bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
БІЛІМДІК ОРТАНЫҢ ҚАУІПСІЗДІГІ МЕН САЛАУАТТЫЛЫҒЫН ҚАМТАМАСЫЗ ЕТУДЕГІ ВОЛОНТЕРЛІК ҚЫЗМЕТТІ ҰЙЫМДАСТЫРУДЫҢ ПСИХОЛОГИЯЛЫҚ АСПЕКТІЛЕР
Authors: Торыбаева Ж.З. , Тусеев М.У. , Лауланбеков А.Б.
Published: February 2025

Бүгінгі таңда психологиялық қауіпсіздік пен салауатты ортаны қамтамасыз ету мәселесі авторларға оны психологиялық-педагогикалық бағыттағы болашақ мамандарды даярлау барысында волонтерлік қызмет аспектісінде зерттеуге мүмкіндік берді. Мақалада волонтерлік қызметтің психологиялық аспектілері: жеке қажеттіліктері мен түрткілері, қызығушылықтары мен мотивациясы жоғары оқу орнында оқу кезінде педагог-психологтың тұлғалық сапалары дамуының маңызды факторы ретінде көрсетілген. Зерттеу әдістемесі қауіпсіз және денсаулықты сақтайтын ортаны қамтамасыз ету тұрғысынан еріктілер тәжірибесінің әлеуетін зерттеуді қамтиды. Жұмыста Ясауи атындағы ХҚТУ, М. Әуезов атындағы ОҚМУ және Орта Азиялық Инновациялық университетінің психологиялық-педагогикалық бағытта білім алып жатқан студенттері арасында жүргізілген эмпирикалық зерттеу деректері келтірілген. Авторлар зерттеу барысында алған нәтижелерге сүйене отырып білімдік ортаның денсаулықты сақтайтын кеңістігін қамтамасыз ету мақсатында студенттердің кәсіби құзыреттіліктерін дамытуға бағытталған «Волонтерлік қызмет қауіпсіз және салауатты ортаны қамтамасыз ету құралы ретінде» атты элективті курс бағдарламасын әзірледі. Зерттелетін бағыт тұрғысынан волонтерлік жұмыстың табыстылығы аймақтық ерекшеліктер мен сұраныстарды ескеруді; білімдік ортаның психологиялық қауіпсіздігін диагностикалау бойынша студенттердің дағдыларын тәжірибеде пысықтауды; білім беру мекемелерінде қауіпсіздікті, қолайлы денсаулық сақтау ортасын қамтамасыз ету тұрғысынан волонтерлік көмекті іске асыру бойынша ғылыми сүйемелдеуді талап етеді. Жүргізілген жұмыстың нәтижелері мен жасалған тұжырымдар психологиялық-педагогикалық бағыттағы болашақ мамандарды даярлау процесінде жоғары және орта кәсіптік оқу орындарының практикалық қызметінде пайдалануы мүмкін. Мақала Қазақстан Республикасы Ғылым және Жоғарғы білім министрлігі қаржыландыратын AP19679648 «Жаңа Қазақстан жастарын салауатты өмір салтына бейімдейтін қауіпсіз білім беру ортасын қамтамасыз етуге волонтерлік іс-әрекетті ұйымдастыру» атты ғылыми жобасы шеңберінде қаржыландырылады.
PSYCHOLOGICALFACTORS OF PROFESSIONAL SELF-DETERMINATIONOF STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDSIN AN INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS
Authors: Magauova А.S. , Kassen G.A.
Published: February 2025

The article covers a study within the framework of the project of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan on thetopic "Formation of professional self-determination of students with special educational needs as a national strategy in the field of inclusive education in the Republic of Kazakhstan".The article discusses and analyzes some aspects of the experience of inclusion in the professional education system. Based on the study and generalization of foreign practice, a number of problems related to the implementation of an inclusive educational process in professional education organizations –universities and colleges -are highlighted.In the period from September 2022 to April 2023, an empirical study was conducted on a sample of 126 students with disabilities at two universities and two colleges in Almaty. The procedure of the methodology "Building a personal professional perspective" by N.S. Pryazhnikov has been adapted, criteria for assessing the maturity of the components of personal and professional perspectives for this category of students have been developed. The content analysis of the questionnaires revealed problem areas in the implementation of the idea of inclusion in vocational education and further employment of this category of students. The analytical and empirical results of this article provide a basis for highlighting the psychological factors of professional self-determination of students with special educational needs.
БАСҚАРУ МӘСЕЛЕСІНІҢ ПСИХОЛОГИЯЛЫҚ ЕРЕКШЕЛІКТЕРІ
Authors: Жумашева Н.С. , Мұратова К.Ж.
Published: February 2025

