scholarly journals A Quantitative Investigation of Academic Research Findings in Media Report Articles

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-143
Author(s):  
Masaki NISHIZAWA ◽  
Yuan SUN
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Quantitative Investigation ◽  
Media Report ◽  
Research Findings

Aiding the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the Developing World

2021 ◽  
pp. 299-336
Author(s):  
Sampath S. Windsor ◽  
Carol Royal ◽  
Chatura C. Windsor
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Cultural Leadership ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Inclusive Society

Academic research that examines different leadership models utilised in the digital age within ICT4D that facilitates the Fourth Industrial Revolution for the marginalised people are scarce. This study focused on the e-Sri Lanka program, initially funded by the World Bank as a unique South Asian project that established a network of 1,005 Nenasala telecentres. Sri Lanka is further focused on building an e-smart, e-inclusive society through ICT4D. In 2020, the Nenasala 2.0 initiative is to be expanded on the Nenasala network to scale up e-society innovations. This context provides an exciting research bedrock to explore. The research findings revealed that leadership at various organisational levels will be key to Nenasala 2.0 and ICT4D program sustainability. The Nenasala model that benefitted from unique community-based leadership was termed socio-cultural leadership. A replication of the study in other developing countries to identify the leadership needed in ICT4D could prove invaluable as it may identify viable complementary options to commercially orientated telecentres.

Innovation in the Learning Management System (LMS)

2020 ◽  
pp. 306-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Brown
Keyword(s):  
Skill Development ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Delivery Methods ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Current Design ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Retail Organizations

This qualitative study identifies design principles and delivery methods best suited for the retail industry with a focus on training front-line workers. This research identifies key design elements to aid retail organizations in choosing an effective online learning solution for their workforce. To provide clear and relevant design recommendations specific to the retail workforce, the scope of the research focused on learner characteristics, e-learning in the workplace, adult learning theory, as well as current design and delivery features available on the market. Through a meta-synthesis of qualitative research, findings indicate a need for soft skill development related to customer interactions. A list of design principles targeting soft skill development of the front-line retail worker is recommended based on both industry and academic research.

Participatory action research with refugee and asylum-seeking women

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Greenfields
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Practice Change ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Vulnerable Communities ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
And Training

This chapter discusses the methods, processes, and outcomes of a Comic Relief-funded three-year community development and advocacy programme undertaken with Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Women (RASW) in London. It focuses on how the use of participatory action research and training delivered by RASW can challenge and inform the way in which ‘professionals’ deliver health and legal services to vulnerable communities. The project, undertaken during 2012–15 by Independent Academic Research Services, a London-based charity, was co-designed with participant beneficiaries with the explicit aim of generating institutional change and increased gender sensitivity in the treatment of RASW, both through harnessing research findings to drive policy and practice change and by allowing women themselves to articulate the problems they currently face in terms of accessing appropriate support.

scholarly journals Statistical Capacity Building of Official Statisticians in Practice: Case of the Consumer Price Index

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 827-848
Author(s):  
Tomi Deutsch
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Price Index ◽  
Inflation Rate ◽  
Consumer Price Index ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Index Formula ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Welfare Benefits ◽  
Research Findings

Abstract This article focuses on the issue of statistical capacity building of official statisticians using the case of the consumer price index (CPI) as an illustrative example. Although used for indexation of salaries, pensions, and social welfare benefits, but also as an approximation of the general inflation rate, there are several unresolved methodological issues associated with CPI’s calculation. Apart from the choice among two alternative concepts, the challenge of how to include owner-occupied housing (OOH) in CPI has also not been adequately resolved yet. Analysis in the article is based on Slovenian data. The results show that accuracy of the CPI significantly improves if it is calculated using one of the superlative and symmetric formulas, and that it makes sense to include OOH in CPI using the total acquisitions approach. The analysis further indicates that the choice of the index formula for calculating CPI has a much greater impact on the CPI value than inclusion of OOH. Academic research findings such as these should not remain unknown to the wide professional community of official statisticians. Formal channels for knowledge transfer from academia to official statistics providers should be established to facilitate continuous statistical capacity building of official statisticians.

