Authentic Values Research Articles

How does sharing travel experiences on social media improve social and personal ties?

ABSTRACT Sharing travel experience on social media has become an important element of many people’s lifestyle, whether it be as a hobby, personal expression, economic rewards or other purposes. While previous studies have extensively investigated the significant role of social media in the sharing of travel experience and how it influences the travel decisions of others, very little research has examined on the travel-sharing behaviour of frequent travellers and how they select travel content and social media platforms on which share and how this sharing behaviour improves their personal ties. This study applied a qualitative research design focusing on 22 in-depth interviews with frequent travellers. The results revealed that frequent travellers have mindfully different sharing behaviour pre, during and post trips, and consider the needs and reactions of followers. Authenticity, uniqueness, relevancy, emotional connection, engagement, visual appeal and educational value of the experience are key factors in selecting what they share. Functionality, wide reach, visual appeal, engagement and the target audience were key in selecting effective social media platforms. Finally, sense of community, fostering empathy, communication with peers, memories together and documentation of their experiences were important in improving their personal ties. The results offer significant theoretical and practical implications.

PENGGUNAAN MODEL PROBLEM BASED LEARNING BERBANTUAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN PA CIMAKH UNTUK MENINGKATKAN PRESTASI BELAJAR SISWA KELAS III SDN 2 SUMAMPIR PADA TEMA 1 PERTUMBUHAN DAN PERKEMBANGAN MAKHLUK HIDUP

Language serves as a crucial tool for human thinking and interaction. The presence of the Indonesian language holds its own authentic value and uniqueness in Indonesia. However, within the realm of education, Indonesian language is often considered a challenging subject to learn. The aim of this research is to enhance the learning achievement of third-grade students in Theme 1 of the Indonesian Language subject, specifically focusing on the topic of growth and development of living beings, through the implementation of the Problem-Based Learning model aided by the Pa Cimakh learning media. This study falls under the category of Classroom Action Research (CAR). The research subjects comprised 29 third-grade students. Learning achievement data were collected through multiple-choice written tests and subsequently analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results of the research demonstrate notable improvements in learning achievement in each cycle. The attainment percentage for learning achievement in the first cycle was 34.48% with an average score of 64.14, in the second cycle it was 58.62% with an average score of 58.62, and in the third cycle, it reached 82.75% with an average score of 85.17. These findings substantiate that the application of the Problem-Based Learning model with the assistance of the Pa Cimakh learning media can effectively enhance learning achievement in Theme 1, Growth and Development of Living Beings, within the Indonesian Language subject in the third-grade class of SD N 2 Sumampir

Perception and Acceptance of Nollywood as Nigeria’s Cultural Ambassador among University Students

Nollywood is considered the site of popular culture and harbinger of cultural renaissance, especially amongst young adults confronted daily with the remote acculturation that foreign films offer. While many stakeholders believe that Nollywood, the second most prolific film industry, dispenses cultural knowledge and memory across borders, Nigerian tertiary students are suspected of preferring Western flicks or vacillating between foreign and local films. Consequently, this study was conceived to ascertain if Nigerian students perceive Nollywood as a cultural industry and Nigeria’s cultural ambassador. A 5-point Likert Scale of a 13-item questionnaire was administered to 283 Lagos State University of Science and Technology mass communication students. The descriptive, t-test, and ANOVA findings revealed that the students in this study consider Nollywood a cultural industry. Still, their perception showed that Nollywood’s performance is weak regarding cultural representations. Therefore, the study recommends that Nollywood films portray endogenous and authentic cultural values. However, the research suggested a further study involving more students across Nigeria, with mixed methods and advanced analyses.

