Audience Interaction Research Articles

Workshop (Clinical/Best Practice Implementation) ID 1984795

Background/Objectives Following an initial summit in March 2019, various Canadian stakeholders have collaborated within a Community of Practice (CoP) with a vision to increase the access to, and quality of activity-based therapies (ABT) for persons with spinal cord injury/disease (SCI/D). This workshop will describe key knowledge products and study findings emanating from working groups of the ABT CoP as well as a study initiated through the Canadian SCI Standing and Walking Module Group. Design/Methods Priority areas were identified by consensus across the ABT CoP, leading to several studies and development of specific knowledge products. Key challenges included defining and standardizing ABT, gaps in knowledge/training and practice variation with a focus on achieving optimal timing, dosage and intensity of ABT. Various knowledge products and study findings related to these challenges will be presented, with audience interaction encouraged through polls and open discussion. Results Presentation highlights include a framework for structured reporting of ABT and a series of videos, pod-casts and information cards promoting ABT. In addition, a mixed methods study of Canadian physiotherapists demonstrated that ABTs were a much desired, yet not fully available treatment option. Therapists identified needs for more fulsome research partnerships, improved and more creative staffing models, enhanced training methods and the importance of a strong therapeutic alliance. Conclusion The work of the ABT CoP will continue to focus on these and other priorities, with the ultimate goal of universal access and identification of approaches that will enhance outcomes for persons with SCI/D.

Designing for Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment: A Panel Discussion

The population is aging and a subset of older adults will have some level of cognitive impairment. Human factors/ergonomics (HF/E) practitioners must consider them in the design process but often are not prepared to do so, lacking relevant experience or training. In this panel, an interdisciplinary team with expertise in aging, in general, and cognitive impairment, in particular, will (a) provide insights into cognitive challenges confronting older adults with cognitive impairments; (b) discuss impacts of these challenges on everyday performance (e.g., transportation, computer use, health); (c) explore the design cycle as it relates to cognitive impairment; and (d) provide examples of accommodations necessary for research and user testing for this population. Interactive audience discussion will focus on future directions and challenges for design and testing of emerging technologies for persons aging with cognitive impairment. This panel will be of interest to a broad range of HF/E domains.

Covid-19 emergency management and preparedness in cross-border territories. Collection of experiences, needs and public health strategies in the framework of interreg GESTI.S.CO. project.

The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted management difficulties in neighboring territories. The aim of the paper is to report the needs of different stakeholders during, before and after Covid-19 emergency with specific regard to challenges faced by public administrators in confined territories. In the framework of Interreg GESTI.S.CO. project the study has been designed with two methodological steps: i) a co-design workshop and ii) a web-based survey. The workshop includes both an audience interaction session and focus groups. Then, starting from the focus group results, the survey has been designed with 30 questions and submitted to the 227 municipalities located between Italy and Switzerland to understand the implementation of Public Health strategies in local emergency planning. The interactive session highlighted that most of the critical issues are related to the lack of communication and planning in Public Health policies. The survey highlighted that the local emergency plans rarely integrate a section on health emergencies (30% Italy and 50% Switzerland). Only 20% of the respondents dedicated a section for Covid-19 emergency management. Most of them did not activate initiatives to support mental health. 90% of the municipalities did not cooperate with the neighboring country, but half of them think that it would have been much more useful. The 55% of the Italian respondents are currently updating their emergency plan and will implement it with some Public Health input. The study provides insights that can support policy makers in improving their strategy in responding to future pandemic. (www.actabiomedica.it).

“Right on, Vashti!”: Minor Characters and Performance Choices in the Synagogal Megillah Reading

Every Purim, synagogues read the biblical Book of Esther aloud in liturgy, a tradition that exemplifies how synagogue performance practices elaborate on, revise, and refine minor characters in the text. This paper studies four such minor characters in performance from the second century to the present: Haman’s sons, Zeresh, Harbona, and Vashti. These characters evince ways in which performance practices of biblical texts construct moral and psychological assessments of characters in the story, through the interaction of audience, performer, text, and liturgical framing. Further, biblical characters are performed differently in ways which parallel textual interpretation of biblical texts as well as changing social trends and values. In performance, the narrative-critical work of characterization comes alive.

