ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Constructions of Violence and Masculinity in the Digital Age
Author: Patterson, Jennifer
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Violence,Masculinity,Video Games,Content Analysis,Adolescents,Fantasy,Homicide,Video Technology,Benchmarking,Computer Games,Gender Differences,Self Concept,Males,Focus Groups,Student Attitudes,Secondary School Students,Counselor Attitudes,Guidance,Foreign Countries,Role Playing,Qualitative Research

This chapter examines a specific aspect of digital media use, namely the viewing of violent content amongst a male adolescent cohort aged 15-17 years. It is a qualitative study that examines the online practices of fourteen male adolescents, with particular emphasis placed on their understanding of violence. The participants offer the researcher two examples of extreme violence for discussion; one is set in the fantasy world of online gaming and the other footage of a murder that occurred in 2007. The example of &quot;real life&quot; violence was accessed by the participants via a video clip uploaded to &quot;YouTube.&quot; It is through the participants' subsequent reflection upon these examples, that we gain some insights into their ongoing construction of violence, and the corresponding underlying theme of masculinity. By determining the participants' understanding of violence, it becomes apparent how this shared meaning may act as a benchmark against which they measure all other portrayals of violence. Thus explaining how participants were more comfortable with what they view as &quot;acceptable&quot; levels of violence evident in the &quot;Call of Duty&quot; or &quot;Grand Theft Auto series.&quot; [For the complete book, &quot;Internet Research, Theory, and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland,&quot; see ED575997.]
DHO: Discovery--Stargazing from the Ground Up
Author: O'Leary, Niall
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Humanities,Electronic Libraries,Metadata,Best Practices,Standards,Search Engines,Database Management Systems

In 2008, the Digital Humanities Observatory was charged with creating an all-island gateway to Irish digital collections and resources. A key factor in the achievement of this goal was the development of the web application, &quot;DHO: Discovery.&quot; This chapter will describe what &quot;DHO: Discovery&quot; was intended to be and to what extent it achieved this end. In particular it will detail the infrastructure upon which the system is based and explain how external and internal factors affected the choices made in its development. It will describe the approach taken to the data harvested for the system, recounting how it was gathered from a variety of national repositories and showing how the responses of providers to the project shaped its development. &quot;DHO: Discovery&quot; stresses the importance of strong metadata and highlights the importance of best practice and standards-compliant development. Through the use of internationally recognised standards, &quot;DHO: Discovery&quot; can be used as a basis for further development. The development of several innovative data visualisations demonstrates how some of this potential has already been realised. The design of these tools will also be described. In charting the development of &quot;DHO: Discovery,&quot; it is hoped that lessons learnt might contribute to the future development of digital humanities in Ireland. [For the complete book, &quot;Internet Research, Theory, and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland,&quot; see ED575997.]
We Are All Friends Nowadays: But What Is the Outcome of Online Friendship for Young People in Terms of Individual Social Capital?
Author: Rice, Anne
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Friendship,Social Capital,Computer Mediated Communication,Social Media,Youth,Interpersonal Relationship,Business,Foreign Countries,Rural Areas,Focus Groups,Interviews,Adolescents,Peer Relationship

For contemporary young people friendship has changed considerably from previous generations and nowadays weak ties represent the bulk of youth online friendships. These acquaintances do not provide quality relationships as young people do not seek to gain anything from such friends nor do they expect to help them out. Nevertheless weak ties have an indirect benefit to social capital and are extremely important in demonstrating popularity and status. Other online friends directly benefit from the individual's social capital. Firstly, social networking provides a unique extra dimension to bonding friendship and unlike previous generations online friends benefit from instantaneous textual therapy, which promotes good health and well-being. Secondly, social networking has opened up the channels of sociability between young people and a diverse range of others. Thus linking social capital is increased and the traditional concept of youth-youth friendship has been joined by youth-professional and youth-business friendships. Young people essentially view these friends as &quot;in between&quot; or &quot;just in case&quot; friends who are instrumental in terms of sourcing new information while businesses and organisations welcome online friendship as a new marketing tool. As such, some online friends represent a desire to &quot;get ahead&quot; rather than &quot;get along.&quot; [For the complete book, &quot;Internet Research, Theory, and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland,&quot; see ED575997.]
What&apos;s &quot;Smart&quot; about Working from Home: Telework and the Sustainable Consumption of Distance in Ireland?
Author: Hynes, Michael
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Teleworking,Sustainability,Holistic Approach,Ecology,Consumer Economics,Economic Impact,Case Studies,Food,Energy,Travel,Environmental Influences,Utilities,Cost Effectiveness

