How do global audiences use streaming platforms like YouTube, Netflix and iPlayer? How does the experience of digital video change according to location? What strategies do people use to access out-of-region content? What are the commercial and governmental motivations behind geoblocking?Geoblocking and Global Video Culture explores the cultural implications of access control and circumvention in an age of VPNs. Featuring seventeen chapters from diverse critical positions and locations – including China, Iran, Malaysia, Turkey, Cuba, Brazil, USA, Sweden and Australia.
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Background: Despite the wide range of available treatment modalities a delay between the first outbreak of acne vulgaris and an effective treatment outcome is experienced by many patients. Considering the growing incentives to improve patient satisfaction and quality of care while reducing healthcare costs, insights into the structure, quality and accessibility of acne healthcare services beyond guidelines are therefore needed. Objective: To provide insights into the structure, quality and accessibility of acne healthcare services. Methods: A qualitative study was conducted according to the principles of ‘situational analysis’. The Dutch acne healthcare system was taken as an illustrative example. Twenty-four semi-structured interviews were conducted among representatives of the 4 main Dutch professions providing acne care. All interviews were audiotaped, transcribed verbatim and analyzed. Results: Multiple facilitators and barriers emerged from the interviews. Identified facilitators were care providers delivering personalized patient care and having a positive attitude toward formalized multidisciplinary care delivery. A lack of streamlined referral pathways and standardization in acne severityassessment, financial aspects and unfamiliarity with the content and added value of other acne care professionals were identified as barriers. Further research is recommended to investigate how demedicalisation, the gatekeepers role, and the impact of location and work setting influence the quality of and accessibility to care. Conclusions: Identified facilitators and barriers and an overall positive attitude of care providers toward multidisciplinary care provision provides opportunities for the utilization of future guidelines involving streamlined referral pathways and good working arrangements between all acne care providing professions.
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Internet on the Outstation provides a new take on the digital divide. Why do whole communities choose to go without the internet when the infrastructure for access is in place? Through an in-depth exploration of the digital practices occurring in Aboriginal households in remote central Australia, the authors address both the dynamics of internet adoption and the benefits that flow from its use. The book challenges us to think beyond the standard explanations for the digital divide, arguing that digital exclusion is not just another symptom of social exclusion. At its heart, Internet on the Outstation is a compelling examination of equality and difference in the digital age, asking: Can internet access help resolve the disadvantages associated with remote living?Internet on the Outstation is the result of a multi-year research collaboration, which included a trial of internet infrastructure, training and maintenance in three small Aboriginal communities (known as outstations). During the research phase, Ellie Rennie, Eleanor Hogan and Julian Thomas were based at the Swinburne Institute for Social Research in Melbourne. Robin Gregory and Andrew Crouch worked at the Centre for Appropriate Technology, an Indigenous-owned research and training organization in Alice Springs. Alyson Wright worked for the Central Land Council, the representative body for traditional owners of the central Australia region.
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