bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Are the Healthcare Professionals Really Satisfied with What they Cared? Evidence from an Armed Forces Hospital in Taiwan
Authors: Liu Wei-Wen , Pan Frank , Shieh Wan-Hsyu
Published: February 2016

Squeezed by the new reimbursement policy of the National Health Insurance (NHI) in Taiwan, the Armed Forces Hospitals (AFH) had to serve general citizens as well as military clients. A dual role of military services and resource generator it acts in the current healthcare industry. Consequently, the job satisfaction of hospital staffs had thus been influenced. Taken the importance of the employee’s job satisfaction in customer satisfaction as well as in overall profit into account, the current research wished to reveal the current levels of the hospital employee’s job satisfaction, and to compare the differences of the perceived importance and the actual experience of satisfaction attributes. Main questions this research to answer were “Does the healthcare professionals satisfied with what they perceived important?” and “What are the main discrepancies exist that worth for investing? Using a structural questionnaire as an instrument, 474 valid responses from an armed forces hospital in central Taiwan were used as sample. The study reveals that there are significant differences between perceived importance and experience in each dimension, of which the compensation system was perceived the most important and in the meantime having the biggest gap between expectation and experience. The findings suggest that the hospital managers should re-organize the compensation system by increasing the incentives of bonuses, promotions, while maintain those aspects with smaller differences such as job content and supervision to effectively motivate the hospital employees, and accordingly ameliorating medical service quality.
AFL Umpires: Brand and Reputation
Authors: Gill Rob
Published: February 2016

The Australian Football League (AFL) acknowledges a potentially serious branding problem in relation to umpires. It is struggling to meet the operational demands of providing enough umpires to officiate in non-professional competitions administrated by the AFL.

 

It is believed AFL umpires have a poor reputation among the general public. This may provide a barrier to take up and present a significant source of motivational conflict for aspiring umpires. In particular this situation presents a challenge for marketing campaigns trying to recruit new umpires. The long term impact is significant, since without umpires at the grass roots level the future sustainability of AFL is brought into question.

 

This paper aims to determine the umpires’ reputation and how this may impact on the AFL’s ability to effectively market the need for and recruit umpires in non-professional leagues. This information can provide guidance for strategies used to improve umpire reputation, recruitment and retention.
Survey Methodology to Ensure Appropriate Data Collection: CELAC’s Firms’ Beyond the Region
Authors: Fernandez S. Rick
Published: February 2016

This paper proposes an innovation in the implementation of Commercial Cluster Integration according to drive a firms survey in networking management. As an extension of Latin American firms into other potential markets, it provides a scenario of countries integration with the aim of reducing multiple international value cost, and delivery timing (Just-in-time) in the framework of Supply Chain Management, contributing to the issue of innovating cluster networking with the scope of developing the market chain survey.

The Author proposes that Latin American firms should work in a cooperation unit, with their governments to build the integration. This study explains the reason why; it makes sense for a Commercial Cluster Platform to enter to an external supply chain.
Heritage Language Maintenance among Native English Speakers Living in Israel
Authors: Kayam Orly
Published: February 2016

Heritage language maintenance research most often focuses on heritage languages in English dominant societies. This paper presents a case-study, the second in a series, which focuses on the family language policy experiences, strategies, and outcomes of native English speakers raising children in a Hebrew dominant environment in Israel. 
Employability, Curriculum of Higher Vocational Education and Human Resource Practice in Tourism and Hospitality
Authors: Tsai Ching-Yi
Published: February 2016

This study focuses on the question: which aspects of career employability of students of higher vocational education satisfy to tourism and hospitality sector in Taiwan, aimed at exploring current school curriculums provided as requested, correspond with the development of career employability among students of higher vocational education in Taiwan. The basis should accord with the expectation of the school’s operational strategies, foster the strengths for the students, and improve employability for the students
Class, Race, Credibility, and Authenticity within the Hip-Hop Music Genre
Authors: Hodgman Matthew R.
Published: February 2016

After its advent in the 1970s, the rap music genre was represented almost exclusively by male black artists who honestly and realistically embodied a poor urban image. Images of black urban poverty in music videos and rap lyrics were consistently used by black artists to emphasize and authenticate who they were and where they came from. With the upsurge of white rap acts starting in the early 90s and continuing through the early 21st century, the means by which rap authenticity is measured have been permanently renegotiated. Before the emergence of white rappers, race was the primary signifier of rapper authenticity. After the success of white rappers such as Eminem new parameters of what constitute credibility and authenticity in the rap genre have been forged. This article discusses the significance of the continued presence of white rappers in hip-hop in terms of class and race in relation to artistic credibility within the rap genre. On a larger scale, this article considers questions related to cultural interloping upon a racially concentrated art form. It is concluded that class has generally emerged as the premier indicator or variable of authenticity throughout rap.    
Effect of Capacity Building Programme of Development Agencies on Well Being of Beneficiaries in Niger Delta Nigeria
Authors: D. Uranta
Published: February 2016

