Comprensión, confianza y ética en las entrevistas con personas migrantes

Qualitative social research on the lives of migrants in Chile involves investigating the social suffering that arises from the "migratory condition" that is produced. The progressive recrudescence of migration policies both at national and international level since the end of the 20th century has further deepened the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic, generating a complex scenario for research in this area for two reasons: the online modality assumed by the interviewing exercise, and the increase of frictions in the relationship between Chileans and migrants. In this text we ask ourselves how to investigate someone who suffers, for which we stop, on the one hand, in the interview as an exercise that should be vigilant of the structural conditions in which it occurs and that can produce symbolic violence, while it should tend to the understanding of the social from the singularity of a life that the interview attends. This implies considering that the ethics of research runs through the very exercise of, in this case, the interview, so that it is not an external constraint to the method, but an integral part of its deployment. Informed consents play a fundamental role in the achievement of the above, however, they often turn out to be standardized protocols that fail to protect or inform the participating subjects, given their technical language and the little reflection on the social relationship they establish, with the result that Informed Consent ends up being installed in the distance between the researcher and the research participant. This is why it is necessary to stop and consider what is understood by ethics, in order to make the interview a fair institution that is built on the recognition of the other as part of the research exercise. Thus, ethics in qualitative social research must be recognized as both situated and, therefore, as reflexive and non-standardized. Thus, we conclude by arguing that in qualitative social research, understanding and ethics are imbricated in a single exercise.

Course Design: WELL 2100: Writing for Wellness

[...]the course supports writing growth through rhetorical practices, a process approach, and authentic audiences, while also asking students to explore and experiment with writing practices to improve their individual wellness. Under the leadership of Chancellor Rebecca Chopp (2014-2019), DU launched a new strategic plan in 2016-IMPACT 2025-which included enhanced attention to global and collaborative learning, community-engaged and cross-disciplinary work, and several capital projects to foster economic growth and neighborhood engagement. Following a two-year process of planning and development by faculty, staff, and administrators from across campus, the University launched this "4D Experience" to support students in four dimensions: advancing intellectual growth, exploring character, pursuing careers and lives of purpose, and cultivating well-being (Hernandez). In this way, the course fits within both the UWP model of writing and the University's minor in wellness that "weaves together many different disciplines, curricula, and facets of experience to promote conscious growth and dynamic balance in life" ("Wellness Minor" 185). [...]after its initial offering through the UWP (as WRIT 2701), the writing course is now officially homed in the wellness minor (as WELL 2100) and cross-listed in the applied writing category of the writing minor.

Transformation of Sports Practices in Pandemic and Post-pandemic Times

This study explores how sports activities and practices have transformed during the pandemic. These social phenomena have impacted society, organizations, interactions, and individuals (Luhmann, 2003). We conducted desk research and expert interviews in Italy and Romania. The data collected will demonstrate that the two countries represent different patterns of pandemic development. Italy was the most affected European country in the first wave of SARS-CoV-2 (hereafter COVID-19) in 2020. On the opposite side, Romania managed to control the situation well at the beginning of the pandemic. However, it was stronger affected in 2021, while Italy managed to control the situation much better. The desk research consisted of reviewing available official sources and literature (De Nunes, 2020;Pleyers, 2020) related to measures and policies taken to control the effects of Covid on sports activities. Qualitative data were obtained from expert interviews and a critical theoretical framework was applied to assess the countries' restrictions. Our research aims to help to understand how social capabilities could be used to support sports activities in crisis times, as the COVID-19 pandemic was and is – first and foremost – a social phenomenon. Not surprisingly, COVID-19 has spread thanks to the multiple relationships – cultural, economic, political, etc. – that the world's population has forged over a definitively global space, with differential impacts across places (Bailey et al., 2021) that pose sociology to face to understand these new complex scenarios, the main issues we had to face, the successes, the criticalities and the lessons learned. © This is an open access, peer reviewed article published under the Creative Commons License (CC BY 3.0).

