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Computers Helping Comedians: An Overview of Humor Content Creation Using Artificial Intelligence View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Matthew McKeague
For years, media outlets have been using artificial intelligence to reduce repetitive tasks such as writing articles based on data sets. However, there is an opportunity for the implementation of such new technologies to assist comedic creators as well. From a humor research perspective, this study reviews some of the current developments in A.I. that are helping comedic media producers make content. Though comedy is an art, there are also patterns to the craft such as the Comic Triple or the classic setup and punchline approach, and comedians are now using A.I.’s ability of learning these patterns to generate content. From Witscript, a chatbot trained to by reviewing TV monologues, to the current-day A.I. led podcast Dudesy, this paper considers the challenges and developments in comedians using A.I. as a creative tool.
Featured “You Think that You’d Get Laid if It Wasn’t for Advancements in Technology”?: A Sociological Analysis of Marginalised Masculinity in Involuntary Celibate Communities View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Jade Hutchinson
In recent decades, Involuntary Celibates (Incels) sporadically emerged from their digital enclaves to engage in extremist violence. Incel communities encompass an expanding network of social networking spaces, and research suggests socio-technological factors facilitate Incel movement toward violent extremism. However, men and masculinities studies ought to be applied to better understand and prevent the propagation of Incel ideology and violence. Masculinity – the expectations and ordering of men in society – is said to critically shape an Incel’s fidelity to the community and reinforce their justification for violence. Incel masculinities privileges men by debasing and subjugating women and anything considered feminine, including other men. In these areas of research, Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of ‘field’ and ‘habitus’ have become central to approaches to environments that enable and constrain behaviour and motivations. Although these concepts are readily applied in digital sociology and men and masculinities studies, these concepts are seldom used to elucidate the influence of socio-technological ecologies – composed of software and hardware such as websites and mobile devices – on Incel masculinity. In this chapter, we consider the ways Incel masculinity is enabled and constrained by the technological milieu in which Incel online communities’ dwell and develop. To achieve this, we focused on Bourdieu’s concepts ‘field’ and ‘habitus’ to examine the discourse and action occurring in certain Incel online social networking spaces and in what ways their technologies and spaces may uniquely shape an Incels’ opportunities to construct their masculine identities.
The Role and Impact of Spanish Midwives and Mothers in Health Education in a New Post-digital Society View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Eduardo García Blázquez, Javier Gil Quintana
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, citizens around the world were forced to communicate and educate themselves through social networks, confined by political mandate. A new digital health environment was the only way to access the healthcare system. Through social media, influencers, nurses, midwives, and mothers distributed advice, trained, and educated citizens about maternity care in this new environment. The present project is based on two main objectives: Identify midwives' health advice regarding antepartum, childbirth, postpartum and infant care in common communication contexts. Secondly, determine the extent to which social media has been used, the differences between health and non-health influencers, how much midwives value non-health influencer advice, and how much patients value influencers versus health education, as well as the overall value of influencers. A survey was conducted to analyze it from a quantitative standpoint. We asked 418 Spanish midwives to provide their opinions. The study consists of a sample of 9,593 health professionals with a 95% confidence level and 5% margin of error, providing information about the following: gender, age, the duration of practice, training, advice that patients receive before, during and after delivery, as well as analysis of patient interest in social media as well as follow-up and influence. The nurse midwife's education advice is highlighted as rigorous information, endorsed by health authorities, contrasted, and recommended for follow-up, although the information provided by influencing mothers can also be valuable, since they provide advice based on their own experiences.
