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    Research in the past gives little confirmation that proposes participatory journalism has significantly changed the beliefs of journalism, but in Bourdieu’s words, the institutionalized cultural capital (Lewis, Kaufhold, and Lasorsa, 2010). The extension of accepting participatory features at news sites worldwide was generally determined by newsrooms’ competitive motion to help boost web activity and users’ loyalty with the brands (Vujnovic et al. 2010). The newsrooms see participatory journalism

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    voice in the process of knowledge development. Ingelaere (2016) defined a Paradigm as a theoretical outline of traditions or beliefs and laws that guides research in various scientific communities. According to Guba and Lincoln (2005) paradigms are categorized into positivism, post positivism, critical theory, and constructivism and participatory. Scotland (2012) further highlighted that the various paradigms are characterized by different ontological and epistemological opinions hence they have varying

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    Research Question The following is my preliminary research question. In Ottawa Ontario, what are the resources or services that are available to and for lesbian survivors of intimate partner violence, and how do women that have contacted these resources feel about the adequacy of the services they were offered? Research Statement Reflecting on the path my answer might take, it is possible that the resources and services available in Ottawa reflect a heteronormative belief about society. Put another

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    Abstract This report seeks to understand the movement of Participatory Design (PD) and how it has influenced Information Systems Design since the 1990s. Has the body of knowledge around Participatory Design made an impact on how organisations today approach the design of information systems? Can it work in a global context? What tools have been developed as a reaction to this movement? Can we ever really design a system that meets the needs of all stakeholders due to those at the heart of human

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    social impacts by simulation, including: (1) a robust tool to support governments, industries and communities to prepare and plan for the future, manage risks and harness opportunities (Greiner et al., 2014); (2) allows the creation of artificial societies, systems where basic social structures and group behaviors emerge from the interaction between individual agents, in artificial environments, based on limited information and computational ability (Zimbres and Oliviera, 2009); (3) allows the study

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    demonstrate extensions (e.g., music). We focus on H u b N e t [5], a technological infrastructure for facilitating participatory simulations [6], run these activities with participants, and discuss learning experiences afforded by these activities. INTRODUCTION NetLogo [3] is a multi-agent programming and modeling environment for simulating complex phenomena. It is designed for both research and education and is used across a wide range of disciplines (e.g., Figure 1, across) and education levels. NetLogo

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    different types of leadership taken by the boss, managers, and others in authority. There are many different styles when it comes to leadership, which is based upon the personality of the one leading. The more common forms of leadership include autocratic, authoritarian, democratic, laissez-faire, and bureaucratic. The foundation of this research is to give the reader a better insight of the characteristics of democratic leadership, and why it is one of the most leadership styles utilized in the workplace

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    process. They could not deliver their ideas or opinions because they could not have resources and opportunities (Oakley 1991). Marginal group on development process in the rural community may reluctant to participate because the participation method usually tends to become a one way communication therefore marginal group in community should be able to identify their strength (Minkler 1997) to be able to contribute in development process. Rural area in Indonesia especially marginal group has high illiterate

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    Peace Promotion Research Unit, Institution of social and health science for the University of South Africa and a faculty of education for the University of the Western Cape of South Africa, Larenza Williams, Grant Demas and Anthony V Naidoo are apart of the department of Psychology for Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Fiona J Filander and Basil May, who are apart of the Railton Foundation of South Africa, All came together to collaborate in community-based participatory research project that

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    environmental issues. Disadvantages of participatory monitoring (Ancrenaz et al. 2012): It requires time to initiate a strong capacity building process over a long and continuous period of time As monitoring is difficult to standardize completely, participatory monitoring is often less accurate and results can be difficult to compare. Fortunately, camera trapping is can be standardized more easily than many other monitoring methods. Pragmatically, local communities need to be involved at all phases

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