The study examined the effect of capacity building programmes of development agencies (NDDC and SPDC) on well being of beneficiaries in the Niger delta, by assessing participant’s income before and after participation and their perception about the effects of the training programme on them using multidimensional criteria such as their educational, health, shelter, skill acquisition and general standard of living needs. A sample size of 300 respondents was selected from the 22 capacity development (study) centers chosen from Rivers and Bayelsa state using purposive-cluster and random sampling techniques. The result of the study indicates that there was a nominal positive change of income in favour of the participating youths exposed to the programme, the study concluded that the skills acquisition pogrammes of the development agencies were effective at improving the wellbeing needs of the participants. It was recommended that donors of both programmes SPDC and NDDC should ensure sustainability by creating more study centres with well-equipped facilities for the training; effective supervision, and monitoring. There is need for adequate funding to ensure prompt payment of stipends and starter packs. Apart from this, experts and professionals should be engaged to train this youth.
Differences in Adoption of Introduced Technologies in the Niger Delta Area of Nigeria
Authors: E.O Nwachuwku, , A.E Onweagba, , C. Nwajiuba,
Published: February 2016

This study examined the differences in adoption of introduced technologies by Agricultural NGOs in the rural Niger Delta area of Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was use to select nine (9) registered functional and active Agricultural NGOs in the Niger Delta States, while a sample size of 450 farmers and 27 extension field staff were selected using random sampling techniques. A four-point Likert-Type rating scale of questionnaire was used to obtain responses from the various groups of respondents and descriptive statistics were used to analyze data obtained from the study. The result of the study indicates that differences existed in the levels of adoption of introduced technologies by farmers across the Niger Delta states. It was recommended that sustained effort towards exchange of knowledge, resources, ideas and innovations among the NGOs could help in bridging the gap and that the non-agricultural NGOs operating in the region should be encouraged to get involved in agricultural development programmes.  This could be done through proper enlightenment programmes, legislation, and policy guides, and would help consolidate the socio-economic gains recorded.
The Survey of Effectiveness of Group Counseling with Cognitive – Behavioural Method in Reducing Mother’s Stress of Child with Mental Retardation under 6 Years Old Under Cover of Khorramabad Province Welfare Organization (2012)
Authors: Abrahim Azarinvand, , Yosef Gorjee, , Najmeh Sadrepooshan, , Ghasem Esmaili,
Published: February 2016

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group counseling with cognitive – behavioral method in reducing mother’s stress of child with mental retardation less than 6 years old covered of Khorramabad province welfare organization (2012). The statistical society of this study consisted of 52 mothers of child with mental retardation who their children had file in the welfare office. 30 persons were selected by simple random sampling and were divided into two groups including trial group (15 persons) and control group (15 persons).

The method of study was quasi – experimental way with control group and random trial and data gathering tool such as Friedrich, Greenberg and Crink resources and stress questionnaire. To perform the study; the first step was pretest trial and control group and then 10 group counseling sessions with cognitive- behavioral method had hold among trial group. The control group’s mothers did not receive any counseling. Then, it established post – testing of both group again and another test provided to following – up step for two weeks after test.

The result of variance analysis with repeated measurements showed that, there is significant difference in percentage1 level between control and trial groups post – test and follow – up scores, so, the first hypothesis of this study had approved upon group counseling efficacy with cognitive – behavioral method in reducing mother’s stress of child with mental retardation. In addition, these results showed that group counseling with cognitive – behavioral method has been established significant reduction in percentage 1 level physical and emotional symptoms of trial groups’ mothers, but it did not find the significant difference in the cognitive symptoms.
Ten Years Post 9/11: Using face-Negotiation and co-cultural theory to explore the experiences of a cohort of veiled and un-veiled Middle Eastern Muslim Women in a mid-size urban city
Authors: Alshoaibi Maha Ali , Jackson Angela Cooke-
Published: February 2016

The main objective of this study is to explore the use of face- negotiation and co-cultural theories in establishing how veiled and un-veiled female Muslim college students communicate ten years after 9/11. In this case, this study wants to explore and understand the different ways through which female Muslims negotiate their lives in American society. This is because there may be a lot of negative perceptions about Muslims as they are considered as terrorists who caused a lot of losses of life and properties on September 11, 2001. In this respect, therefore, this study seeks to understand the communication skills used by Middle-Eastern female Muslims as subordinates in a dominant societal structure. The analysis of communication interactions involved in this study takes two approaches: co-cultural communication theory and negotiation communication theory. There is much hope in finding out how female Muslims, despite the fact that they are perceived negatively and as belonging to a terror group, are able to communicate as subordinates in a dominant societal structure. Conducting a study in the United States of America is very good, and it gives hope of accurate and relevant information as this country is very prone to terrorist attacks. In most cases, these interactions occur in their every day lives and at schools. In education institutions, students come from different social, cultural, and religious backgrounds, and hence, the rate of intercultural interaction is very high. Additionally, in the American society, people communicate differently from different cultural backgrounds, and hence, female Muslims usually face challenges in interacting with their fellow society members. It should be noted that inter-cultural communication occurs between members of different cultural groups. In this case, community members achieve mutual understanding and establish a reciprocal communication or relationship as a result of their identity orientation.
Gender in the Cultural Frame and Religious Value (Case Study of Bugis Couple Family)
Authors: Mustadjar Musdalia
Published: February 2016

