Journal articles on the topic 'HIV. Ethik'

Terdapat peningkatan prevalensi HIV/AIDS maupun jumlah pasien yang mendapatkan diagnosis HIV/AIDS di Indonesia. Sangat disayangkan, diagnosis ini seringkali dikaitkan dengan stigma bahwa penyakit ini menular secara seksual, walaupun banyak kasus yang tidak demikian adanya. Muncul pertanyaan yang sering menimbulkan konflik etis pada dokter, yakni apakah dokter boleh membuka diagnosis HIV pasiennya kepada pihak ketiga, antara lain pihak perusahaan yang membiayai pemeriksaan, pihak asuransi yang membiayai pengobatan, atau pasangan dan keluarga. Tinjauan etik ini diharapkan mampu memberikan pemahaman kepada sejawat dalam praktik seharihari terkait dilema etis ini. Secara umum, informasi medis terkait HIV/AIDS dapat diberikan kepada pihak ketiga sesuai yang diperbolehkan UU seperti atas kemauan pasien sendiri, demi kebaikan kesehatan pasien, atas perintah pengadilan, atau dalam situasi dilema etis dengan argumentasi nilai etis keadilan untuk membuka informasi lebih tinggi dibandingkan nilai etis menghargai otonomi pasien, yakni demi mencegah penularan.

The infinite and constantly developing options of medically assisted reproduction (MAR) reasonably raise the issue of its permitted range. Proponents of human rights fight for the strengthening of the reproductive right, the access to it by even more people, such as single parents, same-sex couples, elderly women, HIV carriers etc. Still concerning, however, is the fact that the defenders of human rights often forget the rights of the fetus or the child, which cannot be expressed with the same intensity. In the framework of the present study, we investigate the true interests of the child in MAR, in relation to the reproductive right in the light of some borderline cases.

Abstrak: Pendampingan peningkatan kualitas hidup penderita HIV/AIDS Remaja kota Tarakan bertujuan untuk membantu KPA (Komisi Penanggulangan AIDS) dalam melakukan koordinasi, pengawasan, pengendalian, dan mendorong peran serta masyarakat dalam mencegah dan menanggulangi HIV/AIDS. Adapun yang menjadi masalah dalam kegiatan pengabdian ini diantaranya yaitu (1) belum maksimalnya pelayanan kesehatan bagi ODHA (Orang Dengan HIV/AIDS) utamanya dalam penanganansituasi gawat, tenaga kesehatan yang bersikap kurang empati dan sosialisasi tentang penularan HIV/AIDS yang kurang disampaikan secara aktif; (2) Adanya diskriminasi terhadap ODHA yang melanggar hak mereka sebagai warga negara seperti lembaga pendidikan yang menolak calon peserta didik yang terindikasi terkena HIV/AIDS; (3) belum adanya panduan khusus pelaksanaan konseling yang sesuai dengan kode etik, azas dan keterampilan dasar konseling, kurangnya jumlah konselor KPA yang memberikan layanan konseling bagi ODHA. Solusi dapat dimulai dengan sosialisasi tentang penularan HIV/AIDS secara aktif, sosialisasi Peraturan Daerah Kota Tarakan Nomor 06 Tahun 2007 dan Pasal 22 ayat 2yang berkenaan dengan Pencegahan dan Penanggulangan HIV/AIDS,membuat sebuah panduan khusus pelaksanaan konseling yang sesuai dengan kode etik, azas dan keterampilan dasar konseling, serta menambah jumlah tenaga konselor yang profesional.Abstract: Assistance to improve the life quality life of HIV / AIDS Teenager in Tarakan city to assist AIDS Commission in coordinating, monitoring, controlling, and encouraging community participation in preventing and overcoming HIV / AIDS. The problems in this service activity are (1) not maximized health service for PLHIV (People with HIV / AIDS) in the handling of critical situation, unqualified health worker and socialization about HIV / AIDS transmission that is not actively delivered; (2) The existence of a cache against people living with HIV who violate their rights as citizens such as educational institutions who reject candidates for students who are affected by HIV / AIDS; (3) there is no counseling guidance in accordance with the code of ethics, principles and basic training of counseling, the number of KPA counselors who provide counseling services for PLHIV. Solutions can be initiated by socialization of active HIV / AIDS transmission, socialization of Tarakan City Regulation Number 06 Year 2007 and Article 22 paragraph 2 regarding HIV / AIDS Prevention and Control, create a guideline for the implementation of counseling in accordance with the code of conduct, principles and skills Basic counseling, and increase the number of professional counselors.

AbstractThere is a growing interest in the historical attitudes to work globally. This paper studies the stereotype of the “lazy African” in European travel accounts from precolonial West Africa. This was one of the central aspects in the European construction of an African “other” during this period, and came to be used as a justification for much European oppression in Africa in both precolonial and colonial times. It is argued in the paper that the stereotype has existed for much longer than suggested in previous literature in the field. Previous studies have also made over-simplified statements about the stereotype, since it overlooks a most significant trend among European writers, who described not only idleness, but also industriousness, among the Africans they wrote about. By the late eighteenth century, finally, the development of an anti-slavery ideology was followed by a challenge to the whole stereotype.

Recognizing ethical issues and dilemmas that arise in professional practice is crucial for social work practitioners, educators, and students. After a discussion about the limited, although growing, literature on social work ethics, the ten main tenets form the most current NASW Code of Ethics are presented. These topics include limits to confidentiality, confidentiality and technology, confidentiality in family and group work, managed care, cultural competence, dual relationships, sexual relationships, impairment and incompetence of colleagues, application to administrators and relevance to social work educators. In addition to understanding the Code of Ethics, social workers can use the ETHIC model of decision making for resolving ethical dilemmas. This easy to use five step process includes examining personal, agency, client, and professional values, thinking about ethical standards and relevant laws, hypothesizing about consequences, identifying the most vulnerable, and consulting with supervisors and colleagues. A case example involving confidentiality, HIV/AIDS and family therapy demonstrates how social workers can use the ETHIC model.

U.S. policy engagement in Africa has entered a phase of dramatic enlargement, begun during President Bill Clinton’s tenure and expanded—unexpectedly—under the administration of George W. Bush. In the last five years, several Africa-centered U.S. policy initiatives have been launched—in some instances backed by substantial funding increases—in trade and investment, security, development assistance, counterterrorism, and HIV/AIDS. By contrast with the Cold War era, recent initiatives—the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, a counterterrorism task force in Djibouti, President Bush’s $15 billion HTV/AIDS proposal, and the $5 billion Millennium Challenge Account (MCA)—have been largely free of partisan rancor or controversy.

Historical transnationalism offers a lens through which vectors of international ideas influence national social and political dimensions to illuminate the policy transfer pathways that may shape contemporary events. This article applies a historical transnational perspective to examine the ascendency of the liberal consensus in Ireland which largely defined the international response to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. While AIDS was neither the initial nor the sole driver of policy change, it was a catalyst for the transformation of Ireland’s traditionally Catholic and conservative approach to sexuality and sexual health. In considering the role of a pioneering priest, a public health specialist and a gay collective during this initial era of HIV and AIDS in Ireland, conclusions will be drawn as to the extent to which these key actors operated as vectors of transnationality to promote a global ethic of non-discrimination and the conditions required by government to adopt a liberal response to HIV and AIDS.

This article explores both the sexual desires and pleasure in the context of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among gays, bisexuals and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). Our main findings suggest that individuals were assuming notions of natural and unnatural sex, while these categories were linked to condomless sex, acquisitions of sexually transmission infections (STIs) and their perceptions of intimacy. Individuals also believed they could enhance pleasure and desire by acknowledging their inner subjectivity and societal positions associated with PrEP. We argue that the individuals play a positive and conflicting ethic towards sex while on PrEP.

The aim of the present study was to assess the attitude of students attending 4th and 6th year of the Faculty of Dental Medicine in Iasi towards HIV-seropositive patients. A questionnaire was elaborated, containing 14 ethic statements related to some aspects they may encounter in their future career: the observance of confidentiality and the rights of HIV/AIDS infected patients, the refusal of dedicated treatment and the appreciation of discrimination in this situation. The results have identified some negative aspects regarding the above mentioned issues, mainly in terms of the refusal of specialized treatment. A percentage between 47.4% and 38.4% of the students strongly agreed to the affirmations according to which the risk of cross-infection and the lack of some safety conditions at work may be a reason for the refusal to provide dental treatment. The responses referring to discrimination suggest that there is a negative attitude towards the following aspects: the treatment of HIV-infected patients in different offices, the refusal to continue treatment after confirmation of the diagnosis, the refusal to cooperate with an infected colleague. Only 57.8% of the subjects considered the refusal of treatment as discrimination, with no statistical differences between the years of study. The results suggest both the need to modify the academic curriculum by introducing some ethics and medical legislation courses, and the adoption of a strategy for the increase of empathy and social responsibility in relation to this group of discriminated persons.