Deteriorating Internal Orientalism: The Murder of Real Chinese Image

Orientalism, which refers to western people depict Asian people in the way that is completely opposite to them, has troubled Asian American for a long period. Even though there is are and less study of Asian based on Orientalism in contemporary society, the depiction of Asian as others does not fully disappear. Apart from the possibility that the work based on Orientalism is still creating, the gradual deepening of internal orientalism is also a factor that cannot be ignored. This paper is mainly focusing on how does Chinese media, local tourism accelerates the internal orientalism, which refers to the phenomenon that the spreading of any form of work or idea that destroys the diversity of Chinese. And how does this internal orientalism negatively affect the spreading of real Chinese image, culture and value. Through determining the existence of this phenomenon, this paper can play the role in stopping the spread of any forms of works that present the possibility to deepen western peoples misunderstanding of real Chinese image, which enables the authentic Chinese culture and value to be spread into foreign countries, and Chinese American will derive the cultural recognition and deserved attention from other Americans with different origins or races.

From our own voices: The meaning making of subculture among extreme metal musicians in Indonesia

In the mid-1990s, extreme metal music in Indonesia was defined as a threat to the authoritarian regime’s unquestioned values of harmony and social stability. Consequently, the music had to rely on the local communities in Yogyakarta, Jakarta and Bandung. After the downfall of the military-based authoritarian regime in 1998, the alliance between extreme metal subculture and the state changed moderately. Extreme metal is no longer considered as a ‘folk devil’, nonetheless as a marketable commodity relevant to the new agenda of creative economy policy. This article draws from stories of Indonesian extreme metal musicians to illustrate the relevance of subculture concept in extreme metal music in the contemporary neo-liberal era. Using the life biographies approach, we highlight how extreme metal musicians make and remake the actual and symbolic meanings of their involvement in music subcultures based upon the temporal and spatial situatedness of their lifeworld. We focus on the narratives of two informants who have been continuously devoted to their ways of life as metalheads, not only in relation to ‘musicking’ but also in respect to maintaining ‘subcultural values’ throughout their life biographies. Regarding this, we conducted interviews with Indonesian extreme metal musicians from two major ‘metal’ cities in Indonesia: Jakarta and Bandung. In this article, we argue that as rookies, the meaning of extreme metal subculture is as a space to embody the authenticity, autonomy and community as a manifestation of subcultural values. As aficionado, they reinterpreted the meaning of extreme metal subculture as a space to maintain the values of authenticity, autonomy and community. In short, extreme metal musicians incrementally made and remade the meaning of subculture centred on the particular temporal and spatial contexts in their life biographies.

The Impact of Value-Based Leadership on Teacher Commitment and Job Performance in Private Islamic Senior High

Introduction/Main Objectives: This study aims to analyze the impact of authentic leadership on teacher performance in private Islamic senior high schools (ISHS) mediated by commitment. Background Problems: Authentic leadership as a value-based approach offers solutions to teacher performance, but there are complexities and doubts that require further exploration and empirical testing. Novelty: It provides an in-depth exploration of the role of authentic leadership in promoting commitment and performance. It consolidates existing knowledge and synthesizes relevant value-based leadership (VBL) and authentic leadership (AL) theories. It provides a valuable resource for further research and practical applications in this educational setting. Research Methods: This study applied an explanatory survey by using a set of questionnaires. The respondents consisted of teachers and administrative staff. This study successfully collected the data of 462 respondents randomly chosen. Finding/Results: The interaction between leaders and subordinates is a dynamic process that directly influences performance and organizational commitment. A leader's ethical, moral, and values guide their actions and interactions with followers, ultimately fostering commitment and driving performance. Conclusion: Authentic leadership not only directly influences commitment and performance but also indirectly affects performance by nurturing a strong sense of commitment among teachers. Research implications: AL's cultivated values act as a beacon for nurturing commitment and performance. Practical implications underscore the paramount role of values in authentic leadership to ensure and focus on strategies for cultivating authentic leadership values to pave the way for enhancing teacher commitment and performance.