This research is done in Makassar, in order to explain comprehension and interpretation of gender and implementation of the 5 Buginese man and wife as informants based on life-guidance, social relation, patriarchy perception, social behavior, and woman’s double role. This research uses qualitative method with case study and phenomenological. The informant’s is determined purposively, they are the 5 Buginese man and wife with double role case, whether those who are civil servants, entrepreneur, politician, or home industry actors. This research’s result shows that 5 cases of Buginese man and wife informants understand and interpret gender as agreement and conformity of man’s and woman’s function in taking the role based on cultural and religious value, which are siri’, pangaderreng, sipakatau, sipakalebbi, and teppe’, as included in life-guidance because those values become binding frame of man and wife in gender implementation. Gender equality implication with women’s double role in 5 Buginese man and wife as informants case are realized in the financial development, spiritual gift, motivation and achievement of themselves and family, because Buginese citizens on that case do not prohibit their wives to work and the religion is allowing wives to have 2 roles, but they need to keep siri’ , self esteem and also the agreement from the husband. Spending time at home with husband in the evening is less in quantity, but it is not in quality.
Ownership Structure Characteristics and Firm Performance: A Conceptual Study
Authors: Al-Matari Ebrahim Mohammed , Al-Swidi Abdullah Kaid , Fadzil Faudziah Hanim
Published: February 2016

Abstract
This study aims to offer a comprehensive description of the relevant literature that related to the association between the ownership structures namely, ownership concentration, managerial ownership, government ownership, foreign ownership and institutional ownership and firm performance. Ownership structure is among the corporate governance primary mechanisms. Ownership structure has been a target of many analysts and scholars alike for few decades but there is a lack of prior studies that examined these relationships in the developing countries. Additionally, there is few studies were trying to examine these factors together with firm performance in the developed countries but there is a rare research to test this association in the developing countries. So, the main objective of this study is to bridge this gap and try to enrich existing literature review. As we know, the ownership is to play a significant role to enhance performance through offer encouragement both in public and foreign investors to invest without concern on future risk. Moreover, it provides investors’ confidence to continue for achieving their target. Finally, this study offers many future recommendations as explained.
Public Spending on Transport Infrastructure and Economic Growth in Nigeria, 1981-2010
Authors: Chukwuemeka Amadi , Nyewe Amadi, Nyekachi , Ugondah Nyenke, Christian
Published: February 2016

Transport remains one of the major infrastructural facilities critical for sustainable economic growth and development of any nation including Nigeria. This paper examined public spending on transport infrastructure and economic growth in Nigeria. The study employed the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression method to analyze the data collected. The data analyzed show that public spending on transport infrastructure is negatively related to growth and insignificant. The study recommended that government must ensure adequate funding of  transport sector. And that fiscal responsibility laws be properly implemented to ensure greater accountability and prudence in the funds allocated to transport sector. This would go a long way to boost employment, sustainable economic growth and development in Nigeria.
The Role of Household Women in Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Lafia Local Governement, Nassarawa State- Nigeria
Authors: Aliyu Mustapha Abdullahi
Published: February 2016

The thrust of the study is to examine the activities of household women generally, identifying some of the structural challenges with a view to identify the multiplicity of their circumstances as social actors. It explores the dynamic roles of household in development with particular reference to Lafia metropolis of Nassarawa State in the middle belt of Nigeria. The study was conducted at the background of reports of the numerous socio-economic challenges of women in Nigeria in particular in the context of political challenges in comprehensive state building. The research designed employed was a survey of 400 questionnaires administered on 400 respondents gathered using clusters and purposive sampling technique. Contrary to some expectations, the findings of this research revealed that household women in Lafia metropolis actively engage in some form of active economic functions to better the lives of families amidst acute infrastructural and socio-economic challenges. This study has many implications, primarily generating a data base for a nuanced understanding of household women’s role that will serve as basis for gender equity and subsequently achieving sustainable development. It also contributes to the current debate on the role of household women in the informal sector and in the economy. More so, it gives a clear picture of how some African household women make meaning in their daily lives. The study recommends that the state government should appreciate the role of household women through providing them with microeconomic support and various empowerment policies and schemes.
Metacognitive Reading Strategies, Motivation, and Reading Comprehension Performance of Saudi EFL Students
Authors: Meniado Joel C.
Published: February 2016