Predictors of audience engagement among Nigerian journalists

This paper examined the factors that predicted audience engagement in Nigeria. We surveyed 308 Nigerian journalists. Using the questionnaire as our research instrument, data gathered were analysed using frequency and percentage as well as linear and multiple regression analyses. The study was grounded in Bourdieu’s field theory. The results indicated a moderate relationship between the attitude of Nigerian journalists and audience engagement while a high correlation between Nigerian journalists’ role conception and audience engagement on social media was observed. The three hypotheses (the degree to which journalists’ attitude; role conception; and perceived audience rationality, and perceived audience interaction quality predicted audience engagement was significant) raised in the study were supported by our findings. Implications of this study were discussed in light of the objective of audience engagement.

The effectiveness of modern technologies used in television news bulletins And its role in facilitating the presenter's work

The impact of television has made it an essential technology that can't be dispensed with in all circumstances and situations, measuring the society's need for it. Some argue that there is no stronger media than television in introducing people of the world to each other, as it has the most powerful impact and attracts millions of viewers.Television is deemed as the most effective tool of media as it is designed to capture both sound and image. The image, in itself, has the ability to engage and interact with our thoughts. In light of the aforementioned, it is noticeable that this interactive medium (television) has significantly evolved over the years, thanks to modern technologies that have been introduced over time. These advancements have added an element of credibility between both the broadcaster and the audience's interaction. It has been made possible through live broadcasts, transmissions, and the presenter's presence at the scene of the event at the time of its occurrence.Television is the main source of news for the majority of people in various contemporary societies. The television and news programs still constitute the main center of gravity in the process of influencing viewers, and in particular when watching the news bulletin on (any channel), we quickly expect to see the news, reports and polls offered by the bulletin that affect the life of our society.The purpose of news bulletins is to inform viewers about the current events happening in the local community, the nation as a whole, and even at the global level. It is presented through the medium of television, aided by a team of professionals such as the directors, presenters, correspondents, cameramen, sound recordists, lighting technicians and editors, who work together to create a coherent and engaging news bulletin

Using Virtual Reality Video Development as Educational and Tourist Promotional Media

Maintaining tourism during a pandemic is a very tough challenge. Policy restrictions limit access and mobility by the government area until state regulations are lifted. The impact on sector tourist experiences are significant, because there is no activity in many destination tours. Indonesia and Thailand have similar destination tour cultures and heritage character histories , i.e. artifacts detailing the legacy and glory of Buddha. The Jago temple and the Grand Palace in Thailand are interestinng educational tours to learn about past civilizations . The appreciation activity for common artifacts that is conducted with a method visit to the location must be replaced with another way. Excellent and sophisticated metaverse technology can be utilized to present ambience and a natural feel of the location. The purpose of this study is to produce helpful virtual reality video products to educate the public about the artifacts in temple Jago in Malang and the Grand Palace artifacts in Thailand as an alternative educational media tour. The method was developed by implementing the ADDIE model. The purpose of this study is as following : (1) produce access in visual forms and shape the atmosphere of destination tours, (2) create access information especially on the culture of products and artifacts, (3) design educational media in website/video/multimedia format or in any other possible format to replace the atmosphere of visit travel, (4) produce deep media video forms or photographs to become products that can raise audience interaction, (5) produce the validity of related data with product artifacts in Jago temple culture and the Grand Palace of Thailand.
 Keywords: artifact Grand Palace, Candi Jago artifact, VR temple

Teaching medicine web-based with the help of interactive audience response systems.

The COVID-19 pandemic confronted the medical community worldwide with numerous challenges, not only with respect to medical care, but also for teaching the next generation of physicians. To minimize the risk of infections patient-unrelated classes can be held digitally. Here we present a student initiated, web-based teaching approach, called "From symptom to diagnosis". In this seminar case reports of rare diseases were presented to the audience in a symptom-focused manner. The patients´ most significant symptoms were presented, followed by an in-depth discussion about differential diagnosis. First glance diagnosis pictures were shown to improve students´ ability to identify important clinical scenarios. We used chat functions as well as an audience response system to make the seminar more interactive. By this we attracted between 71 and 147 participants per session. The online seminar was very well perceived and 97% of the students saw an improvement of their diagnostic skills. In summary, we successfully established an interactive, web-based teaching format for medical students.

