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The Hidden Hallyu Emerged: Exploring the Key Motives of Reading Adapted K‐Webtoons of South Korea

open access: yesThunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to investigate why global fans read Korean webtoons (K‐webtoons) and how their motivations vary across different genres. Previous studies have approached the Korean Wave (Hallyu) from a national perspective, emphasizing its influence and primarily discussing K‐pop and K‐drama.
Hoseok Gwak   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concrete jungle to urban oasis: evaluating scale, vegetation cover, and aggregation of urban greenspaces on wildlife

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Urban greenspaces are a haven for wildlife in densely populated cities. Wildlife use greenspaces for resource acquisition, shelter, and travel across urbanized landscapes. Greenspace metrics such as herbaceous or woody landcover, size, patchiness, and human land use influence species richness.
Adrianna J. Elihu, Janel L. Ortiz
wiley   +1 more source

Methods for safely sharing dual-use genetic data. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Microbiol
Sawaya S   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From talking tools to metahumans: social interaction, semiotic skill, and the authority of AI chatbots Des outils parlants aux métahumains : interactions sociales, compétences sémiotiques et autorité des robots conversationnels

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
What does it take to turn a tool into a talking tool and that into an ultimate authority? Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in its diverse forms, such as large language models (LLMs), is celebrated as a useful tool. But LLM‐based conversational agents, or chatbots, the software applications through which ordinary users are likely to engage ...
Webb Keane
wiley   +1 more source

CONSULTANCY STATE: Government as (a) Service and the Anti‐politics of Technological Expertise in Indian Cities

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses ideas of ‘good governance through technology’ in India that first emerged from the software industry, symbolizing state support for the ‘new middle‐class’ values of liberalized private enterprise. We suggest that the contemporary prominence of consulting firms in government represents a second transformation that embeds ...
Matt Birkinshaw, Sanjay Srivastava
wiley   +1 more source

Methodological Challenges in Studying Wealthy Families

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Studying the wealthy is not easy. This piece provides suggestions for recruitment, interview strategies, and design to gain high‐quality data on wealthy people. It is based on an interview study of 81 US racially‐diverse families with a median net worth of $25 million. First, to gain access to the wealthy, it is key for the researcher to use a
Annette Lareau
wiley   +1 more source

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