Contributions of digital social research to develop Telemedicine in Calabria (Southern Italy): identification of inequalities in post-COVID-19.

The paper discusses the role that sociology and digital social research methods could play in developing E-health and Telemedicine, specifically after the COVID-19 pandemic, and the possibility of dealing with new pandemics. In this article, we will reflect on an interdisciplinary research pilot project carried out by a team of sociologists, medical doctors, and software engineers at The University of Calabria (Italy), to give a proof of concept of the importance to develop Telemedicine through the contribution of digital social research. We apply a web and app survey to administrate a structured questionnaire to a self-selected sample of the University Community. Digital social research has highlighted socioeconomic and cultural gaps that affect the perception of Telemedicine in the University Community. In particular, gender, age, educational, and professional levels influence medical choices and behaviors during Covid-19. There is often an unconscious involvement in Telemedicine (people use it but don't know it is Telemedicine), and an optimistic perception grows with age, education, professional, and income levels; equally important are the comprehension of digital texts and the effective use of Telemedicine. Limited penetration of technological advances must be addressed primarily by overcoming sociocultural and economic barriers and developing knowledge and understanding of digital environments. The key findings of this study could help direct public and educational policies to reduce existing gaps and promote Telemedicine in Calabria.

THE ROLE OF AN NSI IN A PANDEMIC

It is an enormous privilege for me to present the Deane–Stone lecture. As a young academic at the University of Southampton, I read so much of the work that came out of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and was always impressed. Also, as an undergraduate and as a master's student at the London School of Economics, Sir Richard Stone and Professor Phyllis Deane featured prominently on my reading list. In my opinion, they were pioneers of economic measurement and, today, economists benefit hugely from their legacy.

Sources for the Study of the Social Consequences of Covid-19. A Review of the Surveys Conducted in Spain (2020-2021)

The changes caused by the COVID-19 crisis have received a great deal of attention in social research. However, their volume is such that many of the surveys have gone unnoticed, remaining underutilised to this day. This paper presents a review of the different specific social surveys on COVID-19 carried out by public institutions in Spain, with a twofold objective. On the one hand, to serve as a reference tool for researchers who wish to undertake research work on the pandemic using secondary data. On the other, to reflect on the meta-analysis of the characteristics and evolution of the surveys produced. Our results show that the production of information follows a course similar to that of the disease itself, with each wave also triggering a period of high data production. At the same time, there was also an evolution of topics and blocks of questions, which initially focused on aspects of everyday life, then on impacts on the economy and society, then on political management and finally, with the onset of vaccination, on health issues.

Psychoanalytic exploration of society: Possibilities and limits of psychoanalytical social research

The psychoanalytic exploration of social phenomena goes back as far as Freud's writings on cultural theory. In this article we aim at delineating how critical scholars following Freud sought to make psychoanalysis fruitful for social analyses and, based on this, develop contours of psychoanalytically oriented social research. This school of thought does not simply "apply" psychoanalytic knowledge but traces the social production of psychological conflicts. Moreover, we introduce Alfred Lorenzer's methodology and method of in-depth hermeneutic cultural analysis and from this theoretical perspective provide insights into recent research on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) protests. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (German) Die psychoanalytische Erkundung gesellschaftlicher Phanomene beginnt bereits mit Freuds kulturtheoretischen Schriften. In diesem Artikel zeichnen wir nach, wie an Freud anschliesende kritische Denker:innen die Psychoanalyse fur Gesellschaftsanalysen produktiv zu machen suchten, und entwickeln davon ausgehend Konturen einer psychoanalytisch orientierten Sozialforschung, die nicht nur psychoanalytische Erkenntnisse anwendet", sondern der gesellschaftlichen Hervorbringung innerpsychischer Konflikte nachspurt. Wir gehen dann auf Alfred Lorenzers Methodologie und Methode der Tiefenhermeneutischen Kulturanalyse ein und geben aus dieser theoretischen Perspektive einen Einblick in aktuelle Forschungen zu den Coronaprotesten. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

