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Origins and Development of Digital Journalism: Influence of Culture and Practices
No full textNotably, a Google search with the statement “articles on digital journalism” provides readers with more than 700,000 results. That number truly vouches for increasing research in this field. However, it has been over three decades since digital technologies were introduced into journalism. It is noted that not many agree with the term digital journalism and the processes attached to it. For others, it is more like a routine process; they consider it as mere “journalism” rather than digital journalism. In this chapter, while the author explores the definitions of the expression digital journalism, the researcher also comes up with a narrative review of the origins and development of this journalism stream. This chapter discusses the history of digital journalism, where the earliest reference to using technology in journalism was recorded in the 1950s. It also tries to define it through an extensive study of available literature. In this research, the author investigated and evaluated the influence of convergence culture in shaping digital journalism. This led to the current scenario where everything is interconnected, in the cloud, readily available and on-demand for consumption. While concluding this chapter, the author highlights how different streams of journalism have adjusted to the new wave of technology, giving rise to new skill-based job opportunities. Ultimately, the author elucidates how digital journalism is an ever-evolving process by discussing new and ongoing changes on various digital platforms that are changing the whole game in today’s times and will be even more relevant for future journalism practices.
Keywords: Digital Journalism, Convergence Culture, Journalism and Technology, History of Journalism, Digital Media, Evolution of Journalism
First-time fathers’ inclusion in, and engagement with, perinatal primary care: An integrative review
Full text linkProblem
Research about first-time fathers’ inclusion in, and engagement with, perinatal primary care is limited.
Background
Globally, fathers’ engagement with perinatal healthcare services is low. First-time fathers experience more distress, have unique support needs and are more willing to engage with perinatal healthcare than experienced fathers. Yet, primary care’s role in supporting perinatal first-time fathers has received little research attention.
Aim
To examine first-time fathers’ inclusion in, and engagement with, perinatal primary care and the feasibility of engaging them through primary care pathways.
Methods
Integrative review of international peer-reviewed and grey literature.
Findings
Thirty-three studies (16 quantitative, 13 qualitative, 4 mixed-methods) were included, comprising 3712 first-time fathers. Almost half (46 %) of the fathers in 19 suitable studies were first-time fathers. Parents’ perceived barriers to father engagement included providers being mother-focused and fathers’ mistrust of providers. Provider barriers included father absence, perceived father disinterest, workload and low managerial support. Promising strategies for engagement included provider-initiated interactions with fathers and postnatal home visits. Systemic barriers received limited attention.
Discussion
The lack of complete father-specific data in several studies hindered the review process and limited the strength of conclusions. Since first-time fathers may comprise about half of fathers in perinatal primary care, universal services risk overlooking their specific needs. While strategies like postnatal home visits show promise for father engagement, limited consensus about engagement strategies and unaddressed systemic issues may limit their effectiveness.
Conclusion
Further research exploring parents’ and providers’ views is required to guide more effective father-inclusive care. Engaging first-time fathers in primary care must go beyond practical strategies and address deeper systemic issues
Infrastructure for Life, or Life for Infrastructure Critical Journeys on the Road to Development
No full textExploring Counternarratives to Linguistic Privileging and Invisibility: Community Translingualism as a Mechanism for Resourcefulness
Full text linkThere is significant pressure on translingual communities, who draw upon and blend all the linguistic and semiotic resources with which they have come into contact (i.e., language, material objects, the built environment) to navigate linguistically inaccessible infrastructures in their new setting. We examined the role language plays within one Local Government Area (LGA) in Western Australia via a larger Critical Participatory Action Research (CPAR) project; re-visiting the politics of resourcefulness and focusing on examples of linguistic privileging and linguistic invisibility.
The overall study included an initial needs analysis survey which enabled critical conversations around identified problems. These were further unpacked through data collected via interviews/focus groups; shadowing community leaders and LGA/not-for-profit employees in their contexts. This offered opportunities to document how stakeholders navigated or resolved known problems. The data was analysed iteratively and thematically to inform and expand conversations around potential collaborative efforts.
This article focuses on the analysis of interview and focus group data in one LGA which highlighted systematised linguistic privileging of individuals who speak certain forms of English, and the rendering of community languages as invisible by the system. In response communities created resourceful spaces where collaborative semiosis licensed collective meaning making through the community's full spatial and translingual resources, enabling access to resources, utilisation of community-generated skills, sharing of local knowledge and fostering of recognition for individuals as agents in civic life, countering the linguistic invisibility they experienced.
