‘Privacy does not interest me’. A comparative analysis of photo sharing on Instagram and Blipfoto

Photo sharing online has become immensely popular and is a central aspect of modern visual culture. Yet it creates a number of privacy issues, both in relation to other individuals and corporate surveillance. The purpose of this study was to investigate users’ understanding of privacy issues in photo sharing, based on a comparative study of two contrasting platforms: Instagram and Blipfoto. The study combined netnography and in-depth interviewing. It was found that Instagram users had a greater awareness of how the platform might use their data, but saw this loss of privacy as inevitable in return for a free service. Blipfoto users were more trusting of what they experienced as a very community minded platform. Any concerns felt by both groups of users were out-weighed by the sense that photo sharing was highly meaningful and their fascination with watching and being watched. Both groups main approach to privacy was through restricting certain types of image of people and not revealing the location of certain personal spaces. Notions of privacy thus remained primarily personal and ignored corporate dataveillance

“I know what a podcast Is” : post-Serial fiction and podcast media identity

This chapter seeks to assert that podcasts are a distinct media form and that although they might exhibit a ‘radioness’, they should be treated as a medium in their own right. This distinctiveness has been achieved over time through a process in which podcasters have asserted their own media identity. The chapter maps this development process using business models and a survey of practising podcasters, concluding that a new lens of ‘podcast studies’ is required to fully appreciate the nuances of this medium

A mechanistic ecohydrological model to investigate complex interactions in cold and warm water‐controlled environments: 1. Theoretical framework and plot‐scale analysis

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Effects of hospital facilities on patient outcomes after cancer surgery: an international, prospective, observational study

Background Early death after cancer surgery is higher in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) compared with in high-income countries, yet the impact of facility characteristics on early postoperative outcomes is unknown. The aim of this study was to examine the association between hospital infrastructure, resource availability, and processes on early outcomes after cancer surgery worldwide.Methods A multimethods analysis was performed as part of the GlobalSurg 3 study-a multicentre, international, prospective cohort study of patients who had surgery for breast, colorectal, or gastric cancer. The primary outcomes were 30-day mortality and 30-day major complication rates. Potentially beneficial hospital facilities were identified by variable selection to select those associated with 30-day mortality. Adjusted outcomes were determined using generalised estimating equations to account for patient characteristics and country-income group, with population stratification by hospital.Findings Between April 1, 2018, and April 23, 2019, facility-level data were collected for 9685 patients across 238 hospitals in 66 countries (91 hospitals in 20 high-income countries; 57 hospitals in 19 upper-middle-income countries; and 90 hospitals in 27 low-income to lower-middle-income countries). The availability of five hospital facilities was inversely associated with mortality: ultrasound, CT scanner, critical care unit, opioid analgesia, and oncologist. After adjustment for case-mix and country income group, hospitals with three or fewer of these facilities (62 hospitals, 1294 patients) had higher mortality compared with those with four or five (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 3.85 [95% CI 2.58-5.75]; p<0.0001), with excess mortality predominantly explained by a limited capacity to rescue following the development of major complications (63.0% vs 82.7%; OR 0.35 [0.23-0.53]; p<0.0001). Across LMICs, improvements in hospital facilities would prevent one to three deaths for every 100 patients undergoing surgery for cancer.Interpretation Hospitals with higher levels of infrastructure and resources have better outcomes after cancer surgery, independent of country income. Without urgent strengthening of hospital infrastructure and resources, the reductions in cancer-associated mortality associated with improved access will not be realised

Televisione all'americana: fare e disfare gli italiani

La storiografia della televisione italiana accentua spesso l'impostazione pedagogica e culturale della fase di monopolio pubblico (1954-1976). Questo saggio intende invece sottolineare le ascendenze americane della tv del periodo, il ruolo dell'intrattenimento e del quiz attorno a cui si costruì il successo popolare di questo medium. La rapidità con cui si diffuse la televisione commerciale dopo il 1976 è connessa al fatto che le tendenze all'intrattenimento erano già profondamente radicate nella televisione italiana.Historiography of Italian broadcasting often emphasizes the educational and cultural trends in the first phase (1954-76) of Italian TV, then a public monopole. This essay, on the contrary, intends to track the American roots of Italian TV programming in the monopole period, focusing on the role of entertainment and quiz show, the true “killer applications” which built the popular success of this medium. After 1976 the rapid spread and lasting popularity of private commercial TV can be explained by strong entertainment trends already steadily established in Italian broadcasting

Passaggio al digitale, televisione, Internet

Il passaggio al digitale modifica i compiti delle televisioni di servizio pubblico, imponendo loro un ripensamento del loro ruolo.Digital shift modifies the role of public service television agencies in all countries, asking for a substantial change in their mission

Dall'onda alla rete

La diffusione delle web radio.The spread of web radios

Il pubblico della radio

Un'analisi critica del pubblico della radio nella sua storiaA critical analysis of radio audiences through history