Мақалада басқару психологиясының негізгі мәселелері талданып, дәстүрлі моделдер мен концепциялар қарастырылады. Сонымен қатар мақалада отандық және шетелдік дәстүрлі қалыптасқан моделдері және жаңа концептуалды парадигмалардысинтездеуге талпыныс жасалған қазіргі заманда менеджмент психологиясын зерттеуге ерекше мән беріліп отыр. Барлық адам адам қатынасына байланысты басқару жүйесіндегі кейбір мәселелер қарасты-рылады. Менеджмент кең таралған толық зерттелінбеген күрделі ұғым және әлеуметтік экономикалық сипатта қарастырылады. Қоғамдағы және жеке тұлғаның басқару жүйесіндегі басқару қызметі мен басқарушылық бақылаудың ерекшелігі мәні мен мазмұны ашылады. Басқарудың әдіснамалық негіздері, басқару қызметінің әдістері, қызметтеті мен құралдары, мемлекеттік және қоғамдық түлғаны басқарудың негізгі ерекшеліктері қарастырылады.
DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF ADOLESCENTS’S LIFE
Authors: Ayapbergenova A. , Bapaeva M. , Aubakir A.
Published: February 2025

The article provides a comprehensive psychological analysis of the concepts of quality of life and subjective assessment of quality of life. Quality of life is considered as a person's satisfaction with environmental conditions, which cover various aspects of the level of satisfaction. An important element is the subjective quality of life, which reflects a person's attitude to his or her life and the level of its satisfaction. The article discusses concepts that characterize the positive aspects of human existence, such as "satisfaction with life," "subjective well-being," "happiness," "quality of life," and "health." The article presents a systematic analysis of the works of both domestic and foreign scientists who have studied these concepts. Based on their scientific findings, the idea is substantiated that such factors as subjective well-being, happiness, satisfaction with life, self-realization of the individual, as well as empowerment, influenced the formulation and development of the problem of quality of life. The article considers objective, subjective, and integral aspects of the criteria for assessing the quality of life with a description of the specific features of each of them. However, based on studies of subjective quality of life, it can be concluded that objective factors influencing quality of life are only individual aspects that subjects experience. While feelings and emotions are much more important for the overall perception of quality of life.
СТРУКТУРНО-ПСИХОЛОГИЧЕСКИЙ АНАЛИЗ ПОТРЕБНОСТЕЙ И ОЖИДАНИЙ БУДУЩИХ И ФУНКЦИОНИРУЮЩИХ ПЕДАГОГОВ
Authors: Галимов А.М. , Шеймарданов Ш.Ф. , Жиенбаева Н. Б.
Published: February 2025

Статья посвящена анализу теоретических положенийпсихологических и педагогических исследований рационального решения организации технологической архитектуры, ориентированнойна новый тип научного мышления, который непременно отражается на профессиональной характеристике становления личности педагога.Профессиональное становление педагога это многолетний, практически бесконечный процесс, с различными целями и имеет разное содержание на разных этапах педагогической деятельности. Целью настоящего исследования является изучение коммуникативно -ценностных показателей профессионального становления и профессиональной подготовки будущего педагога, для моделирования технологической архитектурыпрофессионально-личностного развития в избранной педагогической профессии. Методы исследования: оценка качества преподавания определялась оценкой «коммуникативных умений», «культурно-ценностных ориентации», эмоциональной тревожности. Исследование проводилось на базе выборки (N=36) магистрантов 2 курса и профессорско-преподавательского состава. Показатели эмоциональной тревожности по Тейлору демонстрирует значительные структурные различия между контрольной и экспериментальной группой. 53% респондентов –будущих педагогов испытывает психо-эмоциональное напряжение в текущем формате обучения, в то время как менее 15% экспериментальной выборки респондентов имеют аналогичные чувства.
БАСТАУЫШ СЫНЫП МҰҒАЛІМДЕРІНІҢ БІЛІКТІЛІГІН АРТТЫРУ ЖҮЙЕСІНДЕГІ НЕЙРОДИДАКТИКАЛЫҚ КОНТЕНТТІҢ ПСИХОЛОГИЯЛЫҚ МҮМКІНДІКТЕРІ
Authors: Умирбекова А.Н. , Калбергенова Ш.Б.
Published: February 2025

Мақалада бастауыш сынып оқушыларының үздіксіз білім беру жүйесінде біліктілігін арттыру жүйесін құруда нейродидактикалық контент мазмұнын тиімді қолданудағы психологиялық мүмкіндіктердің маңызы мен мәнін айқындауға арналған зерттеулер жүргізіледі. Негізгі зерттеу бағыты бастауыш сынып мұғалімдерінің кәсіби даярлық негізіндегі құзыреттілігін арттыруға нейроғылым мазмұнын курс мазмұнына кіріктіріп оқытудың тиімді тұстарын айқындауға арналған. Бастауыш сынып мұғалімдерінің когнитивті және эмоционалдық дағдыларын дамытуға нейродидактикалық контент әсерін талдау негізінде, оны білім алушылардың интелектісінің дамуына бағытталған оқу жоспарына тиімді кіріктіру тұстарын, бейімдеу мүмкіндіктерін қарастырудан тұрады. Баса назар нейроғылымның сауаттылық, сыни ойлау мен зияткерлік дамуға әсері қарастырылған. Мақала барысында зерттеуге 325 бастауыш сынып мұғалімдері қатысқан, зерттеу нәтижелеріне сандық және сапалық талдау жүргізілген. Мақала қорытындысында нейродидактикалық контентті бастауыш сынып мұғалімдерінің біліктілігін арттыру курстарында оқыту қажеттілігі айқын және ол өз кезегінде әр білім алушының жеке әлеуетін көтеруге әсері зор екені мәлімденеді.
r.avaflow v4, a multi-purpose landslide simulation framework
Authors: Mergili Martin , Pfeffer Hanna , Kellerer-Pirklbauer Andreas , Zangerl Christian , Pudasaini Shiva Prasad
Published: February 2025