The use of technology is pervasive in contemporary society, transforming lives and work environments. The internet and the availability of portable personal communication devices have resulted in immense societal change. Frequently held views of the relationship between individuals and technology are dominated by a production-centric perspective, with limited attention being paid to the social and environmental impacts of consumption. Elevated by improvements in information communication technologies and infrastructure, telework was heralded as an innovative way of working with the added potential of reducing travel demand. But early optimistic expectations failed to materialise, largely due to a poor understanding of social, political, and personal issues involved. This chapter presents an examination of telework in Ireland and argues for a more holistic approach to investigation. Before telework can be accepted as a potential benefit to the sustainable consumption of distance, the environmental consequences of changes in working practices must be understood. Researching an organisation with a telework culture, this paper investigated the environmental impacts of individuals working from home. Teleworkers reported no increase in water and other goods consumption, and no additional travel needs. However, they felt they increased their domestic food and energy consumption, and produced more waste working from home. [For the complete book, &quot;Internet Research, Theory, and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland,&quot; see ED575997.]
Database in Theory and Practice: The Bibliography of Irish Literary Criticism
Author: Howell, Sonia
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Databases,Literary Criticism,Literature,Foreign Countries,Humanities,Information Technology,Researchers,History,Sustainability,Information Dissemination,Bibliographies,Online Searching

Focusing on &quot;The Bibliography of Irish Literary Criticism&quot; (BILC, 2010), a bibliographical database of Irish literary criticism developed by humanities and information and communications technology (ICT) researchers in NUI Maynooth, this chapter investigates the opportunities and implications afforded the field of Irish literary studies emerging from and enabled by electronic advances. Unlike earlier accounts of database technology that have emerged from the humanities community (Dimock, 2007; Folsom, 2007), this chapter provides a more practical and more critical account of the new medium. It is argued that while the relational structure of databases such as BILC, combined with appropriate interface design, can yield interesting insights into Ireland's literary history, &quot;the optimism and the excitement about new possibilities for rethinking the texts, canon, and creation&quot; offered by digital resources such as BILC are &quot;ahead of the actual development work&quot; (Dalbello, 2011, p. 496). However, following McGill (2007), it is further argued that an engagement with the BILC database affords an opportunity to identify potential areas for development in resources of this kind. Building on observations made throughout, the chapter concludes with a discussion of how increased attention to issues regarding dissemination and sustainability are vital for ensuring the potency and ongoing viability of digital databases designed for use in humanities scholarship. [For the complete book, &quot;Internet Research, Theory, and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland,&quot; see ED575997.]
Romanian Diaspora in the Making? An Online Ethnography of Romaniancommunity.net
Author: Macri, Gloria
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Ethnography,Web Sites,Immigrants,Computer Simulation,Foreign Countries,Internet,Computer Mediated Communication,Information Seeking,Role,Case Studies,Self Concept,Communities of Practice

This chapter presents a case study of an online ethnography which examines the Romanian Community of Ireland forum. Apart from highlighting the main challenges and advantages of engaging with an ethnographic methodology online, this chapter also showcases the key findings emerging in relation to the meanings which members of this community associate with the internet. The chapter also reflects critically on the type of community which takes shape on this online forum and, more importantly, its relation to a presumed &quot;offline&quot; Romanian diaspora. Is the &quot;virtual&quot; community an exact replica of the entire Romanian community in Ireland? Does it represent the online dimension of an alleged Romanian diaspora in Ireland, or does it represent a community in its own right, overlapping only partly with any offline counterpart? Findings reveal that the internet, and in particular this discussion forum, tends to occupy an important role in the life of online Romanians by acting as more than a tool for seeking information and advice, but also as the &quot;glue&quot; that enhances the bonding of the diaspora members and as an essential space for debate, a &quot;round table&quot; where Romanians discuss their lives in Ireland and the &quot;fate&quot; of the motherland. [For the complete book, &quot;Internet Research, Theory, and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland,&quot; see ED575997.]
Poetic Machines: From Paper to Pixel
Author: Naji, Jeneen
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Poetry,Criticism,Translation,Theories,Guidelines,Qualitative Research,Interviews,Poets,Information Technology,Music,Imagination,Printed Materials,Web Sites

