Forms Of Online Communication Research Articles

Жанровые дефиниции в современной читательской литературной критике

The article studies definitions of genre that exist in mass readers’ minds and appear in their book reviews. While readers’ literary criticism and other forms of online-communication per se are now beginning to draw scientific interest, the problem of genre in fiction book reviews written by readers has been underinvestigated. Non-professional literary critics have a rather vague idea of literary genres that often lacks logic and does not comply with traditional hierarchy of genres. Readers try to fit the text they have read into a genre system they understand, but if it does not fit they create or coin a new genre definition that reflects their own understanding of the text, how they define its subject matter and what the text made them think about. In the minds of novice readers genre definition is closely related to the plot and their personal opinion of the book. Genre criteria analysis is often overlooked or seems arbitrary, oftentimes readers use the first genre definition that comes to their minds, i.e. a socially-agreed-upon definition, a convenient definition, a general definition, or a definition that has been widely used lately (for example, in the movie or book advertisements). Using their own reading experience, reviewers create their own reader’s glossary, in which literary movement is intertwined with their own estimation of the book quality, stylistic devices are mixed up with the author’s individual writing style, and reader’s emotional response becomes a genre criterion.

Dynamics of gender-based violence in Scopus Indexed Publication 2014-2024: A bibliometric analysis

<p>One negative effect of the proliferation of social media and other forms of online communication on women is the rise of gender-based violence in this space. This study seeks to trace the evolution of this field of study from 2014 to 2024 by looking at topics/issues, author/country collaboration, publication trends, and relevant sources. This research uses the Bibliometric analysis method sourced from the Scopus database. 101 articles were obtained through a filter process using the PRISMA model. The data was processed using Vosviewer and R Studio Biblioshiny software to analyze and visualize the data. The results showed that the development of publications each year occurred most in 2022, with 26 publications. The main topics in this study were obtained from the co-occurrence keyword analysis of as many as 9 clusters, with the 2 most clusters, namely Digital Gender Violence and Misogyny. The United States is the most productive country to publish. Overall, this research can be a valuable reference for researchers in determining the direction of future research.</p><p><br /><strong></strong></p><p> </p>

Speech and Genre Characteristics of Express Consultation as a New Phenomenon of Medical Discourse

Introduction. The aim of the article is to analyze an extramural express consultation as a genre of oral medical discourse. New telemedicine technologies expand the forms of communication, it results in transformation of the dialogue between a doctor and a patient when communicating online, which requires linguistic research.Methodology and sources. The article is based on the main theses of the theory of speech genres formulated by M.M. Bakhtin, T.A. Van Dijk, O.B. Sirotinina, T.V. Shmeleva and others. The author has taken the scientific works on the study of speech genres of oral medical discourse as the methodological basis of the analysis. This includes the works of V.V. Zhura, E.A. Ponomarenko, M.I. Barsukova and others. The study applies methods of linguistic analysis of recorded online consultations for speech-genre characteristics of express consultations.Results and discussion. The article gives a description of an express consultation, including the following parameters: communicative goal, utterance content, speech roles of communicators, linguistic embodiment of the genre. The author pays special attention to doctor's communicative style and gives its assessment in terms of achieving communicative and consequently professional success. The author also describes a speech-genre scenario of a medical online consultation and a chain of communicative moves in a doctor's speech.Conclusion. The study shows that doctor's every speech act is specified by a complex system of communicative targets, primarily related to informative goals (requesting information from the patient and providing information in the form of an explanation and recommendation) and therapy goals to maintain a patient's psychological and emotional well-being. Communicators' speech behavior is regulated by the institutional roles of «an agent» and «a client» of an institution, native speakers having their own invariants. The utterance content is specified by a patient's specific complaint and is organized in accordance with the stages of a medical consultation. The study concludes that genre competence as a part of communicative competence in the form of online communication is the most important professional tool of a consulting specialist.

