Are women misrepresented by the Singaporean military? A critical analysis of social media advertisements targeted at women

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Maathavi Mathiyalagan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Critical Analysis

scholarly journals Philosophical Reflections: Critical Analysis of Learning Strategies for Science Practicum During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-89
Author(s):  
Budiyono Saputro ◽  
Muh Saerozi ◽  
Fadhil Ardhiansyah
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Student Center ◽  
Evaluation Of Learning

The purpose of this study is to obtain a critical description of the learning strategy for science practicum during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research method was a qualitative descriptive study. The respondents of this study were lecturers and students of the Natural Sciences within the Indonesia Natural Sciences Tadris Association. The research instruments were in the form of questionnaires and a list of questions related to the learning of science practicum during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed the highest percentage of each learning strategy indicator for science practicum used by lecturers as follows: (1) 68.75% for the student center approach, (2) 50% for problem-based learning strategy, (3) 31.25% for self-practicum technique, (4) 31.25% for WhatsApp media, (5) 31.25% for self-assignment evaluation, (6) 93.75% for the indicator of the success of self-practicum, (7) 68.75% social media and signal supporting factors, (8) 31.25% for internet network obstacle, (9) 68.75% for the method to discover the practicum skills by playing the video of student’s results of practicum at home. The recommendation of this study should be carried out independently in each student's home by utilizing tools and materials around their environment and evaluation of learning is done through self-assignments or practicum videos sent to lecturers.

Games for Social Change

2019 ◽  
pp. 866-881
Author(s):  
Paul Keating
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Online Games ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Augusto Boal ◽  
Multiplayer Online Games ◽  
Group Identities ◽  
Gaming Environment ◽  
Use Of The Internet

Building on the use of the internet and social media as sites for activism, this paper highlights the emergence of political activism and collective protest in the online gaming environment. Referencing social movement theory and the rapidly evolving capacity of multiplayer online games to facilitate the development of strong group identities and real-time, real-world collaboration, the paper explores the potential of such games to create a space and a mechanism for enabling the emergence of movements for social change. Highlighting the growing number of social activist games designers, building values of equality and social justice into their gameplay, the paper draws an epistemological link between the work of these “conscientious designers” and the process of Conscientization within youth and community work inspired by the critical analysis of political activists such as Paulo Freire and Augusto Boal.

A Review on the Safety of Journalists in Turkey

2020 ◽  
pp. 148-171
Author(s):  
Bora Ataman ◽  
Barış Çoban ◽  
Özlem Erkmen
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
The State ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Government ◽  
Coup Attempt

In the neoliberal media autocracy of Turkey, mass media are propaganda tools rather than the public watchdogs. The coup attempt in 2016 gave the government additional power to institutionalise this regime. Critical journalists have become the enemies of the state and suffered from threats from various sources. This attack on critical journalism is increasing alongside the deepening of the democracy crises, positioning journalists as victims. This study argues that bridging the fields of journalism safety and victimology would benefit journalists. Therefore, a critical analysis of reports on journalism safety, opponent journalists' social media posts, and related news was performed in order to discuss the possibility and advantages of bridging this gap to help journalists deal with victimisation. The findings demonstrate the acceptance of journalists as a new subject for victims' rights might activate new mechanisms of protection for them. This means searching for new rights can contribute to their physical, mental, and moral recovery.

Democratization through oligopolies? A power-critical analysis of the contribution to democratic quality of social media

Relation ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 243-266
Author(s):  
Ricard Parrilla Guix ◽  
Stefan Gadringer ◽  
Josef Trappel
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Democratic Quality

scholarly journals Thinking Outside the Black-Box: The Case for “Algorithmic Sovereignty” in Social Media

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 205630512091561
Author(s):  
Urbano Reviglio ◽  
Claudio Agosti
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Black Box ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Behavioral Modification ◽  
The Third ◽  
Social Negotiation ◽  
Potential Applications

This article is an interdisciplinary critical analysis of personalization systems and the gatekeeping role of current mainstream social media. The first section presents a literature review of data-driven personalization and its challenges in social media. The second section sheds light on increasing concerns regarding algorithms’ ability to overtly persuade—and covertly manipulate—users for the sake of engagement, introducing the emergence of the exclusive ownership of behavioral modification through hyper-nudging techniques. The third section empirically analyzes users’ expectations and behaviors regarding such data-driven personalization to frame a conceptualization of users’ agency. The fourth section introduces the concept of “algorithmic sovereignty.” Current projects that aim to grant this algorithmic sovereignty highlight some potential applications. Together this novel theoretical framework and empirical applications suggest that, to preserve trust, social media should open their personalization algorithms to a social negotiation as the first step toward a more sustainable social media landscape. To decentralize the immense power of mainstream social media, guarantee a democratic oversight, and mitigate the unintended undesirable consequences of their algorithmic curation, public institutions and civil society could help in developing and researching public algorithms, fostering a collective awareness so as to eventually ensure a fair and accountable “algorithmic sovereignty.”

scholarly journals Static vs. dynamic methods of delivery for science communication: A critical analysis of user engagement with science on social media

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0248507
Author(s):  
Sarah A. Habibi ◽  
Lidya Salim
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Relative Number ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Educational Science ◽  
Science Content ◽  
The Public ◽  
Dynamic Methods

Science communication has been increasingly viewed as a necessity and obligation of scientists in recent years. The rise of Web 2.0 technologies, such as social media, has made communication of science to the public more accessible as a whole. While one of the primary goals of science communication is to increase public engagement, there is very little research to show the type of communication that fosters the highest levels of engagement. Here we evaluate two social medial platforms, Instagram and TikTok, and assess the type of educational science content (ESC) that promotes user awareness and overall engagement. Specifically, we measured the level of engagement between static and dynamic posts on Instagram, and lecture-style and experimental videos on TikTok. User engagement is measured through the analysis of relative number of likes, comments, shares, saves, and views of each post in the various categories. We found that users interact with ESC significantly more (p<0.05) when the content is presented in dynamic ways with a component of experimentation. Together, we took the findings of this study and provided a series of suggestions for conducting science communication on social media, and the type of ESC that should be used to promote better user outcomes.

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