Studying Social Aspects of Vegetarianism: A Research Proposal on the Basis of a Survey Among Adult Population of Two Slovenian Biggest Cities

The article discuses the fundamental characteristics of vegetarianism as a heterogeneous and controversial practice, and tries to asses its scope in contemporary Western world. In the central part it presents the main results of the empirical study of vegetarianism and its perceptions on a representative sample of adult residents of the two largest cities in Slovenia, Ljubljana and Maribor. On this basis, the author proposes a more comprehensive design of quantitative and qualitative research on social aspects of vegetarianism and responses to it

Emocionalizacija i privatizacija političke komunikacije na Facebooku : Faktori koji stimuliraju interakciju građana?

Social media are usually accused of being one of the major forces for personalization of ‏political communication and consequently for depolitization of recent politics. However, personalization ‏seems to stimulate certain users to pay more attention to political issues and to act more responsively to ‏such highly personalized political profiles. This article presents the results of a longitudinal analysis of ‏online presence of Barack Obama to assess his political communication through Facebook. It also answers ‏if presence of emotional appeals and private life cues in the posts have any effect on users’ responses in‏ terms of numbers of their likes, comments and shares. Based on a quantitative analysis of 2804 Facebook ‏posts, published in the period from 2008 to 2016, the results of content analysis revealed that Obama ‏used his Facebook fan page almost exclusively to communicate about political issues instead of his ‏personal life. The analysis also confirmed that a smaller number of posts, which contained emotional ‏appeals or cues from private life had significantly higher numbers of users’ responses than posts that ‏were not emotionalized or privatized. While personalization of Obama’s political figure is part of a wider‏ debate, this study confirms that the presence of private cues and emotional appeals stimulates greater‏ responsiveness from Facebook users.‏Društveni mediji su često optuživani kao jedan od glavnih stimulatora personalizacije političke ‏komunikacija, a posljedično i kao jedan od faktora koji utječu na depolitizaciju suvremene politike. Ipak,‏ personalizacija može potaknuti određene korisnike da više pažnje posvete političkim temama te da‏ djeluju responsivnije prema personaliziranim političkim profilima. U ovom članku su prezentirani rezultati‏ longitudinalne analize političke komunikacije Baracka Obame na njegovoj Facebook stranici. Istraživanje ‏je pokušalo odgovoriti na pitanje u kojoj mjeri je Obama putem Facebooka komunicirao političke teme,‏ a u kojoj mjeri osobni profil, te ima li prisutnost emocija i referenci na privatni život u postovima određeni‏ efekt na korisnike Facebooka, mjereno kroz broj lajkova, komentara i dijeljenja koje ti određeni postovi‏ dobiju. Oslanjajući se na rezultate kvantitativne analize sadržaja koja je provedena na 2804 Facebook ‏posta koji su objavljeni na Obaminoj stranici u razdoblju od 2008. do 2016., istraživanje je otkrilo kako ‏je Obama svoju Facebook stranicu koristio prvenstveno za komuniciranje političkih tema, a tek onda i‏ osobnog profila. Dok je personalizacija Obamine političke komunikacije na Facebooku predmet opširnije‏ rasprave, ovo istraživanje potvrđuje kako postovi koji sadrže emocije i reference na privatni profil privlače‏ veći broj odgovora (lajkova, komentara, dijeljenja) korisnika Facebooka od postova koji ne sadrže emocije‏ ili reference na privatni profil.‏‏ ‏

Hare Kristos: comparison between religiosity of adherents to Krishna Consiousness Community and Catholics

SAŽETAK U članku su analizirane razlike u intenzitetu vjerske prakse slovenskih sljedbenika pokreta Hare Krišna i katolika, zatim je provjeren utjecaj tih razlika na svakodnevni život sljedbenika Krišne i katolika te njihov odnos prema društvu. U analizi su korišteni podaci prve sustavne sociološke analize nekog novog religijskog pokreta u Sloveniji koji su uspoređeni s podacima ispitivanja javnog mišljenja Aufbruch (1997 (SJM 97/2) i ISSP 1998 (SJM 98/1). Potvrđena je pretpostavka o mnogo intenzivnijoj vjerskoj djelatnosti sljedbenika pokreta Hare Krišna, koji su u svom svakodnevnom životu, gledano sa stajališta primjene vjerskih načela, prilično ortodoksni, što u suprotnosti s općim vjerovanjem ne rezultira izrazitom zatvorenošću Zajednice za svjesnost Krišne i njezinom odvojenošću od okoline i društva općenito, kao ni nekom natprosječnom konzervativnošću njezinih pripadnika.The article analyses the differences in intensity of religious practices of Slovenian adherents to Hare Krishna and Catholics. Furthermore, it measures their influence on everyday life of believers. It uses the data of the first systematic case study research of any new religious movement in Slovenia and compares them with some results of international surveys Aufbruch 1997 and ISSP 1998. The findings prove that Krishna adherents are considerably more active in their religious activities than Catholics and quite orthodox when it comes to applying religious rules in everyday life. But contrary to popular belief, it does not lead to noticeable shutting off or isolation of the Krishna community from the society, nor to higher than average conservatism of its members