The Bakgalagari were classified by Guthrie (1948) as S30 and by Cole (1954) as 60/2/5. They incorporate ethnic groups such as Bangologa, Bashaga, Babolaongwe, Balala, Bakhena, Baritjhauba, and Bakgwatheng and Baphaleng, the latter of which do not speak Shekgalagari any more. At the moment, Bakgalagari are only found in Botswana. They are thought to have arrived in southern Africa more than 2000 years ago, together with other Bantu groups (Tlou/Campbell 1997:33), and were the earliest Sotho-Tswana group to inhabit the Madikwe and Limpopo river basins (Figure 1) around 900 and 1000 CE (Tlou/Campbell, 1997).Around 1200 CE, the Bakgalagari were already inhabiting the peripheries of this area as they migrated into Botswana, where they are estimated to have arrived around 1000 CE, as Figure 2 illustrates (cf. Tlou/Campbell, 1997:90). They would later be pushed into the Kgalagadi desert, which reinforced the peripheral and distant location of some of them from the rest of the Sotho-Tswana groups that subsequently inhabited the country.History suggests that there were ethnic rivalries amongst the Bakgalagari, and they consequently split into various ethnic groups (Tlou/Campbell, 1997:90). These ethnic groups were dispersed in various directions in the country at different times as shown in Figure 3. Figure 3 shows the historical base and the subsequent movements of the Bakgalagari starting earlier than 1400 CE. It is possible that these movements might have been reversed at various times, and also that some people at a later stage took the same directions to find their ethic counterparts (e.g., Babolaongwe at around 1650 CE).

This article compares the sex ethic of Scripture with the anthropological values that underlie modern sexual morality and gives guidelines for a responsible sex ethics that can safeguard human dignity. As point of departure it states that the biblical view of sexuality must be understood from the perspective of creation and re-creation and not the fall. The creation narratives teach that humanity possesses qualities of sameness and difference that constitutes our being. Sexuality forms the dynamic which bonds the dialectic of sameness and difference into a unity of persons. The article concludes that the African concept of gender , the radical freedom concept of secular society, the utilitarian view of sex, and the postmodern view that sexual behaviour and marriage are social constructs, aggravate sexual promiscuity. In order to fight HIV/AIDS and preserve human dignity the exclusiveness of the sex act, the importance of faithfulness and the sanctity of marriage must be proclaimed.

Abstract Abstract 2147 Background: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection is associated with an increased risk of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Increased risk of NHL is strongly correlated to the severity of the underlying immunodeficiency. Introduction of combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) has reduced the incidence of NHL -but not of HL's- among HIV-infected individuals. Outcomes are reported to be poorer among HIV-infected patients with HL or NHL than among non-HIV-infected patients. We carry out a cohort with the aim to study the characteristics and outcome of HIV-related lymphomas. Methods: The multicentric prospective Cohort of HIV related lymphomas (ANRS-CO16 Lymphovir cohort) enrolled 116 adult patients in 32 centers between October 2007 and April 2012. Investigations were performed after approval of the ethic committee. Patients were included at diagnosis of lymphoma (n=108) or at first relapse (1 HL, 7 NHL). Data collection concerned HIV infection history, clinical, biological and histological presentation, treatment and evolution of lymphoma. Pathological materials were centralized and 91 cases were reviewed. Diagnoses were based on World Health Organization criteria. Each patient was followed every 6 months during 5 years. Results: Among the 116 patients, 39.7% (46) were diagnosed with HL and 60.3% (70) with NHL. Median age was 43.5 years (ranging from 20 to 61) among patients with HL and 47 years (23 to 67) among those with NHL. Gender (male/female) ratio was 8.2 (41/5) among patients with HL, 1.7 (44/26) among those with NHL. The histological distribution of NHL were diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) 54.3% (38), Burkitt lymphomas (BL) 18.6% (13), plasmablastic lymphoma 10% (7), marginal zone/lymphoplasmocytic lymphoma 7.1% (5), others 10%: PTLD- like lymphoma (2), primary effusion lymphoma (1), follicular lymphoma (1), anaplastic lymphoma (1), unclassified (2). There was a predominance of clinical stages III/IV versus I/II among HL (76.7%, 33/43) and NHL patients (73.5%, 50/68). Among patients with DLBCL, LDH level was elevated in 68.4% (26/38) and performance status altered (2–4 versus 0–1) in 38.5% (15/39). HIV infection had been diagnosed for a median of 151 months (0 to 312) among HL patients and 117 (0 to 327) among those with NHL. The interval between diagnoses of HIV infection and lymphoma was shorter than 3 months for 2 patients with HL and 13 with NHL. All other patients except 6 NHL patients had been treated with ART at diagnosis of lymphoma. Median durations of ARV were 128 months (2 to 238) among HL patients and 119 months (1 to 236) among those with NHL. Patients with HL had a median CD4 T-cell count at diagnosis of lymphoma of 353/mm3 (range 37–1120), those with NHL, 261/mm3 (range 7–1322)]. The median interval between lymphoma occurrence and last follow-up was 21 months (range 0–41). During follow-up, all patients were treated with ARV. Among first-line HL patients, 39 out of 40 were treated with ABVD. Out of 40 patients with DLBCL or BL, 30 received chemotherapies combined with rituximab. At 24 months, overall survival is 95% among patients with HL and 78% among those with NHL (Figure 1). Two HL patients died during follow-up: one HL patient included in relapse from progression, another from a second cancer. Sixteen NHL patients died during follow-up: there were 10 early deaths (<6 months) from complications of treatment (9) or disease progression (1) and 6 later deaths from disease progression (4), second cancer (1), unknown (1). None of the patients who died during the first 6 months following diagnosis had received rituximab. Conclusions: The present study points out the high proportion of HL among HIV infection with lymphoma in the cART era and their favourable outcome compared to previous reports. This study also strengthens the heterogeneity of HIV-related lymphomas and the frequency of early deaths among patients with NHL. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

Permasalahan HIV dan AIDS menjadi tantangan kesehatan hampir di seluruh dunia, termasuk di Indonesia. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui tingkat dimensi konsep diri dari aspek usia, jenis kelamin, pendidikan dan pekerjaan pada ODHA di Klinik VCT RSUD dr. Soediran Mangun Sumarso Wonogiri. Desain penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif deskriptif dengan pendekatan cross-sectional. Instrumen dalam penelitian ini menggunakan kuesioner tentang konsep diri. Hasil analisis karakteristik responden berdasarkan usia menggambarkan jumlah tertinggi responden adalah usia 41 sampai dengan lebih dari 50 tahun, berjenis kelamin perempuan, berpendidikan sekolah dasar dan bekerja sebagai karyawan/buruh. Sebagian besar responden berdasarkan usia mempunyai dimensi konsep diri yang tinggi yaitu pada usia lansia akhir, berjenis kelamin perempuan. Pada bagian dimensi kritik diri sebagian besar yang memiliki kritik diri tinggi adalah laki laki. Berdasarkan tingkat pendidikan menunjukkan bahwa dimensi konsep diri responden dengan pendidikan SD lebih tinggi pada dimensi diri moral etik, diri pribadi, diri sosial dan kritik diri. Responden dengan pendidikan SMU mempunyai dimensi konsep diri yang tinggi pada dimensi diri fisik dan diri keluarga. Berdasarkan pekerjaan menunjukkan sebagian besar petani mempunyai tingkat dimensi konsep diri yang tinggi dibandingkan swasta/karyawan. Dari hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar tingkat dimensi respon konsep diri pada responden adalah tinggi dari aspek usia, jenis kelamin, tingkat pendidikan dan pekerjaan. Kata kunci: Dimensi konsep diri, ODHA DIMENSIONS OF SELF-CONCEPT IN HIV / AIDS ABSTRACTThe problems with HIV and AIDS pose health challenges in almost all the world, including in Indonesia. The objective of this study was to determine the level of dimensions of self-concept in PLWHA at the VCT Clinic at the RSUD dr. Soediran Mangun Sumarso Wonogiri Regency Indonesia. The design of this study is descriptive quantitative research with a cross-sectional approach. The instrument in this study used a questionnaire about self-concept. The results of the analysis characteristics of respondents based on age illustrate the highest number of respondents aged 41 to more than 50 years, female sex, elementary school education and working as an employee / laborer. Most respondents based on age have a high self-concept dimension, namely at the age of the elderly, female. In the dimension of self criticism, most of those who have high self-criticism are men. Based on the level of education shows that the self-concept dimensions of respondents with elementary education are higher in the self dimension of moral ethics, personal self, social self and self criticism. Respondents with high school education have high self-concept dimensions in the dimensions of physical self and family self. Based on work shows that most farmers have a high level of self-concept dimensions compared to the private sector / employee.The conclusion of the study show that most of the dimensions of the self-concept response to respondents are high in terms of age, gender, education level and occupation. Keywords: Self-concept dimensions, PLWHA

Abstract What kind of functions does a theory carry out in the analyst’s mind at work? The author tries to describe, using a few analytic trailers, how Bion Field Theory (BFT) can become an oneiric psychoanalytic tool in the mind of the analyst working with inaccessible states of mind and the violence of nameless turbulences. The hypothesis expressed is that BFT, as described in the works of its principal authors (Ferro, Grotstein, Ogden et.c), seems to evoke a psych-O-analysis that chooses O as psychoanalytic vertex, developing the bionian idea of unconscious as psychoanalytic function of the mind. BFT introduces explains and illustrates an oneiric model of the mind and of the analytic cure. The priority given by this theory to the contact with emotional experience and the capacity to stay at one ment with the unknown emotional experience circulating in the hic et nunc, seems, in author’s analytical experience, to promote both the development of an authentic analytic Self and analytic ethic and a process of subjectivation in analyst, patient, analytic experience.

