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This study explores the development of a customized project management methodology tailored for the implementation of online archives exhibitions, offering insights and evaluation derived from a research and development organization. Recognizing the distinctive requirements of such projects, the research investigates the design and application of a specialized project management approach. Through a comprehensive analysis, this study presents key insights into the methodology's efficacy and evaluates its impact within the unique context of a research and development setting. The findings contribute valuable perspectives to the evolving field of project management, particularly in the realm of digital exhibition development within innovative organizational environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In line with the advancements of the twenty-first century, the educational sector has incorporated technology into teaching and learning, particularly through online and blended learning approaches. To optimize the potential of technology, a scaffolded learning and teaching approach that fosters desired learning outcomes is essential. This study aimed to explore undergraduate students' feedback in preclasses, live classes, and face-to-face classes. Conducted between January to March 2022, the study involved 1,692 students enrolled in the Mata Pelajaran Umum (MPU) courses at a private university, representing multiple schools. Data was collected using surveys and subsequently analyzed using specific statistical techniques. The findings reveal that pre-classes and live classes provide notable benefits, enabling students to better comprehend course content and access materials at their own pace. Moreover, live lectures facilitate productive discussions among students, lecturers, and peers, leading to increased classroom engagement. The study also indicates that students exhibit a preference for online classes, with a moderate level of satisfaction reported for face-to-face classes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the online exhibition "Restoring the Apparently Dead" at the Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History in Melbourne, Australia. The exhibition focuses on resuscitation technologies throughout history, showcasing images of various medical equipment and practices. It highlights the evolution of resuscitation techniques over five centuries, acknowledging innovators and inventors in the field. The online exhibitions at the museum serve as a valuable resource for those interested in medical history and can be used for educational purposes. [Extracted from the article]

Throughout the historical process of institutional change, traditional family fertility values (TFFV) have largely persisted and been preserved as an informal institution, maintaining a substantial influence in present times. Building upon reflections on the theory of endogenous institutional change aimed at reducing transaction costs, there's significant merit in harnessing TFFV to enhance governance efficiency. Drawing on the CFPS data from 2010 to 2018, this study examines the impact of TFFV on the performance evaluation of grassroots governments. Results indicate that TFFV have a more pronounced influence in rural areas compared to urban regions, and significantly affects the evaluation of grassroots government performance. This influence remains uninfluenced by internet and exhibits an inverted U-shaped pattern. Additionally, its influence on the evaluation of government work performance becomes even more noteworthy when TFFV are more emphasized. The reasons for these observations lie in the endogenous characteristics of TFFV, closely tied with traditional political values and affected by clan culture. Given that the endogenous trajectory is difficult to alter and cannot be overlooked, it's imperative to factor in TFFV when governing rural grassroots. Governance strategies should be tailored depending on the varying influence of traditional values in different regions to optimize governance efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AbstractCrisis times caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the martial law in Ukraine have actualized the creation of various exhibitions in academic libraries to reach and attract users. In particular, to overcome social isolation, anxiety, and emotional and mental exhaustion. This study discusses the authors’ practical experience of building a partnership between the academic library and the Graphic Design Department of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (Ukraine). The cooperation aims to create a physical and online exhibition space to reach and attract students to the library. The study provides examples of the joint creation of a library thematic exhibition space with students and teachers for interaction and moral support, formation of common values, self-realization, and motivation, as well as examples of using the exhibition space to hold exhibitions of students’ artwork as part of the library’s engagement program in times of crisis. The examples confirm that the university library, in times of crisis during martial law, positions its exhibition space as a place that unites the university community, inspires, promotes cultural development, supports successful initiatives, and presents the achievements of university students and teachers. The results of this article complement previous research on library exhibitions as a means of reaching, engaging, highlighting collections, and educating students. It also informs practitioners about the Ukrainian experience of creating an exhibition space to attract students to the academic library in times of crisis. This article may be helpful to library practitioners looking for ideas and experience organizing exhibitions in academic libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Children and adolescents diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD) often grapple with significant non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), linked to interpersonal challenges, insecure attachment, and internet addiction. This study explores these relationships in children and adolescents using network analysis, drawing data from seven hospitals in China. Results: