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Attention, memory, and narrative interpretation of Michel Gondry’s The Green Hornet: Comparing 2D and 3D film viewing using eye-tracking and self-report 米歇尔-刚瑞（Michel Gondry）的《青蜂侠》的注意力、记忆力和叙事解读：利用眼动跟踪和自我报告比较 2D 和 3D 电影观赏效果

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Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2024-08-02 DOI: 10.1177/13548565241267720

Miklós Kiss, David Hayes, Brendan Rooney

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Formatting work: Cloud platforms and the infrastructuring of capitalist asymmetries in software work 格式化工作：云平台与软件工作中资本主义不对称的基础结构化

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Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1177/13548565241268013

Sebastian Randerath

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Loved everywhere?: Netflix’s top 10 and the popularity of geographically diverse content 到处都有人爱？Netflix 的前十名和地域多样化内容的受欢迎程度

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Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2024-07-24 DOI: 10.1177/13548565241265504

Michael L Wayne, Nahuel Ribke

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Sexual diversity and streaming television: Toward a platform studies approach to analyzing LGBTQ+ TV 性取向多样性与流媒体电视：以平台研究方法分析 LGBTQ+ 电视

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Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2024-07-23 DOI: 10.1177/13548565241265508

Hollis Griffin

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Book review: Media ruins: Cambodian postwar media reconstruction and the geopolitics of technology 书评媒体废墟：柬埔寨战后媒体重建与技术地缘政治

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Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2024-07-23 DOI: 10.1177/13548565241265505

Yovanna Pineda

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Make (digital) space for and with the young: Arts-inspired co-design of civic tech for youth mental health policies 为年轻人并与年轻人一起创造（数字）空间：在艺术启发下共同设计促进青年心理健康政策的公民技术

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Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2024-07-23 DOI: 10.1177/13548565241264001

Sonia Bussu, Enric Senabre Hidalgo, Olivier Schulbaum, Zarah Eve

{"title":"Make (digital) space for and with the young: Arts-inspired co-design of civic tech for youth mental health policies","authors":"Sonia Bussu, Enric Senabre Hidalgo, Olivier Schulbaum, Zarah Eve","doi":"10.1177/13548565241264001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565241264001","url":null,"abstract":"Public engagement, digital or in-person, is mostly adult-centric and ableist, often universalising the experience of participation of a narrow demographic (white, older and middle class). In Mindset Revolution we combined arts-based and creative methods with civic tech to co-design participatory spaces with a diverse group of young people, where to discuss and influence mental health policy and practice. The paper examines the digital element of the project, where young people, supported by a team of academics and digital designers, used the Decidim civic tech platform to engage with their peers and policymakers. This co-design work helped inform changes to the platform towards more accessible and margin-responsive participation that can better support active engagement of traditionally excluded groups. The young people evaluated their own participation and social impact, challenging assumptions about youth participation. The flexibility afforded by the digital platform was crucial to sustain engagement. However, although often branded as digital natives, the young people we worked with perceived digital participation as an enabler but not a central element of their work on social change. Follow-up work on the platform is shaping it as a space for collective oversight, with opportunities for open-ended dialogue between young people, the community and policymakers to identify and navigate barriers to implementation of young people’s proposals.","PeriodicalId":47242,"journal":{"name":"Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies","volume":"38 17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141772422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Streaming women: Hayu, Passionflix and gendered demographics in subscription video-on-demand 流媒体女性：Hayu、Passionflix 和订阅视频点播中的性别人口统计

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Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2024-07-23 DOI: 10.1177/13548565241264004

Alexa Scarlata, Andrew Lynch

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Book Review: Patching development: Information politics and social change in India 书评：修补发展：印度的信息政治与社会变革

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Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2024-07-22 DOI: 10.1177/13548565241265507

On Tai

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Memetic memory as vital conduits of troublemakers in digital culture 记忆是数字文化中麻烦制造者的重要渠道

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Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2024-07-19 DOI: 10.1177/13548565241262421

Alexander O Smith, Jordan Loewen-Colón

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Computational cross-media research: tracing divergences between normative Dutch television and social media discourses on the ‘refugee crisis’ (2013-2018) 跨媒体计算研究：追踪荷兰电视和社交媒体关于 "难民危机 "的规范性论述之间的差异（2013-2018年）

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Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2024-07-19 DOI: 10.1177/13548565241258956

Emillie de Keulenaar, Thomas Poell, Anne Helmond, Bernhard Rieder, Jasmijn Van Gorp

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