Search results for "cmc"

GIFs in online interaction: embodied cues and beyond

2019

International audience; Recent research has characterized GIFs as a means for speakers to reproduce nonlinguistic cues such as bodily actions and facial expressions in online written interaction, which is first and foremost text-based. They make it possible to translate in digital interaction what those nonlinguistic cues enable to do in face-to-face conversation: express emotion and affect, and elaborate on what is being said. This article explores further the role and functions of GIFs as embodied cues and goes beyond, where GIF use diverges from body language in face-to-face conversation.

"Haters gonna hate": characterizing hater comments on YouTube thanks to impoliteness theories

2017

International audience; Previous studies have shown that comments on YouTube tend to show a “low degree of neutral stance” (Sindoni, 2014: 203). Comments are often either strongly positive or negative. Negative comments themselves commonly display all forms of aggressive and impolite behaviour (sarcasm, name-calling, hostility, ad personam attacks and a whole variety of other deliberate face-threatening acts). The epitome of this behaviour is the so-called “hater”, a commenter that deliberately posts abusive comments (“you suck”, “”Miranda sings is shit”, “fuck you Miranda sings”), generally unconnected to the content of the video and/or not constructive (see definitions in Lange: 2007). Ev…

Christianity and digital culture : analysis of users' experiences of the christian social networking site in Taiwan - Walei

2011

Social Networking Sites (SNSs) have been a popular phenomenon worldwide, while religion in Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) studies has gained more academic attention. Walei as a pioneering social networking site is founded by a group of Protestant Christians targeting at the youth in Taiwan, and it exemplifies religious application on the Internet. This thesis investigates what role such a website plays both for its users and against its competition, particularly in the non-Christian cultural context. Using online interviews with nine users of Walei, how the interactivity affects Christian users‟ religious identity and the impression of non-Christian users toward Christianity is explo…

Bacillus subtilis BS-2 and Peppermint Oil as Biocontrol Agents Against Botrytis cinerea

2019

The purpose of this study was to assess the activity of Bacillus subtilis BS-2 and peppermint oil against Botrytis cinerea. In this study parameters such as the age and the density of the bacterial culture and the incubation temperature were taken into consideration. Furthermore, the cellulolytic activity of the bacterium was determined. The effect of peppermint oil was evaluated at a concentration range of 0.5-4.0 %. The research was conducted with a dual culture plate method. The influence of B. subtilis BS-2 and peppermint oil on the growth of B. cinerea was evaluated based on the growth rate index. It was noted that the bacterial culture occurred at an initial density of OD560 = 1.0, cu…

Female style vs. male style or something in between? : a case study on gendered communication on the Humans of New York Facebook page

2015

Sosiaalinen media on viime vuosikymmenen aikana mullistanut internetin avulla tapahtuvaa viestintää ja sen tuomia uusia mullistuksia onkin tutkittu tieteellisesti paljon viime aikoina. Sukupuolen ja kielen roolia sosiaalisen median myllerryksessä ei viestinnällisestä näkökulmasta kuitenkaan ole tutkittu kovin paljon ja siksi tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli kartoittaa, millaista naisten ja miesten kielenkäyttö on nykyään internetissä ja miten se peilautuu aiempien tutkimustulosten valossa. Tutkimuksen aineisto koostui 170 tavallisten ihmisten kirjoittamista kommenteista, jotka valittiin suositulta Humans of New York Facebook-sivulta tammikuun 2015 aikana. Nämä kommentit jaettiin laadulli…

Pourquoi ce Multaqa?

1998

Data Augmentation Approach in Bayesian Modelling of Presence-only Data

2011

Abstract Ecologists are interested in prediction of potential distribution of species in suitable areas, essential for planning conservation and management strategies. Unfortunately, often the only available information in such studies is the true presence of the species at few locations of the study area and the associated environmental covariates over the entire area, referred as presence-only data. We propose a Bayesian approach to estimate logistic linear regressions adapted to presence-only data through the introduction of a random approximation of the correction factor in the adjusted logistic model that allows us to overcome the need to know a priori the prevalence of the species.

Il dialetto su Facebook. Identità, riflessioni (meta)linguistiche e nuovi usi sulle pagine campanilistiche palermitane

2016

Il presente contributo si propone di analizzare alcune pagine Facebook che cercano di ricreare, all’interno di una realtà comunitaria “a maglie larghe” e a-territoriale (proprio perché virtuale), l’identità dei cittadini di Palermo. Si tratta di pagine campanilistiche che sviluppano i propri contenuti attraverso la pubblicazione di post corredati di testi e/o immagini che richiamano evidenti istanze linguistiche e costumi socioculturali condivisi e (ri)conosciuti dagli abitanti del luogo. All’interno di questo tentativo di costruire un’autoctonia tutta palermitana, gli aspetti che verranno esaminati sono: I) i riferimenti a luoghi urbani, i quali, lungi dall’essere scelti arbitrariamente, a…

Micellization properties of cardanol as a renewable co-surfactant

2015

With the aim to improve the features of surfactant solutions in terms of sustainability and renewability we propose the use of hydrogenated natural and sustainable plant-derived cardanol as an additive to com- mercial surfactants. In the present study we demonstrated that its addition, in amounts as high as 10%, to commercial surfactants of different charge does not significantly affect surfactant properties. Conversely, the presence of hydrogenated cardanol can strongly affect spectrophotometric determination of CMC if preferential interactions with the dyes used take place. This latter evidence may be profitably exploited in surfactant manufacturing by considering that the concurrent pres…

Comparison of different uncertainty techniques in urban stormwater quantity and quality modelling

2011

Abstract Urban drainage models are important tools used by both practitioners and scientists in the field of stormwater management. These models are often conceptual and usually require calibration using local datasets. The quantification of the uncertainty associated with the models is a must, although it is rarely practiced. The International Working Group on Data and Models, which works under the IWA/IAHR Joint Committee on Urban Drainage, has been working on the development of a framework for defining and assessing uncertainties in the field of urban drainage modelling. A part of that work is the assessment and comparison of different techniques generally used in the uncertainty assessm…