Abstract. We present r.avaflow v4, an enhanced version of the open-source mass flow simulation tool r.avaflow. The updated version includes, among other new functionalities, (i) a layered model, where the individual phases move on top of each other instead of mixing; (ii) a sliding model, supporting the entire range from block sliding to full deformation; (iii) a slow-flow model, allowing for the simulation of landslides beyond extremely rapid processes, using an equilibrium-of-motion model; and (iv) an interface for 3D and virtual reality visualization of the results. We use four case studies to demonstrate the functionalities introduced to r.avaflow v4 and to discuss the related chances and challenges: (i) a generic planar rock slide with interlayer shearing, and (ii)–(iv) semi-generic representations of the prehistoric Köfels rock slide (Austria), the prehistoric East Fogo landslide and tsunami (Cape Verde), and the Dösen rock glacier (Austria). Our results clearly reveal the high potential of the additional functionalities to widen the scope of r.avaflow beyond the simulation of extremely rapid and freely deforming mass flows. Combinations of the layered model, the sliding model, and the slow-flow model unlock potentials yet barely explored in the field of GIS-based landslide simulations. In addition, the layered model facilitates a more realistic simulation of landslide-reservoir interactions. We also highlight the limitations regarding the physical basis and the application of the functionalities presented. Our enhancements are particularly useful for improved process visualization targeting at awareness building and environmental education. They are also suitable to be used for scenario-based predictive simulations in combination with a thorough empirical evaluation campaign.
Warming accelerates the decomposition of root biomass in a temperate forest only in topsoil but not in subsoil
Authors: Sun Binyan , Zosso Cyrill U. , Wiesenberg Guido L. B. , Pegoraro Elaine , Torn Margaret S. , Schmidt Michael W. I.
Published: February 2025

Abstract. Global warming could potentially increase the decomposition rate of soil organic matter (SOM), not only in the topsoil (< 20 cm) but also in the subsoil (> 20 cm). Despite its low carbon content, subsoil holds on average nearly as much SOM as topsoil across various ecosystems. However, significant uncertainties remain regarding the impact of warming on SOM decomposition in subsoil, particularly root-derived carbon, which serves as the primary organic input at these horizons. In the Blodgett Forest warming experiment (California, USA), we investigated whether warming accelerates the decomposition of root-litter at three depths (10–14, 45–49, and 85–89 cm) by using molecular markers and in-situ incubation of 13C-labelled root-litter at each depth. Our results reveal that the decomposition of added root-litter was only accelerated in the topsoil (10–14 cm) but not in the subsoil (45–49 and 85–89 cm) with warming. In subsoil, although the decomposition rate of root-litter derived carbon did not differ significantly between ambient and warmed plots, the underlying reasons for this similarity are distinct. With molecular marker analysis, we found higher microbial activity, indicated by higher concentration of certain fatty acid monomers that could be originally microbial-derived such as octadecanoic acid (C18:0 fatty acids), octadecenoic acid (C18:1 fatty acids), and hexadecanoic acid (C16:0 fatty acids) than those originally derived from roots in ambient subsoil. With warming, the higher concentration of long-chain (C number > 20) 𝜔-hydroxy acids and diacids left after 3 years of root incubation suggested a lower turnover rate and this could be due to lower microbial abundance and lower soil moisture induced by warming. Our study demonstrates that the impact of warming on the decomposition of root-litter in a temperate forest is depth-dependent. The slower turnover rate of long-chain 𝜔-hydroxy acids and diacids shows that they are more persistent compared to bulk root mass and could be preserved in subsoil for longer time as long as the environmental conditions are unfavorable for decomposition with warming.
Drift-aware sea ice thickness maps from satellite remote sensing
Authors: Ricker Robert , Lavergne Thomas , Hendricks Stefan , Paul Stephan , Down Emily , Killie Mari Anne , Bocquet Marion
Published: February 2025

Abstract. The standard approach to derive gridded sea ice thickness (SIT) is to aggregate the original along-track estimates from satellite altimeters over a one-month period. However, this approach neglects processes like sea ice advection, deformation, and thermodynamic growth that occur within the aggregation period. To address these limitations, we propose a drift-aware method that accounts for sea ice motion and SIT changes due to dynamics and thermodynamics in monthly SIT products. We present a method to derive daily drift-aware sea ice thickness (DA-SIT) maps for the Arctic, based on Envisat and CryoSat-2 along-track data. The approach is validated against buoys, airborne SIT surveys and moored upward-looking sonar (ULS) measurements. DA-SIT demonstrates the ability to register sea ice thickness anomalies, which are also observed by daily ULS SIT averages, while being overlooked by the conventional gridded SIT data. Comparative analysis reveals that DA-SIT reduces orbit trackiness patterns and improves consistency in regions with significant ice drift, such as the Transpolar Drift. The drift-awareness enables detailed studies of regional sea ice dynamics and fluxes, while improving co-registration of multi-mission satellite data. However, when considering pan-Arctic estimates of ice volume, we do not expect significant changes in time series and trends compared to existing studies.
A new method for calculating highway blocking due to high-impact weather conditions
Authors: Liu Duanyang , Jing Tian , Yan Mingyue , Gultepe Ismail , Bao Yunxuan , Wang Hongbin , Zu Fan
Published: February 2025

