Immersive justice : the impact of face to face communication and video mediated communication in the quality of discussion and deliberation in the justice process

In an increasingly digital world, video-mediated communication is becoming more prominent. Video technology is already being used in courtrooms, with a potential future for a distributed and remote courtroom. This thesis investigates how the quality of discussion is impacted across a video-conferencing system and face-to-face communication, with the aim of comparing the participant perspective with observations to create a well-rounded understanding of group dynamics. Participants watched a mock trial before deliberating the problem via both video-mediated and face-to-face communication in groups of three, with sessions recorded and transcribed for data analysis. The data was analysed from three different angles: Interaction Process Analysis, Interruption Occurrences and Observation; and was supplemented with participant surveys. The results showed that video-mediated communication had a higher occurrence of interruptions and lower levels of eye contact, while face-to-face communication had higher occurrences of back channel utterances to show active listening. Future research should look into using a more sophisticated video-conferencing system to combat the eye contact issue, but other than that the quality of discussion was not impacted by the medium of communication

Antarctic research at a time of crisis: The impact of COVID-19 on the Antarctic research community

This presentation will share the results of a survey that aimed at understandingthe impact of COVID-19 on the Antarctic research community. Primarilydesigned to identify the most adversely affected Antarctic researchers andgauge what kind of assistance they might need, the survey, which forms partof an interdisciplinary international research programme on the impact of COVID-19 for the Antarctic community more broadly, also examined the longtermimplications of COVID-19 for National Antarctic Programmes.Over 300 Antarctic research community members, most of them academics,participated in the survey. Preliminary results show that the careers of earlycareerresearchers and those heavily reliant on fieldwork are most adverselyaffected by COVID-19. As expected, relief funds and free access to data,especially for those whose field campaigns were cancelled, would moderatethe impact the pandemic has had on researchers to a certain extent. The survey also reveals that COVID-19 resulted in significant adverse impacts onmental health for Antarctic researchers, with the majority of survey participants noting extreme or moderate dissatisfaction with their mental health and significant increases in anxiety and stress levels, all of which needs to be considered when designing strategies for addressing the impact of COVID-19 in the Antarctic community.Fil: Ligget, Daniela. University of Canterbury; Nueva ZelandaFil: Herbert, Andrea. University of Canterbury; Nueva ZelandaFil: Badhe, Renuka. European Polar Board; Países BajosFil: Hudson, Katelyn. Bond University; AustraliaFil: Kelman, Ilan. University College London; Estados UnidosFil: Sang Lee, Won. Korea Polar Research Institute; Corea del SurFil: Lorenzo, Cristian A.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego; ArgentinaFil: Marques Quinteiro, Pedro. Instituto Universitário; PortugalFil: Nash, Meredith. University of Tasmania; AustraliaFil: Navarro, Diego. Korea Polar Research Institute; Corea del SurFil: Nieboer, Miranda. University of Tasmania; AustraliaFil: Pickett, Jennifer. Vrije Unviversiteit Brussel; BélgicaFil: Estenssoro Saavedra, Fernando. Universidad de Santiago de Chile; ChileFil: Yermakova, Yelena. University of Oslo; NoruegaNew Zealand Antarctic Science ConferenceNueva ZelandaUniversity of CanterburyAntarctic Research CentreThe University of WaikatoInternational Centre for Terrestrial Antartic ResearchBodeker ScientficVictoria University of Wellingto