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Journal articles on the topic "Institutional communication. eng"
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Thomas, Martha Wetterhall, and Samuel B. Hardy. "Communication Instruction in a Mature Institutional Partnership." Business Communication Quarterly 68, no. 2 (June 2005): 197–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1080569905276672.
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Since 1994, the University of South Carolina at Columbia and the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration) have offered a joint master’s degree in international business. Communication instruction was initially a stable component of the program, with a week-long course at the beginning and a report-writing workshop at the end, followed by individual instruction in preparing deliverables for a consulting field project. Since the field projects were phased out in 2003, students continue to receive the one-week communication course in Vienna; after that, they have voluntary access to individual instruction from the Center for Business Communication at the University of South Carolina and exposure to in-class communication workshops as scheduled by faculty across the business disciplines. Although student feedback is positive, these instructional methods currently lack consistency. To achieve such consistency, a communication center can help to integrate instruction within MBA programs through communication intensive courses, writing studios, or a communication capstone course.
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Heyvaert, Pauline, François Randour, Jérémy Dodeigne, Julien Perrez, and Min Reuchamps. "Metaphors in political communication." Journal of Language and Politics 19, no. 2 (November 19, 2019): 201–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.17057.hey.
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Abstract This article analyses the use of (deliberate) metaphors in political discourse produced by French-speaking Belgian regional parliamentarians during non-institutional political interviews. The article first investigates if the use of deliberate metaphor limits itself to a particular type of political discourse (i.e. public and institutional political discourse) or if metaphor use is also found in other types of settings (i.e. non-institutional political discourse). Second, the article analyses the variation of deliberate metaphor use between political actors depending on gender, seniority and political affiliation. To this end, the article applies Steen’s (2008) three-dimensional model of metaphor analysis on biographical interviews conducted with French-speaking Belgian regional parliamentarians (RMPs). Our results indicate that RMPs, when using non-deliberate metaphors, mostly rely on source domains such as construction, battle and relationships. This is in contrast with the use of deliberate metaphors, where source domains like sports, nature and container take the upper hand.
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Sağın-Şimşek, Çiğdem. "Receptive multilingualism in Turkish-Turkmen academic counseling sessions." Applied Linguistics Review 5, no. 1 (April 1, 2014): 195–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2014-0009.
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AbstractThis study examines a case of receptive multilingual communication in academic counseling sessions with participants of Turkish and Turkmen languages. In particular, the study aims to explore the contribution of linguistic and extralinguistic factors that might facilitate and/or constraint interlocutors' understanding in receptive multilingual communications. To this end, elicited conversations of a Turkish academic advisor and a Turkmen university student were video recorded and analyzed. The analysis shows that linguistic factors such as morpho-syntactic and lexical similarities between these languages do not guarantee but facilitate understanding. As for the extralinguistic factors, the study confirms that the use of institutional keywords in academic counseling sessions activates interlocutors' common institutional knowledge and, thereupon, the interlocutors' understanding is facilitated.
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Roschuni, Celeste, Elizabeth Goodman, and Alice M. Agogino. "Communicating actionable user research for human-centered design." Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing 27, no. 2 (April 18, 2013): 143–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0890060413000048.
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AbstractIn human-centered design, user research drives design decisions by providing an understanding of end users. In practice, different people, teams, or even companies manage each step of the design process, making communication of user research results a critical activity. Based on an empirical study of current methods used by experts, this paper presents strategies for effectively communicating user research findings across organizational or corporate boundaries. To build researcher–client relationships, understand both user and client needs, and overcome institutional inertia, this paper proposes viewing user research clients asusersof user research outcomes. This reframing of the crafting of communication across boundaries as a parallel internal human-centered design process we refer to as adouble ethnography.
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Cabral, Raquel, Carlos Humberto Ferreira Silva Junior, Renata Calonego, and Candice Quincoses. "Comunicação orientada para cultura de paz nas organizações: uma proposta de análise da comunicação organizacional digital de três empresas do Pacto Global no Brasil." Relaciones Públicas en tiempos del confinamiento 10, no. 19 (June 26, 2020): 179–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.5783/rirp-19-2020-10-179-200.
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This article aims to understand some aspects of communication in organizations in order to identify which elements are essential for a communication dynamic focused on the culture of peace in a context that may or may not naturalize organizational violence. Although it may seem controversial, both dynamics (focused on a peace culture or violence) can be strained in the organizational environment as they value and legitimize strategic elements of communication in these same organizations. This conception is based on the understanding that companies, through the diffusion of their media discourses, either through their own official spaces or by other means, assume a significant role in society to schedule matters and establish standards. Thus, a demand arises for responsible communication, which has been used by companies as a form of competitive advantage to create and / or strengthen bonds with their audiences and, therefore, differentiate themselves in a market with competition fierce. For this, based on the principles discussed in Peace Studies and considering its multidisciplinary nature, there is in the Communication for Peace the debate about the appearance (or not) of violence through communicational dynamics. For this reason, we also support this paper in the strategic elements of Peace Journalism, which indicates forms of communication that stimulate a culture of peace in conflict scenarios. From this, it was possible to construct analytical categories, in order to list the essential characteristics that could indicate a direction of organizational communication as a potentializer of actions directed to the culture of peace or legitimizing organizational violence. This is because the communicational actions of companies, especially when referring to an institutional positioning, can influence behaviors and, consequently, in the consolidation of the organizational culture itself. In an attempt to check in a practical way the formulation of the developed categories, we selected three Brazilian companies that have long been committed to the Global Compact, an initiative of the United Nations, which seeks to bring elements linked to ethical and sustainable management into the organizational sphere, they are: Natura, Copel and ArcelorMittal. Therefore, we analyzed the institutional speeches propagated in the three selected videos of these companies, “Natura – The most beautiful tune”; “Institutional Copel Energia” and “Safety Day - ArcelorMittal” referring to the institutional campaigns of these companies that were published in the first half of 2019 on their official YouTube channels. The analysis of the material was performed based on the discursive proposal of stereotypes offered by Amossy (2008), which aligns the aspects of the enunciator's search for legitimation before an audience. To this end, four analytical categories were established to identify a communication directed towards peace, that is, one that is concerned with promoting dialogue, building collective values, generating social transformation and considering the historical and socio-cultural context in which they are inserted. The development of these categories was inspired by the perspective of Journalism for Peace (Lynch and Mcgoldrick, 2007; Cabral and Salhani, 2017) and by the dimensions of essential communication skills (Calonego, 2018). With the study, it was possible to identify that although organizations are committed to the goals established by the Global Compact, these elements are not necessarily presented in their institutional campaigns, indicating the need for organizational communication focused on peace. In addition, problems related to the alignment between the formulation of organizational discourse and its institutional communication were detected.
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Caccese, Michael S., Clair Pagnano, Eden Rohrer, and Xiomara Corral. "FINRA issues interpretive guidance on related performance in institutional communications." Journal of Investment Compliance 18, no. 4 (November 6, 2017): 36–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/joic-08-2017-0058.
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Purpose To analyze the June 9, 2017 Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) interpretive letter permitting the use of Related Performance Information in continuously offered closed-end registered investment company sales materials distributed solely to institutional investors. Design/methodology/approach Provides background, including the application of FINRA Rule 2210, and explains the conditions under which fund marketing materials may contain Related Performance Information. Findings While the interpretive letter will not result in a fundamental shift in the Industry’s approach to providing Related Performance Information of open- and closed-end funds to institutional investors, it also represents FINRA’s ongoing recognition that communications provided solely to institutional investors do not raise the same investor protection concerns as communications provided to retail investors. Originality/value Expert guidance from experienced investment management and investment fund lawyers.
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Elórtegui Gómez, Claudio, and Claudia Mellado Ruiz. "Roles of political journalism in a multiplatform context and institutional crisis." Comunicación y Sociedad 2019 (July 17, 2019): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.32870/cys.v2019i0.7136.
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Corona-León, Gladys Arlette, and Rosalba Mancinas-Chávez. "The importance of the communication strategy in tourism micro-enterprises in Seville." IROCAMM-International Review Of Communication And Marketing Mix 1, no. 4 (2021): 54–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.12795/irocamm.2021.v01.i04.05.
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In the context of excess information that we live in the XXI century, institutional communication becomes essential. Big enterprises and institutions clearly see the need to invest in this aspect, however small and micro-enterprises do not have it so assumed. The aim of this paper is to analyze the role of institutional communication in tourist micro-enterprises in Seville. It is carried out from the interview with 6 managers of micro-enterprises and is complemented by 2 interviews with experts. From the results, it is possible to verify that the organizations that implement communication elements manage to position themselves better.
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Feo, Rebecca, and Amanda LeCouteur. "Dealing with third-party complaints on a men’s relationship-counselling helpline." Discourse Studies 19, no. 2 (February 1, 2017): 131–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461445617691701.