The study included 162 youths with depressive disorder and 102 healthy controls from seven hospitals. The MDD + NSSI group exhibited severe internet addiction, heightened depressive symptoms, and insecure attachment. Network analysis identified central symptoms (compulsive use) and key bridge symptoms (tolerance symptoms) in the networks related to depressive symptoms, internet addiction, and attachments. These findings suggest potential targets for intervention among children and adolescents at risk for or suffering from depression. Conclusions: This study sheds light on the intricate relationship between NSSI, attachment issues, and internet addiction in Chinese adolescents with MDD. The network analysis pinpointed central and key bridge symptoms, offering valuable insights for targeted interventions in children and adolescents at risk for or experiencing depression and associated challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the precarious porosity of the human body. Biological vulnerability and the fear of contagion in recent times has prompted the exercise of caution by enforcing distinct demarcating boundaries between the environment, the self, and the other. Thus, the faculty of touch is restricted despite its importance in functional, developmental, haptic, intimate, non-verbal, therapeutic, cultural, and social dimensions. Avenues of direct contact have been barred, with digital and mediated touch dominating various spheres. The lived experience of a population negotiating with the loss of tactile contact finds expression within the subjective narratives of the viral subject detailed insightfully through the medium of comics. Taking instances from graphic medicine, this paper aims to analyse the parameters of touch and tactility during the COVID-19 pandemic by close reading comic panels from various sources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper introduces moral argument analytics, a technology that provides insights into the use of moral arguments in discourse. We analyse five socio-political corpora of argument annotated data from offline and online discussions, totalling 240k words with 9k arguments, with an average annotation accuracy of 78%. Using a lexicon-based method, we automatically annotate these arguments with moral foundations, achieving an estimated accuracy of 83%. Quantitative analysis allows us to observe statistical patterns and trends in the use of moral arguments, whereas qualitative analysis enables us to understand and explain the communication strategies in the use of moral arguments in different settings. For instance, supporting arguments often rely on Loyalty and Authority, while attacking arguments use Care. We find that online discussions exhibit a greater diversity of moral foundations and a higher negative valence of moral arguments. Online arguers often rely more on Harm rather than Care, Degradation rather than Sanctity. These insights have significant implications for AI applications, particularly in understanding and predicting human and machine moral behaviours. This work contributes to the construction of more convincing messages and the detection of harmful or biased AI-generated synthetic content. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article discusses an exhibition at the State Library Victoria showcasing the work of Australian photographer Rennie Ellis. Ellis, known for his candid and dynamic photography, captured the essence of Australian life from the 1960s to the 1990s. The exhibition, titled "Melbourne Out Loud," features around 400 images divided into sections such as 'Melbourne Out Loud,' 'Celebrities,' and 'Protest,' providing a glimpse into the vibrant social and cultural scenes of the time. Despite some limitations in presentation, the exhibition offers a unique perspective on Melbourne's history and the photographer's legacy. [Extracted from the article]

Background: The emergence of e-learning had an intense, immediate, and disruptive transformation in the education system. While education aims to seek more interactions and learning engagement between teachers and students, it turns out that it takes lots of work to achieve the goal in the online classroom. Aims: This study aims to explore the underlying mechanisms and implications that emerge fromthe influence of the newfeatures of online learning, drawing on students' real-life experiences, to construct a comprehensive theoretical model. Sample: FromJuly 2023 to October 2023, 56 undergraduates, including 18male and 38 female, participated in the data collection process either face-to-face or online. Methods: The study constructs a substantive theoreticalmodel by employing the approaches of The Grounded Theory, three level-coding constant comparative method, theoretical sampling, core category distillation and storyline collation. Results: (1) The elements involved in the process of online learning exhibit underlying logical correlations, driven by profound underlying factors, ultimately resulting in a parallel experience akin to Schrödinger's Cat. (2) Online features lead to students' motivation mainly depending on whether they are self-regulated. (3) Teacher-student interactions and self-regulation shape different learning contexts and types by being moderated by internal and external effects. Conclusions: Students had a parallel experience similar to that of Schrödinger's Cat: they were constantly dissatisfied with "rational" learning and "perceptually" satisfied with online learning. The variation in the satisfaction of the three basic psychological needs necessities college students in online learning leads to parallel experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The primary objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between internet addiction and adolescents' learning engagement, with a specific focus on the mediating sequential roles of future orientation and cognitive reappraisal. A survey encompassing 1200 high school students was conducted, utilizing instruments such as the Internet Addiction Scale, Learning Engagement Scale, Future Orientation Scale, and Cognitive Reappraisal Scale. The findings of this investigation yielded the following outcomes: (1) Internet addiction exhibited a pronounced negative correlation with high school students' learning engagement, future