The exploratory study of the effects of Online Fashion Therapy on Mood and Self-evaluation - Based on American Female Consumers in Their Twenties -

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-39
Author(s):  
Jihyun Lee ◽  
Yuri Lee
2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Palmira Carlos Alves ◽  
Serafim Manuel Teixeira Correia

A avaliação de escola tem vindo a ganhar força com a preocupação inerente à crescente autonomia da escola que a obriga, por um lado, a prestar contas à sociedade e, por outro, a desenvolver aprendizagens que proporcionem as soluções adequadas e criativas à resolução dos problemas que lhe são constantemente colocados. Sendo a avaliação encarada, pela maioria dos responsáveis políticos, como uma estratégia de melhoria da escola, justifica-se que esteja a ser objecto de uma profunda reflexão no seio do Sistema Educativo Português. É, neste contexto, que sustentamos que a avaliação de escola, sobretudo na modalidade de auto-avaliação, é um meio de aprendizagem organizativa, capaz de habilitar uma comunidade educativa a organizar os seus processos de melhoria e a mobilizar o conhecimento interno da escola necessário para responder, de modo adequado e criativo, às mudanças. Assim, durante o ano de 2007, levámos a cabo uma investigação, cuja preocupação central assentou, fundamentalmente, no conhecimento dos dispositivos que têm sido desenvolvidos nas 769 escolas públicas do 2.º e 3.º ciclos dos ensinos básico e secundário. Para tal, elaborámos um questionário que, depois de validado, enviámos a todas as escolas, em versão electrónica, possibilitando a resposta por essa mesma via. Os dados obtidos, a partir das 274 respostas, foram tratados com recurso ao programa informático SPSS (versão 13.0 para Windows) e, posteriormente, analisados. Neste artigo, apresentaremos alguns resultados que nos ajudaram a compreender e a problematizar as práticas de auto-avaliação das escolas públicas.   Palavras-chave: Auto-avaliação de Escola. Dispositivosde Avaliação. Organização Aprendente.   The evaluation of school has gained visibility due to its autonomy inner concerning which puts it in a position of, by one side, establishing a dialogue with society, and by the other, developing a creative learning that provides the most appropriate solutions to solve the demanded problems. Evaluation is considered, by most politicians, as a strategy that can make the school to improve, which justifies it to be the subject of a further consideration within the Portuguese Educational System. In this context we consider the school evaluating system, in its self-evaluation approach, an organization learning way, which can enable the educational community to manage its improvement processes and sensibly the necessary school’s internal knowledge in order to answer the changes. Thus, throughout the 2007 year, we carried out a research, whose essential concern is the awareness of the devices developed into the 769 basic and secondary public schools of Basic and Fundamental Schooling. So, we drew up a questionnaire and sent it to all schools in a electronic version, enabling electronic replies. The obtained data from the 274 responses were processed using the SPSS software (version 13.0 for Windows), and subsequently analyzed. In this article we present some results that helped us to understand and enquiry the practices of self-evaluation in public schools.   Keywords: School self-evaluation. Evaluation Devices. Learning organization.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Bialowas

Independent fashion bloggers are changing the fashion industry in a dynamic way, introducing spaces for women who have not traditionally been represented in mainstream fashion media. This exploratory study investigates how young adult female consumers are engaging with images on fashion blogs, compared with fashion print magazine images that have been found to lower women’s self-esteem. A literature review provides a thematic foundation for the study, examining 1) how fashion has changed in the digital age; 2) what motivates fashion bloggers to blog and how they have become effective marketing tools and trend forecasters; 3) how print magazine images portray women; and 4) how female consumers engage with these images. A content analysis examines 17 of the most popular North American fashion bloggers, as rated by Signature9.com. Ten posts from each blogger reveal whether the images conform to idealized fashion print magazine images. Five bloggers serve as interview stimuli for 12 female participants, who explain their fashion media habits while examining and discussing the visual stimuli. The findings reveal factors that influence young females’ engagement with fashion media and highlight what they desire when it comes to fashion images


Author(s):  
Miroslav D. Vujičić ◽  
Uglješa Stankov ◽  
Sanja Kovačić ◽  
Đorđije A. Vasiljević ◽  
Tatjana Pivac ◽  
...  

With the proliferation of ICT and ubiquitous access to the internet, the cultural sector has been strongly affected. It had to rethink its new role by moving from a process of transforming from analogue to digital, to more engaging actions within the digital transformation. Here, one of the most important constituents was digital competencies of cultural sector employees. There is a need to provide the cultural sector with an insight into digital skills of youth that are relevant for digital culture, both in terms of their future employability and the way they consume culture. To this end, the chapter introduces the basics of digital culture and skills needed in the digital era. An exploratory study in two countries was done – Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina based on the self-evaluation of youth digital skills. This chapter evaluates basic, specialized, and advanced digital skills and identifies the gaps and gives propositions relevant to the cultural sector.


2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 611-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiyoung Kim ◽  
Rebecca Melton ◽  
Jihye Ellie Min ◽  
Bu Yong Kim

PurposeThe purpose of this research is to conduct an exploratory study to discover if presenting consumers with a certain content type (i.e. product-focused content with informational appeal, institution-focused content with emotional appeal, experience-focused content with emotional appeal,) and blog type (i.e. a corporate, sponsored or a personal blog) persuade consumers to form perceptions of credibility and similarity toward the fashion brand, which leads them to further engage with the brand through Electronic Word of Mouth (eWOM).Design/methodology/approachThis study employs a 3(content type: product-focused, institution-focused, experience-focused) x 3(blog type: corporate, sponsored and personal) between-subjects design. Mock fashion blogs and content were developed in order to provide a realistic blogging experience for the participants. With 511 usable data collected, ANOVA was employed to test the relationships.FindingsFindings reveal that content type, specifically product-focused content and experiential content, is an important consideration for illustrating similarities between the brand and consumers compared to institutional content. Product-focused content is found to be effective in encouraging consumer eWOM for the brand as well. Further, the interaction effect of blog type and content type was significant in establishing brand credibility. However, blog type did not influence any of the dependent variable.Originality/valueThis study brings meaningful suggestions to fashion brands on effective blog campaign, which eventually provide insights on how brands can influence female consumers to shape positive evaluation toward the brand.


Author(s):  
Reidson Pereira Gouvinhas ◽  
Tatiana Reyes ◽  
Ricardo Manfredi Naveiro ◽  
Nicolas Perry ◽  
Eduardo Romeiro Filho

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