Inclusion Of Media Research Articles

Addressing the gaps: What social media tells us about patient experiences with hypoglossal nerve stimulation

PurposeHypoglossal nerve stimulation (HNS) can be an effective treatment for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in positive airway pressure (PAP) intolerant patients. To better understand patient perceptions of HNS therapy, we explored three Facebook groups pertaining to HNS therapy. Materials and methodsA retrospective analysis of Facebook posts from three HNS-related Facebook groups, from October 1, 2022 to October 1, 2023, was performed. Posts were analyzed for author attitude, content (adverse events, inquiries, or sharing information), and the inclusion of media within the post. ResultsFrom 737 Facebook posts, 752 events were identified, predominantly authored by patients or family (99.5 %). Few posts included media attachments (7.3 %), primarily photos (85.5 %). Post tone was mainly neutral (79.4 %), rather than positive (12.9 %) or negative (7.7 %). Most posts (53.6 %) were queries to the Facebook group, as opposed to sharing information (28.9 %) or detailing adverse events (17.6 %). Notably queries posed by Facebook group members included those pertaining to the postoperative recovery course (10.17 %), physical activity restrictions (6.20 %), HNS therapy eligibility (4.71 %), financial considerations (4.22 %), and more. ConclusionOverall, Facebook group members reported a predominantly neutral tone, typically posting queries to the group rather than sharing information or detailing adverse events. These findings illustrate how diverse data sources, such as social media, can enhance our understanding of patient experiences and identify gaps in patient education with HNS therapy.

Creating the Contemporary Christian Theatre: An X-Ray of Sight & Sound Theatres

The proliferation of media technologies has redefined theatre performance in contemporary times. This modification which includes mixed-media and mediatization; interactive media; social media; aesthetic communication and spectacle have resulted in a high level of change. As audiences visit the theatre with an increased level of aesthetic taste and newer lens to view performance, theatre directors and designers struggle to find newer methods to tell the dramatic story and create performances to meet the high demand. Sadly, for Christian theatres, especially in Nigeria, the handful of theatre directors and designers actually embracing these new developments have barely scratched the surface of the ongoing renaissance in theatre performance. And this is due to a dearth of documentation on the modus operandi necessary for the creation of these contemporary Christian theatre performances. Sight & Sound Theatres (USA), is a faith-based Christian Theatre in the league of Broadway Theatre with several biblical stories presented on sophisticated stages. This paper engages Ole Thyssen’s ‘Aesthetic Communication theory’ as theoretical framework. It is a descriptive study which engages a content analysis of Sight & Sound’s performance of “Joseph”, and documents the technical details of creating contemporary Christian performances with the example of “Joseph”. Observably, Sight & Sound Theatres prioritizes the inclusion of media and technical elements into performance to enhance performance quality and ensure effective communication of the dramatic story. Hence, by documenting these elements, Sight & Sound Theatres provide a template for the creation of performance in contemporary times, indeed, Christian theatrical productions around the globe.

Forecasting CPI with multisource data: The value of media and internet information

AbstractUsing a large Chinese news corpus and Internet search data, we conduct an in‐depth out‐of‐sample forecasting study of Consumer Price Index (CPI) with the monthly macroeconomic database. For this purpose, we combine penalized regression and mixed‐frequency data sampling (MIDAS) methods to deal with the mixed‐frequency and high‐dimensional problems. Then we measure the time‐varying contributions of data from different sources and industries via dynamic model averaging. The results show that different types of data all provide enhancement in CPI forecasting, and the inclusion of media and Internet data further improves CPI forecasts' accuracy and timeliness due to their thorough coverage and fast update. In particular, the importance of alternative data is highlighted when the economy experiencing downturn or high uncertainty.

Microvascular Decompression and Trigeminal Neuralgia: Patient Sentiment Analysis Using Natural Language Processing

Microvascular decompression (MVD) as a treatment for trigeminal neuralgia (TGN) has high success rate but is associated with risks of complication. This study analyzes Twitter to provide insights into discussions surrounding MVD for patients with TGN. A Twitter search performed in April 2022 yielded 491 tweets from 426 accounts. Tweets and accounts were classified thematically, and descriptive statistics were used for various social media metrics. Using a natural language processing machine learning algorithm, sentiment analysis (SA) was performed to evaluate patient perspectives before and after surgery, and a multivariate regression model was used to identify predictors of higher engagement metrics (likes, retweets, quote tweets, replies). Most accounts were patients, caregivers, and other members of the public (70%). The most encountered themes were research (47%) and personal experiences (33.4%). SA of tweets about patient experiences showed that 40.2% of tweets were positive, 31.1% were neutral and 28.7% were negative. Negative tweets decreased significantly in postoperative tweets and mostly discussed complications or failure of surgery (63%). On multivariate analysis, only inclusion of media (photo or video) in a Tweet was associated with higher engagement metrics. This study provides a comprehensive review of Twitter use discussing MVD in TGN and is the first to assess patient satisfaction after treatment using SA. The data presented on patient perspectives on social media could help physicians establish direct lines of communication with patients, fostering a more patient-focused care.

