Search results for "Communication."

Looking ahead in games research

2021

This thematic issue presents a number of emerging scholarships into the study of digital gaming. The articles are based on a 2019 symposium on game studies hosted by the Digital Games Research section of ECREA. As the phenomena related to digital gaming keep on evolving and emerging, so must research keep up with the times and constantly challenge itself. Whether speaking about validating previously developed research methods, imagining totally new ones, or even challenging the whole philosophy of science on which research is being done, there is a constant need for reappraisal and introspection within games research. As a cultural medium that has become deeply embedded into the social fabr…

Utilitarian Use of Social Media Services - A Study on Twitter

2018

This paper applies structuration theory (ST) and service dominant logic (SDL) as lenses to study different uses of information systems (IS). We argue that resources provided by IS may be combined and reproduced by appropriating them for different purposes than the design purposes of the IS. The study provides empirical data and analysis to showcase the use of resources for utilitarian purposes in the context of social media services (SMS). Through an analysis of sponsored tweets on Twitter, we show that users employ implicit and explicit resources for utilitarian outcomes. Our findings imply that users create their own service through appropriation of resources available in the social conte…

Developmental pathways of language development : a longitudinal predictive study from prelinguistic stage to outcome at school entry

2017

This research focused on the pathways of development during the prelinguistic stage and from prelinguistic development to later language ability. The first goal was to follow and describe the development of several prelinguistic communication skills during the first two years of life (Studies I and II). The second goal was to examine the predictive relations between this development and language ability and difficulties, as well as memory, up to school age (Studies I, II, and III). The third goal evaluated the feasibility of parental screening in identifying children at risk for language and communication difficulties (Studies I, II, and III). Prelinguistic skills were followed with a paren…

Una sociologia della condivisione. Comunicare per condividere due

2014

Ricerca dedicata ai fenomeni di condivisione che si diffondono in questo tempo di crisi finanziaria e economica. Se ne studiano gli aspetti più diversi: dal socioantropologico al linguistico e comunicativo, dall'economico al politico It's a research on sharing facts: they refer to access and not to the property in a period of finance and economy crisis. The author studies many aspects: from socioanthropological to linguistic and communicative, from economic up to politic ones.

Image inpainting using directional wavelet packets originating from polynomial splines

2020

The paper presents a new algorithm for the image inpainting problem. The algorithm is using a recently designed versatile library of quasi-analytic complex-valued wavelet packets (qWPs) which originate from polynomial splines of arbitrary orders. Tensor products of 1D qWPs provide a diversity of 2D qWPs oriented in multiple directions. For example, a set of the fourth-level qWPs comprises 62 different directions. The properties of the presented qWPs such as refined frequency resolution, directionality of waveforms with unlimited number of orientations, (anti-)symmetry of waveforms and windowed oscillating structure of waveforms with a variety of frequencies, make them efficient in image pro…

Nouvelles technologies et aide à la compréhension de documents techniques : Construction et expérimentation d'un simulateur de fonctionnement de grue…

2001

Reading skills are more and more required to succeed professional examination. French crane drivers are concerned with this problem. In order to help them, we have conducted a study with three main steps. First, we carried out a cognitive work analysis. Second, we test several analogical modalities of written presentations focusing on the construction of a specific simulator. Finally, two experiments are presented showing a significative effect of this simulator on the comprehension of cranes technical documentation.

Vuosi yritysoston jälkeen - mitä meille kuuluu? : henkilöstön näkökulma tiedosta, kaupan vaikutuksista ja mielikuvista uudesta kumppanista

2002

"I felt like a lonely person in the desert" : a case study on factors moderating interunit communication in multinational headquarters-subsidiary rel…

2017

One of the biggest challenges for internationalizing businesses is to develop and maintain efficient internal communication processes across national and cultural borders. This thesis aims to examine what are the most important organizational structures and communicational practices for a successful multinational headquarters-subsidiary relationship, and what do the communicational practices, such as the mechanics of language use and interunit knowledge-transfer, imply about the efficiency of global co-operation. This study considers the experiences of one case company’s Finnish headquarters and Dutch subsidiary on internal communication in a crucial phase of internationalization. The data …

Decision making and decision communication in an engineer based organization

2010

The purpose of this thesis was to examine how decisions are defined, made and communicated in an engineer based working community. These processes in this study are reviewed from the point of view of organizational communication. This study gathers information about how organizations define decisions, how they use information and how it affects the decision making in individual, group and organizational level. The target organization for this thesis was a local automation engineering department of Metso Paper. Decision making and decision communication were studied using mixed method. The superiors of the organization were interviewed and the employees answered a questionnaire. The results …

Supporting employee engagement with internal communication for high reliability

2015

Tämä pro gradu-työ tarkastelee kirjallisuuden ja empiirisen tutkimuksen avulla työntekijöiden sitoutumista organisaatioissa, joiden toiminnalle korkea luotettavuusvaatimus on edellytys. Työntekijöiden sitoutuminen ja sen merkitys organisaation menestykselle on noussut kiinnostuksenkohteeksi niin käytännössä kuin akateemisen tutkimuksen piirissä. Sisäinen viestintä on yksi väline jolla sitoutumista voi tukea organisaatiossa, ja sillä on myös merkitystä organisaation toimintavarmuudelle. Työ on laadullinen tutkimus, joka toteutettu pääosin abduktiivisella tutkimusmetodilla. Työssä on sekä teoreettinen että empiirinen osuus. Teoriaosuus käsittelee työntekijöiden sit…