bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Se libérer d’une crainte du placement : étude d’un cas de hantise transgénérationnelle
Authors: Novak Edward T. , Blondel Agnès
Published: October 2022

Cet article retrace le chemin parcouru par un client pour mettre au jour une hantise transgénérationnelle et travailler dessus. L’auteur explique comment cette hantise a réuni trois générations familiales autour du thème du placement. On établira un lien entre les théories qui concernent la transmission transgénérationnelle du traumatisme et différentes parties de l’histoire et du traitement du client afin d’éclairer les similitudes et les différences subtiles entre ces théories. Le cas montre également l’interaction entre la théorie et les observations cliniques, et plus précisément la manière dont un processus guidé par la théorie qui prend le dessus sur les observations cliniques peut empêcher le client de prendre la responsabilité de son scénario de vie.
Bisexualité, travestisme et transsexualité : de quelle sexualité parle-t-on ?
Authors: Zdanowicz Nicolas , Jassogne Carole
Published: October 2022

Thème  : en clinique le nombre de jeunes qui se définissent comme bisexuels, comme travestis ou qui s’interrogent sur l’intérêt d’une intervention chirurgicale de réassignation de genre semble augmenter. Nous nous interrogeons tant sur la réalité épidémiologique de ce phénomène que sur la continuité de ces sexualités ainsi que sur la construction de l’identité sexuée. Méthode  : Revue de la littérature sur Pubmed, Scopus, Cairn Info. Résultats  : Même s’il y a un effet de mode LGBT qui augmenterait le nombre de bisexuels, travestis et transsexuels, le nombre d’hétérosexuels reste largement majoritaire. Il y a une continuité entre ces sexualités et, s’il existe des arguments pour parler d’une fragilité psychopathologique, rien ne prouve aujourd’hui un lien direct. Une sexualité bi, travesti et trans nait encore toujours d’une histoire originale. Ces sexualités sont plus qu’une déclaration, elles sont une façon de se construire qui change l’érotisation du corps. Si elles peuvent mener à « un plus d’amour », c’est au risque d’un manque de reconnaissance des différences entre femmes et hommes.
Ce que les minorités sexuelles questionnent de notre clinique. La psychothérapie peut-elle être politique ?
Authors: Gosselin Isabelle , Monheim Myriam
Published: October 2022

Cet article aborde l’articulation entre homophobie, hétéronormativité et hétérosexisme, ainsi que les éléments spécifiques de la construction identitaire des minorités sexuelles, et leurs effets en matière de santé mentale. Nous détaillons l’hétéronormativité des soignant·e·s et son impact dans les soins. Enfin, nous déployons ce que ces patient·e·s minorisé·e·s viennent questionner dans nos pratiques cliniques. De la question de la neutralité des psys à l’émergence du concept de “psy safe”, nous proposons une réflexion sur la pratique psychothérapeutique à la lumière des sciences sociales, des études féministes et des études de genre. Nous développons une argumentation pour une clinique inclusive, intersectionnelle et située.
Quand la question du genre s’invite dans un service de chirurgie
Authors: Belemkasser Sabrina
Published: October 2022

Nous sommes amenés à rencontrer, de plus en plus, la question du genre à l’hôpital général. Et plus particulièrement lorsqu’il s’agit de dysphorie de genre, car la prise en charge chirurgicale constitue un projet très investi par le patient. Ainsi, nous proposons, tout au long de cet article, d’explorer le devenir du traitement psychique de la question du genre après la chirurgie de réassignation sexuelle, chez des patients transidentitaires hospitalisés dans un service de chirurgie plastique. Mais aussi, de questionner les dispositifs d’écoute analytique adaptés pour ces patients, au sein du service.
La dysphorie de genre : l’expérience d’une pédopsychiatre, éléments théoriques et discussion
Authors: Pernot-Masson Anne-Catherine
Published: October 2022

À partir de son expérience clinique, l’auteure évoque d’abord la dysphorie de genre chez l’enfant non pubère, qui en général s’amende avant l’adolescence. La dysphorie de genre chez l’adolescent est bien différente et pose des problèmes majeurs. En effet, l’intensité de la souffrance de ces jeunes est indéniable. Les critères diagnostics de la DSM-5 sont précis, mais restent basés sur le désir, le vécu et la conviction subjectifs de l’individu d’appartenir à l’autre genre que celui qui lui a été assigné à la naissance. Leur prise en charge par le « Dutch protocol » qui les amène à la transition vers le genre ressenti est classique. Cependant les controverses passionnées qui existent depuis longtemps sur ce sujet sont majorées depuis trois ans par l’augmentation rapide de la fréquence des demandes d’adolescents, principalement des filles, souvent avec des comorbidités psychiatriques importantes, mais réticents à toute prise en charge psychiatrique et psychologique. Quelques pistes thérapeutiques sont proposées.
Saisir la justice sans la connaître
Authors: Herlin-Giret Camille , Spire Alexis
Published: October 2022

