bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
BENTUK DAN MAKNA SIMBOLIK TEMBANG DALAM KONTEKS UPACARA REBO PUNGKASAN KEMBUL SEWU DULUR
Authors: Surbono Wahyu
Published: September 2018

Tulisan ini merupakan hasil penelitian yang mengungkap bentuk dan makna tembang Kembul Sewu Dulur dalam konteks upacara Rebo Pungkasan Kembul Sewu Dulur di Desa Pendoworejo, Kecamatan Girimulyo, Kulon Progo. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif. Teknik teknik data berpijak pada metode kualitatif yaitu; Memenangkan urusan, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data menggunakan analisis interaktif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan: (1) Tembang Kembul Sewu Dulur adalah bagian dari Macapat Dhandhanggula Laras Slendro Pathet Sanga yang membingkai fenomena upacara mencakup; tempat, waktu, harapan, pelestarian, dan leluhur warga Desa Pendoworejo. (2) Berdasarkan leksia dan semiotika Barthes, tembang Kembul Sewu Dulur secara keseluruhan terdiri dari empat tataran makna simbolik. Pertama, tembang Kembul Sewu Dulur leksia pada 1, gatra 1-5, makna murni terbentuknya bendungan Kayangan. Kedua, tembang Kembul Sewu Dulur leksia pada 1, gatra 6-10, arti kerukunan ditinjau melalui doa yang dilakukan dengan bahasa Jawa dan etimologi Kembul Sewu Dulur merupakan analogi dari warga Desa Pendoworejo yang menganggap bahwa semua pengunjung upacara sebagai saudara. Ketiga, tembang Kembul Sewu Dulur leksia pada 2, gatra 1-7, pelestarian yang efektif yang dilakukan warga Desa Pendoworejo adalah sebuah upaya untuk mempertahankan eksistensi upacara. Keempat, tembang Kembul Sewu Dulur leksia pada 2, gatra 8-10, arti dari Mbah Bei dan bendungan Kayangan dianggap telah melahirkan bagi kehidupan penduduk Desa Pendoworejo. arti kerukunan ditinjau melalui doa yang dilakukan dengan bahasa Jawa dan etimologi Kembul Sewu Dulur merupakan analogi dari warga Desa Pendoworejo yang menganggap bahwa seluruh pengunjung adalah sebagai saudara. Ketiga, tembang Kembul Sewu Dulur leksia pada 2, gatra 1-7, pelestarian yang efektif yang dilakukan warga Desa Pendoworejo adalah sebuah upaya untuk mempertahankan eksistensi upacara. Keempat, tembang Kembul Sewu Dulur leksia pada 2, gatra 8-10, arti dari Mbah Bei dan bendungan Kayangan dianggap telah melahirkan bagi kehidupan penduduk Desa Pendoworejo. arti kerukunan ditinjau melalui doa yang dilakukan dengan bahasa Jawa dan etimologi Kembul Sewu Dulur merupakan analogi dari warga Desa Pendoworejo yang menganggap bahwa seluruh pengunjung adalah sebagai saudara. Ketiga, tembang Kembul Sewu Dulur leksia pada 2, gatra 1-7, pelestarian yang efektif yang dilakukan warga Desa Pendoworejo adalah sebuah upaya untuk mempertahankan eksistensi upacara. Keempat, tembang Kembul Sewu Dulur leksia pada 2, gatra 8-10, arti dari Mbah Bei dan bendungan Kayangan dianggap telah melahirkan bagi kehidupan penduduk Desa Pendoworejo.
PEMANFAATAN MEDIA SOSIAL DAN PENERAPAN SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYTICS (SMA) UNTUK PERPUSTAKAAN DI INDONESIA
Authors: Noprianto Eko
Published: September 2018

Penenlitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perkembangan pemanfaatan media sosial di perpustakaan, memberikan rancangan untuk penerapan SMA di perpustakaan, serta mengidentifikasi tantangan dalam penerapan SMA di perpustakaan yang ada di Indonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif, dengan melakukan kajian literatur terhadap beberapa hasil penelitian tentang pemanfaatan media sosial di perpustakaan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa secara umum pemanfaatan media sosial di perpustakaan adalah sebagai media promosi. Selain itu, media sosial juga digunakan sebagai media untuk berbagi informasi, sebagai media komunikasi, dan media sosial juga telah dimanfaatkan sebagai media untuk mempermudah proses layananan sirkulasi. Penelitian ini memberikan rancangan analitik terhadap facebook dan twitter. Pada facebook, terdapat enam bagian yang perlu diperhatikan dalam proses SMA, diantaranya: overview, likes, reach, visits, posts, dan people. Sedangkan untuk twitter hanya meliputi dua bagian saja yaitu tweet activity dan followers. Hasil penelitian juga mengidentifikasi beberapa tantangan yang dihadapi dalam penerapan SMA untuk perpustakaan di Indonesia, diantaranya: penggunaan media sosial yang belum optimal, permasalahan bahasa, volume data, velocity, variety, dan veracity.
ANALISIS INDEKSASI JURNAL ILMIAH BIDANG PERTANIAN INDONESIA DI DOAJ
Authors: Rahmawati Rahmawati
Published: September 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan bagaimana indeksasi jurnal ilmiah bidang pertanian yang terbit di Indonesia pada DOAJ. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian kepustakaan. Metode kepustakaan yang dimaksud adalah dengan melakukan penelusuran dokumen-dokumen secara online. Hal ini dikarenakan indeksasi jurnal yang tersedia dilakukan secara online. Penelusuran dilakukan pada portal DOAJ (http://doaj.org). Hasil penelusuran kemudian disajikan dalam bentuk deskriptif yang dilengkapi dengan tabel dan gambar berdasarkan biaya penerbitan, penerbit, tahun terdaftar pada DOAJ, proses review, dan lisensi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sebanyak 19 jurnal mengenakan biaya penerbitan kepada penulis. berdasarkan penerbit, IPB merupakan penerbit jurnal ilmiah bidang pertanian terbanyak dibandingkan institusi lainnya, yaitu sebanyak 6 jurnal. Berdasarkan tahun terdaftar, Jurnal ilmiah bidang pertanian dari Indonesia terdaftar pertama kali di DOAJ pada tahun 2013, yaitu Jurnal Manajemen & Agribisnis yang diterbitkan oleh IPB. Sebanyak 14 jurnal yang menggunakan proses peer review. Sedangkan berdasarkan lisensi terbanyak yang digunakan adalah lisensi CC-BY.
Tipologi Elemen Arsitektur pada Fasad Bangunan Shophouse Kampung Cina Bengkulu
Authors: Binta Izazaya , Roychansyah Muhammad Sani
Published: September 2018

