scholarly journals A study on the perception of French mass media on Algerian immigrants before and after '68 Movement - analysis of Le monde article during 1962-1976 -

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (null) ◽  
pp. 38-63
Author(s):  
Lee minjin
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Movement Analysis ◽  
Before And After

Productive narratologies of convergent sf

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-426
Author(s):  
Ida Yoshinaga
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Native Hawaiian ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
Movement Analysis ◽  
Feature Film ◽  
Kanaka Maoli ◽  
Film And Television ◽  
Indigenous Media ◽  
Independence Movement ◽  
Media Interventions

This article examines how a Native Hawaiian activist’s inventive self-representational tactics, deployed within corporate mass media, have enriched North American pop-culture discourses on the Kanaka Maoli independence movement. Analysis focuses on the convergent (that is, transmedial or purposefully cross-medial) self-representational efforts of Dennis ‘Bumpy’ Pu‘uhonua Kanahele, who rose to fame as one of several notable organisers in the Hawaiian sovereignty movement during the 1990s. Several film and television texts became targets of Kanahele’s indigenous media interventions into commercial cinematic genre storytelling across different narrative platforms beginning in the 2010s. Applying a utopian reading that brings out Kanahele’s Indigenous Futurist interventions, this article offers readings of the theatrical feature film Aloha (2015) and a 2017 episode of Hawaii Five-o. Both texts visually focalise Pu‘uhonua o Waimānalo, the land base of Kanahele’s sovereignty movement known as the Nation of Hawai‘i, which gets positioned within these narratives as a Kanaka Maoli utopia providing refuge for indigenous Hawaiians away from the predation of both rampant capitalism and Western empire.

scholarly journals Assistive Technology for Patient with Congenital Foot Deformity

2020 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
pp. 05002
Author(s):  
Eugenia Muñoz Garza ◽  
Héctor Gerardo Carvajal Cortés ◽  
Braulio Domínguez Godoy ◽  
Hiram Alejandro Cantú Campos
Keyword(s):  
Assistive Technology ◽  
Male Student ◽  
Movement Analysis ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Human Model ◽  
Foot Deformity ◽  
Functional Capabilities ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Orthopedic Insoles ◽  
Congenital Foot Deformity

An assistive technology (AT) is any item, equipment or product used to increase, maintain or improve the functional capabilities of people with disabilities. The aim of this study was to design and develop two ATs in order to assist the needs of a male student from Universidad de Monterrey experiencing gait dysfunction and pain due to a congenital foot deformity preventing him from normal performance. These ATs included personalized orthopedic insoles to improve the participant’s posture and stability as well as two ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) to reduce the pain he presented. In order to design the orthopedic insoles, it was necessary to scan the participant’s feet; this was achieved using the photogrammetry technique. For the design of the AFOs, anthropometric measurements of the lower limbs were taken in order to modify a predefined 3D human model and obtain a digital model of the lower limbs. Both devices were manufactured using 3D printing technology. In order to analyze the participant’s progress and validate the effectiveness of the ATs, we developed a methodology for movement analysis based on the marker-less motion capture system Kinect 2. Data obtained was imported into Matlab in order to calculate lower limb joint angles and compare gait before and after using the ATs. Significant improvement was seen in the participant’s gait after two weeks of using the ATs. Moreover, we were able to demonstrate that the use of orthopedic insoles improved participant’s posture based on the correct alignment (180°) of the heel with the ankle. We believe these posture improvements could further impact on participant’s gait performance. Therefore, we expect a significant improvement on participant’s gait after constant use of both ATs developed.

Quantifying Explosive Actions in International Women’s Soccer

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 310-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
César Meylan ◽  
Joshua Trewin ◽  
Kelly McKean
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Movement Analysis ◽  
Match Analysis ◽  
Change Of Direction ◽  
National Team ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Right ◽  
Women's Soccer

The aims of the current study were to examine the external validity of inertial-based parameters (inertial movement analysis [IMA]) to detect multiplanar explosive actions during maximal sprinting and change of direction (COD) and to further determine its reliability, set appropriate magnitude bands for match analysis, and assess its variability during international women’s soccer matches. Twenty U20 female soccer players, wearing global positioning system (GPS) units with a built-in accelerometer, completed 3 trials of a 40-m sprint and a 20-m sprint with a change of direction to the right or left at 10 m. Furthermore, 13 women’s national-team players (157 files; 4–27 matches/player) were analyzed to ascertain match-to-match variability. Video synchronization indicated that the IMA signal was instantaneous with explosive movement (acceleration, deceleration, COD). Peak GPS velocity during the 40-m sprint showed similar reliability (coefficient of variation [CV] = 2.1%) to timing gates but increased before and after COD (CV = 4.5–13%). IMA variability was greater at the start of sprints (CV = 16–21%) than before and after COD (CV = 13–16%). IMA threshold for match analysis was set at 2.5 m · s–1 · s–1 by subtracting 1 SD from the mean IMA during sprint trials. IMA match variability (CV = 14%) differed from high-speed GPS metrics (35–60%). Practitioners are advised that timing lights should remain the gold standard for monitoring sprint and acceleration capabilities of athletes. However, IMA could be a reliable method to monitor explosive actions between matches and assess changes due to various factors such as congested schedule, tactics, heat, or altitude.

scholarly journals Orthodox churches in Ukraine before and after the Euromaidan revolution

2020 ◽  
pp. 133-141
Author(s):  
Sergei A. Mudrov
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Church ◽  
Ukrainian Society

I discuss the religious life in Ukraine before and after the 2014 «revolution of dignity». The main focus of the article is on the Orthodox сhurches, as the most numerous and influential in Ukraine. I argue that since 2014 the pressure on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) has intensified substantially, with a purpose of creating from this сhurch an image of the «radical other». The pressure was going along several lines: mass-media discussions, actions of authorities and the attempts to make changes in the relevant legislation. At the same time, the Church of Kiev Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church were receiving more support. However, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) has kept its status of the most numerous denomination, holding its firm presence in most Ukrainian regions. The attempts to marginalize this сhurch have further divided Ukrainian society, blurring the prospects for reconciliation.