Centré sur les justiciables s’estimant lésé·es suite à l’achat d’un bien défiscalisé, cet article étudie le rapport ordinaire à la justice et son évolution – avant, pendant et après l’audience. La confrontation avec les avocat·es et la technicité de la procédure tendent à renforcer le sentiment de dépossession des profanes. La succession des expériences jusqu’à la réception du jugement révèle néanmoins des usages sociaux différents du droit et des rapports variables envers l’institution judiciaire.
La justice administrative et le protectorat : le vain combat des fonctionnaires marocains et tunisiens au Conseil d’État (1926-1956)
Authors: Perrier Antoine
Published: October 2022

Cet article propose une histoire sociale de la justice administrative en étudiant les recours au Conseil d’État des fonctionnaires marocains et tunisiens à l’époque du protectorat (1881-1956). En les restituant au sein d’une pluralité de sources, il montre à la fois les difficultés d’accès à une justice qui ne leur était pas réservée, mais aussi leur conception de la justice, leur rapport à la hiérarchie et l’assimilation d’un nouveau moyen de faire valoir leurs droits. Cette étude met au jour les différences de morphologie de l’administration de chaque pays et révèle l’importance du moment colonial dans l’histoire longue de la formalisation juridique des relations au sein de l’État, plus prononcée en Tunisie qu’au Maroc. Le Conseil d’État s’insère alors dans un pluralisme juridique souvent résumé, au Maghreb, à des questions de droit personnel ou de droit foncier, et dans la longue élaboration de l’autorité de l’administration dans ces pays.
Students' perception of digital tools used with online teaching methodologies in a pandemic context: a case study in Northern Chile
Authors: Peceño Capilla Begoña , Lluch Molins Laia , Bonilla Pérez Enzo , Bakit José , Cortés Pizarro Niris
Published: October 2022

In 2020, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is of interest to understand how students perceived the access, use, and utility of digital tools in online teaching. This study provides an insight into the needs of students in adjusting to online teaching.This study presents the methodological design of the course “Industrial Hygiene I,” part of a technology-based engineering bachelor’s degree from Universidad Católica del Norte (Chile). Once the theoretical framework was established, three surveys were designed throughout the course to measure students’ perceptions of the access, use, and utility of digital tools used in online teaching during the pandemic. Thirty-five students participated in this quantitative study.Following a data analysis, it was observed that 46% of students use their cell phones to access virtual classes and more than 50% are dissatisfied with the internet connection; therefore, it was necessary to adapt the learning methodology. After that, more than 50% of the students said that they preferred a flipped classroom over traditional methodology. In addition, the quality of the course was not affected by using the internet (60%), and the methodology generates advantages in terms of learning (72%).These findings have several implications in both the design of different subjects in the engineering degree and the practice of different learning methods. Future hybrid teaching designs require taking up the challenges of both improving technology-supported teaching and assessing competence in the same context.
Enhancing cooperative learning and student motivation with gamification strategies: A case study in industrial engineering
Authors: Lluch Molins Laia , Balbotin Escorza Francis Yorka , Sullivan Campillay Nelida
Published: October 2022

This contribution presents the pedagogical design of a subject through gamified activities supported by technological tools in which the integration of two key subjects of the Civil Industrial Engineering career were implemented, which are operational research and project evaluation. In addition, the results of the satisfaction and learning perception questionnaires administered at the end of the experience are presented. Gamification is planned and implemented as a collaborative learning strategy to relate knowledge and skills acquired in order to provide solutions to science-based engineering problems in the area of their profession.  The experience has been developed with 10 students of the ninth semester of the 2017 generation of the career, dictated this semester. It should be noted that the course was planned to be taught in classroom mode, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for both academics and students, it was a challenge and a learning achievement to teach the course online, since the University of Antofagasta was not prepared to teach classes in virtual mode. Even though Chilean universities have used gamification in engineering, there have been no records of the existence of subjects integrated with the application of this tool.The results obtained in this teaching innovation achieved motivation of our students, teamwork, learning to learn, good performance in the completion of academic activities and the satisfaction of students accredited through the survey.
Editorial: Training in Teaching Innovation. Engineering 2030
Authors: Cano García Elena , Amante García Beatriz , Martínez Martínez María
Published: October 2022

