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This article theorizes the functional relationship between the human components (i.e., scholars) and non-human components (i.e., structural configurations) of academic domains. It is organized around the following question: in what ways... more
This article theorizes the functional relationship between the human components (i.e., scholars) and non-human components (i.e., structural configurations) of academic domains. It is organized around the following question: in what ways have scholars formed and been formed by the structural configurations of their academic domain? The article uses as a case study the academic domain of education and technology to examine this question. Its authorship approach is innovative, with a worldwide collection of academics (99 authors) collaborating to address the proposed question based on their reflections on daily social and academic practices. This collaboration followed a three-round process of contributions via email. Analysis of these scholars' reflective accounts was carried out, and a theoretical proposition was established from this analysis. The proposition is of a mutual (yet not necessarily balanced) power (and therefore political) relationship between the human and non-human constituents of an academic realm, with the two shaping one another. One implication of this proposition is that these non-human elements exist as political 'actors', just like their human counterparts, having 'agency' – which they exercise over humans. This turns academic domains into political (functional or dysfunctional) 'battlefields' wherein both humans and non-humans engage in political activities and actions that form the identity of the academic domain. For more information about the authorship approach, please see Al Lily AEA (2015) A crowd-authoring project on the scholarship of educational technology. Information Development.
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This article theorizes the functional relationship between the human components (i.e., scholars) and non-human components (i.e., structural configurations) of academic domains. It is organized around the following question: in what ways... more
This article theorizes the functional relationship between the human components (i.e., scholars) and non-human components (i.e., structural configurations) of academic domains. It is organized around the following question: in what ways have scholars formed and been formed by the structural configurations of their academic domain? The article uses as a case study the academic domain of education and technology to examine this question. Its authorship approach is innovative, with a worldwide collection of academics (99 authors) collaborating to address the proposed question based on their reflections on daily social and academic practices. This collaboration followed a three-round process of contributions via email. Analysis of these scholars' reflective accounts was carried out, and a theoretical proposition was established from this analysis. The proposition is of a mutual (yet not necessarily balanced) power (and therefore political) relationship between the human and non-human constituents of an academic realm, with the two shaping one another. One implication of this proposition is that these non-human elements exist as political 'actors', just like their human counterparts, having 'agency' – which they exercise over humans. This turns academic domains into political (functional or dysfunctional) 'battlefields' wherein both humans and non-humans engage in political activities and actions that form the identity of the academic domain. For more information about the authorship approach, please see Al Lily AEA (2015) A crowd-authoring project on the scholarship of educational technology. Information Development.
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The main purpose of this study is to present the reasons vegan activists are in social media, their sources of motivation, the tools that they use, and how they interact with others. In this context, interviews with vegan activists who... more