Capital Commodification in the Field of Tarling Music Digitalization

Tarling’s method for creating Tarling music is evolving over time. The digitalization field observes the agents’ ways in production, distribution, and consumption of digital music files. Agents build their own habitus in employing their numerous capitals in the digitalization space. By combining the correlation of habitus and field theories of Bourdieu and Mosco’s perspective on commodification, this research is presented in a qualitative descriptive way with the research locus in the Cirebon region, West Java. The purpose of this research is to find out the commodification practice of Tarling’s music in the digitalization field, including the production, distribution and consumption sub-fields. As a result, commodification is carried out by producer agents, managers, and singers, who tend to be submissive and adaptive to the production structure built through the role of agents in their respective habitus. The production, distribution, and consumption of Tarling music tends to ignore the value of authenticity that the practice of commodification in the digitalization fields produces a pseudo-culture due to standardization and uniformity of form, in which Tarling music becomes a profit commodity.
 Keywords: commodification, Tarling music, digitalization, Mosco, Bourdieu

CULTIVATING CULTURAL SYNERGY: UNIFYING BOARDING SCHOOLS, LOCAL WISDOM, AND AUTHENTIC ISLAMIC VALUES FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF ISLAMIC IDENTITY

The aim of this research is to determine the form of integration of Islamic boarding school efforts with local wisdom and Islamic values authentically in strengthening Islamic identity in a global context. This research uses a qualitative approach with a case study type. Data was collected from observation, interviews, and documentation. Key informants in this research included one of the caregivers, the head of the Islamic boarding school, and the Tarbiyatul Islamiyah Foundation Islamic Boarding School Education Bureau. Data is analyzed through data condensation, data presentation, and concluding. Source triangulation techniques were used to obtain valid and relevant data. One form of integration of Tarbiyatul Islamiyah Foundation Islamic boarding school education with local wisdom and authentic Islamic values , which are still strong today as an act of strengthening Islamic identity in globalization is (1) Integration of the bandongan method and (2) sorogan method into book literacy culture. Yellow as well as Qur'an literacy culture. Islamic boarding school activities are an acculturation activity of the teachings of Islamic civilization and the local culture of the Indonesian people.

Calcio, media e formazione tra professionismo ed età giovanile. Dalla carta al web, ai social media, riflessioni sul caso fiorentino

The paper reflects on the training potential of soccer - addressing both professional and youth activities - and investigates the way in which the media have represented (during the 20th century) and represent (today) soccer, emphasizing how narratives and discourses about soccer produce both formative potentials as much as troubling outcomes that can overshadow the authentic values of the sport. The task of pedagogy is precisely to highlight the risks and opportunities of these representations and to promote, in all the actors involved, active attitudes to ensure that soccer, even today, can create opportunities to promote self-care, of the other and of the world.

IMPLEMENTATION OF AXIOLOGICAL NORMS THROUGH STORIES IN PRESCHOOL

The strategic goal of axiological education is the development of human personality through and for authentic values such as altruism, respect, tolerance, truth, cooperation, uprightness etc. This goal is achieved throughout the whole educational levels, either through specific or related disciplines.Axiological education must begin from preschool level (with age ranges from 3 to 6 years). At this age level, the implementation of values is efficiently done through stories which kindergarten teachers include periodically in their didactic activities. In Romania, the curriculum for preschool contains directions of action expressed through experiential domains and disciplines of study, but does not contain compulsory content. As such, kindergarten teachers can choose, according to the theme of study, the content that suits the best and include it in their activities with the preschoolers.Our research focuses on the axiological norms the kindergarten teachers consider relevant for contouring children’s personality profile. The specificity of this implementation is the use of stories, selected in accordance to children’s interests, age peculiarities, and moral values promoted. The study collected the opinions of 100 preschool teachers regarding the most often focussed on moral and behavioural values implemented through stories in the didactic activities. The research methods were the investigation based on questionnaire, the conversation and the systematic observation. The data collected were interpreted using the SPSS analysis. The results of the research could be used to increase teachers’ awareness on the necessity of imprinting a nucleus of values on preschoolers which will guide them in thought and action.