Independence and impact: a typology of researcher-user relationships for policing and crime prevention

The transition from 'Mode 1' to 'Mode 2' knowledge-production has created an explicit focus on research impact which is reflected in the funding and organisation of research, the relationships between research and users, and the focus of research studies. It has also led to efforts to understand pathways to impact, although these studies have so far had little to say specifically about crime-related research. This paper comprises an effort to address this gap and explore variations in research-user relationships within research into policing and crime prevention. An ESRC-funded project researching the crime consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, of which we were team members, faced several challenges in terms of data access, data collection and the need to deliver strong academic research outputs, as well as maintaining a clear focus on real world research impacts. This led to a co-productive relationship between the researchers and a range of external partners. There is a dearth of literature theorising the nature of such researcher-user relationships, despite some rich accounts of individual experiences. This paper uses examples drawn from the writings of those who have been involved in research impacts (or who have been thwarted in their attempts), to set alongside the project on which we have been working. From this we present a typology of researcher-user relationships, that we hope will further theoretical discussion in the field and might usefully be applied more broadly to other areas of criminological interest. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Policing & Society is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

Portholes of Ethnography: The Methodological Learning from ‘Being There' at a Distance

Ethnography is, in essence, an approach to social research reliant on ‘being there' and ethnographic approaches to the social world have been widely taken up in sociological research. In this research note, we share our UK-based experiences of ethnographic fieldwork with professional practitioners during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, when ‘staying at home' was the antithesis of ‘being there'. In doing so, we highlight opportunities the pandemic presented to re-evaluate familiar qualitative methods, to develop new, remote ethnographic research strategies and to examine the limitations of conducting ethnography from a distance. We consider how far we stretch ‘ethnography' in a socially distanced context, using what we call ‘portholes of ethnography', and we outline how our learning informs the ways in which we can adapt research approaches – driven by relationality – in times of crises.

Covid-19 and research in conflict-affected contexts: distanced methods and the digitalisation of suffering

This research note explores the pressing ethical challenges associated with increased online platforming of sensitive research on conflict-affected settings since the onset of Covid-19. We argue that moving research online and the ‘digitalisation of suffering' risks reducing complexity of social phenomena and omission of important aspects of lived experiences of violence or peace-building. Immersion, ‘contexting' and trust-building are fundamental to research in repressive and/or conflict-affected settings and these are vitally eclipsed in online exchanges and platforms. ‘Distanced research' thus bears very real epistemological limitations. Neither proximity not distance are in themselves liberating vectors. Nonetheless, we consider the opportunities that distancing offers in terms of its decolonial potential, principally in giving local researcher affiliates' agency in the research process and building more equitable collaborations. This research note therefore aims to propose a series of questions and launch a debate amongst interested scholars, practitioners and other researchers working in qualitative research methods in the social sciences.

Attitudes to COVID-19 Vaccines Among Australians During the Delta Variant Wave: A Qualitative Interview Study.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 globally, a range of vaccines has been developed and delivered to reduce viral transmission and prevent COVID cases. This article reports findings from a qualitative research project involving telephone interviews with a diverse group of 40 adult Australians about their experiences of the COVID crisis. Interviews were conducted in late 2021 when Australians were dealing with the Delta variant outbreak and following a major effort on the part of government authorities to improve COVID-19 vaccination supplies and take-up. Responses to a question about COVID vaccines revealed that attitudes to and acceptance of COVID vaccines among this group were overwhelmingly positive. All participants had received at least one vaccine dose and the majority expressed views in support of mass vaccination against COVID. People who were hesitant or cautious about accepting COVID vaccination referred to the vaccines' novelty and potential side effects. While many people were aware of debates about vaccine safety in the news media, trust in science and medical advice about COVID vaccines was strong. Participants wanted to protect themselves and others by accepting the recommended doses. Participants' locale was a major factor in shaping experiences and stances on vaccines. The setting of government targets and mandates for vaccination was a key motivating factor. The goal of 'getting back to normal' was expressed as another reason for accepting vaccination, particularly for those living in areas that had been badly affected by high COVID cases and prolonged lockdowns.

