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Improving Intergroup Relations Through Online Contact

open access: yesInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021
This study examined an online professional development program designed to support meaningful acquaintance and reduce stereotypes and prejudices among teachers from different cultures in Israeli society.
Meital Amzalag, Noa Shapira
doaj   +3 more sources

Does Intercultural Contact Increase Anti-Racist Behavior on Social Network Sites?

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2021
Empirical attention on online intercultural contact and prejudice reduction are increasing. Nevertheless, still little is known on processes that could influence the contact–prejudice relation as well as the relation between online contact and anti ...
Chiara Imperato   +2 more
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The contact hypothesis and the virtual revolution: Does face-to-face interaction remain central to improving intergroup relations?

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
Research on the contact hypothesis has traditionally prioritized the role of positive, direct, face-to-face interactions in shaping intergroup prejudices, but it has recently expanded to study indirect vicarious, negative, and online contact experiences.
Julian Bond   +3 more
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Expectations and Experiences of Australian Online Sperm Donors Who Have Early Contact with Recipient Parents and Donor Conceived Children

open access: yesFertility & Reproduction, 2022
Background: In recent years there has been an increase in the offering and uptake of informal online sperm donation in Australia. While there are a handful of survey-based studies exploring the motives of online sperm donors in Holland and the UK ...
Cal VOLKS, Fiona KELLY
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Can Social Networks Make Us More Sensitive to Social Discrimination? E-Contact, Identity Processes and Perception of Online Sexual Discrimination in a Sample of Facebook Users

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2020
In recent years psychosocial studies have given a growing attention to online intergroup contact in reducing prejudice. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of evidence on processes that could mediate this relation.
Tiziana Mancini, Chiara Imperato
doaj   +1 more source

Online Learning for Foot Contact Detection of Legged Robot Based on Data Stream Clustering

open access: yesFrontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022
Foot contact detection is critical for legged robot running control using state machine, in which the controller uses different control modules in the leg flight phase and landing phase.
Qingyu Liu, Bing Yuan, Yang Wang
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Intercultural Friendships with International Students in China: Examining the Role of Intergroup Contact, Intercultural Communication Competence, Host Country Nationals’ Attitudes, and Perceived Intergroup Threats

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences, 2023
International students studying and living in a foreign context often complain about difficulties establishing friendships with host nationals. This study investigates host country nationals’ (HCNs) willingness to develop intercultural friendships with ...
Lingjie Tang, Chang’an Zhang
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Learners' Perspectives on what is Missing from Online Learning: Interpretations through the Community of Inquiry Framework

open access: yesInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2006
Despite the success that instructors and learners often enjoy with online university courses, learners have also reported that they miss face-to-face contact when learning online.
Emma J. Stodel   +2 more
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NO SECURITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY [PDF]

open access: yesModern Management Review, 2020
Using the Internet is inseparably connected with building the awareness of its users, hence the  tasks that arise for a modern man in relation to information technologies, especially in terms  of online threats. Children are particularly vulnerable.
Justyna LIPIŃSKA
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SOCRATES: an online tool leveraging a social contact data sharing initiative to assess mitigation strategies for COVID-19

open access: yesBMC Research Notes, 2020
Objective Establishing a social contact data sharing initiative and an interactive tool to assess mitigation strategies for COVID-19. Results We organized data sharing of published social contact surveys via online repositories and formatting guidelines.
Lander Willem   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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