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Knowledge Sharing on Social media: State of the Art in 2018
Get PDFIn the past decade, the importance of social media has increased, especially in knowledge sharing practices. Current massive evolution of computer-mediated communication platforms influenced the ways of how knowledge is managed and shared by individuals. This literature review of published papers in the past decade explores the potential of using social media in knowledge sharing by individuals and, through the mapping of the existing studies, identifies research opportunities for future studies. Primary, tacit and explicit knowledge sharing have been investigated. The findings suggest that there are different ways in which knowledge is shared across social media, but the systematic approach and synthesis is challenging to define. Therefore, there are some open courses of future research that may form the basis for a theoretical framework. The results of the present literature review should increase methodological rigor, and provide the guidelines to academics by identifying research opportunities. They can also serve as a comprehensive collection of findings for knowledge management decision makers.In the past decade, the importance of social media has increased, especially in knowledge sharing practices. Current massive evolution of computer-mediated communication platforms influenced the ways of how knowledge is managed and shared by individuals. This literature review of published papers in the past decade explores the potential of using social media in knowledge sharing by individuals and, through the mapping of the existing studies, identifies research opportunities for future studies. Primary, tacit and explicit knowledge sharing have been investigated. The findings suggest that there are different ways in which knowledge is shared across social media, but the systematic approach and synthesis is challenging to define. Therefore, there are some open courses of future research that may form the basis for a theoretical framework. The results of the present literature review should increase methodological rigor, and provide the guidelines to academics by identifying research opportunities. They can also serve as a comprehensive collection of findings for knowledge management decision makers
Application of natural language processing to the electoral manifestos of social democratic parties in Central Eastern European countries
Get PDFThe paper examines electoral manifestos of social democratic parties in Visegrad countries through a computer-driven method of content analysis. The analysis focuses on a sentence sentiment (how parties talk about their priorities) and a keyword examination (what parties mostly talk about). Such analysis is not widespread in the academic literature related to Visegrad countries, where a human-based approach to content analysis of electoral manifestos prevails. The paper, however, does not aim to nullify the findings of the previous research, but aims to improve the understanding of the content of manifestos through a different research method. The paper's findings have confirmed the pro-European support of social democratic parties as well as the focus on predominantly socio-economic issues in manifestos. Additionally, the paper explores the effect of incumbency on the manifesto's content. The incumbency seems to have an impact on the manifesto sentiment, but not on keywords
Současná česká televizní a post-televizní publika : Kvantitativní studie
Get PDFTato výzkumná zpráva shrnuje zjištění kvantitativního výzkumu současných českých televizních publik a jejich mediálních rutin, technologických kompetencí a kulturních preferencí a způsobů, jimiž získávají přístup k audiovizuálním obsahům. Výzkum byl veden týmem z Fakulty sociálních studí Masarykovy univerzity, samotný sběr dat byl pak formou výběrového šetření realizován na konci roku 2019 a začátku roku 2020 výzkumnou agenturou Focus.This research report is a result of quantitative research into contemporary Czech television audiences and their media routines, technological competencies and cultural preferences which they use in the context of obtaining audiovisual content. The research was carried by a team from Faculty of Socal Science Masaryk university, the data collection was realized at the end of the 2019 and the begining of 2020 by a research agency Focus
Educational Trajectories of Non-traditional Students: Stories Behind Numbers
Get PDFThis article aims to identify, measure, and deeply understand the educational trajectories of non-traditional students (students over the age of 26 who are enrolled following a break in their formal educational trajectory) studying for education degrees in the Czech Republic. To fulfill the aims, we adapted previously identified types of educational trajectories that are traveled by non-traditional students to the circumstances of the Czech higher education system. We measured the distribution of three types (deferrers, returners, and recurrent learners) in a sample of 713 non-traditional students. We found that the types were nearly evenly distributed, with a slight prevalence of deferrers. For a deeper understanding of these types, we analyzed 30 narrative interviews. Qualitative data revealed each group’s specific features, including their attitudes toward higher education studies, their academic enculturation, and their academic skills. We suggest that the returner type should be split into two categories for more specific quantitative analysis. On the basis of our research, we offer tailored recommendations for supporting particular groups of non-traditional students
Komplexita, rituál, víra a „bytí spolu“ : Zdroje nejistoty a techniky jejího zvládání, případ taneční improvizace