Attitudes to COVID-19 vaccines have changed over time, as different variants have emerged, and new vaccines have become available. Identification of the geographical, socioeconomic and political contextual aspects of why people may accept, reject or feel hesitant about COVID vaccines is important. This Australian-based study shows that government road maps and targets can play a key role in encouraging people to accept COVID vaccines. Trust in science and medical advice is an important factor in accepting COVID vaccines in the context in which they have been fast-tracked and side effects have been publicized. Socio-spatial dimensions play a major role in shaping experiences and attitudes towards COVID vaccines.

Qualitative Sozialforschung auf Distanz. Das Interview im Zeitalter seiner virtuellen Durchführbarkeit

Qualitative Interviews haben pandemiebedingt eine Virtualisierung erfahren. Der Goldstandard der Face-to-Face-Interviews wurde in ein digitales Format übersetzt, d.h., Interviews werden auf Distanz geführt. Die Notwendigkeit, die Potenziale und Grenzen von Interviews auf Distanz zu reflektieren sowie epistemologische Konsequenzen zu bedenken, ist auch angezeigt, da sich sukzessive eine Normalisierung abzeichnet. Methodologische Fragen, die die empirischen Gegenstände selbst, die Fallauswahl, die konkreten Interviewsituationen und das technische Setting betreffen, sollen in Bezug auf ihre Vor- und Nachteile eruiert werden, um so eine Aussage treffen zu können, was als new normal gelten könnte.Alternate :Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the practice of qualitative interviewing has recently undergone a strong trend toward virtualization. The gold standard of conducting face-to-face interviews had to be translated into a digital format, enabling researchers to conduct interviews at a distance. In this article, we reflect on the opportunities and limitations of virtual interviews and consider epistemological consequences in the wake of their increased use and acceptance. Methodological questions arise regarding empirical topics, sampling, social interview situations, as well as the technical setting. We further reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of interviews at a distance and suggest that this novel form of interviewing may soon become the new normal.

Adolescent Cyberstanders' Experience of Cyberbullying in the Era of Covid-19 in South Africa

Indications are that cyberstanders can be negatively affected by witnessing cyberbullying incidents and are even more likely than direct victims of cyberbullying to report symptoms of stress. However, cyberbystanders are understudied in the cyberbullying literature because most research predominantly focuses on perpetrators or direct victims of cyberbullying. This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of adolescent cyberbystanders who witnessed cyberbullying in the COVID-19 era. Twenty adolescent cyberbystanders were purposely selected to participate in this study. The qualitative data was analysed using inductive thematic analysis. The findings demonstrated that cyberbullying has various detrimental effects that include educational, psychological, and emotional consequences for those exposed to it. It is recommended that anti-cyberbullying programmes should be incorporated into the curriculum so that teachers and educational psychologists can emphasise the negative impact of cyberbullying on bullies, victims and bystanders. With more awareness of the detrimental consequences of cyberbullying on all parties involved, adolescents may become more competent in respecting people's rights and privacy within cyberspace.

SOCIAL CAPITAL AND SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN POLAND - DO MEMBERSHIP, TRUST, NORMS AND VALUES OR SHARED NARRATIVES MATTER?

The experience of the SARS-CoV-19 pandemic can be a source of valuable information for public health authorities. As we have seen, the incidence is not evenly distributed in space, and the factors influencing it are not fully understood. Aspects of biological, demographic, economic, environmental, and political nature are considered, but it is believed that the social factor may be of critical importance. The density and intensity of social relations, general trust and trust in the authorities, norms and values - i.e., social capital - may have a key impact on the scale of infections. The research conducted so far on this subject does not provide clear conclusions, and the post-communist society, inferior in social capital, has hardly been analyzed. Using data for 73 subregions of Poland and performing regression analysis, we investigate how social capital explains the level of infection rate in the first three waves of the epidemic. The analysis results have shown that the factor of "political leaning" was strongly and negatively related to the infection rate in Poland. The research results indicate that, contrary to the previous studies, structural capital has the same positive effect on reducing the epidemic. However, relational social capital promotes more significant morbidity.

