Human studies and user studies: a call for methodological inter-disciplinarity (Brenda Dervin) by Brenda Dervin

“…Drawing on extensive literature reviews focusing, in particular, on user (and audience) research in the fields of library and information science and communication studies, the author describes the increasing chaos of human studies and user studies--the plethora of theories, concepts, approaches, methods, and findings which plague researchers within and between fields and bewilder policy maker and practitioner observers. …”
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Measuring and utilizing temporal network dissimilarity by Xiu-Xiu Zhan, Chuang Liu, Zhipeng Wang, Huijuan Wang, Petter Holme, Zi-Ke Zhang

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Protecting civilians in a data-driven and digitalized battlespace: toward a baseline humanitarian technology infrastructure by Ann Fitz-Gerald, Jenna Hennebry

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Smartphone morality: A mixed-method study of how young adults judge their own and other people’s digital media reliance by Jansson André, Fast Karin, Bengtsson Stina, Lindell Johan

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Competing frames over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in the Egyptian and Ethiopian media by Desalegn Aynalem, Desalegn Aynalem, Abdissa Zerai

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Towards a conceptual model of crisis communication with the media in the financial sector by Juliette Kathryn MacLiam, Rachel Barker

“…Gaps include a notable focus on the planning, prevention and recovery stages with lesser attention being devoted to the crisis-response stage; a lack of a comprehensive conceptual framework to guide communication decision makers during this critical period; and that crisis-communication studies appear to be predominantly Western based. …”
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Hotspot Spatial Patterns Using SNNP-VIIRS for Fire Potential Monitoring by Rosalina Kumalawati, Astinana Yuliarti, Syamani D. Ali, Karnanto Hendra Murliawan, Rijanta Rijanta, Ari Susanti, Erlis Saputra

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The Dilemmas of Solidarity of Civic Activists: Supporting Displaced Ukrainians in a Non‐Solidarian Regime by Violetta Zentai, Margit Feischmidt

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Combination of Artificial Neural Network and Particle Swarm Intelligence Algorithm for Diagnosing Diabetes by Cillian Thompson, Oscar Higgins

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Understanding Solid Waste Collectors’ Awareness of Occupational Hazards and Personal Protective Equipment Practices in Northern Malawi by Mercy Ngwira, Moses MN Chitete, Mary Sibande, Yoram Ngwira, Chitsanzo Damazio

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The impact of health information seeking and social influence on functional food purchase intention by Yaoze Gong, Fareyha Said, Wajiha Haq, Jiankun Gong, Iffat Aksar

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Complexity and coding lifestyle talk in GP consultations by Sarah J White, Lola Kruszelnicki, Taylor Grunsell, Conor Gilligan

“…We emphasise the need for methodological flexibility to accurately apply research to clinical practice and highlight the importance of considering the full scope of communication complexities when designing healthcare communication studies.…”
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Poison, lies, war: A mixed methods content analysis of posts about COVID-19 vaccination on Gab Social by Alice Marianne Fritz, Andrea M. Smith

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METAPHORICAL TERMINOLOGY IN ANCIENT TEXTS OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE: PROBLEMS OF UNDERSTANDING AND TRANSLATION by Qiuhua Sun, Irina S. Karabulatova, Jinna Zou, Chen Kuo

“…The use of methodological holism made it possible to develop a new approach to the texts of traditional Chinese medicine from the standpoint of communication studies and neuropsycholinguistics. The mythologized interpretation of the concepts in the ancient treatises of TCM is associated with the signification of any health problem in the form of an expanded metaphor characterizing the problem as a violation of ‘communication’ in the body-‘state’ between ‘vassals’, ‘individual social groups’ and their ‘leaders’. …”
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Simulation Results of a Thermal Power Dispatch System from a Generic Pressurized Water Reactor in Normal and Abnormal Operating Conditions by Stephen Hancock, Dylan Jurski, Thomas A. Ulrich, Roger Lew, Jisuk Kim, Olugbenga Gideon

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The Influence of Student–Instructor Communication Methods on Student Engagement and Motivation in Higher Education Online Courses During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic by Promethi Das Deep, Yixin Chen, Nitu Ghosh, Md. Shiblur Rahaman

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Solidarity in Ethnically Diverse Contexts: Supportive Relations of First‐Generation Roma Graduates’ Social Mobility in Hungary by Judit Durst, Margit Feischmidt, Zsanna Nyírő

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COVID-19 Pandemic as a Factor for the Paradigm Shift in International Communications. Book Review of ‘Pandémie médiatique. Com de crise/crise de com’ by S. Fouks by T. Yu. Lebedeva, L. V. Minaeva, A. D. Krivonosov

“…The reviewers emphasize that the monograph by Stefan Fouks goes beyond the traditional formats of communication studies, which tended to focus either on the various crises, or on the organization of media structures in diff erent states, public-private partnership, and corporate communications, and thus were too narrow in scope. …”
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