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Surface Fugue: Clark's Island, Wampanoag Bowl, Carcharodon Carcharias

Surface Fugue:Clark's Island, Wampanoag Bowl, Carcharodon Carcharias Ralph Sneeden (bio) —but I sawToo far into the sea, where every mawThe greater on the less feeds evermore;But I saw too distinct into the coreOf an eternal fierce destruction … —John Keats, from a letter to J. H. Reynolds, March 25, 1818 I There are no good synonyms for predator, really,only names. I used to think the storyabove sea level is always changing, alwaysinvisible from underneath. You wouldn't have seenthe empty wetus, skeletal domes, silencesof plague, or, now, these landlocked squabbles betweenthe soon to be decommissioned nuke and turbines,floral, sword-strokes of their stiff petals cashingin on Plymouth's stiff offshore. But fishknow the shapes they did back then: mishoon,then shallop (Clark tacking the bay, shakingoff December squalls). A boat from belowis under- belly, apex, maybe mammalian. Herdinghorizons of pogies, the bass gorge in summer, [End Page 169] inscribe with appetite their platinum ceiling aroundmy skiff. Among the boulders, almost bouldersthemselves, "horsehead" seals, shoulder deep,congregate, suspicious elders eyeing my idling,forehead to temple with gossip, prayers. Maybethe propeller's rip and growl, the lingering wake'sunnatural slaps to their faces, or a glimpse of hullthat trips their blood's alert, survivalist wiringgetting the drift of some intention of teeth,some pending penetration of colony, ballistic,through gathering clouds of bunker. A wave's wallis the surface on its side. I rememberdragging a hand along it, as if to reachthrough to seals on the other side surfingside-by-side with me. We were poorimitations in adjacent rooms, notreflections. And to call them shadows won'tcapture the braid of flippers and snouts definedbeyond my board's rail. The beach was a riverof white blowing sand, the water almostashen, and swells ahead of the hurricane arrivedthrough fog. The seals were hunting. Something,probably, hunted them. And I was therefor fun. II Whatever name the locals hadfor the island is someone else's memory of going [End Page 170] there, scuttled dugout, ferry of languagesunk somewhere between the Algonquin monponsett,"at the deep clear space," and munponsett,Wampanoag for "island crossing place," distinctionsextinguished like bootprint and rudder-rut in sand,shifty as Saquish across the strait, that current-jimmied door left open, breach thatlet them in. In the foyer of the HistoricalSociety is the property of Metacom, a manthey called King Philip: a vessel hewnfrom burl—elm's deformity—hollowed bulbof knots, cross-purposes of branch and trunk,with holes bored through the rim to loopa leather thong he'd cinch around his waistfor wading lowbush blueberry, prizing quahogslike easy confessions from the mud, or shimbetween his knees for eating samp. The newstewards stuffed it with ballots, decisions madeto keep their inheritance safe, from tool to trophy,practicality to objet: Don't mistake itfor a relic, holy and incarcerated in its cubeof glass, like a saint's purported mold and rags. I understand a nation and cultureare not at stake if someone kicks inmy door, murders me and my wife, stealsmy favorite coffee cup or maple bowlfor salad (the only wedding gift we kept),dropped by children eager to help and seasonedby the rule of never using soap, decadesof oil, anchovies, garlic, avocado slush,dinner after family dinner protectedin the house of its grain. [End Page 171] III In the Seychelles,the giant trevally flies, swims fastenough to leave the sea and wolf the flyingtern. Here, girls snapping picturesof seals said the shark launched them upward,vanished. They were out here flailingfor capsized kayaks, fifteen minutes, fifteen-foot animal beneath maybe banginga U-ey for another go, morelikely repelled by texture, acrid tasteof modernity. In the news clip ("I sawfour feet of its head …"), they're almost giddywith the privilege of being hit, giddy withsurvival. When the tide nabs me, enginecut, past Bug Light...