orientation, and cognitive reappraisal. Furthermore, future orientation and cognitive reappraisal demonstrated mutually positive associations with learning engagement. (2) Future orientation and cognitive reappraisal jointly mediated the relationship between internet addiction and learning engagement among adolescents, forming a sequential mediation process. These findings suggest that enhancing adolescents' future orientation and cognitive reappraisal abilities can contribute to mitigating the deleterious impact of internet addiction on academic performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Internet, while offering convenience, can also have negative impacts on learning and quality of life. Previous studies have demonstrated a negative correlation between pathological Internet use and academic performance, but the nature of this relationship in relation to development remains unclear. Utilizing a large sample, the current study aimed to compare the incidence of problematic Internet use across different age groups and explore how the correlation between problematic Internet use and math performance varies with the age of students. Cluster random sampling was used to distribute questionnaires to students in a city in eastern China. A total of 17,208 fourth-grade students (age: M = 9.79, SD = 0.44) and 11,127 eighth-grade students (age: M = 13.65, SD = 0.54) participated in this study. They were asked to complete the Pathological Internet Usage Scale and several math-achievement tests. The results revealed that: (1) A smaller proportion of upper-grade students exhibited problematic Internet use compared to lower-grade students; (2) There was a significant negative correlation between problematic Internet use and math performance; and (3) This correlation was less pronounced among older student.These results suggest that the negative correlation between problematic Internet use and math achievement decreases with age, and this reduced correlation may be linked to increased academic stress. As Chinese students advance in grades, their academic responsibilities become more burdensome, leading to reduced Internet usage. The findings of this study aim to provide insights into enhancing the academic performance of students with problematic Internet use through environmental education interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article discusses the creation of an online exhibition titled "Beyond the Book: A Digital Journey through the Treasures of the Emmerson Collection." It explores the use of CIDOC CRM, a cultural heritage ontology, and Linked Data to model and publish information about the Emmerson Collection. It aims to communicate both the material richness of the items and the broader historical context of books through a combination of text, images, and interactive data.

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The primary aim of this research is to examine the types of online assessments utilized by English educators teaching tenth-grade students at SMAN 15 Luwu and to discern students' attitudes towards integrating online assessment methodologies. Employing a descriptive qualitative approach, data collection involved the administration of questionnaires and conducting interviews. Interviews were conducted with both English instructors and students from SMAN 15 Luwu. Findings reveal that English instructors at SMAN 15 Luwu employ online assessment tools such as Google Forms, Google Classroom, Quizzes, and Instagram. These tools present various advantages, disadvantages, and challenges, including the complexities of designing appropriate assessments, managing student behavior, and grappling with unreliable internet connectivity. Concurrently, student perspectives toward online assessment exhibit both favorable and unfavorable inclinations. Positive perceptions include enjoyment of the online assessment, prompt feedback acquisition, flexibility, time efficiency, effectiveness, and increased confidence in online assessment execution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article in the Journal of East Asian Libraries discusses the Harry F. Bruning Collection at Brigham Young University, which includes rare Japanese books, maps, and manuscripts. The collection was initially purchased in 1965 and remained uncatalogued until 1989 when a descriptive inventory was completed. Professors Stoneman and Skabelund researched and uncovered the story of Harry F. Bruning, who amassed the collection without visiting Japan. The article provides insights into Bruning's collecting motives and the historical context of the items in the collection. [Extracted from the article]

Private set intersection (PSI) enables two parties to determine the intersection of their respective datasets without revealing any information beyond the intersection itself. This paper particularly focuses on the scenario of unbalanced PSI, where the sizes of datasets possessed by the parties can significantly differ. Current protocols for unbalanced PSI under the malicious security model exhibit low efficiency, rendering them impractical in real-world applications. By contrast, most efficient unbalanced PSI protocols fail to guarantee the correctness of the intersection against a malicious server and cannot even ensure the client's privacy. The present study proposes a blockchain-based unbalanced PSI protocol with public verification and financial security that enables the client to detect malicious behavior from the server (if any) and then generate an irrefutable and publicly verifiable proof without compromising its secret. The proof can be verified through smart contracts, and some economic incentive and penalty measures are executed automatically to achieve financial security. Furthermore, we implement the proposed protocol, and experimental results demonstrate that our scheme exhibits low online communication complexity and computational overhead for the client. At the same time, the size of the generated proof and its verification complexity are both O (l o g n) , enabling cost-effective validation on the blockchain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social distancing policies during the COVID-19 period have opened a space for interventions in the use of digital technology that was previously rejected by the public. Currently, most of the