebaretaal.
Die navorsing toon aan dat grense deur die geskiedenis opgelê is. Dit het Dowes as
verskillend van horendes gekategoriseer, en het daardeur in Suid-Afrika tot verdere
differensiasie op grond van die apartheidskategorie, ouderdom, watter doweskool
bygewoon is, wyse van onderrig en gesproke taal aanleiding gegee. In hierdie
geskiedkundige konteks het die navorsing 'n belangrike strategie, 'Gebare-ruimtes',
geïdentifiseer. 'n Gebare-ruimte wat uitgeken kan word op grond van Gebaar-gebaseerde kommunikasie, is 'n stel netwerke wat van die dowe individu af uitbrei om
dowe en horende mense in te sluit. Uit 'n analise blyk dit dat dit 'n Gebaar-horende en
Gebaar-dowe ruimte behels. In Gebaar-horende netwerke oorheers horende mense.
Verhoudinge word in die huis en met die naaste bure aangegaan. In Gebaar-dowe
netwerke oorheers dowe mense. Verhoudings is gesellig van aard en word deur
ongedwongenheid gekenmerk.
Die navorsing het bevind dat die Dowe doofheid as gebrek deur middel van die Gebaarruimte
omkeer om 'n veelvlakkige maatskaplike identiteit wat dwarsoor die konteks
versprei is, te behels. Grense wat oorgesteek word, varieer ook in konteks en ten
opsigte van netwerke. Gebaar-horende netwerke fokus op die horende grens.
Beperkinge kon in die openbare arena geïdentifiseer word in gevalle waar hindernisse
ten opsigte van kommunikasie en gebrekkige voorsiening van Gebaretaal-tolke weer
doofheid as 'n gebrek voorgestel het. Dit was moeilik om die grense van die Gebaar-
~ netwerke te bepaal en dit suggereer die potensiaalom, gefasiliteer deur
Gebaretaal, Suid-Afrikaanse tale en die gepaardgaande geskiedkundige verdelings te
transendeer. Gebaar-dowe netwerke suggereer ook die addisionele potensiaal om
gesproke taal, in gesellige kontekste trans-nasionaal te transendeer. Maar onderlinge
verstaanbaarheid van Gebaretaal en die ongedwongenheid, gemeenskaplikheid en
algemeenheid wat dit gebied het, het nie 'n bewustheid van geskiedkundige
differensiasie en diskriminasie ontken nie, soos 'n geval van opvolging van leierskap,
wat as 'n 'sosiale drama' aangebied is, getoon het. Die proses van die 'sosiale drama'
toon ook dat konflik, krisisse en 'n diskoers wat Suid-Afrika se geskiedkundige
verdelings weerspieël, nie 'n wyer algemeenheid hoef te bedreig nie.
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Šíření inovací v medicínském prostředí: Meta - analýza případových studií / Diffusion of innovations in medical setting: A meta - analysis of Case studies.Řepíková, Anna January 2013 (has links)
Diploma thesis "Diffusion of innovations in medical setting: A Meta-analysis of case studies" deals with contemporary shape of empirical diffusion research in public health and medical sociology field. By means of meta-analysis based on 23 case studies that was targeted on chosen aspects of investigation within the diffusion of innovations topic, on whole design of the research and on particular methodological procedures we arrived to wide thematic scope of these studies and their significant heterogeneity regarding methodological aspects. This fact testifies the large amount of possibilities that diffusion studies provide, even in such narrowed research area. Meta-analytical findings and studies divided into several typologies were then compared with an older study, where a pragmatic orientation of newer studies on a specific aspect of the whole process and practical task that needs to be solved, turned up. The sociological micro-theories making is then overshadowed by dealing with the actual field problems acute even more in the field of medicine. The communication processes at the level of interpersonal communication (that are, according to the generally accepted definition of diffusion of innovation, principal for the diffusive mechanism) as a dominant object of examination almost faded out....
