Search results for " Identity"

The relation between social identity and test anxiety in university students

2018

Social identification has been shown to be a protective resource for mental health. In this study, the relationships between social identification and emotional, as well as cognitive symptoms of test anxiety are investigated. Participants were university students diagnosed with test anxiety ( N = 108). They completed questionnaires regarding a range of psychopathologic stress symptoms, and their social identification with fellow students and with their study program. Results reveal negative relations between social identification and almost all investigated emotional and cognitive symptoms of test anxiety. Based on this study, interventions could be developed that strengthen the social iden…

Identity and Online Groups

2017

Questions related to identity have been central to discussions on online communication since the dawn of the Internet. One of the positions advocated by early Internet pioneers and scholars on computer-mediated communication was that online communication would differ from face-to-face communication in the way traditional markers of identity (such as gender, age, etc.) would be visible for interlocutors. It was theorized that these differences would manifest both as reduced social cues as well as greater control in the way we present ourselves to others. This position was linked to ideas about fluid identities and identity play inherent to post-modern thinking. Lately, the technological and …

Exploring Post-COVID-19 Branding Strategies of African Destinations

2023

AbstractThe lifting of COVID-19 restrictions has led to the opening of many tourism destinations, with many destination marketing organizations (DMOs) adopting different strategies to attract tourists. This study explores the post-COVID-19 branding strategies of four award-winning African destinations (South Africa, Kenya, Morocco, and Mauritius) and how they utilize social media to communicate their destination brand identities. We curated the tweets of the National Tourism Boards of the examined destinations from their official Twitter accounts and analyzed them using Atlas.ti. We found that each of the destinations uniquely identifies and communicates its destination’s competitive advant…

Ethnicity, 2013/8 : Ethnic Diversity and Ethnic Studies

2013

"Ethnicity" – a peer-reviewed journal was established by the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology (University of Latvia). The journal publishes original works about ethnicity in different fields of knowledge – sociology, history, social linguistics, social psychology, law, political science.

Open Dialogues in social networks: professional identity and transdisciplinary collaboration

2010

Aim: The aim of this article is to explore the challenges connected to the transformation and emergence of professional identity in transdisciplinary multi-agency network meetings and the use of Open Dialogue.Introduction: The empirical findings have been taken from a clinical project in southern Norway concerning multi-agency network meetings with persons between 14 and 25 years of age. The project explores how these meetings are perceived by professionals working in various sectors.Methodology: Data was collected through three interviews conducted with two focus groups, the first comprising health care professionals and the second professionals from the social and educational sectors. Con…

Lauku diskurss presē latviešu valodā Latvijā (1989-2012)

2014

Promocijas darbā analizēts preses veidotais lauku diskurss un tā izmaiņas sociālekonomisko un citu apstākļu ietekmē no 1989. līdz 2012. gadam. Pētījumā aplūkotas laukiem, to iedzīvotājiem un zemniecībai piedēvētās nozīmes, rezultātus skatot nacionālās identitātes un sociālās atmiņas kontekstā. Teorētiskajā daļā izskaidrota lauku un nācijas saikne, nacionālās identitātes, sociālās atmiņas jēdzieni un komunikācijas loma nācijas re-iztēlošanas procesā. Konteksta uztverei darbu papildina latviešu nacionālās identitātes izpratnes, lauku un lauksaimniecības attīstības, mediju vides un tēmas izpētes līmeņa apraksts. Empīriskie dati iegūti ar diskursa vēsturisko analīzi un kvantitatīvo kontentanalī…

Lietotāja digitālā vizuālā identitāte un tās vērtējums sociālajā tīklošanās vietnē “Instagram” (vecuma grupā no 18-35 gadiem)

2022

Bakalaura darba tēma “Lietotāja digitālā vizuālā identitāte un tās vērtējums sociālajā tīklošanās vietnē “Instagram” (vecuma grupā no 18-35 gadiem)”. Darba teorētiskā daļa balstās uz digitālās vizuālās identitātes veidojošajiem faktoriem, kā arī dažādiem vizuālās kultūras aspektiem un tās nozīmi mūsdienās. Ar vizuālās kontentanalīzes palīdzību tika analizēti sociālo tīklošanās vietņu patērētāju, “Instagram” lietošanas un vizuālo materiālu publicēšanas paradumi. Un ar interneta aptauju tika ievākti vispārīgi dati par digitālās vizuālās identitātes nozīmi patērētāju vidū. Bakalaura darba autore nonāca līdz secinājumam, ka digitālā vizuālā identitāte daļai “Instagram” patērētāju ir nozīmīga, t…

Spazio e lingua nella 'costruzione' greca dell'identità etnica. Alcune osservazioni a partire da Erodoto

2018

The paper aims to offer an account of some representative opinions of ancient Greeks about the role of the space, conceived in its geographical/environmental value, in which a certain population lives, as well as of the language spoken by a population, in order to build historically the concept of Greek nation (to Hellenikón). The different positions expressed on these matters by Herodotus, Thucydides, Strabon and Pausanias are discussed, and the examination mostly concernes the ethnic and historical-linguistic aspects of the representation of the Dorians and Ionians.

Editorial: From Meristems to Floral Diversity: Developmental Options and Constraints

2021

Collaborative professional practice for strengthening teacher educator identities in Eritrea

2021

Strengthening the identities of teacher educators is critical to quality teacher education and implementing change in the education sector. This study examines the professional identities of Eritrean teacher educators and how these identities can be strengthened through collaborative professional practice in a challenging context currently under reform. The focus is on the professional capacity building activities at the College of Education in Eritrea, which were implemented in collaboration with Finnish education partners. The paper reports on findings from an action-research informed study of a semester-long series of professional development seminars and an interview study with individu…