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The financial support of the vocational education is said to be one of the major factors for its development. The text shows specific practices, related to the provision of financial resources. The searching of the balance in relation to the financial responsibility between the state, municipalities and commercial-industrial chambers is a subject of research and introducing by legislators, economic and educational figures.
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The article in general follows the path of ethnological science in Bulgaria in order to highlight the changes in the discipline at the level of university readings. In brief, the path of the discipline is presented from the bottom up - from the collection of cultural artifacts to the construction of the science as a university discipline. As a result, there is a breakdown of ethnology from the applied sphere. Today the experience of different institutions to bring ethnology back to the bottom of the educational process - primary and secondary education – is fact. Public and cultural dynamics impose a need for our own and foreign cultures to have a real effect in building a personal level of sense of self-dignity, initiating tolerant and empathic behavior. The shaping and codification of ethnology as a science results in this distance, and the return path is imposed by the new dynamics of social and cultural reality in Bulgaria.
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The article presents the case monitoring as substantial component in the practice of social work. Matters about the subject, criteria and methods for monitoring within the case-management during social work have been analyzed. The supported notion is that monitoring, as current observance and tracing the developmentof the case, has a key role. Thus, according to the observed hardships and obstacles, appropriate measures maybe taken, and the individual plans, the social services parameters and methods of work may be actualized. In the analysis, attention has been paid to the client participation in the monitoring activity – the user of social servicesmust have the opportunity to express and share his preferences, experiences and degree of satisfaction. Thus the client will navigate the social worker and the servicing team in the adequacy of the support and care inrelation to his needs.
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The ongoing process of globalization has entailed growth of inequalities and injustice worldwide. Neoliberalism cannot be an adequate strategy in this process. As a development strategy it is unable to ensure normal functioning of a social system and just relationships between people. The neoliberal values claim to be an universal therapy for all economic and social diseases. But they are utopia that were scattered because of the mismatch between the social interests of the elites and the underprivileged people around the world. The outliving of the nation states, the free media, the neoliberal economic slogans and the global democracy are utopian projects that collapsed in the world today. Formulation and acceptance of new social values on the basis of communitarianism is a road leading to the finding of a way out of permanent crises and regional conflicts, to boosting up economic and social development.
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Robotics has a significant role in modern life. Complex programmable devices are used in high-tech manufactures as well as in many households. More and more people encounter the need to control and program robotic devices. For this reason, STEM education aims to develop such digital competencies in modern students. This article represents the results from a questionnaire held for students from the primary school stage who participate in a STEM education in robotics and assess the activities positively. We suggest three variants of tasks with solutions suitable for the students and for the working process with the robot Edison and programming environment of EdBlocks.
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The use of inclusive and effective STEAM education of students with special educational needs by providing socio-pedagogical support enriches their learning experience and employment opportunities by developing educational materials and guidelines for teachers, educational managers and students in secondary schools and in parallel with this examines the attitudes of pedagogical professionals and their basic skills. It is known that STEAM education is guided and guided by the individual needs of students and therefore the instructions in this model of education are individualized, which can provide access and perspective to students with special educational needs.
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The paper focuses on analyzing the key aspects digital marketing, outdoor advertising and smart cities. It studies the foundations traditional marketing - the establishment of its theoretical framework and its development throughout the years. The articles aims at finding out what is the crossing point between digital outdoor advertising, urban areas and smart cities residents. It puts main focus on the promotional part of the mix and analyzes the new approaches in terms of using online channels. Through content analysis the main aspects of digital marketing, smart cities and outdoor advertising are being studied – the development of the definition of marketing; what digital is; the difference between digital and online; what the new opportunities before marketers in using online channels are, as part of the digital ones. The paper suggests an additional component of smart cities – interactivity. It sets examples from outdoor traditional advertising and digital advertising that is placed on cities’ billboards, buildings and public transport with main focus on interactivity. The articles is to be of interest to academicians, practitioners and students in the sphere of marketing, advertising, sales promotion and communication.
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Artificial intelligence is entering the maritime industry at a rapid pace. There is talk about intelligent ships and autonomous solutions. According to the authors of this study, autonomous technologies should be introduced in gradually so as to guarantee peace of mind for marine experts and offer maximum accuracy in their functionalities. The purpose of this paper is to reveal a methodology for intelligent (based on artificial intelligence) safety in the maritime industry. A gradual process has been revealed in which, with the help of various intelligent tools, multi-faceted analyzes can be carried out and conclusions and alternative solutions can be drawn, on the basis of which maritime experts can make an informed decision and significantly increase safety. The combination of technology and expertise, outlines the necessary transition for creating a new type of competitive advantage.
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The period of social distancing and the transfer of social and private activities to the digital environment can be a formative experience that, in the medium term, can lead to the development of an ethical, educational, legal, and administrative system in which digital citizenship is a basic component of interactions between individuals. The article develops the prerequisites for the real digitization of public space, which involves the use of electronic means so that social relations in the virtual environment are offered solutions for regulating and responding to developments in the digital domain through coherent and functional anticipation.The security of the digital environment and the complex risks and threats to cybersecurity implicitly impact national, European, and international public space.
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Although the literature on digital violence is largely dominated by studies focusing on the pre-adolescent or adolescent population, young adults are a vulnerable category as well, due to a high prevalence of Internet use. The goal of this research was to examine the extent to which young adults in Serbia report committing or being exposed to different types of cyber harassment and to identify possible differences in gender and the level of attended education (secondary school or university). The research was conducted on 312 participants (32.69% male and 67.31% female), from 18 to 25 years (mean age = 19.23). The sample included high school seniors (33.33%) and university students (66.67%). Obtained results reveal that the most represented forms of cyber harassment are online stalking (52.56%), ignoring/excluding someone from groups on social networks (27.88%), harassment by phone calls (24.68%), and the use of false/someone else’s identity or creating profiles in someone else’s name (22.76%). We conclude that one of the main priorities in the digital era is to create a secure online environment not only for children and adolescents but also for young adults, as they too are frequently exposed to digital violence.
