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The information sources of the first Spanish Newspapers (1618-1635): the construction of information credibility
Este trabajo analiza las fuentes de información utilizadas en un
corpus numeroso de avisos recogidos en periódicos españoles
impresos entre 1618 y 1635. El objetivo de partida es determinar
cómo se construye, en términos tanto históricos como retóricos, la
credibilidad informativa. Analizaremos la construcción retórica
de la credibilidad en el texto mismo de los avisos, concretamente
en las fuentes de información que estos declaran u ocultan; para
comprobar si existe una intención deliberada de encubrir las
fuentes de información, estudiaremos la frecuencia con que
aparece la atribución on deep background. La aproximación
metodológica que orienta este estudio es la que sostiene el
Historical News Discourse, que aplica las conclusiones y métodos
de análisis del Análisis Crítico del Discurso a los periódicos del
pasado, y contextualiza y explica sus resultados en relación a los
planteamientos de la Historia del Periodismo y de la
Comunicación (Conboy, Brownlees, Broersma y otros).
Defendemos en este trabajo que el análisis del discurso de los
primeros impresos informativos resulta fundamental para
conocer cómo se consolida en España la profesión periodística,
gracias a una nueva forma de auctoritas basada en la competencia
discursiva. El gacetero o periodista aparece como una nueva
modalidad de escritor, cuya credibilidad y reputación dependen
de su capacidad para acceder, organizar y declarar –de acuerdo a
patrones retóricos reconocibles para sus lectores– las fuentes de
información a las que tiene acceso.This paper analyses the information sources used in a large
corpus of news items published in Spanish printed newspapers
between 1618 and 1635. The initial aim is to determine how
information credibility was constructed in both historical and
rhetorical terms. To this end, the rhetorical construction of
credibility in the news stories are analysed by focusing on the
information sources that these reveal or conceal. And in order to
determine whether or not these sources were deliberately
concealed, the frequency with which ‘on deep background’
attribution appears is examined. The methodological approach on
which this study is based is Historical News Discourse, which
applies the conclusions and methods of critical discourse analysis
to newspapers of the past, in addition to contextualising and
explaining the results in terms of journalism history and
communication approaches (Conboy, Brownlees and Broersma,
among others). In this work, we contend that the discourse
analysis of the first printed newspapers is essential for gaining
further insights into how the journalistic profession consolidated
its position in Spain thanks to a new form of auctoritas based on
discourse competence. The gazetteer or journalist emerged as a
new kind of writer, whose credibility and reputation depended on
his ability to access, organise and reveal –according to rhetorical
patterns recognisable to readers– the information sources
available to him
Housing supply chain model for innovation: research report
The aim of this research is to undertake a case study analysis of successful delivery of an innovation to the Australian housing construction industry.
This study is conducted on the “innovator group”; that is, the group that created the idea of an innovation for the housing sector and then were intimately involved in creation, development and diffusion. It is apparent that there were key players involved in this process which are representative of various organisations along the supply chain – designer, developer, subcontractor and supplier.
Much rhetoric states that integration of the supply chain actors will solve construction problems, however, in reality we know little beyond this in the Australian context as there has been little research conducted previously. This study will examine in detail the process undertaken by this particular group to deliver an innovation to the housing sector which required an integrated construction supply chain model.