Sentimental Analysis Using Machine Learning for Mental Healthcare Management System

Abstract: Mental health issues are becoming more and more common around the world, with more and more people suffering from stress, anxiety, depression, and other related disorders. It has led to the development of innovative approaches to identify and treat the problem. Sentiment analysis, is a computer technique that analyzes text and identifies the emotions behind it, detects and monitors mental health problems in real time. It can be used for analyzing social media posts, chat messages, and other forms of online communication, sentiment analysis can provide valuable insight into the emotional state of individuals and groups. This technology helps mental health professionals identify those in need of support and provide timely interventions, ultimately improving mental health outcomes for individuals and society as a whole.

Webinar- A Communication Strategy in the Wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Swot Analysis

Web-based communication such as webinar is a form of online communication from a source to a receiver especially (in precarious urgent situations such as the present pandemic era) when abnormal is the new norm and with the prohibitions made on large gathering of people because their safety is not guaranteed due to the wide spread of the Corona Virus. Many organizations, associations among others due to the strengths and potentials of webinar speedily adopt and incorporate webinars as a communication medium without fully understanding and having complete knowledge on all there is to know about webinar usage. In so doing, they fail to realize and consider the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated to webinar as a medium of communication. The implication of such oversight is participants’ not gaining value for their time and in some cases money spent, in some cases this creates a negative impression about webinar on the minds of participants. Therefore, the study presents an analysis on the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of organizations adopting webinar as a communication strategy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study concludes that webinars are effective communication strategies; hence, corporate establishments and institutions of higher learning need to utilize the analysis presented herein particularly the weaknesses of webinars in order to structure and package their webinar events in a manner that will counter the weaknesses and thus produce satisfactory results for all parties.

Kharkiv artists in the Russian-Ukrainian war

Aspects of the creative activity of representatives of the artistic environment of front-line Kharkiv were analyzed. Its main directions and fields are considered, concrete examples of concerts, festivals, and creative meetings both offline and online are given. The names of numerous participants of these creative actions that took place in the city during the period from the beginning of full-scale Russian aggression to the end of October 2022 are given. With the beginning of the full-scale war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, the country as a whole, and especially the front-line Kharkiv, faced an urgent task not only to preserve independence, but also to resist the brutal attack of the aggressor, to preserve its own rich cultural and artistic heritage. Numerous Kharkiv artists played a big role in this: musicians, artists, poets and writers, actors, etc.
 The purpose of the article: to analyze the versatile activity of creative people during the Russian-Ukrainian war.
 The methodology: we applied the cooperative method and the induction method in this paper.
 The results. The tragic and, at the same time, heroic events of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war stimulated a huge burst of creative activity in many representatives of the artistic sphere of activity, because any creative person in extreme conditions of life seeks and finds the realization of his feelings, sensations from what he saw and experienced acutely in new compositions, paintings, poems, tapes, projects. Difficult living conditions in the front-line city for many months provoked and determined the search by creative people for new forms and means of implementing their ideas and plans. Artists are increasingly actively using various forms of online communication with potential audiences. But in addition to online projects, in a slightly transformed form, artists in various fields also implement numerous offline actions. Currently, the characteristic features of these actions are: most often the smallness of the composition of performers and, compared to the pre-war cultural and artistic life, small premises where creative events take place, creativity in the use of these premises, forms of information dissemination about such events, the prevalence of domestic authors in concert programs, the use of topical texts and plots, and, perhaps most importantly, the huge thirst of artists for self-realization. The vast majority of them have a charitable purpose: it is no coincidence that in the announcements of such events, as a rule, instead of the usual ticket price, it is stated: “any donation”. Thanks to such creative actions, considerable sums are constantly collected for the needs of Ukrainian defenders, which brings us all closer to Victory.
 Prospects for further research. Cultural life in the city continues and, despite daily deadly challenges, is enriched, acquiring new meaning and new shades, which is a symbolic confirmation of the indomitability of Kharkiv as a powerful eastern cultural outpost of Ukraine in the victorious struggle against the soulless Russian aggressor. A deeper understanding of the artistic processes currently taking place in Kharkiv, as well as in all regions of Ukraine not occupied by the enemy, will eventually lead to a scientific generalization of their common features, among which we can already highlight the active promotion of Ukrainian spiritual heritage and cultural innovations, the mobility and creativity of artists and creative collectives in adapting to the specific conditions of one or another creative action, altruism of all participants in creative events. The accumulation of specific facts of the creative life of Kharkiv and the whole of Ukraine, with further understanding and in-depth analysis of the events we are witnessing, will lead to a deeper understanding of the historical and cultural processes in which our Motherland and each of its citizens are now, because along with military cultural resistance to the aggressor is no less important and relevant.