The Effectiveness of the Public Relations of the Sunni Endowment Diwan through Social Networking Sites: An Analytical Study of the official Facebook page of the Diwan

The Internet has added another dimension to public relations in institutions and organisations, as it provided tools and communication channels, especially social networking sites, which provided information and data on public relations for the institution through these websites. In addition to its communication with its audience, and the audience's interaction with it, so our research tagged (the effectiveness of public relations of the Sunni Endowment Diwan through social networking sites): An analytical study of the official Facebook page of the Diwan that addresses the knowledge and monitoring of the contents of the official Facebook page that public relations adopt in providing information, data, and activities of the Sunni Endowment Diwan, and their effectiveness. The research problem was represented by the main question: How effective is the public relations of the Sunni Endowment Office through the official Facebook page? This research was classified as a descriptive research, and the two researchers adopted the survey method in order to achieve the objectives of the research and answer its questions, and they used the tool: content analysis as a research tool, and they analyzed the contents of the official page of the Sunni Endowment Diwan on the Facebook site, which the Diwan uses to communicate with its audience. The content of the publications for the period from 1/1/2023 to 1/31/2023, And one of the most results conclusions is that the Sunni Endowment Diwan page on Facebook is more interested in publishing the news of the head, agents and managers Diwan than it is in publishing news and information of interest to the institution's audience. And that the audience of the institution interacts with publications that concern its interests and personal needs, so the publications of interest to the public got the highest likes, comments, shares, and videos.

Improving learning-by-teaching without audience interaction as a generative learning activity by minimizing the social presence of the audience.

Improving learning-by-teaching without audience interaction as a generative learning activity by minimizing the social presence of the audience.

Modest trickster: a response to Last Words

ABSTRACT This essay explores the proposition of the relational aesthetics of audience participation in Kirt Shineman's performance Last Words. I describe my own participation in the performance as a modest trickster and question the possibility of moving beyond this modest intervention to truly test the limits of audience interactivity.

Speaking in front of cartoon avatars: A behavioral and psychophysiological study on how audience design impacts on public speaking anxiety in virtual environments

Public speaking anxiety is defined as a strong difficulty in speaking in front of an audience and has been shown to impair work performance and social relationships. Virtual Reality (VR) offers an efficient tool for modulating public speaking anxiety through a wide range of customizations concerning environmental settings. However, scientific research needs to understand better what features of the simulated environment are more important to increase or reduce participants’ perceived discomfort. The present study investigates the role of visual (human vs cartoon characters) and acoustic (human vs robotic voice) audience features on perceived anxiety, sense of presence, and perceived realism in an interactive VR public speaking scenario. 42 participants (mean age = 24 y.o; Females = 30) performed four public speaking sessions, characterized by different levels (high vs. low) of graphic and acoustic audience design. Both explicit (questionnaires) and implicit physiological measures (Electrodermal activity-EDA) collected during audience interaction were used to assess the participants’ experiences.The results showed that the features of the simulated audience played a crucial role in perceived anxiety during a virtual public speaking. Specifically, the more realistic level of graphic and acoustic stimuli resulted in higher levels of self-reported anxiety as compared to the lower realism level. However, the experienced realism and the sense of presence seem more affected by the graphical than acoustic features of the virtual environment. By contrast, the acoustic features impact on the interaction realism with the virtual audience. Interestingly, the robotic voice (lower acoustic realism) increased electrodermal response during the interaction with the audience, interpreted as a break in the sense of presence. A positive correlation between anxiety, sense of presence, and experienced realism was found. As well, perceived anxiety is correlated with electrodermal activity during the performance. Nevertheless, physiological activity is more affected by the first experience than the realism features, suggesting the presence of a habituation effect across the repeated sessions. Taken together, the results of our study showed that multisensory features (graphical and acoustic) of the virtual environment play a fundamental role in creating realistic public speaking experiences and might be used within gamification strategies for soft skill training (e.g., for improving public speaking anxiety).

Diskursus Hermeneutis Penafsiran KH. Sya’roni Ahmadi di Channel Youtube

Technological developments have an impact on almost every aspect of human life. It was responded well by religious leaders, including in Islamic da'wah. KH Sya'roni Ahmadi is one of the Kudus scholars who utilizes YouTube-based technological developments as a medium for delivering commentary material. This paper aimed to reveal his model of interpretation, and to see how far he understands the audience textually and contextually. The author uses the virtual ethnography method, which is a method to reach the audience's interaction life on the YouTube page. The results of this study indicated that KH Sya'roni Ahmadi uses the tahlili or sequential method in conveying commentary material. He really understands the social conditions in society and the heterogeneity of the Majlis Tafsir congregation. Therefore the character of KH Sya'roni Ahmadi's preaching has transitional gradations, starting from being hard, firm to soft and straightforward. In addition, by presenting elaborative exegesis material, he explained coherently in depth starting from the point of view of the science of qiroat, then entering the exegesis material correlated with the context when the interpretation was delivered.