community activities have been carried out online, including those related to education, such as hosting virtual exhibitions with an educational purpose. Virtual exhibitions (VE) are online exhibitions that display information on specific topics. However, to the best of our knowledge, research on VE in the educational context is still lacking. This study aims to identify the variables that affect users' intentions to attend the virtual exhibition frequently. The channel expansion theory, flow theory, technology acceptance model, and expectation confirmation theory serve as the foundation for the research model that is constructed. The model was tested using data from 321 respondents who had visited VE, then analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the aid of the SmartPLS application version 3.3.3. The findings show that 11 factors significantly influence the intention to continue using VE, while the other 2 factors have no significant influence. Thus, perceived usefulness has a significant effect on satisfaction and continued use intention to use VE, but not on perceived enjoyment. Furthermore, the perceived ease of use of VE has a significant impact on perceived usefulness and perceived enjoyment. However, media richness does not significantly affect perceived enjoyment. It's just that media richness influences perceived ease of use significantly. Confirmation also has a significant impact on perceived enjoyment, perceived usefulness, and satisfaction. Perceived enjoyment has a significant effect on satisfaction and continued use intention, and satisfaction has a significant effect on continued use intention to use VE. The findings are useful for VE providers and developers in developing a transformation strategy to increase the intention to use VE in every educational exhibition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is a reflective discussion of the research method developed by a small research team over a 5-year period as it intra-acted with the south Asian monsoon in three south/southeast Asian cities. It reflects on how the team's practice was transformed from being research on or about the monsoon as a discrete unit of analysis, to research in the monsoon and with its agential materiality. The paper first outlines the theoretical resources from cultural geography, anthropology, feminist theory, posthuman theory, and science and technology studies that the project drew from. After this theoretical section, the paper then discusses the practical implications of the method and the two emergent strands of research ('weather matters' and 'construction matters') that were followed in Chennai, Dhaka, and Yangon. The final section of the paper reflects on the extension of the method into the formatting of a book and an online exhibition. The paper concludes by arguing that what the method offers to cultural, weather-based research in monsoonal and other climes, is a situated, non-formulaic method that recognizes the affordances of the Earth's agency, of matter and of other-than-human lives for generating knowledge of and ways of being in changing weather-worlds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research selects art museums in four cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) region for relevant research, namely Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macao and Shenzhen, which are important representatives of the artistic, cultural, economic and technological development of the GBA. It examines the digital technology strategies used by six selected art museums within the four GBA cities to promote the co-development of collections, exhibitions and audience engagement. The objective of the study has been approached through the following research question: How are art museums using digital technology to improve the relationship among collections, exhibitions and audience engagement from the perspective of online exhibitions? In this article, online exhibitions are seen as an invaluable virtual platform for art museums to display art to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. The necessity for art museums to use digital technology to develop online exhibitions in the face of the plight of the COVID-19 pandemic is first introduced in this article. It then addresses how online exhibitions and online technologies in art museums have influenced the development of collections from offline to online, as well as how to further strengthen the relationship between collections, exhibitions and the audience. Some of the key challenges for art museums in developing online exhibitions using digital technology are also mentioned, and possible future developments of online exhibitions in art museums are discussed. At the same time, there is a need to consider the issues faced by art museums in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as they continue to use digital technology to develop collections, exhibitions and audiences in the post-COVID-19 pandemic period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Northeastern Pennsylvania was home to the anthracite coal industry for about two centuries. The area was originally settled by various waves of immigrants, first from western then southern and eastern Europe. The new immigrant miners faced many forms of prejudice and were exploited in a system of unchecked capitalism. They were racialized and placed at the bottom of the job hierarchy. Some capitalists did not consider them human, and therefore not deserving of safe working conditions, descent housing and equal pay. At the turn of the twenty‐first century, a new wave of Hispanic immigrants from the Caribbean, Mexico, and South and Central America entered the region to work mainly in low‐paying fulfillment center jobs. Their arrival is being met with various forms of xenophobia, much like the immigrant miners faced over a century ago. The online exhibition "We Are Anthracite," hosted by the Anthracite Heritage Museum, addresses the call from the American Alliance of Museums for museums to be civically engaged, build social capital and connecting new populations to place. The exhibition bridges the experiences between the past coal mining communities and new Hispanic immigrants. The state‐operated museum hosting this exhibition lends validity to the new immigrants' place in this region, creating