Gledanje videoigara: što potiče gledanje igranja videoigara na YouTubeu?

This article addresses the phenomenon of gameplay video watching on YouTube. The study investigates what drives people to watch gameplay videos and what gratifications they seek in performing the activity of gameplay viewing. To this end, the authors adopted the uses and gratifications theory (UGT) and a qualitative methodology involving three online discussion groups with 100 members of international gameplay communities. While the results pinpoint the attractiveness of the player as the most important motive, other reasons, such as preview and learning aspects or substitution for the real game, also appear to be important. The qualitative approach enabled to uncover unique aspects of the motives of watching YouTube gameplay videos. In this respect, five distinctive types of gameplay viewers are identified – Spectator, Performer, Selector, Viewer, and Substitutor – where each of them seems to engage in such practices with specific motives and accompanying gratifications.Ovaj se znanstveni rad bavi fenomenom gledanja videa na YouTubeu koji prikazuju igranje videoigara. Studija ispituje što ljude potiče na gledanje igranja videoigara te koje zadovoljstvo u tome traže. Autori se pozivaju na teoriju koristi i nagrada (uses and gratifications theory – UGT) te se koriste kvalitativnom metodologijom. Autori su proveli tri online grupne rasprave sa 100 članova međunarodne gaming zajednice. Iako se u kao najvažiji motiv gledanja ističe atraktivnost igrača, važni su i drugi razlozi, poput promatranja i učenja, ali i zamjene za pravo igranje. Taj kvalitativni pristup omogućuje otkrivanje jedinstvenih aspekata motiva gledanja igranja videoigara na Youtubeu. Tako je u ovom radu identificirano pet različitih vrsta gledatelja – promatrač, izvođač, onaj koji bira, gledatelj i zamjena – pri čemu se svaki uključuje u gledanje videoigara zbog specifičnih motiva i pratećeg zadovoljstva

Tjaša Žakelj: Sodobna partnerstva. Spoznavanje po spletu

Tjaša Žakelj: Sodobna partnerstva. Spoznavanje po spletuLjubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede, 2012, 256 straniTjaša Žakelj: Sodobna partnerstva. Spoznavanje po spletuLjubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede, 2012, 256 stran

Representations of Islam and Muslims in Slovenian Primary School Textbooks

Članek obravnava reprezentacije islama in muslimanov v slovenskih osnovnošolskih učbenikih. Kritično diskurzivno analizo usmerja na štiri tematske poudarke, okoli kate­rih se zgoščajo reprezentacije: varnost in nasilje, geografsko kulturno umestitev, vlogo žensk in odnose med spoloma ter prispevek muslimanov k razvoju zahodne civilizacije. Rezultati kažejo redke primere očitno problematičnih reprezentacij, celostna anali­za pa razkriva, da šele množica manjših pristranskosti in/ali pretiravanj ob odsotnosti nekaterih tematik in/ali vizualnih ilustracij tvori popačeno reprezentacijo, ki reproducira nekatere stereotipe in starodavni strah pred muslimani in islamom.The article discusses the representations of Islam and Muslims in Slovenian primary school textbooks. The critical discursive analysis focuses on four thematic emphases around which such representations are concentrated: security and violence, geo­graphical and cultural placement, the role of women and gender relations, and the contribution of Muslims to the development of Western civilization. A comprehensive analysis reveals that a multitude of minor biases and/or exaggerations in the absence of certain themes and/or visual illustrations together form a distorted representation that reproduces certain stereotypes as well as ancient fears of Muslims and Islam