This issue includes the best works, the result of the teaching innovation conferences that were held for the closing of the training program “Training in Teaching Innovation. Engineering 2030” given by the University of Barcelona for professors of engineering degrees from the Catholic University of Northern Chile and the University of Antofagasta (sponsored by HEUMA CORFO and the team of trainers included professors from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, professors at the Open University of Catalonia and faculty of the University of Barcelona, which is the program's coordinating institution) and which were held at the end of March 2021.
Retention of students ahead of the change from virtual to face to face classes: Case study from the commercial engineering department
Authors: Willans Ninfa , Galvan Fernandez Cristina
Published: October 2022

The academic performance of our students is being presented as a permanent challenge for the academy due to its complex directly associated with the results of learning. So then, it originates the question: do academics' methodological innovation efforts impact academic performance? To answer this question, we present the results taken from these innovations applied to a Commercial Engineering course at Universidad de Antofagasta. Considering an universe of 251 students in a 4-year time horizon (2018-2021). It is proposed a teaching plann with digital resources for leraning and centered in students increasing the interaction with resources and with peers. The goal of the innovation is to improve the average grade point average by at least 5% and the failure rate (will decrease) by at least 15%. The innovation in the subject has increased the percentage of approved and the participation in lessons.
Google Classroom Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesian Elementary Schools: Teachers’ Perceptions and Motivation
Authors: Suparjan  , Ismiyani Nining
Published: October 2022

Google Classroom seems to be one of the most trending platforms used in secondary and tertiary levels but it has been observed to be rarely applied in elementary schools, and therefore the research about it is also still limited. This study was intended to give an insight of how effective this e-learning platform is utilized in supplementing the Elementary school teachers’ instructional programs by investigating their perceptions and motivation. Via the quantitative method of a questionnaire survey, the research participants presented their perceptions and self-efficacy motivation on asynchronous distance learning with Google Classroom. The data revealed that the majority of these researched teachers have positive perceptions and high level of motivation towards this learning web/app (the average mean scores of around 4). However, a few teachers still doubted that Google Classroom can boost students’ learning motivation. The findings indicate that Google Classroom is effective to enhance the teaching learning process in primary education and the teachers’ high self-efficacy in running this technology product will support a quality learning in the cutting-edge technology era.
Inclusive Education: Mobile App for Students with Hearing Impairment
Authors: Boza-Chua Alejandro , Andrade-Arenas Laberiano
Published: October 2022

Currently in Latin America hearing impairment is one of the main problems of society, especially in Peru, where there is a large percentage of hearing-impaired children without receiving some kind of adequate and viable education for their growth, being the main reason the little support by the government and the lack of technological tools to support inclusive education. For this reason, the present research work is generated, which has as main motive to support and help the benefit of educational inclusion and even better technological development for fundamental problems in society, especially those that affect the educational life. Therefore, the development of a mobile application aimed at educational inclusion for students, whether or not they are hearing impaired, was proposed. Therefore, a form was applied to 40 people, including parents of hearing-impaired students and teachers, in order to collect main requirements. In addition, the cascade methodology was used, being the most appropriate for the development of the mobile application, providing agility of development by having clear and precise requirements. Finally, it was concluded that the mobile application will generate different adequate and viable benefits for an inclusive educational environment for students with hearing impairment, through the development of a form established and directed to 50 people, among them the 40 people of the first form and 10 people specialized in the development and design of mobile applications.
Erasing Invisibility
Authors: Reed Kayla
Published: October 2022

Asexuality is one of the lesser-known LGBT+ identities. Despite this, some asexual representation has begun to enter the mainstream media in the United States. Reviewing not only LGBT+ representation, but also LGBT+ activism of the past shows how representation has advanced, but also how far it has to go. Several tropes have emerged in asexual representation that need to be addressed. Reviewing the very little representation for asexuals shows there are many opportunities for media to tell new, better stories about LGBT+ individuals. Overall, the author advocates for not only more diversity in asexual and LGBT+ representation, but for identities to not be the main character trait.
Exclusion of LGBT From Higher Education
Authors: Yadava Shalini , Bhattacharjee Joshika
Published: October 2022

When it comes to educational inclusion, there isn't much discourse or arrangement for LGBT students. LGBT students often feel unsafe on campus and in the classrooms. They are the victims of targeted verbal and physical harassment by their teachers and peers in forms such as statements made by teachers and peers or the outright rejection of their existence. The present descriptive study explored how the major stakeholders of higher education, that is, how teachers, parents, and students perceive the LGBT individuals in their classrooms and campus spaces. The findings pertaining to perception of teachers towards LGBT students highlighted that higher education teachers do not have much knowledge about the lives of LGBT individuals. The higher education campuses are ill prepared and poorly equipped towards the facilitation of LGBT individuals. Higher education curriculum in a majority of the institutions included as a part of this study was found to be gender insensitive.
Human Rights Theory vis-a-vis LGBTQ2S+ Culture in Africa
Authors: Nyok Efio-Ita
Published: October 2022

