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Audience experience of commercial videos and feature length films : are they universal or culturally mediated?
2017
Audiovisual contents constitute one of the most common ways of communicating information. However, audiovisual products are difficult to study because they integrate a lot of complex communication and artistic elements. Meaning and emotions are conveyed by combining film elements but also narrative elements, music and other audio aspects, which unfold over time and can be used to impact the audiences. Here, the user experience approach is taken to try to understand the relation between the video’s elements and the emotions produced in the audience. Emotions are understood within an appraisal framework where elements of the audiovisual format and content are integrated in memory with previou…
Homot ja heterot Suomi24:ssä: analyysi digitaalisista diskursseista
2018
Artikkelissani tarkastelen Suomi24-keskustelupalstan homouteen ja heterouteen liittyviä toistuvia diskursseja. Analyysi on toteutettu korpusavusteisena diskurssintutkimuksena (CADS), jossa suureen dataan perustuva tilastollinen avainsana-analyysi nostaa esiin suomalaisen yhteiskunnan sosiaalisesti jaetut diskurssit. Tulokset yhtäältä tukevat aiempia media-analyyseissä tehtyjä havaintoja voimakkaista affekteista ja vihapuheesta sekä homoseksuaalisuuden politisoitumisesta ja uskonnollistumisesta. Toisaalta se myös paljastaa homodiskurssien henkilöitymisen tai liittymisen tiettyihin henkilöryhmiin ja paikkoihin. Heterodiskurssit puolestaan eroavat selvästi homodiskursseista: niille on tyypilli…
Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on market orientation in retail banking
2021
AbstractThis qualitative study examines the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the implementation of market orientation (MO) in the context of retail banking. The findings show that MO was significantly reflected in the behaviors of banks upon encountering the COVID-19 situation, with the banks increasing their MO in response to the crisis. This study finds subcategories based on the empirical data that explain the implementation of MO in more detail. Overall, the findings provide valuable conceptual and managerial insights into the modus operandi of banks during a crisis and offer new best practices for the banking industry.
Laika jēdziens dažādās kultūrās
2019
Maģistra darba izpētes priekšmets ir laika jēdziens dažādās kultūrās un valodās, kā tas izpaužas metaforās un gramatisko laiku sistēmā, kas atspoguļo laika uztveri angļu valodā. Laika uztvere ir atkarīga no cilvēku dzīvesveida, tradīcijām un uzskatiem. Kultūra ir saistīta ar valodu, tāpēc laika jēdziens dažādās kultūrās atspoguļo, kā cilvēki izmanto laiku darbā un citās jomās, bet laika jēdziens dažādās valodās attēlo, kā cilvēki attēlo laiku metaforās, un kādus gramatiskos laikus vai aspektus viņi izmanto. Laika metaforas un citi izteicieni parasti atbilst laika uztverei vai orientācijai, kas ir raksturīgas noteiktai kultūrai. Laika metaforas ir dažādos literatūras žanros, un tajos laika j…
Reconstruction of urban sites from photos
2019
Abstract. This paper reports the results of an experiment that aims at the virtual reconstruction of a urban site that has been partially reshaped during the 20th century; the reconstruction process is based on period photos. The chosen case study is the eldest harbour of Palermo, named ‘Cala’; the site was bombed during World War II and new buildings took the place of the ruined ones. Two period photos, taken from an aircraft, document the buildings that were destroyed by bombs. The 3D restitution process used the ‘inverse’ projection from period photos (2D) to the virtual space (3D) ; the first step was therefore addressed to the calculation of the inner parameters (focal length, principa…
The Unexpected profile of agricultural innovators: evidence from an empirical study
2020
[EN] Innovation capacity is essential for farmers to remain competitive and overcome the challenges facing Mediterranean agricultural systems. Based on an extensive empirical study, this paper elucidates the common attributes of innovative farmers in the Region of Valencia (Spain). The model presented in this study investigates whether an innovative attitude can be explained by market-entrepreneurial orientation, learning orientation, individual profile traits and farm size. The findings provide insights into how age and experience affect innovation in agricultural smallholdings. The study shows that the most innovative farmers run large farms and have a strong market-entrepreneurial orient…
Sykepleiestudentenes kliniske praksis – om klinisk læringsmiljø og studenttilfredshet
2020
Nurse practice – clinical learning environment and student satisfaction
 The purpose of this study was to investigate nursing students’ satisfaction with the clinical learning environment during clinical practice. A questionnaire was distributed to nursing students at a university (N=250) in Norway. Student satisfaction, task orientation, pedagogical atmosphere, supervisory relationship, and the premises of nursing on the ward were measured. Of the 250 students invited, 163 (66 %) completed the survey. Nursing students were largely satisfied with their clinical placement experiences, but they were more satisfied with hospital placements than home care placements. Supervision more than …
Meeting the need for flexibility in business processes
2017
Nykyaikaisessa liiketoimintaympäristössä organisaatioiden tulee olla joustavia. Joustavuuden tarve ilmenee monella tavalla – organisaatioiden tulee pystyä sopeuttamaan sekä toimintansa luonnetta että toimintatapojaan, sekä tilapäisesti että pysyvästi, sekä ennakoitavissa että ennakoimattomissa tilanteissa. Liiketoimintaprosessisuuntautuneisuus ja Business Process Management (BPM) ovat viime aikoina olleet merkittäviä paradigmoja organisaatioiden johtamisessa ja saaneet tunnustusta keinoina parantaa organisaatioiden suorituskykyä. On kuitenkin epäselvyyttä siitä, kuinka yhteensopivia perinteiset BPM-metodit ovat joustavuuden vaatimusten kanssa. Tällä eksploratiivisella kirjallisuuskatsauksel…
How customer knowledge affects exploration : generating, guiding, and gatekeeping
2021
The importance of understanding customers in order to sustain the long-term success of the company has been claimed by academics and practitioners for decades, to the point that the claim has turned into a truism. And still, the role of customer knowledge in organizational renewal, especially via explorative new product development (NPD), remains ambiguous. While existing literature generally emphasizes the value of customer knowledge, critics argue that a strong customer focus can also de-motivate and misguide exploration. This study adds clarity to our understanding of this tension by drawing from an intensive analysis of the corporate archives of a rapidly growing high-tech company. The …
To Eat or Not to Eat? A Short Path from Vegetarianism to Cannibalism
2018
Subjective reasoning and chemical composition are not the sole arbiters of our systems of alimentary taste; consumption of food is also defined by cultural orientation and other complex value systems. There are those who choose to consume only plant matter to respect the rights of animals, equally there are those who consume pets without a second thought. What informs these choices depends on how we understand our own place in the world, the values we attribute to the things that surrounds us, the relationships we maintain with our fellow beings and those with living things in general. It is in the space between those variable definitions that we find food taboos and the complex stories whi…