@article{SteinbrinkAufenvenneHaaseetal.2023, author = {Steinbrink, Malte and Aufenvenne, Philipp and Haase, Christian and Pochadt, Max}, title = {Matilda in der Humangeographie: Gender Citation Gap und Zitierpartikularismus}, series = {GW Unterricht}, journal = {GW Unterricht}, number = {169}, publisher = {Verlag der {\"O}sterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften}, doi = {10.1553/gw-unterricht169s5}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-12504}, pages = {5 -- 21}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Vergeschlechtlichte Ungleichheiten in der Wissenschaft sind seit langem bekannt und bestehen trotz aller Gegenmaßnahmen fort. Gender Gaps zeigen sich nicht nur in der universit{\"a}ren Personalstruktur, sondern auch in der Wissenschaftspraxis: Akademische Leistungen von Frauen erhalten oft weniger Anerkennung. Hierf{\"u}r hat sich die Bezeichnung Matilda-Effekt etabliert. Dieser Beitrag nimmt die f{\"u}r die Reputationsverteilung zentrale Praxis des Zitierens netzwerkanalytisch in den Blick und fragt, ob es in der deutschsprachigen Humangeographie einen Gender Citation Gap gibt.}, language = {de} } @article{MaletzkydeGarcia2021, author = {Maletzky de Garc{\´i}a, Martina}, title = {Bridging the state and market logics of refugee labour market inclusion - a comparative study on the inclusion activities of German professional chambers}, series = {Comparative Migration Studies}, journal = {Comparative Migration Studies}, doi = {10.1186/s40878-021-00232-6}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021100821553693088701}, pages = {20 Seiten}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Due to their high numbers, refugees' labour market inclusion has become an important topic for Germany in recent years. Because of a lack of research on meso-level actors' influences on labour market inclusion and the transcendent role of organizations in modern societies, the article focuses on the German professional chambers' role in the process of refugee inclusion. The study shows that professional chambers are intermediaries between economic actors, the government and refugees, which all follow their own logics and ideas of labour market inclusion (the state, the market and the community logic). The measures taken by professional chambers mainly reflect a governmental logic (to reduce refugee unemployment) combined with a market logic (to provide human resources to economic actors). A community logic (altruism) only comes into play as a rather unintended consequence of measures addressing the other two logics. The measures of two types of professional chambers are compared. Close similarities between them reveal that the organization type is of theoretical relevance to explain the type of measures organizations opt for.}, language = {en} } @article{AnagnostopoulosTeymuriSeratietal.2023, author = {Anagnostopoulos, Nikolaos Athanasios and Teymuri, Benyamin and Serati, Reza and Rasti, Mehdi}, title = {LP-MAB: Improving the Energy Efficiency of LoRaWAN Using a Reinforcement-Learning-Based Adaptive Configuration Algorithm}, series = {Sensors}, volume = {23}, journal = {Sensors}, number = {4}, editor = {Xie, Bin and Wang, Ning and Gu, Yi and Stefanidis, Angelos}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel, Switzerland}, issn = {1424-8220}, doi = {10.3390/s23042363}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-11853}, pages = {22 Seiten}, year = {2023}, abstract = {In the Internet of Things (IoT), Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWANs) are designed to provide low energy consumption while maintaining a long communications' range for End Devices (EDs). LoRa is a communication protocol that can cover a wide range with low energy consumption. To evaluate the efficiency of the LoRa Wide-Area Network (LoRaWAN), three criteria can be considered, namely, the Packet Delivery Rate (PDR), Energy Consumption (EC), and coverage area. A set of transmission parameters have to be configured to establish a communication link. These parameters can affect the data rate, noise resistance, receiver sensitivity, and EC. The Adaptive Data Rate (ADR) algorithm is a mechanism to configure the transmission parameters of EDs aiming to improve the PDR. Therefore, we introduce a new algorithm using the Multi-Armed Bandit (MAB) technique, to configure the EDs' transmission parameters in a centralized manner on the Network Server (NS) side, while improving the EC, too. The performance of the proposed algorithm, the Low-Power Multi-Armed Bandit (LP-MAB), is evaluated through simulation results and is compared with other approaches in different scenarios. The simulation results indicate that the LP-MAB's EC outperforms other algorithms while maintaining a relatively high PDR in various circumstances.