“With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility”: A Perspective on <em>Wild Wild Country</em> and Television News Footage Citation in the Epic Documentary

"With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility"A Perspective on Wild Wild Country and Television News Footage Citation in the Epic Documentary Bill Goetz (bio) In addition to daily print, radio, and online journalism, television news captures its own first rough-draft version of history 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Often, the broadcast photographer's ability and intuition to be in the right place at the right time produce the kind of reportage that can be quite visceral, revealing the depth and complexity of human nature. Documentaries that focus on the people and events of the last seventy years—a period broadly covered by local, network, and cable television news—are regularly shown on cable networks and public television and streamed via platforms such as Netflix. Their stories, which vary widely in subject matter, are often told through excerpts from originally broadcast TV news reports and sometimes from rare caches of unedited 16mm news film and news tape footage. One of the most extensive uses of local television news footage can be seen in the recent Emmy Award–winning Netflix docuseries Wild Wild Country (2018), directed and produced by brothers Chapman and Maclain Way. Wild Wild Country is an epic documentary project in terms of both the story it tells and the time needed to watch all six episodes (6 hours 43 minutes). What cannot be seen is any citation for the many TV news organizations that originally filmed the people and events essential to production of the docuseries. Fair use may somehow permit the lack of complete attribution, but the sheer volume and the unique qualities of the footage cannot help but prompt fair questions: who was responsible for the original news reports, and where did they come from? To understand why the missing citations appear so conspicuous requires a familiarity with the story Wild Wild Country tells, an explanation of how effectively and broadly TV news clips are used, and how the news material came to be filmed and preserved. But, once elucidated, additional questions come up regarding the filmmakers' responsible and extensive use of TV news materials in a project of such enormous length and depth. Wild Wild Country is the story of Indian mystic Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and the efforts of his disciples to transform a desolate and rugged sixty-three-thousand-acre ranch in Central Oregon into Rajneeshpuram, a town with its own housing, shopping mall, airport, restaurants, police force, sustainable farm, and huge meditation hall that could accommodate thousands. This enormous enterprise was a massive story during its time (1981–86) with intensive television coverage by reporters and photographers from the Pacific Northwest, as well as from American and foreign network TV correspondents. The Way brothers' retelling of the saga of the Bhagwan and the Rajneeshees includes not just the transformation of the Big Muddy Ranch into an innovative religious experiment and self-sustaining "utopian" community but [End Page 50] also its impact on the neighboring small town of Antelope (population forty) and its mostly retired citizens. This truth-is-stranger-than-fiction saga eventually involved conflicts with state and federal authorities, arson, assassination attempts, immigration fraud, wiretapping, and the food poisoning of 751 people in the city of The Dalles, Oregon, through the deliberate contamination of salad bars at local restaurants with salmonella. It is an epic story in its telling of land use battles, colliding cultures, spiraling mistrust, paranoia, and hostility, and of how the Rajneeshee vision of a utopia in Oregon eventually falls apart. Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 1. Wild Wild County publicity illustration. Netflix. As a Eugene, Oregon, television news [End Page 51] photographer who occasionally filmed events in Rajneeshpuram and Antelope, Oregon, between 1984 and 1986, I did experience that peculiar feeling expressed by singer-songwriter Stephen Stills: there was something happening there, and what it was was not exactly clear. To their credit, Maclain and Chapman Way have examined many facets of the Rajneeshee story and conducted revealing interviews with Antelope residents, state and federal officials, and key followers of the Bhagwan. As I watched, I found myself once again feeling as confused as I was while covering the story decades ago...

The Pivotal Role of Student Labor in the Clarke Historical Library's Moving Image Access and Preservation Project

