Towards a social context model and architecture for large-scale pervasive environments

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thilo Paul-Stueve ◽  
Sven Wachsmuth
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Context Model ◽  
Pervasive Environments

Cognition in a Social Context: A Social-Interactionist Approach to Emergent Phenomena

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 369-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madalina Vlasceanu ◽  
Karalyn Enz ◽  
Alin Coman
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Fundamental Characteristic ◽  
Collective Memories ◽  
Emergent Phenomena ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Interactionist ◽  
Interactionist Approach

The formation of collective memories, emotions, and beliefs is a fundamental characteristic of human communities. These emergent outcomes are thought to be the result of a dynamical system of communicative interactions among individuals. But despite recent psychological research on collective phenomena, no programmatic framework to explore the processes involved in their formation exists. Here, we propose a social-interactionist approach that bridges cognitive and social psychology to illuminate how microlevel cognitive phenomena give rise to large-scale social outcomes. It involves first establishing the boundary conditions of cognitive phenomena, then investigating how cognition is influenced by the social context in which it is manifested, and finally studying how dyadic-level influences propagate in social networks. This approach has the potential to (a) illuminate the large-scale consequences of well-established cognitive phenomena, (b) lead to interdisciplinary dialogues between psychology and the other social sciences, and (c) be more relevant for public policy than existing approaches.

scholarly journals Beyond plain and extra-grammatical morphology: echo-pairs in Hungarian

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marton Soskuthy ◽  
Peter Racz
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Special Function ◽  
Pair Formation ◽  
Context Model ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Grammatical Morphology ◽  
Morphological Processes ◽  
Online Texts ◽  
Analyse Data ◽  
Large Corpus

This paper presents an investigation of echo-pairs in Hungarian. Echo- pairs are formed by duplicating a base with an altered initial consonant and have diminutive, playful or intimate connotations (e.g. cica `cat' > cica-mica `cat.DIM'). Echo-pairs are commonly seen as an example of extra-grammatical morphology in the literature. Our goal in looking at this phenomenon is to gain a better understanding of the morphological mechanisms underlying extra-grammatical phenomena and shed new light on the distinction between plain and extra-grammatical morphology. We analyse data from (i) a collection of echo-pairs extracted from a large corpus of online texts and (ii) a large-scale online nonce-word experiment with close to 1,500 participants. Our results reveal two key phonological patterns in the data and some additional systematic variation across words and experimental stimuli. We compare two different models of morphology, the Minimal Generalisation Learner and the Generalised Context Model in terms of their ability to capture this variation. We find that echo-pair formation is best captured by lexicon-oriented models like the Generalised Context Model, but only when they rely on a structured similarity metric that encodes broader generalisations about the data. Our results do not support a clear-cut distinction between extra-grammatical and plain morphological processes, and we suggest that some of the peculiar characteristics of extra-grammatical phenomena such as echo-pair formation may simply follow from their special function and the limited set of contexts they appear in.

Paleoindian Aggregation and Social Context at Bull Brook

2009 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian S. Robinson ◽  
Jennifer C. Ort ◽  
William A. Eldridge ◽  
Adrian L. Burke ◽  
Bertrand G. Pelletier
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
North America ◽  
Spatial Structure ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Complete Analysis ◽  
Large Circle ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
New Research

Large social aggregations are among the most highly organized events associated with mobile hunter-gatherers. The Bull Brook Paleoindian site in Ipswich, Massachusetts provides the strongest case for large-scale Paleoindian aggregation in North America, with 36 discrete concentrations of artifacts arranged in a large circle. Avocational archaeologists who salvaged the site in the 1950s interpreted it as a single occupation. Professionals first rejected and then revived this hypothesis, but the site remained insufficiently analyzed to evaluate. New research supports the single occupation hypothesis with a fully reconstructed site plan and the first complete analysis of artifact distributions. Clear spatial structure of activities within the ring-shaped site plan provides a window on social contexts that are also visible in smaller Paleoindian settlements.

scholarly journals Dialogue Model, Conflict, and Context in Drama Text Works by Arifin C. Noer

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 126
Author(s):  
Wahono Wahono ◽  
Rustono Rustono ◽  
Agus Nuryatin ◽  
Mimi Mulyani
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Context Model ◽  
Dialogue Model