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This article examines how third-party complaints were responded to by counsellors on a men’s relationship-counselling helpline. Much prior conversation analytic research has shown that third-party complaints in institutional settings are embedded in other activities and treated as secondary to the main interactional business. As such, complaints are routinely responded to with a shift to a new, institutionally relevant activity (e.g. the reason for the call/visit). In the context examined here, however, the third-party complaints constituted callers’ reasons for call. We show that, as in many other institutional contexts, counsellors do not, commonly, affiliate with callers’ complaints in the sense of displaying a similar stance towards a described third party. However, unlike in other settings that have been examined, counsellors’ responses did not result in an immediate shift away from callers’ complaints. This was primarily because, following counsellors’ non-affiliative responses, callers regularly engaged in work to pursue affiliation.
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Demuru, Paolo, Felippe Pimenta Rodrigues de Oliveira, and Elder Cuevas-Calderón. "Bodily regimes and meaning production in Bolsonaro’s visual discourse: a sociosemiotic perspective." Comunicación y Sociedad 2021 (June 16, 2021): 1–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.32870/cys.v2021.7949.
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In this paper, we analyze the semiotic strategies through which Jair Bolsonaro’s body is represented in his Instagram profile. In order to do that, we build upon Landowski’s elliptic semiotic square, through which we display Bolsonaro’s different bodily postures and lifestyles. The diagram shows four bodily regimes through which the body of the current Brazilian president is portrayed: 1) the military body, 2) the buffoonish body, 3) the institutional body, 4) the popular body. The results show that the institutional body is the least present, while the other three reinforce Bolsonaro’s non-political identity and anti-establishment discourse.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Institutional communication. eng"
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Santa, Rosa Sérgio Henrique. "A presença da produção científica da Unesp de Botucatu na imprensa local : o caso do "Diário da Serra" /." Bauru : [s.l.], 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/89443.
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Orientador: Claudio Bertolli FilhoBanca: Sydnei Ferreira Leite
Banca: Ricardo Alexino Ferreira
Resumo: O presente trabalho pretende analisar a presença da produção científica das unidades da Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) na imprensa da cidade de Botucatu, localizada onde elas estão implantadas. Para tanto, foi realizada uma análise do espaço conferido a essa produção nas páginas do jornal "Diário da Serra", o único veículo impresso de circulação diária produzido no município citado e, no atual momento, a principal referência jornalística da cidade. Presente em 23 municípios paulistas, a Unesp tem um peso social e econômico muito expressivo em Botucatu. A partir da coleta de dados sobre a presença de matérias abordando as atividades pesquisa científica realizadas nas unidades da Unesp, em Botucatu, analisaremos aspectos da relação entre a mídia local e a instituição, que influem na prática do jornalismo científico, bem como o compromisso social da Universidade com relação à divulgação do conhecimento que produz.
Abstract: The present study aims to analyze the presence of scientific production of the Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) units on the press in Botucatu, the city where such units are located. In order to do so, an analysis of the space assigned to this production on the pages of "Diário da Serra", a newspaper which is the only printed daily media produced in the city, and currently, its main journalistic reference, was performed. Present in 23 cities of São Paulo state, Unesp has a very expressive social and economical relevance in Botucatu. From the data collection about the presence of articles concerning the scientific research activies performed at Unes units, in Botucatu, we will analyze aspects of the relationship between the local media and the institution, which influence the practice of the scientific journalism, as well as the social commitment of the university regarding the publication of the knoledge it produces.
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Yelesen, Derem. "An Evaluation Of The Eng 311, Advanced Communication Skills." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607959/index.pdf.
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the course Eng 311, Advanced Communication Skills, offered by the Department of Modern Languages at Middle East Technical University. To fulfill this aim two questionnaires were designed to be administered to 198 out of 923 students taking this course, one at the beginning of the term and the other at the end of the term. What is more, another questionnaire was designed to be e-mailed to 114 graduate students who took this course before they graduated. In addition, a different version of the questionnaires was designed to be administered to 22 instructors teaching this course. Later, five of these instructors were also interviewed by the researcher. In this way, all these participants&rsquoopinions about the objectives, materials and the assessment in Eng 311 were identified. The quantitative data gathered from the questionnaires were analysed by conducting t-tests, ANOVA tests and chi-square tests. The qualitative data gathered fro the open-ended questions in the questionnaires and the interviews were analysed by content analysis by the researcher. The results of the study revealed that the participants were satisfied with the course. Most of the objectives of the course were considered as important by most for the participants. As regard the materials, although there were some complaints about some parts of the textbook, it was considered as effective as a whole. The type of materials that were rated the lowest were CDs and videos. As for the assessment, it was revealed by the results that there were some problems regarding standardization in the department, and the breakdown of points. In addition to these, some instructors also complained that the time allotted to the components of this lesson was not sufficient.
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Grácio, José Carlos Abbud. "Preservação digital na gestão da informação : um modelo processual para as instituições de ensino superior /." Marília : [s.n.], 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/103351.
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Orientador: Bárbara FadelBanca: Marta Lígia Pomim Valentim
Banca: José Remo Ferreira Brega
Banca: Camila Carneiro Dias Rigolin
Banca: Silvio Carvalho Neto
Resumo: A sociedade atual tem presenciado uma mudança de cultura na utilização das informações, advinda principalmente da invenção dos computadores e do surgimento da Internet. Nesse contexto, surge um grande desafio a ser enfrentado, que é a preservação das informações digitais, principalmente em função das ininterruptas mudanças e avanços das tecnologias de informação e comunicação (TIC) e do ambiente no qual essas informações estão inseridas, e, com ele, uma nova área de pesquisa, a preservação digital, com sua pauta própria de problemas, como a obsolescência tecnológica dos equipamentos (hardware), dos programas de computador (software), dos suportes e dos formatos de armazenamento. Além dos problemas técnicos, a preservação digital envolve também aspectos culturais, legais e administrativos. Apesar de as discussões sobre a preservação digital serem uma preocupação crescente no contexto atual, esta pesquisa justifica-se por se observar, na literatura, a necessidade de um aprofundamento das questões relativas ao tema, uma vez que existem ainda poucas iniciativas nacionais e uma carência de modelos de gestão para preservação digital que abordem todos os aspectos a ela relacionados. Como a aplicabilidade da preservação digital é extensa, adotaram-se as instituições de ensino superior (IES) como universo desta pesquisa, devido à explosão documentária em meio digital que tem sido observada nessas instituições, em razão principalmente do grande crescimento das atividades de ensino, pesquisa e extensão. Nesse sentido, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo propor um modelo processual de gestão para preservação da informação digital em uma IES, por meio de um aprofundamento dos estudos sobre todos os aspectos envolvidos na preservação digital e dos principais modelos de gestão da informação, que atenda e possa ser adequado a qualquer tipo de IES... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: Society has witnessed a cultural change in the use of information due to new technologies, mainly to computers and Internet. In this context, preservation of digital information emerges as a great challenge to be faced by information professionals, mainly derived from the constant enhancements and changes in information and communication technology (ICT), and in the environments in which information is inserted. Along with this new challenge, a new research area has been initiated, that of digital preservation whose agenda includes problems such as obsolescence of technological equipment (hardware), of computer programs (software), of information supports and of storage formats. Besides technological problems, digital preservation involves cultural, legal and managerial aspects. Although the concerns of the Information Area on the theme have been increasing, there is a need in literature to offer a sound theoretical discussion on issues related to it, and this is the proposal which may turn this research relevant. From the infinite universe of digital preservation applicability, the environment chosen for this research was that of Higher Education Institutions (HEI), where there has been an explosion of documents in digital form produced by teaching-learning activities in graduation and post graduation programs, research projects and community services. The aim of this investigation is to propose a processual management model for digital information preservation in HEI, by means of sound theoretical research on all the aspects involved in the preservation process and on the main information management models. The model should account for any type of HEI, any type of digital document, any type of academic information, and organizational culture should guide all processes. To achieve this goal, the exploratory methodology is adopted in order to be able to obtain a full understanding... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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"Institutional Trust Matters: Revisiting the ELM in the Context of Risk Communication in China." 2016. http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-1292420.
