Does Lecture Capturing Impact Student Performance and Attendance in an Introductory Accounting Course?

The study empirically examines the interplay between lecture capturing viewership, performance and attendance for students in the Middle Eastern country of Qatar. The sample consists of 254 students enrolled in an introductory accounting class either in the Fall semester or in the Spring semester. We show a weak positive relationship between lecture capturing and performance, especially in the presence of other variables such as GPA, attendance, gender and seniority. However, we do not find that lecture capturing reduces attendance. Actual performance results are contrasted with students' perception of the usefulness and effectiveness of lecture capturing. Survey responses reveal that, overall, students attribute a great deal of credit to this pedagogical resource. They stated that lecture capturing clarifies concepts discussed in class, assists in studying for exams, enhances exam results and increases interest in the course. However, the majority of low-performing students believe lecture capturing to be a substitute for attending traditional lectures.Scopu

Can a negative representation of refugees in social media lead to compassion fatigue? An analysis of the perspectives of a sample of Syrian refugees in Jordan and Turkey

Negative, tragic, traumatic and suffering representations continue to dominate the discussions and content on social media in the stories and content related to Syrian refugees. The public, while browsing social media, finds that this representation is the dominant one that dominates the image of refugees. Thus, there is a potential risk that the public’s compassion will be negatively affected after repeated exposure to the dominant representation in light of the inability to put an end to that situation. This study discusses the perspectives of Syrian refugees living in Jordan and Turkey on whether they feel such repeated negative and tragic content about their stories and news on social media could affect the empathy of the audience in hosting communities with them, especially since social media is an open-source platform that all people at any time and from any place can post, re-share, comment and create content by adding texts, photos and videos, not like traditional media, which are controlled more than social media platforms for open participatory content. This study aims to explore how a vulnerable population, such as Syrian refugees in Istanbul and Amman, sees the effect of negative representation on themselves and their image in the hosting communities and does not aim to examine or offer any conclusion as to whether the public in Jordan and Turkey have experienced compassion fatigue. This study provides and extracts some useful insights, but proves no hypotheses or conclusive evidence regarding the occurrence of compassion fatigue in the public; thus, the study opens the door for the debate on the role that social media plays as a source of compassion fatigue among citizens towards refugees, mainly when they are repeatedly exposed to such negative stories and content, as well as calls for an in-depth and extensive study on the topic from the point of view of the public and citizens in the hosting countries, after examining, understanding and analyzing the opinions and their dimensions of the sample of refugees in this study

Understanding social media dependency, and uses and gratifications as a communication system in the migration era: Syrian refugees in host countries as a case study

Through the theoretical frameworks of the media system dependency model and uses and gratifications theory, this study examined the uses of social media by Syrian refugees in Jordan and Turkey. A mixed-methods approach was used to increase the credibility and validity of the study’s findings by combining a qualitative method with quantitative data. The findings show that there were some factors that affected the Syrian refugees’ use of social media before seeking refuge in Jordan and Turkey, which were mainly its ban due to the regime’s censorship and a bad Internet connection due to the bad infrastructure. The absence of these two factors led to an increase in their social media dependency after seeking refuge. There are variances in which social media sites Syrian refugees use the most and why. The majority relied on Facebook for various reasons, and this dependency had varying repercussions on individuals. Furthermore, many immigrants were acquainted with new platforms, implying that refugees became social-media-literate and participated in the updates of the new platforms, even if such sites were not well known to the general public. The Syrian refugees’ dependency on social media varies from person to person due to differences in personal goals, social status, locations, living characteristics, and easy access to the Internet. Furthermore, this dependency on social media has different effects on them according to the media system dependency model. The refugees become increasingly dependent on social media to satisfy their needs and, because of that, social media dependency will become more important in their lives and will increase its influence and effects on them. Furthermore, the study found that the Syrian refugees depended on social media for various gratifications, such as educational, work, and business; information access; cultural and social aspects; connecting with networks and families; establishing friendships; learning new skills; self-expression; making business; and finding work, in addition to reaching routes and contacting smugglers to help them leave the country

Refugee Journalist Phenomenon as a Consequence of Migration and Refugee Crises: The Role of Social Media in Transferring Refugees’ Role from “Has Been Affected” to “Has Affected”

This study examines the impact of using social media by Syrian refugees, focusing on the shift from receiving messages to sharing content and news related to the Syrian crisis. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, the findings indicate that social media has become a more accessible and affordable medium of communication for Syrian refugees, both during and after seeking refuge. The study highlights the transformation of Syrian citizens from citizens who are not allowed to use the internet and social media to "refugee journalists" by being affected by social media. Social media use among Syrian activists or Syrian refugee journalists has contributed to the emergence of the "refugee journalist" phenomenon, which helps convey opinions, voices, and suffering to the world. However, the findings also highlight the negative effects of the "refugee journalist" phenomenon on Syrian refugees, citizens, and activists. The findings also indicate the potential moral violations and lack of integrity and reliability standards in the publishing of activists' stories, leading to distortion of facts and misleading audiences

Positive Determinism of Twitter usage development in crisis communication: Rescue and relief efforts after the 6 February 2023 earthquake in Turkiye as a case study

