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Frame Analysis (frame + analysis)
Selected AbstractsAn Integrative Model of Mobile Phone AppropriationJOURNAL OF COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION, Issue 3 2008Werner Wirth The evolution of mobile communication devices and services has taken up a dynamic that makes any prognosis in the field almost impossible. Whereas part of this dynamic may remain inscrutable, we believe that a much higher degree of explanation can be achieved by systematically paying closer attention to the process of appropriation. To seize upon this potential, we present an integrative model to analyze mobile phone appropriation (the "MPA model"). The model is based on existing theoretical approaches of the quantitative "adoption" paradigm (namely, Innovation Diffusion Theory and Theory of Planned Behavior) as well as the mostly qualitative research paradigm devoted to "appropriation" (Cultural studies and Frame Analysis), with the Uses-and-Gratifications approach playing a role on both sides. The model has been developed, operationalized and empirically applied in the context of mobile phone appropriation; however, with certain modifications it can be adapted to other information and communications technology (ICT) innovations. Résumé An Integrative Model of Mobile Phone Appropriation The evolution of mobile communication devices and services has taken up a dynamic that makes any prognosis in the field almost impossible. Whereas part of this dynamic may remain inscrutable, we believe that a much higher degree of explanation can be achieved by systematically paying closer attention to the process of appropriation. To seize upon this potential, we present an integrative model to analyze mobile phone appropriation (the "MPA model"). The model is based on existing theoretical approaches of the quantitative "adoption" paradigm (namely, Innovation Diffusion Theory and Theory of Planned Behavior) as well as the mostly qualitative research paradigm devoted to "appropriation" (Cultural studies and Frame Analysis), with the Uses-and-Gratifications approach playing a role on both sides. The model has been developed, operationalized and empirically applied in the context of mobile phone appropriation; however, with certain modifications it can be adapted to other information and communications technology (ICT) innovations. ZhaiYao [source] Strategic Frame Analysis: Providing the "evidence" for evidence-based communicationsNEW DIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, Issue 124 2009Tiffany Manuel This article describes the five major phases of research associated with Strategic Frame Analysis, an approach to communications research and practice that advances new ways of pursuing social change of entrenched and complex social problems. This multimethod approach is characterized by multidisciplinary and iterative research techniques that give emphasis to empirical testing of potential frame effects. The logic behind this constellation of methods and the order in which they are taken up in the research cycle is discussed as an introduction to the articles that follow that review specific parts of the research trajectory. [source] Development of courseware for introduction of nonlinear frame analysis using free scientific software packageCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION, Issue 4 2004Yukihiro HaradaArticle first published online: 17 DEC 200 Abstract The courseware for introduction of nonlinear frame analysis was developed with a free scientific software package called Scilab. This courseware is configured on Scilab interpreter with newly developed functions specialized for matrix structural analysis. With this courseware, the students can learn basic concepts of matrix structural analysis semi-interactively. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 12: 224,231, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com); DOI 10.1002/cae.20017 [source] Towards a ,Post-Public Era'?HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY, Issue 1-2 2008Australian Higher Education Policy, Shifting Frames in German Higher education in Germany and Australia is being subject to pressures of market forces, internationalisation and financial constraints. This had led to both systems experiencing significant crisis and change over the past 20 years. In this paper, frame analysis is used to compare the changing policies in each nation and examine the extent to which the landscapes of each system have been transformed. It is found that higher education policy in both nations underwent significant change in the late 1980s and again in the early 2000s, impacting on system structures and institutional forms. There is now evidence of further change occurring in both nations that may mark a transition to a ,post-public era' in higher education. This analysis reveals a degree of convergence in the neo-liberal policy trajectories of both nations but differences in the rate and nature of the transitions taking place. [source] The Re-Framing of Australian Higher EducationHIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY, Issue 3 2006David Pick The aim of this paper is to analyse the changes in Australian higher education policy over the past two decades. Using frame analysis, two shifts in higher education policy are identified. The first is in the late 1980s where the view of higher education as having a broad social, economic and cultural role was changed to one that emphasised expansion, marketisation and competition. The second is currently taking place in which universities are becoming seen as business competitors in a global higher education market, and as such, privatisation and deregulation are centrally important. This paper demonstrates the usefulness of frame analysis as a way of examining the systemic effects of policy decisions in a way that draws together and uncovers how the various and complex forces of government policies and broader social and economic events combine to create the difficult terrain through which universities must now plot a course. [source] Minimal cycle basis of graph products for the force method of frame analysisINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, Issue 8 2008A. Kaveh Abstract For an efficient force method of frame analysis, the formation of localized self-equilibrating systems is an important issue. Such systems can be constructed on minimal cycle basis of the graph model of the structure. In this paper, algorithms are presented for the formation of minimal cycle bases of graph products corresponding to sparse cycle adjacency matrices, leading to the formation of highly sparse flexibility matrices. The algorithms presented employ concepts from three graph products namely Cartesian, strong Cartesian and lexicographic products. Though the formulation for the first two products exist, however, efficient implementations are made in this paper. The formulation for the generation of minimal cycle basis is extended to the lexicographic product. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Subminimal cycle basis of a graph for efficient force method of frame analysisINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, Issue 11 2005A. Kaveh Abstract A new method is presented for the formation of subminimal cycle bases of graphs corresponding to sparse flexibility matrices. In this approach, a Contraction method is used, leading to the reduction of the size of the graph at each step. This reduction facilitates the selection of the smallest cycle at subsequent steps. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Women's Inequality in the Workplace as Framed in News Discourse: Refracting from Gender Ideology*CANADIAN REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY/REVUE CANADIENNE DE SOCIOLOGIE, Issue 4 2004AMBER GAZSO Cet article examine les découvertes d'une analyse du schéma interprétatif du discours journalistique sur l'inégalité des femmes sur les lieux de travail dans The Globe and Mail et le National Post de novembre 2000 à novembre 2002. Les articles de journaux ont été analysés d'après la façon dont ils sont encadrés et, par la suite, selon la manière dont ils créent le genre en tant que structure sociale. On a découvert que le cadrage des expériences inégales des femmes sur les lieux de travail decoule de leur incapacitéà« s'intégrer », de choix « naturels » et de leur façon de » jongler « avec le travail et les responsabilités familiales. Une analyse ultérieure démontre que ces cadres reflétent une idéologie où le soutien de famille est masculin et les soins, féminins, suggérant que le genre est également moulé idéologiquement à l'intérieur de ce discours journalistique. This paper presents the findings of a frame analysis of newspaper discourse on women's inequality in the workplace in The Globe and Mail and the National Post from November 2000 to November 2002. Newspaper articles were analysed in terms of how they are framed by and further shape gender as a social structure. It was found that women's unequal workplace experiences are framed as a result of their inability to "fit in,""natural" choices and "juggling" of work and family responsibilities. Further analysis shows that these frames refract from a dominant male breadwinner/female caregiver gender ideology, suggesting that gender is also shaped ideologically within this news discourse. [source] | |||||||||||||