Gerontological ageism as a social challenge and its detection in Ukrainian news media content

Los medios de comunicación, al ser un factor significativo que influye en la audiencia, forman estereotipos de vejez en la conciencia de las masas y determinan patrones de comportamiento en relación con los ancianos. El propósito de esta investigación es identificar tendencias significativas en el contenido de noticias en Ucrania, incluida la identificación de características específicas de la discriminación por envejecimiento gerontológico, identificar prácticas discriminatorias e identificar componentes gerontofóbicos de la imagen mediática del jubilado. El estudio ha identificado las especificidades de la discriminación por edad en los medios ucranianos, en particular su naturaleza institucional, la presencia de formas abiertas y latentes. Se ha comprobado que los medios de comunicación promueven exclusiones por edad - proceso de alienación de la vida social y económica, reducción de roles sociales mediante prácticas discriminatorias de biomedicalización, marginación, invisibilización, infantilización, deshumanización, banalización y clientelismo. El análisis de contenido de las noticias ha permitido construir una imagen mediática gerontofóbica de las personas mayores de 60 años, cuyo núcleo es el signo de la víctima, el centro - el delincuente, la agresión, la periferia cercana - la pobreza, la falta de atractivo, la insuficiencia, la desorientación en el espacio, descuido, corrupción;periferia lejana - egoísmo, debilidad, soledad, frugalidad hipertrofiada. La investigación ha constatado que no se trata solo de un problema de gerontofobia, sino del país en su conjunto, pues los medios de comunicación, por un lado, difunden lo que ocurre en la sociedad, y por otro, determinan qué estereotipo de vejez es cultivado en la conciencia de las masas por los medios ucranianos.Alternate :The mass media, being a significant factor influencing the audience, form stereotypes of old age in the mass consciousness and determine behavioral patterns in relation to the elderly. The purpose of this investigation is to identify significant trends in news content in Ukraine, including the identification of specific features of gerontological ageism, to identify discriminatory practices and to identify gerontophobic components of the media image of the retiree. The study has identified the specifics of ageism in the Ukrainian media, in particular its institutional nature, the presence of open and latent forms. It has been proved that the media promote age exclusions - the process of alienation from social and economic life, reduction of social roles using discriminatory practices of biomedicalization, marginalization, invisibilization, infantilization, dehumanization, trivialization, and patronage. Content analysis of news has allowed to construct a gerontophobic media image of people aged 60+, the core of which is the sign of the victim, the center - the offender, aggression, the near periphery - poverty, unattractiveness, inadequacy, disorientation in space, carelessness, corruption;distant periphery - selfishness, weakness, loneliness, hypertrophied thrift. The investigation has found that this is not only a problem of gerontophobia, but also in the country as a whole, because the media, on the one hand, spread what is happening in society, and on the other, determine what stereotype of old age is cultivated in mass consciousness by the Ukrainian media.

The Spread and Impact of Fake News on Social Media: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

In this post-truth era, fake news on social media has emerged as a societal problem, where objective facts have increasingly become less influential. Although there is a recent spike in fake news research, it has progressed without a proper agenda or a theoretical framework and has been fragmented. This systematic literature review (SLR) aims to organize the fragmented literature on fake news, focusing on the psychosocial antecedents of its spread on social media and the impact due to such spread. Accordingly, we systematically analyzed fifty-six empirical studies using standard protocols to delineate the current research profile and future research areas. The research themes emerging from the SLR are (a) the need for a theoretical and methodological grounding for understanding the fake news problem on social media;(b) the person, behavior, and environmental factors for the fake news spread on social media;and (c) social, economic, and psychological impacts due to fake news on social media. This study also argues for expanding the current research horizon by relying on new research methods and focusing on under-investigated psychosocial factors. The study may help policymakers plan and execute human-centric policy measures for combating fake news on social media by focusing on an individual's psychosocial factors.