The Pivotal Role of Student Labor in the Clarke Historical Library's Moving Image Access and Preservation Project Marian J. Matyn (bio) and Tressa Graves (bio) INTRODUCTION TO THE CLARKE, ITS INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT, AND ITS HOLDINGS The Clarke is both a historical library and archives.1 It is one of the major archives and historical libraries in the state of Michigan and the only one in the northern Lower Peninsula. Its major collecting focus is Michigan history, children's literature, and Central Michigan University (CMU) archives. While the primary-source collections include a wide variety of formats, moving image film constitutes only a small part of the overall collection. Of the nearly 8,000 cubic feet of archival collections in the Clarke stacks, approximately 110 cubic feet are 8mm and 16mm films (450,000 linear feet total). Summary Information on AV Materials in the Clarke Most of the Clarke's films are 16mm acetate film stock, although there is also a small number of 8mm films. The majority of the Clarke's film materials are a part of the Channel 9 & 10 News Collection, 1950s–1980s. Channel 9 & 10 was and remains the main TV news station for the thirty-five counties in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, the entire Upper Peninsula, and parts of Canada. The initial estimate was that the Channel 9 & 10 Collection totaled approximately three thousand reels of film shelved in seventy cubic feet of archival shelving in variously sized containers. These films are the only extant copies of the station's news production from the period. Other films in the Clarke's collection, mostly with a Michigan or CMU focus, are distributed throughout numerous paper-based archival collections and total an additional 20,500 linear feet. [End Page 27] Identification of Significant Subsections of the AV Collection and Their Challenges The main issues faced are lack of description, lack of donor forms, and some level of physical deterioration. No particular series or subseries is in worse condition than another. One CMU film, Football Scrimmage (September 1950), has significant acetate decay and a strong vinegar odor. Seventeen reels of the Channel 9 & 10 News Collection are fused together in a solid mass, an issue known as blocking, thus leaving the films unviewable and unidentifiable. Several Channel 9 & 10 News clips have color dye fading and are now magenta hued. The Clarke has inadequate funds for conservation or digitization of these few films that are badly deteriorated. In the case of Football Scrimmage, it is possible that we will be able to find a CMU alum who will be willing to pay for digitization of the film. Not knowing what is on the blocked films makes it hard to find donors. Many small manuscript-focused archives with film collections are unaware that the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) exists and is willing to help them locate other archives better able to care for their film.2 Staff Context of the Archives and Identification of the Authors/Project Leaders The Clarke has six full-time staff members and student employees, none of whom is trained or educated in film access and preservation. Until 2011, archivist Marian Matyn was a lone arranger archivist. Although there are now two archivists, moving images are not part of the newer archivist's responsibility. Matyn and undergraduate student Tressa Graves began the project in 2012 to identify, rehouse, preserve, and make accessible the archival film collections. Neither Matyn nor Graves was a film specialist when the project began, although Graves had interned during summer 2012 at the Alaska Film Archives at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. When planning the project, Matyn and Graves lacked established backgrounds, education, and extensive experience with film. Prior to the film preservation and access project, only very basic archival housing and description were completed for films. Significantly, the Clarke is the first university archives in Michigan to embark on a film access and preservation project. The Henry Ford, located 152 miles southeast of CMU, was the first Michigan cultural heritage institution to initiate a film preservation project. The Clarke was the second institution in the state to do so, closely followed by Michigan State University (MSU...

Modeling Opinion of IPTV Viewers Based on Implicit Feedback and Content Metadata

In today's hyper-connected world, rich social data feeds can be obtained from various sources, including the data exhaust of many commonly used systems. In this paper, we analyze the social pulse, obtained from viewer activity in an IPTV network-we attempt to validate a framework for determining public opinion and public interest through implicit feedback of IPTV viewers. First, we address the hypothesis that implicit viewer feedback in the form of channel change events, paired with the content metadata, can be used to model viewers' opinion and interest. For this, we design a controlled experiment to collect explicit feedback by rating a set of general-interest news clips. In addition to collecting demographic information, we also survey viewers' opinion, interest, and the probability of channel change during each clip. Furthermore, we extract weighted feature vectors from the closed captions of the video; this data, combined with the reported probability of channel change, is used to build a model that classifies opinion in five categories based on the probability of channel change and content. Next, we build a simplified model that classifies opinion in five categories based on the interest, which shows a linear relationship, but further consideration of content, in this case, provides better accuracy and possibility to analyze anomalous cases. Finally, we discuss and analyze the applications of such models in large systems and the necessary modifications to scale the system and to ensure the adequate performance on massive IPTV event data streams.