Bangunan shophouse yaitu rumah toko pada kawasan pecinan atau Kampung Cina di Bengkulu memiliki berbagai bentukan fasad. Kawasan ini merupakan salah satu kawasan yang dikonservasi karena merupakan bangunan kuno yang memiliki identitas. Terjadinya bencana gemba bumidan kebakaran berulang kali menyebabkan kawasan ini mulai kehilangan bentukan asli pada fasad bangunan. Tipologi bangunan shophouse ini dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk: (1) Mengklasifikasikan bentukan elemen pembentuk fasad, (2) Mendapatkan bentukan dominan pada tiap elemen pembentuk fasad sehingga dapat ditemukan bangunan shophouse yang masih mempertahankan keasliannya. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif. Analisis yang digunakan yaitu dengan cara klasifikasi fasad pada elemen bangunan terkait dengan elemen warna, bentukan pintu, jendela dan profil fasad. Temuan penelitian ini adalah fasad bangunan shophouse di Kawasan Kampung Cina Bengkulu memiliki dominasi: (1) Warna hijau sebagai warna bangunan, (2) Bentukan pintu lipat menerus, (3) Bentukan jendela memanjang ke bawah dan tersusun secara horizontal, (4) Profil fasad yang berbentuk bangunan 2 lantai yang bagian lantai 1 menjorok ke dalam dan menggunakan atap pelana curam.
Adaptasi Bangunan Gaya Arsitektur Kolonial Belanda terhadap Iklim Tropis Kota Manado
Authors: Kumurur Veronica Adelin
Published: September 2018

Wilayah Indonesia berada pada dua iklim tropis yang berbeda, yaitu: iklim tropis cancer dan tropis capricornus. Kota Manado berada pada koordinat 1.4748oLU, 124.8421oBT (iklim tropis cancer). Bentuk bangunan kolonial pada wilayah tropis cancer dan tropis carpricornus berbeda bentuk. Tiga bangunan bersejarah yang bergaya arsitektur kolonial Belanda, yaitu: Minahasa Raad, gereja Santu Ignatius Don Bosco dan bangunan rumah tinggal milik keluarga J. Sondakh, telah berusia lebih dari 50 tahun berada pada wilayah kota lama Manado (pusat kegiatan perkotaan tua). Penggunaan material bangunan yang ringan, memiliki bentuk atap limas yang tinggi dengan overstek atap lebih lebar dari pada bagunan-bangunan pada zona iklim tropis carpricornus, memiliki kapasitas termal rendah yang memungkinkan pendinginan cepat di malam hari pada wilayah iklim tropis. Dinding-dinding memiliki bukaan dan ventilasi silang serta memiliki pelindung matahari dan hujan. Data primer diperoleh dengan cara survei (pengukuran dan penggambaran kembali), kemudian melakukan analisis terhadap elemen-elemen pembentuk bangunan yang tanggap terhadap iklim tropis. Bangunan Minahasa Raad memiliki bentuk atap pelana, peneduh sinar matahari dan hujan serta bukaan pada dinding sedangkan gereja Santu Ignatius memiliki atap pelana, sun shading serta cross ventilatian, demikian pula dengan bangunan rumah tinggal kel. J. Sondakh, namun memiliki bentuk atap kombinasi perisai dan pelana yang tinggi.
Persepsi Warga Mengenai Fenomena Perkembangan Rumah Toko (Ruko) di Kota Banda Aceh
Authors: Rahmi Marlisa , Lubis Irma Handayani
Published: September 2018

Penelitian ini didasarkan pada fenomena tumbuh dan menjamurnya bangunan rumah toko (ruko) di Kota Banda Aceh. Ruko adalah salah satu tipologi bangunan yang mudah ditemukan di kota-kota seluruh dunia. Namun, terkadang keberadaannya memunculkan persepsi tersendiri bagi warga selaku pemilik kota. Menggali persepsi dari warga tersebut adalah tujuan dari penelitian ini, guna memberikan saran dan masukan bagi pihak terkait dalam meregulasi kota dan fasilitas yang nyaman bagi warganya. Studi ini dimulai dengan menyebarkan kuesioner online secara terbuka, kemudian diolah dengan metode analisis data teks secara kualitatif. Dari hasil analisis data, ditemukan pandangan warga mengenai keberadaan ruko tersebut serta dampak yang ditimbulkan dalam aktivitas kesehariannya. Mayoritas responden berpendapat bahwa keberadaan ruko di hampir tiap ruas jalan Kota Banda Aceh berpeluang besar menimbulkan kemacetan akibat parkir liar di depan bangunan. Ruko yang tidak tertata juga berpeluang merusak wajah kota. Oleh karena itu, diharapkan adanya kebijakan yang lebih terarah baik dari pemerintah maupun pengembang kota dalam meregulasi dan menata pembangunan ruko di Kota Banda Aceh.
Development life cycle of the games through software engineering
Authors: AL_ Ansari Mohammad
Published: September 2018