Discussion, disagreement & dialogue (3D)

The present medical education system is mostly a one-way communication, whereas discussion improves student’s critical thinking, disagreement values for decision making. Aim of the study is to evaluate the feasibility and impact of 3D (Discussion, disagreement, and dialogue) learning approach among undergraduate MBBS students in terms of their perception & impact on learning outcomes. An interventional study was carried out among 84 students in a tertiary heath care institute. The knowledge was assessed before and after intervention. Total 4 session were conducted with 20 randomly selected students in each session discussing 5 statements. Each statement was discussed by 4 (2 for 2 against) students at a time and followed by moderator’s summary & audience interaction, followed by a feedback survey. The increase in knowledge was found to be statistically significant at p<0.0001. Majority of them were either strongly agree or agree to the statement of improved understanding (90.4%), communication (90.4%), interest (86.4%), satisfaction (86.4%) & speaking skills (80.8%) after the intervention. Although sessions were interactive and fun learning few challenges encountered time constraint, non-participation, stage fear, language, adaptation to the environment. Conclusions: 3D learning approach was successful in improving student’s performance in terms of knowledge, communication, understanding, speaking skills, satisfaction.

The Image of Elderly Web Celebrities on the Tiktok

With the development of Chinas aging and digitizing, the elderly, as a vulnerable group on the Internet, are gradually marginalized in the wave of new media. However, the emergence of short videos provides a channel for the active communication of the elderly group, and many elderly web celebrities have risen on the Tiktok platform. This study takes the top 30 elderly web celebrities on Tiktok as the research object, and content analysis and literature review are used as the primary research methods. Based on Goffmans theory of drama, the study analyses content on short videos of elderly web celebrities explores the presentation method of their media image and provides strategic support for better guiding the image building and communication of elderly web celebrities. The study found that elderly web celebritys images on TikTok are rich in types, distinctive features, and positive images. According to the difference between the video content and the positioning of the characters, the research objects are classified into five kinds of characters, namely youthful images, intellectual images, down-to-earth images, humorous images, and other images. At the same time, it was found that the self-image of elderly web celebrities showed specific rules of belonging to the group. In terms of character image setting, plot setting, audience interaction, and so on, it shows the characteristics of the elderly web celebrities. Besides, it is necessary to solve these problems existing in the image building from the aspects of celebrities themselves, platforms, the government, and society, to make the image presentation of elderly web celebrities more valuable

Verhütung auf YouTube, Instagram und TikTok

ZusammenfassungHintergrundJugendliche und Erwachsene beziehen Informationen über Verhütung zunehmend über soziale Medien.Ziel der ArbeitVor diesem Hintergrund ist es Ziel der vorliegenden Studie, erstmals Inhalte und Qualität deutschsprachiger Verhütungsbeiträge auf YouTube, Instagram und TikTok zu untersuchen. Beantwortet werden sollen Forschungsfragen zu Anbieter*innen (F1), Inhalten (F2) und Qualität der Verhütungsbeiträge (F3) sowie zu Publikumsreaktionen (F4).Material und MethodenEs wurde eine Stichprobe von N = 1000 Verhütungsbeiträgen von YouTube (500), Instagram (250) und TikTok (250) gezogen. Pro Beitrag gingen maximal 20 verhütungsbezogene Kommentare in das Kommentar-Sample ein (N = 12.454). Die Beiträge und Kommentare wurden mittels reliabilitätsgeprüfter Codebücher analysiert. Die Datenanalyse erfolgte mit SPSS. Die Studie ist präregistriert und alle Daten, Materialien und Analyseskripte sind öffentlich verfügbar.ErgebnisseEs zeigte sich, dass die Verhütungsbeiträge mehrheitlich von Gesundheitslaien stammten (52 %), gefolgt von Medienprofis und Gesundheitsprofis (F1). Inhaltlich deckten die Verhütungsbeiträge alle verfügbaren Verhütungsmethoden ab, wobei Pille (69 %) und Kondom (40 %) dominierten (F2). Nach gängigen Qualitätskriterien zeigten sich deutliche Defizite, wobei im Vergleich YouTube-Videos am besten abschnitten (F3). TikTok-Videos dagegen waren Spitzenreiter bei den Publikumsreaktionen, sie verzeichneten die meisten Views, Likes und Kommentare. Die Kommentarspalten wurden vom Publikum oft genutzt, um eigene Verhütungserfahrungen zu teilen oder Nachfragen zu stellen (F4).DiskussionWeitere Forschung sowie Praxismaßnahmen sind notwendig, um die Qualität von Verhütungsinformationen in sozialen Medien besser einschätzen und optimieren zu können.

In Reply to the Letter to the Editor Regarding “Palliative Care Effects on Survival in Glioblastoma: Who Receives Palliative Care?”