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本研究通過在中國的風險溝通情境中重新定義「推敲可能性模型」，以探究「機構信任」在訊息解讀中的關鍵作用。其中，對「推敲可能性模型」的核心概念作了情景化的再定義：「自我相關性」被特殊化為「後果可怕性的自我相關」，「信源可信性」被替換成「機構信任」。並且，「機構信任」由兩個維度組成：其一，機構類型（表明民眾對風險管理者的社會角色期望）；其二，可信性（表明民眾對風險管理者角色扮演的評價）。此外，「訊息特徵」被具體化為「風險溝通策略」，包括「抗拒」策略和「順應」策略。而訊息接受者在解讀訊息後的態度則表現為其對風險管理者的「關係滿意」與「關係承諾」程度。近年來頻繁發生於中國大陸的空氣污染是現代社會發展中一個典型的風險案例，其影響的大範圍性和嚴重性凸顯了風險管理的重要性，而有效的風險溝通則是其管理的基礎。因此，本研究以中國大陸的空氣污染為案例，進行相關的研究設計。藉助問卷星的樣本服務，共有1257人參與了線上問卷實驗。通過統計分析，得到以下研究發現：
首先，風險管理者的「可信性」是訊息接受者感知到的「後果可怕性的自我相關」與「推敲程度」之間的中介變量。換言之，如果訊息接受者認為風險對自己的影響和後果越可怕，那麼他們對風險管理者可信性的評價就會越差，結果反而增強他們對來自風險管理者的訊息的審讀。
其次，「機構類型」調節上述中介效果。以地方政府為例，訊息接受者對風險管理者的社會角色期望較高，他們感知到的風險後果對自身影響的可怕性會明顯降低他們對風險管理者可信性的評價，因而顯著增強他們對來自風險管理者的訊息的審讀。以科研機構為例，訊息接受者對風險管理者的社會角色期望較低，他們感知到的風險後果對自身影響的可怕性則會稍微削弱他們對風險管理者可信性的評價，並以較低的程度提升他們對來自風險管理者的訊息的審讀。
最後，訊息接受者的「推敲程度」調節「風險溝通策略」對「風險管理者﹣訊息接收者關係」的效果。當訊息接受者的「推敲程度」較高時，風險管理者的「抗拒」策略會明顯削弱訊息接受者對他們之間的關係的「滿意」和「承諾」程度，而「順應」策略則會大幅度增強訊息接受者對關係的「滿意」和「承諾」程度。對比之下，當訊息接受者的「推敲程度」較低時，風險管理者的「抗拒」策略會輕微削弱訊息接受者對關係的「滿意」和「承諾」程度，而「順應」策略只能小幅度改善訊息接受者對風險管理者的「滿意」和「承諾」程度。
本研究基於中國的風險溝通情境凸顯「機構信任」在訊息解讀過程中的關鍵性，對「推敲可能性模型」的理論發展具有以下啟示：1）風險管理者的「可信性」直接影響訊息解讀的「中心路徑」，挑戰「信源可信性」在現有研究中作為「邊緣路徑」或「中心路徑」的線索；2）風險管理者的「可信性」和訊息解讀者的「後果可怕性的自我相關」在引發「中心路徑」時都發揮十分重要的作用，以此挑戰前人得出的結論，即「自我相關性」是決定「中心路徑」發生與否的首要因素，而「信源可信性」對此並無影響；3）風險管理者的「可信性」對「推敲程度」呈現負面
This study aims to explore the salience of institutional trust in people’s information processing in risk communication in China by revisiting the elaboration likelihood model (ELM). Key concepts of the ELM are contextualized and redefined. Firstly, self-relevance and source credibility are reconceptualized as self-relevance regarding perceived dread and institutional trust. Specifically, institutional trust consists of institutional type (people’s role expectations of risk management actors) and perceived trustworthiness (people’ s judgments of risk management actors’ role performances). Besides, message characteristics are contextualized as defensive/accommodative risk communication strategy, while post-communication outcome is manifested by recipients’ satisfaction with and commitment to the relationship with risk management actors.
The air pollution in China is used as a typical large-scale risk with manifested consequences for testing relevant hypotheses. Participants randomly recruited from the paid sampling service of Sojump took part in an online survey experiment (N = 1257).
Firstly, perceived trustworthiness was found to partially mediate the relationship between self-relevance regarding perceived dread and level of elaboration. It indicated that the more dreadful individuals perceived the consequence of a risk on them, the more untrustworthy they judged risk management actors, which in turn increased the extent to which they elaborated the message from these actors.
Secondly, institutional type moderated the mediating effect. It suggested that when people highly expected a risk management actor to perform a normative role (i.e., the local government), their perceptions of the dreadful consequence on themselves sharply worsened the actor’s perceived trustworthiness, which in turn considerably increased the extent to which they scrutinized the message from the actor. However, when people held relatively low expectations of a risk management actor performing the normative role (i.e., research institutes), their recognitions of the dreadful consequence on themselves slightly decreased the actor’s perceived trustworthiness, which in turn facilitated recipients’ message elaboration to a small degree.
Thirdly, the effect of a risk management actor’s risk communication strategy on its relationship with recipients depended on recipients’ level of elaboration. When recipients’ level of elaboration was high, a risk management actor’s defensive strategy sharply impaired recipients’ satisfaction with and commitment to the relationship with the actor, whereas an accommodative strategy largely improved relational satisfaction and commitment. In comparison, when recipients’ level of elaboration was low, the difference in recipients’ satisfaction with or commitment to a risk management actor resulted from elaborating its defensive strategy and an accommodative one was less salient.
This study contributes to the development of the ELM by stressing the prominent role of institutional trust in individuals’ information processing in risk communication in China: 1) perceived trustworthiness directly affects the occurrence of the cent
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Thesis Ph.D. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2016.
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Books on the topic "Institutional communication. eng"
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Bauer, Anna, Florian Greiner, Sabine H. Krauss, Marlene Lippok, and Sarah Peuten, eds. Rationalitäten des Lebensendes. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/9783748901259.
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In recent decades, the cultural, social, medical and political handling of the end of life has been subject to fundamental change. Against the background of the rise of chronic diseases and longer dying processes, new problems have occurred, leading, amongst other things, to new conceptions of terminal care. In this volume, experts from various disciplines (ethnology, history, media and communication studies, medicine, nursing science and sociology) analyse the current debate on dying, death and bereavement and its relevance to society. The articles the book contains focus on key developments at the end of a life, such as current concepts in palliative and hospice care, individual prevention practices and public representations in the (digital) media landscape, and address their institutional and sociocultural contexts. In doing so, they challenge several truisms of previous research that arose due to close connections between social protest and scholarship. With contributions by Florian Greiner; Julia Dornhöfer; Anna Wagner, Manuel Menke, Susanne Kinnebrock and Marina Drakova; Michaela Thönnes; Lilian Coatas; Mara Kaiser; Sabine H. Krauss; Anna Kitta; Anna D. Bauer; Anke Offerhaus; Thorsten Benkel and Werner Schneider
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Heimann, Fritz, and Mark Pieth. Confronting Corruption. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190458331.001.0001.
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Corruption undermines nearly all key legal and developmental priorities today, including the effective functioning of democratic institutions and honest elections, environmental protection, human rights and human security, international development programs, and fair competition for global trade and investment. This book chronicles the global anticorruption steps taken since the movement advanced after the end of the Cold War. It provides a realistic assessment of the present state of affairs by critically evaluating what existing anticorruption programs and treaties have accomplished and documenting their shortcomings, while developing an action agenda for the next decade. The authors argue that reformative action is imperative, and the forces of globalization and digital communication will level the playing field and erode the secrecy corruption requires. They define corruption, document its effects, discuss the initiatives that changed public perception, analyze the lessons learned, and then evaluate how to move forward with existing initiatives charting a new path with new, differentiated strategies.
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RICHER-ROSSI, Francoise, and Stéphane PATIN, eds. L'art et la manière. Editions des archives contemporaines, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.17184/eac.9782813004093.
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Indéniable facteur d’attractivité et de richesse, le monde de la culture et de la création ne cesse de se diversifier et de monter en puissance, notamment grâce à la démocratisation d’internet et aux nouveaux modes d’accès numériques. Professionnels du monde de la culture et enseignants-chercheurs livrent leurs réflexions, constats et interrogations dans cet ouvrage collectif polarisé autour de deux objets complémentaires – la médiation culturelle et la communication – qui permettent de mettre en lumière autant de moyens de créer, de représenter, de promouvoir, de diffuser la culture sous toutes ses formes dans un contexte national et international, et aussi, de la protéger. Les contributions s’imbriquent, se complètent, favorisant un ensemble d’interactions tant le travail des auteurs participe à la fois de la création et de la médiation et tant l’art doit compter avec le politique et considérer objectifs éducatifs et paramètres économiques. L’année 2020 et la pandémie due à la Covid 19 ont malmené le secteur culturel, entraînant de multiples fermetures ; dans le même temps, se sont mises en place des propositions alternatives. Les libraires, véritables médiateurs culturels, ont reçu l’appui du public. Les musées et les institutions culturelles n’ont cessé de communiquer et d’offrir leurs collections à des visites virtuelles. Le numérique, qui accélère création et diffusion, apparaît comme un médium artistique et communicationnel privilégié. L’offre des plateformes de films et de séries a explosé et, si les échanges et manifestations en présentiel se réduisent, nul doute que les États ont besoin que les biens et les services culturels s’adaptent et se multiplient car les professionnels des arts, des spectacles, de la communication participent du soft power, contribuant au rayonnement des nations et à leur influence indirecte à travers leurs exportations commerciales et culturelles.
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Allen, Craig. Univision, Telemundo, and the Rise of Spanish-Language Television in the United States. University Press of Florida, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9781683401643.001.0001.