Abstract. Fog, rain, snow, and ice are the high-impact weather events that often lead to highway blockings, which in turn causes serious economic and human losses. At present, there is no clear calculation method for the severity of highway blocking, which is related to highway load degree and economic losses. Therefore, there is an urgent need to propose a method for assessing the economic losses caused by high-impact weather events that lead to highway blockages, in order to facilitate the management and control of highways and the evaluation of economic losses. The goal of this work is to develop a method to be used to assess the high-impact weather (HIW) effects on highway blocking. Based on the K-means cluster analysis and the CRITIC (criteria importance through intercriteria correlation) weight assignment method, we analyzed the highway-blocking events that occurred in Chinese provinces in 2020. Through cluster analysis, a new method of severity levels of highway blocking is developed to distinguish the severity into five levels. The severity levels of highway blocking due to high-impact weather are evaluated for all weather types. As a part of calculating the degree of highway blocking, the highway load in each province is evaluated. The economic losses caused by dense fog are specifically assessed for the entire country.
On the risks of good intentions and poor evidence – comment on “Back to the future? Conservative grassland management can preserve soil health in the changing landscapes of Uruguay” by Säumel et al. (2023)
Authors: Paruelo José , López-Mársico Luis , Baldassini Pablo , Lezama Felipe , Bazzoni Bruno , Staiano Luciana , Nuñez Agustin , Guido Anaclara , Ríos Cecilia , Tommasino Andrea , Gallego Federico , Pezzani Fabiana , Camba Sans Gonzalo , Quincke Andrés , Baeza Santiago , Piñeiro Gervasio , Baethgen Walter
Published: February 2025

Abstract. In this article, we make comments on some methodological issues and on the general approach of the paper “Back to the future? Conservative grassland management can preserve soil health in the changing landscapes of Uruguay” (Säumel et al., 2023). We have identified several design and methodological problems in the aforementioned article that may induce potential misinterpretations. First, our concerns are related to aspects of the study design and methodology that, in our opinion, introduce biases and critical errors. Second, we are concerned about the possible interpretations of the study with respect to the design of policies and the development of non-tariff barriers for South American countries.
Phytochemical Analysis and Antibacterial Activity of Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni Leaves Extract against Streptococcus sanguis (A Primary Inhabitant of Dental Plaque): In Vitro Study
Authors: Manar Ibrahim Ahmed  , Ali Hamad Safa , Abdulsalam Maha
Published: February 2025

Objective: Dental plaque is considered the primary causative agent in developing periodontal diseases. Early colonizers of dental plaque, such as Streptococcus sanguis (S.sanguis), are crucial in the succession steps of biofilm formation. As an alternative to the commonly used chlorohexidine (CHX), it is of interest to find naturally occurring antimicrobial substances from plants.
Materials and Methods: Volunteers were asked to provide plaque samples. Microscopic examination, gram stain, optochin test, catalase test and polymerase chain reaction were used to ensure the identification of S. sanguis. Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni leaves extracted by 70% ethanol alcohol. Four experiments have been done in this study: the susceptibility of S. sanguis to stevia extract, the minimum inhibitory (MIC) and the minimum bactericidal (MBC) concentrations, and exploration of the extract effective constituents by using HPLC.
Results: Stevia extract had good antibacterial activity with varying inhibition zone diameters that were concentration dependent, but 0.2% CHX showed better activity with a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05). Both MIC and MBC were at 16 mg/ml. HPLC analysis confirmed the presence of antibacterial constituents: narigenin 25.76 ppm, catechin 30.25 ppm, coumarin 25.47 ppm, and kaempferol 4.59 ppm.
Conclusions: The antimicrobial activity of the alcoholic Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni leaf extract was satisfactory. The study extract exhibited lower antibacterial activity at 512 mg/ml of stevia extract, while 0.2% CHX had superior activity overall. HPLC showed that the alcoholic leaves extract of Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni contains several active antibacterial components: narigenin, catechin, coumarin and kaempferol.
EVALUASI KESESUAIAN LAHAN UNTUK TANAMAN JAGUNG (ZEA MAYS L) DI KECAMATAN WANGGARASI KABUPATEN POHUWATO
Authors:   Program Studi Agroteknologi Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, Hasan Yusrin N. , Azis Muhammad Arief ,   Program Studi Agroteknologi Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, Rahim Yunnita ,   Program Studi Agroteknologi Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, Nurmi Nurmi ,   Program Studi Magister Agroteknologi Pascasarjana Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, Rahman Rival ,   Program Studi Agroteknologi Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Negeri Gorontalo
Published: February 2025

