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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
Mitigating the Propensity to Victim-Blame via Parasocial Contact with Survivors of Sexual Assault
Full text linkThis study attempts to integrate the predictions of defensive attribution theory (DAT; Shaver, 1970) and the parasocial contact hypothesis (PCH; Schiappa, Allen, & Gregg, 2005) to formulate a method for minimizing the propensity to victim-blame survivors of sexual assault. Despite national conversations surrounding consent and sexual assault emerging, the statistics of its prevalence continues to rise, and with it, the ignorance that results in victim-blaming (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018; Edwards, Turchik, Dardis, Reynolds, & Gidycz, 2011). By integrating the ideas of DAT (Shaver, 1970) and the PCH (Schiappa et al., 2005) this thesis examines how the establishment of personal and situational relevance felt toward sexual assault survivors can serve to minimize the tendency to victim-blame sexual assault survivors. Respondents (N = 176) participated in a 2 (depiction of sexual assault survivor: male or female) x 2 (message recipient: male or female) quasi-experiment, in which they were exposed to a story of a survivor coping with their assault. Participants were then asked to report their perceived homophily with the survivor, social distance between themselves and the survivor, victim-blaming, and perpetrator-blaming. The results, their implications, limitations, and future research directions are discussed in relation to both DAT and the PCH
The role of anger and linguistic agency on intentions to participate in activism
Full text linkThis study examines the effects of anger and linguistic agency on message processing and activism behavioral intentions in the context of sexual assault. Despite social movements such as #MeToo and #TimesUp, sexual violence is still a common occurrence in the U.S. (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018). This thesis examines how anger and linguistic agency influence participation in social movements that spread awareness about the prevalence of sexual assault. A 2 (emotion: anger, control) × 2 (agency: human, abstract) independent group experiment (N = 288) was conducted. Two main effects were predicted: Anger (relative to the control condition) and human agency assignment (relative to abstract agency assignment) were predicted to increase anger perceptions, efficacy perceptions, and behavioral intentions to participate in activism. In addition, an interaction effect between anger and agency was hypothesized. Although the interaction effect was not significant, the results indicated that anger induction significantly increased perceptions of anger, and an increase in anger perceptions was positively associated with behavioral intentions to participate in activism. Furthermore, efficacy perceptions were found to bolster activism intentions. These and other results are discussed along with implications, limitations, and future research directions.
Keywords: linguistic agency, anger, sexual assault, message processing, emotio
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe 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
Fire Side Chats to TikTok Influencer Tags: The Evolution of White House Computer-Mediated Communication to Youngsters
Full text linkThis study aimed to analyze how young people understood emerging changes in White House communication, specifically that which utilized the collaboration of social media influencers. Convenience sampling was used to recruit participants at an American college. A total of 111 students participated in the study that showed two different videos of social media influencers at the White House, followed by questions that measured credibility, accommodation, and effects of messaging. The videos featured different levels of formality, as well as different aesthetics. Results revealed that these collaborative videos did not produce high levels of credibility, accommodation or gateway effects, but the less informal video prompted greater credibility, accommodation, and gateway effects than the more informal video. Collectively, these results indicate that White House and social media influencer collaborations in their current form as not incredibility persuasive and future research is needed to better understand if and how these collaborations can be altered to be more effective at reaching and influencing young adults
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
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