This report was published by the Australian Housing Supply Chain Alliance and written by Professor Kerry London, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University with Research Fellow, Jessica Siva
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Seeing is believing: How people fail to identify fake images on the web
The growing ease with which digital images can be convincingly manipulated and widely distributed on the Internet makes viewers increasingly susceptible to visual misinformation and deception. In situations where ill-intentioned individuals seek to deliberately mislead and influence viewers through fake online images, the harmful consequences could be substantial. We describe an exploratory study of how individuals react, respond to, and evaluate the authenticity of images that accompany online stories in Internet-enabled communications channels. Our preliminary findings support the assertion that people perform poorly at detecting skillful image manipulation, and that they often fail to question the authenticity of images even when primed regarding image forgery through discussion. We found that viewers make credibility evaluation based mainly on non-image cues rather than the content depicted. Moreover, our study revealed that in cases where context leads to suspicion, viewers apply post-hoc analysis to support their suspicions regarding the authenticity of the image
Telling Stories, Saving Lives: The Battered Mothers\u27 Testimony Project, Women\u27s Narratives, and Court Reform
In November 2002, the Wellesley Centers for Women’s Battered Mothers’ Testimony Project released Battered Mothers Speak Out, a report detailing human rights abuses committed against forty battered mothers and their children who had litigated cases in the Massachusetts family court system. Although the report initially generated a great deal of attention, the response from the courts was overwhelmingly negative, and the report prompted no change in the courts. Because the stories of these women resonated with my own experiences representing battered women, I wondered why the report had so little effect on system change. The official response of the courts was that the report employed a flawed methodology, both in its use of the narratives of the women affected and in its reliance on human rights investigation. In my article, however, I site the work done in Battered Mothers Speak Out squarely within the tradition of using narratives in social science, human rights investigation and the law and argue that “flawed methodology” is really a pretext for gender bias. The article contends that bias against battered women, presented both through social science research and the gender bias task force reports of various courts, was the real reason for dismissing these narratives. The article questions whether the authors would have achieved more if they had relied on third person narratives or a quantitative report. The article concludes that while there might be easier ways to reform courts, narratives, particularly battered women’s narratives, are essential for a number of reasons, including the need for battered women’s stories to be told and for courts to hear them
Collaboration and Connection: How Foundations Partner Effectively to Address Their Community's Information Needs
Offers examples and tips for partnering with the public, private, and nonprofit sectors on community news and information projects, including finding the right partner by assessing organizational capacity, community assets, compatibility, and structure
Qualitative software engineering research -- reflections and guidelines
Researchers are increasingly recognizing the importance of human aspects in
software development and since qualitative methods are used to, in-depth,
explore human behavior, we believe that studies using such techniques will
become more common.
Existing qualitative software engineering guidelines do not cover the full
breadth of qualitative methods and knowledge on using them found in the social
sciences. The aim of this study was thus to extend the software engineering
research community's current body of knowledge regarding available qualitative
methods and provide recommendations and guidelines for their use.
With the support of an epistemological argument and a literature review, we
suggest that future research would benefit from (1) utilizing a broader set of
research methods, (2) more strongly emphasizing reflexivity, and (3) employing
qualitative guidelines and quality criteria.
We present an overview of three qualitative methods commonly used in social
sciences but rarely seen in software engineering research, namely
interpretative phenomenological analysis, narrative analysis, and discourse
analysis. Furthermore, we discuss the meaning of reflexivity in relation to the
software engineering context and suggest means of fostering it.
Our paper will help software engineering researchers better select and then
guide the application of a broader set of qualitative research methods.Comment: 30 page
Conferring resistance to digital disinformation: the innoculating influence of procedural news knowledge
Despite the pervasiveness of digital disinformation in society, little is known about the individual characteristics that make some users more susceptible to erroneous information uptake than others, effectively dividing the media audience into prone and resistant groups. This study identifies and tests procedural news knowledge as a consequential civic resource with the capacity to inoculate audiences from disinformation and close this “resistance gap.” Engaging the persuasion knowledge model, the study utilizes data from two national surveys to demonstrate that possessing working knowledge of how the news media operate aids in the identification and effects of fabricated news and native advertising.Accepted manuscrip
Innovation Lab For Museums: Case Studies in Innovation and Adaptive Capacity
This case study on Latino New South follows the journey and partnerships of three cultural institutions -- the Levine Museum of the New South (Charlotte, NC), the Atlanta History Center (Atlanta, GA), and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Birmingham, AL). These three organizations entered the Innovation Lab for Museums with the intention of making their programs and institutions more resonant with, and responsive to, the fast-growing Latino communities in their respective cities
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