Engaging the audience through videography as performance

The audience is an important part of videography, but its role tends to be seen as passive and unengaged. The audience’s experience is often guided in videography, with intended reaction made clear. Yet such an approach to the audience does not make use of the possibilities of videography for inciting active interaction and incorporating multiple interpretations. Previous research has suggested that videography has potential for interventional influence on audiences by taking on the performative turn in research. Developing more deeply the notions of performance and performativity in the context of videography, this paper proposes that one way to activate audiences, interact directly with them and engage them in meaning-making is to approach videography as performance. To provide practical suggestions for creating such performance, the paper contextualises videography as a recording medium, thus establishing its ontological position and ties to other media

Using photo-elicitation to understand reasons for repeated self-harm: a qualitative study

Background: Reasons for self-harm are not well understood. One of the reasons for this is that first-hand accounts are usually elicited using traditional interview and questionnaire methods. This study aims to explore the acceptability of using an approach (photo-elicitation) that does not rely on solely verbal or written techniques, and to make a preliminary assessment of whether people can usefully employ images to support a discussion about the reasons why they self-harm. Method: Interviews with eight participants using photo elicitation, a method in which photographs produced by the participant are used as a stimulus and guide within the interview. Results: Participants responded positively to using images to support a discussion about their self-harm and readily incorporated images in the interview. Four main themes were identified representing negative and positive or adaptive purposes of self-harm: self-harm as a response to distress, self-harm to achieve mastery, self-harm as protective and self-harm as a language or form of communication. Conclusions: Employing this novel approach was useful in broadening our understanding of self-harm

Ambivalent Relationships and Projection Onto Indexical Objects Ambivalent Relationships and Projection onto Indexical Objects

It is well-established in consumer culture theory that an object's meaning often resides in its ability to represent or trigger memories of others or relationships with others. The context of familial intergenerational transfers of gifts and heirlooms has been a particularly fertile area for investigating this phenomenon. This article draws on the findings from a study of heirlooms. It merges insights from the semiotic perspective of objects representing others with a projection perspective where consumers project their ambivalence about relationships with others onto their relationships with the objects that index those others. [to cite]: Deborah Heisley and Deborah Cours 636 Advances in Consumer Research Volume 34, © 2007 Ambivalent Relationships and Projection onto Indexical Objects ABSTRACT It is well-established in consumer culture theory that an object's meaning often resides in its ability to represent or trigger memories of others or relationships with others. The context of familial intergenerational transfers of gifts and heirlooms has been a particularly fertile area for investigating this phenomenon. This article draws on the findings from a study of heirlooms. It merges insights from the semiotic perspective of objects representing others with a projection perspective where consumers project their ambivalence about relationships with others onto their relationships with the objects that index those others

Los Angeles Worksource System: Youth Participant's Satisfaction Survey

The Consulting Center at the College of Business and Economics, California State University, Northridge, contracted with the city to survey the 2011-2012 youth program participants. We collected data on services received, satisfaction with services received and the characteristics of participants. This report presents the results of the survey for the program as a whole and for each OneSource contractor individually. Where possible we compared results for this year with data from earlier years to identify trends in the data that may be valuable to program operators and the WIB.City of Los Angeles: Workforce Investment Board: Community Development Departmen

Los Angeles Worksource System: Exited Adult Participant: Customer Satisfaction Survey

The City of Los Angeles Workforce Investment Board contracted with California State University, Northridge to conduct a customer satisfaction study of previously enrolled clients who exited from its WorkSource Centers in the last quarter of the 2010-11 program year. The results of the survey show high levels of satisfaction (8.32 on a 10 point scale), and substantial variation between centers. Satisfaction was driven primarily by whether or not the centers were able to help clients find jobs, and by staff performance. In this report we provide a detailed analysis of the results, including data for each WorkSource Center.City of Los Angeles:Community Development Departmen