Experience of Media Anthropology in the Research of Media Influence

Introduction. The importance of studying the influence of media on the audience is undeniable. Media anthropology suggests using the methods of cultural anthropology for such studies. It seemed appropriate to me to pay attention to the potential possibilities of such methods. Relevance of the study. It is not possible to say that the discussion about the methods, approaches and functions of media anthropology, which involves both anthropologists and specialists in media science, is complete. In particular, these questions are raised during regular seminars on media anthropology. The idea of the article is an analytical review of some scientific works published in foreign scientific publications devoted to media anthropology as a scientific direction and, in particular, methods of media anthropology aimed at studying the interaction of people with the media. Methodology. Methods of analysis and generalization, descriptive and comparative methods were used. Results. Among the modern approaches to media anthropology as a scientific direction, the following can be distinguished: 1) the study of media consumption in certain local communities; 2) study of media production; 3) interpretations of media systems using categories borrowed from cultural anthropology, such as myth, ritual, sacredness, magic. 4) understanding media messages as a powerful discourse and studying ways of public resistance to this discourse. Compliance with the standards of field anthropological research remains a debatable point. The problems addressed by media anthropologists are mainly related to the study of the influence of media on various segments of the audience, in particular the effects of mediatization, state formation, the formation of nations in the Internet space, the practice of using social media, etc. Conclusions. The method of included observation and in-depth interviews has serious prospects for audience research, although it needs significant work in this direction. The application of the methods of cultural anthropology makes it possible to study the means of perception of media messages, inclusion of media in the context of everyday life, human interpretation of media messages.

Učešće mladih u medijima i analiza prelivanja informacija o njima od jedne ka drugoj vrsti medija

The participation of young people in the community's social life is a prerequisite for societal progress. Media serves as a means of ensuring their participation by shaping certain patterns of social behavior. The research question of this study is: Is the media space sufficiently open to young people? While young people convey messages, there have been no research studies addressing the content of these messages and whether they circulate within the communicational space. Through a one-month observation of five informative TV shows, six daily newspapers, two youth portals, and the programming schedule of RTS (national public broadcaster), the following observations have been made: the communicational space between young people and the audience is limited, with no information overflow between different means of communication, and the complexity and seriousness of the content depend on the media from witch said content originates from. At the same time, young people are exposed to content that distances them from real-life topics. On television, young people mostly talked about culture and society, but little about ecology, politics, agriculture, and science, indicating the areas where they were more visible. They spoke from an experiential perspective, focusing less on phenomena. In the press, news mostly revolved around entertainment and crime related reporting. The youth portals had no connection with the mentioned communication channels, and the RTS programming schedule did not provide easily accessible information about content offerings for young people. The criteria for information overflow that guided the research were objectivity, credibility, and the importance of information for public interest, aiming to ensure that young people are informed about events in their environment. This is a prerequisite for critically examining their role in society and promoting activism. The knowledge gained serves as a basis for further theoretical considerations, and a broader inclusion of media in future similar studies would improve their work in the future.

Towards the Conceptualization of Media Inclusion: managerial aspect

The article suggests the author’s approach to the conceptualization of the concept of “media inclusion” in the managerial aspect, which is dictated, firstly, by the absence of this term as a whole and separately of the concept of “inclusion” in domestic media studies, and, secondly, by the presence of a large body of work on the inclusion of certain types of media in the social space, which requires its own understanding. The author (1) reveals the sources of the emergence and specificity of new media in the framework of managerial discourse; (2) notes the features of the use of the concept of inclusion in the scientific lexicon; (3) shows the the specifics of considering inclusion in the media and the effectiveness of media in domestic and foreign science; and (4) conceptualizes the media inclusion from managerial the point. The methodological basis of the research is the work of F.I. Sharkov and V.V. Silkin on the genesis of the sociology of media space, which presents sociological tools for the study of the inclusion of media in social space and media space as a set of fields that unite individuals in the social information space. The author’s concept of media inclusion is based on a comprehensive study of media inclusion as a paradigm in already existing social processes at the management level.