Evaluation of a French adaptation of a community-based advance serious illness planning decision aid

ObjectiveThe Plan Well Guide™ (PWG) is a decision aid that empowers lay persons to better understand different types of care and prepares them, and their substitute decision-makers, to express both their authentic values and informed treatment preferences in anticipation of serious illness. We aimed to determine the acceptability of the newly translated French PWG and to evaluate decisional readiness and decisional conflict following its use by lay people. MethodsThis is an acceptability and exploratory outcomes evaluation.Participants were requested to read and complete the French PWG and to engage in an online interview. We used the Acceptability Scale to determine the acceptability and the Preparation for Decision-making Scale and decisional conflict Scale to evaluate decisional readiness. ResultsForty-two (42) people participated. The average score on the Acceptability Scale was 18.1 (scale range: 4–20 [high–better]) and 26.6 on the Preparation for Decision-Making Scale (scale range: 6–30 [high–better]). A significant number of respondents reported needing more support to help them make better decisions. ConclusionThe French PWG has been deemed acceptable and relevant for lay people not currently facing clinical decisions. InnovationThe Plan Well Guide is innovative as it is the first decision aid empowering lay people for advance serious illness planning.

Visual looting on the covers of international magazines

The strategy of designing the covers of international magazines emerges as one of the expressive means that reflect the emotional and expressive aspects and employ them according to the spatial transformations and the struggles of globalization to usurp the intellectual, cultural, value and civilizational essence of man, which makes him vulnerable to psychological and spiritual alienation and becomes the abstract meaning of identity and culture, and the empowerment of cultural invasion and the control of consumer thought The contemporary globalist on the largest area and the globalization of the peoples of the world, and the study came in the first chapter: the general framework that includes the problem of the research to raise in our mind the following question: (What is the alienation of the visual in the design of the covers of international magazines?), The importance of the research lies in the study of the features of cultural, religious, political and social expression In the covers of contemporary international magazines and making their global covers a visual message related to cultures and values of authenticity and civilizational race at the global level. The aim of the study was to identify visual usurpation in the covers of international magazines. Alienation through the design idea) with indicators, and the third chapter included procedures The research and how to choose the research community and analyze sample forms, and the most important conclusions: 1- International magazines raise topics that raise controversy towards political, cultural, religious, moral and aesthetic alienation, through design elements as visual alienation that raises ideas and questions in the imagination of the recipient and the reader.2- The covers of international magazines seek to be a means of visually alienating their design content by supporting different aspects that contribute to strengthening the material presented towards a self-visual culture that competes with globalized perspectives.

The Role Models and Future Projections of Military Students

Abstract At the beginning is brought to attention the meaning of several concepts in the literature - personal success, social achievement, role model and counter-role model. Then, the results of previous quantitative and qualitative researches on the life models of young people in various contexts are briefly presented. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the models and counter-models of success of military students, in order to discover their motivational and inspirational sources and their authentic value benchmarks. The data collection method is a questionnaire consisting of open questions. Students from NBLFA are part of the sample. The results indicated that both role models and counter models of military students generally come from the mass-media and less from the professional environment. Also, students state that work-based strategies are more useful to achieve success than strategies based on capitalizing on exceptional personal qualities or social relationships. Another significant result of the research shows that only a small part of the students considers the success in the military career as an important personal desire, resorting instead to other ways of describing the success in the future: family, house, material goods, health. Taking these into account, teachers should reconsider the most effective ways to have a significant impact in preparing students for future life and profession.