This research aims at locating the offshoot of the 20th century sexual revolution, LGBT+ sexual deviation, within the context of human rights in Africa. This chapter argued that human rights hinge on the individualistic norm and as such can readily find cultural justification in the West. However, since it could be said that communalism has been Africa's traditional status quo, to that extent LGBT+ is a cultural anachronism. This chapter has posited that to subscribe to the perceived logicality in hinging LGBT+ on the human rights dictates is to legitimise cultural imperialism. The author has further asserted that the Westernisation of LGBT+ in Africa is, amongst others, one of the regrettable imports that renders the one way traffic called globalisation already suspect. To achieve this, the author employed critical analysis and the dialectical method as methods for this research.
Psychosocial Status of LGBTQ+ People and Psychotherapeutic Techniques for Improving Mental Health
Authors: Kehksha
Published: October 2022

When the whole world was grappling with the emergence of coronavirus, the LGBTQ+ community was struggling with psychosocial problems. Society accused them of the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic. These people were already at risk of stigma, prejudice, and bullying, but in the pandemic, a high rise was seen in all these things. Healthcare services became out of reach of these people. Financial insecurity, familial rejection, societal exclusion, and limited access to healthcare services produced many psychiatric problems. They suffered from anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation as a result of a negative psychosocial environment. Although several efforts for maintaining mental health were done, LGBTQ+ people couldn't benefit because of the already prevalent biased attitude of people. Consequently, these people suffered from mental health problems. Hence, this chapter has been written to highlight psychosocial issues of LGBTQ+ community prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide different psychotherapeutic treatments for maintaining the mental health of this marginalized section of society.
The Ethics of Fundamental Human Rights
Authors: Bruno Umunakwe Onyinye
Published: October 2022

This day and age reveal that one of the burdens pivoting most third-world countries is the problem of how to exercise, interpret, and implement full fundamental human rights. This has been a confrontation particularly to the LGTBQAI community on the basis of variant sexual orientation and gender identity. In Nigeria, as a case study, the situation is inhumane because the LGBTQAI community in general is prone to high levels of violence, discrimination, and criticism. This study aims at criticizing the Nigerian anti-homosexual laws and policies. It proffers that international communities on human rights should review the scope of Nigerian legislation and policies on the rights to variant sexual orientation and gender identity, their vague provisions, and the sternness of punishments.
Artificial Intelligence in Innovation Labs
Authors: Sandoval-Almazan Rodrigo , Millán-Vargas Adrián Osiel
Published: October 2022

Living labs are settings for open innovation that offer a collaborative platform for research, development, and experimentation in real-life contexts. The research question is: What are the characteristics of AI projects developed in innovation labs for the public sector? The authors collected data from exploring the innovation labs in Latin America, Europe, and Asia. The selection of the laboratories leads to four cases: the Civic Laboratory of AI in the Netherlands, the Laboratorio de Gobierno in Chile (Government's Lab in Chile), Secretaría de Innovación y Transformación in Argentina (Innovation and Transformation Secretary in Argentina), and the Smart Government Innovation Lab in Hong Kong. This chapter comprises five sections beginning with an introduction describing the context of artificial intelligence in the public sector and innovation labs. The second section presents a literature review with similar studies and a conceptual framework. The third section describes the methodology, and the fourth reports on the main findings. The last section contains conclusions, limitations, and future research.
Data Analysis of Cognitive, Behavioral, and Emotional Features Having Impact on Student Careers
Authors: Velakanti Gouthami , Mathur Anjali , Srinivas Kalyanapu
Published: October 2022

According to cognitive data analysis theory, career thoughts of students mediate the relationship between career, stress, and the career decision state. A student who opts for higher education and is new to this environment is undergoing stress. The work is focused on identifying behavioral, cognitive, and emotional features of the student, which have an impact on professional careers. So, early recognition of these features is necessary. This chapter presents an analysis by following some statistical approaches of machine learning and mathematical concepts. The study found that an increase in career and life stress is associated with a lower level of decidedness and satisfaction with career choice among genders. The results suggests that counselling is needed to aid students in their career thoughts and decision making.
The APT Cyber Warriors With TTP Weapons to Battle
Authors: Arulkumar Diana , K. Kartheeban , G. Arulkumaran
Published: October 2022