}, language = {en} } @article{HerboldHautli‑JaniszHeueretal., author = {Herbold, Steffen and Hautli‑Janisz, Annette and Heuer, Ute and Kikteva, Zlata and Trautsch, Alexander}, title = {A large‑scale comparison of human‑written versus ChatGPT‑generated essays}, series = {Scientific Reports}, volume = {13}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-023-45644-9}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-13961}, pages = {11 Seiten}, abstract = {ChatGPT and similar generative AI models have attracted hundreds of millions of users and have become part of the public discourse. Many believe that such models will disrupt society and lead to significant changes in the education system and information generation. So far, this belief is based on either colloquial evidence or benchmarks from the owners of the models—both lack scientific rigor. We systematically assess the quality of AI-generated content through a large-scale study comparing human-written versus ChatGPT-generated argumentative student essays. We use essays that were rated by a large number of human experts (teachers). We augment the analysis by considering a set of linguistic characteristics of the generated essays. Our results demonstrate that ChatGPT generates essays that are rated higher regarding quality than human-written essays. The writing style of the AI models exhibits linguistic characteristics that are different from those of the human-written essays. Since the technology is readily available, we believe that educators must act immediately. We must re-invent homework and develop teaching concepts that utilize these AI models in the same way as math utilizes the calculator: teach the general concepts first and then use AI tools to free up time for other learning objectives.}, language = {en} } @article{SenglHeinke2023, author = {Sengl, Michael and Heinke, Elfi}, title = {Teaching Journalism Literacy in Schools: The Role of Media Companies as Media Educators in Germany}, series = {Media and Communication}, volume = {volume 11}, journal = {Media and Communication}, number = {issue 2}, publisher = {Cogitatio Press}, address = {Lisbon, Portugal}, doi = {10.17645/mac.v11i2.6389}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-12499}, pages = {53 -- 63}, year = {2023}, abstract = {German journalism is facing major challenges including declining circulation, funding, trust, and political allegations of spreading disinformation. Increased media literacy in the population is one way to counter these issues and their implications. This especially applies to the sub-concept of journalism literacy, focusing on the ability to consume news critically and reflectively, thus enabling democratic participation. For media companies, promoting journalism literacy seems logical for economic and altruistic reasons. However, research on German initiatives is scarce. This article presents an explorative qualitative survey of experts from seven media companies offering journalistic media education projects in German schools, focusing on the initiatives' content, structure, and motivation. Results show that initiatives primarily aim at students and teachers, offering mostly education on journalism (e.g., teaching material) and via journalism (e.g., journalistic co-production with students). While these projects mainly provide information on the respective medium and journalistic practices, dealing with disinformation is also a central goal. Most initiatives are motivated both extrinsically (e.g., reaching new audiences) and intrinsically (e.g., democratic responsibility). Despite sometimes insufficient resources and reluctant teachers, media companies see many opportunities in their initiatives: Gaining trust and creating resilience against disinformation are just two examples within the larger goal of enabling young people to be informed and opinionated members of a democratic society.}, language = {en} } @article{CaspariSadeghi2022, author = {Caspari-Sadeghi, Sima}, title = {Learning assessment in the age of big data: Learning analytics in higher education}, series = {Cogent Education}, volume = {2023}, journal = {Cogent Education}, number = {Volume 110, issue 1}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, doi = {0.1080/2331186X.2022.2162697}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-12236}, pages = {11 Seiten}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Data-driven decision-making and data-intensive research are becoming prevalent in many sectors of modern society, i.e. healthcare, politics, business, and entertainment. During the COVID-19 pandemic, huge amounts of educational data and new types of evidence were generated through various online platforms, digital tools, and communication applications. Meanwhile, it is acknowledged that educa-tion lacks computational infrastructure and human capacity to fully exploit the potential of big data. This paper explores the use of Learning Analytics (LA) in higher education for measurement purposes. Four main LA functions in the assessment are outlined: (a) monitoring and analysis, (b) automated feedback, (c) prediction, prevention, and intervention, and (d) new forms of assessment. The paper con-cludes by discussing the challenges of adopting and upscaling LA as well as the implications for instructors in higher education.