Metacognitive reading strategies and reading motivation play a significant role in enhancing reading comprehension. In an attempt to prove the foregoing claim in a context where there is no strong culture for reading, this study tries to find out if there is indeed a relationship between and among metacognitive reading strategies, reading motivation, and reading comprehension performance. Prior to finding out relationships, the study tried to ascertain the level of awareness and use of metacognitive reading strategies of the respondents when they read English academic texts, their level of motivation and reading interests, and their overall reading performance. Using descriptive survey and descriptive correlational methods with 60 randomly selected Saudi college-level EFL students in an all-male government-owned industrial college in Saudi Arabia, the study found out that the respondents moderately use the different metacognitive reading strategies when reading academic texts. Of the three categories of metacognitive reading strategies, the Problem-Solving Strategies (PROB) is the most frequently used. It was also revealed that the respondents have high motivation to read. They particularly prefer to read humor/comic books. On the level of reading comprehension performance, the respondents performed below average. Using t-test, the study reveals that there is no correlation between metacognitive reading strategies and reading comprehension. There is also no correlation between reading interest/motivation and reading comprehension. However, there is positive correlation between reading strategies and reading motivation. The findings of this study interestingly contradict previous findings of most studies, thus invites more thorough investigation along the same line of inquiry.
Shadow-Reading Effect on Reading Comprehension: Actualization of Interactive Reading Comprehension: (A Vygotskyan View!)
Authors: Sadeghi Elahe , Afghari Akbar , Zarei Gholam-Reza
Published: February 2016

Reading comprehension has been the main concern for second language learners and researchers. Today with rising interests towards Vygotskyan Sociocultural Theory (SCT), attempts have been made to insert Vygotskyan approach into Foreign/Second Language classrooms emphasizing the role of scaffolding and meaningful interactions to promote learners’ comprehension. Having this on mind, the current study used shadow-reading as a means of meaning internalization to see if it affects on reading comprehension. To this end, 52 junior EFL learners from two universities were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. A pretest of reading comprehension including 4 reading passages with 20 Multiple Choice items was administered to the learners to see if they were at the similar level of reading comprehension. During 10 sessions, the learners were provided with shadow-reading strategy in which they were required to listen and repeat the passage in a well-disciplined imitative task and, then summarize what they had comprehended from the text. A reading comprehension post test was also administered at the end of the semester after 10 sessions of conducting shadowing. The data of the first and the last sessions was analysed. The findings of the study showed that shadow-reading has significantly influenced learners’ comprehension. The results also lent support to Vygotskyan theory in that using shadowing as a means of meaningful imitation and interaction facilitates comprehension among learners. The results also shed light on the way through which instructors try to promote learners’ comprehension. It seems that shadow reading due to its sociocultural traits can be used as an appropriate means of promoting reading comprehension all over the world.
Investigating the Application of Needs Analysis on EAP Business Administration Materials
Authors: Mohammed Saifalislam Abdalla Hajahmed
Published: February 2016

This study is conducted to investigate the application of needs analysis in developing EAP materials for business administration students in two Sudanese universities. The subjects are 2 head departments of English language. To collect data, the researcher uses interview and content analysis. The study adopts the descriptive approach. The data of the study is analyzed qualitatively. The findings show that most of the business administration EAP materials in Sudanese universities are not based on needs analysis and are not relevant to the students' learning and target situation needs. The drawbacks in EAP materials, in Sudanese universities, are due to the absence of needs analysis practice in the process of syllabi design. Therefore, the researcher recommends the application of needs analysis in the process of course design to assure designing courses that are relevant to the students' actual needs. The EAP courses which are taught in Sudanese universities should be tailored to the students' specific needs.
Authorial Stance in Thai Students’ Doctoral Dissertation
Authors: Getkham Kunyarut
Published: February 2016

This study investigates how linguistic devices are used to convey authorial stance in 36 Introduction sections and 36 Discussion sections of doctoral dissertations written in English by Thai students graduated in language education from different universities in the United States during the period 2008 to 2013. It also compares the use of authorial stance in the two sections. A concordance program called ‘AntConc’ was used to detect authorial stance based on Hyland (2005)’s framework. The results of an independent sample t-test revealed that there were some sectional differences in the amounts, types, and functions of authorial stance. Pedagogical implications for EAP/ESP instruction and recommendations for further research are provided in light of empirical data.
Modernity in Two Great American Writers’ Vision: Ernest Miller Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald
Authors: Keshmiri Fahimeh , Darzikola Shahla Sorkhabi
Published: February 2016

Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, American memorable novelists have had philosophic ideas about modernity. In fact their idea about existential interests of American, and the effects of American system on society, is mirrored in their creative works. All through his early works, Fitzgerald echoes the existential center of his era. Obviously, we recognize Hemingway’s vision of modernity in formation of his own philosophies of life, death, and art in what is known as Hemingway’s characteristic philosophy, Code, and Code Heroes. In this article, among the numerous characteristics illuminating these two writer’s vision of America, the main themes of their foremost works have been analyzed with regard to some Critic’s viewpoints regarding these two, literary masters. Critics see Fitzgerald both as a chronicler, and a perceptive social critic who is totaling the “dilemmas of philosophy” in his art. Indeed, what in American critics’ view is a fatalistic philosophy, with the darker side of life, existentialist critics consider as a prophetic optimism and an absurdist vision that places Hemingway in the ranks of a “guide “prophet of those who are without faith”.
Digital Soil Mapping and Morphogenetic Characterization of Soils of Ebonyi Formation in South Eastern Nigeria
Authors: O. T. Ande , O. A. Ojo , O. D. Adeyolanu , S. K. Are , A. Adelana , A. Oke , A. A. Adetayo , G. A. Oluwatosin
Published: February 2016

Soils formed from Ebonyi formation in south eastern Nigeria were mapped and classified for effective management and sustainable land use. The soil mapping was executed by combination of conventional method, soil landscape relationship and spatial analyses in GIS environ using digital terrain model to produce the soil map of Ikwo Local Government in Ebonyi State at a scale of 1:50,000. The soils were characterized and classified for effective soil management based on results of analyses of soils sampled from profile pits. The results show four mapping units based on the geology which comprises mainly sandstone, silt stone, shale and river alluvium parent materials. The major soils mapped include Typic Udifluvent, Aquertic Udifluvent, Typic dystrudept and Ultic Udifluvent. The morphology shows influence of low Ca:Mg ratio and high clay content in the subsoil (>30%) consequent ponding and hydromorphic soils. Soil quality is low to moderate based on pH and of between 4.14 to 5.19 which decreased down the profile. This also explains decrease of base saturation in some pedons. (16.84 and 98.17%). The acidic and anaerobic condition of some of the profiles must have aided the Fe/Mn movement to form Fe/Mn nodules at the base of some of the profiles. Bi genetic processes was involved in the lowlands including cummulization and gleization with formation of alluvium at the upper horizons with little stratification of the underlain parent materials due to combination of ecto/endo saturation. Other processes include Ferruginisation at break of slope and in situ formation of soils with high clay and silt content in areas with geohydrology setting of marine sedimentation of marl. The combination of poorly bedded shales, siltstones and limestone highly influenced formation of multifaceted terrain with rolling to undulating uplands and flood plains at the lowlands.
Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES. Investigation of Aquifer and Potential Clay Materials in Douala Subbasin (Cameroon, Central Africa)
Authors: Bertrand MBOG Michel , NGON NGON Gilbert François , ETAME Jacques , DJIETO LORDON Anatole E , TASSONGWA Bernard , BILONG Paul
Published: February 2016

<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">Vertical electrical sounding was done at 47 points using an ABEM 1000 Terrameter and a set of cables that could probe up to a depth of 500m. Resistivity was determined in two sites located in the district of Douala III (Bomkoul and Ngoma) 6 km west of the main town on the left bank of the Wouri River. The choice of these neighbourhood is as a result on the one hand, the presence of clay deposits from which sections have helped to configure resistivity data with those of geoelectric sections, and on the other hand, by the ability to extend the measuring device over great distances without being hindered by urbanization. The depths of investigation range from a minimum of 30 m and a maximum of 120 m. The results show a wide variability in resistivity values throughout the study area; it may be related to the high variability of facies described on sections by diggers. This variability may be due to the complexity of deposits recorded in the Douala sedimentary basin and also because of the presence of water in both sandy and clay sediments due to climate. The suggested resistivity is between 20 and 600ohm.m for clays and greater than 1000 ohm.m for sand. Given the weak thickness of some layers, the cancellation phenomena that affect very thin layers between two layers of different geoelectric properties of the latter have been observed, thus assigning to clay layers, sand resistivity.
The Efficiency of Artificial Neural Networks for Forecasting in the Presence of Autocorrelated Disturbances
Authors: White Alexander K , Safi Samir K
Published: February 2016

We compare three forecasting methods, Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) and Regression models. Using computer simulations, the major finding reveals that in the presence of autocorrelated errors ANNs perform favorably compared to ARIMA and regression for nonlinear models. The model accuracy for ANN is evaluated by comparing the simulated forecast results with the real data for unemployment in Palestine which were found to be in excellent agreement.
La simulación de la cultura a través de los mundos virtuales. El caso de Second Life: un acercamiento al potencial representacional, narrativo y retórico en las nuevas culturas mediáticas.
Authors: Toledano Leonardo Moreno , Villalba Erika Rogel
Published: February 2016