Salam sejahtera, Pada tahun 2015 silam, lebih dari 100 peneliti dari berbagai institusi di beberapa benua melakukan sebuah usaha replikasi penelitian besar-besaran. Tak kurang dari 100 eksperimen yang terbit dalam jurnal psikologi bereputasi diuji kembali untuk menemukan apakah memang betul hasil eksperimen sesuai dengan laporan asli. Ternyata, hanya 68% dari usaha replikasi itu yang berhasil menemukan bukti signifikan secara statistik (Open Science Collaboration, 2015). Masalah yang dikemukakan oleh komunitas Open Science Collaboration ini menggegerkan ilmu psikologi, tak terkecuali psikologi sosial. Sejak munculnya isu krisis replikasi ini, berbagai temuan – mulai dari yang klasik sampai yang kontemporer dalam bidang psikologi – dipertanyakan kembali keabsahannya. Beberapa tahun kemudian, pakar neurosains kognitif dan advokat sains terbuka Christopher D. Chambers dari Cardiff University mempublikasikan sebuah buku yang membahas masalah fundamental dalam praktik ilmiah di psikologi. Dalam buku yang ia beri judul “The 7 Deadly Sins of Psychology” (7 Dosa Besar Psikologi), ia memaparkan sejumlah isu dimana metodologi merupakan salah satu isu yang bermasalah dalam psikologi (Chambers, 2019). Analisis statistik dan penentuan metodologi dalam riset-riset psikologi dianggap terlalu fleksibel sehingga rentan untuk dimanipulasi oleh peneliti. Tidak kalah pentingnya dan konsisten dengan temuan Open Science Collaboration, ilmu psikologi juga dianggap tidak reliabel. Temuan-temuan penting bisa tidak konsisten ketika diuji kembali dengan metode yang sama. Masalah pada reliabilitas temuan seperti itu bisa diatribusikan ke berbagai faktor. Pertama, psikologi belum membudayakan replikasi. Padahal, disiplin ilmu alam seperti fisika senantiasa berusaha mereplikasi temuan-temuan laboratorium mereka (Franklin, 2018). Kedua, adalah masalah fraud serta pelaporan metodologi atau analisis yang terlalu fleksibel sebagaimana dikemukakan Chambers (Chambers, 2019). Selain kedua alasan tersebut, ada satu alasan lain yang nampaknya jarang dibahas – bahwa ada faktor kebudayaan atau kontekstual yang menyebabkan kondisi studi asli dan studi berikutnya mengalami perbedaan. Alasan ini dikemukakan oleh Stroebe dan Strack (2014) dalam artikel mereka yang isinya mengemukakan bahwa replikasi dengan temuan sama persis itu sangat sulit terjadi. Faktor perbedaan budaya adalah isu yang substansial dan perlu diperhatikan dalam ilmu psikologi. Ini sudah lama ditekankan oleh Henrich, Heine, dan Norenzayan (2010) dalam artikel mereka yang berjudul “The weirdest people in the world?”. Menurut mereka, banyak (jika tidak dibilang mayoritas) riset psikologi dilakukan di komunitas atau negara WEIRD (Western – kebudayaan barat, Educated – sampel mahasiswa atau kaum terdidik, Industrialized – negara industri maju, Rich – kalangan ekonomi menengah keatas, dan Democratic – negara demokratik). Dengan kata lain, teori-teori yang dihasilkan dari riset-riset psikologi hanya terfokus pada kebudayaan WEIRD seperti Amerika Serikat dan Eropa Barat, namun mengabaikan konteks-konteks budaya lainnya. Sehingga, usaha generalisasi suatu teori tanpa memahami konteks lokal dari tiap kebudayaan non-WEIRD bisa menghasilkan temuan yang tidak konsisten. Menyadari betapa fundamentalnya isu kebudayaan ini, Jurnal Psikologi Sosial (JPS) mengeluarkan isu khusus tentang perspektif dan isu metodologi dalam psikologi sosial. Dalam isu khusus ini, JPS mempublikasikan naskah-naskah yang mengevaluasi perspektif atau paradigma yang muncul dari kebudayaan atau masyarakat WEIRD. Dalam naskah yang berjudul “Social neuroscience: Pendekatan multi-level integratif dalam penelitian psikologi sosial”, Galang Lufityanto berusaha mengulas potensi dari perspektif neurosains kognitif untuk psikologi sosial dalam konteks manusia Indonesia. Artikel ini sangat penting karena perspektif biologis seperti neurosains kognitif perlu direplikasi di berbagai konteks masyarakat berbeda (Fischer & Poortinga, 2018) agar terhindar dari generalisasi yang terlalu cepat. Sementara dalam naskah yang berjudul “Epistemological violence, essentialization dan tantangan etik dalam penelitian psikologi sosial”, Monica Eviandaru Madyaningrum berusaha mendiskusikan isu etika dalam riset psikologi sosial. Seringkali, psikologi sosial mengadopsi pandangan etika yang muncul dari kebudayaan seperti Amerika Serikat dimana etika prosedural yang terfokus pada individu menjadi tolak ukurnya. Padahal, etika juga men-cakup kerangka berpikir dan relasi kuasa yang terjadi dalam masyarakat. Naskah ini mengajak kita untuk keluar dari isu etika individu menjadi isu etika dalam relasi antar elemen masyarakat, sehingga lebih sesuai dengan konteks masyarakat Indonesia. Isu khusus ini tidak hanya terfokus pada persoalan paradigma epistemik dan etika dalam psikologi sosial. Beberapa naskah berikutnya membahas tentang potensi penggunaan metode alternatif untuk riset-riset psikologi sosial. Andrian Liem dan Brian J. Hall dalam naskah mereka yang berjudul “Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) method: Introduction and its potential use for social psychology research” membahas potensi metode pencarian sampel (sampling) yang lebih superior daripada metode non-probabilitas lain tetapi juga lebih mungkin dilakukan dibandingkan metode random sampling. Dalam metode respondent-driven sampling (RDS), peneliti merekrut partisipan berdasarkan struktur jejaring atau rasa saling percaya antar partisipan. Mengingat masyarakat Indonesia beroperasi berdasarkan struktur relasi dan rasa saling percaya (Hopner & Liu, in press), metode RDS ini sangat menjanjikan untuk diterapkan. Bukan hanya karena kemudahan dalam pengambilan data, namun juga karena potensinya untuk lebih mampu menggeneralisasi temuan ke dalam populasi yang diteliti. Tidak kalah menariknya adalah naskah yang ditulis oleh Tsana Afrani dan para koleganya dengan judul “Apakah intervensi prasangka lewat media bisa mengurangi prasangka implisit terhadap orang dengan HIV/AIDS? Eksperimen menggunakan implicit association test (IAT).” Dalam beberapa tahun terakhir, IAT atau tes asosiasi implisit menjadi alat ukur prasangka implisit yang dianggap kontroversial (Jost, 2019; Singal, 2017). Intervensi berbasis prasangka implisit juga menjadi sasaran kritik. Maka dari itu, penting untuk menguji IAT dalam konteks intervensi di berbagai konteks seperti di kebudayaan non-WEIRD. Ditemukan bahwa prasangka implisit tidak berubah setelah partisipan ikut serta dalam intervensi prasangka lewat media. Ini semakin mempertebal daftar kritik terhadap IAT. Naskah berikutnya membahas potensi metode kualitatif yang jarang digunakan dalam psikologi sosial, yaitu metode historis-komparatif. Dalam naskah yang berjudul “Menggunakan metode historis komparatif dalam penelitian psikologi”, Nugraha Arif Karyanta, Suryanto, dan Wiwin Hendriani menjelaskan bahwa data-data seperti dokumen bersejarah, catatan sejarah, bahkan dokumen sipil yang masih berlangsung bisa digunakan untuk menjelaskan proses psikologis yang terjadi pada suatu konteks masyarakat. Metode ini berpotensi untuk mengeksplorasi bagaimana temuan-temuan psiko-logi sosial yang seringkali muncul dari kebudayaan WEIRD bisa relevan atau tidak relevan dengan perkembangan sejarah, kebijakan sosial dan hukum, yang ada pada masyarakat non-WEIRD seperti masyarakat Indonesia. Sementara itu Retno Hanggarani Ninin dan kolega-koleganya menekankan pentingnya asesmen psikologi dalam situasi alamiah. Dalam naskah yang berjudul “Psikoetnografi sebagai metoda asesmen psikologi komunitas”, mereka membahas bahwa seringkali asesmen psikologis mencerabut individu dari situasi ekologis alami mereka. Padahal, individu tidak terlepas dari struktur sosial dan budaya yang ia alami sehari-hari. Dalam naskah ini, para penulis juga memberikan contoh bagaimana asesmen psikoetnografi bisa dilakukan. Membahas perbedaan dan kesetaraan antar budaya, tentu juga sulit dilepaskan dari isu kesetaraan lintas budaya dari alat ukur psikologis. Dalam isu khusus ini, JPS mempublikasikan dua naskah validasi alat ukur. Kedua alat ukur ini dinilai penting dan relevan untuk diadaptasi dan divalidasi pada konteks Indonesia. Dalam naskah “Adaptasi alat ukur Munroe Multicultural Attitude Scale Questionnaire versi Indonesia”, Intan Permatasari dan kolega-koleganya mempertanyakan validasi alat ukur sikap multikultural karena pada budaya Indonesia, sikap multikultural lebih prevalen pada relasi antar etnis sementara di budaya Amerika Serikat (budaya asal alat ukurnya), sikap multicultural lebih terfokus pada warna kulit. Sementara pada naskah “Adaptasi dan properti psikometrik skala kontrol diri ringkas versi Indonesia”, Haykal Hafizul Arifin dan Mirra Noor Milla berusaha mengadaptasi dan menemukan validitas konstruk dan validitas diskriminan dari alat ukur kontrol diri. Ada banyak struktur dimensi dari alat ukur kontrol diri dalam riset-riset sebelumnya. Para penulis menguji struktur dimensi mana yang paling cocok untuk konteks Indonesia. Akhir kata, izinkanlah kami berterima kasih kepada para reviewer yang telah memberikan masukkan kepada naskah-naskah di edisi khusus ini, mulai dari awal sampai naskah siap dipublikasikan. Kami berharap, edisi khusus ini bisa menjadi pemantik diskusi-diskusi saintifik lanjutan tentang ragam perspektif dan isu metodologi di psikologi sosial, khususnya untuk konteks kebudayaan non-WEIRD seperti Indonesia. Tidak hanya itu, kami juga berharap bahwa edisi khusus ini bisa menjadi pedoman atau acuan bagi penggunaan berbagai metode seperti sampling RDS, alat ukur IAT, asesmen psiko-etnografi, dan riset historis komparatif. Kami juga berharap edisi khusus ini menstimulasi riset lanjutan dengan paradigma social neuroscience dan paradigma etika yang lebih luas dari sekedar analisis etika prosedural.

