Many theories of religion tend toward a naturalistic, sociological, Durkheimian framework. While these theories have pointed out important dimensions of religious experience, they risk reducing the human experience of religion to a purely social or psychological phenomenon, without taking seriously the claims of religious adherents themselves. How can we begin to work toward a unique theory of ...

Broadcasting is all about creating shared experiences. How can new technologies broaden the effects of broadcasting – enabling new modes of communication, providing an enhanced sense of community, offering opportunities to meet new people, and allowing us to build relationships in new ways? This paper surveys several research projects undertaken in the Human Connectedness group at Media Lab Eur...

abstract background: many women, throughout their life cycle, experience unintended pregnancy and its subsequent induced abortion. nonetheless, women’s perceptions of this phenomenon – particularly in countries prohibiting elective abortion – are poorly known. the aim of this study was to explore iranian azeri women’s perceptions of unintended pregnancy. materials and methods: this was a conven...

this study surveyed the research experience of graduate students at ferdowsi university of mashhad and the factors influencing this experience. information was gathered by means of a questionnaire developed based on preq questionnaire. the statistical population of this study consisted of those graduate students whose research proposal had been approved by the educational council of their facul...

We present a questionnaire called Attrak-Work to support the evaluation of user experience of mobile systems in the context of mobile news journalism. We discuss theoretical background of the questionnaire and describe the development process including the field study within which the questionnaire was developed. The presented questionnaire assesses user’s perception of the pragmatic (usability...

The goal of video games is to challenge and entertain the players. Successful video games deliver experience that impact players on a level of arousal. Therefore undertaking a user experience (UX) study is crucial to ensure that a game achieves both critical and financial success. However, traditional usability methods (observation, subjective reporting, questionnaire, and interview) have a num...

The aim of this paper is to discuss methods for studying the use of mobile technologies. It is argued that many previous studies of mobility are limited in the use of data collection methods in that they use the workplace or other fixed setting as the location to study the mobile technology. In this paper, I relate and discuss experiences from three different studies of mobile technologies. The...

This paper describes a phenomenological study in which the authors explored students’ experiences learning qualitative research in a variety of academic fields. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with six participants from various academic fields who had completed at least one post-secondary-school-level qualitative research course and who were not students of the researchers. U...

This paper presents some of the challenges encountered by a field research team when deploying an educational game for Physics. These included problems with site infrastructure and institutional support, logistical challenges, compliance with ethics requirements, launch delays, and student inattention or misunderstanding of directions. The paper shares these experiences with the wider community...