Las tecnologías digitales desarrolladas en la década pasada, han consentido el nacimiento de una cultura virtual, misma que ha transformado la manera en que nos comunicamos y percibimos el mundo real. Un ejemplo de ello son las redes sociales y los mundos virtuales, entre estos últimos destacó entre los años 2003 a 2007 una plataforma conocida como Second Life, que pretendía la creación de un mundo virtual en que se podía literalmente vivir otra vida. Sin embargo, esto no sucedió como sus creadores lo habían planeado, a partir del 2008 decayó y las críticas (y sus creadores) aludieron su caída a cuestiones puramente tecnológicas. El presente ensayo sugiere la probabilidad de que fuera la reproducción de las estructuras sociales en Second Life lo que influyó en buena parte en su decadencia, aún más incluso, que las cuestiones tecnológicas.Palabras clave: Redes sociales, mundos virtuales, Second Life, representación, retórica.
Perspectiva de los jóvenes sobre seguridad y privacidad en las redes sociales.
Authors: Rodríguez García Lorena , Magdalena Benedito José Rafael
Published: February 2016

Actualmente las generaciones más jóvenes conviven plenamente con el mundo virtual. A pesar de las ventajas que puede aportarles el uso de las nuevas tecnologías, especialmente de las redes sociales, no están exentas de peligros que principalmente afectan a la privacidad y seguridad de los internautas, en especial de los usuarios más jóvenes. Este estudio pretende conocer y analizar distintos aspectos sobre seguridad y privacidad de los jóvenes cuando emplean las redes sociales. Se ha empleado una metodología basada en la aplicación de un cuestionario a 170 adolescentes de 12 a 16 años, mediante el cual se ha percibido un cierto desconocimiento de los mecanismos de protección y privacidad que ofrecen las redes sociales. Además, se ha observado una falta de conciencia y sensibilización acerca de los problemas que puede llegar a ocasionar un mal uso de estas herramientas  tanto a su intimidad personal como a su propia imagen.
La radio glocal cross-media: la alternativa ante la reducción de espacios de proximidad local en la radio convencional
Authors: Serna José María Chomón
Published: February 2016

Palabras clave: Información, Proximidad, Radio-periódico, Inmediatez, Cross-media, Transmedia ResumenLas cadenas radiofónicas españolas, Ser, Onda Cero, Cope y RNE (Radio 5 Todo Noticias) compiten por la reducción de la proximidad local, sin reparar en las consecuencias y fijando como objetivo los recortes económicos.Las cadenas radiofónicas, mediante un proceso de mimetismo, aplican una misma pauta de programación local, y tienden a instaurar un nuevo modelo radiofónico: la “radio-periódico”. Este modelo supone la pérdida de dos de las principales características de la radio: la inmediatez y la cercanía.La estrategia de reducción de contenidos locales no supone en este contexto una contradicción si se compensa mediante las herramientas que propicien que el “prosumer” acceda a contenidos “glocales”, facilitando la actividad cross-media  y el relato transmedia. Keywords: Information, Proximity, Radio-newspaper, Immediacy, Cross-media, Transmedia AbstractThe Spanish radio stations Ser, Onda Cero, Cope and RNE (Radio 5 Todo Noticias) compete for the reduction of local proximity, without thinking about the consequences and setting the economic cutbacks as the only objective.The radio stations, through a mimicry process, make use of the same pattern of local schedule, having established a new radio model: the radio-newspaper. This model means the loss of two of the main radio features: The immediacy and the nearness.The reduction of local content strategy does not mean, in this context, a contradiction if it is offsetting by the tools that propitiate the access of the "prosumer" to "glocal" contents, making easier the cross-media activity and the transmedia stories.
El poder del prosumidor. Identificación de sus necesidades y repercusión en la producción audioviusal transmedia
Authors: Lastra Ana
Published: February 2016

Un producto audiovisual transmedia se fundamenta en tres pilares: un universo narrativo, un número de plataformas de expansión de ese universo y un prosumidor que interactúe con el contenido. El presente trabajo supone un análisis de este prosumidor. Para ello, se ha realizado una documentación bibliográfica y un desarrollo comparativo de dos estudios de caso: El Ministerio del Tiempo y Kung Fury. Se optan por estos dos proyectos debido a sus diferencias tanto en su sistema de producción como en su prosumidor objetivo. Este análisis se realiza para observar cuáles son las necesidades del prosumidor y su repercusión en la viabilidad del proyecto. Se intenta, además de identificar el poder del prosumidor en la producción audiovisual transmedia, establecer qué aspectos relacionados con la comunicación deben reforzarse y/o mejorar de cara al futuro. Todo ello para obtener un feedback constructivo entre los medios de comunicación y el prosumidor. Transmedia audiovisual products have three basic pillars: a narrative universe, a number of expansion platforms of these universe and a prosumer who interacts with the content. This work represents an analysis of this prosumer. A bibliographic documentation and comparative work have been used for this two case studies, El Ministerio del Tiempo and Kung Fury. These two projects have been chosen because of their differences on production system and objective prosumer. All this analysis was made to determine which are the prosumer´s necessities and repercussion in the viability of the project. As well as identifying the power of prosumer in transmedia audiovisual production, it tries analyzing what communications aspects must be strengthen and/or improve in the future. All this work gives us a constructive feedback between mass media and prosumer.
Los cuatro ejes de la cultura participativa actual. De las plataformas virtuales al medialab
Authors: Ruiz Martín José Manuel , Alcalá Mellado José Ramón
Published: February 2016