Abstract Objective Subtype-A HIV was introduced into Israel in the mid-1990s, predominantly by immigrants from the former Soviet Union (FSU) infected via intravenous drug use (IVDU). HIV subsequently spread beyond the FSU-IVDU community. In 2012, a mini-HIV outbreak, associated with injection of amphetamine cathinone derivatives, started in Tel Aviv, prompting public health response. To assess current trends and the impact of the outbreak and control measures, we conducted a phyloepidemiologic analysis. Method Demographic and clinical records and HIV sequences were compiled from 312 subtype-A HIV-infected individuals attending the Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center between 2005–2016, where &gt;40% of all subtype-A HIV-infected individuals in Israel are undergoing care. Molecular evolutionary genetics analysis (MEGA) and ayesian evolutionary analysis sampling trees (BEAST) programs were implemented in a phylogenetic analysis of pol sequences. Reconstructed phylogenies were assessed in the context of demographic information and drug-resistance profiles. Clusters were identified as sequence populations with posterior probability ≥0.95 of having a recent common ancestor. Results After 2010, the subtype-A epidemic acquired substantial phylogenetic structure, having been unrecognized in studies covering the earlier period. Nearly 50% of all sequences were present in 11 distinct clusters consisting of 4–43 individuals. Cluster composition reflected transmission across ethnic groups, with men who have sex with men (MSM) playing an increasing role. The cathinone-associated cluster was larger than previously documented, containing variants that continued to spread within and beyond the IVDU community. Conclusions Phyloepidemiologic analysis revealed diverse clusters of HIV infection with MSM having a central role in transmission across ethic groups. A mini outbreak was reduced by public health measures, but molecular evidence of ongoing transmission suggests additional measures are necessary.

Abstract Background The ATLAS programme aims to promote and implement HIV self-testing (HIVST) in three West African countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal. During 2019–2021, in close collaboration with the national AIDS implementing partners and communities, ATLAS plans to distribute 500,000 HIVST kits through eight delivery channels, combining facility-based, community-based strategies, primary and secondary distribution of HIVST. Considering the characteristics of West African HIV epidemics, the targets of the ATLAS programme are hard-to-reach populations: key populations (female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and drug users), their clients or sexual partners, partners of people living with HIV and patients diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections and their partners. The ATLAS programme includes research support implementation to generate evidence for HIVST scale-up in West Africa. The main objective is to describe, analyse and understand the social, health, epidemiological effects and cost-effectiveness of HIVST introduction in Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal to improve the overall HIV testing strategy (accessibility, efficacy, ethics). Methods ATLAS research is organised into five multidisciplinary workpackages (WPs): Key Populations WP: qualitative surveys (individual in-depth interviews, focus group discussions) conducted with key actors, key populations, and HIVST users. Index testing WP: ethnographic observation of three HIV care services introducing HIVST for partner testing. Coupons survey WP: an anonymous telephone survey of HIVST users. Cost study WP: incremental economic cost analysis of each delivery model using a top-down costing with programmatic data, complemented by a bottom-up costing of a representative sample of HIVST distribution sites, and a time-motion study for health professionals providing HIVST. Modelling WP: Adaptation, parameterisation and calibration of a dynamic compartmental model that considers the varied populations targeted by the ATLAS programme and the different testing modalities and strategies. Discussion ATLAS is the first comprehensive study on HIV self-testing in West Africa. The ATLAS programme focuses particularly on the secondary distribution of HIVST. This protocol was approved by three national ethic committees and the WHO’s Ethical Research Committee.

Using Peter Darney’s play 5 Guys Chillin’ as a case study, this essay explores how documentary theatre may operate as a distinctly neoliberal public health measure when it comes to reducing the risk of HIV transmission related to subcultural practices such as chemsex. The subject of countless sensationalist and tacitly homophobic headlines in recent years, chemsex has generated a kind of moral panic around gay subcultures in recent years, with several journalists and filmmakers erroneously condemning the practice as the main driver of HIV in the UK. Although Darney has described the play as an attempt to tackle such demonisation, 5GC inadvertently ends up restating pathologizing narratives surrounding chemsex via what Roger Foster has termed an ‘ethic of authenticity': the notion that one can reach happiness by adapting to normative ways of living and neoliberal health diktats. Combining Foster’s critique of neoliberal therapeutic culture and the fiction of “wellness” with Herbert Marcuse’s theories surrounding so-called ‘one-dimensional society’, this essay seeks to explain how 5GC paradoxically perpetrates its ethos of anti-prejudice by pathologizing interview subjects as victims of a subculture intent on rejecting its own societal oppression.

Masalah HIV dan AIDS yang menjadi tantangan kesehatan hampir di seluruh dunia, termasuk di Indonesia. Peran serta ODHA secara fisik dan psikologis sangat diperlukan agar kondisi kesehatannya tidak semakin memburuk. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisa tingkat konsep diri terhadap kualitas hidup ODHA yang menjalani perawatan di klinik voluntary consulting and testing (VCT) Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Soediran Mangoen Soemarso Wonogiri. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Sampel penelitian diambil 30 orang, setara dengan 35 % dari penderita yang terdaftar dalam layanan selama periode pengumpulan data. Desain penelitian adalah deskriptif analisis kuantitatif dengan pendekatan cross – sectional. Instrumen pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner tentang konsep diri dan WHOQOL-HIV BREF. Data yang diperoleh diolah dalam spreadsheet Excel dan diekspor ke SPSS versi 17.0 program. Hasil penelitian responden dengan konsep diri rendah yang mempunyai kualitas hidup tinggi adalah 5 orang (16,7%), rendah 12 orang (40,0%), responden dengan konsep diri tinggi mempunyai kualitas hidup tinggi adalah 9 orang (30,0 %), rendah 4 orang (13,3 %). Hasil chi square test menunjukkan p = 0,030 > 0,05 yang berarti ada hubungan yang signifikan antara konsep diri dengan kualitas hidup. Kesimpulan penelitian ini adalah tidak ada hubungan yang signifikan antara diri fisik, diri keluarga, diri sosial dan kritik diri dengan kualitas hidup akan tetapi ada hubungan yang signifikan antara diri moral etik dan diri pribadi dengan kualitas hidup meskipun derajad hubungan masih rendah. Ada hubungan yang signifikan antara konsep diri dengan kualitas hidup. Penelitian ini mempunyai kontribusi dalam peningkatan dimensi konsep diri yang mempengaruhi kualitas hidup melalui kegiatan pada Kelompok Dukungan Sebaya (KDS) dalam bentuk penyuluhan kesehatan, peningkatan ketrampilan dan diskusi dalam FGD. HIV and AIDS being a health challenge in almost all over the world, including in Indonesia. The role of PLWHA in physical and psychological is very necessary. This study aims to analyze the level of self-concept of the quality of life of people with HIV / AIDS who undergo treatment at the voluntary consulting and testing (VCT) clinic of the Soediran Mangoen Soemarso Hospital Wonogiri. Sampling uses a purposive sampling technique The study sample was taken 30 people. The design of this research is descriptive quantitative analysis with cross-sectional approach. Data collection instruments used a questionnaire about self-concept and WHOQOL-HIV BREF. The data obtained was processed in an Excel spreadsheet and exported to SPSS version 17.0 of the program. The results of the research respondents with low self-concept who have a high quality of life are 5 people (16.7%), low 12 people (40.0%), respondents with high self-concept who have a high quality of life are 9 people (30.0% ), low 4 people (13.3%). Chi square test results showed p = 0.030> 0.05 which means there is a significant relationship between self-concept and quality of life. The conclusion of this study is that there is no significant relationship between physical self, family self, social self and self criticism with quality of life, there is a significant relationship between moral ethical self and personal self with quality of life although the degree of relationship is still low. There is a significant relationship between self concept with quality of life. The contribution of this research is to increase the dimensions of self-concept that affect the quality of life through activities in the Peer Support Group (KDS) in the form of health education, skills improvement and discussion in the FGD.