Due to the blooming of Industrial 4.0 such as internet of things (IoT), cloud computing, industrial IoT (IIoT), and artificial intelligence (AI), with their innovative ideas and opportunities, the cyber attacker's modus operandi against the cyber defense triage is incredible. The genre of advanced persistent threat (APT) actors/group are equipped with sophisticated and substantial resources of tools, techniques, and procedure (TTP) at a breakneck pace. The IoT gadgets such as sensors, intelligent devices, and various rapidly emerging resources with energy, memory, and processing power are exponentially prone to multiple vulnerabilities. The nature of IIoT prompts heterogenous and rapid changes ranging the vulnerabilities from simple to complex attacks. APT menace follows the covert TTPs to target the asset of any organization like the government, military, or financial industry.
Barriers to Social Media Advocacy
Authors: Makhwanya Aifheli
Published: October 2022

This chapter describes how the latest statistics on social media usage shows Facebook as the biggest social networking site with over a billion users. With all the possibilities of the potential to grow transnational advocacy networks presented by the use of social media, its adoption and usage is not without limitations. A social media led campaign requires resources to ensure its effectiveness and should be used to complement a traditional advocacy campaign. Project Tell Them We are From Here, an anti-xenophobia campaign is used to explore some theories and demonstrate some of the resource challenges and how very few examples of true transnational advocacy can be found. This project is a collaboration of established non-governmental organisations with strong transnational links with a production company seeking to drive a social movement for unity and raising awareness of the daily plight of immigrants. Despite the campaign team's limited finances and capacity and shortcomings in the implementation of its social media campaign, the project demonstrates the affordances of social media for resource and capacity restrained activists.
Organizing With Self-Organization?
Authors: Novais Rui Alexandre
Published: October 2022

This chapter aims at exploring the ramifications of the strategic usage of Facebook in informal civic activism against the yet-to-be-studied case of an African third wave democratic country. Focusing on the emergence of Sokols up to the unprecedented 2017 street demonstration in Cape Verde, it reviews findings from a multidimensional empiric-holistic method that addresses the associated role of Facebook. The study confirms the existence of a heterarchical and distributed leadership alongside a horizontal and collaborative decision-making arrangement in a Facebook-mediated civic activism movement. While corroborating the tendency of grassroots activism in adopting a hybrid blend of online and offline, it concludes that Facebook was used in support of the largely self-organized Sokols movement and the loosely structured street demonstration held in São Vicente. However, besides not necessarily changing the fundamental structures of the civic activism movement—including organization, leadership, decision-making and protest staging—Facebook only supplemented the offline practices.
The Story of Resistance
Authors: Turgut Hasan
Published: October 2022

In today's world, it's impossible to think about social movements apart from the media, and it has become an obligation out of necessity to set alternative media channels in terms of social movements. The new media and social media networks have been used actively in the process of setting aforementioned alternative media channels. The use of alternative media as a means of criticism and resistance becomes possible with these media networks when they are used with effective communication strategies and techniques. Transmedia storytelling is the leading one among these effective communication strategies. Based on this assertion, in this study, how transmedia storytelling was used as a political advertising activity by the social movements will be analyzed through the example of Gezi Park protests that took place in Turkey in 2013.
In Prosperity Prepare for Adversity
Authors: Okada Aya , Ishida Yu , Yamauchi Naoto
Published: October 2022

When a disaster strikes, nonprofit organizations face the need to mobilize resources as quickly as possible in a limited time frame. Given its characteristics to instantly spread information to masses of people, social media is considered one of the most effective ways for nonprofits to publicize opportunities to take voluntary actions. Despite the envisioned use, little has been examined about the effectiveness of social media in encouraging people to give. This chapter takes the case of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear threat that struck Japan in 2011 to examine whether the use of social media was effective in nonprofit fundraising. Analyzing data collected in an original online survey, the authors find that the use of social media both before and after the disaster has a positive impact on the amount of donations that nonprofits raise. Use of social media during non-disaster times is the key for successful fundraising in times of disaster.
Context, Frame, Opportunity, and Resource
Authors: Neto Pedro Pereira , Santos Mariana Serra
Published: October 2022

Social media have become an important tool in our interactions and networks. Studies around social movements focused on these platforms' potential for becoming a new public sphere given their nature and features. However, an address of their influence on social engagement can't overshadow they're used by social actors themselves as part of a greater social frame. In this light, a qualitative characterization of Facebook's role on Portuguese anti austerity social movements “Geracao a Rasca” and “Que se lixe a troika!” is presented through discourse analysis of the testimony of several of their founding members. While it may be unquestionable Facebook had an important role in these movements, it wasn't the only tool used or the most relevant: face-to-face and direct mobile phone interaction were essential tools for this end, along with traditional media whose gaze the movements capitalized on for reach. Thus, the question in this chapter is whether these technologies represent a new way for us to communicate, or constitute an additional forum for that end?
A Method for Social Network Extraction From E-Government
Authors: Alguliyev Rasim M. , Aliguliyev Ramiz M. , Niftaliyeva (Iskandarli) Gunay Y.
Published: October 2022