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The first completely researched history of U.S. Spanish-language television traces the rise of two foremost, if widely unrecognized, modern American enterprises—the Spanish-language networks Univision and Telemundo. It is a standard scholarly history constructed from archives, original interviews, reportage, and other public materials. Occasioned by the public’s wakening to a “Latinization” of the U.S., the book demonstrates that the emergence of Spanish-language television as a force in mass communication is essential to understanding the increasing role of Latinos and Latino affairs in modern American society. It argues that a combination of foreign and domestic entrepreneurs and innovators who overcame large odds resolves a significant and timely question: In an English-speaking country, how could a Spanish-speaking institution have emerged? Through exploration of significant and colorful pioneers, continuing conflicts and setbacks, landmark strides, and ongoing controversies—and with revelations that include regulatory indecision, behind-the-scenes tug-of-war, and the internationalization of U.S. mass media—the rise of a Spanish-language institution in the English-speaking U.S. is explained. Nine chapters that begin with Spanish-language television’s inception in 1961 and end 2012 chronologically narrate the endeavor’s first 50 years. Events, passages, and themes are thoroughly referenced.
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Juergensmeyer, Mark, Saskia Sassen, Manfred B. Steger, and Victor Faessel, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Global Studies. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190630577.001.0001.
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This handbook provides an overview of the emerging field of global studies. Since the end of the Cold War, globalization has been reshaping the modern world, and an array of new scholarship has risen to make sense of it in its various transnational manifestations—including economic, social, cultural, ideological, technological, environmental, and in new communications. The chapters discuss various aspects in the field through a broad range of approaches. Several chapters focus on the emergence of the field and its historical antecedents. Other chapters explore analytic and conceptual approaches to teaching and research in global studies. The largest section deals with the subject matter of global studies—challenges from diasporas and pandemics to the global city and the emergence of a transnational capitalist class. The final two sections feature chapters that take a critical view of globalization from diverse perspectives and essays on global citizenship—the ideas and institutions that guide an emerging global civil society. This handbook focuses on global studies more than on the phenomenon of globalization itself, although the various aspects of globalization are central to understanding how the field is currently being shaped.
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Carmo, Leide Silva do, and Nelson Iguimar Valerio. Psicologia & saúde treino de habilidades de vida e saúde mental em universitários. Brazil Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31012/978-65-87836-06-5.
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Several factors can cause damage to the mental health of university students, e.g. academic adaptation, housing change, distance from family and friends, and dealing with stressors regarding new requirements, which need some resources to cope with such situations. The content of this book, from the Master's Dissertation developed by the authors at the Stricto-Sensu Psychology and Health Post-Graduation Program at the Medical School of São José do Rio Preto - FAMERP, aims at describing the presence of mental disorders and demonstrating the implementation of a life-skills training in university students (Medicine and Nursing), randomly chosen in a teaching institution in a medium-sized city, interior of São Paulo state. The participants expressed high symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress in the initial evaluation, however, after the training of group life skills, they showed significant improvements with maintenance of these rates during the follow-up. This training can be stood out to improve the mental health and life skills of the students. It is likely that the intervention group may have helped these students to cope with negative pressures, avoiding risky behaviors, communicating effectively; moreover, coping with adaptations and changes in such academic process. It is worthwhile to point out that this study may encourage further research in relation to mental health and life-skills in university students, and that it will encourage the insertion of programs with these skills training, due to their effectiveness, low cost, the participants´ acceptance, improvement in mental health, and provide increasing academic performance.
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C, Godfrey Paul, and Grasso Edward T, eds. Working for the common good: Concepts and models for service-learning in management. Washington, D.C: American Association for Higher Education, 2000.
Find full textBook chapters on the topic "Institutional communication. eng"
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Leydesdorff, Loet. "Evolutionary and Institutional Triple Helix Models." In Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Scientific and Scholarly Communication, 89–113. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59951-5_5.
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AbstractThe institutional TH model focuses on relations of universities, industries, and governments in networks. Institutional arrangements develop over time along trajectories. The Triple-Helix metaphor of university-industry-government relations can also be elaborated into a neo-evolutionary model combining the vertical differentiation among the levels (in terms of relations, correlations, perspectives, and horizons of meaning) with the options for horizontal differentiation among the codes (e.g., markets, technologies, politics, etc., oper-ating in parallel). The neo-evolutionary model focuses on the interactions among selection mechanisms (markets, technologies, endowments) at the regime level. The historical and evolutionary dynamics feedback on each other. The relative weights of the historical versus evolutionary dynamics can be measured as a trade-off. Among three or more selection environments, synergy can be generated as redundancy on top of the aggregates of bilateral and unilateral contributions to the information flows. The number of new options available to an innovation system for realization may be as decisive for its survival more than the historical record of past performance.
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Reimers, Fernando M. "Conclusions. Seven Lessons to Build an Education Renaissance After the Pandemic." In Implementing Deeper Learning and 21st Education Reforms, 171–98. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57039-2_8.
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Abstract This chapter draws out seven lessons from the cross-country analysis of the six reforms studied in this chapter. These are: Lesson 1. The power of complex mindsets about education reform. The six reforms all reflect reliance on the worldviews presented in the five frames of reform: cultural, psychological, professional, institutional and political. Those that have been sustained relied on insights from more of these five frames than those that were short lived. Lesson 2. Implementation matters considerably. The chapter discusses how the implementation process in effect recreates a reform, and how the development of an operational strategy defining the details of reform is what in the end most matters to the success of reform. The chapter discusses how the six reforms produced rather distinct operational strategies of seemingly similar components of the reform such as the learning goals for students or teacher professional development. Implementation strategies are also based on implicit theories of how organizations work, and the chapter explains the usefulness of a developmental theory of how organizations evolve to designing strategies that are aligned with the functionings that are possible in a given developmental stage, while also helping the organization evolve towards higher levels of functioning. Lesson 3. The need for operational clarity. People can’t execute what they don’t understand, and a reform must be able to translate goals into clear objectives and reform components into clear tasks which can be widely communicated and understood, as well as tracked to discern improvement and course correct when necessary. Lesson 4. Large scale reform is a journey: Coherence, Completeness and the Five Frames. The chapter explains how using the five dimensional theory of educational change can support coherence and completeness in a reform. Lesson 5. Sequencing, pacing and the importance of first steps. An operational strategy needs to be sequenced attending to ambition of goals, to existing levels of capacity and to institutional stage of development of the system. The first steps in the sequence are consequential because they shape the narrative of reform in ways that have long lasting consequences. Lesson 6. Staying the course. Long policy cycles are essential for reforms to be implemented and to produce results, and those cannot be taken for granted. Coherence, communication and participation can garner support that sustains a reform over time. Lesson 7. Learning from experience to build system level capacity. Most important to the coherent implementation of a reform is to create opportunities for key stakeholders, at various levels of the system, to learn together as a result of implementing components of the reform. Creating feedback loops and processes for making sense of such information is critical to support such learning.
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"Communicating findings and assessing impact." In Brazil's Supreme Audit Institution, 163–98. OECD, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264188112-11-en.
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Stahn, Carsten. "Institutional Expression." In Justice as Message, 165–249. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198864189.003.0004.
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The chapter demonstrates that the very act of reacting to atrocities, and institutionalization itself, has expressive meaning. Institutions rely on symbolism, rituals, and mimetic practices in order to ensure their own survival. This also applies to international criminal courts and tribunals. Sometimes the ‘medium is the message’. Throughout history, the establishment of institutions has sent different signals, such as memory and remembrance, shame and apology, renewal of community relations, hope and belief or protest. International criminal justice relies on action. Speech act theory is helpful to understand the various meanings of institutional action. Acts, such as jurisdictional determinations (e.g. complementarity), preliminary examinations or investigations, arrests, or cooperation create new narrative subjects, entail commands or incentives for action, or convey attitudes. Outreach and legacy strategies involve strong didactic rationales. They are often more geared towards one-sided expression rather than two-way communication or mutual learning
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Ekanem, Thelma, Rotimi Williams Olatunji, Lanre Amodu, Oscar Odiboh, and Olusola Oyero. "Corporate Communication, Indigenous Languages, and Community Relations." In Emerging Trends in Indigenous Language Media, Communication, Gender, and Health, 242–62. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2091-8.ch013.
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This conceptual work examines corporate communication as a tool for coordinating universities' internal and external messages in Nigeria. It explores universities' attempts to harness, link-up, and interact with their publics. This chapter presents effective corporate communication as the unifying principle in many institutional decisions. It emphasizes that sometimes, universities' efforts to communicate effectively and profitably with their host communities end up in futility especially where indigenous language is a key environmental factor. University-neighbour relationship globally ought to be symbiotic and mutually-reinforcing. This chapter reviews scholarly commentaries on corporate communication, the relevance of indigenous language to community relations; and highlights in conclusion, the implications for universities in neglecting indigenous language during community engagements. It recommends that universities should motivate their employees to apply indigenous languages in enhancing understanding between the institutions and their host communities.