This article argues for the importance of the remainder as a key concept in economic transactions at the edges of liberalized market economies. It tracks the East African roadside trade in siphoned fuel, where lorry drivers sell “leftover” fuel to dealers who then resell it to rural hinterlands. Rather than seeing this exchange as illicit, drivers and dealers viewed themselves as legitimately trading residual bits of a commodity. They constructed their right to sell fuel, and their understanding of profit, around the idea of the remainder, rather than around concepts of income, price, or even usefulness. Here, I analyze the remainder as a widely recognized concept of valuation. Drawing on accounts of the practice of gleaning (an ancient ethic of redistribution organized around harvest leftovers) and examining in detail the calculative practices and metaphors used both by drivers and fuel dealers, I demonstrate the centrality of the remainder to popular economies in East Africa today. Roadside exchanges, I argue, reveal established practices of distribution and entitlement that both practically and conceptually challenge liberal common sense around smooth flow, equal exchange, and price-based markets. Muhtasari Nakala hii inaangazia salio au baki kama moja ya dhana msingi katika uchumi za pembeni mwa soko huria. Hususan inaangazia soko la mafuta ya kufyonzwa. Uchumi huu unatekelezwa kando ya barabara kuu za Afrika ya Mashariki. Unahusisha madereva wa lori za masafa marefu kuuza mafuta ‚yaliyobakia‘ kwa wafanyabiashara ambao nao huyachuuza mapembezoni. Madereva na wafanyabiashara hawa hukana uharamu wa kazi hii na kuitambua kama biashara halali ya mabaki. Wahusika hawa hueleza haki yao ya kuuza mafuta haya kwa kupitia dhana ya salio. Hawatumii dhana maarufu kama mapato, bei au hata manufaa. Hapa, ninachambua salio kama mbinu mbadala ya kufumbua swala la thamani. Ninaandika nikifuatilia masimulizi ya kitendo cha kubuga (utaratibu wa kale wa usambazaji mali uliohimiza matajiri kubakisha masazo baada ya mavuno kwa manufaa ya wasiojiweza). Ninanuia kukagua kwa undani istiari za kibiashara pamoja na taratibu za kukokotoa zinazotumiwa na wanaoendeleza biashara hii. Kwa njia hii, ninakusudia kufafanua umuhimu wa salio katika shughuli za uchumi usio rasmi. Napendekeza kuwa biashara ya kando ya barabara hubainisha desturi mbadala za usambazaji wa mali pamoja na mbinu bunifu za kuwasilisha madai ya kimali. Kama dhana na pia kwa matumizi ya kila siku, desturi hizi zinakaidi matarajio ya itikadi ya soko huria, kwa mfano mtiririko huru wa utajiri, mabadilishano sawia, na masoko yanayozingatia bei kwa utambuzi wa thamani.

Abstract The research has the challenge of building a genealogy of the images produced within the risk society and establishing a relationship between the concept of risk and the imaginary. As a theoretical framework, we will have Gilbert Durand's theory unrolled in the Anthropological Structures of the Imaginary. As a corpus of analysis, we will make a case study regarding visual representations of the risks, specifically, of diseases caused by viruses such as HIV, SARS, H1N1, Ebola and Coronavirus. In the study the concept of risk will be analyzed in a broad way, from a philosophical, communicational and anthropological reasoning of the term, to an instrumental conceptualization for the field of Risk Communication. For that, we will analyze constellations of images that metaphorically represent the risks and their effects. One of these effects are narratives and practices produced by the risk society that least caution about hazards, and that, however, act in the production of chronic, stigmatized and punitive subjectivities, as Vaz (2019) predicts. One of the strategies is to consider the metaphor not only as an ornament or as something that moves the sense from one place to another. The metaphor will be observed as a producer of truths. The concept of risk is thus perceived by theorists such as Beck, Giddens and Douglas as a form of normalization that became a kind of microphysics that acts in all areas of everyday life. This contemporary form of normalization is significant in the process of oppression and identification where the relationship and life management change significantly. Key messages To make a scientific conceptualization for an ethic of the Communication of Risk in the contemporaneity having as a foundation the imaginary produced by the visual metaphors that describe the viruses. This study has as a challenge to know the relationships between the concept of risk and imaginary that can collaborate in the development of prevention practices in the field of Communication.