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We live in a world of technological innovation, in a digital age, and this has had an impact on all sectors of activity, including education and academic communication. This research defines technology-enhanced communication and analyses a few methods and instruments of digital means of communication in the university area, by mentioning its benefits and limitations. Furthermore, the article presents a case study, which reflects key considerations regarding technology-enhanced academic communication at a technical university from Bucharest, which aims to present aspects of digital communication in an intercultural academic context. In our society, any type of communication tends to become more and more digitalised and, that is why, universities as promoters of values, come to meet society’s needs, by the implementation of new communication methods, which make information more accessible in a very short period of time, for anyone, and which facilitates an increased interaction between students and teachers.
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The use of modern information technology in the study of modern foreign languages is important. Nowadays, interaction in the course of the educational process, carried out on the basis of modern communication technologies, requires from the teacher not only pedagogical, but also special technical skills, experience in working with modern technical facilities. Teachers, by balancing technological teaching with traditional teaching, need to pay close attention to learners’ responses to the use of technology.
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The article’s main objective is to reconstruct the media ecosystem of the Polish extreme right on the Internet. The starting point was 15 websites of the most recognisable Polish far-right organisations, which were indexed using the Hyphe tool to identify other websites with the same ideological profile, this identified 312 websites. These were then further analysed using social network analysis methods and tools in order to answer the following research questions: 1) how dense is the network of connections between the different sites; 2) what is the diversity and dominant ideological orientation of the far-right Internet; 3) what types of sites are used to disseminate far-right content? The research results show that far-right websites are poorly networked but that a few sites act as opinion leaders and content distributors linking different communities. At the same time, despite the ideological diversity, two communities – radical nationalists and autonomous nationalists – are critical in the reconstructed media ecosystem. While the different types of sites function as important media sites for each milieu, each milieu uses the different types of sites in slightly different ways.
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The aim of the article is to identify the social campaign used as a tool for government crisis communication in social media in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland and to attempt to analyse and evaluate the information provided through advertising spots dedicated to the COVID-19 pandemic in the light of Internet users’ opinions. Quantitative and qualitative research methods were used, including source studies, media content analysis, desk research and case study. The authors put forward the thesis that by means of selected spots aired as part of the social campaign conducted by the Ministry of Health, during the first year of the pandemic in Poland (from March 4, 2020, to March 4, 2021), this Ministry tried to inform and educate the public about safety and public health measures implemented to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The results of the research showed the government’s lack of experience in using new media channels in crisis communication, which caused a fierce public discourse in social media, for which the rulers were not prepared. The discourse in Polish society, emerging from the comments of users of selected social media on the information provided through advertising spots dedicated to the COVID-19 pandemic, stimulates and encourages action, arousing anxiety due to the disruption of the established information order. We can discuss its potential to generate changes, on condition that social information campaigns are carefully prepared.
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The aim of the research was to reconstruct the communication strategy of the Confederation Liberty and Independence [Konfederacja Wolność i Niepodległość] party during the internal crisis that began after the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine. The research period covered the period from February 24, 2022 to February 13, 2023. The subject of the research were statements and publications published in the official media of the Confederation [Konfederacja], as well as social media of party leaders and interviews they gave. Content analysis was used in the research. Research has shown that a multi-community party such as the Confederation [Konfederacja], in order to solve the internal crisis, was forced to implement a consensus strategy in the field of discussion about the war in Ukraine and the marginalisation of activists who undermine the integrity of the group. As part of the pursuit of consensus, a communication strategy was implemented, which can be described as searching for a community of values by expanding the field of reference to the problem. The marginalisation of the Libertarians [Wolnościowcy] resulted in their withdrawal from the party, thus stabilising the internal situation in the Confederation [Konfederacja].
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The digital revolution has brought social media into the space of politicians’ activities, the most widely used of which is Twitter. This platform fosters special participation of users and informing the audience about the most current events in almost real time. It can also be understood as one of the most effective tools of modern political communication. The proposed article provides a comparative analysis of the communications of Antoni Macierewicz, who is associated with Poland’s ruling camp in 2022, and Robert Biedroń, one of the opposition leaders. The analysed communications concern the first month of the war in Ukraine. Both quantitative methods, including elements of statistical analysis, and qualitative analysis, based mainly on content analysis, were used to conduct the study. The aim of the study is to identify differences in communications and to show their twitter statements about the war in Ukraine in the context of a broader political communication strategy in line with the program of the party represented and relating to activities on the political scene (Polish or European). The analysis also points to the diversity of messages communicated through the social medium and the general polarising tendencies developing despite public voices calling for unity to help the victims of Russian aggression.
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The aim of the analysis conducted is to show how motherhood was portrayed in four Polish weekly opinion magazines Gazeta Polska, Newsweek Polska, Polityka and Wprost, during selected periods, over the years 2000-2019, and how the role of the mother projected media images of women in the world of politics. Preliminary assumptions were made that motherhood is politicised in the publications and that the editorial line of the surveyed weeklies influences the way they write about it. In addition, an attempt was made to test the validity of the claim that wives of politicians were more often portrayed in the role of the mother than female politicians, and the role of the mother was more strongly exposed in the portrayal of Polish female politicians than foreign ones. The research method used was a content analysis of selected publications, sourced from weekly opinion magazines, which was carried out based on the author’s categorisation key and with the support of the IBM SPSS program. In the course of the conducted analyses, the research objectives were achieved and the adopted research hypotheses were confirmed.
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