The games in our time are the main factor in the world of entertainment and it does not depend on young children, but also enjoyed by the elderly and also have the ability to influence their behavior, which leads to new ideas and strategies that affect the positive character of the game .,, But also are used for serious purposes and can be launched on various areas such as health care and education. We will try to highlight software development in the game development process and will try to bridge the gap between the software developments processes used to develop the games.
HAK ASASI MANUSIA DALAM PERSPEKTIF PENDIDIKAN ISLAM
Authors: Khakim Abdul
Published: September 2018

Hak asasi manusia dalam menegakan HAM di Indonesia sebenarnya sudah disinggung oleh para founding father Indonesia dalam merumuskan naskah Undang Undang Dasar (UUD) Republik Indonesia 1945. Dalam perspektif pendidikan islam sendiri hak asasi manusia memiliki keserasian yaitu berorientasi pada terbentuknya kepribadian serta akhlak yang luhur dengan menanamkan nilai-nilai toleransi pada masyarakat sejak dini yang berkelanjutan dengan mengembangkan rasa saling pengertian dan menghormati hak-hak oranglain. Islam dan Hak Asasi Manusia saling keterkaitan, karena Islam sangat peduli terhadap masalah hak asasi manusia, dan memberikan jaminanterhadap pelanggaran-pelanggaran yang menyangkut masalah hak asasimanusia.
PEMBENTUKAN KARAKTER SISWA MELALUI PENDIDIKAN BERBASIS PONDOK PESANTREN
Authors: ULUM MIFTACHUL
Published: September 2018

Kehadiran kiai sebagai penjaga keutuhan , konsistensi pendiriannya, watak dan ideologi kyai menyatu dengan kelembagaan pesantren, maka dalam pesantren konsistensi dan petuah dari seorang pengasuh menjadi sumber pengambilan keputusan. Pengasuh menjadi sumber dan magnet bagi santri untuk selalu patuh dan tunduk dalam kehidupan dilingkungan pondok pesantren. Santri hidup dan  berkembang menjadi bernilai karena telah ditempa dengan kegiatan dan lingkungan yang terpatri dalam jiwa santri. Terbentuknya kultur khas pesantren inilah yang membedakannya dengan sistem pendidikan di luar pesantren yang meliputi nilai keikhlasan, nilai kesederhanaan, nilai kemandirian, nilai persaudaraan yang dilandasi oleh semangat agama dan nilai kebebasan. Santri melakukan kegiatan dari bangun tidur dipagi hari sampai menjelang akan tidur, santri telah ditempa dengan aktifitas yang selalui bernilai sehingga karakter santri atau siswa pun terbentuk. Pendidikan karakter merupakan penanaman kebiasaan (habit) tentang hal-hal yang baik dalam kehidupan, sehingga seseorang memiliki kesadaran dan pemahaman yang tinggi, serta kepedulian dan komitmen untuk menerapkan kebajikan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Pelaksanaan pendidikan karakter dapat dilakukan secara terintegrasi dalam setiap keseharian, baik melalui pembelajaran dikelas maupun dilingkungan luar kelas, maka hanya di pondok pesantren  kegiatan tersebut lebih mudah untuk dilaksanakan, dimana  siswa atau santri dapat terkontrol dengan lingkungan yang telah terbentuk
PENINGKATAN MUTU PENDIDIK PERSPEKTIF ISLAM
Authors: Rahmatullah Rahmatullah
Published: September 2018

Problematika yang terjadi saat ini menyatakan bahwa kualitas atau mutu pendidik di Indonesia masih sangat jauh dari kategori ideal. Problem pendidik masih menjadi fenomena dan isu utama dalam peningkatan mutu pendidikan secara umum. Penelitian ini mencoba untuk menguraikan hakekat mutu pendidik, standar/kriteria pendidik bermutu perspektif Islam, dan upaya peningkatan mutu pendidik perspektif Islam.Dari kajian literatur yang peneliti lakukan, penelitian ini menghasilkan pertama, hakekat mutu pendidik adalah proses yang terus berkelanjutan tanpa henti. Kedua, kriteria dan standart pendidik menurut perspektif Islam sangat ideal dan sesuai dengan kondisi dan lingkungan. Ketiga, Upaya untuk meningkatkan mutu pendidik, setidaknya harus memenuhi tiga komponen yakni tugas yang jelas, individu yang diberi tugas harus memiliki kemampuan, dan standarisasi pendidik yang jelas.
Kelelahan Postpartum Antara Ibu Primipara dan Multipara di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Piyungan Kabupaten Bantul: Comparative Study
Authors: Kusumasari RR Viantika
Published: September 2018