Using a video diary in teacher training first-school practice

ABSTRACT In teacher training, it is important to support prospective teachers as they become reflective practitioners. The aim of the study was to discover what, in the opinion of student teachers, are the advantages and disadvantages of using a video diary for learning purposes compared to a written diary. A questionnaire was used to collect data from 34 student teachers, which was then analyzed using qualitative content analysis. In the opinion of student teachers, the advantages of the video diary format were authenticity, team-building facilitation, efficiency, novelty, professionalism, and historical value. The disadvantages were related to anxiety, technical issues and digital competence, usage demands for location, text composition, and hesitation regarding possible video circulation.

Value Pluralism in Restoration Aesthetics

Abstract In the restoration of art and artifacts there are three salient types of value to consider: relic, aesthetic, and practical. Relic value includes an object’s age, aura, originality, authenticity, and epistemic value. Aesthetic value is connected to how an object looks, sounds, or tastes. Practical value involves whether a thing can be used as designed—whether a book can be read, a building occupied, a car driven. I argue that while these are all legitimate values, it is impossible for a restorer to maximize them all. I conclude that restoration inexorably involves aesthetic choices; there is no supreme value to be maximized and we should be pluralists about the right balance of values. Restoration is like baking a cake; there are many wrong ways to do it, but there are many right ways as well.

Compulsive religious practices in the workplace: through the looking glass and back in search of authenticity among Iranian women

ABSTRACT Over the last four decades, employees’ adherence to Islamic rules, even if they do not follow Islam, became necessary in Iran’s organizational environment. As a result, Iranian employees, especially women, are required to conform to religious norms and regulations at work, despite their non-Islamic identity. In this study, we extend identity theory and social identity theories to examine the Islamic-based identity threat experienced by Iranian women and its effect on women’s authenticity at work, turnover intentions, and job satisfaction. We also predict that accepting external influence, as an individual trait, will moderate the effect of Islamic-based identity threat on authenticity at work. Surveying 177 Iranian women, we examine a moderated mediation model. Our findings show that women’s perceptions of Islamic-based identity threat driven by their organizations’ religious rules, policies, and norms prevent them from expressing their authentic core values, resulting in increased turnover intentions and decreased job satisfaction.

Examining multiple mediation of authenticity in the relationship between cultural motivation pattern and satisfaction: a case study of Şirince in Turkey

PurposeThis study aims to assess the relationships between cultural travel motivation, two dimensions of authenticity and satisfaction of domestic tourists visiting Sirince in Turkey. Given the structure of the model, authenticity is two latent variables, indirectly affecting satisfaction.Design/methodology/approachThe research takes a predictive and explanatory approach rather than theory confirmation. Partial least squares (PLS) algorithm was used to assess the multiple mediation. The data were collected from 391 domestic visitors through a self-administered questionnaire.FindingsThe research highlights that two dimensions of authenticity have a statistically mediating influences on the relationship between cultural travel motivation and satisfaction. Furthermore, while cultural travel motivation is the most important predictor of satisfaction, object-based authenticity has emerged as an antecedent variable that deserves to be given the highest importance. Finally, first time visitors and repeaters did not differ across all relationships in the model.Research limitations/implicationsThe fact that the data were collected only from Sirince can be considered as geographical limitations of the study. Another limitation is that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the data were obtained only from domestic tourists visiting Sirince.Practical implicationsThe study on the multiple mediating roles of authenticity in the relationship between motivation factor alongside satisfaction revealed a variety of application opportunities, particularly for destinations attempting to position themselves as authentic. Accordingly, authenticity concept gains significance in tourism industry more often because unique experiences at the visited destinations can satisfy the individuals in search of their self-identity.Social implicationsFurthermore, transformation of authentic places into tourism destinations develops cultural values in line with expectations of tourists. However, this transforms domestic cultural factors into commercial products by eroding their significance in the eye of local residents. This invites artificiality by drifting apart from originality of cultural elements. Each element serves as part of authenticity is indeed away from authentic experience even though it is regarded as an authentic experience from tourists’ perspective because it diverts from its reality. Establishing balance between tourists’ travel motivations and their expectation from authentic destination is substantially important to satisfy their sensational and sentimental expectations. In addition to the ones mentioned above, managers should take an active role in promotion and focus on sponsorship activities to highlight the authenticity of Sirince; begin reconstruction works by considering the original architecture specific to the region; and pay attention to the compatibility of the new architectural texture with the destination character. As stated in the study of Genc and Gulertekin Genc (2021), special attention should be paid to the harmony between the architectural texture and the destination feature. Finally, considering that authenticity has a mediating role between cultural travel motivation and satisfaction, authentic values should be highlighted in promotional videos.Originality/valueThere has been very little research into the role of the dimensions of authenticity in mediating the relationship between cultural motivation and satisfaction. Unlike previous studies on authenticity and tourism, this research attempted to examine the relationship between cultural travel motivation and satisfaction by involving two dimensions of authenticity into the model.