Experimental effects of degrading versus erotic pornography exposure in men on reactions toward women (objectification, sexism, discrimination)

There is considerable debate about the potential harmful impacts of pornography exposure and viewing among men. The current literature suggests that heterosexual men’s use of pornography may be associated with negative attitudes and behaviour toward women. However, little research has experimentally examined exposure to different types of nonviolent pornography, using a range of outcome variables, and differentiating effects for women generally versus the porn actress. In the current study, 82 undergraduate men were randomly assigned to one of three conditions (degrading, erotica, or control); within each condition they were randomly assigned to watch one of two approximately 10-minute clips: degrading pornography (i.e., nonviolent, debasing, dehumanizing), erotic pornography (i.e., non-degrading, nonviolent, consensual), or a news clip as a control condition. After watching the clip, measures of subjective sexual arousal, objectification of the specific woman in the clip, essentialism of women, ambivalent sexism, and discrimination against a fictitious woman were completed. Exposure to erotica ( vs. degrading) generated less objectification of the porn actress; exposure to erotica ( vs. control) also generated the greatest discrimination toward the fictitious woman, although the omnibus for the latter was non-significant. Exposure to degrading pornography ( vs. erotica or control) generated the strongest hostile sexist beliefs and the greatest amount of objectification of the woman in the clip. Thus, pornography use may not be generally harmful or harmless, but the effect of pornography exposure may depend on the type of pornography and the specific outcome. Implications for debates about the potential negative impact of pornography exposure are discussed.

Effects of Media Sensationalization on Cognitive Performance and Post Concussive Symptoms.

The current study aimed to examine if televised media about mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) framed in a sensationalized manner had a negative impact on cognitive functioning and persistent mTBI symptoms. One hundred two participants (M Age=37.16; SD=22.61) with a history of post-acute mTBI, recruited through a community research registry and an undergraduate recruitment system, were included in this study. Participants were assessed with a measure of health literacy, the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (S-TOFHLA), and randomized to watch either a sensationalized or non-sensationalized news clip focused on mTBI. They were then assessed with the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT), Rivermead Post Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire (RPQ), Patient Reported Outcome Measures Information System (PROMIS) Depression scale, and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition (PCL-5). Bayesian analyses indicated that sensationalized media-alone (β PASAT=-0.08; β RPQ=-0.08) or in the context of covariates (β PASAT=-0.11; β RPQ=-0.14)-was not a strong predictor of PASAT score or post-concussion syndrome symptom severity. Although media sensationalization of mTBI symptoms is not desirable, this study suggests that one brief exposure to sensationalized information may not have a meaningful immediate impact on the cognitive functioning or symptom reporting of individuals with a history of mTBI. Future research should examine long-term and downstream effects of sensationalized media reporting in samples with greater diversity of TBI history. (JINS, 2019, 25, 90-100).

Economics media library

The Economics Media Library includes a variety of television, movies, comedy specials, or news clips that can be used for teaching economics courses. The clips are sorted by topics, courses, or sources and can be searched by tags, categories or search feature.

Shooting Kids

Children are increasingly becoming iconic faces associated with wars and the suffering they inflict. This paper examines coverage of the Syrian war, namely the battle of Aleppo, by RT (formerly known as Russia Today) and Al-Jazeera English (AJE). The focus is on child representations in RT and AJE news reports in Syria between 1 August and 31 December 2016. Based on a visual content analysis of 216 and 161 news clips from RT and AJE respectively, this paper identifies and discusses the four main roles that children were shown to play, namely those of “victims”, “sources”, “décor” and “fighters”. The analysis presented here raises urgent ethical questions relating to the ways in which journalists (should) report about children without exposing them to possible harm.

Economics Media Library

The Economics Media Library includes a variety of television, movies, comedy specials, or news clips that can be used for teaching economics courses. The clips are sorted by topics, courses, or sources and can be searched by tags, categories or search feature.