Nowadays, improvement of governance, ensuring security and timely detection of propaganda against the government are major problems of e-government. The extraction of hidden social networks operating against the state in e-government is one of the key factors to ensure the security in e-government. In this article, a method has been proposed for extracting hidden social networks to improve e-government management, prevent promotion against the government and ensure the security. In this approach, hidden social networks are extracted through the analysis of user's comments via opinion and text mining technologies. The authors assume that all comments are written in one language. Unlike previous methods, to detect social relationships between actors, content analysis technology, namely opinion mining technology was used in the proposed approach.
Making Foreign Policy Through Twitter
Authors: Dersan Orhan Duygu
Published: October 2022

Through the development of technology, the understanding of traditional foreign policy has changed. Foreign policy making, which was shaped by diplomatic correspondence, visits, agreements, and notes between countries, is carried out today via messages sent over the Internet. Twitter is the most frequently used internet tool in the hands of institutions, decision makers, and leaders in foreign policy making. US President Donald J. Trump is one of the leaders who use Twitter most effectively. Twitter was the center of Trump's messages, both during the presidential campaign and after his election. Trump is not just using Twitter as a platform for meeting his supporters and announcing the country's official policies. Twitter has also been an important way for Trump to challenge and send harsh messages to certain countries, companies, and individuals. Iran is one of the countries that Trump targets through Twitter. This study aims to examine the use of Twitter as a platform in foreign policy making by using content analysis method through Trump's tweets about Iran.
Social Media Use and Political Mobilization
Authors: Holmes Justin W , McNeal Ramona S
Published: October 2022

This article describes how political participation is a central component of democracy. Past research has found that a variety of factors drive individual decisions about participation, including the media that citizens use to gain political information. Social media offers the possibility of engaging citizens in a new way and potentially increasing various forms of participation. In this article, the role that social media use has in fostering a variety for forms of political participation is examined. This article finds that social media use can be a driver of participation, but that this impact is largely contingent on the political predispositions of the user.
Two-Way Interaction Feature of Social Media Tools
Authors: Seyidov Ilgar
Published: October 2022

The internet and development of information technologies brought about the emergence of digital communication tools. In this vein, social media have become a phenomenon in terms of creating informative, interactive, and participatory platforms for the individuals. The social media tools have become prominent not only for public relations or communications experts, but also for politicians, scholars, groups, brands, organizations, etc. One of the effective social media tools is Twitter, which has been focus of political communication research due to its tendency of creating discussion platform that allows the users to involve in and interact with each other. This study focused on how Twitter creates the two-way interaction for the users and what the main components of this interaction are. In addition, the contribution of Twitter to organizational promotion was also another concern of the study. In this context, the research focuses on both inter-organizational and individual levels. Multiple case study technique was used as research technique. Five different cases were analyzed.
Gauging Opinions About the Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC
Authors: Srivastava Praveen Ranjan , Eachempati Prajwal
Published: October 2022

Today, the advent of social media has provided a platform for expressing opinions regarding legislation and public schemes. One such burning legislation introduced in India is the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and its impact on the National Citizenship Register (NRC) and, subsequently, on the National Population Register (NPR). This study examines and determines the opinions expressed on social media regarding the act through a Twitter analysis approach that extracts nearly 18,000 tweets during 10 days of introducing the scheme. The analysis revealed that the opinion was neutral but tended to a more negative reaction. Consequently, recommendations on improving public perception about the scheme by suitable for interpreting the Act to the public are provided in the paper.
The Political Use of Social Networking Sites in Turkey
Authors: Gökalp Burak , Karkın Naci , Calhan Huseyin Serhan
Published: October 2022

There are many developments affecting societal, cultural, and political relations. The ubiquitous spread of information and communication tools (ICTs) are among these developments. Studies in literature are not indifferent to the impacts brought about in politics by ICTs, particularly by social networking sites (SNSs). During the research, many studies were found that focus on changes and transformations induced by ICTs that unprecedentedly affect interactions and relationships in political life. SNSs, a part of ICTs, have transformative effects on elected and their voters. Though there are many papers that focus on SNSs and political use of SNSs, a void was observed in relevant literature focusing on synthesizing the literature on particular country cases. For this reason, a systematic literature analysis was performed. Findings of this chapter on the political use of SNSs in Turkey indicate that political actors do not fully take advantage of SNSs and their potentialities. The political use of SNSs presents a rhizomatic formation rather than being hierarchical.
The Social Media Politicians
Authors: Hernández-Santaolalla Víctor
Published: October 2022

