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Philip Effiom Ephraim 《Ethics and Information Technology》2013,15(4):275-284
With rising numbers of Facebook, Twitter and MXit users, Africa is increasingly gaining prominence in the sphere of social networking. Social media is increasingly becoming main stream; serving as important tools for facilitating interpersonal communication, business and educational activities. Qualitative analyses of relevant secondary data show that children and youths aged between 13 and 30 constitute Africa’s heaviest users of social media. Media reports have revealed cases of abuse on social media by youths. Social networks have severally been used as tools for perpetuating crimes such as; cyberbullying and violence against girls and women. This study proposes a ‘Culture-centered Approach’ to the use of social media in a bid to minimize these cybercrimes and encourage the responsible use of social media amongst African youths. The Culture-centered Approach, which incorporates the tenets of Information Ethics, stresses the need for the respect of the dignity and rights of other online users as well the application of good cultural values and ethical behavior while on social media platforms. 相似文献
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Regina Birner Kristin Davis John Pender Ephraim Nkonya Ponniah Anandajayasekeram Javier Ekboir 《The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension》2013,19(4):341-355
Abstract We assess the long-term effectiveness of outreach and education efforts associated with a water quality improvement project in a watershed located in northern Utah, USA. Conducted 15 years after the original project began, our research examines the lasting impacts of different extension activities on landowners’ motivations to participate and their awareness and understanding of the water quality problem. Data were gathered by reviewing annual project reports, interviewing project staff about outreach and education efforts, and conducting in-depth, semi-structured interviews with a majority of the farmers and ranchers who participated in the project. The findings suggest that landowners were motivated to participate in the programme more by practical farm and household considerations and available cost-share opportunities than by particular environmental concerns. Previous relationships between farmers and government programme staff and one-on-one visits with landowners played an important role in their decisions to participate, while demonstration projects and peer-to-peer social diffusion processes played a much smaller role than expected. Although participants had a good grasp of the project goals, they did not have a strong sense of ownership of the water quality problem. These results suggest that education and outreach approaches centred only on the environmental dimensions of conservation projects may be insufficient to motivate changes in conservation behaviour. The results also suggest that conventional outreach strategies often did not have their presumed impact on landowners. 相似文献
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Philip Effiom Ephraim Tutku Akter Martin Gansinger 《Critical Studies in Media Communication》2017,34(1):44-57
New media are increasingly providing spaces and opportunities for media houses and activist groups engaged in socio-political reform in Africa. In Nigeria, social media are becoming platforms for communicating messages of resistance against oppressive political and exploitative economic power structures. This study analyzed Ogas at the top (OATT), an online puppetry series by Buni TV, as a way of examining new platforms and message content in Nigeria’s rapidly changing media sphere. Relying on semiotics and critical discourse analysis perspectives, the study analyzed select episodes of the series, to gauge how producers constructed powerful visual and linguistic messages to boldly satirize social injustices perpetrated by Nigeria’s political elites. 相似文献
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Following a review of the existing literature on educational opportunities in institutions of higher education for retired persons. This article provides an overview of the experience in this area of three major Israeli universities over the past 5 years. Each program's development, organization, and current status is described. Data is then presented on the social and intellectual backgrounds of the retired participants, their motivations, course interests, satisfaction with the programs, and social relations to other retired participants. In conclusion, some of the unanticipated “payoffs” and potential relevance of the Israeli experience in higher education for the retired of other countries is discussed. Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryah said: Where there is no Torah, there is no proper conduct; where there is no proper conduct, there is no Torah. Where there is no wisdom, there is no reverence; where there is no reverence there is no wisdom. Where there is no knowledge there is no understanding; where there is no understanding, there is no knowledge. Where there is no bread, there is no Torah; where there is no Torah, there is no bread. Mishnah, Pirkei Avot 3 (21) 相似文献
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Yuchtman-Yaar Ephraim; Peres Yochanan; Goldberg-Anabi Dafna 《Int. Journal of Public Opinion Research》1995,7(4):366-382
This paper reports findings of a study on the influence of theGulf War on the morale level of Israeli men and women. Havingat our disposal panel data from the pre-war period, we wereable to measure the changes in morale over time at the individuallevel by means of a standardized questionnaire. On the basisof previous theory and research, we expected that individualmorale would be affected by proximity to risk areas and by gender.The results indicate that, taking the panel as a whole, themissile attacks had only a small adverse effect on individualmorale. Contrary to our expectations, we found that people livingin high-risk areas did not experience greater decline in moralethan residents of the low-risk communities. However, there hasbeen a salient difference in the effect of the war on the basisof gender: whereas the morale of women did not change, we foundan appreciable decline in the morale level of Israel's men.These results are discussed in terms of the unique featuresof the Gulf War with regard to the civilian population: whilefemales were preoccupied with various activities related tothe needs of the family, Israel's men became demoralized becausethey were unable to perform their traditional roles as soldiersand protectors. 相似文献
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