"Sgorga il Petrolio dalla Terra d'Abruzzo": oil exploration and production history in the Abruzzo region (Central Italy) across the 20th century

In this article we present some episodes of history of the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in the Pescara Basin (Abruzzo region, Central Italy) during the 20th century.The Tocco da Casauria oil district of this basin have one of the the longest history of exploration and production of hydrocarbons in Italy. Also today this area, together with the nearby Alanno-Scafa area, represents an important calibration for geoscientists to evaluate the hydrocarbon residual potential in the whole region.The history of this oil province, the activities of the first entrepreneurs, geologists and the companies that led to the development of a modern industry in the area are a significant example of the process of transformation and modernization of the national oil system experienced in Italy along the 20th century.The title of this article is inspired by the Istituto LUCE news clip of 7th October 1955 celebrating with emphatic words the discovery of crude oil in the subsurface of the Abruzzo region.

An Analysis of Card News and Deconstructing News Values in Curated News Contents in the Digital Era

본 연구는 새로운 뉴스 콘텐츠로서 카드뉴스를 분석하고 디지털시대에 뉴스가치의 변화에 대해 살펴보았다. 본 연구는 지난 2015년 하반기에 국내 언론사를 통해 보도된 1020개의 카드뉴스에 대한 내용분석을 통해, 뉴스가치에 대한 전통적인 개념들이 변화되고 있음을 확인하였다. 카드뉴스는 새롭게 취재하여 기사화하기보다는 저장된 기존 뉴스들을 재활용하면서, 뉴스가치로서 시의성 보다는 정보제공과 사회적 가치, 오락적 요소를 강조하고 있다. 이는 새로운 뉴스전달방식으로써 카드뉴스는 기존 뉴스에 대한 대체재가 아니라 보완재임을 보여준다. 또한 역피라밋 형태의 글쓰기보다는 리스트 나열형의 기사 작성 방식이 선호되고, 취재원으로서 길거리 일반인(Man-on-the streets)이 자주 인용됨이 발견되었다. This paper explores the characteristics of curated news content. With content analysis of 1020 news clips, the study found that news values immersed in card news differed from those of traditional news. Specifically, timeliness was not regarded as a key factor in newsworthiness. Rather, information and social impacts were highly emphasized. Considering news consumers depend on traditional news for timely news, curated news content was not a replacement for traditional news but a supplement. By refurbishing photos from previous news reports and googling the web for related information, curated news reiterates social meaning and provides relevant information. Furthermore, salience of human interest can be explained by entertaining characteristics of curated news. In story forms, the list technique has several important points to stress, and was more frequently used than inverted pyramids. Another key finding of this study is man-on-the street as the most quoted main sources in the curatorial context.

Crafting the news

Courses: This activity could be used in a basic public-speaking course to demonstrate messaging and the development of the three pillars of public speaking: content, organization, and delivery. In a basic communication course, this activity would help illustrate the process of communication (sender, receiver, feedback, channel, etc.). A mass communication class can use this activity to discuss the power of news outlets and social media while digging into mass communication theory (agenda setting, computer mediated communication, framing, etc.).Objectives: Through collaboration with teammates, small groups of students will develop a three- to five-minute news segment that will be posted on YouTube upon completion. Through social-media distribution of the YouTube link, this news clip must attract a certain number (the final number can be determined by the instructor) of viewers in a specified time limit. Student participants will be responsible for identifying valid sources and compiling credible information pertaining to their news topic while also illustrating effective competency in speech content, organization, and delivery by preparing a presentation that is trustworthy and interesting, concise and clear, and presented with energy and charisma while conducting proper vocal and body delivery techniques. The “big question”: can the group create a credible, clear, concise, coherent news broadcast and distribute the finished project to a social-media outlet in the hopes of gaining a certain number of viewers?

Selecting Serious or Satirical, Supporting or Stirring News? Selective Exposure to Partisan versus Mockery News Online Videos

The present investigation combines cognitive dissonance theory with entertainment-education frameworks to study selection and effects of news. Selective exposure to satirical and partisan news was examined with online clips to test hypotheses on overcoming resistance to persuasive messages. An experiment (n = 146) presented news choices, varied in stance (conservative vs. liberal) and format (serious partisan news vs. satirical news). Results show political interest fosters selection of serious partisan news. Clips with partisan alignment were more frequently selected; only for the satirical news clips, Democrats did not exhibit such confirmation bias. Selecting satirical news affected internal political efficacy, and selecting online news clips induced attitude reinforcement according to message stance.

