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Reading comprehension of posts in Whatsapp groups
This study aimed at investigating how reading comprehension levels are affected by different types of texts posted in WhatsApp groups. The research was based on authors such as Day and Park (2005), Rabello and Tavares (2016), Wolf (2018) among others. Thirty higher education students, between 18 and 30 years old, participated in WhatsApp groups and had
Gonzaga dos Santos, Emerson +1 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Russia is consistently a top migration destination. While most migrate to Russia from other post‐Soviet countries, a small but highly visible group of the Russian‐speaking diaspora has returned from Europe and North America. Lauded in Russian media as ‘ideological migrants’, their narratives at first glance echo those of the state as they claim to flee
Lauren Woodard
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Digital Lighthouse: A Platform for Monitoring Public Groups in WhatsApp
Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 2021 Ivandro Claudino de Sá +5 more
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THE LEGITIMACY TRAP: Street Vending Heterogeneity and Selective Enforcement in San Francisco
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Literature on street vending regulation often emphasizes the challenges in enforcing legal frameworks due to unclear laws or insufficient state capacity. However, it tends to overlook diversity among vendors themselves along crucial parameters such as spatial location, community ties and processes of goods procurement.
Irene Farah
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How can anthropological research help to understand the effects of the centrality of the use of digital media in everyday religious life? Distancing myself from apparent and erroneous oppositions between traditional and modern that questions like this ...
Mochel, Lorena
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International 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
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AUGURAL TERRITORIES: On the Prophetic Organizing of the Mid‐range
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this article I introduce the concept of augural territories to theorize the urbanism that emerged during pandemic lockdowns. I draw on ethnographic research in Madrid to examine how community‐based responses—including mutual aid networks, food pantries and neighbourhood associations—disrupted the spatial and temporal logics of territorial ...
Alberto Corsín Jiménez
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THE URBANOLOGISTS COME TO TOWN: Professional Life and Work in the Urban Solutions Industry
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article charts the upsurge of an eclectic global community of professionals new to the field of urban policy and governance, animated by playful and celebratory attitudes towards cities and urbanization: the urbanologists. It contributes to debates in critical urban theory and critical ethnographies of technology to problematize ...
Rachel Bok
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Don’t Break the Chain: Measuring Message Forwarding on WhatsApp
WhatsApp has evolved into a popular communication tool, facilitating the exchange of billions of multimedia messages globally. With its large public groups and forwarding features, the platform has enabled messages to go viral, rapidly disseminating ...
Hoseini, Mohamad +3 more
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THE ANALOG CITY: Maintaining Everyday Life Through Repair and Jugaad
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban scholarship consistently discusses improvisation and heterogeneity as central to urban life in the global South. In this article, I bring together scholarship on urban improvisation and the digital world of smart cities to understand the city as analog.
Julia Corwin
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