1,354,265 research outputs found
Intensely negative hotspots cause steeper increase in value in the surroundings, possibly overshooting the contrast effect from milder hotspots.
No full textThis work is a continuation of our research program about affective judgment in spatial context (Blaison & Hess, 2016). We assume that Intensely negative hotspots cause steeper increase in value in the surroundings, possibly overshooting the contrast effect from milder hotspots
sj-docx-1-spq-10.1177_01902725231205855 – Supplemental material for Charlemagne’s Legacy: A Consensus Analysis of Affective Meanings in French and German Culture
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-spq-10.1177_01902725231205855 for Charlemagne’s Legacy: A Consensus Analysis of Affective Meanings in French and German Culture by Diego Dametto, Luc Vieira, Tobias Schröder and Christophe Blaison in Social Psychology Quarterly</p
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Study 1b
No full textThe primary objective of this investigation is to delve deeper into the mechanisms through which an affectively salient element, referred to as a 'hotspot', can influence its spatial surroundings. A body of prior research has demonstrated that positive, as opposed to negative, hotspots have the capacity to not only shape their immediate vicinity, which is known as the assimilation effect, but also extend their influence to more remote areas, a phenomenon referred to as the contrast effect (Blaison et al., 2016; 2018).
This influence is governed by a construct known as 'the gradient of influence'. This term describes the subjective rate at which the perceived influence of a hotspot diminishes as the distance from the hotspot increases (Blaison, 2021). In more recent studies, we have demonstrated that the intensity of a negative hotspot significantly impacts this gradient of influence. More specifically, the influence of intense negative hotspots, as opposed to milder ones, tends to decrease more rapidly as the distance increases (Vieira et al., in preparation).
The present research seeks to unravel the intricacies of the manipulation of intensity. More specifically, we aim to build on the groundwork laid by Osgood (1975), who posited that all objects, and thus places too, are judged according to three primary affective dimensions: evaluation (E), potency (P), and activity (A). Having previously examined the impact of the aforementioned dimensions on negative hotspots (as detailed in the preregistration here: https://osf.io/5psjm?mode=&revisionId=&view_only=), we now intend to extend these prior findings to positive hotspots
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
La transmission des savoirs agronomiques vers la fin du xviiie siècle d’après les travaux des apprentis savants de la société d’agriculture de Blaison en Anjou
No full textDans un bourg de l’Ouest, Blaison en Anjou, quelques personnes ont créé vers 1775 un cercle d’étude qui n’était pas tout à fait original pour l’époque, mais qui se distingue aux yeux des historiens pour deux raisons au moins. D’abord, par un incroyable dynamisme durant les deux années qui sont documentées. Ensuite, par ses archives, qui jusqu’à preuve du contraire sont uniques en France. En effet, si la moitié à peu près des sociétés royales d’agriculture implantées dans les capitales régionales a laissé des archives, on ne sait rien des sociétés locales qui devaient relayer les nouveaux savoirs jusqu’aux paysans. Comme aucune autre société locale n’a laissé d’archives, celle de Blaison éclaire donc les historiens sur « La transmission des savoirs » et ce qui était parvenu de la science agronomique dans les petites villes et les campagnes, qu’il s’agisse des bons sujets de réflexion ou des méthodes savantes, vers la fin du xviiie siècle
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Author, publisher and bookseller : a tripartite synergy in Nigerian book industry
No full textThis work is about the roles of Author, Publisher and Bookseller in Book development in
Nigeria. The paper started by delving into the history of Book Publishing in Nigeria after
which it proceeded by defining who an author, a publisher, and a bookseller is and
expatiated on the indispensable roles of these key actors in Nigerian Book Industry and in
the emerging Information Society. Furthermore, the various constraints to book
development were identified while the paper advised on how the Book Industry can be
further promoted in Nigeria. However, the paper concluded and made recommendations
on how the Book sector can help in enhancing scholarship in the country
The Thursday Murder Club: Launching a megabrand author - a publishing case study
No full textIn 2020, the Christmas book charts in the UK made headlines: Barack Obama’s eagerly awaited autobiography, The Promised Land, was beaten to the top spot by The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, a debut cosy crime novel set in a retirement village. Not only did Osman’s book beat the former US president’s expected bestseller, it also broke records, becoming the fastest-selling debut crime novel of all time. Although Osman has a certain level of fame in the UK from his TV appearances on shows such as Pointless, his celebrity status does not entirely explain the novel’s huge sales. This article tracks the acquisition, publication, and promotion journey of The Thursday Murder Club in order to understand the industry and cultural context of its success and to interrogate the role of celebrity in the creation of author brands. The findings suggest that the unexpected scale of the success of the book owed to a number of factors, including in-depth editing by the novel’s agent, editor, and author to tighten up the plot, an extensive and strategic promotional campaign, the pandemic (which drove interest in the book’s genre and themes), and the quality of the writing. We find that the book’s success was accentuated by Osman’s celebrity status rather than being entirely reliant on it. This research adds to the growing scholarship on celebrity authorship by means of an in-depth case study and provides insight into the processes behind publishing a ‘celebrity’ book and launching a megabrand author
- …