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Beaudry, Jean-Pierre. "LES INSTITUTIONS FINANCIÈRES PENDANT LA CRISE DU VERGLAS." In Communications en temps de crise, 69–76. Presses de l'Université du Québec, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv18phf9j.10.
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West, Joel. "Institutional Constraints in the Initial Deployment of Cellular Telephone Service on Three Continents." In Information Technology Standards and Standardization, 198–221. IGI Global, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-878289-70-4.ch013.
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The influence of institutional pressures on standards and standardization are readily apparent in their most direct form. For example, in the mid-1990s, both the European Union and the United States issued new wireless communications licenses in the 1.8-2.0 GHz band: the EU countries mandated use of their decade-old communications standard, while the U.S. authorized three competing standards not yet widely used in the U.S. (Mehrotra, 1994). However, institutional pressures can also shape standardization efforts in a less direct fashion. For example, in a regulated industry such as telecommunications, existing economic and political institutions constrain the diffusion of a new technology. Such diffusion mediates the impact of product compatibility standards upon society. If producers adopt standards for their goods and services, and if users adopt the products that incorporate such standards, only then such standards can have an economic or social effect upon society at large. Therefore, it is important to understand the impact of institutional pressures on diffusion of the innovation that incorporates a standard if we wish to explain the eventual success or failure of such a standard. Here a particular standards-based innovation, analog cellular telephone service, provides an opportunity to contrast the effects of institutions on diffusion and thus standardization. Over a four year period, three independent design centers deployed mutually incompatible standards in three continents. While the technical solutions were similar, differences in institutional context between the regions influenced both the nature of the respective standards and their corresponding diffusion. In particular, the systems were deployed in a period of shifting telecommunications competition policies and priorities for radio frequency allocation. Prior research has examined the causal links between standards and institutions, both the institutional context of standards development (e.g., Besen, 1990) and also how established standards themselves function as institutions (Kindleberger, 1983). But rarely do we have the opportunity to examine the diffusion of the same innovation in differing institutional contexts. This paper will focus on the most complex institutional context for the deployment of cellular telephone service, the United States, which despite having invented cellular technology, was the third region to deploy cellular service due to regulatory delays. The experience of Japan and Northern Europe are offered as contrasts to highlight the importance of the institutional context in the adoption of both standards and standardized products.
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Egyedi, T. M. "Institutional Dilemma in ICT Standardization." In Information Technology Standards and Standardization, 48–62. IGI Global, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-878289-70-4.ch004.
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The effect of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on our daily life needs no explanation. That standardization reduces diversity, facilitates interoperability and thus plays an important role in diffusing ICT uses is clear. Standardization matters to the ICT market. Less evident is the way in which standardization influences the kind of ICTs that become available to customers. In the past it was common to view committee standardization as a locus for collective learning and exchange of technological knowledge. New standards were expected to embody state-of-the art ideas on technology. But practitioners, i.e. ICT standards developers and implementers, as well as standardization watchers repeatedly voice disappointment about the technical content of new standards and the process of committee standardization. They criticize the formal standards bodies for furthering a politicized mode of standardization, and point to the greater use of standards that stem from other arena (e.g. consortia, user groups, and practitioner organizations). These other institutional settings of standardization are held to produce more applicable standards and standards of better quality technology-wise. Are they barking up the wrong tree? In this chapter I explore whether this is the case.
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Collier, Ken. "Content Analysis as Rhetorical EEG of the Presidency." In Advances in Linguistics and Communication Studies, 182–201. IGI Global, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5003-9.ch011.
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Electroencephalography (EEG) tracks voltage fluctuations resulting from ionic current flows within the neurons of the brain by recording electrical activity along the scalp to reveal what regions of the brain are involved in different mental processes. This chapter demonstrates how DICTION can be used to measure the fluctuations in the rhetoric in drafts of presidential speeches as they move through the White House speech drafting and review process. This chapter incorporates rhetorical analysis of 494 drafts of 67 presidential speeches gathered from the archives of administrations from Franklin Roosevelt to George H.W. Bush. Like the EEG, looking at the fluctuations in rhetorical scores may not reveal exactly what the thoughts are in the process, but it can reveal how a speech’s language changes over the course of the speechwriting process and help us unravel the mysteries of the inner-workings of this vital institution.
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Haider, Syed Ali, M. Yasin Akhtar Raja, and Khurram Kazi. "Communication Infrastructures in Access Networks." In Cloud Technology, 943–69. IGI Global, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6539-2.ch044.
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Access networks are usually termed “last-mile/first-mile” networks since they connect the end user with the metro-edge network (or the exchange). This connectivity is often at data rates that are significantly slower than the data rates available at metro and core networks. Metro networks span large cities and core networks connect cities or bigger regions together by forming a backbone network on which traffic from an entire city is transported. With the industry achieving up to 400 Gbps of data rates at core networks (and increasing those rates [Reading, 2013]), it is critical to have high-speed access networks that can cope with the tremendous bandwidth opportunity and not act as a bottleneck. The opportunity lies in enabling services that can be of benefit to the consumers as well as large organizations. For instance, moving institutional/personal data to the cloud will require a high-speed access network that can overcome delays incurred during upload and download of information. Cloud-based services, such as computing and storage services are further enhanced with the availability of such high-speed access networks. Access networks have evolved over time and the industry is constantly looking for ways to improve their capacity. Therefore, an understanding of the fundamental technologies involved in wired and wireless access networks will help the reader appreciate the full potential of the cloud and cloud access. Against the same backdrop, this chapter aims at providing an understanding of the evolution of access technologies that enable the tremendous mobility potential of cloud-based services in the contemporary cloud paradigm.
Conference papers on the topic "Institutional communication. eng"
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Felix, Jonathan J. "The Digital Culture Of The Academy And The Limits Of Technology." In COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY CONGRESS. ISTANBUL AYDIN UNIVERSITY, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.17932/ctc.2021/ctc21.007.
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This disruptive nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has created a large-scale scramble to translate offline modes of instruction to online teaching. Furthermore, this massive shift in teaching and learning in general and higher education, in particular, has seen those digital technologies being used for teaching and learning offer convergent modalities for synchronous and asynchronous classroom delivery. The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on education globally indicates that while the affordances of digital technologies provide interesting opportunities for teaching and learning, in no way has it definitively proven to be as emancipatory or revolutionary as some proponents of educational technology have argued before the pandemic occurred. Also, rather than merely reflect, highlight, or exacerbate inequalities, divisions, and conflicts in the real world, the social phenomenon of online teaching en masse due the pandemic serves to demonstrate the importance of multimodal communication and the very social nature of university learning and formal education more broadly. Arguably, the digital identity of both students and teachers have been in constant negotiation since the start of this pandemic has occurred, as online teaching moved from being a marginal pedagogical practice to a widespread social phenomenon. At this juncture in world history, it is worth considering the viability of higher education and the social production of teachers and learners under the unstable and disruptive conditions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The implications of this critical intervention pertain to the evolving role of the social institution of the academy itself, the nature of disciplinarity, and the activity that occurs within higher education institutions.
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Faust, Maria. "Revitalizing Eastern and Western Online Communication: A Micro-Meso-Macro Link of Temporal Digital Change." In GLOCAL Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology 2019. The GLOCAL Unit, SOAS University of London, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.47298/cala2019.2-2.
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This paper explains in a de-westernized sense (Gunaratne, 2010) how internet-mediated communication changes the way we deal with and plan time both individually and culturally in Germany and China. Therefore, it blends Western and Eastern culture and media theories. The paper focuses on two distinct phenomena: temporal change due to social media, and Online journalism, as the core of Internet-mediated communication (for Germany 39% communication, media use 24% Projektgruppe ARD/ZDF-Multimedia, 2016; for China 90.7% instant messaging, 82% Internet news China Internet Network Information Center, 2017), with other temporal change via smart devices touched upon (Ash, 2018). General research on time in post modern societies, recently more focused on media’s temporal change phenomena (e.g. Barker, 2012; Barker, 2018; Castells, 2010; Eriksen, 2001; Hartmann, 2016; Hassan, 2003; Innis, 2004; Neverla, 2010a, 2010b; Nowotny, 1995; Rantanen, 2005; Wajcman, 2010; Wajcman and Dodd) has not yet linked the different societal and cultural levels of temporal change. Thus, we suggest the following to fill this research gap: For a micro perspective the notions of network theories (e.g. Granovetter, 1973; Schönhuth, 2013), media synchronicity (Dennis, Fuller, and Valacich, 2008) and the idea of permanent connectivity (Sonnentag, Reinecke, Mata, and Vorderer, 2018; van Dijck, 2013; Vorderer, Krömer, and Schneider, 2016) are linked. On a meso level, institutional change in Online journalism with a focus on acceleration is modeled (Ananny, 2016; Bødker and Sonnevend, 2017; Dimmick, Feaster, and Hoplamazian, 2011; Krüger, 2014; Neuberger, 2010). On a macro level, mediatization theory (Couldry and Hepp, 2017; Krotz, 2001, 2012) and recent acceleration theory (Rosa, 2005, 2012, 2017) is discussed. The levels are systematically linked suggesting a micro-meso-macro-link (Quandt, 2010) to then ask if and how many of the dimensions of the construct temporal understanding (Faust, 2016) can be changed through Internet-mediated communication. Temporal understanding consists of nine dimensions: General past, general future, instrumental experience (monochronicity), fatalism, interacting experience (polychronicity), pace of life, future as planned expectation and result of proximal goals as well as future as trust based interacting expectation and result of present positive behavior. Temporal understanding integrates the anthropological construct of polychronicity (Bluedorn, Kalliath, Strube, and Martin, 1999; Hall, 1984; Lindquist and Kaufman-Scarborough, 2007), pace of life (Levine, 1998) and temporal horizon (Klapproth, 2011) into a broader framework which goes beyond Western biased constructs through the theory driven incorporation of Confucian notions (Chinese Culture Connection, 1987). Finally, meta trends are laid out.