Academic Research on Communications Among External Auditors, the Audit Committee, and the Board: Implications and Recommendations for Practice

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. A1-A8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Cohen ◽  
Lisa Milici Gaynor ◽  
Ganesh Krishnamoorthy ◽  
Arnold M. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Reporting Quality ◽  
Audit Committees ◽  
Financial Reporting Quality ◽  
External Auditors ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Recommendations For Practice

SUMMARY: This article provides a summary of the academic research findings on the attributes of effective audit committees and potential threats to financial reporting quality that should lead to heightened auditor and audit committee sensitivity. The practice implications of this research are then discussed in terms of appropriate communications among auditors, audit committees, and boards of directors.

scholarly journals TEKNOLOGI DIGITAL SEBAGAI MEDIA OBJEKTIFIKASI PEREMPUAN: KAJIAN KRITIS MEDIA SOSIAL

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 503
Author(s):  
Himmatul Khairah ◽  
Shuri Mariasih Gietty Tambunan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Public Figure ◽  
Digital Ethnography ◽  
Critical Studies ◽  
Patriarchal Ideology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Objectification Of Women

Sebagai bagian dari perkembangan teknologi digital yang sangat dinamis, media sosial dapat berfungsi sebagai media pemberdayaan perempuan atau media untuk meningkatkan kesadaran (awareness) terhadap isu-isu gender. Akan tetapi, dalam kenyataannya, media sosial justru dipakai sebagai alat pelanggeng dominasi ideologi patriarki yang memosisikan perempuan sebagai obyek atau pihak yang lebih inferior. Kajian kritis terhadap media sosial melalui pendekatan multi disiplin seperti yang dilakukan dalam penelitian ini dengan menggunakan metode digital ethnography harus terus dikembangkan agar penelitian akademis dapat membongkar ideologi dominan dalam praktik budaya yang terjadi di media sosial. Penelitian ini menganalisis bagaimana media sosial Instagram digunakan oleh penggunanya, dalam hal ini seorang public figure, yang memiliki follower dalam jumlah banyak melalui akun @phtfcl, untuk mengkonstruksi imaji laki-laki maskulin sebagai individu yang sukses karena memiliki kekayaan yang dapat digunakan untuk mendapatkan perempuan ‘ideal’. Pemikiran dasar penelitian ini adalah bagaimana objektifikasi perempuan terutama dalam media sosial sangat terkait dengan status sosial perempuan di dunia ‘nyata.’ Inilah yang kemudian menjadi signikansi utama mengapa media sosial harus selalu dipermasalahkan kompleksitasnya. Permasalahan utama adalah bagaimana PHT mengkonstruksi pemaknaan dominan atas dirinya sebagai bagian dari konstruksi dominan mengenai maskulinitas yang memosisikan perempuan sebagai obyek. Temuan penelitian menunjukkan objektifikasi perempuan sebagai bentuk pelanggengan budaya patriarki yang direproduksi secara berkesinambungan oleh media sosial. Akan tetapi, peneliti juga menemukan adanya dinamika afirmasi dan kontestasi oleh warganet sebagai bagian dari masyarakat jejaring yang secara aktif menunjukkan agensinya dalam memaknai objektifikasi tersebut. As part of the dynamic development of digital technology, social media serves as a medium for women empowerment or to increase awareness of gender issues. However, in reality, social media is often used as a tool to perpetuate the domination of patriarchal ideology that positions women as more inferior objects or party. Critical studies of social media through a multidisciplinary approach as conducted in this study using digital ethnography methods must continue to be developed in order for academic research to dismantle the dominant ideology in cultural practices that occur in social media. This study analyze how Instagram social media is used, in this case, by a public figure with a large number of followers through the @phtfcl account, to construct the image of masculine men as successful individuals because they have wealth that can be used to get 'ideal' women. The basic thinking of this research is how the objectification of women, especially in social media is closely related to the social status of women in the 'real' world. This is then the main significance of why social media must always be questioned about its complexity. The main problem is how PHT constructs the dominant meaning of himself as part of the dominant construction of masculinity that positions women as objects. Research findings show objectification of women as a form of perpetuating patriarchal culture that is reproduced on an ongoing basis by social media. However, researchers also found the dynamics of affirmation and contestation by citizens as part of a networked society that actively shows its agency in interpreting said objectification.

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