Social Media as Online Shelter: Psychological Relief in COVID-19 Pandemic Diaries.

The pandemic diary on social media is a special form of online communication. Studying individual narratives in social networks during the pandemic and post-pandemic periods can help us generate valuable knowledge about the behaviors of media users and the function of social media in a public health crisis. This research focuses on psychological relief in virtual public spaces and explores how social media individual narratives affect people’s psychological health in a state of emergency from the perspective of narrative theory. Based on 19 in-depth interviews with Chinese diary writers, it has been found that the narrative genres of the pandemic diary were mainly Restitution and Quest narrative, while a few were categorized as “Restrained chaos” narrative. The purpose of editing pandemic diaries is to communicate both inwardly and outwardly. The pandemic diary can promote self-relief, public communication, emotional drive, meaning connection, and identity construction in public spaces, thus helping shape a sense of unity and belonging, and facilitating the psychological reconstruction of people who are vulnerable to potential mental health crises.

The current state of research of word-of-mouth in the health care sector

Health information plays a significant role in the health behavior of individuals. Word-of-mouth (WOM) is essential in this context. In recent years, new forms of online communication have greatly expanded the possibilities for seeking information and, in consequence, significantly changed communication behavior. Similarly, the doctor-patient relationship has gradually evolved and the traditional asymmetry of medical knowledge is increasingly being corrected as today’s health care consumers are becoming more well-informed. A key source of information is either in-person or online WOM. A research gap exists in terms of analyzing the current state of research of WOM in health care. Although various studies highlight the influence of WOM on health behavior, to the best of our knowledge there exists no systematic literature review that summarizes the current state of research on WOM in health care. Therefore, this paper presents a comprehensive systematic literature review on WOM in health care. The literature review investigates existing WOM studies in the health care sector based on a systematic search for articles in a twenty-year timeframe from January 2000 to December 2019. The resulting total of 34 articles constitutes the basis of this paper. These studies are analyzed using a model of WOM in health care and – based on the theory of cognitive dissonance, the theory of the strength of weak ties, and the theory of perceived risk – clustered into the creation, spread, and impact of WOM. The investigated studies emphasize the importance of the staff in the service process. Furthermore, negative reviews have a stronger impact than positive ones, with service quality representing the main reason for negative WOM. In addition, the importance of electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) is underlined, as online reviews are gaining popularity for patient decision-making processes. Although some studies have addressed WOM in health care, research gaps remain. For example, there are few studies on eWOM and some medical disciplines in private practice are neglected in WOM research. By systematically presenting and analyzing the literature on WOM in health care, this paper represents an important starting point for future research and also provides insights into the role of WOM in health care practice.

Роль лідерства та комунікацій у забезпеченні розвитку сучасних підприємницьких структур