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Adventní kalendář plný příběhů - pedagogický projekt na rozvoj předčtenářských dovedností v mateřské škole / Advent-calender full of stories - educational project in development of before-reader's skills of children at nursery schoolCrlíková, Ivana January 2014 (has links)
5 Abstract The thesis is devoted to the development of before-reader's skills of preeschoolers, their ability to develop communication, listening and discussion with some methods of critical thinking. Theoretical part is focused on the development of reading and before-reader's literacy of preschoolers.It deals with a posibility to use some chosen methods of the program RWCT (Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking) at nursery school. It concentrates on the development of preschoolers in some areas important for their development of reader's literacy. In practical part there is presented the educational project of advent-calender full of stories, based on the work with texts. Based on stories it learns, if these chosen methods of the program RWCT can influence communication of preschoolers and their listening and discussion. The thesis presents results of the educational project took at the beginning and the end of my project. Key words: pre-school education, preschoolers, reader's literacy, program of reading and writing for critical thinking, methods, work with a text, communication research, listening and discussion
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Informations- und Wissenstransfer in kollaborativen Lernsystemen / Distribution of Information and Knowledge in Collaborative Learning Systems. Structural and Relational Analysis about the Impact of Social Organizational Structures in Knowledge Networks in the Case of the Web Based Collaborative Learning System in Higher Education called OPALStützer, Cathleen M. 11 December 2013 (has links) (PDF)
In der Netzwerkgesellschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts gilt die kollaborative Verteilung und Nutzung von Information und Wissen als Schlüsselstrategie für den webbasierten Informations- und Wissenstransfer. Durch die technologischen Möglichkeiten werden technische Zugangsbarrieren weitestgehend überwunden und traditionelle Formen der Wissensvermittlung durch moderne webbasierte Lernumgebungen ergänzt. Der Umgang mit kollaborativen Lehr- und Lernszenarien im dynamischen Informations- und Wissenstransfer bildet die Grundlage für den soziokulturellen Fortschritt innerhalb der Bildungsforschung.
Der Schwerpunkt dieser Arbeit lag auf der strukturellen und relationalen Analyse sozialer Organisationsstrukturen innerhalb von Wissensnetzwerken. Ziel war es, Einflussfaktoren offenzulegen, die sich auf das Innovations- und Distributionspotential von Information und Wissen innerhalb von kollaborativen Wissensnetzwerken auswirken. Es wurden dazu Interaktionsprozesse von Teilnehmern innerhalb von Diskussionsforen am Beispiel der Lernplattform OPAL – dem aktuell populärsten Lernmanagementsystem in der Hochschulbildung Sachsens, Deutschland – untersucht. Unter der Annahme, dass soziale Interaktion besonders im Umgang mit kollaborativen Medien den Bildungsablauf und der Aufbau von Wissensnetzwerken die Lehr- und Lernprozesse beeinflusst, wurden in dieser Arbeit die strukturellen Bedingungen des kollaborativen Wissensnetzwerkes in OPAL exploriert und soziale Rollenkonstrukte relational identifiziert, um die Auswirkungen kollaborativer Aktivitäten auf den Informations- und Wissenstransfer in Wissensnetzwerken zu erklären. Es wurden vornehmlich beziehungsorientierte kommunikationstheoretische Modelle zugrunde gelegt und relationale Forschungsmethoden wie SNA (Social Network Analysis) und DNA (Dynamic Network Analysis) angewandt, um eine Basis für die weiterführende Implementierung sozial vernetzter Lehr- und Lernstrategien in der Bildungsforschung zu schaffen. […] / In the network society of the 21st century, a key strategy for web-based exchange of information and knowledge is their collaborative distribution and use. Technical hurdles of access are mostly being overcome with technological advances and traditional forms of passing on knowledge are being complemented by modern, e-learning environments. Within research into education, the foundation for socio-cultural progress is formed by involvement with collaborative teaching and learning scenarios in a dynamic exchange of information and knowledge.
The emphasis of this work lay in the analysis of structures and relationships of social organisations within knowledge networks. The aim was to describe the exchange of information and knowledge in collaborative learning systems and to explore its influence on the potential for innovation and distribution of information and knowledge. A study was undertaken of the interaction of participants in discussion forums as exemplified by the learning platform OPAL – currently the most popular learning management system in secondary school education in Saxony, Germany. On the assumption that social interaction, particularly involving collaborative media, the progress of education and the construction of knowledge networks do influence teaching and learning processes, this work explored the structural conditions of OPAL's collaborative knowledge network and identified relationships between social role constructs in order to explain the effect of collaborative activities on the process of diffusion of information and knowledge in knowledge networks. Primarily the study was based on relationship oriented sociological models and communication theory models, and research methods for relationships, including SNA (Social Network Analysis) and DNA (Dynamic Network Analysis) were applied, so as to create a basis for further implementation of social network teaching and learning strategies in educational research. [...]
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