This chapter investigates digital methods of signification in order to examine the impact of the digital medium on poetic expression. Traditional poetry criticism is problematised with reference to its suitability for application to online works in order to develop a comprehensive ePoetry rhetoric that explores not only what is being said, but also crucially how it is being said. Theories of translation are also used as a context in which to analyse the transposition of poetry from analogue to digital. This framework then forms the basis for a study that explores the move from print to pixel by analysing qualitative ePoet interviews as well as their corresponding ePoems. This is done through an examination of the translation process from analogue to digital within the context of Holmes (1994) translation theories. In particular this chapter also looks at the impact that interactivity and the digital environment have on the traditional characteristics of poetry as proposed by Orr (1996), such as story, structure, music, and imagination and how this impacts on poetic expression. This chapter then concludes that as the movement from paper to pixel has expanded the possibility for poetic expression, so too has it expanded the scope for undermining such expression. [For the complete book, &quot;Internet Research, Theory, and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland,&quot; see ED575997.]
Digital Humanities and Political Innovation: The SOWIT Model
Author: Liston, Vanessa
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Humanities,Technology Uses in Education,Community Development,Policy Formation,Innovation,Models,Citizen Participation,Social Change,Foreign Countries,Q Methodology,Public Opinion,Pilot Projects,Politics,Participative Decision Making,Computer Mediated Communication,Synchronous Communication,Asynchronous Communication,Discourse Analysis

In this chapter we show how a new type of political knowledge can be harnessed from everyday communication flows between citizens to support community and policy development processes. The emergence of this new knowledge will be enabled by an e-supported deliberation process (SOWIT) that aims to improve political communication and deliberation between citizens, civil society organisations, local councils and councillors. To explain the SOWIT project and its innovative approach to political engagement we first outline its motivation with respect to political reform in Ireland. We then discuss the model's framework and features in functional terms. The core innovations are rooted in SOWIT's foundation in the fields of Q-methodology, discursive representation and meta-consensus theory. Finally, we explain how the model departs from the epistemic norms of current political paradigms particularly with respect to public opinion and random selection as a basis for representativeness in deliberative fora. SOWIT is currently being developed as a pilot in collaboration with Fingal County Council in Dublin. [For the complete book, &quot;Internet Research, Theory, and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland,&quot; see ED575997.]
Digital Divide in Post-Primary Schools
Author: Marcus-Quinn, Ann
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Poetry,Design,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Case Studies,Semi Structured Interviews,Questionnaires,Observation,Resource Units,Shared Resources and Services,Secondary School Teachers,Secondary School Students,Pretests Posttests,Focus Groups

This research study developed curricular specific open educational resources (OERs) for the teaching of poetry at Junior Certificate level in Irish post-primary schools. It aimed to capture the collaborative design and development process used in the development of the digital resources and describe and evaluate the implementation of the resources by teachers in different educational contexts. The research employed a case study approach as it was seen as the most suitable methodological approach to capture the richness of the design and implementation of the resource, which was developed in collaboration with six practicing teachers and implemented in three different schools with various classroom settings. Through the use of semi-structured teachers interviews, student questionnaires and classroom observations the research methodology employed aimed to capture the richness of the experience from the participants' perspective. The study found that the resource was adopted in very different ways across the participating schools. The study raises questions about the use of digital resources in schools and the possible emergence of a second digital divide, which is not defined by access to technology as was previously the case, but defined by the use of the technology and the extent to which it is used in a constructive and meaningful way to enhance the students learning experience. [For the complete book, &quot;Internet Research, Theory, and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland,&quot; see ED575997.]
Not Quite Kicking off Everywhere: Feminist Notes on Digital Liberation
Author: Nagle, Angela
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Electronic Learning,Feminism,Social Media,Debate,Alienation,Internet,Social Systems,Females,Empowerment,Gender Bias,Social Attitudes,Discourse Analysis,Computer Mediated Communication,Antisocial Behavior,Verbal Communication,Individualism,Activism,Foreign Countries

