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Incidencia de factores personales y contextuales sobre el uso de los recursos tecnológicos por el alumnado en América Latina
2021
El uso de las tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación (TIC) por parte de alumnado refleja si el proceso de integración es apropiado. No obstante, la tipología de uso de las TIC en el alumnado no se ha establecido de forma empírica en función de su uso en casa y el centro educativo. Así, el propósito del artículo es determinar la estructura del uso de las TIC por parte del alumnado, junto con la influencia de factores personales y contextuales. Se ha empleado un diseño correlacional, siendo la muestra el alumnado de sexto curso de América Latina que ha respondido al cuestionario sobre uso de las TIC en el Tercer Estudio Regional Comparativo y Explicativo (TERCE). El análisis de da…
COVID-19 Profit Warnings: Delivering Bad News in a Time of Crisis
2022
Abstract Profit warnings (large negative earnings surprises) are important corporate reporting documents for delivering bad news and a distinctive corporate communication genre. The 2020 COVID-19 exogenous shock provides a unique worldwide crisis context for company disclosure of bad news. The research develops a genre-based typology/analytical framework for assessing COVID-19 profit warnings’ quality comprising: (1) Four profit warning/forecast quality characteristics and (2) Eight profit warning/forecast disclosures. For a sample of 160 profit-warning documents, the research manually analyses their content, culminating in a disclosure quality score/index. The research tests a model of the…
A motivation-based typology of media companies’ cross-border engagement
2019
This article contributes to theoretical discussions in the field of transnational media management research. We argue that investigating media companies’ activities abroad from a strategy-as-practice perspective can overcome shortcomings implied in research predominantly focusing on strategies applied by entire companies. This is especially valid in times of digitization where changing technological frameworks force media companies to internationalize and restructure their business models. Based on a comparative qualitative analysis of interviews with 34 international senior media managers, this article provides a typology of cross-border activities related to three types of motivations: e…
Framing issues in the public debate: the case of human rights
2013
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to better understand how issues may be framed in public debate. The outcomes of this debate affect organizations. The study is based on the seven types of framing identified by Hallahan and scrutinizes which of these types is utilized, and how this is done, in the case of human rights issues.Design/methodology/approachFor this study a secondary analysis of academic papers on human rights issues was conducted. After a literature search, 40 papers originating from 23 different journals were further analyzed. Where the researchers described the framing of human rights issues, the type of framing was identified according to the typology and mode of utilizatio…
Customer segmentation based on commitment and ICT use
2009
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to determine and characterize groups of retail customers, based on their perception of commitment to the retailer and the degree of use of its technological equipment.Design/methodology/approachA CHAID algorithm is performed and differences between the resulting segments are tested through the analysis of variance.FindingsFour segments are obtained that differ significantly in commitment to the retailer and level of use of the store's information and communication technology (ICT) facilities, as well as in other variables related to the retailer‐consumer relationship. In particular, customer segments differ in their use of retailers' payment facilities.Pr…
Transnationalism and Settlement of Latvian Emigrants in the Nordic Countries
2021
The intra-European migration flows have fostered debates about the intentions of migrants to settle in their destination country or return to their countries of origin. Based on a quantitative analysis of survey data ('N' = 1391), this article presents a typology of migration patterns among migrants from Latvia in the Nordic countries. Using two dimensions—attachment to the destination country and attachment to the country of origin—the article identifies and characterises the following four migration patterns: (1) bi-nationals, (2) settlers, (3) footloose migrants and (4) isolated migrants who focus on their country of origin and are willing to return (separated).
La esfera pública digital y el activismo político
2015
El desarrollo de las tecnologías digitales ha impulsado transformaciones fundamentales en la esfera pública, que se manifiestan en la tipología de los medios, las formas de organización, la orientación de las acciones y su escala cada vez más globalizada. Estos cambios, a su vez, han abierto nuevas posibilidades para el activismo político, que aprovechan las oportunidades ofrecidas por la digitalización. Las nuevas formas de activismo incluyen el activismo digital ampliado, el activismo digital innovador y el activismo digital recursivo. The development of digital technologies has fostered basic transformations in the public sphere, reflected in the typology of media outlets, forms of organ…
Enhancing visual literacy through interpretation of photo-genres: toward a genre typology of journalistic photographs
2016
ABSTRACTAlthough genre is one of the most extensively employed concepts in various disciplines, only a few attempts have been made to classify images in the press, providing either a palette of thematic categories similar to those of photography competitions or theory-based classifications, which often ignore certain types of photographs. In addition, no studies have suggested the genre typology as a tool for the interpretation of journalistic photographs. Based on a literature review and visual material analysis from the Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza, this study compiles a typology that sets out four photo-genres: news photography, reportage photography, portrait photography and illustrativ…
Youth Political Talk in the Changing Media Environment : A Cross-National Typology
2021
While political communication scholarship has long underscored the importance of political talk—casual conversations about news and politics that occur in everyday situations—as a way for citizens to clarify their opinions and as a precursor for political engagement, much of this literature tends to depict political talk as uncomfortable and difficult for citizens. Yet, this focus on the challenging aspects of political talk has been informed predominantly by the US context. To what extent may a different picture emerge when looking across different cultural contexts? And how are these dynamics shaped by the affordances of the multi-platform social media environment? This paper explores th…