“Journalists have to begin a new type of journalism, sometimes being the guide on the side of the civic conversation as well as the filter and gatekeeper.” (Kolodzy 218) “In many respects, citizen journalism is simply public journalism removed from the journalism profession.” (Barlow 181) 1. Citizen Journalism — The Latest Innovation? New Media theorists such as Dan Gillmor, Henry Jenkins, Jay Rosen and Jeff Howe have recently touted Citizen Journalism (CJ) as the latest innovation in 21st century journalism. “Participatory journalism” and “user-driven journalism” are other terms to describe CJ, which its proponents argue is a disruptive innovation (Christensen) to the agenda-setting media institutions, news values and “objective” reportage. In this essay I offer a “contrarian” view, informed by two perspectives: (1) a three-stage model of theory-building (Carlile & Christensen) to evaluate the claims made about CJ; and (2) self-reflexive research insights (Etherington) from editing the US-based news site Disinformation between November 1999 and February 2008. New media theories can potentially create “cognitive dissonance” (Festinger) when their explanations of CJ practices are compared with what actually happens (Feyerabend). First I summarise Carlile & Christensen’s model and the dangers of “bad theory” (Ghoshal). Next I consider several problems in new media theories about CJ: the notion of ‘citizen’, new media populism, parallels in event-driven and civic journalism, and mergers and acquisitions. Two ‘self-reflexive’ issues are considered: ‘pro-ams’ or ‘professional amateurs’ as a challenge to professional journalists, and CJ’s deployment in new media operations and production environments. Finally, some exploratory questions are offered for future researchers. 2. An Evaluative Framework for New Media Theories on Citizen Journalism Paul Carlile and Clayton M. Christensen’s model offers one framework with which to evaluate new media theories on CJ. This framework is used below to highlight select issues and gaps in CJ’s current frameworks and theories. Carlile & Christensen suggest that robust theory-building emerges via three stages: Descriptive, Categorisation and Normative (Carlile & Christensen). There are three sub-stages in Descriptive theory-building; namely, the observation of phenomena, inductive classification into schemas and taxonomies, and correlative relationships to develop models (Carlile & Christensen 2-5). Once causation is established, Normative theory evolves through deductive logic which is subject to Kuhnian paradigm shifts and Popperian falsifiability (Carlile & Christensen 6). Its proponents situate CJ as a Categorisation or new journalism agenda that poses a Normative challenged and Kuhnian paradigm shift to traditional journalism. Existing CJ theories jump from the Descriptive phase of observations like “smart mobs” in Japanese youth subcultures (Rheingold) to make broad claims for Categorisation such as that IndyMedia, blogs and wiki publishing systems as new media alternatives to traditional media. CJ theories then underpin normative beliefs, values and worldviews. Correlative relationships are also used to differentiate CJ from the demand side of microeconomic analysis, from the top-down editorial models of traditional media outlets, and to adopt a vanguard stance. To support this, CJ proponents cite research on emergent collective behaviour such as the “wisdom of crowds” hypothesis (Surowiecki) or peer-to-peer network “swarms” (Pesce) to provide scientific justification for their Normative theories. However, further evaluative research is needed for three reasons: the emergent collective behaviour hypothesis may not actually inform CJ practices, existing theories may have “correlation not cause” errors, and the link may be due to citation network effects between CJ theorists. Collectively, this research base also frames CJ as an “ought to” Categorisation and then proceeds to Normative theory-building (Carlile & Christensen 7). However, I argue below that this Categorisation may be premature: its observations and correlative relationships might reinforce a ‘weak’ Normative theory with limited generalisation. CJ proponents seem to imply that it can be applied anywhere and under any condition—a “statement of causality” that almost makes it a fad (Carlile & Christensen 8). CJ that relies on Classification and Normative claims will be problematic without a strong grounding in Descriptive observation. To understand what’s potentially at stake for CJ’s future consider the consider the parallel debate about curricula renewal for the Masters of Business Administration in the wake of high-profile corporate collapses such as Enron, Worldcom, HIH and OneTel. The MBA evolved as a sociological and institutional construct to justify management as a profession that is codified, differentiated and has entry barriers (Khurana). This process might partly explain the pushback that some media professionals have to CJ as one alternative. MBA programs faced criticism if they had student cohorts with little business know-how or experiential learning (Mintzberg). Enron’s collapse illustrated the ethical dilemmas and unintended consequences that occurred when “bad theories” were implemented (Ghoshal). Professional journalists are aware of this: MBA-educated managers challenged the “craft” tradition in the early 1980s (Underwood). This meant that journalism’s ‘self-image’ (Morgan; Smith) is intertwined with managerial anxieties about media conglomerates in highly competitive markets. Ironically, as noted below, Citizen Journalists who adopt a vanguard position vis-a-vis media professionals step into a more complex game with other players. However, current theories have a naïve idealism about CJ’s promise of normative social change in the face of Machiavellian agency in business, the media and politics. 3. Citizen Who? Who is the “citizen” in CJ? What is their self-awareness as a political agent? CJ proponents who use the ‘self-image’ of ‘citizen’ draw on observations from the participatory vision of open source software, peer-to-peer networks, and case studies such as Howard Dean’s 2004 bid for the Democrat Party nominee in the US Presidential election campaign (Trippi). Recent theorists note Alexander Hamilton’s tradition of civic activism (Barlow 178) which links contemporary bloggers with the Federalist Papers and early newspaper pamphlets. One unsurfaced assumption in these observations and correlations is that most bloggers will adopt a coherent political philosophy as informed citizens: a variation on Lockean utilitarianism, Rawlsian liberalism or Nader consumer activism. To date there is little discussion about how political philosophy could deepen CJ’s ‘self-image’: how to critically evaluate sources, audit and investigation processes, or strategies to deal with elites, deterrence and power. For example, although bloggers kept Valerie Plame’s ‘outing’ as a covert intelligence operative highly visible in the issues-attention cycle, it was agenda-setting media like The New York Times who the Bush Administration targeted to silence (Pearlstine). To be viable, CJ needs to evolve beyond a new media populism, perhaps into a constructivist model of agency, norms and social change (Finnemore). 4. Citizen Journalism as New Media Populism Several “precursor trends” foreshadowed CJ notably the mid-1990s interest in “cool-hunting” by new media analysts and subculture marketeers (Gibson; Gladwell). Whilst this audience focus waned with the 1995-2000 dotcom bubble it resurfaced in CJ and publisher Tim O’Reilly’s Web 2.0 vision. Thus, CJ might be viewed as new media populism that has flourished with the Web 2.0 boom. Yet if the boom becomes a macroeconomic bubble (Gross; Spar) then CJ could be written off as a “silver bullet” that ultimately failed to deliver on its promises (Brooks, Jr.). The reputations of uncritical proponents who adopted a “true believer” stance would also be damaged (Hoffer). This risk is evident if CJ is compared with a parallel trend that shares its audience focus and populist view: day traders and technical analysts who speculate on financial markets. This parallel trend provides an alternative discipline in which the populism surfaced in an earlier form (Carlile & Christensen 12). Fidelity’s Peter Lynch argues that stock pickers can use their Main Street knowledge to beat Wall Street by exploiting information asymmetries (Lynch & Rothchild). Yet Lynch’s examples came from the mid-1970s to early 1980s when indexed mutual fund strategies worked, before deregulation and macroeconomic volatility. A change in the Web 2.0 boom might similarly trigger a reconsideration of Citizen Journalism. Hedge fund maven Victor Niederhoffer contends that investors who rely on technical analysis are practicing a Comtean religion (Niederhoffer & Kenner 72-74) instead of Efficient Market Hypothesis traders who use statistical arbitrage to deal with ‘random walks’ or Behavioural Finance experts who build on Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman’s Prospect Theory (Kahneman & Tversky). Niederhoffer’s deeper point is that technical analysts’ belief that the “trend is your friend” is no match for the other schools, despite a mini-publishing industry and computer trading systems. There are also ontological and epistemological differences between the schools. Similarly, CJ proponents who adopt a ‘Professional Amateur’ or ‘Pro-Am’ stance (Leadbeater & Miller) may face a similar gulf when making comparisons with professional journalists and the production environments in media organisations. CJ also thrives as new media populism because of institutional vested interests. When media conglomerates cut back on cadetships and internships CJ might fill the market demand as one alternative. New media programs at New York University and others can use CJ to differentiate themselves from “hyperlocal” competitors (Christensen; Slywotzky; Christensen, Curtis & Horn). This transforms CJ from new media populism to new media institution. 5. Parallels: Event-driven & Civic Journalism For new media programs, CJ builds on two earlier traditions: the Event-driven journalism of crises like the 1991 Gulf War (Wark) and the Civic Journalism school that emerged in the 1960s social upheavals. Civic Journalism’s awareness of minorities and social issues provides the character ethic and political philosophy for many Citizen Journalists. Jay Rosen and others suggest that CJ is the next-generation heir to Civic Journalism, tracing a thread from the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention to IndyMedia’s coverage of the 1999 “Battle in Seattle” (Rosen). Rosen’s observation could yield an interesting historiography or genealogy. Events such as the Southeast Asian tsunami on 26 December 2004 or Al Qaeda’s London bombings on 7 July 2005 are cited as examples of CJ as event-driven journalism and “pro-am collaboration” (Kolodzy 229-230). Having covered these events and Al Qaeda’s attacks on 11th September 2001, I have a slightly different view: this was more a variation on “first responder” status and handicam video footage that journalists have sourced for the past three decades when covering major disasters. This different view means that the “salience of categories” used to justify CJ and “pro-am collaboration” these events does not completely hold. Furthermore, when Citizen Journalism proponents tout Flickr and Wikipedia as models of real-time media they are building on a broader phenomenon that includes CNN’s Gulf War coverage and Bloomberg’s dominance of financial news (Loomis). 6. The Mergers & Acquisitions Scenario CJ proponents often express anxieties about the resilience of their outlets in the face of predatory venture capital firms who initiate Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) activities. Ironically, these venture capital firms have core competencies and expertise in the event-driven infrastructure and real-time media that CJ aspires to. Sequoia Capital and other venture capital firms have evaluative frameworks that likely surpass Carlile & Christensen in sophistication, and they exploit parallels, information asymmetries and market populism. Furthermore, although venture capital firms such as Union Street Ventures have funded Web 2.0 firms, they are absent from the explanations of some theorists, whose examples of Citizen Journalism and Web 2.0 success may be the result of survivorship bias. Thus, the venture capital market remains an untapped data source for researchers who want to evaluate the impact of CJ outlets and institutions. The M&A scenario further problematises CJ in several ways. First, CJ is framed as “oppositional” to traditional media, yet this may be used as a stratagem in a game theory framework with multiple stakeholders. Drexel Burnham Lambert’s financier Michael Milken used market populism to sell ‘high-yield’ or ‘junk’ bonds to investors whilst disrupting the Wall Street establishment in the late 1980s (Curtis) and CJ could fulfil a similar tactical purpose. Second, the M&A goal of some Web 2.0 firms could undermine the participatory goals of a site’s community if post-merger integration fails. Jason Calacanis’s sale of Weblogs, Inc to America Online in 2005 and MSNBC’s acquisition of Newsvine on 5 October 2007 (Newsvine) might be success stories. However, this raises issues of digital “property rights” if you contribute to a community that is then sold in an M&A transaction—an outcome closer to business process outsourcing. Third, media “buzz” can create an unrealistic vision when a CJ site fails to grow beyond its start-up phase. Backfence.com’s demise as a “hyperlocal” initiative (Caverly) is one cautionary event that recalls the 2000 dotcom crash. The M&A scenarios outlined above are market dystopias for CJ purists. The major lesson for CJ proponents is to include other market players in hypotheses about causation and correlation factors. 