Social media brings to the forefront two very important factors to today's politics: the prominent role of the internet and the importance of personalisation which is closely tied to a tendency of political candidates to overexpose their private lives. This does not mean that the candidate becomes more relevant than the political party or the ideological platforms thereof, but the interest tends to fall on the candidate's lifestyle; on their personal characteristics and their most intimate surroundings, which blurs the line between the public and private spheres. Online profiles are used as a showcase for the public agenda of the politician at the same time as they gather, on a daily basis, the thoughts, tastes and leisure time activities of the candidates. This chapter offers a reflection of the ways in which political leaders develop their digital narratives, and how they use the social media environment to approach citizens.
Topic Modeling as a Tool to Gauge Political Sentiments from Twitter Feeds
Authors: Sarddar Debabrata , Dey Raktim Kumar , Bose Rajesh , Roy Sandip
Published: October 2022

As ubiquitous as it is, the Internet has spawned a slew of products that have forever changed the way one thinks of society and politics. This article proposes a model to predict chances of a political party winning based on data collected from Twitter microblogging website, because it is the most popular microblogging platform in the world. Using unsupervised topic modeling and the NRC Emotion Lexicon, the authors demonstrate how it is possible to predict results by analyzing eight types of emotions expressed by users on Twitter. To prove the results based on empirical analysis, the authors examine the Twitter messages posted during 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, 2017. Implementing two unsupervised clustering methods of K-means and Latent Dirichlet Allocation, this research shows how the proposed model is able to examine and summarize observations based on underlying semantic structures of messages posted on Twitter. These two well-known unsupervised clustering methods provide a firm base for the proposed model to enable streamlining of decision-making processes objectively.
No Interaction on Instagram
Authors: Russmann Uta , Svensson Jakob
Published: October 2022

This chapter addresses a neglected issue within the field of social media and political communication. It focuses on interaction processes on Instagram asking how political parties used Instagram—a platform that is centered around images—when engaging in interaction with their followers on the platform. The focus is on political parties' use of Instagram in the 2014 Swedish national election campaign. This gives an impression of the first attempts of political parties' use of this communication platform. The quantitative content analysis focuses on Instagram images including their captions and comments (posts) that Swedish parties published four weeks prior to Election Day. The results suggest that not much changes on Instagram compared to other social media platforms: Swedish political parties hardly used Instagram to interact with their followers, and the very few interactions taking place did not contribute to the exchange of relevant and substantive information about politics. Interaction and deliberation are also not enhanced by the images.
The Social Media, Politics of Disinformation in Established Hegemonies, and the Role of Technological Innovations in 21st Century Elections
Authors: Wogu Ikedinachi Ayodele Power , Njie Sharon Nanyongo N. , Katende Jesse Oluwafemi , Ukagba George Uzoma , Edogiawerie Morris Oziegbe , Misra Sanjay
Published: October 2022

Deep concerns about the rise in the number of technological innovations used for perpetrating viral dissemination of disinformation, via major social media platforms during multiparty elections, have been expressed. As strategy scholars observe, it is inimical to democratic systems whose election results are questioned by reason of faulty electoral processes. The Marxian alienation theory and Marilyn's ex-post facto research designs were used for evaluating the consequences of adopting political disinformation strategies (PDS) as tools for manipulation, via innovative artificial intelligent technologies, on established social media networks during recent democratic elections in the US and other rising hegemonies. The study observed that most governments and expert political campaigners continue to find it a politically viable platform suitable for swinging the votes of electorates in desired directions. Authors recommended stiffer regulations for media platforms and party agents as this would aid discontinuing the practice of PDS during elections in established and rising hegemonies.
The Pragmatics of Political Deception on Facebook
Authors: Olajimbiti Ezekiel
Published: October 2022

Facebook, an intrinsic part of 21st century social realities where cognitive-participatory activities are largely captured, is consistently explored for political deception. This chapter investigates how participants utilize language to deceive politically the Nigerian electorate on Facebook. For data, 250 Facebook posts on Nigerian politics were sampled, out of which 50 were purposefully selected for being highly rich in deceptive content in order to unpack online deception through multimodal critical discourse analysis. Four deceptive forms—equivocation of identity, exaggeration of performance, falsification of corruption cases, and concealment of offences—within two socio-political contexts—election and opposition—constituted the posts. These prompt an evocation of a messianic figure, blunt condemnation, and evocation of sympathy and retrospection to achieve the political intentions of criticism, self-presentation, silent opposition, and galvanizing public support. The chapter concludes that political propaganda taps into Facebook users to appeal to their political biases and sway their opinions.
Online Education Past, Current, and Future
Authors: Nduagbo Kieran Chidi
Published: October 2022