La nueva cultura digital ha transformado de forma drástica muchos de los paradigmas asumidos por las generaciones nativo-analógicas. En materia comunicacional y creativa esta afirmación se hace si cabe más traumática, pues la participación directa del consumidor-prosumidor en la creación de contenidos, puede entenderse ya como propio de una generación vinculada a un nuevo modelo cultural. Pero, ¿cuáles son los ejes sobre los que se vertebra este modelo? ¿Qué conceptos o significados y qué nuevas prácticas y procesos se imponen? ¿A qué nivel inciden estos sobre las prácticas implementadas en los centros culturales o medialabs? ¿Se atisban nuevos modelos como una nueva realidad híbrida que genera transferencias de lo virtual a lo físico y viceversa en este sentido?La respuesta a estas cuestiones, de vital importancia en el contexto actual, nos desvelará el nivel de impacto e influencia del modelo cultural sobre la sociedad, a través del análisis de los ejes que conforman esta nueva realidad.
Renovarse o morir. Los ‘docugames’, una nueva estrategia transmedia que reinventa las formas de transmitir la realidad
Authors: Paíno Ambrosio Adriana , Rodríguez Fidalgo María Isabel
Published: February 2016

Los medios de comunicación están viviendo profundas innovaciones gracias al desarrollo tecnológico y a la inmediatez de Internet, que están modificando las formas de crear, distribuir y consumir la información. Los formatos periodísticos tradicionales conviven en el escenario digital con una serie de nuevos formatos (newsgames, docugames y webdocs) que suponen una nueva forma de narrar y que dan lugar a un tipo de consumidor más participativo (narrativas transmedia). Este trabajo explora las potencialidades que ofrecen los docugames a través del estudio de caso de dos ejemplos actuales y significativos (MonteLab y Réfugiés), a fin de establecer qué innovaciones introducen en cuanto a interactividad y modos de presentar la información periodística.
La ficción nacional y los nuevos modelos narrativos en la autopromoción de Atresmedia
Authors: Formoso Barro María Josefa , Martínez Costa Sandra , Sanjuán-Pérez Antonio
Published: February 2016

En este artículo se plantea el análisis de la narrativa trasmedia en los productos de ficción y, en concreto, las estrategias que realizan los operadores de televisión para generar marca publicitaria en torno a sus contenidos audiovisuales. Para ello, se parte de las definiciones y clasificaciones que existen acerca de la narrativa transmedia, con el fin de identificar los elementos que la componen.El objeto de estudio es el de los contenidos de ficción emitidos a lo largo de un semestre en el grupo de comunicación Atresmedia. Para ello se observaron el crecimiento de la conversación social en torno a contenidos audiovisuales ofertados como parte de la promoción, y los indicadores respecto al cambio de hábitos de consumo de los espectadores. Los resultados de la investigación indican que la estrategia promocional del grupo Atresmedia consta de cinco etapas, que aplican por igual a todos los contenidos analizados en este estudio.
Análisis de contenido de la programación sensacionalista pública española: propuesta de cuestionario como medidor de los hábitos de la audiencia audiovisual
Authors: De Casas Moreno Patricia , Maraver López Pablo , Aguaded Gómez José Ignacio
Published: February 2016

Uno de los rasgos básicos que definen la Sociedad de la Información es la espectacularización que abarca como espacio narrativo la información de carácter sensacionalista. El principal objetivo de este trabajo es crear y validar un cuestionario como medidor de los hábitos de la audiencia audiovisual. El instrumento ha sido sometido a proceso de validación mediante juicio de expertos. Además, esta investigación se encuentra reforzada por un estudio de análisis de contenido que clarifica y analiza los estereotipos ideológicos representados en los programas de carácter sensacionalista, y más detalladamente en el programa de Televisión Española, «Corazón», a lo largo de 15 emisiones seleccionadas en febrero de 2015. Los resultados obtenidos ayudarán a desarrollar futuras líneas de investigación sobre los estereotipos presentes en la crónica social televisiva, así como a comprender el consumo y la competencia mediática de la sociedad.
¿Cuándo es transmedia?: discusiones sobre lo transmedia(l) de las narrativas
Authors: Corona Rodríguez José Manuel
Published: February 2016

