VOLUME 19 • 2020
The Fake News Sociology of COVID-19 Pandemic Fear: Dangerously Inaccurate Beliefs, Emotional Contagion, and Conspiracy Ideation
ABSTRACT. This article presents an empirical study carried out to evaluate and analyze the relationship between dangerously inaccurate beliefs, emotional contagion, and conspiracy ideation. Building my argument by drawing on data collected from The Economist, Gallup, GlobalWebIndex, Knight Foundatio..
The Viral Power of Fake News: Subjective Social Insecurity, COVID-19 Damaging Misinformation, and Baseless Conspiracy Theories
ABSTRACT. Employing recent research results covering the viral power of fake news, and building our argument by drawing on data collected from Carleton University, GlobalWebIndex, Pew Research Center, Public Knowledge, Statista, and the University of Canberra, we performed analyses and made estimate..
Scaring Ourselves to Death in the Time of COVID-19: Pandemic Awareness, Virus Anxiety, and Contagious Fear
ABSTRACT. Despite the relevance of the relationship between pandemic awareness, virus anxiety, and contagious fear, only limited research has been conducted on this topic. Using and replicating data from GlobalWebIndex, Pew Research Center, Public Knowledge, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journa..
Repeated COVID-19 Pandemic-related Media Consumption: Minimizing Sharing of Nonsensical Misinformation through Health Literacy and Critical Thinking
ABSTRACT. The aim of this paper is to synthesize and analyze existing evidence on repeated COVID-19 pandemic-related media consumption. Using and replicating data from Annenberg Science Knowledge/the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Gallup, GlobalWebInde..
Will Autonomous Flying Car Regulation Really Free Up Roads? Smart Sustainable Air Mobility, Societal Acceptance, and Public Safety Concerns
ABSTRACT. Based on an in-depth survey of the literature, the purpose of the paper is to explore whether autonomous flying car regulation will really free up roads. Using and replicating data from ANSYS, Deloitte, Foresight Institute, and SWT, we performed analyses and made estimates regarding comfor..
Machine Learning-based Natural Language Processing Algorithms and Electronic Health Records Data
ABSTRACT. I develop a conceptual framework based on a systematic and comprehensive literature review on the relationship between machine learning-based natural language processing (NLP) algorithms and electronic health records data. Building my argument by drawing on data collected from 3M Health In..
Deep Learning Algorithms and Big Health Care Data in Clinical Natural Language Processing
ABSTRACT. Empirical evidence on big health care data in clinical natural language processing has been scarcely documented in the literature. Using and replicating data from 3M Health Information Systems, Amazon, GE Healthcare, Maruti Techlabs, McKinsey, Mindfields, MIT Technology Review Insights, an..
Teacher Cognition about Sources of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Listening Anxiety: A Qualitative Study
ABSTRACT. The anxiety that accompanies English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) listening comprehension is difficult to detect and access. Such anxiety will prevent the students from actively and strategically participating in the listening process. This qualitative study aims to explore teachers’ cognit..
Confusing Subjective with Objective Criteria of Correctness: A Philosophical Approach to the ‘Tip-of-the-Tongue’ Phenomenon
ABSTRACT. One of the most striking features of the so-called “tip-of-the-tongue” phenomenon (TOT) is that the finding of the sought-for word generates a kind of click or a feeling of fit between that word and an alleged mental mould of it. But from a philosophical standpoint, and taking as a referen..
Externalizing Inputs with Ostension Schemes
ABSTRACT. In this paper, I explore theoretical foundations for an instrument I have developed for the monolingual elicitation of natural language and for its ostension, allowing me to approach core issues in linguistic and the philosophy of language in practical and concrete terms (Werner and Olesov..