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Modern News Consumption Habits Further Exacerbate Bias and Intellectual Isolation of Audiences
Get PDFTrends show that users continue to turn to social media as one of, if not their only, source for news. Compared to how legacy news media gives consumers a comprehensive overview of information, social media platforms’ recommender systems and algorithms repeatedly feed users tailored sets of news, or what can be perceived as news. A systematic literature review found that users can adopt the same biased views reflected on their social media feeds as they are placed into echo chambers or “filter bubbles” of information. While social media offers users the allure of feeling informed almost instantaneously, the accuracy and credibility prioritized in traditional news media can be sacrificed. The lack of exposure to credible information and alternative viewpoints through social media dually filters and fragments society into polarized sectors of views
Analysis of Medication Error Trends Occurring During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Get PDFPrior to the COVID-19 pandemic, medication errors were the leading cause of preventable harm in hospitals, negatively impacting approximately 1.5 million American patients each year.1 Since then, over thirty novel COVID-19 treatments have been authorized for patient use, introducing new challenges and exacerbating existing factors that contributed to medication errors.2 This research aims to identify and analyze medication error trends associated with COVID-19 related medications, vaccines, and treatment algorithms. To determine the most prominent medication errors occurring in the United States healthcare system during the beginning stages of the pandemic, literature reviews were conducted to identify the active treatments and vaccinations used for the SARS CoV2 virus and the known medication safety issues associated with these regimens were analyzed. A questionnaire was then distributed to members of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices to assess the most persistent errors found to be occurring in hospitals across the nation. Missed doses of treatments and failure to engage in barcode medication administration were found to be the most prevalent errors across participants. The most common causes of errors in the study emerged as miscommunication and issues related to staff training and education. The responses were categorized and analyzed to formulate an updated list of the most frequent medication errors at the time, which validated the original identified errors from the literature review and recognized new concerns. The objective of this research is to assess recurring medication errors in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and pinpoint additional errors unique to COVID-19 treatments. This research seeks to understand how the surge in contemporary COVID-19 treatment options impacts medication safety for patients receiving medical care in American hospitals. This data can aid in medication error prevention and elimination strategies outside the context of the pandemic, thus reducing patient mortality rates, length of hospital stays, and medical expenses
Embracing change: from recalibration to radical overhaul for the field of school attendance
No full textIn a world characterized by dynamic demographic shifts, rapid technological transformations, and evolving pedagogical practices, the need for reimagining school attendance and a relationship with education has become paramount. This Research Topic, boldly titled “The Unlearning of School Attendance: Ideas for Change,” compels us to challenge conventional thinking and working in this domain. The collection of 12 articles offers compelling opportunities for change, ranging from subtle recalibrations to radical overhauls, depending on the extent to which our current ideas and methods have grown outdated. This opening article serves as a thematic guide, curating the diverse prospects for transformation found within the collection. Four themes encourage us to reconceptualize school attendance and a relationship with education, while another four themes inspire new ways of working in this realm. Furthermore, we explore the pivotal role of the International Network for School Attendance (INSA) in facilitating change, as it strives to foster relationships with education, forge alliances among interested parties, and promote interdisciplinary research. As you engage with this article and the other 12 contributions in this collection, we invite you to reflect on your current ideas and methods, embracing the call for transformative change with compassion and a strong sense of purpose. Together, we can shape a future where school attendance and engagement with learning thrive in harmony with our evolving world
Disentangling Yoga: A Christian Take on a “Universal” Practice
No full textYOGA has historically posed a number of ethical and spiritual challenges for American evangelical Christians. Drawing from ethnographic research conducted among evangelical practitioners of Christian Yoga in the United States, this article argues that a distinctly Christianized form of modern postural yoga relies on the conceptual disentanglement of yoga from the Hindu tradition. I describe three strategies by which teachers and students of Christian Yoga articulate the relationship between yoga and Hinduism: (1) yoga as having mixed-up roots, (2) yoga as predating Hinduism, and (3) yoga as a gift to the West. This decontextualization of yoga from Hinduism fits within a larger historical trend in the West of labeling Eastern religious practices as universal spirituality
Punishment versus Hope: Perceptions of Social Media Portrayals of Restorative Justice
Get PDFResearch focused on the intersection of social media messages and perceptions of restorative justice has the potential to provide insight on criminal justice reform. In light of national conversations about mass incarceration, restorative justice has become a topic of conversation on social media, particularly among activists. This research utilized qualitative interviews (n = 20) to ascertain Gen Z college students’ familiarity with, understanding of, and interpretation of messages about restorative justice as portrayed in social media posts that they have been exposed to during the course of their everyday lives. The study found that most participants learned about restorative justice in the classroom and generally had positive perceptions of restorative justice, and that many believed the general public likely views restorative justice as “soft on crime.” Additionally, the severity of the crime influenced how accepting participants were of restorative justice. These findings have the potential to contribute to the literature on restorative justice, as well as to current advocacy practices as they are perceived by young adults
Modeling Employee Burnout and Stress Levels Using Generalized Linear Models
Get PDFIn recent years, mental health has become a more prominent problem worldwide. One specific area of rising concern is the increase in the amount of stress and burnout that many people are experiencing. This research seeks to investigate the factors that are affecting stress and burnout as they pertain to the workplace environment. A series of multinomial logistic regression models and Poisson regression models are used to identify the factors affecting employees’ stress and burnout with respect to the workplace environment using the most recent Work, Family, and Health Study (WFHS) dataset from the Work, Family, and Health Network. This research found that important factors affecting stress and burnout include decision authority, job demands, and job satisfaction
The Roycean Communal Ideal in T. S. Eliot\u27s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
Get PDFT. S. Eliot’s poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” has often been read as a thoroughly cynical assessment of the modern individual and community. This totalizing portrayal misses the poem’s ability to serve as a foil to a more ideal community. If Eliot is so ill-disposed to the timid, fragile Prufrock and his shallow, ostentatious social network, then Eliot must believe in the essence of a better community. We may look to one of Eliot’s intellectual mentors, Josiah Royce, for his philosophy of community, which stands as an ideal inverse in relation to the Prufrockian community. After examining Royce’s thought and reviewing the scholarly dialogue on this topic, this article contrasts the inferior Prufrockian community with the Roycean community, its ideal counterpart, on their respective communication styles, quality of interpersonal relationships, and conceptions of selfhood. These comparisons elucidate Royce’s vision for social living and demonstrate how “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” affirms the possibility for flourishing human community