The article summarizes the main aspects of the formation of business communications under modern business conditions; the connection between leadership and communication skills of the head of company is determined and the forms of entrepreneurial activity on the basis of leadership and business communications are substantiated. The components of leadership, in particular organizational, tactical and strategic spheres, are analyzed. Based on a study of the essence of the gestalt approach, it is determined that the formation of effective leadership and business communications is represented by taking into account individual and collective goals and is grounded on determining the competitive advantages of team members and key participants in business processes. The article substantiates the importance of mastering the skills of electronic communication (netiquette), on the basis of which contemporary business processes are built, negotiations are conducted and other forms of online communication are provided. A special role of leadership and business communications is assigned in the implementation of innovative activities of the organization, because the creation of a significantly new product requires greater organization in making managerial decisions, which is ensured, first of all, by high-quality communication skills of the head of company. According to the results of the study of the peculiarities of business communications, the problems of building interpersonal communication within an innovative organization are identified. The identification of specific characteristics and features of doing business in the new conditions of the digital economy allowed to determine the main conditions for the development of innovative leadership in modern organizations, the quality of an effective leader, the body of his skills and competencies. The role of leadership is determined, which is updated in a new way in connection with constant changes in the business environment and the development of many spheres of human activity, as well as the sphere of influence of leadership and communications when ensuring the development of modern entrepreneurial structures.

The Utility of Online Information Sessions for Medical Student Recruitment in Plastic Surgery: A New Paradigm Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased barriers for medical students seeking to engage with plastic surgery. Traditional approaches such as pursuing clinical electives broadly are no longer feasible and medical students are seeking innovative approaches for engagement. The current study evaluated the efficacy of online information sessions on medical student perception and proposed a timeline for longitudinal medical student recruitment. Methods: The McGill Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery residency program held an online information session for medical students focusing on a wide array of topics related to plastic surgery and residency. Following the session, an anonymous survey was sent to participants gauging their satisfaction with the event and potential effects it had on career planning. Results: Thirty-four participants completed the survey, comprising more than 60% of annual applicants to Canadian plastic surgery programs. 94% of participants stated that their view of McGill's training program improved and reported a desire for additional sessions from other training programs. 68% of respondents reported being more likely to consider training at McGill and 100% agreed that such sessions could influence their decision to pursue a given training program. Social media was the most common resource used by participants to gain information on training programs. Conclusion: Online information sessions are valuable tools for medical student recruitment and can directly influence their views of a specific training program and affect career planning. Investing in generating high quality content through online forms of communication is paramount as most medical students are turning to these platforms amidst the pandemic.

Use of Social Media at Cardiovascular Congresses: Opportunities for Education and Dissemination

Social Media includes different forms of online communication from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, podcasts, YouTube etc. and has advanced how information is exchanged. A notable use is engaging on Twitter at medical conferences, both for those attending the conference and the global audience who are not able to attend. It is also increasingly used as an educational tool similar to e-learning. The objective of this paper is to: 1) highlight the impact of using Twitter at cardiovascular congresses as an interactive platform for active learning as compared to passively listening to a presentation; 2) present perspectives from not only clinicians, researchers but also patients on how this information is interpreted; 3) provide recommendations for conference organizers for best practice live tweeting to share the information and knowledge beyond those in attendance; with potential for not only engagement but also educating our global community.

Belonging and loneliness in cyberspace: impacts of social media on adolescents’ well-being

ABSTRACT Objectives: The rapidly shifting landscape of social media technology presents challenges to researchers and clinicians attempting to understand the impact of such technology on individuals’ psychosocial development. In this paper, we provide a historical perspective on research exploring the relationship between social media use and loneliness and belonging among adolescents and young adults. Method: Rather than attempting an exhaustive review of literature in this area, we provide a narrative review on the evolution of social media technology over the past 20 years and its impact on socialization experiences of adolescents and young adults. Results: Our narrative review, based on three prominent theoretical models in the field, reveals somewhat divergent findings, which may, to a large extent, reflect the remarkable evolution over the past few years in how youths use communication media technology. In this review, we consider individual, societal, and cultural factors that may explain preferences for various forms of online communication and related social outcomes such as belonging and loneliness. Conclusions: Rather than asking whether social media involvement leads to feelings of loneliness and isolation for youth or opens a new frontier for connectedness and belonging, a more useful question is under what circumstances and for whom do these outcomes occur. Social media technology can be both a deterrent and a boost to youths’ sense of social well-being, depending on the nature of its use. We provide some cautions and guidelines for utilizing social media to promote psychological well-being among youth.