Interest Rate Demands and Television Viewing-Is a Single Exposure More Influential Than Routine Viewing?

This study examined the impact of media consumption, and particularly exposure to television, on decisions regarding interest rate demands. One hundred and fifty-four participants were randomly divided into two groups: in the manipulation group, participants were exposed to a news clip about an Iranian nuclear attack on Israel, whereas in the control group, the participants were not exposed to the film. Both groups filled a questionnaires regarding their interest rate requirements in different situations, their media conception behaviors, and demographic questionnaires. Frequent routine viewing increased the interest rate demands only among participants in the manipulation group, but the manipulation itself did not have a significant effect on interest rate demands. The results are explained in terms of cultivation theory.

Television coverage of mental illness in Canada: 2013-2015.

The aim of this study is to assess television news coverage of mental illness in Canadian media, including change over time. Data consist of news clips mentioning terms including 'mental illness' (N=579). These were systematically collected and coded over 3 years (2013-2015) using a media retrieval software. Trend analysis indicated a significant linear increase for positively oriented coverage. In 2013, less than 10% of clips had a positive overall tone, whereas in 2015, this figure reached over 40%. Articles linking mental illness to violence significantly decreased, though these remain over 50%. Improvement may be due to educational initiatives targeted at journalists.

Helenvale’s recycling initiative – catalysing community-driven social entrepreneurship

Subject area This case was developed to explore what social entrepreneurship looks like in an emerging market context. It tells the story of Neil Campher, a self-identified social entrepreneur working in South Africa, a country that has recently been awarded middle income status by the World Bank despite sharing a ranking with Syria on the Human Development Index. In environments of deep market failure, what does social enterprise look like? and can you sustain change in communities of extreme poverty? The case looks at the academic characteristics of social entrepreneurs and applies them to Neil to see if he “qualifies”. It has a particular focus on the bricoleur social entrepreneur. It explores concepts of poverty, and looks at sustainability, achieved through asset-based community development. It explores the need for organisations to transition in response to the environment and provides a tool to assess sustainability. The value of the paper is in exploring what social entrepreneurship looks like in an emerging market context. It also raises important questions on sustainability in environments which are inherently constrained. Study level/applicability This case study is aimed at students of social entrepreneurship, development studies, sustainable livelihoods and asset-based development. It is written at an Honours level and is therefore appropriate for use in customised or short programmes. The case study is a good introduction for students with a background in business (e.g. Diploma in Business Administration/MBA/custom programmes) who are wanting to understand social enterprise and blended theories of social and economic change. Case overview The case study follows self-identified social entrepreneur Neil Campher in the grime and crime-ridden township of Helenvale, outside Port Elizabeth, in South Africa. Campher has given up his glitzy career as a financier in the economic hub of Johannesburg and returned to his home town, drawn by a need to give back. Helenvale used to be where he and his school friends would hide from the apartheid police, but as an adult, his friends are focused on strengthening and progressing the community. Campher’s entry point to change is a small waste recycling project, and the case study looks at how he uses this as a lever to achieve deeper structural change in the community. The teaching case exposes several questions around social entrepreneurship and change: what is social entrepreneurship in an emerging context and is Campher a social entrepreneur? What is community led change and can it be sustainable? Campher’s dilemma is around sustainability – has his extensive involvement of the community been enough to achieve progress in Helenvale? Expected learning outcomes The case study gives insight into social entrepreneurship in a developing country context. It highlights the nuances in definition and introduces the importance of context in shaping the social entrepreneur. The case is an opportunity for students to interrogate ideas on poverty and classical interpretations of social entrepreneurship and relate them to a small community that mirrors the macro country context in South Africa. The case study shows how asset-based approaches to development are interlinked with basic principles of social entrepreneurship. It shows that sustainability is more than a secure and predictable income stream and the need for community engagement and commitment to the solution. In tackling these issues, the case questions sustainability potential and the need for the organisation to transition to respond to opportunity and the changing environment. Supplementary materials Video X1 5minute video interview with Neil Campher 5min: YouTube Video of Campher from Interview 1 www.leadingchange.co.za (live from 01 April 2016) Video News report of gang violence in Helenvale 3min: YouTube. This is a quick visual introduction to Helenvale. It is a news clip, so is particularly focused on the angle of the story. It includes interviews with residents. The site www.youtube.com/watch?v=TluLpTuEq8I Northern Areas burning 2min: YouTube is a collection of video footage from a local reporter which shows Helenvale and its surroundings. The site www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCW-Hp24vMI shows the Text Global Competitiveness Report: South Africa; the first page gives additional information on social and economic development in South Africa, highlighting developed/developing country attributes. It also highlights how Helenvale is a microcosm of the negative social development indicators in South Africa (http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2014-2015/economies/#economy=ZAF). Teaching notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email support@emeraldinsight.com to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 3: Entrepreneurship.