Social media outlets such as Instagram have recently become a popular tool for medical professionals to disseminate medical information to a large public audience. In this study, we identify the top neurosurgery influencers on Instagram and analyze trends between content type, audience interaction, and user engagement.A list of neurosurgeon Instagram profiles based on the number of followers, user engagement, and average interaction were compiled. Outcome variables such as the numbers of followers, likes, comments, hashtags, caption words, user engagement, and average user activity were collected and analyzed. The most recent 30 posts from each included profile were stratified into categories on the basis of type of content.A total of 73 neurologic surgeon “influencer” Instagram profiles met our inclusion and exclusion criteria (67 male [91.8%]; 6 female [8.2%]). Of the most recent 30 posts for each influencer, clinical and professional posts represented the majority (67.4%), while lifestyle and patient posts made up 30.3% and 2.3%, respectively. In comparison to the rest of the field (n = 43), the 30 profiles with the most followers had a significantly higher average interaction (418.77 vs. 126.79; P < 0.001), number of uploads (578.87 vs. 184.58; P = 0.004), average number of likes given in the top posts (770.71 vs. 2150.40; P < 0.001), average posts per week (2.40 vs. 1.12; P = 0.041), and average posts per month (9.91 vs. 4.02.; P = 0.015).Neurosurgeon influencers on Instagram post content that predominantly features educational and academic subject matter. Post content regarding the individual's personal life or extracurricular activities made up a lesser portion of content, and there were few posts categorized as patient testimonials.

Golkar party’s utilization of TikTok for the 2024 election campaign

The successful political communication between politicians and the general public demands the utilization of social media, including TikTok, which is currently being utilized by the Golkar Party in preparation for the 2024 elections. This article examines the strategies of political communication in utilizing social media as a means of a political campaign, along with the potential opportunities and challenges that arise during the campaign. This research employs a qualitative descriptive method, collecting primary data through interviews with informants from the Golkar responsible for managing their official TikTok account. The research was conducted from October 2022 to January 2023. The results show that the utilization of TikTok by the Golkar as a campaign platform is driven by several reasons, including adaptation to reach the younger generation, leveraging TikTok’s unique features and wide reach, alignment between party leadership and team enthusiasm, expanding efforts towards democratic campaigns, and being a pioneer among political parties in TikTok utilization. This process involves audience acquisition, content direction, and human resource management. Planning the target audience and message, content design, key messages, and audience interaction are crucial aspects. The experience of Golkar can serve as an example of utilizing TikTok in politics. Challenges faced include content direction, staying up-to-date, consistency, software proficiency, and consolidating the user base.

“It's the ideology, stupid!”: Trust in the press, ideological proximity between citizens and journalists and political parallelism. A comparative approach in 17 countries

Matching national surveys with the dataset offered by the Worlds of Journalism Study network (2012–2016), this article presents an analysis of trust in the press covering 16 European countries and the United States. Drawing from the spatial proximity model of voter utility, this article focuses on the ideological proximity between journalists’ and citizens’ left-right positions as a determinant of trust in the press. We expect a positive relationship between these two variables. However, we also hypothesize that the strength of such relationship is mediated by the type of media model (according to Hallin and Mancini's classification) existing in the different countries. In particular, we expect a higher impact within those contexts where the level of political parallelism is higher. The statistical results are as expected. This article highlights that news media trust research should focus more thoroughly on the interaction and interrelation of news media, audience, and politics. The article brings also implications about the concept of political parallelism in journalism and how it is received by readers.

Social Media Rebranding Strategies for Expanding Audience Reach on Higher Education Institution Promotions and Admissions

This study investigates social media rebranding strategies for expanding audience reach in higher education institution promotions and admissions, focusing on computer-mediated communication (CMC) in private universities. UhamkaTV is a case study to understand CMC's role in adapting to the evolving social media environment. The research delves into rebranding efforts, including alterations in usernames, logos, and content types and their effect on audience engagement and reach. Emphasis is placed on the significance of ongoing analysis and evaluation to identify urgent concerns such as a decline in followers, interactions, and content reach. The results indicate that these efforts led to a more cohesive brand image, increased audience interaction, and improved promotion of academic programs. Furthermore, researchers found that effective internal communication and coordination are crucial for successfully implementing rebranding strategies. This study offers valuable insights for higher education institutions seeking to optimize their social media presence, drive admissions, and adapt to the rapidly changing digital landscape. By rebranding and diversifying content, institutions can enhance their audience reach and engagement, ultimately fostering growth in their admissions numbers.