Post-punk, Industrial Culture Zines, and the Information Dark Age

Several scholars have noted parallels between the online communicative tactics of the American alt-right and those of industrial musicians in the 1970s and 1980s. This article explores these connections further by analysing the informational media that industrial musicians developed. Between the mid-1980s and 1990s, these zines, handbooks, and websites made a strenuous break with the values of democracy, egalitarianism, and grassroots authenticity that were the default ideological ‘mode’ of DIY. Where the Californian ideology would centre the summer of love and the politics of the New Left, the zines ambiguously celebrated the nihilistic, authoritarian, and occult vectors of psychedelia – tendencies that have been associated with the late 1960s fate of the counterculture rather than its earlier heyday. The article tracks these themes from Vague magazine and Rapid Eye, to the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit in the 1990s, to neoreaction and the Dark Enlightenment, asking whether communicational utopianism should be considered a blip rather than the internet’s default state.

Brand Activism for Sustainable Development Goals: A Comparative Analysis in the Beauty and Personal Care Industry

National policymakers are now faced with the challenge of implementing the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and achieving the scopes envisioned through its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) worldwide. Diversity discrimination and social inequalities often responsible for sociopolitical uncertainty are at the heart of the agenda. Increasingly, corporations are pushed to take a public stance on controversial issues, promoting social improvements through their power to lead social change. This phenomenon is known in the academic literature as brand activism (BA). Many companies, for example, are exposing themselves to the need to cope with the equality gap that still exists on aspects such as gender, race and age, especially those operating in the beauty and personal care industry. The purpose of this paper is to explore how BA is being used as a driver for equality and inclusion, supporting the achievement of the related SDGs 5 and 10. Through a comparative analysis of the two inclusive brands Dove and L’Oréal, this study aims to capture BA under different corporate strategies in terms of stated values, initiatives and digital communication. Both theoretical and managerial perspectives are offered in the study, which emphasizes that different activist approaches can be successful, provided strong and consistent values are adhered to. The findings of this research show that although the two brands use different activist approaches, one more communicative and the other less so, both are successful because they reflect authentic and consistent values that are considered positively by consumers. Therefore, the study questions the dominant view that BA authenticity is linked to marketing, placing greater emphasis on prosocial corporate practices over communication.

Enhancing young consumer’s relational and behavioral outcomes: The impact of CEO activism authenticity and value alignment

This study surveyed 373 U.S. consumers on how perceived CEO activism authenticity and consumer value alignment (e.g., a match between personal values and a CEO’s stance on a sociopolitical issue) influence young consumers’ identification with the CEO’s organization, foster quality consumer relationships with the CEO’s organization, and increase purchase intention. The results of structural equation modeling analysis showed that the perceived authenticity of CEO activism positively influenced young consumers’ relationships with the organization and their intent to purchase. Value alignment also demonstrated a strong positive effect on consumer organizational identification. Furthermore, high-value alignment and organizational identification both contributed to the quality of consumer relationships with the organization. Consumers’ identification and relationships with the organization were revealed as serial mediators in the relationship between perceived value alignment with CEO activism and consumers’ purchase intention.