Aligning language to ideology

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-232
Author(s):  
Anastasia Smirnova
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Communist Regime ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Shared Beliefs ◽  
Social Meanings ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Media ◽  
Perception Of Time

This paper compares and analyzes mass media language in Bulgaria before and after the breakdown of the communist regime with the goal to reveal the effect of political setting, communist vs. democratic, on the form of public discourse in the media. The comparison reveals statistically significant differences in the types of grammatical constructions used in the communist and democratic media (active vs. passive), as well as differences in grammatical properties of nouns (animacy, concreteness, and properness) and verbs (tense and evidentiality). I propose that the observed differences are best explained within a sociocognitive model of context proposed by van Dijk (2008). From this perspective, linguistic characteristics of the democratic and communist discourse examined in the paper reflect speakers’ shared beliefs about the system of social meanings and fundamental principles of their respective societies, such as humanism vs. institutionalism, individualism vs. collectivism, and the differences in the perception of time.

scholarly journals Assessing EU perception in Kazakhstan's mass media

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bakyt Ospanova ◽  
Houman A. Sadri ◽  
Raushan Yelmurzayeva
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Foreign Relations ◽  
Measurement Point ◽  
The European Union ◽  
News Reports ◽  
The Third ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Eu

This paper explores the mass media perception of the European Union (EU) in Kazakhstan by utilizing the content analysis of the major mass media outlets. The authors examine news reports and periodical articles from four major national Kazakh newspapers using three measurement points. The first measurement point covers the early 1990s when Kazakhstan declared independence and began to establish its foreign relations. The second measurement point covers the periods before and after introduction of the EU Strategy for Central Asia (2006–2008). The third measurement point covers the years (2011–2013) associated with implementation with the EU Strategy and assessing its results. Our main findings suggest that Kazakhstan's mass media positively perceives the role of the EU in the region. Moreover, they tend to portray the EU mainly as an economic powerhouse. Our findings support some suggestions by similar studies of the EU's external perception.

The Participation of Students Who are Identified as Gifted and Talented in Minnesota's Open Enrollment Option

1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 276-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Y. Lau ◽  
Cheryl M. Lange ◽  
James E. Ysseldyke
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Gifted And Talented ◽  
Open Enrollment ◽  
School Principal ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Transportation Problems ◽  
School Year ◽  
Before And After

The extent to which students who were identified as gifted and talented participating in Minnesota's Open Enrollment Option was investigated. Information was drawn from surveys on 26 students who were identified as gifted and talented and transferred to nonresident schools through Open Enrollment during the 1990–91 school year. Parental involvement in school before and after the transfer, reasons for transferring, and other experiences in exercising the option were studied. The results were compared to those of students without special needs (n=60). Parents of students with special talents moderately increased their involvement at their chosen school. Academic and educational concerns were some of the main reasons that prompted these students to transfer. The most valuable sources of information about the option were the mass media and the school principal. Most parents expressed satisfaction with the option-, yet, many experienced transportation problems. Important applications for these findings were discussed.

Super Bowl Team Tones: Analyzing Patriots and Seahawks Blogospheres

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas L. Mendenhall
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
New England ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Super Bowl ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Media Research

In an introductory undergraduate media course, Super Bowl XLIX was used as a hands-on vehicle to introduce students to the discipline of mass-media research. From a week before and after Super Bowl XLIX, 269 original blog posts and 91 sets of appended comments from Web sites devoted to the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots were analyzed for significant differences using Diction 7.0, a common word-counting program that measures tone in dozens of ways. More than a dozen variations found in the blog messages are used to describe a “team tone” unique to Seahawks blogs and another unique to Patriots blogs. Some elements of these team tones are present across all messages, while others existed only before the game was played or arose only after New England’s dramatic win in the closing moments. Postgame variations include greater optimism in the tone of New England Patriots bloggers and greater hardship and denial in the tone of Seattle Seahawks bloggers. Results are discussed from the perspective of social-identity theory.

SHIFTRY: WEB SERVICE FOR DIACHRONIC ANALYSIS OF RUSSIAN NEWS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kutuzov ◽  
◽  
V. Fomin ◽  
V. Mikhailov ◽  
J. Rodina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Web Service ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Word Usage ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Before And After ◽  
History Of ◽  
Semantic Shift ◽  
Diachronic Analysis ◽  
Query Word

We present the ShiftRy web service. It helps to analyze temporal changes in the usage of words in news texts from Russian mass media. For that, we employ diachronic word embedding models trained on large Russian news corpora from 2010 up to 2019. The users can explore the usage history of any given query word, or browse the lists of words ranked by the degree of their semantic drift in any couple of years. Visualizations of the words’ trajectories through time are provided. Importantly, users can obtain corpus examples with the query word before and after the semantic shift (if any). The aim of ShiftRy is to ease the task of studying word history on short-term time spans, and the influence of social and political events on word usage. The service will be updated with new data yearly.

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