Search results for "Communication"

Questa non è una dieta. Linguaggi e strategie del dimagrimento

2014

Stare a dieta è un modo di vivere, tutti stiamo in qualche modo in una dieta. A tavola siamo sempre più circondati da tribù di foodies in qualche regime particolare (senza glutine, senza carne né pesce, senza lattosio, senza sale, solo per citarne pochissimi) e cucinare è diventato un districarsi tra esigenze e capricci, bisogni e voluttà dei convitati. Non ci cureremo in questo saggio delle motivazioni che, in linea di principio, stanno alla base delle scelte alimentari, se siano dettate da bisogni fisici, quindi “reali” e “funzionali”, come nel caso di chi soffre di intolleranze o altri disturbi di salute, oppure se siano guidate da decisioni esistenziali (vegetariani, vegani, crudisti ec…

L’Ateneo di Palermo, da Università a L’Univercittà: un caso di comunicazione pubblica in Sicilia

2014

Se consideriamo l'istituzione universitaria come un soggetto che si muove nella società e che agisce in essa, confrontandosi costantemente con i suoi pubblici, interni ed esterni, e, più o meno direttamente, con gli altri atenei, e se riteniamo significante ogni tipo di azione, a prescindere dalla sostanza espressiva, non potremo fare distinzioni tra immagine e identità, tra comunicazione e reputazione: l'identità si dà solo attraverso unÊimmagine percepibile (espressione), e viceversa, l'immagine non può che comunicare un insieme di valori, cioè un'identità (contenuto). L'identità di un soggetto sociale, come un'istituzione, va considerata come l'esito finale di tutte le manifestazioni tes…

“Dear Young People, don’t vote”. Seniors in political advertisements: irony and/or legitimation

2019

The widespread representation of older people in popular culture as passive and inert has been challenged in a range of recent studies and publications (Nussbaum / Coupland 2004, Caprara et al. 2013). In view of the increasing number of older adults in today’s society, the notion of aging has received significant attention in the public sphere where common assumptions and stereotypes are challenged and potential scenarios are presented. As it has been discussed from different academic perspectives over the past twenty years, older people’s collective condition is undergoing important sociological and cultural changes, making the elderly - among other things - an enticing political reservoir…

Seniors’ social image: the representation of ageing in electoral campaigns

2019

This study builds on previous research on ageing representation in relation to common assumptions and stereotypes (Schneider & Ingram 1993; Holladay & Coombs 2004, Kaid & Garner 2004), in order to provide an overview of the ways in which older adults have been addressed and exploited in US political (i.e. electoral) campaigns. Considering campaign ads as multimodal texts, Kress & van Leeuwen’s social semiotic approach (2001) is used to examine how multimodal elements convey seniors’ images. In addition, this analysis draws on legitimation theory (van Leeuwen 2008) to analyse which legitimation tactic is employed to convey meanings through the voice of elderly people. In this…

Towards Equivalence Links between Senses in PlWordNet and Princeton WordNet

2017

AbstractThe paper focuses on the issue of creating equivalence links in the domain of bilingual computational lexicography. The existing interlingual links between plWordNet and Princeton WordNet synsets (sets of synonymous lexical units – lemma and sense pairs) are re-analysed from the perspective of equivalence types as defined in traditional lexicography and translation. Special attention is paid to cognitive and translational equivalents. A proposal of mapping lexical units is presented. Three types of links are defined: super-strong equivalence, strong equivalence and weak implied equivalence. The strong equivalences have a common set of formal, semantic and usage features, with some o…

Une approche « culturelle » du sensible en communication : de la préfiguration à la reconfiguration

2022

Players' progression through GraphoGame, an early literacy game: Influence of game design and context of play

2019

Researchers of serious games frequently investigate outcomes of play but overlook the underlying game-design components that drive those outcomes. In this paper, I aim to show how game design and context of play influence progression through GraphoGame, an early-literacy game. This is done by means of two intersecting studies. The first study shows how the game can be represented by a model that explicitly hypothesizes how the interaction between the player and the game drives progression. The second study explores user data generated by first graders (N = 137) who played the game over a period of 25 weeks as part of early literacy instruction. The juxtaposition of these two studies reveals…

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…