}, language = {en} } @article{BecherGerl2022, author = {Becher, Stefan and Gerl, Armin}, title = {ConTra Preference Language: Privacy Preference Unification via Privacy Interfaces}, series = {Sensors}, volume = {22}, journal = {Sensors}, number = {14}, editor = {Sarne, Giuseppe Maria Luigi and Ma, Jianhua and Rosaci, Domenico and Srivastava, Gautam}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel, Switzerland}, issn = {1424-8220}, doi = {10.3390/s22145428}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-11218}, pages = {18 Seiten}, year = {2022}, abstract = {After the enactment of the GDPR in 2018, many companies were forced to rethink their privacy management in order to comply with the new legal framework. These changes mostly affect the Controller to achieve GDPR-compliant privacy policies and management.However, measures to give users a better understanding of privacy, which is essential to generate legitimate interest in the Controller, are often skipped. We recommend addressing this issue by the usage of privacy preference languages, whereas users define rules regarding their preferences for privacy handling. In the literature, preference languages only work with their corresponding privacy language, which limits their applicability. In this paper, we propose the ConTra preference language, which we envision to support users during privacy policy negotiation while meeting current technical and legal requirements. Therefore, ConTra preferences are defined showing its expressiveness, extensibility, and applicability in resource-limited IoT scenarios. In addition, we introduce a generic approach which provides privacy language compatibility for unified preference matching.}, language = {en} } @article{Voigt2023, author = {Voigt, Brigitte}, title = {EU regulation of gene-edited plants — A reform proposal}, series = {Frontiers in Genome Editing}, volume = {5}, journal = {Frontiers in Genome Editing}, publisher = {Frontiers Media S.A.}, address = {Lausanne, Switzerland}, issn = {2673-3439}, doi = {10.3389/fgeed.2023.1119442}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-11849}, pages = {7 Seiten}, year = {2023}, abstract = {This article presents a proposal on how the European Union's regulatory framework on genetically modified (GM) plants should be reformed in light of recent developments in genomic plant breeding techniques. The reform involves a three-tier system reflecting the genetic changes and resulting traits of GM plants. The article is intended to contribute to the ongoing debate over how best to regulate plant gene editing techniques in the EU.}, language = {en} } @article{RohlfingBethke2023, author = {Rohlfing, Ingo and Bethke, Felix}, title = {How do researchers choose their goals of inference? A survey experiment on the effects of the state of research and method preferences on the choice between research goals}, number = {Research \& Politics, 10(2)}, publisher = {Sage Publications}, doi = {10.1177/20531680231170969}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-12739}, pages = {1 -- 7}, year = {2023}, abstract = {In empirical research, scholars can choose between an exploratory causes-of-effects analysis, a confirmatory effects-ofcauses approach, or a mechanism-of-effects analysis that can be either exploratory or confirmatory. Understanding the choice between the approaches is important for two reasons. First, the added value of each approach depends on how much is known about the phenomenon of interest at the time of the analysis. Second, because of the specializations of methods, there are benefits to a division of labor between researchers who have expertise in the application of a given method. In this preregistered study, we test two hypotheses that follow from these arguments. We theorize that exploratory research is chosen when little is known about a phenomenon and a confirmatory approach is taken when more knowledge is available. A complementary hypothesis is that quantitative researchers opt for confirmatory designs and qualitative researchers for exploration because of their academic socialization. We test the hypotheses with a survey experiment of more than 900 political scientists from the United States and Europe. The results indicate that the state of knowledge has a significant and sizeable effect on the choice of the approach. In contrast, the evidence about the effect of methods expertise is more ambivalent.}, language = {en} } @book{OPUS4-1191, title = {Jahrbuch f{\"u}r Tod und Gesellschaft 2023}, volume = {2023}, number = {Volume 2}, editor = {Benkel, Thorsten}, publisher = {Beltz Juventa}, address = {Weinheim}, isbn = {978-3-7799-7277-8}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023030820070298035694}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Passau}, pages = {247 Seiten}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Auseinandersetzungen mit Sterben, Tod und Trauer sind gesellschaftlich von permanenter Relevanz. Theoretische Zug{\"a}nge und empirische Analysen zu diesem Themenfeld finden im Jahrbuch f{\"u}r Tod und Gesellschaft ein interdisziplin{\"a}res Forum. Neben der Vertiefung aktueller Debatten und der Besprechung von Neuerscheinungen dient das Periodikum der Weiterentwicklung der thanato(-sozio-)logischen Erkenntnis sowie der (inter-)nationalen Vernetzung. Der thematische Horizont der zweiten Ausgabe umfasst u.a. Verwitwung, Foto-Sharing am Lebensende, Death Education und visuelle Tabus in der qualitativen Forschung.}, language = {de} }