6 research outputs found
An Emotional Rally:Exploring Commenters’ Responses to Online News Coverage of the COVID-19 Crisis in Austria
Gamified mobile/online learning for personal care givers for people with disabilities and older people
The paper examines how a gamification approach can enhance and enrich
the learning experience of personal care givers (PCGs) for people with
disabilities and older people (potential or in active employment). Using
game elements that pervade the M-Care mobile PCG training application,
users are given the opportunity to self-assess their newly acquired
knowledge and through a rewards system they are motivated to follow
further training courses. The gamified experience is embedded in a
broader educational logic including an extensive training curriculum and
innovative online and mobile training platforms
S136 CT urography: clinical indications, limitations and radiation dose: a proposed approach
An Emotional Rally: Exploring Commenters' Responses to Online News Coverage of the COVID-19 Crisis in Austria
The COVID-19 pandemic presents an unparalleled global crisis impacting
both public and private life. In the situation of uncertainty, emotions
run high and might compromise the public acceptance of and compliance
with countermeasures tackling the crisis. Mass media play an integral
part in communicating crisis measures and provide an institutionalised
channel to diffuse relevant information to a broad audience. This is
especially true for digital outlets of legacy media given the greater
immediacy of coverage. In addition, digital news offers the unique
opportunity for readers to engage with the news contents, allowing an
analysis of the dynamics of emotional reactions to crisis news coverage.
We explore the case of Austria as an early COVID-19 hotspot. We analyse
digital news coverage of two high-circulation newspapers and the
emotionality it prompted in user comments, based on a unique dataset
comprising 38,253 articles and around 1.6 Million comments from 1
January 2020 to 30 June 2020. Results show increased emotionality during
lockdown and towards the government. With reference to the rally
around-the-flag literature, we interpret this as emotional rallying
behind the responsible political crisis managers
Performance measurement systems in Universities: A critical review of the Italian System
This research focuses on the development of performance measurement systems (PMS) in universities and discusses a possible move toward international harmonization. To this end, the case of Italy is examined. In particular, the new regulation issued by the National Evaluation Agency (ANVUR) is examined and compared with the guidelines provided by the IPSASB, in the aim of shedding light on the gap between the Italian guidelines and the approach proposed at international level by the IPSASB. The analysis demonstrates that the approach followed by the Italian agency, while still grounded on a rules-based standard setting, has taken the first steps towards a management approach. Moreover, the ANVUR guidelines do not take into account the need for international comparison and the consequent harmonization problem
New Public Management: Promote the Public Sector Modernization Through Service Quality. Current Experiences and Future Challenges
New Public Management, Service, Quality, SERVQUAL, IPA, Inland Revenue office, Greece,