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Silaturahim in the age of social media: The impact of social media on traditional bonds among Malaysians diaspora living in the United Kingdom
No full textThis study investigates Silaturahim in the age of social media. It explores the impact
of social media use on traditional bonds among the Malaysian diaspora who live abroad,
specifically in the United Kingdom. Silaturahim is defined as a deep social relationship among
family and acquaintances that is deeply ingrained in the value system of Malaysian society. In
the context of the increasingly sophisticated development and widespread use of social media,
this study explores how Silaturahim remains a significant factor for social cohesion. The
researcher conducted focus group discussions (FGD) and in-depth interviews with members
of the Malaysian diaspora in the United Kingdom. Based on purposive and snowball sampling,
focus group discussions included regular social media users, while in-depth interviews
addressed community leaders as well as other experts and stakeholders in Malaysian
communities in the UK. Research objective RO1 aims to determine the kinds of Silaturahim
activities that are practised by the Malaysian diaspora. RO2 intends to identify the young
generation’s understanding of Silaturahim, while RO3 explores how the young generation uses
social media to maintain Silaturahim. RO4 attempts to identify types of online communication
that change the way Malaysian diaspora communicate with family and friends, whereas RO5
identifies the role of the Malaysian diaspora in maintaining the Silaturahim through social
media. Key findings of this study include: (RO1), social media cannot replace but, in some
cases, support and enhance physical activities that remain at the centre of Silaturahim.
Secondly (RO2), even though many young generations have become diaspora, they still
understand and practise the Silaturahim concept, which has been passed down from generation
to generation. Thirdly, (RO3), young generations use social media connections with their
social circle and are able to strengthen Silaturahim accordingly. Whereas (RO4), the cultural
value of Silaturahim through social media communication is still being practised for
socialising to maintain the good value as it has been viewed from religious perspectives. (RO5)
diaspora communities demonstrate the ability to carry out Silaturahim activities despite long
physical distances through the integration of social media. The study highlights the
complementary potential of traditional bonds and activities, on the one hand, and social media
communication, on the other. Social media becomes a platform to connect with society and to
strengthen Silaturahim by initiating traditional activities and increasing knowledge about
them. It re-interprets and advances Silaturahim in the era of digital medi
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
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
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
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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