Studijski kursevi arhitektonskog projektovanja tokom i van Kovida-19 - adaptivni procesi u akademskoj razmeni znanja

This paper elaborates on the work of the Growth 2.0 design studio at the Faculty of Architecture in Skopje that, over the years, has built its own methodology around different modalities of collaborations, prompting immediate and direct exchange of knowledge in the learning process. Restrictions in movement and access to other commodities, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, have shaken every sphere of society, including education as it was inevitably transferred from the physical classroom into online forms of communication. Such a major shift especially reflects architectural education that basically evolves around the very notion of space, spatial practises and physical encounters. History has proven that in times of 'crises' (as the pandemic certainly is), new ways of thinking emerge that further instigate novel and innovative acts and deeds. Nevertheless, education being conceived as an act of continuation by sharing and exchanging knowledge, could not withstand a rapid shift without leaving a rupture in the process. Therefore, this paper shows how pedagogy and methodology changed in the Covid-19 era to adapt the particular circumstances of physical distance and isolation in the framework of the design studio, adjusting design tasks and communication tools as new modes of collaboration.

Prosptcts for the development of distance and online education in modern conditions

It is noted that in modern conditions the issue of online education development in Ukraine has become especially acute, in particular, in the development of a long-term program to improve secondary and higher online education and ensure its new level of quality. The article is devoted to determining the need for distance and online education, the differences between them, the necessary forms of communication, the advantages and disadvantages of these forms of education, as well as prospects for distance and online education in Ukraine. It has been identified that online and distance education is viable and effective teaching strategies, but each has its own clear advantages and disadvantages for both teachers and students. The article proves that there are the following differences between these types of education: the location of the teacher and students; interaction between teacher and students; intention of teaching strategy. The authors list the advantages of distance education: distance education can continue without interruption, even in cases such as emergencies or the COVID-19 pandemic; distance education provides more flexibility for students to work at their own pace and review assignments as needed. The article summarizes the main forms of online communication between students and teachers - video conferencing, forum, chat, blog, etc. In addition, the most common web resources for distance education: Moodle, Google Classroom, Zoom and others. The problems that arise in the implementation of distance education have been identified: it is impossible to use distance education if students do not have access to devices or the Internet at home; it is difficult to keep a real contribution of the student to the work; distance education can make falsification even easier than online education; distance education can lead to even more screen time for students. It was concluded that the use of the Internet in teaching is necessary both for teachers who seek to offer their students different ways of learning, and for the students themselves. It has been proven that distance education is most useful for those students who have constant access to technology at home and work responsibly and independently, and it has a clear advantage in the event of an unexpected restriction of classes in the free economic zone.

Ethics in criminological research of online communities

The aim of this paper is to outline and critically analyse the ethical dilemmas faced by criminologists tasked with online community research. Online communities and online content serve as a valuable sources of criminological knowledge about online crime and deviance as well as formal and informal norm-making and means of social control. From discussion forum texts and blogs to multimedia posts in open and closed social networking groups, from visual and video materials on Instagram, Youtube, or Tiktok to organized crime group data exchanges in publicly inaccessible communication channels, there is great diversity and variety of the contents and forms of online communication enacted by online communities. Correspondingly, research projects are different – some focusing on the content as a linguistic object, others focusing on social relations, social network structure, and its ethnographic characteristics, while many fall in between. In addition, depending on the research goals and sensitivity of the research questions, researchers may opt for active interaction or passive (and sometimes covert) observation. Therefore there is no one-size-fits-all ethical solution for approaching online communities in criminology. Based on an in-depth analysis of methodological literature, the paper suggests that online community research is largely a matter of situational ethics, wherein researchers must make situation-aware ethical decisions about several key issues. In particular, they should aim to choose and provide arguments regarding: 1) expectations of publicity or privacy in publicly accessible information; 2) the need for informed consent or absence of such need; 3) ensuring balance between anonymity and authorship attribution; 4) securing collected data; and 5) correctly assessing risks to the researched individuals and communities, and the researchers themselves.