This chapter addresses the paradigmatic shift in traditional education. It presents a historical overview of online education as a content and framework for understanding its current state and highlights how online education has become entrenched in business and in higher education worldwide. Beginning with distance education's contributions to the paradigmatic shift, this chapter provides a framework for understanding online education. It focuses on the connections and contributions of distance education to present day online education, the current trends in online education, and the projections of the future of online education. This chapter concludes that the nature and practice of online education across the globe will change in the next few years.
Thriving Through Disruption
Authors: Michalec Paul , Brunhofer Lindsay , O'Malley John A.
Published: October 2022

In this chapter, the authors will explore the ways COVID-19 initiated widespread reform in how faculty approach online teaching. The researchers will focus on how they addressed the shift from emergency remote teaching to faculty empowerment, centered on best practices in online learning. The change, like many campuses around the nation, happened quickly and with limited resources. A central argument of this chapter is that the pandemic created unexpected opportunities for collaboration and innovation across the divide between face-to-face and online instructional design. In tackling this challenge, the researchers were inspired by the community of inquiry framework. The framework is a social constructivist model describing the learning environment as the intersection of three key “presences”: teaching, social, and cognitive. Combining this framework with social-emotional learning theory suggests that online instructional designers consider the trinity of feeling, doing, and creating when designing and delivering faculty professional development.
Impact of Online Learning in K-12
Authors: Ward-Jackson Jerri , Yu Chien
Published: October 2022

Online learning capabilities in K-12 education have changed tremendously in the past years and are continually evolving in the traditional classrooms. The overall growth in the total number of high school students currently taking online distance learning courses as well as the importance of distance learning as a solution to educational challenges has increased the need to study more closely the factors that contribute to distance learning outcomes and success rates in K-12. Therefore, the challenge that emerges for educators, researchers, scholars, and advocates for students is to carefully and effectively join the growth and power of K-12 online learning for the benefit of the students involved. This chapter provides an overview of factors that contribute to learning outcomes and success rates for K-12 distance education. Some of the challenges, issues, and considerations affecting implementation of K-12 online education are discussed.
Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Settings
Authors: Baran Mette L. , Jones Janice E.
Published: October 2022

This chapter intends to answer the question, “What are some guidelines for working effectively in virtual teams?” To further advance existing literature, the authors utilized a qualitative phenomenological approach with a randomly-sampled group of seven students who had completed master's-level education courses that were conducted in an online format at a private Midwestern University. Students were halfway through their course completion at the time of data collection. In addition, a random sample of one program administrator and four faculty members were interviewed. Specifically, students who enrolled in online Master's in Education courses are required to work in study teams to complete a certain portion of the course work. Study teams can often be difficult to navigate in person and with the added dimension that a virtual experience brings to developing trusting, successful working relationships, different working guidelines are needed. Findings revealed that managerial and social aspects of online learning and teaching were critical for online students' success.
Inequality and Access to Online Education During a Global Crisis
Authors: Ntuli Herbert , Muchapondwa Edwin , Ntuli Victor , Mangwende Lina
Published: October 2022

The impact of inequality and technology on access to online education has received tremendous attention within the past two decades from researchers across the globe. What remains under-researched is the knowledge of how shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic affect access to online education. The main objective of the study was to examine inequality in accessing online education in the context of a crisis in a developing region. A mixed-method approach was used to collect and analyze online survey data based on 393 undergraduate students from six countries in Southern Africa. Both observable and hidden inequality sources such as income and participation in household chores compromise the quality of online education. A shift from face-to-face teaching to online education is likely to result in learning difficulties and deterioration in the quality of education. Policies such as the provision of free data improve the learning experience by reducing inequality. Therefore, decision-makers should take into consideration inequality in designing policies and strategies during a crisis.
Designing Practice(s) for Learning in Online Learning Contexts
Authors: Hai-Jew Shalin
Published: October 2022

Practice is a regular part of learning, and it is used for a variety of learning objectives and outcomes. There is very little in the academic research literature about how to design assigned and formal “practice(s)-for-learning,” much less for an online learning context in higher education. This work explores the extant literature on practice design and proposes some initial approaches for defining practices-for-learning in online learning. This work provides a construct for highlighting the main levers of practices-for-learning (through interrelated paragraphs of mapping sentences). This work also asks some critical questions for the design of learning practice in online contexts.