This study aims to determine land suitability classes and limiting factors for corrn crops inWanggarasiSub-District.ThisresearchwasconductedinWanggarasiSub-District,PohuwatoRegencyfromSeptember to December 2022. This research uses the matching method between the characteristics and qualityof land in Wanggarasi Sub-District with the characteristics of land suitability for maize (Zea mays L)plans to produceactual and potential land suitability classes. Data processing was carried out by analyzing land characteristics andquality, and land suitability class analysis. The analysis results show that the study area has an actualland suitability class N (unsuitable) and S3 (marginal suitability). With the limiting factors of oxygenavailability (drainage conditions), nutrient retention (cation exchange capacity, base saturation, and effectivedepth), available nutrients (N, P, and K nutrients), slope conditions and erosion hazard. Wanggarasi Sub district has a potentialland suitabilityclassS2(quitesuitable)andS3(Marginallysuitable)withatotal areaof4730.30ha.
‘GUERILLA ANALYSIS’ AND THE INSTITUTIONAL VOICE: THE TELEGRAM’S PRODUCTIVE MESO-SPACE OF CORONAVIRUS VISUALIZATIONS
Authors: Amit-Danhi Eedan
Published: February 2025

During the coronavirus pandemic, Israeli Telegram became a staple venue of pandemic news, as the platform served as the Ministry of Health’s primary official output. Over time, Telegram also became home to a community of ‘Guerilla Analysts’ who pooled together their analytical resources to create a ‘National Graph Headquarters’. Utilizing the same data as the MoH channel, this ragtag crew of data-loving laypeople created a space in which data-literacies are shared and developed. Informed by conceptualizations of messaging apps as “news meso-space(s)”, digital collaborative information-making practices, and the notion that visualizations can promote civic deliberation and political empowerment, this paper explores the rhetorical and discursive framework that enabled informational migration and evolution, and the co-production of data-oriented pandemic narratives across both groups, resulting in an exceptionally empowering informational eco-system. It does so by applying qualitative rhetorical visualization analysis to 100 pairs of institutional and guerilla visualizations of the same data, prior to qualitative discourse analysis of 30 related comment threads. Findings reveal that while the ‘Institutional Voice’ remained focused on conservative visualizations of the present and past, guerilla analysts often re-visualize MoH visualizations into predictive narratives, and take bolder swings in proposing actionable implications. While primarily focused on sociable elucidation of complex analyses, comment discourse also challenges and re-visualizes ‘Guerilla’ narratives, further extending informational empowerment. Predominantly conceptualized as a subversive venue, I highlight Telegram as a civic platform and propose a conceptualization of messaging apps as productive and empowering meso-spaces, utilizing common social and analytical resources towards a common good.
HUMOUR, HARM, AND HATE: THE DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF RACE, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY IN FAR-RIGHT EXTREMIST MEMES
Authors: Andreasen Maja Brandt
Published: February 2025

The paper presents initial findings from an ongoing research project that investigates the discursive construction of race, gender, and sexuality in the visual culture of three online far-right extremist platforms in Scandinavia. This interdisciplinary project brings together feminist theory of humour and harm with digital media research into memes and the far-right in order to explore the hateful discourse in the online humour of the far-right.

The data consists of visual content posted to three different social media platforms in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.

As the paper discusses work in progress, the findings of the project are limited at the time of writing. However, the initial coding of the data set reveals similar themes across the three websites:

1: The function of humour in the visual content, which works to create insiders and outsiders.

2: Far-right ideology which discursively constructs the “ideal” Scandinavian citizen as a white man via the discursive “othering” of the racialized (mostly Muslim) non-citizen. This othering is expressed via a characterization of the non-European outsider as barbaric, sexually perverted, and culturally backward.

3: The overlap between racism, misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia which is expressed through an anti-woke discourse that ridicules women’s rights, feminism, and questions the existence of trans lives.

In a discursive space where hate and humour coexist, violent discourse might be trivialised and considered “just a joke”. The paper, however, makes a point of taking humour seriously by critically addressing the hate hidden under the guise of humour.
THE UNFRIENDING PERFORMANCE: THE LOGIC OF DISCONNECTIVE ACTION IN CRISES
Authors: Asmolov Gregory , Logunova Olga
Published: February 2025

This research examines the concept of "disconnective action" during crises, positing it as a necessary counterpart to "connective action" (Bennett & Segerberg, 2012). While digital media is typically lauded for fostering connectivity during socio-political controversies, it also presents affordances for disconnectivity, such as unfriending, unfollowing, and banning. This project aims to understand the dynamics and implications of digital disconnection, particularly during crises that serve as catalysts for revealing divergent opinions among social network users (Sibona, 2014; John & Dvir-Gvirsman, 2015; John & Gal, 2018). The theoretical backdrop of this study involves "disconnective power" (Light & Cassidy, 2014), which refers to the ability of dominant actors to employ digital media as tools for political, cultural, and social fragmentation. The research proposes that this form of power is particularly evident in the strategic use of digital technologies to isolate political systems and promote societal disintegration. Accordingly, the new forms of propaganda utilize disconnective affordances to undermine cross-conflict horizontal networks. By framing disconnection as a performative "speech act" (Austin,1962; Butler, 1990) and examining the role of social media as both a unifying and divisive force, this study contributes to a nuanced understanding of digital interaction in times of socio-political unrest. Over five years, data on public unfriending announcements were collected, particularly from Russian-speaking Facebook users during the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war. The research reveals the dominant logics behind publicized disconnective actions and the influence of individual users in initiating broader disconnective trends.
LIVELIHOOD-RELATED INTERNET USE AMONG LOW-PRIVILEGED YOUNG MEN IN KOLKATA
Authors: Basak Subham
Published: February 2025