Features of Presentation of Media Educational Activities of Teachers in 1920–1930s in the Specialized Publication “Enlightenment of Siberia”

In the mid-1920s, the first printed publications for children began to appear in the Siberian territory, in which young correspondents could try their hand at journalism. A special role in this process belonged to the journal “Enlightenment of Siberia”.The purpose of this article is to identify the features of the presentation of different types of media educational activities of teachers on the pages of this journal in the 1920s–1930sThe author of the article identifies a range of main media education problems with regard to use print media, radio and cinema by teachers. The publications discussed issues related to the functions of teachers in the creation of school wall newspapers, to the involvement of teachers in the work of editorial offices of children's print publications and radio newspapers; to the participation of teachers in compiling lists of films for children and in developing screenplays for films about the school. The article analyzes various approaches to the implementation of the teaching potential of the media by teachers: the inclusion of media texts publications in school lessons, the listening of radio broadcasts during classes and their further discussion, the incorporation of watching films to lecture classes, etc.The author comes to the conclusion about the special role of the printed publications in the dissemination of pedagogical experience and proposes to consider the professional journal “Enlightenment of Siberia” as a media platform that contributes to the development of regional media education in the 1920s–1930s.

World Antibiotic Awareness Week and European Antibiotic Awareness Day, November 2018: An analysis of the impact of Twitter activity

IntroductionInternational antibiotic awareness and stewardship campaigns use social media to disseminate campaign materials. Analysis of campaigns during 2016 and 2017 identified a wide range of hashtags in use, potentially leading to confusion and dilution of the campaign message. This study aimed to examine the impact of different hashtags on the dissemination of information during European Antibiotic Awareness Day and World Antibiotic Awareness Week, November 2018. MethodsTweets were prospectively extracted using Followthehashtag and analysed in Excel and R (14 400 tweets by 5 899 tweeters, with 60 222 retweets). Descriptive analysis and multivariable logistic regression analyses were adjusted for potential confounders. ResultsThere was a positive association between retweets received and inclusion of media, hashtag(s), mention of other tweeter(s), and number of followers. There was hashtag drift (e.g. the unofficial #WAAW2018 hashtag was used more frequently than the official campaign #WAAW18 hashtag). Analysis of five popular hashtags from the European and worldwide campaigns found a positive association between retweets and the unofficial hashtag #WAAW2018 and the long-established #AntibioticGuardian hashtag. #AntibioticResistance (another official hashtag) was the most frequently used hashtag but did not have a consistent positive association with retweets. Analysis of the contribution of tweeters – tweeters, retweeters, and mentions of tweeters – demonstrated 32 534 accounts in total, 95% of which tweeted and/or retweeted, the great majority being retweeters. ConclusionThis study demonstrates the breadth of participation in international antibiotic awareness campaigns, but also the need for clarity about campaign hashtags, and the need to search beyond official hashtags when evaluating the impact of a campaign.

Comparison of the lattice-Boltzmann model with the finite-difference time-domain method for electrodynamics.

A three-dimensional lattice-Boltzmann model (LBM) for the simulation of the Maxwell equations is presented. The inclusion of media follows an extension of a special limit described in the literature which is applicable to this LBM and does not harm the stability of simulations. The focus of the present study lies on the properties of numerical accuracy and stability of the LBM in comparison to the standard finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method based on Yee's method. Typical examples, often investigated in the context of numerical simulations, are considered. These include the propagation of electrodynamic (EM) fields in one- and three-dimensional systems. Results of this simulations are compared to the ones of their theoretical predictions. Further on, long-time simulations are done in systems with periodic boundary conditions to check if the total energy is conserved. To investigate the effect of the numeric impedance, the propagation of an EM pulse is monitored spatially and temporarily in a two-dimensional system. The simulation results indicate, in contrast to the one obtained from the FDTD method, that the presented LBM does fulfill the expected energy conservation and is not effected by the numerical impedance. This LBM therefore represents a valuable alternative for the simulation of EM problems like long-time simulations by avoiding intrinsic properties the FDTD method suffers from.

Influence of septic tank attached growth media on total nitrogen removal in a recirculating vertical flow constructed wetland for treatment of domestic wastewater

Among different decentralized wastewater treatment systems, constructed wetlands are particularly robust, reliable and cost-effective technologies. However, traditional treatment wetland designs have a limited capacity to remove total nitrogen. The recirculating vertical-flow constructed wetland (RVFCW) system is a novel modification of the vertical flow wetland (VFW), allowing for increased denitrification by circulating the nitrified effluent back into a recirculation tank, where it is mixed with primary treated wastewater. Microcosm experiments were conducted to investigate the effects on nitrogen removal of mixing recirculated VFW effluent with raw wastewater after different degrees of primary treatment, with and without attached growth media. The results show that the inclusion of attached growth media in the first chamber of the recirculation tank resulted in enhanced total nitrogen removal. The microcosms that contained a mixture of raw wastewater and VFW effluent showed denitrification efficiency of 83% after 48 h of contact time. An increase in the denitrification efficiency (up to 99.5%) was observed in microcosms that also contained attached growth media. The majority of nitrate-N (NO3-N) removal was achieved in the first 24 h. Inclusion of media increased the denitrification efficiency after 48 h contact time from 36 to 93% and from 31 to 88% in microcosms containing VFW effluent mixed at a ratio of 3:1 with wastewater after 1 and 2 days residence time in a septic tank respectively. It was inferred that the lower the degree of pre-treatment of wastewater into which the recirculated VFW effluent was mixed, the greater is the denitrification rate and thereby the lower TN concentration in the effluent.

