This paper reports a three-stage study of user–brand interactions on YouTube. An initial exploration identified unique, previously unknown, constructs active in this context. Grounded hypotheses and scales were tested via two surveys separated by approximately 15 month; first survey taken pre-Covid was followed second May 2021 (Covid-vaccine present environment). We report that YouTube usage is...

OBJECTIVES To identify patterns of personal experience or behavior in self-neglect by exploring narratives of cognitively intact older adults. DESIGN Descriptive study involving semistructured interviews and unstructured narratives. SETTING A parent study of self-neglect characteristics. PARTICIPANTS Cognitively intact, self-neglecting older adults referred from 11 community-based senior ...

This paper presents results from the second phase of a longitudinal study of retirement. Data were gathered through interviews with 29 participants (65 to 66 years of age) who had previously been interviewed when they were 63 to 64 years of age and still working. Data were analyzed by characterizing each subject's narrative about retirement in terms of its narrative slope--progressive, stabilit...

One of our ongoing research agenda in sustainable interaction design is the exploration of why people keep and care about some things and not others as an issue of sustainable practices to inform the design of interactive digital things. This study introduces a method we call deep narratives, which is targeted as a means to understand particular relationships between people and particular thing...

Despite recent stability and socioeconomic development, Brazil's history is marked by social inequality, informality, precarious work, and psychosocial vulnerability, with little opportunity for decent and meaningful work, as recommended by the International Labour Office (ILO), for people in the country. Nevertheless, based on a social constructionist view, the hypothesis can be raised that th...

OBJECTIVES To explore Foundation trainees' and trainers' understandings and experiences of supervised learning events (SLEs), compared with workplace-based assessments (WPBAs), and their suggestions for developing SLEs. DESIGN A narrative interview study based on 55 individual and 19 group interviews. SETTING UK-wide study across three sites in England, Scotland and Wales. PARTICIPANTS Us...

This research analyzes narratives of employee job satisfaction offered by the 2012 CNN Money/ Fortune Magazine listing of “100 Best Companies to Work for in America.” A random sampling of 52 of the corporate websites was subject to content analysis. Among websites viewed, slig...

A brief review of Marcel Proust’s views on art, photography and memory, as expressed in his À la recherche du temps perdu (1913-27), sets the scene for a discussion of the value of photographs as triggers for reminiscing as well as scope and limitations for computer-based visual narratives. The paper is illustrated by three short video interviews with inhabitants of the Czech Republic and the R...