Get PDFV článku analyzuji zvládání nejistoty v tanečně-improvizační performanci. Zaměřuji se na zdroje nejistoty a jim odpovídající techniky jejího zvládání. Text ukazuje, že všechny tyto techniky, včetně postupů magických, které mezi ně patří také, jsou pragmatické a účelné, byť jejich efekt není zcela jistý. Přítomnost magie mě vede též k prozkoumání potencionální role víry v rituální praxi. Účinnost rituálně-magických technik zvládání nejistoty připisuji jejich schopnosti vytvářet atmosféru vzájemnosti a ujistit osoby zúčastněné na společném díle o možnosti se na sebe navzájem spolehnout. Reflexe účinnosti magických technik se objevuje pouze v situaci kontroverze o povaze pospolně prováděné činnosti. Představa víry v takovém momentu vystupuje jako způsob zcizování (othering) druhého, s nímž nesouhlasím. Komplexita tance, stejně jako života obecně, činí přítomnost nejistoty nevyhnutelnou. Proto je veškeré teoretické vědění s ohledem na (předpokládané a nepředpokládané) důsledky jednání provizorní. Proto doporučuji zcela opustit dichotomii vědění - víra a pojem víry nahradit pojmem "přesvědčení", jež analyticky sestává z vědění provázeného nejistotou.In this article I analyse the handling of uncertainty in dance improvisation performance. I focus on the sources of uncertainty together with techniques used to manage it. I also show that magic practices are integrated among these techniques and that all the described techniques are pragmatic and reasonable, though they do not provide guaranteed effects. This leads to an analysis of the possible role of belief in ritual practice. The efficiency of ritualist magic in handling uncertainty is ascribed to its ability to create an intimately supportive atmosphere of mutual reliability. Belief regarding the causal efficiency of magic is then shown as an issue emerging only in controversies over the nature of collective enterprise as a way of othering. The complexity of dance and life in general makes uncertainty inevitable. Hence, all theoretical knowledge in terms of consequences of action is provisional. The text then recommends rejecting the knowledge-belief dichotomy and reshaping belief to analytically comprise knowledge as intertwined with uncertainty
The Limits of the Power of Judges
Get PDFThe paper is devoted to an attempt of judges, especially of the constitutional courts, to seize the right to disturb the constitutional laws and to create their own standards through the theory of transcendental source of law, often with a kind of transcendental support. The paper presents the position that God is the only transcendental legislator and everything else is the work of human hands, therefore, changeable by people.Článek se kriticky zabývá růstem nevolené moci - moci soudců, zvláště soudců ústavních. Kritizuje teorii materiálního jádra ústavy
Dotazník zmatení rolí pro adolescenty : Předběžné sdělení o vývoji sebeposuzovací metody
No full textCílem studie bylo vyvinout dotazník, který by zachytil míru zmatení rolí tak, jak ji aktuálně prožívají adolescenti. Postup tvorby dotazníku je popsán prostřednictvím dvou studií, které na sebe navazují. Ve studii I bylo pilotováno 9 sebehodnotících položek dotazníku na vzorku adolescentů (n=56; 13-17 let; M=15,02; SD=1,8; z toho 65,5% dívky). Byla ověřena vnitřní konzistence a faktorové příslušnosti položek do dvou faktorů – instrumentální zmatení rolí a emocionální zmatení rolí. Ve studii II bylo pilotováno 16 položek dotazníku (stávající ze studie I, pozměněné a doplněné) na vzorku adolescentů (n=154; 12-19 let; M=15,23; SD = 2,02; 61,7% dívky). Bylo zde odlišeno zmatení rolí směrem k otci a matce zvlášť, položky jsou rozděleny do tří faktorů: instrumentálního zmatení rolí, emocionálního zmatení rolí v dyádě matka/dítě a emocionální zmatení rolí otec/dítě. Vzhledem k tomu, že obsahově podobné položky pro matku a otce byly administrovány po sobě a sdílely rozptyl, který nebyl možný vysvětlit jejich příslušností do škál, bude dotazník s odlišným pořadím položek podroben následnému zkoumání v rámci kvantitativního výzkumu ve studii III. Výzkumný soubor tvořili studenti střední odborných škol a učilišť (n=293; 15-21 let, M=16,23; 67,6% dívky). Byla provedena konfirmační faktorová analýza a byla ověřena faktorová struktura dotazníku ZRA.The aim of the study was to develop a questionnaire to capture the degree of role confusion as it is currently experienced by adolescents. The process of creating a questionnaire is described through two follow-up studies. In Study I, 9 self-assessment items were piloted on a sample of adolescents (n=56; 13-17 years; M=15,02; SD=1,8; 65,5% girls). The internal consistency and factor relevance of the items into two factors was verified - instrumental role confusion and emotional role confusion. In Study II, 16 questionnaire items (existing from Study I, amended and supplemented) were piloted on a sample of adolescents (n=154; 12-19 years; M=15,23; SD = 2,02; 61,7% girls). The distinction of role confusion towards father and mother was differentiated, the items being divided into three factors: instrumental role confusion, emotional role confusion in the mother / child dyad, and emotional role confusion in father / child dyad. Since the content-related items for the mother and father were administered one after another and shared the variance, which was not possible to explain their belonging to the scales, the questionnaire with different order of items were subjected to quntitative study III. The research sample consisted of high school students (n=293; 15-21 years, M=16,23; 67,6% girls). The factor structure of the ZRA questionnaire was verified by confirmatory factor analysis
Milorad Dodik’s Use of Contentious Rhetoric in (De)constructing Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Identity : A Discourse-Historical Analysis
Get PDFThe article explores Milorad Dodik’s rhetoric and nationalist discourse in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). It seeks to shed light on the intricacies of the politics of the current Serb member of the tripartite Presidency of BiH by analyzing a number of television interviews and the speeches Dodik delivered at the celebration of the RS Day on January 9, 2017–2020. Unfortunately, BiH continues its struggle with divisive iden¬tity politics, which perpetuates the nationalist paradigm of the nation. Identity politics plays an integral part in the construction of “we” versus “them,” and underlies the lack of a “national identity.” The analysis will reveal Dodik’s political strategies and offer a glimpse into his ideology and views of BiH as well as his vision and long-term objec¬tives for the Republika Srpska (RS). Moreover, the article examines linguistic practices and seeks to answer the following research questions: how does Dodik view BiH, and what are his long-term goals for RS? Has identity politics influenced the emergence of referendums in RS? What could the referendums proposed and already held in the RS mean for the future of BiH and its national identity