Nursing & indigenous education integration

The number of indigenous nurses practicing in Canada and the USA falls far below population census levels. To increase recruitment, retention and graduation of indigenous nursing students in academic settings, access to education and curriculum revision is needed. Integration of nursing and indigenous knowledge may improve the outcomes of nursing education, resulting in improved practice. Curricula revision, such as inclusion of media which reflects indigenous experience, supports cultural identity and enhances the learning experiences provided by academic settings. Traditional foundations of nursing knowledge are based on science, aligning theory with practice. Nursing education leads to applications of communication, comfort, nutrition and hygiene to improve health. Indigenous knowledge added to this foundation as it incorporates various aspects of the physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual world, understanding their function and purpose. The Medicine Wheel represents a structural education framework of knowledge shared among many Aboriginal peoples. Incorporating this knowledge into traditional nursing education systems may remove barriers to academic success for many students. Cultural identity within this framework influences the level of self-confidence and positive psychological adjustment that occurs in personal, professional and academic environments. When indigenous education and cultural identity are absent from nursing curricula, it may represent a subtle racism. This has a negative impact on students’ self-confidence and academic success. It contributes to lower levels of nursing student recruitment, retention and graduation. Developing the future nursing workforce can benefit from utilizing efforts to recruit, retain and graduate indigenous nurses. By incorporating aspects of Aboriginal epistemology into pedagogy and curriculum, nursing education will broaden the potential of providing more inclusive education. Integration of nursing and indigenous education supports cultural identity and promotes diversity within the nursing profession that provides care for all people.

Media Arts: A Shifting Paradigm?

The chairs of four arts education professional organizations—Jane Bonbright of the National Dance Education Organization, Michael Butera of the National Association for Music Education, Lynne Kingsley of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education, and Deborah Reeve of the National Art Education Association—were individually interviewed for their insights into the inclusion of media arts in K–12 arts classrooms. Guiding questions asked, “What is media arts? What are some examples of media arts in arts education? Are media arts affecting enrollment in the arts? What new branches of the arts have been made possible because of advancements in media arts? What will media's influence on the arts be in the next ten years? How will this shift in each arts discipline's paradigm be successfully achieved?” and lastly, “Do you personally feel that media is helping arts education?”

Abstract No. 246 EE: Development of an Online IR Teaching Manual with Blackboard Learning System (BLS) and Podcasting

The goals of the project were to develop and implement a web-enhanced interactive IR training manual to shift preclinical education from a teacher-centered experience to a student-driven experience. The manual could also be used as resource for practicing Interventional Radiologists. The Blackboard Learning System (BLS) provides a platform for delivery of content and facilitates online interaction between students and instructor. Podcasting provides a personalized virtual classroom feel to the content delivery and allows for inclusion of media formats that deliver complex concepts in a more graphically accessible fashion.

Child health in the information age: media education of pediatricians.

Substantial research has associated exposure to entertainment media with increased levels of interpersonal violence, risky sexual behavior, body image distortion, substance abuse, and obesity. The objective of this study was to determine what pediatric residency programs are teaching trainees about media and the influence of media on the physical and mental health of children and adolescents. Survey of residency curricula, consisting of 17 items about children's exposure to media, including television, movies, popular music, computer/video games and the Internet, the effects of this exposure on specific health risks, and associations between program characteristics and media education in the residency curriculum. Participants. Directors of the 209 accredited pediatric residency programs in the United States. Two hundred four programs (97.6%) responded. Fifty-eight programs (28.4%) offered formal education on 1 or more types of media; 60 programs (29.4%) discussed the influences of media when teaching about specific health conditions. Residents in 96 programs (47.1%) were encouraged to discuss media use with patients and parents; 13 programs (6.4%) taught media literacy as an intervention. Among program characteristics, only media training received by program directors was significantly associated with inclusion of media in residency curricula. Despite increasing awareness of media influence on child health, less than one-third of US pediatric residency programs teach about media exposure. Developing a pediatric media curriculum and training pediatric residency directors or designated faculty may be a resource-effective means of improving health for children growing up in a media-saturated environment.