Pada masa postpartum wanita rentan mengalami kelelahan yang disebabkan oleh beberapa faktor, salah satunya adalah paritas. Ibu primipara mempunyai tuntutan tugas dan tanggung jawab dengan peran baru untuk memenuhi kebutuhan selama periode postpatum sedangkan ibu multipara akan lebih realistis dalam mengantisipasi keterbatasan fisiknya dan dapat lebih mudah beradaptasi dengan peran dan interaksi sosial. Dampak kelelahan postpartum dapat menunda fungsi status sosial wanita dirumah tangga, sosial, pekerjaan maupun tanggung jawab terhadap perawatan bayinya, serta dapat meningkatkan resiko terjadinya depresi postpartum. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perbedaan kelelahan postpartum antara ibu primipara dan multipara di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Piyungan Kabupaten Bantul. Penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian observasional analitik dengan desain comparative study. Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan yaitu consecutive sampling. Jumlah sampel 30 ibu postpartum di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Piyungan Kabupaten Bantul (15 primipara dan 15 multipara). Instrumen penelitian yang digunakan untuk mengukur kelelahan postpartum yaitu PFS. Analisa data yang digunakan dengan uji independent t-test. Hasil uji independent t-test menunjukkan nilai signifikasi (p=0.145) lebih besar dari 0.05 yang berarti nilai rata-rata tingkat kelelahan kedua kelompok tidak bermakna secara statistik. Kesimpulanya adalah tidak ada perbedaan kelelahan postpartum antara ibu primipara dan multipara di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Piyungan Kabupaten Bantul.
Pengembangan Kapasitas petani dan Kelembagaan di Kawasan Pertanian melalui Pendekatan Pengelolaan Pengetahuan (Knowledge Management)
Authors: Veronice Veronice , Helmi Helmi , Henmaidi Henmaidi , Arif Ernita
Published: September 2018

Kegiatan Pengembangan Kapasitas petani kecil dan kelembagaannya merupakan bagian dari proses penyebaran tahapan inovasi, yang membutuhkan sumber daya yang memadai diperlukan untuk dapat menciptakan inovasi. Sumber daya ini dapat berupa teknologi, dukungan keuangan, pemimpin inovatif, termasuk sumber daya manusia dengan kompetensi yang sesuai. Kondisi ini menjadi ide untuk dieksplorasi dalam penelitian ini, "mengapa inovasi yang diberikan belum sepenuhnya diterapkan oleh petani kecil dan apa yang terjadi dengan pengembangan kapasitas petani kecil dan kelembagaan saat ini"?. Dalam hal ini, pendekatan manajemen pengetahuan dapat berperan dalam mendukung dan mempercepat proses inovasi di bidang pertanian Penelitian ini dilakukan melalui tinjauan jurnal terdahulu, data primer dan sekunder serta studi pendahuluan.Data primer diperoleh melalui informan kunci yang terdiri dari petani, penyuluh, pedagang input, pedagang hasil, tokoh masyarakat dan pejabat pemerintah Data dikumpulkan dari Oktober2015 hingga Juni 2016.Studi pendahuluan ini mengidentifikasi kelompok petani dan kelembagaan penyuluhan di Kecamatan Lembah Gumanti Kabupaten Solok Provinsi Sumatera Barat. Hasil analisis menunjukkan masih banyaknya kelompok petani yang berada pada  kelas kelompok tani  pemula yaitu di Nagari Alahan Panjang (53 persen), nagari Salimpek  (64 persen), nagari  Sungai Nanam (61 persen), dan nagari Aie Dingin (62,5 persen) serta  jumlah  penyuluh yang belum ideal untuk Kecamatan Lembah Gumanti. Berdasarkan temuan di atas, kapasitas petani kecil dan  kelembagaandapat terwujud pada peningkatan usaha dan kehidupan petani di kawasan pertanian melalui pendekatan Manajemen Pengetahuan .
Konsep Rancangan Alat Pengaduk Rendang Portable
Authors: Arief Rudi Kurniawan
Published: September 2018

Rendang adalah salah satu makanan terlezat didunia menurut versi CNN International. Proses pengolahan rendang memakan waktu 3 hingga 5 jam tergantung dari jenis rendang yang dibuat. Proses memasak dan mengolah ini memerlukan waktu, tenaga yang cukup besar. Penelitian ini membuat desain mesin pembuat rendang portable untuk proses pengadukan sehingga akan mempermudah usaha dalam proses memasak rendang. Konsep ini dirancang menggunakan model 3D dengan 3 kaki yang bisa dilipat serta menggunakan motor listrik yang bisa dikontrol.
Perceptions of Patients, Caregivers, and Healthcare Providers of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: An International OMERACT Study
Authors: Mecoli Christopher A. , Park Jin Kyun , Alexanderson Helene , Regardt Malin , Needham Merrilee , de Groot Ingrid , Sarver Catherine , Lundberg Ingrid E. , Shea Beverley , de Visser Marianne , Song Yeong Wook , Bingham Clifton O. , Christopher-Stine Lisa
Published: September 2018

Objective.

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) that incorporate the patient perspective have not been well established in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM). As part of our goal to develop IIM-specific PROM, the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Myositis special interest group sought to determine which aspects of disease and its effects are important to patients and healthcare providers (HCP).

Methods.

Based on a prior qualitative content analysis of focus groups, an initial list of 24 candidate domains was constructed. We subsequently conducted an international survey to identify the importance of each of the 24 domains to be assessed in clinical research. Patients with IIM, their caregivers, and HCP treating IIM completed the survey.

Results.

In this survey, a total of 638 respondents completed the survey, consisting of 510 patients, 101 HCP, and 27 caregivers from 48 countries. Overall, patients were more likely to rank “fatigue,” “cognitive impact,” and “difficulty sleeping” higher compared with HCP, who ranked “joint symptoms,” “lung symptoms,” and “dysphagia” higher. Both patients and providers rated muscle symptoms as their top domain. In general, patients from different countries were in agreement on which domains were most important. One notable exception was that patients from Sweden and the Netherlands ranked lung symptoms significantly higher compared to other countries including the United States and Australia (mean weighted rankings of 2.86 and 2.04 vs 0.76 and 0.80, respectively; p < 0.0001).