a narrative that their experiences are similar to the region's inhabitants' ancestors. By connecting common experiences, past and present, we are creating a form of bridging social capital that connects these different populations. While the northeastern Pennsylvania immigrant story is not well‐known, it is rich and complex like many Rust Belt communities undergoing similar major demographic shifts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This document is the guest editors' introduction to a special issue of the journal Humanimalia. The introduction discusses the interdisciplinary field of animal studies and its evolution over time. It highlights the importance of the arts and humanities in this field and addresses key concerns such as anthropocentrism, animal advocacy, and the impact of climate change on human-animal relations. The special issue includes academic articles and artistic contributions that explore various aspects of life with and without animals. The contributions cover topics such as empathy, multispecies bonding, soldier-horse relationships, and identity formation. The guest editors express their gratitude to the contributors and the editorial team for their support in bringing this special issue to fruition. [Extracted from the article]

Barring Freedom, a travelling exhibition featuring artworks engaging the histories and current conditions of prisons and policing in the United States, was to open in April 2020. While COVID-19 disrupted that plan, the realities of inequity in the United States placed into stark relief by the pandemic and the uprisings of summer 2020 brought urgency to rethinking the curatorial vision of the exhibition to reach audiences beyond the gallery walls. Buoyed by the idea that, in the words of Angela Davis, art can ‘propel people towards social emancipation’, the exhibition and related programming was reconceived as an ongoing, interdisciplinary, public scholarship initiative reaching across the borders normally perceived between museums, prisons and universities. Opportunities arose for expanded forms of community building and participation that welcomed different forms of knowledge, furthering the political and aesthetic aims of the project to shift the social attachment to prisons.

This study examined Filipino students' engagement as a measure of teachers' pedagogical success in an online academic writing class. Through convenience sampling, 540 Grade 12 students from a Catholic university in Manila participated using the adapted four aspects of engagement and characteristics of successful teachers. The analysis required employing frequency distribution, percentage, mean, Mann-Whitney U test, and Kruskal Wallis Test, utilizing IBM SPSS v.23. Results showed students were "engaged" in the agentic type but exhibited minimal online engagement. They were much engaged behaviorally, emotionally, and cognitively. Meanwhile, teachers demonstrated significant pedagogical success. Results also showed no significant differences in sex, but notable differences were determined in their academic strands. Online instruction could be a platform for positive online practices behind arguments, challenges, and limitations. It recommends that teachers further empower learners by offering opportunities to develop their agency as active knowledge producers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During COVID-19, many museums closed their physical structures and transitioned their exhibits to online platforms for public digital access. As museums reopen, there remains a need for some visitors to attend exhibits and cultural events with minimal risk. This article examines an innovative hybrid platform for museum digital access--personal telerobots to co-explore museums alongside community members. The way it works is as follows: a community member remains at home and remotely logs into the museum robot. A friend/family member is physically at the museum, and once the robot is embodied by the remote user, they can walk around the museum together, talk with each other, interact with artifacts, and experience the exhibits together. Ultimately, the robot user and the visitor can both be immersed in the venue, separate yet together at the same time. This article examines the use of online community events and personal robots in a Mexican-American history, art, and culture museum for cultural exhibits and how these technologies may facilitate the way community members learn, interact, and explore museum artifacts. It also explores the need for best practices on the use of online communities and personal robot technology in museums. This work contributes observations, reflections, and curatorial considerations on both forms of digital media for inclusive museum practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Centre for Regional and Local History (CRLH) has digitized a collection of over 2000 prints of English buildings and landscapes, dating from the 17th to the 20th centuries. The prints have been sorted by county and given new reference numbers, and a detailed searchable catalogue has been created. The collection, titled "Views of England and Wales," is now available online through the University of Leicester Special Collections. The prints are released under a Creative Commons license and can be used for non-commercial purposes with proper credit. The collection is diverse and will be of interest to historians, including those studying fashion and social history. The CRLH is open to ideas for projects that utilize the collection. [Extracted from the article]