This study examined the impact of Twitter usage development in crisis communication in Türkiye during the 6 February 2023 by showing the development of its use during the 1999 Izmit and 2000 Izmir earthquakes. As well as its usage in the 48 h following the 2023 earthquake. It found that Twitter’s positive determinism has evolved over time from gathering information to actively supporting victims’ rescue. Twitter was crucial for finding casualties and providing onthe-ground updates during critical moments, confirming the media’s surveillance function. During the first 48 h of the 2023 earthquake, Twitter significantly affected the rescue and relief activities, enabling individuals trapped beneath the debris to contact, seek, and receive assistance. Twitter’s importance has increased in political communication by opinion leaders and government authorities, and President Erdo ˘gan’s engagement via Twitter was critical in expressing solidarity and coordinating rescue and relief efforts. This study concluded that Twitter has become an indispensable tool for obtaining and disseminating information, as well as aiding and identifying individuals in need. It was widely used by official accounts, informational accounts, and citizens, and effectively aiding rescue and relief efforts, especially in the first 48 h after the disaster

THE PRODUCTION OF EMPHASIS BY SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS OF ARABIC

The purpose of this study was to examine the production of emphasis by American L2 learners of Arabic. Nineteen participants, 5 native speakers and 14 L2 learners participated in a production experiment in which they produced monosyllabic CVC pairs that were contrasted in terms of whether the initial consonant was plain or emphatic. The acoustic parameters that were investigated are VOT of voiceless stops, COG of fricatives, and the first three formant frequencies (F1-F3) of the target vowels. The results of the native speakers showed that VOT is a reliable acoustic cue of emphasis in Modern standard Arabic. The results also showed that vowels in the emphatic context have higher F1 and lower F2. As for F3, the results showed that vowels have higher F3 in the context of emphatic fricatives only. The results of the L2 learners showed that the L2 learners produced comparable VOT values to those of native Arabic speakers. The beginning learners did not differ from the intermediate learners on the VOT measure. The results also showed that the L2 learners produced a significantly lower F2 of the vowels in the emphatic context. The results of F2 also showed that the effect of emphasis was larger for /æ/ than /i/ and /u/; however, /i/ and /u/ did not differ from each other with regard to the effect of emphasis. Proficiency in Arabic played a role on the F2 measure; the intermediate learners tended to be more native-like than the beginning learners. As for F3, the results of the L2 learners unexpectedly showed that the beginning learners produced a higher F3 in the context of fricatives only

How university students evaluate the role of social media in political polarization: Perspectives of a sample of Turkish undergraduate and graduate students

This study aimed to find out if there is a relationship between social media and political polarization in Türkiye from the perspective of Turkish students. To reach this aim, the needed data were collected through qualitative and quantitative approaches. A total of 303 valid questionnaires were analyzed. The sample consisted of university Turkish students across undergraduate, masters, and PhD levels in Türkiye aged between 18 and 50+. As well, an online focus group discussion with six Turkish students from different universities and education levels was conducted to gain a more in-depth understanding of the study’s problem. The results of the study showed that the perspectives of the Turkish students were that social media had a weak-to-moderate effect on political polarization in Türkiye. Furthermore, the results indicated that the studied sample of the Turkish students does not rely on social media platforms to obtain political news, and most of them do not follow political leaders on social media. Moreover, communication platforms did not encourage many Turkish students to express themselves, which is an indication that social media algorithms have contributed to a medium degree in creating filter bubbles through the content they suggest to users. Results have also shown that Turkish students are afraid that their posts and comments are being censored

TRAINING AMERICAN-ENGLISH SPEAKERS IN THE PERCEPTION AND PRODUCTION OF ARABIC EMPHATIC CONSONANTS

The present study investigated the role played by communicative pronunciation instruction as opposed to the traditional form-based approach in the perception and production of Arabic emphatic-plain contrasts by beginning-level English-speaking learners of Arabic. The participants in this study were 19 English-speaking students enrolled in ARAB 110 for the Fall of 2017 in the Department of African and African-American Studies at the University of Kansas. Nine participants were randomly assigned to the experimental group and the other ten participants were assigned to the control group. The participants in the experimental group received instruction based on the communicative pronunciation unit designed for this study in addition to the in-class listen-and-repeat drills, whereas the participants in the control group received only in-class listen-and-repeat drills. The study consisted of perception and production tests (i.e. pre-tests) followed by a period of 90 minutes of instruction. The period of instruction was then followed by the same perception and production tests (i.e. post-tests). The instructional period focused mostly on presenting the target emphatic-plain consonant contrasts in minimal pairs through a variety of formats. The pre- and post-tests were (a) two perception tasks, i.e., a discrimination task and an identification task and (b) a production task. The results indicated a positive effect of both the communicative and traditional form-based approaches. Even though no statistically significant differences between the perception and production pre- and post-tests across the participants in the control and experimental groups were found, numerical differences do exist in favor of communicative pronunciation instruction

Mülteci krizi sırasında dijital iletişim aracı olarak sosyal medya kullanımı: Türkiye'deki Suriyeli mülteciler üzerinden bir araştırma

Kriz iletişimi, yıkıcı bir olay sırasında insanların ve grupların birbirleriy- le iletişim kurabilecekleri stratejik bir yaklaşımdır. Bir kriz meydana geldiğinde proaktif, hızlı ve ayrıntılı iletişim kritik önem taşmaktadır. Kriz iletişimi, bir meydan okuma veya tehditle karşı karşıya kalan bir bireyi veya grubu korumak ve savunmakla ilgilidir (Barrera, 2014). Kriz terimi, "yönetimin dikkatle ilgilenmesini gerektiren ciddi olaylar için ayrılmalıdır" (Coombs ve Holladay, 2010). Kriz yönetimi, "krizlerle mücadele etmek ve verilen fiili zararları azaltmak için tasarlanmış bir dizi faktör" olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Etkili kriz yönetimi, kriz sonucunda insanların aldığı zarar miktarını büyük ölçüde azaltma ve hatta bir olayın krize dönüşmesini önleme potansiyeline sahiptir..