R)evolucija perspektiva o interaktivnosti: od pristupa orijentiranog na medije do pristupa orijentiranog na novinare

The proliferation of new media since the late 1990s has launched a new period of revitalising the concept of interactivity but from very different angles and with several empirical research perspectives. The article’s main aim is to show the variety of ways in which researchers have conceptualised, examined and analysed interactivity within media and journalism studies. The paper provides insights into the various readings of the changes within the field and offers a cautious view of the concept’s potential. Based on a selective meta-analysis of different approaches, we propose to distinguish three perspectives on interactivity: communication- and media-centred perspectives, audience- or user-centred perspectives, and production- or journalist-centred perspectives. This distinction enables us to differentiate between what is considered interactive, and who this interaction involves according to several scholars within media and journalism studies.Proliferacija novih medija od kasnih 90-ih pokrenula je novi period revitaliziranja koncepta interaktivnosti, ali iz prilično različitih kutova i iz nekoliko perspektiva u empirijskom istraživanju. Glavni je cilj ovog rada pokazati različite pristupe kojima istraživači konceptualiziraju, ispituju i analiziraju interaktivnost u području medijskih studija i novinarstva. Rad pruža uvid u različita tumačenja promjena unutar polja i kritički gleda na potencijal toga koncepta. Mi predlažemo razlikovanje triju perspektiva o interaktivnosti na temelju selektivne metaanalize različitih pristupa: perspektive orijentirane na komunikaciju i medije, perspektive orijentirane na publiku ili korisnike i perspektive orijentirane na produkciju ili novinare. Ta distinkcija, prema nekoliko autora iz područja medijskih studija i novinarstva, omogućuje nam da razlikujemo ono što se smatra interaktivnim od onoga koga ta interakcija uključuje

Vpliv sončne aktivnosti na okoljski dozni ekvivalent H*(10) v Sloveniji merjen s termoluminiscenčnimi dozimetri

Ambient dose equivalent H*(10) is measured to assess general population exposure to ionising radiation. From its spatial and time variations it is possible to identify sources of exposure. In Slovenia, semi-annual H*(10) is measured routinely with thermoluminescence dosimeters at 66 locations around the Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Krško and at 50 other locations covering the rest of Slovenian territory. Since the Chernobyl accident contamination had ceased to contribute to ambient dose equivalents, we have been calculating correlation coefficients between annual mean number of sunspots and annual H*(10). These correlation coefficients were calculated for five locations in western Slovenia and for five annual H*(10) extracted from measurements around NPP Krško. Their ranges between –0.64 and –0.38 suggest a clear negative correlation between solar activity and H*(10). Mean annual H*(10) averted by solar activity in the past two solar maxima reached 0.070 mSv around NPP Krško (155 m.a.s.l.) and 0.132 mSv and 0.180 mSv at Kredarica (2515 m.a.s.l.). Quantifying the influence of the solar activity on the ambient dose equivalent helps us to better understand exposure of the general population to ionising radiation.Okoljski dozni ekvivalent H*(10) merimo, da ocenimo izpostavljenost populacije ionizirajočemu sevanju. Iz časovne in prostorske odvisnosti je mogoče ugotoviti vire izpostavljenosti. Polletne dozne ekvivalente H*(10) merimo rutinsko s termoluminiscenčmimi dozimetri na 66 lokacijah v okolici Jedrske elektrarne Krško (NEK) in na 50 drugih lokacijah na teritoriju Slovenije. Ker kontaminacija zaradi Černobilske nesreče ne prispeva več k okoljskemu doznemu ekvivalentu smo izračunali korelacijske koeficiente med povprečnim letnim številom sončnih peg in letnim H*(10). Korelacijske koeficiente smo izračunali za pet lokacij v Zahodni Sloveniji in pet lokacij v bližini NEK. Vrednosti korelacijskih koeficientov so v intervalu od -0.64 do -0.38, kar kaže na močno korelacijo med sončno aktivnostjo in H*(10). Zaradi sončeve aktivnosti so bili povprečni letni H*(10) v zadnjih dveh sončnih maksimumih zmanjšani za 0.070 mSv v okolici NEK (na nadmorski višini 155 m) in za 0.132 mSv in 0.180 mSv na Kredarici (na nadmorski višini 2515 m). Ovrednotenje vpliva sončeve aktivnosti na okoljski dozni ekvivalent boljša razumevanje izpostavljenosti populacije ionizirajočemu sevanju