The Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) research group of the IN3 is pleased to invite you to the online research seminar: "The timeless digitals: A new methodological approach for generational studies" by Roberta M. Raducu, Predoctoral Researcher at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (Romania) and Erasmus+ Visiting Scholar at the IN3.
Venue
Online
Espanya
When
20/10/2020 10.00h
Organized by
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Research group CNSC of the IN3
Program
The generational studies from the socio-cultural point of view employ great resources and can be done in various manners, depending on the information pursued by the researcher (Close & Martins, 2020; Haddon & Mante-Meijer, 2016; Hansen & Leuty, 2012; Leung, 2013; Pînzaru et al., 2016; Schewe & Meredith, 2004; Vogels, 2019). Considering the next financial exercise proposed for the development regions in Romania that focus mainly on digitalization of institutions, public transportation, agriculture and SMEs (ACZ Consulting, n.d.; ADR VEST, n.d.; Agenția de dezvoltare regională Nord-vest, 2019; Agenția pentru dezvoltare regională București - Ilfov, 2019; Agenția pentru dezvoltare regională Centru, 2019; Agentia pentru Dezvoltare Regionala Nord-Est, 2020; Agenția pentru Dezvoltare Regională Sud-Vest Oltenia, 2020), the Romanian population enters this changes without a thorough research on the needs, preferences, fears, values and means of its population, resulting in possible great financial losses, implementation failure and under-resolving of the problems the cities and the population confronts with.
In order to gather a great amount of in-depth data from varied, active and relevant members of the Romanian generations, this study proposes a new methodology, combining four research techniques under one instrument. The semi-structured interviews and participatory observation will be conducted via ethnographic research, hammering out techniques as technobiographies (Kennedy, 2003), technographies (Jansen & Vellema, 2011), family interview (Eggenberger & Nelms, 2007) and walking interview (Ratzenböck, 2016) for ensuring comprehensive information from multiple generations, which will also facilitate understandings of intergenerational relations, similarities and differences.
References on request: roberta.raducu[at]comunicare.ro
PhD candidate in Communication at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA, Romania), College of Communication and Public Relations, MA in Project Management and BA in Communication and Public Relations. Her research interest is in aging, generational studies, uses and gratifications applied to social media and to different devices, PR measurement, imagology and crisis management.
Under the framework of the European mobility program Erasmus+, Roberta carries out a research visit at the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) between September and October 2020, under the mentorship of Dr. Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol.
Registration: If you would like to join the seminar, please contact Daniel Blanche-T. (dblanchet@uoc.edu)