7. ‘Pro-Ams’ & Professional Journalism’s Crisis CJ emerged during a period when Professional Journalism faced a major crisis of ‘self-image’. The Demos report The Pro-Am Revolution (Leadbeater & Miller) popularised the notion of ‘professional amateurs’ which some CJ theorists adopt to strengthen their categorisation. In turn, this triggers a response from cultural theorists who fear bloggers are new media’s barbarians (Keen). I concede Leadbeater and Miller have identified an important category. However, how some CJ theorists then generalise from ‘Pro-Ams’ illustrates the danger of ‘weak’ theory referred to above. Leadbeater and Miller’s categorisation does not really include a counter-view on the strengths of professionals, as illustrated in humanistic consulting (Block), professional service firms (Maister; Maister, Green & Galford), and software development (McConnell). The signs of professionalism these authors mention include a commitment to learning and communal verification, mastery of a discipline and domain application, awareness of methodology creation, participation in mentoring, and cultivation of ethical awareness. Two key differences are discernment and quality of attention, as illustrated in how the legendary Hollywood film editor Walter Murch used Apple’s Final Cut Pro software to edit the 2003 film Cold Mountain (Koppelman). ‘Pro-Ams’ might not aspire to these criteria but Citizen Journalists shouldn’t throw out these standards, either. Doing so would be making the same mistake of overconfidence that technical analysts make against statistical arbitrageurs. Key processes—fact-checking, sub-editing and editorial decision-making—are invisible to the end-user, even if traceable in a blog or wiki publishing system, because of the judgments involved. One post-mortem insight from Assignment Zero was that these processes were vital to create the climate of authenticity and trust to sustain a Citizen Journalist community (Howe). CJ’s trouble with “objectivity” might also overlook some complexities, including the similarity of many bloggers to “noise traders” in financial markets and to op-ed columnists. Methodologies and reportage practices have evolved to deal with the objections that CJ proponents raise, from New Journalism’s radical subjectivity and creative non-fiction techniques (Wolfe & Johnson) to Precision Journalism that used descriptive statistics (Meyer). Finally, journalism frameworks could be updated with current research on how phenomenological awareness shapes our judgments and perceptions (Thompson). 8. Strategic Execution For me, one of CJ’s major weaknesses as a new media theory is its lack of “rich description” (Geertz) about the strategic execution of projects. As Disinfo.com site editor I encountered situations ranging from ‘denial of service’ attacks and spam to site migration, publishing systems that go offline, and ensuring an editorial consistency. Yet the messiness of these processes is missing from CJ theories and accounts. Theories that included this detail as “second-order interactions” (Carlile & Christensen 13) would offer a richer view of CJ. Many CJ and Web 2.0 projects fall into the categories of mini-projects, demonstration prototypes and start-ups, even when using a programming language such as Ajax or Ruby on Rails. Whilst the “bootstrap” process is a benefit, more longitudinal analysis and testing needs to occur, to ensure these projects are scalable and sustainable. For example, South Korea’s OhmyNews is cited as an exemplar that started with “727 citizen reporters and 4 editors” and now has “38,000 citizen reporters” and “a dozen editors” (Kolodzy 231). How does OhmyNews’s mix of hard and soft news change over time? Or, how does OhmyNews deal with a complex issue that might require major resources, such as security negotiations between North and South Korea? Such examples could do with further research. We need to go beyond “the vision thing” and look at the messiness of execution for deeper observations and counterintuitive correlations, to build new descriptive theories. 9. Future Research This essay argues that CJ needs re-evaluation. Its immediate legacy might be to splinter ‘journalism’ into micro-trends: Washington University’s Steve Boriss proclaims “citizen journalism is dead. Expert journalism is the future.” (Boriss; Mensching). The half-lives of such micro-trends demand new categorisations, which in turn prematurely feeds the theory-building cycle. Instead, future researchers could reinvigorate 21st century journalism if they ask deeper questions and return to the observation stage of building descriptive theories. In closing, below are some possible questions that future researchers might explore: Where are the “rich descriptions” of journalistic experience—“citizen”, “convergent”, “digital”, “Pro-Am” or otherwise in new media? How could practice-based approaches inform this research instead of relying on espoused theories-in-use? What new methodologies could be developed for CJ implementation? What role can the “heroic” individual reporter or editor have in “the swarm”? Do the claims about OhmyNews and other sites stand up to longitudinal observation? 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“Journalists have to begin a new type of journalism, sometimes being the guide on the side of the civic conversation as well as the filter and gatekeeper.” (Kolodzy 218) “In many respects, citizen journalism is simply public journalism removed from the journalism profession.” (Barlow 181) 1. Citizen Journalism — The Latest Innovation? New Media theorists such as Dan Gillmor, Henry Jenkins, Jay Rosen and Jeff Howe have recently touted Citizen Journalism (CJ) as the latest innovation in 21st century journalism. “Participatory journalism” and “user-driven journalism” are other terms to describe CJ, which its proponents argue is a disruptive innovation (Christensen) to the agenda-setting media institutions, news values and “objective” reportage. In this essay I offer a “contrarian” view, informed by two perspectives: (1) a three-stage model of theory-building (Carlile & Christensen) to evaluate the claims made about CJ; and (2) self-reflexive research insights (Etherington) from editing the US-based news site Disinformation between November 1999 and February 2008. New media theories can potentially create “cognitive dissonance” (Festinger) when their explanations of CJ practices are compared with what actually happens (Feyerabend). First I summarise Carlile & Christensen’s model and the dangers of “bad theory” (Ghoshal). Next I consider several problems in new media theories about CJ: the notion of ‘citizen’, new media populism, parallels in event-driven and civic journalism, and mergers and acquisitions. Two ‘self-reflexive’ issues are considered: ‘pro-ams’ or ‘professional amateurs’ as a challenge to professional journalists, and CJ’s deployment in new media operations and production environments. Finally, some exploratory questions are offered for future researchers. 2. An Evaluative Framework for New Media Theories on Citizen Journalism Paul Carlile and Clayton M. Christensen’s model offers one framework with which to evaluate new media theories on CJ. This framework is used below to highlight select issues and gaps in CJ’s current frameworks and theories. Carlile & Christensen suggest that robust theory-building emerges via three stages: Descriptive, Categorisation and Normative (Carlile & Christensen). There are three sub-stages in Descriptive theory-building; namely, the observation of phenomena, inductive classification into schemas and taxonomies, and correlative relationships to develop models (Carlile & Christensen 2-5). Once causation is established, Normative theory evolves through deductive logic which is subject to Kuhnian paradigm shifts and Popperian falsifiability (Carlile & Christensen 6). Its proponents situate CJ as a Categorisation or new journalism agenda that poses a Normative challenged and Kuhnian paradigm shift to traditional journalism. Existing CJ theories jump from the Descriptive phase of observations like “smart mobs” in Japanese youth subcultures (Rheingold) to make broad claims for Categorisation such as that IndyMedia, blogs and wiki publishing systems as new media alternatives to traditional media. CJ theories then underpin normative beliefs, values and worldviews. Correlative relationships are also used to differentiate CJ from the demand side of microeconomic analysis, from the top-down editorial models of traditional media outlets, and to adopt a vanguard stance. To support this, CJ proponents cite research on emergent collective behaviour such as the “wisdom of crowds” hypothesis (Surowiecki) or peer-to-peer network “swarms” (Pesce) to provide scientific justification for their Normative theories. However, further evaluative research is needed for three reasons: the emergent collective behaviour hypothesis may not actually inform CJ practices, existing theories may have “correlation not cause” errors, and the link may be due to citation network effects between CJ theorists. Collectively, this research base also frames CJ as an “ought to” Categorisation and then proceeds to Normative theory-building (Carlile & Christensen 7). However, I argue below that this Categorisation may be premature: its observations and correlative relationships might reinforce a ‘weak’ Normative theory with limited generalisation. CJ proponents seem to imply that it can be applied anywhere and under any condition—a “statement of causality” that almost makes it a fad (Carlile & Christensen 8). CJ that relies on Classification and Normative claims will be problematic without a strong grounding in Descriptive observation. To understand what’s potentially at stake for CJ’s future consider the consider the parallel debate about curricula renewal for the Masters of Business Administration in the wake of high-profile corporate collapses such as Enron, Worldcom, HIH and OneTel. The MBA evolved as a sociological and institutional construct to justify management as a profession that is codified, differentiated and has entry barriers (Khurana). This process might partly explain the pushback that some media professionals have to CJ as one alternative. MBA programs faced criticism if they had student cohorts with little business know-how or experiential learning (Mintzberg). Enron’s collapse illustrated the ethical dilemmas and unintended consequences that occurred when “bad theories” were implemented (Ghoshal). Professional journalists are aware of this: MBA-educated managers challenged the “craft” tradition in the early 1980s (Underwood). This meant that journalism’s ‘self-image’ (Morgan; Smith) is intertwined with managerial anxieties about media conglomerates in highly competitive markets. Ironically, as noted below, Citizen Journalists who adopt a vanguard position vis-a-vis media professionals step into a more complex game with other players. However, current theories have a naïve idealism about CJ’s promise of normative social change in the face of Machiavellian agency in business, the media and politics. 3. Citizen Who? Who is the “citizen” in CJ? What is their self-awareness as a political agent? CJ proponents who use the ‘self-image’ of ‘citizen’ draw on observations from the participatory vision of open source software, peer-to-peer networks, and case studies such as Howard Dean’s 2004 bid for the Democrat Party nominee in the US Presidential election campaign (Trippi). Recent theorists note Alexander Hamilton’s tradition of civic activism (Barlow 178) which links contemporary bloggers with the Federalist Papers and early newspaper pamphlets. One unsurfaced assumption in these observations and correlations is that most bloggers will adopt a coherent political philosophy as informed citizens: a variation on Lockean utilitarianism, Rawlsian liberalism or Nader consumer activism. To date there is little discussion about how political philosophy could deepen CJ’s ‘self-image’: how to critically evaluate sources, audit and investigation processes, or strategies to deal with elites, deterrence and power. For example, although bloggers kept Valerie Plame’s ‘outing’ as a covert intelligence operative highly visible in the issues-attention cycle, it was agenda-setting media like The New York Times who the Bush Administration targeted to silence (Pearlstine). To be viable, CJ needs to evolve beyond a new media populism, perhaps into a constructivist model of agency, norms and social change (Finnemore). 