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From Hostility to Inclusivity for Migrants in Eastern Europe: Digital Literacy Against Online Hate Speech
Get PDFSince the official launch of online social networks in the 1990s, the number of users and offered services has risen progressively, affecting societies and daily life. In some cases, these online platforms have been a breeding ground for radical groups to share their point of view on migrants, leading to incidents of disinformation. On that note, the current research paper aims to examine the digital literacy rates in Bulgaria and Romania, the two EU Member States in Eastern Europe that recently entered the Schengen Area, and monitor the shift of public opinion towards migrants in recent years. Eventually, the paper demonstrates how the ability to track and report misleading information on migrant stories and integration policies in digital platforms can be a significant factor in reducing the spread of hate speech across different social groups. By utilizing a mixed-methods approach, namely investigating national reports on digital and media literacy, and tracking down the changes in public perception, this study sheds light on the initiatives implemented in those countries to combat hate speech and discrimination against migrants. Additionally, through the finding analysis, the paper concludes with key remarks on how policy recommendations can be formed based on decisions on regional and transnational levels. Ultimately, the study results can be the basis for future research on the correlation between education level and media interpretation
Η Κατανομή των Αμυντικών Πόρων στην Ε.Ε. ως Γεωπολιτικός Παράγοντας Προβολής Ισχύος στο Γεωγραφικό Σύμπλοκο Ευρώπης – Αφρικής
Get PDFΣκοπός της Μεταπτυχιακής Διπλωματικής Εργασίας είναι η μελέτη των οικονομικών στοιχείων της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης που αξιοποιούνται για την Άμυνα υπό το πρίσμα της Συστημικής Γεωπολιτικής Ανάλυσης, ούτως ώστε να αναδειχθεί ο ρόλος της Ε.Ε. ως Συστημικός Δρων στο υπό μελέτη Σύστημα/Σύμπλοκο (Ευρώπη – Αφρική) σε αντιδιαστολή με Υπερσυστημικούς Δρώντες, όπως οι Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής και η Κίνα. Ο πρωταρχικός λόγος επιλογής του προαναφερθέντος Γεωγραφικού Συμπλόκου εδράζεται στην εκτενή δραστηριότητα που έχει αναπτυχθεί από την Ε.Ε. κατά τη διάρκεια της τελευταίας δεκαετίας κι έχει εντατικοποιηθεί με αφορμή την ανακατανομή ισχύος στη Βόρεια Αφρική, στην Περιοχή του Sahel και στο Κέρας της Αφρικής. Πρόκειται για περιοχές, όπου η Ε.Ε. έχει επιδείξει ενδιαφέρον κι έχει προβεί σε οργάνωση αποστολών τόσο στρατιωτικού όσο και συμβουλευτικού χαρακτήρα. Στο πλαίσιο αυτό, μελετώνται, επίσης, οι μηχανισμοί χρηματοδότησης των αποστολών, οι τρέχουσες επιχειρήσεις στα κατά περίπτωση Υποσυστήματα κι ο αντίκτυπός τους σε θέματα ασφάλειας και στρατηγικής. Παράλληλα, γίνεται ιδιαίτερη μνεία για την ανάπτυξη των τομέων της έρευνας κι ανάπτυξης της αμυντικής βιομηχανίας της Ε.Ε και με ποια μέσα η πρόοδος αυτή μετουσιώνεται στο πεδίο των επιχειρήσεων. Στη Μεταπτυχιακή Διπλωματική Εργασία, εξετάζονται οι Πυλώνες Ισχύος της Άμυνας/Ασφάλειας και της Οικονομίας για την ανάλυση της δράσης και της λειτουργίας του Γεωπολιτικού Παράγοντα, βάσει των οποίων θα γίνει χρήση ανάλογων δεικτών (π.χ. αμυντικές δαπάνες στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση).The aim of this thesis is the study of economic data of the European Union that are used for Defence purposes in the light of Systemic Geopolitical Analysis, to highlight the role of the EU as a Systemic Actor in the System under study (Europe - Africa), in contrast to Supra-Systemic Actors, such as the United States of America and China. The primary reason for selecting the specific Geographical System/Complex is based on the extensive activity developed by the EU over the last decade and has intensified on the redistribution of power in North Africa, the Sahel, and the Horn of Africa. These are areas, where the EU has shown interest and has organized missions of both military and advisory nature. In this context, the financing mechanisms of the missions, the current operations in the respective Sub-Systems and their impact on security and strategy are studied too. At the same time, special mention is made of the research and development sectors (R&D) regarding the EU Defence industry and how this progress is transformed in the operations field. In this thesis, the Geopolitical Pillars of Defense/Security and Economy are examined for the action analysis and the operation of the Geopolitical Factor, based on which geopolitical indices will be used (e.g., defence expenditure in the European Union)
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe 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
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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