Increasingly, women's experience of online life seems to run counter to the optimistic expectations of the cyberfeminists of the 90s and the utopian fervour of the present. Female journalists and internet users find themselves at the receiving end of a level of verbal abuse online previously unthinkable in the public sphere. Women are showing greater signs of alienation from the online arena of political debate than in the culture of parliamentary politics and &quot;old media&quot; institutions. In spite of the ever mounting evidence that digital liberation is not for all, the polemic of the universal emancipatory power of the internet continues to shape mainstream opinion and capture the political Left's imagination. While there have been sceptical female voices challenging these ideas since the early 90s, they have tended to be too rare, too marginal and too unwilling to make strident and fundamental challenges to the dominant cyberutopian narrative. This has meant that the women who speak out about the phenomenon of the remarkable prevalence of misogyny in online culture have been unable to link their experience to any wider politics and have been unable to articulate a coherent feminist critique to challenge the largely gender blind utopian orthodoxy. Focussing on one particular media moment sparked by the &quot;New Statesman&quot;, this chapter argues for the need to build such a discourse. [For the complete book, &quot;Internet Research, Theory, and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland,&quot; see ED575997.]
Surveillance Privacy and Technology: Contemporary Irish Perspectives
Author: Doyle, Kenny
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Data Collection,Information Technology,Privacy,Internet,Social Networks,Semi Structured Interviews,Public Opinion,Knowledge Level,Discourse Analysis,Qualitative Research,Vignettes,Definitions

Surveillance is typically envisaged as the act of a person being physically watched, their movements and behaviour monitored in a given space and time. While this type of watching undoubtedly takes place, there is also the more subtle and pervasive monitoring of people through the data they accumulate in their daily lives. Contemporary Irish society is mediated by digital technology; the daily life of the typical person creates a mass of data which can offer many telling clues as to the type of life they lead. This form of surveillance is called dataveillance (Clarke, 1988). It is unclear however exactly how much citizens know about these practices and how they negotiate with and respond to surveillance systems. This study aimed--by conducting focused interviews with Irish citizens--to explore the levels of knowledge regarding surveillance and privacy and to ascertain the importance placed on these concepts. Using Harper's (2011) typology of subject positions, a further aim was to uncover any discursive repertoires used when defining or speaking about these concepts. It was found that widely used conceptions of privacy and surveillance are inadequate to describe contemporary reality; and that forms of sociality have changed with the widespread use of information and communication technologies (ICT). [For the complete book, &quot;Internet Research, Theory, and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland,&quot; see ED575997.]
Digital Reading: A Question of Prelectio?
Author: Fitzpatrick, Noel
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Electronic Publishing,Memory,Reading Skills,Printed Materials,Writing Skills,Reading Habits,Generational Differences,Attention,Cognitive Style

Digital reading as superficial reading is examined by demonstrating that technologies act as placeholders for different types of memory, artificial memory and true memory. This chapter argues that the affordances of digital technologies enable certain types of reading activity, digital reading, but hinders others, such as deep reading. In particular, there is a tenuous relationship between digital reading and scanning for information in the printed text, a form of reading traditionally known as &quot;prelectio&quot;. This latter is a pre-reading of the text for salient information, not for deep understanding: it is, rather, a scanning or skimming of the text. Since the development of digital reading, there has been a debate about the role taken by digital technologies in the acquisition of reading as an activity. This chapter will, through the analysis of the recent works of Stiegler (2010) and the research group Ars Industrialis, challenge the outright rejection of the digital technologies of reading. Instead, by revisiting the technology of writing as a cure and a poison, as a &quot;pharmakon&quot;, a positive pharmacology will be proposed. By re-examining the philosophical problematic of reading and writing, the first step of this positive pharmacology will be to identify the necessary curative aspects of the technology. [For the complete book, &quot;Internet Research, Theory, and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland,&quot; see ED575997.]
Studying Young People&apos;s Blogs: Ethical Implications
Author: Fowley, Cathy
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Web Sites,Electronic Publishing,Diaries,Late Adolescents,Young Adults,Internet,Ethnography,Privacy,Foreign Countries,Research Methodology,Informed Consent,Safety,Access to Information,Information Security

As internet research was gradually established as a discipline, whose focus and/or locus is the internet (Rall, 2007), ethical issues came to the fore. These issues, often centering around the shifting concept of privacy and ownership of text, consider new practices and communications online, and increasingly, the conduct of ethical research within various sites on the internet. This chapter draws on a five year study of young people's blogs in Ireland which used an ethnographic approach to two different groups of bloggers, varying in age from 17 to 23. Ethical issues were identified from the start of the project, and indeed included at design stage; some of the issues arose from the multidisciplinary nature of internet research, and these will be examined in this chapter in the first place; current recommendations available to the internet researcher will be addressed, as well as the ethical practices of researchers in the field of blogging. Several approaches and ethical solutions will be reported from within the qualitative research tradition. This chapter will then examine issues which have been identified as &quot;conceptual gaps&quot; by Zimmer (2010), illustrated in light of this ethnographic study of young Irish bloggers, in particular the concept of privacy. [For the complete book, &quot;Internet Research, Theory, and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland,&quot; see ED575997.]