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Sketching as a Technique to Eliciting Information and Cues to Deceit in Interpreter-Based Interviews
No full textWe tested the effect of sketching while providing a narrative on eliciting information, eliciting cues to deceit, and lie detection in interpreter-absent and interpreter-present interviews. A total of 204 participants from the USA (Hispanic participants only), Russia, and the Republic of Korea were interviewed in their native language by native interviewers or by a British interviewer through an interpreter. Truth-tellers discussed a trip they had made; liars fabricated a story about such a trip. Half of the participants were instructed to sketch while narrating; the other half received no instruction. Sketching resulted in more details provided. It also elicited cues to deceit: complications and new details differentiated truth-tellers from liars in the Sketching-present condition only. Liars and truth-tellers were more correctly classified in the Sketching-present than in the Sketching-absent condition. More complications and more common-knowledge details were reported without than with an interpreter
Education or Indoctrination? The Accuracy of Introductory Psychology Textbooks in Covering Controversial Topics and Urban Legends About Psychology
No full textThe introductory psychology class represents the first opportunity for the field to present new students with a comprehensive overview of psychological research. Writing introductory psychology textbooks is challenging given that authors need to cover many areas they themselves may not be intimately familiar with. This challenge is compounded by problems within the scholarly community in which controversial topics may be communicated in ideological terms within scholarly discourse. Psychological science has historically seen concerns raised about the mismatch between claims and data made about certain fields of knowledge, apprehensions that continue in the present “replication crisis.” The concern is that, although acting in good faith, introductory psychology textbook authors may unwittingly communicate information to readers that is factually untrue. Twenty-four leading introductory psychology textbooks were surveyed for their coverage of a number of controversial topics (e.g., media violence, narcissism epidemic, multiple intelligences) and scientific urban legends (e.g., Kitty Genovese, Mozart Effect) for their factual accuracy. Results indicated numerous errors of factual reporting across textbooks, particularly related to failing to inform students of the controversial nature of some research fields and repeating some scientific urban legends as if true. Recommendations are made for improving the accuracy of introductory textbooks
How HR Systems Affect Employee Outcomes: An Integrative Perspective
Get PDFAlthough much scholarly attention has been paid to understand how human resource systems influence employee outcomes, this line of research is largely fragmented. In this study, an integrative model highlighting how HR systems affect employee outcomes simultaneously through work engagement and organizational embeddedness is developed and tested. This model depicts that engagement and embeddedness serve as two mediators that parsimoniously explain the HR systems-employee outcome linkage. Based on two samples drawing from U.S. and China (totaling 407 subjects), subsequent statistical analysis provides strong support for the proposed model. This suggests that HR systems affect organizational outcomes through their engaging effect—enhancing task performance and their embedding effects—lowering turnover intention. More importantly, this model also highlights the differential effects of HR system components on engagement and embeddedness, implying that certain HR practices are more important in terms of employee engagement while other practices may have greater impact on embeddedness
The Relationship of Spirituality and the Wellbeing of Latino College Student
Get PDFThe Latino population in the United States continues to grow (U.S. Census Bureau, 2012b). Besides their significant representation in the general population, national data has shown that Latinos are at great risk for health problems that usually go unmet (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). There is little research that focuses on the effects of spirituality on their well-being. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between spirituality, purpose in life, and mental well-being of Latino college students. Data was obtained and analyzed for 184 Latino college students at a Hispanic serving University in South Texas. Linear regression analyses were conducted to examine the predictive relationship between spirituality, well-being, purpose in life as well as familismo, well-being, and purpose in life. Data showed that spirituality significantly predicted mental well-being and purpose in life for Latino college students. Ways in which mental health practitioners can use this information to develop culturally relevant interventions and consider cultural protective factors such as spirituality and familismo for Latinos will be discussed
El salario de los periodistas, el ancla a su participación en las redes de clientelismo mediático
No full textLa prioridad de los medios de comunicación a tener de cliente principal al poder político ha resultado para los periodistas en explotación laboral y sometimiento profesional. Los medio de comunicación pagan un mísero salario a los periodistas y/o los utilizan de vendedores de publicidad adicional. Sin embargo, de forma subyacente, transfieren a quienes ocupan cargos representativos en gobierno, poder para intervenir y controlar la información que se publica en los medios impresos.A partir los testimonios de periodistas de referencia del Estado de México se busca probar en este estudio que el nivel salarial de los periodistas es el gancho para su participación en las redes de clientelismo mediático que redundan en la expansión del poder político y control social desde el manejo informativo de los medios de comunicación.En ese objetivo, se atraen a Hallin y Mancini (2004), como soporte de análisis, desde su propuesta conceptual de profesionalización a la que se busca incorporar como indicador la posición salarial de los periodistas
Los retos de la enseñanza universitaria del periodismo digital emprendedor en México
No full textLos procesos de elaboración de la información en las redacciones periodísticas han sufrido un cambio radical a consecuencia del internet y las nuevas plataformas de distribución y consumo de contenido. En la actualidad estamos ante un reto a la hora de enseñar periodismo en las aulas universitarias. Por un lado, la actualización del propio docente y su desarrollo de competencias digitales; y por el otro, lo que el docente enseña en el aula. De continuar con temarios rígidos, sin modificaciones y tendientes a enseñar lo que se viene haciendo hace 20 años, las instituciones de educación superior seguirán egresando a “nuevos periodistas viejos” que distarán mucho de insertarse en el mercado laboral o de emprender un medio periodístico digital. Conviene analizar la evolución del periodismo digital en México y la importancia de enseñar periodismo emprendedor desde las aulas, así como casos de éxito que tanto universidades como organizaciones sin fines de lucro están desarrollando para formar a los jóvenes y coadyuvar a construir una sociedad donde haya más y mejor periodismo
Percepciones de la interacción y la comunicación en el trabajo colaborativo con TIC, comparativa de los alumnos licenciatura en Comunicación y Periodismo y de la licenciatura en Desarrollo local de la Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro.