The main purpose of this study is to present the reasons vegan activists are in social media, their sources of motivation, the tools that they use, and how they interact with others. In this context, interviews with vegan activists who personally or collectively work for animal rights and use social media were conducted. The findings shed light on the social media usage and habits of vegan communities. These communities' (individual activists and members of known activist groups) aims are not common and they are considered—relatively—as minorities in Turkey. According to the findings in the interviews, social media is the platform where vegan activists can make their voices heard. Research participants who are not members of animal rights groups use their personal social media accounts whereas members of animal rights groups use their group accounts along with their personal social media accounts. They mostly use blogs and social networks (especially Facebook and Twitter). Major purposes for their social media usage are to inform other users, to communicate with other vegans, and to announce upcoming activities and protests. In a nutshell, social media is being used actively by the research participants to promote the still-unfamiliar vegan movement. Türkiye'de Vegan Aktivistlerin Sosyal Medya Kullanımı Özet Bu çalışmanın amacı, vegan aktivistlerin sosyal medya kullanım amaçlarını, motivasyon kaynaklarını, kullandığı araçları ve diğer kullanıcılarla nasıl etkileşime girdiğini ortaya koymaktır. Bu bağlamda kişisel olarak veya bir grupla birlikte hayvan hakları için çalışan, sosyal medyayı kullanan vegan aktivistler ile görüşme yapılmıştır. Çalışmadan elde edilen bulgular vegan toplulukların sosyal medya kullanım alışkanlıkları ve hedeflerine ışık tutması bakımından önem taşımaktadır. Bu toplulukların (bireysel aktivistler ve bilinen aktivist grupların üyeleri) sosyal medya kullanım amacı aynı değildir ve bu topluluklar Türkiye'de – görece – azınlık olarak nitelendirilmektedir. Görüşme sonuçlarına göre vegan aktivistler sosyal medyayı seslerini duyurabileceği bir platform olarak görmektedir. Vegan grup üyesi aktivistler hem grup hem kişisel hesaplarını, bireysel aktivistler ise kişisel hesaplarını veganlıkla ilgili içerik paylaşmak için kullanmaktadır. Sosyal medyada Facebook ve Twitter'ı yaygın olarak kullanırlarken hayvan hakları ile ilgili blogları Erben & Balaban-Salı Global Media Journal TR Edition, 6 (12) Bahar/Spring 2016 76 da takip etmektedir. Araştırma katılımcıları için sosyal medyayı kullanmanın başlıca amaçları; kullanıcıları bilgilendirmek, diğer veganlarla iletişim kurmak ve yaklaşan etkinlik ve protestoları duyurmaktır. Özet olarak, sosyal medya, görüşme yapılan vegan aktivistler tarafından iyi bilinmeyen vegan hareketi yaygınlaştırmak için kullanılmaktadır.
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Blog, İnternet uygulamaları ve araçlarını kullanmada uzman olmaya gerek olmaksızın İnternet kullanıcılarının herhangi bir konuda ürettiği içerikleri diğer kullanıcılar ile paylaşabildiği Web 2.0 araçlarındandır. Blogların öne çıkan... more
Blog, İnternet uygulamaları ve araçlarını kullanmada uzman olmaya gerek olmaksızın İnternet kullanıcılarının herhangi bir konuda ürettiği içerikleri diğer kullanıcılar ile paylaşabildiği Web 2.0 araçlarındandır. Blogların öne çıkan önemli özelliklerinden biri etkileşimsellik özelliğidir. Bu çalışmada, blogalan kullanıcılarının (blog yazarları ve kullanıcıları) bloglarda etkileşim amacıyla kullandıkları görsel öge ve araçlar incelenmiştir ve bu çalışma, blog içeriklerindeki görsel ögelerin blogalan kullanıcıları arasındaki etkileşime nasıl yön verdiğini değerlendirmeyi amaçlamıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemini farklı blog türlerinden 18 blog yazarı oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada nitel veri toplama yöntemi kullanılmış, blog yazarlarıyla çevrimiçi görüşmeler yapılmıştır. Araştırma sonucuna göre blogalan kullanıcıları e-posta ve toplumsal ağlar aracılığıyla etkileşim kurarken blog yazarlarına göre metinsel ve görsel ögelerden oluşan içerikler blog kullanıcıları ile kurulan etkileşimi artırmaktadır. Diğer yandan blog yazarlarına göre içeriklerde kullanılan fotoğraf, görsel, videolar ve sayfa tasarımının, etkileşim üzerinde olumlu etkilere sahip olduğu bulunmuştur.