Intimacy, friendship, and forms of online communication among hidden youth in Hong Kong

This combined quantitative and qualitative study investigates the friendship development of hidden youth in the light of their uses of different forms of online communication. 357 hidden youth participated in the quantitative study, and 42 participated in qualitative interviews. Quantitative analyses examined the forms of communication used by hidden youth at different friendship levels as well as the relationship among intimacy, forms of communication, and friendship level, whilst qualitative analysis was included to support the quantitative findings. Results showed that hidden youth adopted various forms of online communication which allow diversified information exchange. More forms and more private forms of communication were used between closer friends. Also, forms of communication partially mediated the relationship between intimacy and friendship, indicating that forms of communication play a part in influencing friendship development. Additionally, the level of intimacy and friendship affected the use of forms of communication.

The Local and the Global in Networks of Lebanese and Algerian Rappers

This article discusses border-crossing interconnections and processes of glocalization in Arab(ic) hip hop culture. It is based on an analysis of collaborative networks among Lebanese and Algerian rappers, and their Twitter networks. This approach is grounded in relational sociology, which assumes that culture is the product of interactions between individuals. Here, two interactions are modeled and analyzed as networks. At first, featurings as a form of artistic collaboration are examined. Secondly, Twitter followings, as an important form of online communication, are focused on. By analyzing network-structures like clusters and node properties like the number of connections to other nodes (degree), this article takes a quantitative viewpoint on a subject matter usually analyzed by qualitative tools. The article’s findings indicate the parallel existence of an Algerian and an Eastern Arab(ic) hip hop community excluding the Maghreb region. Both communities have social media connections to the US-American hip hop scene, while French hip hop seems to only play a bigger role in Algeria.

What hinders the use of ICT among academic staff at Yemen’s public universities?

The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Yemen public universities. Three academic staff from Hodeida, Amran and Thamar universities were the participants of this study. The qualitative method was employed with one to one interview as an instrument of the data collection. Thematic analysis was employed to identify the patterns that reflect the factors that affecting ICT use in the universities. The findings revealed that the use of ICTs in Yemen’s universities still depends on lecturer’s self-initiative. The lecturer who has skills of using ICT appeared to have positive attitude towards the use of ICT in their teaching. There is no any type of social influence on lecturer’s use of ICT in their teaching. The poor infrastructure, poor facilitating condition and lack of the technical support stand as major barriers of ICT integration in Yemen’s Universities. All forms of online communication is totally absent in all the three universities. The participants of this study urged their universities top management to provide a proper facilitating condition and training programs to enable their academic staff to cope up with 21st century teaching and technologies.

60+ Online:

Seniors are amongst the most digitally excluded in Australia. Despite the increasing popularity of social media, seniors often lack access to technology and to basic digital skills. Thus many seniors do not derive the social benefits and service realisation that arise from online forms of communication and engagement. One barrier to digital inclusion for seniors is learning how to make use of digital and online tools in a way that incorporates their specific needs, interests and capabilities.
 The 60+ Online project fostered digital inclusion amongst 22 Australian seniors with varied digital skills and from diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. Within workshops, researchers encouraged seniors to learn basic digital skills, addressed seniors’ concerns about confidentiality and privacy, and introduced them to safe and regulated online social media platforms. Seniors were encouraged to draw upon personal and community interests to inform storyboarding and digital story development. Digital stories were generated and edited using personal mobile technology. Social media sites (a closed Facebook page and personal Instagram accounts) facilitated sharing of digital skills development and experiences outside the workshops. Regardless of digital skill levels at outset, every senior who completed the workshops ‘graduated’, and produced their own digital story. These digital stories were showcased at festivals, City Council events, and hosted on YouTube.
 This article outlines the framework used for this project, from the first co-design workshop to YouTube dissemination. We provide links to workshop resources and tools (iPads, smartphones and apps used) in order to provide a model for digital inclusion that may be replicated for other disadvantaged or vulnerable groups in diverse community-based settings.

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