No full text.El objetivo del trabajo es conocer la manera en que se dan los procesos de comunicación y las herramientas digitales que utilizan los alumnos de la Licenciatura en Comunicación y Periodismo y de Desarrollo Local de la Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro en México, al trabajar colaborativamente. A través de dos grupos focales con alumnos de diferentes semestres; se investigó sobre dos dimensiones de la colaboración: la comunicación y el diálogo mediante el uso de herramientas tecnológicas. Se encontró que existen dificultades al comunicarse y dialogar cuando trabajan de manera colaborativa, no saben hacerlo; y que las herramientas tecnológicas dificultan más este proceso. Por otro lado la falta de infraestructura en las zonas rurales hace complicado el uso de las tecnologías para colaborar lo que priva a algunos de esta experiencia. Con base en los resultados se concluye que las instituciones educativas deben apoyar la adopción de estrategias didácticas que permitan desarrollar y evaluar habilidades colaborativas que generen un verdadero diálogo que fortalezca las actividades del aprendizaje colaborativo sin importar si se usan o no, las herramientas tecnológicas. Es importante el papel de las Universidades y el gobierno en la cobertura de la infraestructura para el uso de internet
“What a Wonderful World”: Effective Instructional Strategies to Promote Engaged Learning with Maps in K–12 Classrooms
No full textPor una comunicología compleja
No full textEn la historia reciente de las “Ciencias de la comunicación” se registran diversos esfuerzos para constituir una comunicología capaz de dar cuenta suficiente de su objeto de estudio desde una ciencia unificada en torno a una o más de sus dimensiones. En tanto, otras disciplinas han roto con paradigmas reduccionistas para emprender una nueva fase en que construyen y abordan sus problemas como complejos. A manera de ensayo, el documento desarrolla una propuesta fundacional de una comunicología de la complejidad a partir del llamado “pensamiento complejo” cultivado por las disciplinas naturales. Una vez caracterizadas las propiedades de la complejidad que interesan para la discusión, en la segunda sección el texto vincula de manera especial la ciencia propuesta a los conflictos sociales tanto porque ellos permean el espacio de la comunicación, como por el hecho de que la aproximación a la naturaleza de ésta permite dirigir el estudio del orden formal de dichos conflictos. Con esto, la propuesta insiste en la necesidad de institucionalizar la comunicología como una social y no solamente comunicacional
Utilization of BIA-Derived Bone Mineral Estimates Exerts Minimal Impact on Body Fat Estimates via Multicompartment Models in Physically Active Adults
No full textThe purpose of this study was to compare body fat estimates and fat-free mass (FFM) characteristics produced by multicompartment models when utilizing either dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) or single-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (SF-BIA) for bone mineral content (BMC) in a sample of physically active adults. Body fat percentage (BF%) was estimated with 5-compartment (5C), 4-compartment (4C), 3-compartment (3C), and 2-compartment (2C) models, and DXA. The 5C-Wang with DXA for BMC (i.e., 5C-WangDXA) was the criterion. 5C-Wang using SF-BIA for BMC (i.e., 5C-WangBIA), 4C-WangDXA (DXA for BMC), 4C-WangBIA (BIA for BMC), and 3C-Siri all produced values similar to 5C-WangDXA (r \u3e 0.99; total error [TE] \u3c 0.83%; standard error of estimate \u3c 0.67%; 95% limits of agreement [LOAs] \u3c ±1.35%). The 2C models (2C-Pace, 2C-Siri, and 2C-Brozek) and DXA each produced similar standard error of estimate and 95% LOAs (2.13%–3.12% and ±4.15%–6.14%, respectively). Furthermore, 3C-LohmanDXA (underwater weighing for body volume and DXA for BMC) and 3C-LohmanBIA (underwater weighing for body volume and SF-BIA for BMC) produced the largest 95% LOAs (±5.94%–8.63%). The FFM characteristics (i.e., FFM density, water/FFM, mineral/FFM, and protein/FFM) for 5C-WangDXA and 5C-WangBIA were each compared with the “reference body” cadavers of Brozek et al. 5C-WangBIA FFM density differed significantly from the “reference body” in women (1.103 ± 0.007 g/cm3; p \u3c 0.001), but no differences were observed for 5C-WangDXA or either 5C model in men. Moreover, water/FFM and mineral/FFM were significantly lower in men and women when comparing 5C-WangDXA and 5C-WangBIA with the “reference body,” whereas protein/FFM was significantly higher (all p ≤ 0.001). 3C-LohmanBIA and 3C-LohmanDXA produced error similar to 2C models and DXA and are therefore not recommended multicompartment models. Although more advanced multicompartment models (e.g., 4C-Wang and 5C-Wang) can utilize BIA-derived BMC with minimal impact on body fat estimates, the increased accuracy of these models over 3C-Siri is minimal