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How Internet addiction affects happiness of university students in terms of their cognitive and emotional resources was not adequately investigated. One of the inner resources of life satisfaction and happiness is defined as psychological... more
How Internet addiction affects happiness of university students in terms of their cognitive and emotional resources was not adequately investigated. One of the inner resources of life satisfaction and happiness is defined as psychological capital (PsyCap), under the paradigm of positive psychology. PsyCap consists of four main sub-factors: hope, resilience, self-efficacy, and optimism. The major purpose of this study is to examine the role of Internet addiction and social media membership on PsyCap. The interaction between social media membership and Internet addiction was also investigated. The study employed a quantitative approach of scientific inquiry which combined descriptive, relational, and comparative models. The sample consisted of 209 students at a medium size state university in Turkey. Internet Addiction Inventory (Young, 1998) and Psychological Capital Questionnaire (Luthans et al., 2007) were employed as data gathering tools. A demographic data sheet was also used for determining the reasons and the amount of time for using Internet. In analyzing data, a set of correlation, analysis of variance, and multiple regression techniques were conducted. The results were complex. Internet addiction and PsyCap were negatively correlated. Students who spend more time on the Internet and social media, who are male and use Internet for daily communication were more likely to have higher Internet addiction scores. PsyCap can be significantly predicted by academic success, Internet addiction and having a blog. Although social media using time was not interacted with PsyCap, social media membership leaded to both higher PsyCap and higher Internet addiction. Especially, PsyCap scores of the students who had Linkedln and YouTube accounts were significantly higher. Internet addiction scores were also higher for students having Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, and Linkedln accounts. It can be concluded that Internet addiction decreases PsyCap. Social media membership increases both Internet addiction and PsyCap.
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With the development of Web 2.0 technology, a shift from one-to-one and one-to computer towards one-to-many relationships have been experienced. Virtual world created its own cultures, languages, sub-groups and behavior patterns... more
With the development of Web 2.0 technology, a shift from one-to-one and one-to computer towards one-to-many relationships have been experienced. Virtual world created its own cultures, languages, sub-groups and behavior patterns particularly in the various social media
environments. Virtual world has some positive features, such as easier to communicate, maintain relationships, more entertainment, having control over relationships, decrease time and space problems, a sense of security and fulfilling unmet needs in the real world etc. However,
virtual world has darker aspects as well. In the real world, social relations or social groups force individuals to act as desired through predetermined cultures, identities, norms, rules, beliefs makes the emergence of abnormal behavior easier. Because of the hidden
identities; individuals became vulnerable in the virtual world. Moreover, individuals could develop some problematic behaviors.
This study aimed to investigate the abnormal behaviors with reason and response approaches in the context of virtual world from the both aspects; individuals and audiences. From the individuals perspective some of the abnormalities were Internet addiction, Facebook addiction disorder, cycling between the social medias, identity confusion, nomophobia etc.. In addition, individuals may be on the target board of
online predators, cyber stalkers, cyber trollers, etc.. The negative results of the abnormal behaviors in the virtual world have been exampled and discussed under the concepts of the loss of distinction between the virtual world and the corruptions of reality perceptions. Focusing on
situational awareness, recommendations were made to improve healthy behaviors and to defend individuals.
Keywords: Virtual world, online identity, abnormal behaviors, online predators, trollers.
environments. Virtual world has some positive features, such as easier to communicate, maintain relationships, more entertainment, having control over relationships, decrease time and space problems, a sense of security and fulfilling unmet needs in the real world etc. However,
virtual world has darker aspects as well. In the real world, social relations or social groups force individuals to act as desired through predetermined cultures, identities, norms, rules, beliefs makes the emergence of abnormal behavior easier. Because of the hidden
identities; individuals became vulnerable in the virtual world. Moreover, individuals could develop some problematic behaviors.
This study aimed to investigate the abnormal behaviors with reason and response approaches in the context of virtual world from the both aspects; individuals and audiences. From the individuals perspective some of the abnormalities were Internet addiction, Facebook addiction disorder, cycling between the social medias, identity confusion, nomophobia etc.. In addition, individuals may be on the target board of
online predators, cyber stalkers, cyber trollers, etc.. The negative results of the abnormal behaviors in the virtual world have been exampled and discussed under the concepts of the loss of distinction between the virtual world and the corruptions of reality perceptions. Focusing on
situational awareness, recommendations were made to improve healthy behaviors and to defend individuals.
Keywords: Virtual world, online identity, abnormal behaviors, online predators, trollers.