Conclusion.

Substantial differences exist in how IIM is perceived by patients compared to HCP, with different domains prioritized. In contrast, patients’ ratings across the world were largely similar.
Pourquoi les innovations dans le secteur public surviventelles ? Étude exploratoire sur l’influence du feedback, de l’imputabilité et de l’apprentissage
Authors: van Acker Wouter , Bouckaert Geert
Published: September 2018

La question de savoir si les innovations dans le secteur public durent, et ce qui détermine leurs chances de survie, reste une lacune dans la littérature relative à la gestion publique. La présente étude exploratoire se penche sur les gagnants et les lauréats des prix de l’innovation dans le secteur public en Belgique, en France, aux Pays-Bas, en Roumanie, en Slovaquie et au Royaume-Uni. Grâce à une étude couvrant 220 cas, elle examine si les boucles de feedback, les mécanismes d’imputabilité et les processus d’apprentissage (FIA) (Feedback, Accountability, Learning [FAL]) peuvent expliquer la survie des innovations dans le secteur public. La conclusion est qu’une culture de feedback, d’imputabilité et d’apprentissage semble avoir un lien positif avec la survie des innovations. Remarques à l’intention des praticiens Innover est une chose, faire durer les innovations en est une autre. Une culture combinant informations nées du feedback, processus d’apprentissage visant à interpréter ces informations, et culture d’imputabilité semble améliorer les chances qu’ont les innovations de résister à l’épreuve du temps. Les instruments permettant de mesurer la performance de l’innovation en soi ne semblent pas affecter les chances de survie de l’innovation.
Extraludic narratives: Online communities and video games
Authors: Anderson Sky LaRell
Published: September 2018

The role of online community is central to the process of understanding game narratives. Given a tension in game narrative theory, a solution to that tension is the stories that players tell of their own game-play experiences. This analysis of the rhetorical dimension of telling game-play stories as part of a communal experience seeks to illuminate the intersections of game narrative, community, and rhetoric. The rhetorical dimensions of players' personal game narratives and online community building coalesce as a phenomenon unique to how video games influence community construction through the sharing of personal game-play experiences. Using symbolic convergence theory, I examine the personal game-play experiences found on an online community for the game Dark Souls (From Software, 2011), revealing how extraludic narratives function rhetorically to solve the tension between player agency and game narrative.
Theater criticism, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," and online community
Authors: Vaughan Megan
Published: September 2018

After summarizing initial research into the UK's theater blogging communities, I present some early observations about amateur theater critics writing from within and outside fandom. From my multiple perspectives as Tumblr user, blogger, theater fan, and academic, I consider the way those who respond to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016) on Tumblr display similar behaviors to those who maintain general theater review blogs, with both groups appearing to organize and distinguish themselves according to strict codes of ethics, ways of working, and markers of taste.
The ex-fan's place in fan studies
Authors: Kies Bridget
Published: September 2018

In an examination of how fans end their relationships with the objects of their fandom and related fan communities, I use my own experiences with the television series Supernatural (WB/CW, 2005–) to demonstrate how breaking up with a fandom is emotionally and technologically complicated. Becoming an ex-fan is different from antifandom and is worthy of greater investigation in fan studies.
Rainbow Direction and fan-based citizenship performance
Authors: Mattia Bri
Published: September 2018

The success of the activist group Rainbow Direction, created by fans of the UK boy band One Direction, helped change the dominant ideology of One Direction's concerts and chip away at the long-held assertions of who fangirls are. Social media can be used to enact social change, combating the erasure of LGBT+ fans from the fangirl narrative.
The next wave in participatory culture: Mixing human and nonhuman entities in creative practices and fandom
Authors: Lamerichs Nicolle
Published: September 2018

Disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and big data will radically change the interactions and media that fans rely on in their communities. The membership of fandom will also change by the participation of nonhuman entities such as chatbots. New interfaces and technologies will soon create a more data-driven fandom, which I predict will lead to participatory culture being shared with nonhuman entities and to a celebration of creative products created by nonhuman entities.
Further future fandom: A conversation with middle school–age fans
Authors: Farley Shannon K.
Published: September 2018

This conversation among the author and four middle school-age fans concerns their online practices as well as some observations and analysis.
TWC, past and future
Authors: Editor TWC
Published: September 2018

Editorial for TWC No. 28, The Future of Fandom, 10th anniversary issue.
Aretalogy of the Best Healer: Performance and praise of Mark’s healing Jesus
Authors: Dube Zorodzai
Published: September 2018

The study proposes a link between Mark’s healing stories in chapter 1 and praise songs and/or poems performed at Apollo’s temple and other possible shrines of Asclepius in Southern Antioch. Mark chapter 1 begins with Jesus healing the demoniac (Mk 1:21–28), healing of Simon’s mother in law (Mk 1:29–31) and healing of various peoples who gathered at Simon’s mother-in-law’s house (Mk 1:32–34) and people from the region and afar (Mk 13:39). The chapter finishes with the controversial healing of the leper (1:40–45). Assuming that Mark is located in Southern Antioch, with analogies from Zulu praise poems, this study reread Mark’s healing stories alongside Greek aretalogies with a view to reveal the function and mood around which the stories were told and/or performed. As hypothesis, Mark’s healing stories exudes similar characteristics as Greek aretalogies, praising the benefactor (Jesus) vis-à-vis known healers such as Apollo and Asclepius.
Effect of Foreign Exchange Risk Hedging Techniques on Financial Performance of Listed Firms in Kenya
Authors: Muiru Monica Wanjiru , Kisaka Sifunjo E. , Kalui Fredrick
Published: September 2018