4. Citizen Journalism as New Media Populism Several “precursor trends” foreshadowed CJ notably the mid-1990s interest in “cool-hunting” by new media analysts and subculture marketeers (Gibson; Gladwell). Whilst this audience focus waned with the 1995-2000 dotcom bubble it resurfaced in CJ and publisher Tim O’Reilly’s Web 2.0 vision. Thus, CJ might be viewed as new media populism that has flourished with the Web 2.0 boom. Yet if the boom becomes a macroeconomic bubble (Gross; Spar) then CJ could be written off as a “silver bullet” that ultimately failed to deliver on its promises (Brooks, Jr.). The reputations of uncritical proponents who adopted a “true believer” stance would also be damaged (Hoffer). This risk is evident if CJ is compared with a parallel trend that shares its audience focus and populist view: day traders and technical analysts who speculate on financial markets. This parallel trend provides an alternative discipline in which the populism surfaced in an earlier form (Carlile & Christensen 12). Fidelity’s Peter Lynch argues that stock pickers can use their Main Street knowledge to beat Wall Street by exploiting information asymmetries (Lynch & Rothchild). Yet Lynch’s examples came from the mid-1970s to early 1980s when indexed mutual fund strategies worked, before deregulation and macroeconomic volatility. A change in the Web 2.0 boom might similarly trigger a reconsideration of Citizen Journalism. Hedge fund maven Victor Niederhoffer contends that investors who rely on technical analysis are practicing a Comtean religion (Niederhoffer & Kenner 72-74) instead of Efficient Market Hypothesis traders who use statistical arbitrage to deal with ‘random walks’ or Behavioural Finance experts who build on Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman’s Prospect Theory (Kahneman & Tversky). Niederhoffer’s deeper point is that technical analysts’ belief that the “trend is your friend” is no match for the other schools, despite a mini-publishing industry and computer trading systems. There are also ontological and epistemological differences between the schools. Similarly, CJ proponents who adopt a ‘Professional Amateur’ or ‘Pro-Am’ stance (Leadbeater & Miller) may face a similar gulf when making comparisons with professional journalists and the production environments in media organisations. CJ also thrives as new media populism because of institutional vested interests. When media conglomerates cut back on cadetships and internships CJ might fill the market demand as one alternative. New media programs at New York University and others can use CJ to differentiate themselves from “hyperlocal” competitors (Christensen; Slywotzky; Christensen, Curtis & Horn). This transforms CJ from new media populism to new media institution. 5. Parallels: Event-driven & Civic Journalism For new media programs, CJ builds on two earlier traditions: the Event-driven journalism of crises like the 1991 Gulf War (Wark) and the Civic Journalism school that emerged in the 1960s social upheavals. Civic Journalism’s awareness of minorities and social issues provides the character ethic and political philosophy for many Citizen Journalists. Jay Rosen and others suggest that CJ is the next-generation heir to Civic Journalism, tracing a thread from the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention to IndyMedia’s coverage of the 1999 “Battle in Seattle” (Rosen). Rosen’s observation could yield an interesting historiography or genealogy. Events such as the Southeast Asian tsunami on 26 December 2004 or Al Qaeda’s London bombings on 7 July 2005 are cited as examples of CJ as event-driven journalism and “pro-am collaboration” (Kolodzy 229-230). Having covered these events and Al Qaeda’s attacks on 11th September 2001, I have a slightly different view: this was more a variation on “first responder” status and handicam video footage that journalists have sourced for the past three decades when covering major disasters. This different view means that the “salience of categories” used to justify CJ and “pro-am collaboration” these events does not completely hold. Furthermore, when Citizen Journalism proponents tout Flickr and Wikipedia as models of real-time media they are building on a broader phenomenon that includes CNN’s Gulf War coverage and Bloomberg’s dominance of financial news (Loomis). 6. The Mergers & Acquisitions Scenario CJ proponents often express anxieties about the resilience of their outlets in the face of predatory venture capital firms who initiate Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) activities. Ironically, these venture capital firms have core competencies and expertise in the event-driven infrastructure and real-time media that CJ aspires to. Sequoia Capital and other venture capital firms have evaluative frameworks that likely surpass Carlile & Christensen in sophistication, and they exploit parallels, information asymmetries and market populism. Furthermore, although venture capital firms such as Union Street Ventures have funded Web 2.0 firms, they are absent from the explanations of some theorists, whose examples of Citizen Journalism and Web 2.0 success may be the result of survivorship bias. Thus, the venture capital market remains an untapped data source for researchers who want to evaluate the impact of CJ outlets and institutions. The M&A scenario further problematises CJ in several ways. First, CJ is framed as “oppositional” to traditional media, yet this may be used as a stratagem in a game theory framework with multiple stakeholders. Drexel Burnham Lambert’s financier Michael Milken used market populism to sell ‘high-yield’ or ‘junk’ bonds to investors whilst disrupting the Wall Street establishment in the late 1980s (Curtis) and CJ could fulfil a similar tactical purpose. Second, the M&A goal of some Web 2.0 firms could undermine the participatory goals of a site’s community if post-merger integration fails. Jason Calacanis’s sale of Weblogs, Inc to America Online in 2005 and MSNBC’s acquisition of Newsvine on 5 October 2007 (Newsvine) might be success stories. However, this raises issues of digital “property rights” if you contribute to a community that is then sold in an M&A transaction—an outcome closer to business process outsourcing. Third, media “buzz” can create an unrealistic vision when a CJ site fails to grow beyond its start-up phase. Backfence.com’s demise as a “hyperlocal” initiative (Caverly) is one cautionary event that recalls the 2000 dotcom crash. The M&A scenarios outlined above are market dystopias for CJ purists. The major lesson for CJ proponents is to include other market players in hypotheses about causation and correlation factors. 7. ‘Pro-Ams’ & Professional Journalism’s Crisis CJ emerged during a period when Professional Journalism faced a major crisis of ‘self-image’. The Demos report The Pro-Am Revolution (Leadbeater & Miller) popularised the notion of ‘professional amateurs’ which some CJ theorists adopt to strengthen their categorisation. In turn, this triggers a response from cultural theorists who fear bloggers are new media’s barbarians (Keen). I concede Leadbeater and Miller have identified an important category. However, how some CJ theorists then generalise from ‘Pro-Ams’ illustrates the danger of ‘weak’ theory referred to above. Leadbeater and Miller’s categorisation does not really include a counter-view on the strengths of professionals, as illustrated in humanistic consulting (Block), professional service firms (Maister; Maister, Green & Galford), and software development (McConnell). The signs of professionalism these authors mention include a commitment to learning and communal verification, mastery of a discipline and domain application, awareness of methodology creation, participation in mentoring, and cultivation of ethical awareness. Two key differences are discernment and quality of attention, as illustrated in how the legendary Hollywood film editor Walter Murch used Apple’s Final Cut Pro software to edit the 2003 film Cold Mountain (Koppelman). ‘Pro-Ams’ might not aspire to these criteria but Citizen Journalists shouldn’t throw out these standards, either. Doing so would be making the same mistake of overconfidence that technical analysts make against statistical arbitrageurs. Key processes—fact-checking, sub-editing and editorial decision-making—are invisible to the end-user, even if traceable in a blog or wiki publishing system, because of the judgments involved. One post-mortem insight from Assignment Zero was that these processes were vital to create the climate of authenticity and trust to sustain a Citizen Journalist community (Howe). CJ’s trouble with “objectivity” might also overlook some complexities, including the similarity of many bloggers to “noise traders” in financial markets and to op-ed columnists. Methodologies and reportage practices have evolved to deal with the objections that CJ proponents raise, from New Journalism’s radical subjectivity and creative non-fiction techniques (Wolfe & Johnson) to Precision Journalism that used descriptive statistics (Meyer). Finally, journalism frameworks could be updated with current research on how phenomenological awareness shapes our judgments and perceptions (Thompson). 8. Strategic Execution For me, one of CJ’s major weaknesses as a new media theory is its lack of “rich description” (Geertz) about the strategic execution of projects. As Disinfo.com site editor I encountered situations ranging from ‘denial of service’ attacks and spam to site migration, publishing systems that go offline, and ensuring an editorial consistency. Yet the messiness of these processes is missing from CJ theories and accounts. Theories that included this detail as “second-order interactions” (Carlile & Christensen 13) would offer a richer view of CJ. Many CJ and Web 2.0 projects fall into the categories of mini-projects, demonstration prototypes and start-ups, even when using a programming language such as Ajax or Ruby on Rails. Whilst the “bootstrap” process is a benefit, more longitudinal analysis and testing needs to occur, to ensure these projects are scalable and sustainable. For example, South Korea’s OhmyNews is cited as an exemplar that started with “727 citizen reporters and 4 editors” and now has “38,000 citizen reporters” and “a dozen editors” (Kolodzy 231). How does OhmyNews’s mix of hard and soft news change over time? Or, how does OhmyNews deal with a complex issue that might require major resources, such as security negotiations between North and South Korea? Such examples could do with further research. We need to go beyond “the vision thing” and look at the messiness of execution for deeper observations and counterintuitive correlations, to build new descriptive theories. 9. Future Research This essay argues that CJ needs re-evaluation. Its immediate legacy might be to splinter ‘journalism’ into micro-trends: Washington University’s Steve Boriss proclaims “citizen journalism is dead. Expert journalism is the future.” (Boriss; Mensching). The half-lives of such micro-trends demand new categorisations, which in turn prematurely feeds the theory-building cycle. Instead, future researchers could reinvigorate 21st century journalism if they ask deeper questions and return to the observation stage of building descriptive theories. In closing, below are some possible questions that future researchers might explore: Where are the “rich descriptions” of journalistic experience—“citizen”, “convergent”, “digital”, “Pro-Am” or otherwise in new media?How could practice-based approaches inform this research instead of relying on espoused theories-in-use?What new methodologies could be developed for CJ implementation?What role can the “heroic” individual reporter or editor have in “the swarm”?Do the claims about OhmyNews and other sites stand up to longitudinal observation?Are the theories used to justify Citizen Journalism’s normative stance (Rheingold; Surowiecki; Pesce) truly robust generalisations for strategic execution or do they reflect the biases of their creators?How could developers tap the conceptual dimensions of information technology innovation (Shasha) to create the next Facebook, MySpace or Wikipedia? References Argyris, Chris, and Donald Schon. Theory in Practice. 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