Dialogue, conflict, and context are paramount in the drama text. The research of these three things can reveal the meaning, aesthetics, and ideology that blend in the drama text. Drama text research has not obtained comprehensive results if it has not revealed all three. The purpose of this research is to find the dialogue model, conflict, and context in drama text by Arifin C. Noer. The approach used in this research is the critical discourse of Teun A. Van Dijk. Data are analyzed in three dimensions, namely text, social cognition, and social context through macro structures, superstructures, and microstructures. The global macro structure is reflected in the synopsis, the superstructure is seen from its builder elements, and the microstructure contains the use of language. The results of the microstructure research found that the dialogue can be configured in several models, i.e. by topic, principles of cooperation, principles of politeness, speech acts, and speech series. The conflict was created with a model of pragmatic, socio-psychology, and ideological principles use. The context model is the use of physical, epistemic, linguistic, and social context. The results of this research contribute to the increased appreciation of drama and reference texts in its teaching.

scholarly journals A Context-Aware Framework for Collaborative Activities in Pervasive Communities

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Lima ◽  
Mário Antunes ◽  
Diogo Gomes ◽  
Rui Aguiar ◽  
Telma Mota
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Context Information ◽  
Context Aware ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Pervasive Environments ◽  
Collaborative Applications ◽  
Information Interpretation ◽  
Collaborative Activities

Pervasive environments involve the interaction of users with the objects that surround them and also other participants. In this way, pervasive communities can lead the user to participate beyond traditional pervasive spaces, enabling the cooperation among groups taking into account not only individual interests, but also the collective and social context. In this study, the authors explore the potential of using context-aware information in CSCW application in order to support collaboration in pervasive environments. In particular this paper describes the approach used in the design and development of a context-aware framework utilizing users' context information interpretation for behaviour adaptation of collaborative applications in pervasive communities.

A Social Context Model for Discussion Process Analysis

2005 ◽  
pp. 128-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aldo de Moor ◽  
Rolf Kleef
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Authoring Tools ◽  
Context Model ◽  
Information Tools ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Social ◽  
Group Report ◽  
Document Review

Computer-mediated discussion processes play an important role in achieving sustainable development. However, when part of authoring complex documents, these discussions have so far not been very effective. One reason is that in the design and application of the information tools supporting discussion, the social context is not sufficiently taken into account. We outline a social context model for discussion process analysis. The GRASS tool for group report authoring and the freeText tool for document review are authoring tools in which the social context of discussions is given explicit attention. Analyzing GRASS and freeText, we show how the model could be used to construct information tools that enable more effective discussions.

Assessing and Adapting Rituals That Reproduce a Collectivity

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-175
Author(s):  
Nicolas Sihlé
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Tibetan Buddhism ◽  
Ritual Performance ◽  
Recent Meeting ◽  
The Social

Tantrists, non-monastic religious specialists of Tibetan Buddhism, constitute a diffuse, non-centralized form of clergy. In an area like Repkong, where they present a high demographic density, large-scale supra-local annual ritual gatherings of tantrists are virtually synonymous with, and crucial for, their collective existence. In the largest of these rituals, the ‘elders’ meeting’ is in effect an institutionalized procedure for evaluating the ritual performance, its conditions and effects, and, if necessary, for adjusting aspects of the ritual. At a recent meeting, the ‘elders’ decided to abandon a powerful and valued but violent and problematical component of the ritual, due to its potential detrimental effects on the fabric of social relations on which the ritual depends for its continued existence. Thus, a highly scripted, ‘liturgy-centered’ ritual (per Atkinson) can be adapted to the social context. The specialists of these textual rituals demonstrate collectively an expertise that extends into the sociological dynamics surrounding the ritual.

The split of a fricative merger due to dialect contact and societal changes: A sociophonetic study on Andalusian Spanish read-speech

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-190
Author(s):  
Brendan Regan
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Dialect Contact ◽  
Rates Of Change ◽  
Speech Communities ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Societal Changes ◽  
The Right ◽  
Castilian Spanish ◽  
The City

AbstractIn line with a growing body of literature suggesting that mergers are reversible given the adequate dialect contact and social context, the present study examines the phonetic split of the Andalusian Spanish merger of ceceo into the Castilian Spanish feature of distinción. Specifically, the study analyzes 19,420 coronal fricatives produced by 80 Western Andalusian speakers from the city of Huelva and the nearby town of Lepe using a reading passage and wordlist. The analyses find that leaders of this change are younger speakers, women, those with more educational attainment, those of service and professional occupations, and those from Huelva. The implications are that large-scale societal changes have allowed for the split of the ceceo merger into distinción in both speech communities, albeit at different rates of change due to their unique socioeconomic histories, demonstrating that a split is possible given the right social context.

Reframing the Decision-Makers’ Dilemma: Towards a Social Context Model of Creative Idea Recognition

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Mueller ◽  
Shimul Melwani ◽  
Jeffrey Loewenstein ◽  
Jennifer J. Deal
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Context Model ◽  
Creative Idea
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