The adoption of floating foreign exchange rate regime in the 1990s and international trade have led to increased exposure of Kenyan firms to foreign exchange risk. Foreign exchange risk can affect a firm’s expected cash flows, and by extension, its financial performance. This paper examines the effects of foreign exchange risk hedging techniques on the financial performance of publicly listed firms in Kenya. The target population constituted all the 54 firms that were continuously listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange during the study period, from 2011 to 2016. The study used panel data research design. Secondary data was obtained from financial statements of the listed firms. The data was coded and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics—correlation and regression—with the aid of STATA software. The feasible generalised least square model was used to test the hypotheses. The results show currency hedging has a positive effect on financial performance. This implies that when hedging strategies and hedging tools are implemented appropriately, they help firms achieve their financial objectives, increasing financial performance, hence creating value for shareholders.
Earnings Comparability and Firm-Specific Stock Price Crash Risk
Authors: Du Ruixue , Li Shuo , Tuo Ling , Zhang Yu (Tony)
Published: September 2018

This study examines the association between earnings comparability and firm-specific stock price crash risk. Using a large sample of 33,696 firm-year observations from the U.S. public firms, we find a positive association between comparability and future stock price crash risk. This finding is consistent with the notion that corporate managers do not have much incentive to release firm-specific information (especially bad news), as long as their firms’ financial statements are comparable to those of the industry peers. We further show that the positive association between earnings comparability and future crash risk is attenuated for firms with strong external monitoring (i.e., high analyst coverage, high institutional ownership, and high audit quality) and firms with low information asymmetry (i.e., low probability of informed trading). Our results are robust to (1) controlling for other important earnings attributes (e.g., conditional conservatism and income smoothing) that are associated with crash risk, (2) conducting change analyses, and (3) using alternative measures of earnings comparability. Our findings have an important implication that earnings comparability does not always result in favorable capital market outcomes.
Intrinsic Motivation and 21st-Century Skills in an Undergraduate Engineering Project: The Formula Student Project
Authors: Talmi Iris , Hazzan Orit , Katz Reuven
Published: September 2018

The 21st century is characterized by new technological developments and a rapid pace of change, challenging the academy to educate students for a future employment market characterized by change and uncertainty. This market requires practitioners to develop a broad set of skills, so-called "21st-century skills," along with more focused practices within traditional disciplines. The present study explores the mutual relationship between intrinsic motivation and the expression of 21st-century skills among students participating in the Formula Student project – an international competition in which participants design and build a racecar while facing challenges such as independent learning, planning, and execution. We found that students’ participation in the Formula Student project enables them to practice 21st-century skills that they will need in their future workplace; this experience, in turn, helps them meet the psychological need for autonomy, competence, and relatedness which are the basis for intrinsic motivation.
Not Losing the EFL Plot: L2 Engagement through Literature (Reading Circles) and Producing Short Stories (Creative Writing Circles)
Authors: Maher Kevin M
Published: September 2018

Reading and writing stories (literature) can be an effective way to engage students’ L2. Pedagogically, teachers are looking for ways to increase L2 input, and amplify L2 output. Because of the communicative nature of acquiring language, teachers are equally looking for collaboration among students to increase the usage of their L2 language. This paper proposes studying literature through Reading Circles and creating plot-focused short stories within a Writing Circles structure. It will theoretically establish the value of literature circles and creative writing circles in the EFL context, and share how language teachers can implement them.
Advancing Intercultural Competence among National Secondary School Students through Malaysian English Literary Texts (MELT)
Authors: Kaur Mehar Singh Manjet , Amelia Marsani Fatin Najwa
Published: September 2018

The aims of English literature component in the Malaysian English Language curriculum as outlined by the Ministry of Education (MoE) (2009) are to improve the students’ proficiency through reading, respond to texts, understand and appreciate other cultures and relate events and characters to one’s own life. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to assess the intercultural elements in a short story titled Tanjung Rhu used as the Form Four English literature component text and another Malaysian English literary text (MELT) titled Deep Fried Devils. The assessment of intercultural elements in the two MELTs will provide opportunity for a MELT that can better advance intercultural competence among national secondary school students. Qualitative data comparing two MELTs is collected using a checklist for selecting and evaluating multicultural MELT by Harper and Brand (2010). Content analysis comparison of the story, characters, plot and settings was conducted using Atlas.ti 7.0 version software. Findings indicate Deep Fried Devils has better intercultural elements to promote intercultural competence among Malaysian national secondary school students of diverse ethnicity. This research recommends Deep Fried Devils to be considered as part of the English literature component in next text selection cycle by the Malaysian MoE or as extensive reading material for Form Four students to develop their intercultural competence. The findings provide insights to guide policy makers, curriculum designers and literature text selection committee in recognizing cultural diversity elements in MELT and choosing suitable MELT for promoting intercultural competence among Malaysian national school students.
President Joko Widodo’s Rhetorical Technique of Arguing in the Presidential Speeches of the Reform Era
Authors: Noermanzah - , Emzir - , Lustyantie Ninuk
Published: September 2018