The failure of the youth from low-privilege backgrounds in obtaining quality private education to become more employable in the competitive job market has coincided with the growth and affordability of the smartphone-Internet in India. Using ethnographic methods, both in-person and online, with 20 young men from low-privileged backgrounds in Kolkata (India), this ongoing research investigates how they access content of the digital industries, mostly on YouTube, to acquire skills for and information about income opportunities against a lack of access to quality institutions. It asks whether and how the outcomes of such Internet use are shaped by their specific life contexts which influence the scope of application of such information. $2 the affordable Internet resources, the young men exercise their agency to attempt to fill the deficiencies of formal institutions. This indicates an overcoming of the second digital divide, although not uniformly. In line with the third digital divide, these findings reveal greater obstacles in the efficacy of applying livelihood-related online resources in terms of the nature of livelihoods sought, availability of energy and time, social expectations, and the availability of avenues for finding lesser employment via offline ties. With examples, I aim to argue that the extent of divide (2nd or 3rd) is not uniform for individuals in a population group but varies with uses. This research contributes both to knowledge of digital experiences from the Global South and extends the theories of domestication of digital technology and digital divides to youth in low-privilege settings.
“WHY DOES THE AIR SIREN WORK?”: HOW TELEGRAM CHANNELS IN UKRAINE USE OPEN SOURCE DATA ABOUT MILITARY DANGER FOR CONSTRUCTING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE WAR
Authors: Bystrytska Kateryna
Published: February 2025

Wars have always been mediated. However, the tools and techniques for mediation, facilitation, and creation of knowledge about the war have significantly changed in the last decade with the fast growth of new media and technologies. Understanding the details of military operations by civilians has become possible nowadays with social media and digital technology that change people's perception of war. This research focuses on Ukrainian Telegram channels that position themselves as open-source intelligence (OSINT) investigators and provide detailed information for civilians on types of missiles or drones in the air during the ongoing attack. They use information from military and open sources to facilitate the war for the general public and mediate the attacks. The paper explores how those Telegram channels became essential players in military communication during the active phase of the war in Ukraine. It also discusses the emergence of a new digital industry of monitoring the air in Ukraine for war participation and mediation. The research uses a digital ethnographic observation method to explore the ten most popular Ukrainian Telegram channels that provide information about attacks and examine types of messages, framing, wording, and other information-specificities for participatory warfare and constructing knowledge about the war. Also, textual and visual analysis of the messages and comments allows us to identify patterns in the work of those Telegram channels. This paper is a work in progress.
BETTING ON (UN)CERTAIN FUTURES: SOCIOTECHNICAL IMAGINARIES OF AI AND VARIETIES OF TECHNO-DEVELOPMENTALISM IN ASIA
Authors: Chung Hiu-Fung
Published: February 2025

The proliferation of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has prompted the development of comprehensive AI developmental and governance frameworks globally. Yet, existing literature on AI innovation in non-Western societies often overlooks economically advanced but geographically non-dominant societies, instead focusing on large nation-states like China or developing regions in Global South such as South Africa. This paper examines the variegated sociotechnical imaginaries of AI in three Asian developmental societies - Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan - addressing two research questions: what are the desired forms of AI development and governance in small-size advanced economies? How does this desired form vary according to the historical, institutional, and geopolitical contexts of these societies?

Through discourse analysis of policy documents from the early 2010s to 2024, the paper identifies three imaginaries of techno-developmentalism: Singapore’s cybernetic pragmaticism to legitimize its neoliberal authoritarian rule, Hong Kong’s techno-entrepreneurship in refashioning financial capitalism, and Taiwan’s defensive survival modality against internal socio-economic instability and external threats posed by the rivalry of superpowers. Decision-makers in these societies must establish AI developmental frameworks capable of resource allocation, actor coordination, strategic coupling with the global tech economy, and managing uncertainties in specific AI-centric socio-economic reform.

By offering comparative case studies of these Asian societies, this paper contributes to understanding the heterogeneous narratives and practices of AI innovation, moving beyond simplistic narratives trapped in the Global North and South binary.
NOSTALGIC NEIGHBORHOODS OF TIKTOK: MAPPING A TOPOLOGY OF AFFECTIVE PUBLICS
Authors: Conner Viki
Published: February 2025

Nostalgia is a culturally resonant, politically potent, and increasingly networked sensemaking resource that frames how people see the past and understand their place in the world. Despite nostalgia's locative meaning, there is a lack of research applying network analytic methods to study its structure and social-semiotic function in online networks which enable connective action based on discursive, affective, and mimetic bonds. While research indicates nostalgia’s dual-edge social function in group dynamics of solidarity and exclusion, these studies often take collective identity a priori, limiting understanding of how platform affordances structure the formation of affective publics around nostalgic discourse and sentiment. Through a semantic network analysis of the popular hashtag #nostalgia (>140B views) on TikTok, this study offers a first step toward understanding the meaning of nostalgia in networked processes of group identification by mapping a topology of “nostalgic neighborhoods” emerging from the co-linkages of hashtags on the platform. Based on the equivalence of these neighborhoods’ semantic structures and thematic meanings, I identify three types of affective publics – play-grounds, heart-lands, and reflecting pools – that emerged in relation to different linguistic and technical functions of the hashtag. I argue the different affective intensities and meanings of nostalgia within these publics reflected the platform’s dynamics of imitation and virality. As TikTok’s algorithmic affordances of visibility and association are less rooted in interpersonal social ties, this study contributes important insights into how the hashtag, as a semiotic technology (Zappavigna, 2018), structures nostalgic affective publics on popular site for nostalgia within youth cultures.
‘YOU CANNOT EXPECT SUCH VALIDATION IN REAL LIFE:’ HISTORICAL CONTINUITIES AND CHANGE IN WOMEN’S ROMANCING WITH AI CHATBOT REPLIKA
Authors: Depounti Iliana , Saukko Paula
Published: February 2025