Stimulants of Online Shopping Behaviour among Chinese Millenials in China

To survive and prosper in the China, online companies must design their operational platforms to organically adjust to changes in consumer shopping behavior. The study investigated the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that influence the online purchasing behavior of Chinese millennials. A cohort of university students from selected parts of the Jiangsu province provided the sample of study. Consistent with the extant literature, the research confirms that millenials are influenced by several external factors, demographic factors, personal characteristics, and vendor/service/product characteristics and websites qualities when buying online. The economic, socio-cultural, technological, and legal considerations where the main external factors that influences online shopping behavior of Chinese millenials, internet knowledge, concern for security, need specificity and disposition to trust were the main personal characteristics identified. The study also found significant association between vendor services such as real existence of the store, store reputation, store size, reliability, assurance (seals, warranties, news clips) and use of testimonials/reference have association with millennials’ purchasing intention. Similar characteristics were identified for product characteristics, service quality factors and website quality and each of these is statistically significant. Gender was determined to moderate the effect of all the factors on online shopping behavior.

Scandal-suffering politicians, scorned wives and salacious news: Examining public response to the scandal press conference

Abstract Politicians caught in scandal often hold a press conference where they address sexual impropriety in the United States. The ‘political wife’ typically stands next to her husband, a symbol of spousal support that has received significant attention from the media. This article investigates the reactions of survey respondents to three news clips of sex-scandal press conferences, including those of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford and former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner. The political wife plays a different role at each news event. Silda Spitzer is the present and silent wife; Jenny Sanford is the absent wife; and Huma Abedin is the present and vocal wife. Findings indicate that gender, marital status and age impact respondents’ reactions to scandals.

Social Media ACTion: SOLO Data Description

This technical report summarizes the demographics and Socially Observed Linked Opinion (SOLO) dataset, which came out of the Social Media ACTion study that took place at Carnegie Mellon during the summer of 2015. 124 individuals rated 4,320 social media posts and 1,680 news clips along the three dimensions used in Affect Control Theory. The report includes a description of the data, the training materials provided, and the consent form used for this study.

A Snapshot of the Depiction of Electronic Cigarettes in YouTube Videos.

To assess the depiction of e-cigarettes in YouTube videos. The sample (N = 63) was selected from the top 20 search results for "electronic cigarette," and "e-cig" with each term searched twice by the filters "Relevance" and "View Count." Data collected included title, length, number of views, "likes," "dislikes," comments, and inferred demographics of individuals appearing in the videos. Seventy-six percent of videos included at least one man, 62% included a Caucasian, and 50% included at least one young individual. Video content connotation was coded as positive (76%), neutral (18%), or negative (6%). Videos were categorized as advertisement (33%), instructional (17%), news clip (19%), product review (13%), entertainment (11%), public health (3%), and personal testimonial (3%). Most e-cigarette YouTube videos are non-traditional or covert advertisements featuring young Caucasian men.