ANXIETY AND COPING MECHANISMS AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DURING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN

The outbreak of COVID-19 and the resulting lockdown had a great psychological impact on the lives ofpeople in general and on the lives ofstudents in particular. The current study aims to find the level of anxiety and the types of coping mechanisms utilized by university students during the lockdown period. Furthermore, the relationship between these two variables is also addressed. The participants of this study consist of 260 university students. Hopkins Symptoms Checklist and the Coping Strategies Inventory are the instruments that were used as measurement tools. The results showed that university students have probable anxiety, and their most commonly used coping mechanism is social withdrawal. The study also found a statistically significant correlation between social withdrawal, problem avoidance, and expression of emotion with anxiety. According to the findings, there exists a significant difference in anxiety between male and female students. In addition, a significant difference in the use of coping mechanisms among female and male students existed in the use of social withdrawal and expression emotion coping mechanisms, which were both used more by female students. The findings of this study highlight the need for psychological services to be available in the universities of the region.

INVESTIGATION OF CONSUMER INTENTION TOWARDS OTT PLATFORM: WITH REFERENCE TO CHENNAI

The rapid increase in internet access across the world, has witnessed a steep increase in People's visual media consumption. This has led a greater dependence on IOT (Internet of things) for both entertainment and education alike. This has paved way to the recent technology, Over the Top Platforms (OTT) which gives the customer a biggest advantage of watching a recently released movie at their own convenient time. The most popular ones in India are Netflix, Hotstar, Amazon Prime, Zee5, voot. This media streaming service is made accessible to the consumers across the globe that streams with much less breaks and advertisements. After all the years, research show that there is a significant rise in the use of OTT platforms after the outbreak of Covid 19 pandemic. This study seeks to analyze the consumer intentions of using OTT platform and factors influencing their choices for the same over DTH platforms. This research was carried out at Chennai region to identify the consumer intention towards OTT platform and enable us to understand the expectations and perception. The study was carried out with 243 respondents' opinion on various factors that influence OTT purchase. The researchers identified that consumer require more price reduction, requires further choice of contents, Needs few flexibility for friendly usage and few more changes. With the outcome of the study it is concluded that the OTT is a strong competitor for Cable, Dish TV, Theatres and social media. It also needs several flexible changes according to the Indian models for further penetration of the viewer's market. The study reveals that the use of Internet driven OTT for entertainment is more prevalent among the tech savvy young population who prefer to manage their work and entertainment as per their choice.

EXPLORING PERCEIVED ORGANISATIONAL SUPPORT AND RESILIENCE AS ANTECEDENTS OF EXPATRIATES' WORK AND NON-WORK SPHERES AMID THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Expatriates face more challenges when they are exposed to hostile environments in a foreign country. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most expatriates are stranded abroad without adequate support mechanisms. The aim of this paper is to empirically investigate the role of perceived organisational support (POS) and resilience in predicting expatriates' perception of non-work constraints and work adjustment, and in turn, their withdrawal intention. Using the convenience sampling, questionnaire data was collected through social networking platforms from 205 expatriates across various industries in Malaysia. Partial least squares-structural equation modelling was employed to test the hypotheses. The results revealed that POS is influential in expatriates' resilience, but not in their perceived non-work constraints and work adjustment. Spillover effects occur when perceived non-work constraints influence withdrawal intention. However, perceived non-work constraints are not significantly related to work adjustment. Further, work adjustment has a negative relationship with withdrawal intention. The results indicate that organisations should customise their human resource policies to improve expatriates' resilience through webinars and counselling services during the COVID-19 crisis, which are likely to impact their work outcomes. The contribution of this study is its application of the conservation of resources theory to enrich the sparse literature on expatriation in a hostile environment.