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Examining Human Interactions with Smart Retail Technology: A Hybrid SEM- fsQCA Investigation
No full textAs technologies evolve, businesses have focused on enhancing human interactions beyond simple satisfaction. This new research builds on recent exploratory work, responding to calls for testing antecedents and consequences of Smart Retail Technology (SRT) interactions. An online survey was administered to 338 respondents. In addition to structural equation modelling (SEM), fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) was employed to identify value outcomes. Results demonstrate that the more individuals perceive a business’s technologies to be distinctive, the more likely they are to interact with those technologies. Respondents’ innovativeness was positively associated with their intentions to interact with SRT. The fsQCA outcomes offer an understanding of the types of individuals who perceive value through SRT interaction. Findings offer managerial implications and extend current knowledge about adopting interactive technologies. This is the first study to contribute a comprehensive SRT model that examines the inter-relationships between antecedents and consequences of interacting with SRT.</p
Audience perceptions of engaging news photos: A picture-sorting and interview study
No full textScholars know most about engaging news visuals from the perspectives of visually literate specialists, such as photojournalists, photo editors, and related roles. Recent advances in research also complement these understandings with insights from non-specialist journalists who are increasingly being tasked with making news visuals in addition to their other writing and reporting tasks. However, we know comparatively little from audiences about the news photographs that they find most engaging and why audiences gravitate to these images. Acknowledging these dynamics, this multi-method study blends the picture-sorting method with interviews to understand which news photographs audiences find more engaging and to contextualise their ranking choices. This is accomplished specifically through card-sorting activities and follow-up interviews conducted in two communities with 97 people over a three-month period. The results tell us something about the content of the images themselves, their presentation circumstances, and the specific attributes of the audience members that inform their evaluations. These findings, in turn, contribute to the scholarly understanding of visual news quality, as uniquely understood from the perspective of news audiences, and should inform professional practice.</p
Circular economy policies and the use of recycled materials in the Australian built environment
No full textThe built environment sector is a major contributor to global waste generation, prompting urgent calls for the
sector’s transition towards a circular economy (CE). Utilising products with recycled content (PwRC) in construction activities is widely recognised as an effective strategy to support this transition. The opimal utilsiation
of these resources warrants supportive policies. There is a limited understanding of how the key stakeholders in
the sector perceive these policies. This study investigates the perceptions of key stakeholders regarding the
relevance, effectiveness, and limitations of 17 CE policies influencing the uptake of PwRC in Australia. The study
employed a semi-structured survey and captured 62 responses representing various stakeholders on 17 CE
policies. The findings reveal varying levels of familiarity with the CE policies studied. Furthermore, most survey
respondents view current policy frameworks as insufficient in promoting the use of recycled content in construction, underscoring gaps in perceived CE policy effectiveness, particularly in national versus state-level
prioritisation. Key policies such as Extended Producer Responsibility, Sustainable Procurement and Carbon Pricing
Scheme were identified as having the most significant positive impacts for PwRC optimal uptake in construction
projects. The study provides actionable insights for policymakers to clarify and standardise specific areas,
enhancing stakeholders’ confidence and engagement in circular practices and PwRC utilisation. Furthermore, it
highlights the need for integrated policy approaches that address unintended consequences and foster a supportive policy mix for circular practices in the sector.</p
Bodies in Journalism: The view from behind and in front of the lens
No full textPerhaps nowhere is the importance of the body more keenly felt than in visual journalism. With precious few exceptions, journalists who use cameras to produce journalism can’t “call it in” and must be physically on the scene to do their jobs. This comes with unique implications for how these journalists regulate their bodies and perform their roles. But, in the past two decades, the visual side of journalism has been gutted. Fewer staff photojournalists are employed, and the slack is increasingly being taken up by words-based reporters who also must make images in addition to their other duties and by so-called “citizen photojournalists” whose vision, sometimes shared on social media, journalists integrate into their reporting. Acknowledging these dynamics, this study explores within the context of Australia the types of bodies that are making visual news in regional, rural, or remote settings, how bodies are being represented in visual news in these areas, and how the embodied nature of visual journalism affects the way that news images are made and presented. The results reveal a great deal about how the body is valued—or devalued—in visual journalism and provides insights for scholars and practitioners alike.</p
Cardigan Commons: Wild Streets Zine
No full textThis Zine is a creative output summarising our ‘Cardigan Commons’ Research Project and the research activities we explored, including Research Survey findings, Workshop insights and excerpts from our Wild Nights series with people from our City North and Melbourne community.</p
‘Trash as Treasure’ Zine for Flatpack: Repacked
No full textThis Zine is a creative output summarising our ‘Flatpack: Repacked’ Research Project and the research activities we explored including; Research Survey findings, Field Study insights and excerpts from our Interview series with people from our City North community.RMIT PlaceLab’s Flatpack: Repacked Research Project examined the behaviours and motivations of City of Melbourne residents regarding the acquisition, maintenance, and disposal of furniture.We explored these behaviours and motivations through a circular economy lens to identify current strengths in the circulation of furniture items and materials in the City of Melbourne, and to identify potential areas of improvement and provide relevant insights and reflections. Through an online survey, interviews and a field study of hard rubbish, we engaged with a range of community members to document consumer behaviours and perspectives, and quantify the issue of hard rubbish. We also explored the potential for discarded furniture to have a second life by engaging RMIT students to repair furniture items collected from hard rubbish, and showcased the outcome of these during a Floor Talk with the City of Melbourne.</p
Clothing Repair Decision Tree Poster
No full textWe created this ‘decision tree chart’ based on the community’s vote at our ‘Wear & Care’ Community Forum. Among the three options to vote from, ‘How to Engage in Clothing Repair’ was determined by the community to be the most useful to add to the collection in our Activation Kit.</p
Activation Cards for the RMIT PlaceLab ‘Wear & Care’ Research Project
No full textThe RMIT PlaceLab ‘Wear & Care’ Research Project has gathered ‘everyday’ practices that support a local response to “rewilding” fashion.This Activation Card collection is inspired by the local actions and insights we’ve learnt from our community of wearers, repairers, creators and retailers.Use these cards to build your own methods and mindsets around how to better wear and care for clothes in your wardrobe, home and neighbourhood.</p
How Good are Parklets?_Colour Figures from Chapter 5
No full textColour Figures from Chapter 5 of 'How Good are Parklets?'</p
Flowing in the net of disordered gaming: A network analysis approach
No full textThe experience of online flow, characterized by immersion and time distortion, may enhance gaming enjoyment but also contribute to disordered gaming patterns. The present paper examined online flow components and their associations with disordered gaming symptoms among 565 role-playing-gamers. Network analysis identified the centrality of time distortion and loss of control within flow states and highlighted their connections to disordered gaming indicators, such as impaired control and gaming prioritization. Enjoyment and positive challenge were core features within flow, suggesting they support adaptive engagement. However, pathways linking prolonged immersion with gaming disorder symptoms indicate that intense flow experiences may increase problematic gaming risks. These findings reveal a nuanced interaction between online flow and disordered gaming, where adaptive enjoyment and challenge can coexist with maladaptive control loss. Overall, the findings highlight how elements of flow can differentially affect gaming outcomes, contributing both to healthy engagement and potential disorder.</p