A good speech has the power in presenting the rhetorical argument, therefore it is required a study corresponds to the speech preparation with rhetorical techniques to argue, especially in the presidential speech of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo of reform era in the field of education. The research method was the critical discourse analysis method of Norman Fairclough model. Data collection techniques used were documentation techniques, note-taking techniques, and interviews. Data analysis techniques were administered by connecting micro, meso, and macro elements in dimensions: (a) text, (b) discourse practice, and (b) socio-cultural practices. The results show that President Joko Widodo and his team used the argument technique: 1) The introduction has two patterns: (a) claim and ground; and (b) claims. 2) The trunk or content section has a pattern: (a) claim and ground; (b) claim, ground, and claim; (c) claim, ground, and warrant; (d) claim, ground, and possible; and (e) claim, ground, warrant and backing with each sub topic or argument, minimally and dominantly comprising claim and ground. 3) The closing section has a pattern: (a) claim, ground, and claim; (b) claim. The rhetorical technique of arguing in a presidential speech aims at explaining the plans of educational programs, undertaken educational programs, and the promise and expectation to improve the quality of education in Indonesia during the reform era.
Gender Representation in EFL Textbooks in Saudi Arabia: A Critical Discourse Analysis Approach
Authors: Aljuaythin Wafa
Published: September 2018

This study investigates the representation of gender in two English as a Foreign Language textbooks for elementary students in Saudi schools. It employs the three stages of Fairclough’s (2015) three-dimensional model: description, interpretation, and explanation. The analysis phase of the description stage is concerned with analyzing four aspects: the frequency of male and female occurrences, the kinds of activity that the two genders engage in, the pictorial representations of the two genders, and the social and domestic roles associated with males and females. Subsequently, after compiling quantitative data on these aspects, the analysis moves to a qualitative interpretation of these aspects in relation to the social context. In the final stage of the analysis, when the discussion aims to reach a final critical explanation on the macro level, the underlying ideological functions of power relations and social struggles are explained in terms of the dominance approach to language (Spender, 1980). The analysis of the two textbooks reveals a gender imbalance in favor of males. This imbalance has led to the representation of women as marginalized and stereotypical figures. This study suggests that such an underrepresentation of women could create a false reality surrounding perceptions of women and hinder the process of ensuring equality to all humans.
Emma Dononghue’s and James Finn Garner’s Rebellious Cinderellas: Feminism and Satire for Empowerment in Contemporary Fairy Tales
Authors: Amor Barros-del Rio Maria
Published: September 2018

The end of the 20th century witnessed a rewriting of traditional tales for children in English. In 1997, Irish writer Emma Donoghue published Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins, a sequence of re-imagined fairy tales that was shortlisted for the James L. Tiptree Award. In 1994, American writer James Finn Garner had also re-written many well-known stories for children and had them compiled in a single volume: Politically Correct Bedtime Stories. These new versions of Cinderella incorporate formal, structural and ideological alterations that subvert the traditional fairy tale genre. Using intersectionality as a theoretical research framework, the analysis of these works demonstrates that when the matrix of social power is dissected, the existing networks of oppression are exposed. While both versions are centred around gender, Donoghue and Garner employ different strategies, namely queer alliances and parodic scenes respectively, with the aim of overcoming the same structural obstacles. The resulting characters are rebellious and successful women who challenge tradition and open new horizons for female empowerment through the reinvention of the fairy tale genre.
Describing the Acquisition of the Passive Voice by a Child Learner of Japanese as a Second Language from a Processability Theory Perspective
Authors: Iwasaki Junko , Oliver Rhonda
Published: September 2018

This longitudinal case study reports on the acquisition of Japanese as a second language (L2) by a child learner with English as his first language (L1) who was acquiring Japanese naturalistically. In particular this study focusses on the acquisition by the child of a non-canonical mapping structure, namely the passive voice in relation to canonical mapping structures (e.g., the active voice) within the framework of the Unmarked Alignment Hypothesis (UAH) and the Lexical Mapping Hypothesis (LMH). These hypotheses are two of the main pillars of the extended Processability Theory (PT) (Pienemann, Di Biase & Kawaguchi, 2005). When compared to a large body of studies on the L1 acquisition of the passive voice, there have been only few theoretically motivated studies on the L2 acquisition of this structure, and further no studies to date have been undertaken using L2 child informants. The results of the earlier PT-based research (e.g., Wang, 2009) found that the acquisition of the passive voice by adult L2 learners occurred later than did the active voice. The results of the current child Japanese L2 study confirmed this, supporting Kawaguchi’s (2007) claim that the learner’s choice of a syntactic structure is restricted by developmental skills in argument-function mapping as predicted by UAH and LMH. Further, the results indicate that, prior to the emergence of the passive voice, a developmental period for the child to attempt non-canonical mapping existed and that the passive verbal morphology often appeared in a non-target like way until the end of the observation period.
The Effect of Task-Based Listening Activities on the Listening Comprehension: A Case of Iranian IELTS Candidates
Authors: Ostad Omid , Tarang Mohammad , Abbasi Mojdehi Hamed
Published: September 2018

Listening skill has always been somehow a neglected area in the English teaching practice. Using contemporary ways, such as applying task-based instructions and activities in the classrooms, is proven to be helpful (Cubillo and Brenes, 2009; Nunan, 1999). The present study aimed at exploring task-based listening activities and their role on improving the listening comprehension of Iranian IELTS candidates. To this end, 40 learners (14 male and 26 female, aging 21 to 43) in IELTS preparation courses were selected form Sama IELTS Centre in Rasht, Iran. After Oxford Placement Test (OPT), the participants were randomly divided into two parallel classes (20 in each). Both groups took a sample of IELTS listening test, which comprised of 40 items in four sections as the pre-test, and another sample test at the end of the study, as the post-test. Accordingly, the experimental group received the treatment (task-based listening activities). The control group, on the other hand received the placebo, i.e. the traditional practice of re-listening, pausing, and answering the questions. The statistical analyses of the results revealed that the experimental group had outperformed the control group in the posttest.
The Most Common Translation Problems Encounter the Saudi Students in Translating Selected Arabic Literary Items and their Point of Views behind these Problems
Authors: Mostafa Taamneh Issam
Published: September 2018

