Suchergebnisse

1-Environment, Society and Sustainability: A Human-Nature Interface -- 2-Social Welfare and Sustainable Development: Paradigm Shift -- 2-Ensuring Social Security for Child and the Elderly People -- 3-Geo-heritage and Geo-Ecotourism Conservation- Case Study -- 4-Resource Allocation and Sustainable Development -- 5-Welfare Schemes for Socially Vulnerable Segments -- 6-Population Growth, Poverty and Inequality -- 7-Illiteracy, Unemployment, Underemployment and Migration -- 8-Slums and Issues of Educational Sub-normality of Social Poor -- 9-Urbanization & Housing Affordability, Requirements of the Marginalized People -- 10-Gender Inequality, Women Health Issues and Women Empowerment -- 11-Climate Change and its Social Consequences and adaptation -- 12-Flood and its Impact on Human Livelihoods on Global South- Case study -- 13-Drought and its Associated Social Responses- Case study -- 14-Access to Basic Amenities, Healthcare Services and Mass Education -- 15-Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development, Industrialization as a Source of Employment -- 16-Protection of Civil Rights, Transgender Equality, Vocal for Local and Ecofeminism -- 17-Conclusion.

[ES] Se revisan y analizan algunas creencias, estereotipos y representaciones sociales prevalentes en la sociedad occidental sobre la infancia, la adolescencia y la juventud, tanto en el presente, como en perspectiva histórica. Se ofrecen ejemplos de cómo han cambiado o están cambiando algunas de estas creencias o representaciones compartidas, y se señalan algunas de las consecuencias sociales y políticas que derivan de las mismas. Se subrayan tanto el reciente "descubrimiento" de la infancia como capital humano y social, como su potencial para generar nuevos datos, porque configuran una nueva oportunidad de hacer visibles diferentes aspectos de la sociedad que implican a los ciudadanos más jóvenes, y que han sido tradicionalmente invisibles. Un cambio de actitudes es necesario entre los adultos, incluidos los investigadores, para que sean posibles nuevas formas de relaciones intergeneracionales, y con ese propósito se analizan algunos retos cuyo abordaje posibilitaría nuevas dinámicas sociales. [EN]Prevalent believes, stereotypes and social representations of childhood, adolescence and youth in the western society are overviewed and analysed at present, and also in historical perspective. Examples of how some of this shared believes and representations have changed or are changing recently are offered, and some of the subsequent social and political consequences are pointed out. The recent "discovery" of childhood as human and social capital and its potential to generate new data are underlined as a new opportunity to make socially visible different aspects of society involving the youngest citizen that have traditionally been invisible. A change of attitudes is needed among adults –including scientific researchers– to make possible new forms of intergenerational relationships and some challenges are analysed in order to make possible new social dynamics in that direction.

"Research on social media often focuses on individual application areas. Therefore, this collected volume aims to develop a balanced and critical analysis by expanding the borders of these application areas. The contributors explain, define, and classify the terms and concepts of social media as well as introduce and explain new information technologies and systems through examples. They also show the use of social media in the private sector. Furthermore, the design possibilities and the development process of social media applications are analyzed. Finally, a critical evaluation of the trends, potentials, and opportunities of these applications as well as their risks and potential dangers are presented"--

Introduction: best photo ever -- From TGIF to #TGIT: simulated liveness and flow in Shondaland -- Immerse yourself deeper: building AMC's multi-screen storyworld -- Rewarding viewing: check-ins and social productivity -- "Great shows, thanks to YOU": fansourcing and legitimization in Amazon's pilot season -- "It's what connects us": HBO and platform authenticity on Twitter -- Conclusion: everyday ephemeral content.

"Contemporary developments in the book publishing industry are changing the system as we know it. Changes in established understandings of authorship and readership are leading to new business models in line with the postulates of Web 2.0. Socially networked authorship, book production and reading are among the social and discursive practices starting to define this emerging system. Websites offering socially networked, collaborative and shared reading are increasingly important. Social Reading maps socially networked reading within the larger framework of a changing conception of books and reading. This book is structured into chapters covering topics in: social reading and a new conception of the book; an evaluation of social reading platforms; an analysis of social reading applications; the personalization of system contents; reading in the Cloud and the development of new business models; and Open Access e-books. Discusses social reading as an emerging tendency involving authors, readers, librarians, publishers, and other industry professionals -- Describes how the way we read is changing -- Presents ways in which the major players in the digital content industry are developing specific applications to foster socially networked reading."--Provided by publisher

The article presents the results of a study of employment in the Russian media. Given the global trend of feminization of the media, the issues of professional self-realization, salary and career growth were analyzed through the prism of gender. The research tools included, firstly, a mass questionnaire of media workers holding both creative and administrative positions; secondly, a series of in-depth structured interviews with experts experienced in working as journalists and editors-in-chief; heads of journalistic associations; owners and founders of publications; heads of HR services of media structures; and thirdly, analysis of statistics relating to the editorial corps of editions at the municipal, regional and national levels — in the latter case the data on leading news agencies and Internet resources were analyzed. The study confirmed the trend of feminization, which is based on the socio-political (reducing the influence of the media and, consequently, lower salaries) and technological aspects (spread of information technology, forcing traditional media to compete with social media, saving on staff and reducing the quality of materials). Dissatisfied with the decline in income and in the prestige of the profession men were replaced by women, that was facilitated by a marked increase in the accessibility of journalistic education. The size of salaries depends on decisiveness of the media, on region, and also on the topics that a journalist is engaged in; in general, the willingness of women to work for a lower salary is forced. Precarious employment that is widespread in the industry deprives workers of social protection, while most of them are young women. The article examines the so-called "glass ceilings": the more influential the media, the less often it is led by a woman. At the same time, only a quarter of the respondents acknowledge the presence of gender discrimination in their industry, and most of them are women. This is partly due to the prevalence among journalists of both sexes of traditional ideas about the distribution of the social roles of men and women in family and in society.