• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.35-51
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• 2024

Participatory communication is a Western concept that emphasizes equal participation among stakeholders. However, in the context of rural Thai communities, where hierarchy and respect for social status are deeply ingrained, equal participation in communication is not the norm. This article examines the implementation of participatory communication in rural Thai communities through interviews and observations of local banana processing entrepreneurs in Phitsanulok province, Thailand. The findings indicate that within a culture characterized by high-context communication, high power distance, and high uncertainty avoidance - elements fundamentally at odds with the concept of equal participation in 'participatory communication'-Thai local entrepreneurs successfully operate their businesses in harmony and peace. This article, therefore, calls for the decolonization of the Western concept of participatory communication by promoting a deeper understanding of local contexts that reflect cultural and value systems distinct from those in which the concept originated. This approach aims to foster genuine equal opportunities in knowledge creation within the communication discipline, benefiting both scholars and practitioners.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.10 no.11
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• pp.5654-5673
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• 2016

Participatory sensing applications rely on recruiting appropriate participants to share their surrounding conditions with others, and have been widely used in many areas like environmental monitoring, health care, and traffic congestion monitoring, etc. In such applications, how to ensure the privacy of a participant is important, since incentive mechanisms are used to maintain their enthusiasm for sustainable participation by offering certain amount of reward. In this paper, we propose a pseudonym-based privacy protection scheme, that takes both privacy protection and user incentives into consideration. The proposed scheme uses the pseudonym mechanism and one-way hash function to achieve user incentives, while protecting their identity. We also show extensive analysis of the proposed scheme to demonstrate that it can meet the security and performance the requirement of a participatory sensing application.

• Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.177-184
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• 2019

Objectives: This purpose of this study was to examine the level of communication and clinical skills of Korean medical students according to the participatory method of role playing during medical education. Methods: A total of 100 fourth grade students from the Korean Medical College of Dongshin University in 2018 and 2019 were divided into two groups: Role players and scenario writers. After performing their role-playing, they were asked to complete questionnaires regarding two categories-communication and clinical skills-, consisting of 10 items. Results: 1. Communication skills were measured at approximately 80% of the expected level, and the level difference was shown in detail. 2. Clinical skills were measured at approximately 75% of the expected level, and the level difference was shown in detail. 3. The level of communication skills and the level of clinical skills according to the participatory method did not differ significantly. Conclusions: Writing scenarios in role playing can be observed as having the same effect on communication and clinical skill levels as acting.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.1-11
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• 2016

This study investigates whether different SNS with different characteristics have different impacts on participatory social capital in Korea. At least in Korea, SNS are categorized into five types (community, blog, micro-blog, profile-based service and instant message service), and participatory social capital is specified by three types (off-line political participation, on-line political participation, on-line civic engagement). Using Nielsen KoreanClick's web-based survey data, our regression analysis shows that SNS which are more open and focused on information sharing contribute more to participatory social capital.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.45 no.2
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• pp.261-281
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• 2014

In light of the recent advancement in networking and information technology, the direct information request through website has increasingly proven to be the preferred means over visiting physical archives. Thus, the proper utilization of a communication tool capable of sufficiently capturing user feedback and requests is an absolute necessity. This paper examines the availability and utilization of alternative user participatory communication tools in government websites with particular focus on the archives in South Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, and Japan. In assessing the use of alternative user participatory communication tools in these archives, we examined the availability of communication mediums other than the online forums, email, and telephone with particular focus on social media tools that may offer a degree of familiarity for the user. Our research indicates that the most frequently utilized social media tool is Facebook while the archive offering the greatest variety of alternative user participatory communication tools was the United States archive.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.346-351
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• 2024

As a significant aspect of photography, artists and photographers use it as a creative tool, yet existing image styles often remain too limited and predominantly rely on the body as a medium, lacking a systematic approach. In response, we aim to explore and organize the stylistic elements and creative processes involved in selfie photography. By examining these through an interdisciplinary lens, we identify and apply the 'participatory observation method' as a systematic approach to selfie photography creation. In this paper, we analyze the connection between participatory observation and selfie photography, investigating how this method shapes selfie imagery and its pioneering role in cultural research. Our approach positions selfie photography as a cultural research tool, serving as both a medium and a methodology that integrates observational techniques with creative expression. Through this interdisciplinary blend of observation and selfie photography, we aim to establish a more systematic methodology that can deepen the study of cultural representation and self-expression.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.21-28
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• 2008

This study deals with the participatory design process of renovating a children's park. The process should proceed with two major elements. Firstly, the children's park should be designed from the perspective of children. Secondly, it should be designed in consideration of the context of the community. This study is divided into two parts. First is the review of theory concerning the meaning and roles of the children's park as a community space, the importance of children's participation in the design and the participatory method of the children. The second is the case study. The site for the case study is Ssial Park in Nowon-Gu, Seoul. The entire process of the case study is with community participation, from identifying the park's problems to the actual construction. At every step, through the participatory programs, the community participates in the decision making. In addition, mutual understanding among participants is pursued through diverse means of communication. The following results of the case study were found. Firstly, diverse participatory programs and the active trial to enable the community to communicate contribute to the sense of ownership and responsibility concerning the park Secondly, the community can negotiate the differences in opinions without needing the help of experts. Of course, there are limits in the case study, such as the fact that the community organization, which is the core of communication and maintenance concerning the park, is not organized through the process of a case study. Another is that more diverse methods, which inform all community members of the participatory process, should have been used.

• Korea Science and Art Forum
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• v.20
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• pp.307-314
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• 2015

Tele-Gesture is a tangible user interface(TUI) device that allows a user to physically point to a 3D object in real life and have their gestures play back by a robotic finger that can point to the same object, either at the same time, or at another point in time. To understand the extent of the gestures as new way of digital collaborative communication, collaboration situation and types were experimented as TUI implementations. The design prototype reveals that there is a rich non-verbal component of communication in the form of gesture-clusters and body movements that happen in an digital communication. This result of analysis can contribute to compile relevant contributions to the fields of communication, human behavior, and interaction with high technology through an interpretive social experience.

• Journal of the Korean housing association
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.21-29
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• 2003

The purpose of this study is to investigate alteration situation and user demand through the case study, to analyze the problems of the user participatory design, and to propose the improvement direction of user participation in the apartment housing. The results of this study are as follows: 1) The method of participatory design using a questionary must be improved with other communication methods between suppliers and users to adapt to the demands of users. 2) The range of menu and the time of participation must be varied to select various materials, colors, types of the interior finish and floor plan freely according to users. 3) Users have the positive attitude about the menu-option method and want to other methods of participatory design like the flexible housing method.

• Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.359-376
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• 2000

The purposes of this exploratory study were to interrelate the scholastic discipline of the ‘development communication’ into ‘community development’ and ‘adult education’ in terms of interests, views and theoretical backgrounds of these fields of social sciences; and to draw some implications for developing scholastic interactions among these fields to pursue common social changes of human society. Development communications provide opportunities to set goals, to decide contents, and to utilize communication media in developmental efforts. Contemporary trends of development communication, community development and adult education are concerned with indigenous, two-way, bottom-up and people-centered communication from exogenous, one-way, top-down and institution-centered communication of the past. Multidisciplinary approaches to communication concepts and methodology may increase the potentials of community development and adult education in terms of efficiency and effectiveness. Some of the development communication approaches such as traditional and folk media approach. new media or ICT(information & communication technology) approach, participatory communication for development approach, communication support development approach and mass media approach may be applicable for community development and adult education. Better understanding on development communication approaches will be needed for the adult educators as well as community development practitioners.