There is long-standing research on women’s use of media for romantic/erotic fantasy, including novelettes (Radway, 1984), porn (Juffer, 1998) and erotica apps Bellas & McAllister, 2023). This presentation explores the similarities and differences between earlier forms of media romancing and the use of an AI companion. Emerging research on AI chatbots uses frameworks that assign novelty to human-machine communications. In this study, we focus on the user experience – we conducted qualitative, in-depth interviews with twenty mostly midlife female users of the Replika chatbot, whom we recruited online. Thematic analysis identified that the women used the bot, first, for fantasies of a companion they were lacking in real life, such as an attentive lover, friend or child, in the context of feeling alone (due to e.g. living alone, caring for family, inattentive husband or having a chronic condition). Second, the bot was reflexively used for caring for or managing the self, such as validating one’s worth and emotions to neutralize negative thinking, following the therapeutic ethos (Illouz, 2008, Gravel-Patry, 2023). The fantasies of an attentive partner were similar to previous work on romancing, although the women’s life situations were more diverse than often investigated. The use of the bot for regulating emotions, however, was new and signifies the spirit of our time emphasizing self-management and positive thinking. The study contextualizes human-machine communication by discussing the individual experiences of female Replika users to understand better both change and continuity in our communication with media, from romance novels to AI chatbots.
“I’M AN E-COMMERCE STREAMER, NOT INFLUENCER” ——THE LOGISTICAL STRUGGLE FOR PERFORMING AUTHENTICITY ON DOUYIN
Authors: Duan Shichang
Published: February 2025

This article builds on a growing body of research on content creators and authenticity through examining practices of performing authenticity of a rising labor figures, e-commerce streamers in China. Along with content creation, they interrogate agricultural products, infrastructure networks and their own body to create an authentic rural China. Their invisible labor on logistical level to ensure the data flow contributes to a richer typology on platform labor and global perspective on platformization studies.

Based on one-year field work, I investigate how these e-commerce streamers handle logistical challenges from three aspects. Firstly, they select and define the authentic rural products considering the visibility requirements on platform. Secondly, they put extract work to maintain power networks to ensure streaming, like prepare portable electrical generators. Thirdly, they discipline their own body and develop labor degradation to simply the intense streaming activities. Borrow concepts from logistical media studies, this research theorize their labor as logistical struggle.

In conclusion, the practice of these e-commerce streamers in marginalized rural China informs the diverse process to perform authenticity in platform economy era and the multiple layers of platform labor across global scales. It also shows how authenticity based on structural inequality, urban-rural divide policy, is commodified and enhances the social status of marginalized social group by enforcing them more invisible labor.
ARTIFACTS, PRACTICES AND SOCIAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CONTENT CURATION ON TIKTOK: A STUDY ON POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES CONTENT
Authors: Entrena Serrano Carlos , Trisha Meyer
Published: February 2025

In the last twenty years, social media are increasingly relying on recommendation features to increase user engagement and maintain their business logic. Platforms have transitioned from a model where users could explicitly choose content sources, to one based on their inferred algorithmic identities. Users’ agency over their media diets is shaped differently in this new social media paradigm. Platforms such as TikTok, where algorithmic distribution of content is the standard, afford content curation in new avenues.

We build upon previous research on how the TikTok app’s interface design, as a technical artifact, aims to shape consumptive content curation practices at varying degrees of insistence. In this article, we seek to understand how and under what circumstances TikTok affords certain consumptive curation practices to users interested in political and social issues. In other words, how specific users interact with the app’s interface within their social context, focusing on how they adapt their consumptive curation practices to obtain political and social issues content.
“DIGITAL PEACEBUILDING”: EXAMINING YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS' USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO BUILD PEACE IN THE PHILIPPINES
Authors: Genon Lynrose Jane
Published: February 2025

This paper conceptualises digital peacebuilding by demonstrating how Muslim, Lumad, and Christian young women leaders, who are marginalised in peacebuilding processes, are using Facebook and TikTok in building everyday peace in the Philippines' Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Through an intersectional feminist lens and employing social media analysis, the article demonstrates how these women navigate their diverse identities online, shaping discussions on peace and security within BARMM and extending their influence beyond the region's peace process. Preliminary findings reveal that (1) social media is a vital platform for young women to voice their peace agenda, often neglected in traditional and institutional peacebuilding platforms; (2) within the diverse context of BARMM, different groups of young women have distinct perceptions of peacebuilding; (3) practising care both to the self and community is central to their peacebuilding work; and (4) digital peacebuilding of young women leaders extends beyond the mere use of technology to promote peace and encompasses unique ‘platform vernaculars’ (Gibbs et al., 2015). This paper broadens the narrow 'tool' view of digital peacebuilding,' emphasising the crucial interplay between technology and social practices in understanding its effectiveness in achieving and sustaining peace. Additionally, by documenting the active involvement of young women in digital peacebuilding, it ensures their perspectives are integrated into peace processes, promoting more inclusive and equitable paths to conflict resolution.
THE COLLECTIVE INDIVIDUALISM OF YOUTUBE MAKEUP REVIEWS
Authors: Hallinan Blake , Trillò Tommaso , Mizoroki Saki , Scharlach Rebecca , Park Pyung Hwa , Green Avishai , Shifman Limor
Published: February 2025