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Ngwane, Knowledge Siyabonga Vusamandla, and C. N. Ngwane. "Effective administration of university leadership in a selected institution in Durban." In International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation. IATED Digital Library, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.51415/10321/2521.
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University leadership and administration is a critical aspect as it is about the functioning of the entire institution. Effective and efficient administration of the university relies on the principal. Leading proponents encourage transformational leadership, moral stewardship, principal as an instructional leader, and principal as a communicator or community builder. Discovering effective leadership and administration mechanisms can help teach university decision and policy makers to implement leadership development which will lead to improved student achievement. The purpose of this article is to investigate the university senior leadership and its administration in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness holistically. The problem resulting to conducting of this study is the high level of both students and staff demonstrations annually in the selected university, these strikes end up affecting teaching, learning and research within the institution. The underlying question the study intends to address is: “Which factors hinder effective and efficient university administration?” Educational leadership changes from a managerial orientation to promote the significance of concentrating on the learning and teaching process and student success. Educational institution leaders’ competencies are always associated with continuous training and development they receive to make them better leaders. Hence, training and development in university leadership requires a systematic planning which will result to excellent institution education. In order to explain the phenomenon under study better, the Burns transformational theory founded by James MacGregor Burns will be utilised. The positivism paradigm is the philosophy adopted for this study. The survey will be conducted at the Durban University of Technology with the intention to address the question and the objective of the study. The questionnaires will be administered to 30 senior management members within the institution, including the Vice Chancellor and his Deputy, Deans, Directors and HODs.
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Gribovod, Ekaterina. "Mediatisation as a Driver of Big Data Growth." In The Public/Private in Modern Civilization, the 22nd Russian Scientific-Practical Conference (with international participation) (Yekaterinburg, April 16-17, 2020). Liberal Arts University – University for Humanities, Yekaterinburg, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.35853/ufh-public/private-2020-62.
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The possibilities and consequences of the application and penetration of information technology in different spheres of society are of particular interdisciplinary interest in today’s academic environment. The methodological basis of the study was a combination of informational, comparative, systematic and conceptual approaches. Besides that, the secondary data analysis method was employed. This article examines mediatisation as an important factor in accelerating the accumulation of big data in the digital age. With the emergence of new media and the digitalisation of modern media space, researchers have recorded a process of ‘deep mediatisation’. It is noted that, in domestic practice, the main emphasis in the study of the phenomenon of ‘Big Data’ is on its technical aspect, while socio-humanitarian characteristics and effects are revealed to a lesser extent. The article represents an attempt to consider ‘Big Data’ technology as a symbolic and authoritative resource of the information society. Mediatisation and big data are interrelated. On one hand, ‘Big Data’ technology allows for the identification and measurement of quantitative indicators of the mediatisation process (e.g. active social media audience, etc.) and facilitates the processing of the findings. Mediatisation, on the other hand, facilitates the accumulation of heterogeneous data and, as a theoretical concept, allows for the implications of big data technology to be identified and for social institutions to be adapted to it. In addition, mediatisation is changing the paradigm of the private and individual aspects in media space as a result of the growth in the volume, storage and reproduction of social information in the digital society, the lowering of the barrier of access to the media age, and the emergence of new actors of communication: micro-subjects (e.g. Influencers).
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Kendall, Susan K., Ramune K. Kubilius, Sarah McClung, Jean Gudenas, and Rena Lubker. "Down the Rabbit Hole We Go Again (the 19th Health Sciences Lively Lunchtime Discussion)." In Charleston Library Conference. Purdue Univeristy, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317161.
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This year’s sponsored, no holds barred health sciences lively lunchtime gathering was open to all. It began with greetings from luncheon sponsor, Rittenhouse. The moderator, Rena Lubker, introduced the session and provided introductory remarks about this year’s three presentations: a commentary on issues that keep us up at night; a report on considerations to make when leaving big deal licenses and entering into new, OA friendly arrangements; and more discussion about the impact of expansions on libraries of academic medical affiliation. All three topics provided fodder for lively discussion at the end. Ramune Kubilius provided her brief annual update on health sciences publishing world developments. Are there trends or commonalities in the issues that concern health sciences collection managers across institutions? Susan Kendall, editor of a recent book on 21st century collection management shared her thoughts on what keeps health sciences collection managers on their toes (or up at night). Audience members were invited to agree or disagree with her list. The ever-changing academic library and affiliated hospital relationship landscape was again explored at the Charleston health sciences-themed gathering. Jean Gudenas examined the effects of hospital mergers and acquisitions on academic libraries. She discussed the challenges with negotiating licensing changes quickly, the commitment to communication, and other matters essential to ensuring access to resources for the new affiliates. What goes into planning, preparing and actively shifting towards a more open access friendly landscape? How do consortia make decisions to leave or enter into deals on behalf of a multi-type academic library system? Are the interests of health sciences libraries represented? Sarah McClung shared examples of recent collections decisions made by the University of California libraries and what lessons can be imparted to other libraries, including those licensing in smaller groups or even solo.
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Clauss, Gu¨nther F., Hans W. Gerber, and Carsten Hippe. "ASTRA: An Automatic Spading Tool for the Remote Application at Abyssal Depths." In ASME 2003 22nd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2003-37171.
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The future approach of the European marine research programme focuses on the establishment of multi-disciplinary networks including existing systems, and the development of new technologies for efficient installation and near real time communication. Within this framework the European Community funds the networks ORION (Ocean Research by Integrated Observation Networks - GEOSTAR 3) and ESONET 2 (European Seafloor Observatory NETwork) with several European partner institutions involved in marine research. Key technologies for deep-sea research have been developed in the frame of the GEOSTAR project (GEophysical and Oceanographic STation for Abyssal Research - Deep-Sea Mission). The concept comprises: • the deep-sea benthic observatory for geophysical and oceanographic purposes with its unique Data Acquisition and Control System (DACS), • the innovative underwater communication system as near real time interface, and • the deployment and recovery vehicle MODUS (MObile Docker for Underwater Sciences) for precise operations with heavy payloads. The know-how and existing equipment establishes a good basis for extensions and further developments to be used for network projects. ASTRA — an Automated Spading Tool for Remote Applications at abyssal depths — is one of these new concepts. This tool — integrated into the GEOSTAR-Bottom Station (BS) (also called node) and deployed by MODUS — will bury an Ocean Bottom Seismometer (OBS) into the sub-sea soil. The OBS will be laterally displaced to the node and connected by an umbilical. At the end of a long-term mission the node will be recovered by MODUS and the OBS is pulled out of the ground hanging underneath the node. Both components, node and OBS, will be recovered by the surface research vessel. Equipment and procedures developed within the GEOSTAR project have been focused on providing a long-term stationing on the ocean floor to perform scientific measurements. The ASTRA concept takes a next step and aims for the interaction with its environment. Based on the proven and reliable combination of the deep sea shuttle MODUS for heavy load transportation and the payload Bottom Station as the carrier of equipment the new module ASTRA will extend the spectrum of scientific operating possibilities in the deep sea adding engineering services. An iterative process with an integrated design application of a 3D-CAD-system, FEM structural analysis and Multibody Simulation (MBS) characterizes the development phase of ASTRA. Using virtual mock-up critical aspects of handling and operation can be identified, and in consequence more easily avoided. Simulation results are validated by experimental investigations. Operations with the ASTRA prototype and the complete network-system will be performed in the Tyrrhenian Sea in late summer 2003.
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Brandt, Galina. "Interpenetration Phenomenon of Public & Private Aspects in Contemporary Theatrical Practices." In The Public/Private in Modern Civilization, the 22nd Russian Scientific-Practical Conference (with international participation) (Yekaterinburg, April 16-17, 2020). Liberal Arts University – University for Humanities, Yekaterinburg, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.35853/ufh-public/private-2020-12.
