A Conceptual Foundation for the Shannon-Weaver Model of Communication

Al-Fedaghi, Sabah

doi:10.3923/ijscomp.2012.12.19

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“…The insights that this study offers call for the development of a tool that assesses all aspects of the consultation (e.g., whether, or not, the environment is enabling, and the expectations of the patients) and not solely the attitude and behavior of the physician. It will be useful to perceive the patientphysician interaction from a linear information transmission model [38,39] or, even better, from a constructivist communication framework perspective (i.e., models that consider how meaning is constructed by both initiators and interpreters rather than simply transmitted) [40,41]. From that perspective, the patient will be considered as an interpreter and not solely as an information receiver, along with factoring in other aspects, for example, exploring how both parties relate to each other (e.g., language barrier or power gradient) and to the environment (e.g., physical setting and cultural norms).…”

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Physicians’ perspective on shared decision-making in Dubai: a cross-sectional study

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Background: Shared decision-making (SDM) is an integral part of patient-centered delivery of care. Maximizing the opportunity of patients to participate in decisions related to their health is an expectation in care delivery nowadays. The purpose of this study is to explore the perceptions of physicians in regard to SDM in a large private hospital network in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Methods: This study utilized a cross-sectional design, where a survey questionnaire was assembled to capture quantitative and qualitative data on the perception of physicians in relation to SDM. The survey instrument included three sections: the first solicited physicians' personal and professional information, the second entailed a 9-item SDM Questionnaire (SDM-Q-9), and the third included an open-ended section. Statistical analysis assessed whether the average SDM-Q-9 score differed significantly by gender, age, years of experience, professional status-generalist versus specialist, and work location-hospitals versus polyclinics. Non-parametric analysis (two independent variables) with the Mann-Whitney test was utilized. The qualitative data was thematically analyzed. Results: Fifty physicians from various specialties participated in this study (25 of each gender-85% response rate). Although the quantitative data analysis revealed that most physicians (80%) rated themselves quite highly when it comes to SDM, qualitative analysis underscored a number of barriers that limited the opportunity for SDM. Analysis identified four themes that influence the acceptability of SDM, namely physician-specific (where the physicians' extent of adopting SDM is related to their own belief system and their perception that the presence of evidence negates the need for SDM), patient-related (e.g., patients' unwillingness to be involved in decisions concerning their health), contextual/environmental (e.g., sociocultural impediments), and relational (the information asymmetry and the power gradient that influence how the physician and patient relate to one another). Conclusions: SDM and evidence-based management (EBM) are not mutually exclusive. Professional learning and development programs targeting caregivers should focus on the consolidation of the two perspectives. We encourage healthcare managers and leaders to translate declared policies into actionable initiatives supporting patient-centered care. This could be achieved through the dedication of the necessary resources that would enable SDM, and the development of interventions that are designed both to improve health literacy and to educate patients on their rights.

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Physicians’ perspective on shared decision-making in Dubai: a cross-sectional study

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“…On the other hand, the analyzed documents place the communication process as the central axis for video game live streaming, however, the present communication model including video game streaming expands Shannon’s perspective [ 21 ] used in our document classification. This insight, although limited, is a call for scholars in the field of communication, as this model has been criticized [ 158 ], expanded, and refined over the years, and as Al-Fedaghi [ 159 ] noted: “Communication includes all aspects involved in the creation, export, import, and processing of artifacts used to link objects in the world. The study of communication encompasses all features of a communication system, including its technical, personal, social, and organizational forms” , very much present elements in the live transmission of video games.…”

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Exploring the Emerging Domain of Research on Video Game Live Streaming in Web of Science: State of the Art, Changes and Trends

Cabeza-Ramírez

García

Fernández

2021

IJERPH

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In recent years, interest in video game live streaming services has increased as a new communication instrument, social network, source of leisure, and entertainment platform for millions of users. The rise in this type of service has been accompanied by an increase in research on these platforms. As an emerging domain of research focused on this novel phenomenon takes shape, it is necessary to delve into its nature and antecedents. The main objective of this research is to provide a comprehensive reference that allows future analyses to be addressed with greater rigor and theoretical depth. In this work, we developed a meta-review of the literature supported by a bibliometric performance and network analysis (BPNA). We used the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis) protocol to obtain a representative sample of 111 published documents since 2012 and indexed in the Web of Science. Additionally, we exposed the main research topics developed to date, which allowed us to detect future research challenges and trends. The findings revealed four specializations or subdomains: studies focused on the transmitter or streamer; the receiver or the audience; the channel or platform; and the transmission process. These four specializations add to the accumulated knowledge through the development of six core themes that emerge: motivations, behaviors, monetization of activities, quality of experience, use of social networks and media, and gender issues.

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“…The general model of a communication system (Figure 1; Al‐Fedaghi, 2012; Øien, 2002) occupies an important place in information theory. In the proposed Shannon model, the information is transmitted from the information source to the user through a transmitter, communication channel, and receiver.…”

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Construction of a model as an information channel between the physical phenomenon and observer

Menin

2021

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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This study proposes a method to assess the accuracy limit of the measurements of physical variables to formulate a model, from the perspective of storing, transmitting, processing, and using of information by an observer. The results show the existence of a problem that advanced statistical methods are provably incapable of solving due to the presence of initial and inevitable model uncertainties arising from a qualitative set of base quantities and the number of variables which are considered, even before verifying the different sources of the uncertainties and executing any experimental measurements or computer calculations. The information contained in the model can be used theoretically and practically to test the solutions to a wide range of problems. Revealing the measurement accuracy limit (in addition to the Heisenberg inequality) with the help of the information transmitted from the studied phenomenon to the observer, which is then stored in the model, helps to perform two additional tasks: choosing the preferred method for measuring a particular physical constant, in physics; and calculating the exact value of the threshold discrepancy between the model and the measured object, in measurement theory. Further research indicates the possibility of allying these methods in biological and medical sciences.

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A Conceptual Foundation for the Shannon-Weaver Model of Communication

Cited by 33 publications

References 4 publications

Physicians’ perspective on shared decision-making in Dubai: a cross-sectional study

Physicians’ perspective on shared decision-making in Dubai: a cross-sectional study

Exploring the Emerging Domain of Research on Video Game Live Streaming in Web of Science: State of the Art, Changes and Trends

Construction of a model as an information channel between the physical phenomenon and observer

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