Impression management techniques in crowdfunding: An analysis of Kickstarter videos using artificial intelligence

Crowdfunding entrepreneurs increasingly use videos to present their venture and themselves to potential investors. To do this effectively, they consciously or unconsciously use several impression management techniques. Based on human and automated (AI-based analysis) of technology-related videos, we determine which impression management techniques help crowdfunding creators to attract a higher number of backers and meet their financial targets. Our results indicate that self-presentation and exemplification techniques are positively associated with crowdfunding success, while intimidation is negatively related to crowdfunding success. Our findings show that automated analysis of videos using advanced AI can replace human coding since measures based on human coding become insignificant when AI-based measures are included in the analysis. This illustrates the insights companies can create through the large scale automated analysis of video content using AI, including outside of a crowdfunding context.     

When to Make the Sensory Social: Registering in Face‐to‐Face Openings

This article analyzes naturally occurring video‐recorded openings during which participants make the sensory social through the action of registering—calling joint attention to a selected, publicly perceivable referent so others shift their sensory attention to it. It examines sequence‐initial actions that register referents for which a participant is regarded as responsible. Findings demonstrate a systematic preference organization which observably guides when and how people initiate registering sequences sensitive to ownership of, and displayed stance toward, the target referent. Analysis shows how registering an owned referent achieves intersubjectivity and puts involved participants' face, affiliation, and social relationship on the line. A video abstract is available at https://youtu.be/rNL70vawG3o     

Technological socialities: The impact of information and communication technologies on belonging among deaf and hard-of-hearing people

This review article examines how different types of communication technologies, from the specialized medical to generic social devices, influence belonging and sociality among deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) people. The emphasis is on DHH adolescents and young adults who may be impacted differently across countries, given state-specific policies regarding the status of sign language and deaf education, and based on different availability, affordability, and accessibility of communication technologies. We introduce different perspectives on deafness, ranging from pathological to cultural, a heuristic on which we build to explore DHH socialities as complex and evolving. We then analytically review ethnographic research on how cochlear implants impact DHH people's belonging to the “deaf world” and/or the “hearing world,” and how they navigate between these worlds. Then we move on to technologies such as text messages and social media, which enable DHH people to extend their socialities beyond local communities. Belonging is a fluid phenomenon, and technologies which are in a constant process of innovation and development may influence it in complex ways. We argue that to explore questions of belonging, identity, and sociality among DHH people, and how they are shaped by technologies, (visual) ethnographic methods are particularly productive.     

论影像记录在“非遗”抢救中的优势和价值

全国性的"非物质文化遗产"的普查工作已经结束,效果显著,但在各地的"非遗"普查验收时却有一个共同存在的问题:影像资料较少,且拍摄视角多数都偏移了"非遗"的特性。对于"非遗"的"保存"来说,最真实、最有效、最方便、最节约、最到位的方法非数码影像记录莫属。有了影像资料,可以作为学习的资料和模本,不仅不必担心传承断链,还可以在条件成熟时再请专家整理、研究、挖掘和开发利用。     

电子游戏对儿童心理发展影响的实证研究

电子游戏作为新技术和新文化发展的代表产物,已成为儿童的重要娱乐方式。与此同时,电子游戏对儿童尤其是儿童心理发展的影响已引起了社会各界的关注。实证研究表明,电子游戏如果合理利用,可以培养儿童的多元智能,成为一种很好的教育资源。不同类型电子游戏对开发和培养儿童单项智能具有不同的优势。游戏设计开发人员和教育工作者应设计开发适合儿童多元智能发展的电子游戏作品,发挥电子游戏所具有的智能开发的优势,减少电子游戏对儿童智能发展的不利影响。     

我国网络视频的发展趋势及建议

2009年底,我国网络视频用户规模达到2．4亿。伴随着网络视频用户规模的不断扩大,网络视频的发展进入一个新的成长期,我国网络视频的格局也随之发展变化。如何正确认识网络视频的发展趋势,引导和促进网络视频产业发展,成为当前网络视频领域面临的重要问题。本文从技术、内容、行业环境三个方面分别对我国网络视频的发展趋势进行解析,并由此提出我国网络视频进一步发展的建议,以期抛砖引玉,助力我国网络视频未来的发展。     

基于TMS320DM6446的H.264视频编码器的实现及优化

文章为实现基于TMS320DM6446的H.264视频编码器的实时性能,提出一系列优化方法.首先描述X264代码向TMS320DM6446平台的移植过程,然后从项目级优化、指令级优化和算法级优化等几个方面提出优化实现方案.实验结果表明:对于CIF格式的视频,优化后的H.264编码器可以达到24帧/s以上的编码速度,基本满足视频监控系统中编码器的需求.     

基于．NET的多媒体教室远程监控系统研制

在经费紧张的情况下,以．NETFramework为开发平台,使用远程串口控制、多线程、Socket通讯、视频压缩、音频压缩等技术,利用现有的设备和校园网,自主创新,设计一套成本低廉,但功能强大且实用的多媒体教室远程监控系统．系统利用较少的投入而解决了实际工作中碰到的多种问题,在肇庆学院第二教学楼试用取得了预期效果,明显提高了管理员的工作效率,为广大师生上课提供了便利．     

Multimedia Biographies: A Reminiscence and Social Stimulus Tool for Persons with Cognitive Impairment

The multimedia biography tells the story of the life of an elderly person with a cognitive impairment in motion picture format. The multimedia biography combines family photographs, film clips, audio narration, and music. It is intended to be screened on an ongoing basis to provide spaces for reminiscence and communication between cognitively impaired persons and their families. Using a production process in which we collaborated with family caregivers, we created 12 multimedia biographies for persons having Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment. This article describes our production and screening processes. We also share lessons learned from the multimedia biography research to assist practitioners, families, or researchers who wish to use similar technologies and processes for eliciting and sharing life stories.     

Media Production as Therapy: A Systematic Review

Abstract

The rapidly changing communication environment of the digital age has generated needed discussion regarding implications of media technologies for social work practice. Yet scarce research has considered the therapeutic value of media technologies for social work practice. This systematic review explores how media production is used as a therapeutic intervention in human services to identify the therapeutic value and potential challenges of its application in the field. Media Production as Therapy (MPT) affords a range of therapeutic outcomes, including self- and community-awareness, self-reflection and self-correction practices, self-expression and story-sharing, and processing trauma. Challenges confronted through MPT include time and resource constraints, logistical difficulties, issues of authenticity, and dissemination concerns. Despite limited research, this review provides needed guidance for social workers to harness technology for social good, operating in the digital space to implement MPT interventions that afford a range of therapeutic benefits to clients in an increasingly mediated world.