For institutions, such as LGAs, to catch up with communities, they need to recognise and sustain community translingualism as an essential resource. Our article outlines a viable framework for dismantling linguistic privileging and invisibility in favour of sharing language responsibility with translingual communities
A city without a memory is a city without a soul: Why Miri needs a proper museum now more than ever
Full text linkImagine a city without a memory – no echoes of its triumphs, no reminders of its struggles, no artefacts whispering tales of lives lived within its walls. Museums are the keepers of a city’s soul. They are not merely repositories of relics; they are vibrant spaces where the past comes alive, connecting residents and visitors with stories that define a community’s essence. For Miri, a city brimming with untapped historical and cultural wealth, the time for a proper museum is now
eRO-ExTra: eROSITA extragalactic non-AGN X-ray transients and variables in eRASS1 and eRASS2
Full text linkAims. The eROSITA telescope aboard the Spectrum Roentgen Gamma (SRG) satellite provides an unprecedented opportunity to explore the transient and variable extragalactic X-ray sky due to the sensitivity, sky coverage, and cadence of the all-sky survey. While previous studies showed the dominance of regular active galactic nuclei (AGN) variability, a small fraction of sources expected in such a survey arise from more exotic phenomena such as tidal disruption events (TDEs), quasi-periodic eruptions, or other short-lived events associated with supermassive black hole accretion. This paper describes the systematic selection of X-ray extragalactic transients found in the first two eROSITA all-sky surveys (eRASS) that are not associated with known AGN prior to eROSITA observations. Methods. We generated a variability sample using the data from the first and second eRASS, which includes sources with a variability significance and a fractional amplitude larger than four in the 0.2-2.3 keV energy band. The sources were discovered between December 2019 and December 2020, and are located in the Legacy Survey DR10 (LS10) footprint. When possible, transients were associated with optical LS10 counterparts. The properties of these counterparts were used to exclude stars and known active galaxies. The sample was additionally cleaned from known AGN using pre-eROSITA SIMBAD and the Million Quasars Catalog (Milliquas) classifications, archival optical spectra, and archival X-ray data. We explored archival X-ray variability, long-term (2-2.5 years) eROSITA light curves, and peak X-ray spectra to characterize the X-ray properties of the sample. Sources with radio counterparts were identified using the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) and the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array Sky Survey (VLASS). Results. We present a catalog of 304 extragalactic eROSITA transients and variables not associated with known AGN, called eRO- ExTra. More than 90% of sources are associated with reliable LS10 optical counterparts. For each source, we provide archival X-ray data from Swift, ROSAT, and XMM-Newton; the eROSITA long-term light curve with a light curve classification; as well as the best power law fit spectral results at the peak eROSITA epoch. Reliable spectroscopic and photometric redshifts, which are both archival and from follow-up data, are provided for more than 80% of the sample. Several sources in the catalog are known TDE candidates discovered by eROSITA. In addition, 31 sources are radio detected. The origin of radio emission needs to be further identified. Conclusions. The eRO-ExTra transients constitute a relatively clean parent sample of non-AGN variability phenomena associated with massive black holes. The eRO-ExTra catalog includes more than 95% of sources discovered in X-rays with eROSITA for the first time, which makes it a valuable resource for studying unique nuclear transients
Sedimentary and geochemical characterization of the sediments of the Boca Paila Lagoon system, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Full text linkIn this paper, we investigated the Boca Paila lagoon system that comprises the Campechen (CP), Boca Paila (BP) and San Martin (SM) lagoons along the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico to document the distribution and provenance of sediments. Henceforth, forty-one surface sediment samples were collected to analyze the geochemical, petrographical, carbonate content, magnetic susceptibility, and textural parameters. The average concentration of sand was found to be 88.26 % (BP), 81.64 % (CP), and 89.47 % (SM), depicting the fact that sand predominates in shallow water bodies with moderate to high energy environments. Petrography results revealed that the sediments majorly contained micritized bioclasts and calcite crystals formed from the recrystallization of carbonate mud or the direct precipitation of calcite in quiet water environment with minimal mud winnowing within the deposition basin. The major and trace element geochemistry revealed high concentrations of Ca (33.01 %), Mg (1.33 %), and Sr (3493.51 ppm) and the mineralogy was mainly composed of calcite and aragonite. In this study, trace element concentrations followed an order of (all values in ppm): Sr (3493.51) < Rb (13.12) < U (9.49) < Y (4.91) < Cd (2.5) and Mo (2.3). Likewise, elemental ratios (Ti/K, Sr/Ca, Fe/Ca, Ca/S) indicated the biogenic origin of the sediments with low inputs of terrigenous continental weathering. Although the sand grains are predominantly limestone, they are transported from shorter distances and are chemically less mature. This study enhances our comprehension of the lagoon system and offers crucial data for geochemical surveys in regions with similar geological features
Fintech development, corporate tax avoidance and firm value
No full textWe examine the relationship between fintech development and tax avoidance, as well as investigate whether this relationship has an impact on firm value. Using the data from Chinese A-listed firms, we provide evidence that fintech development increases tax avoidance, which facilitates firm value. Moreover, we find that fintech raises after-tax income and future cash flow by facilitating firms to avoid tax. Fintech development is negatively associated with tax risk and positively related to the effectiveness of firms in capitalizing on tax preferences. We further determine that the positive effects of fintech are more pronounced among firms with low internal information quality, weak internal control, and more geographically dispersed operations. Digital transformation, cash flow uncertainty, and regional economic development are the important potential channels through which fintech development influences tax avoidance. Our results are robust to alternative measures and endogeneity issues
The Discovery of a 41 s Radio Pulsar PSR J0311+1402 with ASKAP
Full text linkThe emerging population of long-period radio transients (LPTs) shows both similarities and differences with normal pulsars. A key difference is that their radio emission is too bright to be powered solely by rotational energy. Various models have been proposed (including both white dwarf or neutron star origins), and their nature remains uncertain. Known LPTs have minutes-to-hours-long spin periods, while normal pulsars have periods ranging from milliseconds to seconds. Here, we report the discovery of PSR J0311+1402, an object with an intermediate spin period of 41 s, bridging the gap between LPTs and normal pulsars. PSR J0311+1402 exhibits low linear (∼25%) and circular polarization (∼5%) and a relatively steep spectral index (∼ −2.3), features similar to normal pulsars. However, its observed spin-down properties place it below the pulsar death line, where pair production and thus radio emission are expected to cease. The discovery of PSR J0311+1402 suggests the existence of a previously undetected population within this intermediate period range, presumably missed due to selection biases in traditional pulsar search methods. Finding more such objects is important to fill the current gap in neutron star spin periods, improving our understanding of the relationships among rotation-powered pulsars and LPTs