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Student voice as a methodological issue in academic literacies research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Higher Education Research & Development on 16 May 2012, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/07294360.2011.634382.Academic literacies research has been ...
Paxton, Moragh
core  

How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Literacies for Surveillance: Social Network Sites and Background Investigations

open access: yesMedia and Communication, 2015
In September 2013, civilian contractor Aaron Alexis entered the Washington Navy Yard and murdered twelve people before being fatally shot by police. This incident, together with an incident three months earlier involving Edward Snowden, caused the U.S ...
Sarah Jackson Young
doaj   +1 more source

Financial literacy and financial literacy programmes in Australia [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Financial Services Marketing, 2013
Financial services markets require consumers to be more financially literate if they are to manage their finances effectively. Consequently, there have been an increasing number of attempts to measure financial literacy, as variously defined, and in response to observed deficiencies in financial literacy, an expanding number of financial literacy ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Constructing and Validating New County‐Level Cultural Capital Indices for Applied Policy Analysis: Evidence From SNAP Take‐Up

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Literacy (literacy) – illiteracy

open access: yes, 2023
Cet article s’attache à définir le sens accordé en sciences humaines au terme littératie pour décrire les spécificités de l’univers de l’écrit et l’appropriation de ses fonctions, en distinguant la notion de celle d’alphabétisation, plus restreinte. L’histoire du terme dans différents pays francophones ainsi que celle des termes qui peuvent lui être ...
Elalouf, Marie-Laure, Péret, Claudie
openaire   +1 more source

Determinants of Knowledge and Usage of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Extension: Evidence From Tennessee Extension Personnel

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the determinants of generative AI (GenAI) knowledge and usage among agricultural extension professionals. Drawing on survey data from agricultural extension personnel in Tennessee, we employ regression analyses and latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) for topic modeling of open‐ended responses to study the knowledge and usage ...
Abdelaziz Lawani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Apprentissage informel du français en atelier d’initiation numérique : Évolutions dans l’accompagnement des personnes exilées éloignées de l’écrit

open access: yesDistances et Médiations des Savoirs
This article explores the relevance of informal written French learning through digital literacy initiation for exiled individuals with little or no formal schooling.
Edna Castello
doaj   +1 more source

Critical Perspectives on Digital Literacies: Creating a Path Forward

open access: yesMedia and Communication, 2019
This thematic issue of Media and Communication features a range of critical perspectives on digital literacies with the aim of shedding light on a path forward with respect to theory, research and practice.
Hiller A. Spires
doaj   +1 more source

U.S. Consumers Sometimes Prefer Seemingly Redundant Labels

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT More food products are carrying seemingly redundant labels, which are marketing claims or certifications that reiterate product attributes already conveyed. In this paper, we aim to answer two questions on redundant labels. First, do consumers view redundant labels as deceptive or informative? Second, how do redundant labels affect product and
Jackson Lusk   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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