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The article hypothesises that the opposition of ‘publicity/privacy’ concepts (alongside with other fundamental dichotomies, e.g. spiritual/material, social/individual, political/personal) in the media era, and first of all in the era of the Internet together with related communicative resources, is no longer productive. The study was performed via discursive analysis since it concerns methods of making use of the original concepts of ‘publicity’ and ‘privacy’. The author also addresses media survey methods since it is a contemporary media context that guides changes in the balance between the concerned phenomena. The deconstruction method is also important since the theatre institution itself, on the example of which the phenomenon of the interpenetration of the public and the private is examined, is deconstructed and shadowed by absolutely new theatrical practices. The culturological approach is the paradigmal prism through which the declared topic is researched, since the study goal is to demonstrate how ‘current’ (Z. Bauman) changes of the modern cultural landscape change habitual ideas on some or other dichotomies, particularly the dichotomy of ‘publicity/private’. The aforementioned research tools were used in the study to address theatrical practices explicitly demonstrating the removal of the dichotomy of public and private. A closer look was taken at the play ‘Questioning’ staged by the contemporary Petersburg theatre Pop-up, and where invasion of publicity into the area of privacy and intimity, and exposition of aspects taken out from ultimate existential depths constitutes the very essence of the play. The article concludes that such theatrical practices can take place when the cultural horizon is extended to enable the attribution of a new semantic scope, in particular ‘forced publicness’ (E. Shulman).
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Waldmann, Christoph, Michael Diepenbroek, Uwe Schindler, and Ubbo Visser. "Interoperability in the Context of Marine Geosensors." In 25th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2006-92422.
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The strategy to observe geophysical and biochemical processes in the world oceans will be subjected to significant changes within the upcoming years by complementing current point sampling campaigns at certain time instances with permanent possibly cabled observatory stations. This is underlined by the outcome of the ESONET study, an EU funded project, which states a strong need for permanent observation stations in the Open Ocean and coastal waters to monitor the health of the oceans around Europe and detect potential environmental hazards. As these stations will be connected with the main land via submarine cables or via satellite communication systems it is possible to collect scientific data in real time and also to interact with the instrument to control the sampling process. Here the concept of interoperability becomes a necessity as the inventory of sensors is changing permanently due to the scientific demands and maintenance and service needs. Additional to that there are marine sensors in particular for measuring biochemical parameters where only experts are able to identify, connect and interpret the signals of the sensors. When setting up the new, costly infrastructure of marine sensor networks it is advisable that the sensor data can be detected and interpreted also by people from outside the research community to ensure an optimal use and a widespread availability to public institutions and private companies. In the context of hazardous events like Tsunamis waves the necessity is obvious as immediate, real-time information is crucial for efficient disaster management. Moreover, if we provide formal semantics on the sensor, the signals could also be understood from machines. This would gives us new opportunities with the sensor networks, e.g. identify “foreign” sensors, automatically interpret signals from own and foreign sensors, plausibility controls for the quality of the data, etc. This paper connects the actual needs for the construction of marine sensor networks with the technologies that are available from the Web community to outline a general scheme for implementing interoperability in Marine Geosensor networks and systems.
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Cohen Zilka, Gila. "Distance Learning During the COVID-19 Crisis as Perceived by Preservice Teachers." In InSITE 2021: Informing Science + IT Education Conferences. Informing Science Institute, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/4776.
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Aim/Purpose: This study examined learning during the COVID-19 crisis, as perceived by preservice teachers at the time of their academic studies and their student teaching experience. Background: The COVID-19 crisis is unexpected. On one hand, it disrupted learning in all learning frameworks, on the other, it may create a change in learning characteristics even after the end of the crisis. This study examined the productive, challenging, and thwarting factors that preservice teachers encountered during their studies and in the course of their student teaching practice during the COVID-19 period, from the perspective of preservice teachers. Methodology: The study involved 287 students studying at teacher training institutions in Israel. The preservice teachers were studying online and, in addition, engaged in online teaching of students in schools, guided by their own teacher. The study used a mixed method. The questionnaire included closed and open questions. The data were collected in 2020-2021. Contribution: Identifying the affecting factors may deepen the understanding of online learning/teaching and assist in the optimal implementation of online learning. Findings: Online learning experience. We found that some of the lessons at institutions of higher learning were delivered in the format of online lectures. Many preservice teachers had difficulty sitting in front of a computer for many hours—“Zoom fatigue.” Some preservice teachers wrote that collaborating in forums with others made it easier for them. Some suggested diversifying by digital means, incorporating asynchronous units and illustrative films, and easing up on online lectures as a substitute for face-to-face lectures. Online teaching experience in schools. The preservice teachers’ descriptions show that in lessons taught in the format of lectures and communication of content there were discipline problems and non-learning. According to the preservice teachers, discipline problems stemmed from difficulties concentrating, physical distance, load, and failure to address the students’ difficulties. Recommendations for Practitioners: The findings suggest that it is recommended to combine synchronous lectures and meetings with asynchronous learning that integrates 21st century skills. It is advisable to use collaborative tools, such as forums, shared files, and open content repositories, and to encourage meaningful dialogue between learners, and between learners and their teachers, to better deal with the physical distance. Recommendations for Researchers: A change in the learning medium also requires a change in the definition of objectives and goals expected of each party—students, teachers, and parents. All parties must learn to view online learning as a method that enables empowerment and the application of 21st century skills. Impact on Society: Teachers’ ability to deploy 21st century skills in an online environment depends largely on their experience, knowledge, skills, and attitude toward these skills. Future Research: This study examined the issue from the perspective of preservice teachers. The issue should also be studied from the perspective of lecturers in academia, teachers in schools, and school students. Future studies should examine whether the change that took place during the COVID-19 period in relation to the deployment of 21st century skills, as experienced by all parties, led to the continued use of these skills in the post-corona period. Continued use depends largely on past experiences, knowledge, skills, and attitudes toward these skills. *** NOTE: This Proceedings paper was revised and published in the journal Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, 18, 141-159.] Click DOWNLOAD PDF to download the published paper. ***
Reports on the topic "Institutional communication. eng"
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Millán Celis, Elena. Reseña del libro Gestión de la comunicación en instituciones / Book Review Communication Management in Institutions. Revista Internacional de Relaciones Públicas, June 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5783/rirp-17-2019-13-249-252.
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Viñarás Abad, Mónica. La Comunicación Aplicada en Ámbitos Institucionales Europeos/Communication Applied to European Union Institutions. Libro de Francisco Cabezuelo. Revista Internacional de Relaciones Públicas, December 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.5783/rirp-2-2011-14-263-266.
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Fredriksson, Magnus, Eva-Karin Olsson, and Josef Pallas. Creativity caged in translation: a neo-institutional perspective on crisis communication / La creatividad enjaulada en la traducción: una perspectiva neoinstitucional sobre la comunicación de crisis. Revista Internacional de Relaciones Públicas, October 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5783/rirp-8-2014-05-65-84.
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Martínez Vallvey, Fernando, Andrés Mellado-Segado, and Mateo Jesús Hernández-Tristán. Comunicación institucional y relaciones informativas. El caso de la administración cultural en Andalucía/Institutional communication and informational relations. The case of the cultural administration in Andalusia. Revista Internacional de Relaciones Públicas, June 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5783/rirp-13-2017-03-23-40.
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Micaletto Belda, Juan Pablo, and Luis Gallardo Vera. La comunicación institucional en la crisis del ébola en Europa: el caso de la crisis española de 2014 en sus inicios / The institutional communication on ebola crisis in Europe: the first moments of the 2014 spanish crisis. Revista Internacional de Relaciones Públicas, May 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5783/rirp-9-2015-06-89-110.
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Micaletto-Belda, Juan Pablo, María del Carmen Lasso de la Vega González, and Pedro Pablo Marín Dueñas. La importancia de la comunicación de crisis en las instituciones: sus inicios en España. El accidente de Palomares/ The importance of crisis communication in institutions: its beginnings in Spain. The accident of Palomares. Revista Internacional de Relaciones Públicas, December 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5783/rirp-12-2016-08-125-146.
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Führ, Martin, Julian Schenten, and Silke Kleihauer. Integrating "Green Chemistry" into the Regulatory Framework of European Chemicals Policy. Sonderforschungsgruppe Institutionenanalyse, July 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.46850/sofia.9783941627727.