The current study aimed to investigate the most common translation problems that encountered the Saudi students in translating some of the literary items from Arabic into English. In addition, the study tried to investigate the most difficult terms that the students faced while translating them. Moreover, it aimed to explore the participants’ point of views behind such translation problems. To achieve the purpose of the study, a translation test, which involved 20 items and expressions, was prepared in advance. Furthermore, an interview was made to the participants to ask them about their point of views concerning the reasons behind encountering such translation problems. The sample of the study consisted of 15 male fourth year English-majored university students, who were chosen purposefully, at the University College of Taymaa in the first semester of the academic year 2017/2018 in Saudi Arabia. The design of the study was a qualitative as well as quantitative method. The data that were obtained from the participants’ answers in the translation test as well as the participants’ point of views in the interview were analyzed using the appropriate statistical analyses. The findings of the study showed that the students’ achievement in translating the items of the terms of address was the best compared with their results in the other two groups (lexical and cultural). Moreover, the analysis of the students’ interviews indicated that the lack of practice and lack of translation courses are a main reason in facing such these problems. Based on the findings, the researcher presented some recommendations and suggestions to develop students’ translation competence such as increasing the number of the translation courses that are presented to the students in their studying to have more practice in the process of translation. Moreover, more concentration should be given to the lexical, cultural, and terms of address problems in translation. Besides, students must be trained on how to use the bilingual dictionaries in the process of translation to get the intended meaning while rendering from Arabic into English and vice versa.
Talking Time in Children’s Adventure Fiction: Which Gender Controls the Discourse?
Authors: Poynter Elizabeth
Published: September 2018

It is nowadays widely agreed that gender identity is socially and culturally constructed. This construction is enabled by parental and other adult models, parental treatment, peer pressure and the media. Today television has a powerful impact, but in the mid-twentieth century books were more influential for many children. Did popular children’s fiction of this period merely reflect society’s bipolar gender constructs, or did it in any way challenge these? Whereas folklinguistics would suggest that females are more verbose than males, sociolinguists have found the opposite to be true in many contexts; public discourse such as meetings and the classroom tends to be dominated by males. There have been a number of studies of verbosity in real-life contexts; this cross-disciplinary study of four children’s adventure books examines the discourse to see who is given the most ‘talking time’. It was hypothesised that the authors would be influenced either by the folklinguistic view and give their girls long speech turns, or by the actual discourse they themselves experienced and give the boys the lion’s share. The actual picture that emerges is far more complex, suggesting that while some writers did indeed reflect and support the accepted gender roles of the society in which they wrote, others created discourse which interwove gender, age and personality, with personality the most powerful factor in determining dominance.
Social Functions of Conditional Apologies in Business Communication
Authors: Zhang Xing
Published: September 2018

The objective of this study is to investigate what social functions conditional apologies perform. To this end, naturally occurring conditional apologies were identified in an authentic business corpus, the Cambridge Business English Corpus (CBEC). From the perspective of speakers’ face needs, two research questions were discussed. The first question asks what the functions are that conditional apologies are employed to fulfil when used by speakers. The second question is whether conditional apologies are oriented towards the speaker’s positive needs. In the spoken and written corpora of the CBEC, occurrences of sorry-based expressions (sorry and I’m sorry) collocating with if are extracted, and the ratios of occurrences of conditional apologies to all apologies of sorry-based expression are compared. Our findings indicate that in business communication, the conditional apology could be used as a downgrading strategy for the purpose of denying full responsibility and decreasing face-threat to the speakers. The conditional apology could also be used by speakers to distance themselves from the offense, question the offensiveness of the event and to deny the speaker’s knowledge of it or involvement in it. Furthermore, through analysis of real examples, conditional apologies are determined to be driven by a desire to satisfy the speaker’s positive face needs in these contexts. In addition, our observation reveals that there is a tendency for the conditional apology to be used with a coordinating conjunction but to add a contrast statement in order to add detailed explanation regarding the causes of those offenses.
Validating the Power of Bilingualism on Conflict Regulation, Cognitive Control and Recognition of Iranian Primary School Students
Authors: Aalaei Negin
Published: September 2018

The purpose of the study is to measure the effects of bilingualism on conflict regulation, cognitive control and recognition among primary school children. This study is a description study on primary school students in the city of Parse Abab, the branch of Ardabil, Iran that is studying in the school year 94-95. The sample consists of 120 students which include 60 boys and 60 girls. The samples were selected by randomly. In this study the questionnaires and tasks based on cognition and recognition was used. The questionnaires were collected from both groups were analyzed by SPSS software and SPSS software was used to measure mean, median, standard deviation, significance level, etc., and to analyze the hypotheses of variance by (MANOVA). The results showed that the bilingualism has direct effect on the conflict regulation, cognitive control and recognition among primary school children. There is significant difference among bilingual and monolingual students performance. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to examine the temporal aspects of bilingualism in relation to the conflict regulation, cognitive control and recognition of students in primary schools in bilingual areas. Other studies try to examines the effect of bilingualism on only one of the variables but this study consider three variable in order to show clearly its effect on each of the variables separately.