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- Bossetta, Michael, et al.
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Engaging with European Politics Through Twitter and Facebook : Participation Beyond the National?
- 2017
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In: Social Media and European Politics : Rethinking Power and Legitimacy in the Digital Era - Rethinking Power and Legitimacy in the Digital Era. - 9781137598899 - 9781137598905 ; , s. 53-76
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Our chapter illustrates how citizens can enact varying styles and degrees of political engagement through social media. It also investigates if citizens engage with political content in ways unhindered by national boundaries. We distinguish between three primary types of content styles (factual, partisan and moral) and four degrees of engagement (making, commenting, diffusing and listening). Moreover, we argue that differences in Twitter and Facebook’s digital architectures encourage certain styles and degrees of engagement over others, and that the two social platforms sustain different levels of transnational activity. Supporting our argument with European cases, we suggest that Twitter is more suitable to fulfil social media’s transnational promise than Facebook, which is better adept at stimulating political participation.
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- Bossetta, Michael, et al.
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Gamification in Politics
- 2022
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In: Elgar Encyclopedia of Technology and Politics. - 9781800374256 - 9781800374263 ; , s. 304-308
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Although gamification is a popular term, the concept has rarely been applied to political studies. Therefore, this chapter provides an overview of the key features of gamification and offers an adapted definition of gamification suited to the study of electoral politics. To help illustrate this definition, two examples of gamification from recent campaigns are discussed: the uCampaign mobile application and contests promoted on social media. In concluding, I suggest theoretical and methodological approaches to study gamification in politics moving forward.
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- Davey, Gareth, et al.
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An overview of therapy in China
- 2015
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In: Therapy Today. - : British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy. - 1748-7846 .- 2397-3714. ; 26:7, s. 12-15
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- The article discusses the status of therapy and counselling in China in the midst of economic, social and cultural change. Topics covered include the increasing prevalence of emotional problems in the country such as anxiety, depression, and suicide, the similarity between counselling theories and approaches in China and Great Britain such as behaviourism, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and psychoanalysis, and the need to modify Western counselling approaches for Chinese clients.
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- Aliyu, Habibu, et al.
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Metagenomic Analysis of Low-Temperature Environments
- 2017
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In: Psychrophiles. - Cham : Springer. - 9783319570563 ; , s. 389-421
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The Earth’s permanently cold biosphere is known to harbour abundant microbial biomass and represents a rich resource for the discovery of novel cold-adapted microorganisms, many of which form part of the ‘microbial dark matter’ which cannot be analysed using traditional culture-dependent approaches. The recent development of metagenomics and related multi-omics strategies has provided a means by which entire microbial communities can be studied directly, without the prerequisite of culturing. The advancement of the ‘omic’ methods is directly linked to recent progress in high-throughput sequencing, robust data processing capabilities and the application of cutting-edge analytical tools for high-throughput detection of biomolecules. The combined application of these tools and strategies has provided an unprecedented access to the structure and potential function of microbial communities in cold environments, providing increasingly comprehensive insights into the taxonomic richness and functional capacity of the indigenous microorganisms. Applications of ‘omic’ strategies have enhanced our understanding of psychrophilic adaptation mechanisms, revealing the versatility and adaptability of life in the ‘cryosphere’. In addition to the predicted roles of psychrophiles in biogeochemical cycling, recent multi-omic studies have further emphasised the importance of the ‘cryosphere’ in influencing global atmospheric conditions. Finally, metagenomic bioprospecting of cold environments has yielded a variety of novel bioactive molecules including novel ‘psychrozymes’, with a wide range of potential industrial and biotechnological applications. Here, we have provided an overview of recent developments in metagenomic technologies and their application in the study of the cold biosphere.
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- Bossetta, Michael, et al.
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Reconceptualizing Cross-Cutting Political Expression on Social Media : A Case Study of Facebook Comments During the 2016 Brexit Referendum
- 2023
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In: Political Communication. - 1091-7675. ; 40:6, s. 719-741
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Political communication research has long sought to understand the effects of cross-cutting exposure on political participation. Here, we argue for a paradigm shift that acknowledges the agency of citizens as producers of cross-cutting expression on social media. We define cross-cutting expression as political communication through speech or behavior within a counter-attitudinal space. After explicating our conceptualization of cross-cutting expression, we empirically explore: its extent, its relationship to political arguments, and its implications for digital campaigning during the 2016 Brexit Referendum. Our dataset, comprising 2,198,741 comments from 344,884 users, is built from Facebook comments to three public campaign pages active during the Brexit referendum: StrongerIn, VoteLeave, and LeaveEU. We utilize reactions data to sort partisans into “Remain” and “Brexit” camps and, thereafter, chart users’ commenting flows across the three pages. We estimate 29% of comments to be cross-cutting, and we find strong correlations between cross-cutting expression and reasoned political arguments. Then, to better understand how cross-cutting expression may influence political participation on social media, we topic model the dataset to identify the political themes discussed during the Brexit debate on Facebook. Our findings suggest that political Facebook pages are not echo chambers, that cross-cutting expression correlates with reasoned political arguments, and that cross-cutting expression may influence the online voter mobilization potential of political Facebook pages.
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- López-Cordero, Mario
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La competencia sociolingüística y la lengua juvenil en la enseñanza del español/LE
- 2005
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In: Cuadernos Cervantes de la lengua española. - Madrid : ELR Ediciones. - 1134-9468. ; XI:59-60, s. 32-39
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Este artículo se propone compartir con los lectores una propuesta didáctica que tiene como fin el desarrollo de la competencia sociolingüística de nuestros estudiantes de ELE a través de la exposición a la denominada lengua juvenil, y toma el cine como pretexto para llevar al aula ese registro del habla que caracteriza a los jóvenes de nuestro país. De esta manera, primero se destaca el papel de la competencia sociolingüística en la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras y, a continuación, se analiza brevemente la formación y las fuentes del léxico juvenil.
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- May, Ross, et al.
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Reinforcement learning control for indoor comfort : A survey
- 2019
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In: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Building control systems are prone to fail in complex and dynamic environments. The reinforcement learning (RL) method is becoming more and more attractive in automatic control. The success of the reinforcement learning method in many artificial intelligence applications has resulted in an open question on how to implement the method in building control systems. This paper therefore conducts a comprehensive review of the RL methods applied in control systems for indoor comfort and environment. The empirical applications of RL-based control systems are then presented, depending on optimisation objectives and the measurement of energy use. This paper illustrates the class of algorithms and implementation details regarding how the value functions have been represented and how the policies are improved. This paper is expected to clarify the feasible theory and functions of RL for building control systems, which would promote their wider-spread application and thus contribute to the social economic benefits in the energy and built environments.
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