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Selfies: Witnessing And Participatory Journalism With A Point Of View, Michael Koliska, Jessica Roberts
Selfies: Witnessing And Participatory Journalism With A Point Of View, Michael Koliska, Jessica Roberts
Jessica Roberts
Selfies, as the word implies, are visual presentations of one’s self and as such can be understood as photographic representations and formations of identity (Barthes, 1981; Sontag, 2005; van Dijck, 2008). They are a “new visual genre—a type of self-portrait formally distinct from all others in history” because they are frequently shared online (Saltz, 2014). Selfies often serve to claim, “I’m here!” (Myers, 2010, p. 274) and “reflect the view of ourselves that we want to project out into world” (Gye, 2007, p. 282). Taking and sharing digital photographs is increasingly understood as a form of communication and social currency …
Serving The Needs Of The Latina Community For Health Information, R. A. Yaros, J. Roberts, E. Powers, L. Steiner
Serving The Needs Of The Latina Community For Health Information, R. A. Yaros, J. Roberts, E. Powers, L. Steiner
Jessica Roberts
Latinos remain the largest US population with limited health literacy (Andrulis D.P. & Brach, 2007). Concerned with how local media can meet the information needs of underserved audiences, we interviewed Latinas who were pregnant or mothers of young children living in a Spanish speaking community, and surveyed 33 local health professionals. Findings are that Latina women’s most common source of health information was family and friends. They said they tune to Spanish television and radio programs, but gave low grades to news media for health information. Medical professionals agreed that Latinas generally get their health information through friends and family, …
The Effects Of Ambient Media: What Unplugging Reveals About Being Plugged In, Jessica Roberts, Michael Koliska
The Effects Of Ambient Media: What Unplugging Reveals About Being Plugged In, Jessica Roberts, Michael Koliska
Jessica Roberts
An ever-increasing number of us live in a world rich in information and media that provide us with constant access to that information. Besides television, radio, newspapers, and computers, we now carry communication devices with us. Mobile devices with digital content — phones, iPods, PDAs — have become ubiquitous around the world, creating an information environment with as yet unknown consequences for the way we function and the way we think and feel. This study examines responses from students at 12 universities from 10 nations who tried to avoid all “media” for 24 hours and reflect on their experience, and …