Vivimos actualmente una época que se puede entender en términos de procesos de comunicación, en donde las redes mundiales de comunicación participan de manera importante en el consumo y generación de cultura de imágenes e ideas a partir de las cuales la población conforma algunos de sus referentes más significativos. Este texto tiene como objetivo principal reflexionar y discutir el término narrativas transmedia. Se hace un repaso a la historia del concepto y se distingue de otros similares. Se propone una caracterización teórica basada en cuándo un producto cultural puede ser considerado transmediático y cuándo no. Se realiza una revisión a las principales aportaciones teóricas que hacen evidente este concepto. Preguntarse cuándo es transmedia y no qué, implica que el análisis asuma una dimensión histórica-evolutiva de los relatos y observe las maneras en que se incorporan en los procesos de significación por parte de las audiencias.
El relato de viajes como narrativa transmedia
Authors: Moreno Adolfo Baltar , Valencia María Clara
Published: February 2016

El relato de viajes forma parte de una gran tradición dentro de la cultura occidental que ha servido históricamente para describir, comprender e imaginar otras culturas y sociedades, próximas o lejanas, constituyéndose en un verdadero género narrativo. Este tipo de narración ha sido y es el reflejo de la percepción del mundo a partir del imaginario creado por los narradores viajeros.¿Cómo aprovechan los autores de estos relatos las posibilidades que hoy en día ofrece el universo transmediático? El presente artículo explora la potencialidad de este tipo de relatos como objeto de estudio de las narrativas transmedia, a partir del análisis de una muestra de 80 producciones narrativas basadas en experiencias de viaje y presentadas en diversas ediciones del Festival Le Grand Bivouac (Francia). De igual forma, apunta a la existencia de una nueva tendencia contemporánea dentro de esta forma narrativa que trasciende su naturaleza literaria.
Mundos transmediales: revisión conceptual y perspectivas teóricas del arte de crear mundos
Authors: Rosendo Sánchez Nieves
Published: February 2016

El concepto de transmedia storytelling introducido por Henry Jenkins (2003, 2006) ha sido ampliamente desarrollado académicamente en los últimos años, popularizándose y redefiniéndose con el tiempo. Dentro de la propia definición del transmedia storytelling se observa la centralidad del concepto de mundo, que desde una perspectiva teórica y crítica ha sido menos desarrollado que la relación entre la narrativa y los medios presentes en las narrativas transmediales. El presente trabajo recoge y sistematiza una selección bibliográfica de los principales autores que han definido la naturaleza, límites y transferibilidad de los llamados mundos transmediales, estableciendo conclusiones relativas a la necesidad de observar el citado fenómeno de las narrativas transmediales, sus elementos constituyentes y los procesos en los que éstos se ven envueltos, con la finalidad de elaborar unos criterios previos para su análisis y consideración como pieza fundamental de este fenómeno. The concept of transmedia storytelling introduced by Henry Jenkins (2003, 2006) has been widely developed in the academic field, getting popular and being redefined with time. In transmedia storytelling’s definition we can observe the focus on the concept of world, which from a theoretical and critical perspective did not had the development that the relationship among narrative and media had. This work gathers and analyzes a selection of references from the main authors that have defined the nature, limits and transferability of the so called transmedial worlds, proposing conclusions related to the need to observe the phenomenon of transmedia narratives, its founding elements and the processes related to them, with the aim to elaborate a catalogue of criteria for the analysis and consideration of key element of transmedia storytelling.
Estrategias Transmedia y enunciación desde los márgenes: El universo narrativo de The Undocumented, Marco Williams, 2013.
Authors: Arnau Roselló Roberto
Published: February 2016

El auge de las narrativas no lineales multimedia, ha propiciado un aumento exponencial de la producción de contenidos audiovisuales que exploran las potencialidades discursivas asociadas al tipo de consumo visual contemporáneo caracterizado por la reticularidad y conectividad del medio, la transmedialidad, la posibilidad de interacción, de geolocalización, de navegación, la movilidad de las  pantallas, la atomización de las audiencias o la fragmentación del relato.En este contexto multiforme, se abre un espacio para ciertos proyectos independientes de carácter transmediático que despliegan sus propuestas significantes como un modo de poner en cuestión los mecanismos propios de la representación, de llevar más allá de la referencialidad discursiva sus creaciones, de proponer un marco interpretativo alternativo al hegemónico desde el que el interactor pueda construir su propia interpretación del universo narrativo. En este caso, nos detendremos en el estudio y análisis del proyecto The undocumented (Marco Williams, 2013), cuya estrategia discursiva principal estriba en la triple materialización del producto: un documental cinematográfico transmedia que complementa la narración fílmica con una aplicación  interactiva multimedia on line The map of the undocumented y el videojuego crítico The migrant trail. La hibridación de formatos y medios propone el camino para una reflexión metalingüística y política, con (y desde) estas nuevas formas audiovisuales, dirigidas a aquellos espectadores dispuestos a sumergirse en experiencias narrativas activas que se extienden indefinidamente.
La democratización de la creatividad
Authors: Llorente Barroso Carmen
Published: February 2016

Reseña del Manual de creatividad, de Ángel Bartolomé Muñoz de Luna. Por Carmen Llorente Barroso.