Beauty is one of the most popular and lucrative segments on YouTube, with broad transnational appeal, making it an ideal site to investigate the relationship between commercialization, globalization, and digital platforms. We focus on makeup reviews to utilize established research on cross-cultural differences in reviewing and ask how cultural repertoires of evaluation compare across multiple languages. We collected popular makeup reviews using keyword searches in five languages—English, German, Italian, Japanese, and Korean—associated with diverse cultural contexts. The top 20 videos in each language (n=100) were selected for analysis, producing a group of successful channels. We employed content analysis to compare the videos’ evaluative criteria, using a codebook of ten values. We found that creators across languages employ a shared cultural repertoire to evaluate beauty products, concerned with aesthetics, functionality, pleasure, and, to a lesser extent, distinctiveness and economy. While beauty creators appeal to a consistent set of values, they rarely elaborate on their meaning, focus on positivity, and emphasize the subjectivity of their evaluations. We argue that the approach to evaluation in YouTube makeup reviews challenges previously observed dichotomies between Eastern and Western countries, blending elements of both collectivist and individualist communication styles. Most creators make indirect recommendations even as they use reviews to build a distinctive personal brand. Although further research is necessary to investigate the reach of this practice, our analysis of multi-lingual makeup reviews demonstrates how the homogenization of social media entertainment need not be synonymous with Westernization.
A GAME OF PRIVACY TUG OF WAR: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF PRIVACY SETTINGS
Authors: Horne Chelsea Leigh
Published: February 2025

Privacy settings are a critical mechanism for platforms to manage, control, and impact user privacy online. The policies of social media platforms and their technical design—including the choice architecture of privacy settings—"serve as a form of privatized governance directly enacting rights and regulating the flow of information online (DeNardis & Hackl, 2015). Many platforms use a rhetoric of “choice and control,” relying on privacy settings to shoulder the burden of responsibility for user privacy (Horne, 2021). Another challenge to privacy on social media platforms is that there is a wide disparity of settings choices across different platforms, with varying defaults (Horne, 2023). Additionally, the interconnection and the technical importance of privacy settings has a clear and well-established history. This paper examines this history via a historical analysis of Meta’s changes to privacy settings. The analysis focuses on Meta as it is one of the oldest and largest of social media platforms; it also hosts a comprehensive archive of news articles, which tracks critical updates to Meta products. The study seeks to determine what privacy settings changes Meta has made, when the changes were announced, as well as analyze how these changes were framed in news articles.
MINDFUL AUTOMATION: TECHNOLOGY AND MEANING IN SMART HOMES
Authors: Jacobs Naomi Jane , Changede Sejal , Gradinar Adrian
Published: February 2025

This paper outlines a programme of work which uses research through design approaches to explore the impacts of home automation on ritual, meaning and embodied practice. Rather than the current focus on utilitarian outcomes related to industry and efficiency, we suggest that automation in the home may have bearing on identity, spirituality and mental wellbeing.

We suggest that as connected technology and automation becomes more embedded in the context of the home, consideration must be given to how this impacts on meaningful practices that require embodied, tangible experience and action. These may be religious or spiritual in nature, such as use of the Lakshmi jhadu (grass broom) as part of a morning sweeping ritual in rural Indian households. Alternatively, they may also be related to cultural and interpersonal meaning such as creating a physical cassette mix-tape to give to a loved one.

We ask: how is value and meaning in embodied ritual practice impacted by intervention with digital technologies in the home? Can borrowing principles of traditional ritual practice support sustainable and meaningful smart interventions to home life?
UNEARTHING CONNECTIONS: EXAMINING THE ROLE OF SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN A CONSPIRACY BELIEVERS’ FACEBOOK GROUP
Authors: Kalisky Alma , Kligler-Vilenchik Neta
Published: February 2025

Conspiracy theories have been studied increasingly in recent years, with the main research approach to understanding conspiracy theorists focusing on their personal characteristics. However, research has not yet clarified the role of online communities in the identity and social experience of believers. To address this, this research endeavor examines the social and community dynamics among conspiracy theory believers, focusing on the case study of the public Facebook group "The Flat Earth Community – Israel." Through a qualitative content analysis of posts and comments from within the group, the study reveals the role of a sense of community in the experiences of group participants. Findings reveal that participants seek appreciation and solidarity within the group while engaging in boundary work to maintain the authenticity of group members and defend the group against 'threats from the outside.' This research offers a deeper understanding of how online communities, serving as safe spaces for individuals whose beliefs are marginalized by societal norms, can fulfill a similar function for conspiracy theory believers. Such an in-depth understanding can help researchers to contend with the negative aspects of belief in conspiracy theories, for example through the consideration of alternative mechanisms that could satisfy participants’ need for a sense of community.