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20 years ago a concept of “Green Chemistry” was formulated by Paul Anastas and John Warner, aiming at an ambitious agenda to “green” chemical products and processes. Today the concept, laid down in a set of 12 principles, has found support in various arenas. This diffusion was supported by enhancements of the legislative framework; not only in the European Union. Nevertheless industry actors – whilst generally supporting the idea – still see “cost and perception remain barriers to green chemistry uptake”. Thus, the questions arise how additional incentives as well as measures to address the barriers and impediments can be provided. An analysis addressing these questions has to take into account the institutional context for the relevant actors involved in the issue. And it has to reflect the problem perception of the different stakeholders. The supply chain into which the chemicals are distributed are of pivotal importance since they create the demand pull for chemicals designed in accordance with the “Green Chemistry Principles”. Consequently, the scope of this study includes all stages in a chemical’s life-cycle, including the process of designing and producing the final products to which chemical substances contribute. For each stage the most relevant legislative acts, together establishing the regulatory framework of the “chemicals policy” in the EU are analysed. In a nutshell the main elements of the study can be summarized as follows: Green Chemistry (GC) is the utilisation of a set of principles that reduces or eliminates the use or generation of hazardous substances in the design, manufacture and application of chemical products. Besides, reaction efficiency, including energy efficiency, and the use of renewable resources are other motives of Green Chemistry. Putting the GC concept in a broader market context, however, it can only prevail if in the perception of the relevant actors it is linked to tangible business cases. Therefore, the study analyses the product context in which chemistry is to be applied, as well as the substance’s entire life-cycle – in other words, the six stages in product innovation processes): 1. Substance design, 2. Production process, 3. Interaction in the supply chain, 4. Product design, 5. Use phase and 6. After use phase of the product (towards a “circular economy”). The report presents an overview to what extent the existing framework, i.e. legislation and the wider institutional context along the six stages, is setting incentives for actors to adequately address problematic substances and their potential impacts, including the learning processes intended to invoke creativity of various actors to solve challenges posed by these substances. In this respect, measured against the GC and Learning Process assessment criteria, the study identified shortcomings (“delta”) at each stage of product innovation. Some criteria are covered by the regulatory framework and to a relevant extent implemented by the actors. With respect to those criteria, there is thus no priority need for further action. Other criteria are only to a certain degree covered by the regulatory framework, due to various and often interlinked reasons. For those criteria, entry points for options to strengthen or further nuance coverage of the respective principle already exist. Most relevant are the deltas with regard to those instruments that influence the design phase; both for the chemical substance as such and for the end-product containing the substance. Due to the multi-tier supply chains, provisions fostering information, communication and cooperation of the various actors are crucial to underpin the learning processes towards the GCP. The policy options aim to tackle these shortcomings in the context of the respective stage in order to support those actors who are willing to change their attitude and their business decisions towards GC. The findings are in general coherence with the strategies to foster GC identified by the Green Chemistry & Commerce Council.
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African Open Science Platform Part 1: Landscape Study. Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf.2019/0047.
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This report maps the African landscape of Open Science – with a focus on Open Data as a sub-set of Open Science. Data to inform the landscape study were collected through a variety of methods, including surveys, desk research, engagement with a community of practice, networking with stakeholders, participation in conferences, case study presentations, and workshops hosted. Although the majority of African countries (35 of 54) demonstrates commitment to science through its investment in research and development (R&D), academies of science, ministries of science and technology, policies, recognition of research, and participation in the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI), the following countries demonstrate the highest commitment and political willingness to invest in science: Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. In addition to existing policies in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), the following countries have made progress towards Open Data policies: Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, South Africa and Uganda. Only two African countries (Kenya and South Africa) at this stage contribute 0.8% of its GDP (Gross Domestic Product) to R&D (Research and Development), which is the closest to the AU’s (African Union’s) suggested 1%. Countries such as Lesotho and Madagascar ranked as 0%, while the R&D expenditure for 24 African countries is unknown. In addition to this, science globally has become fully dependent on stable ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) infrastructure, which includes connectivity/bandwidth, high performance computing facilities and data services. This is especially applicable since countries globally are finding themselves in the midst of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR), which is not only “about” data, but which “is” data. According to an article1 by Alan Marcus (2015) (Senior Director, Head of Information Technology and Telecommunications Industries, World Economic Forum), “At its core, data represents a post-industrial opportunity. Its uses have unprecedented complexity, velocity and global reach. As digital communications become ubiquitous, data will rule in a world where nearly everyone and everything is connected in real time. That will require a highly reliable, secure and available infrastructure at its core, and innovation at the edge.” Every industry is affected as part of this revolution – also science. An important component of the digital transformation is “trust” – people must be able to trust that governments and all other industries (including the science sector), adequately handle and protect their data. This requires accountability on a global level, and digital industries must embrace the change and go for a higher standard of protection. “This will reassure consumers and citizens, benefitting the whole digital economy”, says Marcus. A stable and secure information and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure – currently provided by the National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) – is key to advance collaboration in science. The AfricaConnect2 project (AfricaConnect (2012–2014) and AfricaConnect2 (2016–2018)) through establishing connectivity between National Research and Education Networks (NRENs), is planning to roll out AfricaConnect3 by the end of 2019. The concern however is that selected African governments (with the exception of a few countries such as South Africa, Mozambique, Ethiopia and others) have low awareness of the impact the Internet has today on all societal levels, how much ICT (and the 4th Industrial Revolution) have affected research, and the added value an NREN can bring to higher education and research in addressing the respective needs, which is far more complex than simply providing connectivity. Apart from more commitment and investment in R&D, African governments – to become and remain part of the 4th Industrial Revolution – have no option other than to acknowledge and commit to the role NRENs play in advancing science towards addressing the SDG (Sustainable Development Goals). For successful collaboration and direction, it is fundamental that policies within one country are aligned with one another. Alignment on continental level is crucial for the future Pan-African African Open Science Platform to be successful. Both the HIPSSA ((Harmonization of ICT Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa)3 project and WATRA (the West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly)4, have made progress towards the regulation of the telecom sector, and in particular of bottlenecks which curb the development of competition among ISPs. A study under HIPSSA identified potential bottlenecks in access at an affordable price to the international capacity of submarine cables and suggested means and tools used by regulators to remedy them. Work on the recommended measures and making them operational continues in collaboration with WATRA. In addition to sufficient bandwidth and connectivity, high-performance computing facilities and services in support of data sharing are also required. The South African National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System5 (NICIS) has made great progress in planning and setting up a cyberinfrastructure ecosystem in support of collaborative science and data sharing. The regional Southern African Development Community6 (SADC) Cyber-infrastructure Framework provides a valuable roadmap towards high-speed Internet, developing human capacity and skills in ICT technologies, high- performance computing and more. The following countries have been identified as having high-performance computing facilities, some as a result of the Square Kilometre Array7 (SKA) partnership: Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, Tunisia, and Zambia. More and more NRENs – especially the Level 6 NRENs 8 (Algeria, Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, and recently Zambia) – are exploring offering additional services; also in support of data sharing and transfer. The following NRENs already allow for running data-intensive applications and sharing of high-end computing assets, bio-modelling and computation on high-performance/ supercomputers: KENET (Kenya), TENET (South Africa), RENU (Uganda), ZAMREN (Zambia), EUN (Egypt) and ARN (Algeria). Fifteen higher education training institutions from eight African countries (Botswana, Benin, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, and Tanzania) have been identified as offering formal courses on data science. In addition to formal degrees, a number of international short courses have been developed and free international online courses are also available as an option to build capacity and integrate as part of curricula. The small number of higher education or research intensive institutions offering data science is however insufficient, and there is a desperate need for more training in data science. The CODATA-RDA Schools of Research Data Science aim at addressing the continental need for foundational data skills across all disciplines, along with training conducted by The Carpentries 9 programme (specifically Data Carpentry 10 ). Thus far, CODATA-RDA schools in collaboration with AOSP, integrating content from Data Carpentry, were presented in Rwanda (in 2018), and during17-29 June 2019, in Ethiopia. Awareness regarding Open Science (including Open Data) is evident through the 12 Open Science-related Open Access/Open Data/Open Science declarations and agreements endorsed or signed by African governments; 200 Open Access journals from Africa registered on the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ); 174 Open Access institutional research repositories registered on openDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories); 33 Open Access/Open Science policies registered on ROARMAP (Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies); 24 data repositories registered with the Registry of Data Repositories (re3data.org) (although the pilot project identified 66 research data repositories); and one data repository assigned the CoreTrustSeal. Although this is a start, far more needs to be done to align African data curation and research practices with global standards. Funding to conduct research remains a challenge. African researchers mostly fund their own research, and there are little incentives for them to make their research and accompanying data sets openly accessible. Funding and peer recognition, along with an enabling research environment conducive for research, are regarded as major incentives. The landscape report concludes with a number of concerns towards sharing research data openly, as well as challenges in terms of Open Data policy, ICT infrastructure supportive of data sharing, capacity building, lack of skills, and the need for incentives. Although great progress has been made in terms of Open Science and Open Data practices, more awareness needs to be created and further advocacy efforts are required for buy-in from African governments. A federated African Open Science Platform (AOSP) will not only encourage more collaboration among researchers in addressing the SDGs, but it will also benefit the many stakeholders identified as part of the pilot phase. The time is now, for governments in Africa, to acknowledge the important role of science in general, but specifically Open Science and Open Data, through developing and aligning the relevant policies, investing in an ICT infrastructure conducive for data sharing through committing funding to making NRENs financially sustainable, incentivising open research practices by scientists, and creating opportunities for more scientists and stakeholders across all disciplines to be trained in data management.