The agricultural sector contributes to the national economy by engaging in export activities within the global market. Conversely, the rapid development of the Internet has greatly impacted output production and has introduced heightened competitiveness among various countries. This study aims to examine the impact of Internet-related indicators on the competitive standing of agri-food industries on a global scope. These indicators are represented by user engagement, infrastructure availability, and security. The panel regression analysis focused on 126 countries from 2010 to 2020. The findings reveal that Internet infrastructure and security positively affect the competitiveness of agri-food exports. However, the indicator related to Internet users exhibits a negative impact. There is a change in competitiveness structure from enhancing the Internet indicator to 50%. After simulation, we found that 80 countries have a positive value of RSCA. It is lower than the actual value of RSCA in 89 countries. This study concluded that developing countries still have better opportunities to increase their agri-food export competitiveness than developed countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The ventral frontal lobe is a critical node in the circuit that underlies communication, a multisensory process where sensory features of faces and vocalizations come together. The neural basis of face and vocal integration is a topic of great importance since the integration of multiple sensory signals is essential for the decisions that govern our social interactions. Investigations have shown that the macaque ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC), a proposed homologue of the human inferior frontal gyrus, is involved in the processing, integration and remembering of audiovisual signals. Single neurons in VLPFC encode and integrate species-specific faces and corresponding vocalizations. During working memory, VLPFC neurons maintain face and vocal information online and exhibit selective activity for face and vocal stimuli. Population analyses indicate that identity, a critical feature of social stimuli, is encoded by VLPFC neurons and dictates the structure of dynamic population activity in the VLPFC during the perception of vocalizations and their corresponding facial expressions. These studies suggest that VLPFC may play a primary role in integrating face and vocal stimuli with contextual information, in order to support decision making during social communication. This article is part of the theme issue 'Decision and control processes in multisensory perception'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses how teachers can use virtual exhibitions to learn and teach visual arts subjects. Also cited are how the advent of free online resources and image-based electronic databases allow art teachers to create online exhibitions for student learning, and some tips on how teachers can play the role of educators and art museum curators to deliver a teacher-curator pedagogy.

This study examines how social media and information-sharing behavior can influence young adults' perceptions of changes in tie strength within their own personal networks. By focusing on the extended personal networks (27.56 relationships) of young adults, we show that social media leads them to feel closer to their "friends" whom they think of as exhibiting online behaviors similar to their own. This behavioral homophily mainly stems from frequent reactions between friends, when they like or comment upon each other's posts. Such homophily is also related to the sharing of political news and entertaining content, which constitute a salient affordance in the "pervasive awareness" of social media and lead users to feel closer to those exhibiting similar content-sharing behavior. This similarity reveals how social media platforms help to shape personal networks over time, particularly by influencing user relationships with weak ties who share similar online behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Der Beitrag widmet sich dem neuen Format der Online-Ausstellung mit besonderem Fokus auf die Bedeutung, die Herausforderungen und die Potenziale für Literaturarchive und Nachlassinstitutionen. Zudem werden die Online-Ausstellungen an der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) inhaltlich vorgestellt. The article is dedicated to the new format of the online exhibition with a special focus on the significance, the challenges, and the potential for literary archives and estate institutions. It also presents the online exhibitions at the Austrian National Library (ANL). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the fast growth of solo female travelling market, the travelling experience of solo female travellers is still lack of in-depth research. The heterogeneity of museum visitors also makes solo female visitors worthy of more discussion. Based on qualitative data collected through interviews and online travel blogs, and taking the four elements of social practice theory as theoretical framework, this study concluded that settings including the intangible assets and spatial functions of museums, constituted the basis of other elements, while the others (materials, competences and meanings) made up the practice of solo female visitors in museums. Meanings mainly included knowledge construction, social connection, and self-construction, which were linked with competences that solo female visitors obtained and also had an impact on their daily life. Practical suggestions on museum management were provided according to the element of materials, which was reflected in online and offline exhibition spaces, cultural and creative products. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The internet has become a valuable tool for people to receive and transmit information, thus having a profound impact on their living habits and values. Based on face‐to‐face interview survey data collected in Central China, taking the biogas CCER scheme as an example, we discuss the effects of internet access on farmers' willingness to participate in the PCT scheme and desired carbon price. Our findings revealed that internet access improved the willingness of farmers to participate in the PCT scheme. We also found that it was likely to further increase the desired carbon price for those willing to participate. Further analysis demonstrated that male, young and middle‐aged, and low‐educated farmers were more likely to show greater motivation for participation in the PCT scheme due to internet access influence compared to other farmers. Additionally, we identified that the longer duration of internet access, the more likely farmers are to show a higher willingness to participate in the PCT scheme and hence the desired carbon price. In summary, the findings from this study imply that rural internet building exhibits a significant role in promoting the spread of PCT scheme and also helps to alleviate rural poverty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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