Interpreting Intercepted Communication: A Sui Generis Translational Activity

Specific Work ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Police Investigation ◽

Translational Activity ◽

Police Interviews ◽

Wide Range ◽

Language And Law

AbstractLegal wiretapping has gained importance in law enforcement along with the development of information and communication technology. Understanding the language of intercepted persons is essential for the success of a police investigation. Hence, intercept interpreters, as we suggest calling them in this article, are hired. Little is known about this specific work at the interface between language and law. With this article, we desire to contribute to closing this gap by focussing particularly on the translational activity. Our study identifies a fragmented field of research due to the difficulty in accessing workers in this specific field who interpret in a highly confidential phase of criminal investigations. The findings, which are drawn from scarce studies and our empirical data derived from an online questionnaire for a pilot study in Switzerland, demonstrate the wide range of the performed activity intercept interpreting. This article is the first to present translational activity from the perspective of intercept interpreters. The activity differs in many ways from interpretation in court hearings or police interviews. Hence, we suggest categorising interlingual intercept interpretation as a translational activity sui generis and—since previous research has not done justice to the ethical and deontological questions that intercept interpretation raises—advocate for further transdisciplinary research in this field of translation.

Health informatics: information and communication

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment ◽

10.1192/apt.8.3.165 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 165-171 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Alex Lewis

Keyword(s):

Interpersonal Communication ◽

Information Exchange ◽

Health Informatics ◽

Mass Communication ◽

Family Background ◽

Past History ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Individual

In health care, the word ‘communication’ covers a wide range of interactions, including interpersonal communication, communication technology, medical education, health policy and mass communication. It takes many forms, from a brief informal talk between colleagues to formalised written documents between professionals. The essence of this verbal and written communication is the sharing of information. To make our information exchange more useful and to give it more meaning, the information communicated needs an appropriate framework. For example, the meaning of the diagnosis ‘schizophrenia’ is greatly enhanced by knowledge of the individual patient within the context (the framework) of his or her past history and family background.

Information and Communication Technology Policy in European Cities: A Comparative Approach

Environment and Planning B Planning and Design ◽

10.1068/b12843 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 29 (5) ◽

pp. 729-755 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Galit Cohen ◽

Peter Nijkamp

Keyword(s):

Technology Policy ◽

Driving Forces ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Comparative Approach ◽

European Cities ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Way

Information and communication technology (ICT) is widely accepted as a potentially favourable set of instruments, which may improve the welfare and competitiveness of nations and cities. Nowadays, both public and private actors aim to exploit the expected benefits of ICT developments. The authors seek to investigate the potential of ICT use at an urban level and, in particular, to shed more light on various factors that influence urban ICT policies in the public domain. First, a conceptual framework, designed to improve understanding of the driving forces of urban ICT policies, is outlined. It focuses on the way decisionmakers perceive their city, and shape their opinions about ICT; it addresses in particular the way these decisionmakers evaluate the importance of ICT for their city. Next, interviews with urban decisionmakers in different European cities in three countries (Austria, Spain, and the Netherlands) are used to analyse the complex relationship between perceived urban characteristics (for example, nature of problems and urban image), personal attitudes towards ICT, administrative features of the cities concerned, and perceptions of the relevance of ICT to the cities. The authors' main focus is on the identification of a possible systematic relationship between the aforementioned explanatory factors and urban decisionmakers' attitudes towards ICT policies. Understanding the decisionmakers' perceptions is an important step towards grasping the nature and substance of the policy itself, and may explain some of the variance among different cities. Because the ‘urban ICT’ discourse is still relatively new, an open-interview method is used to capture a variety of different views and perceptions on ICT and on the information age in the city. With the aid of qualitative content analysis, the interview results are transformed into a more systematic and comparable form. The results suggest that even interviewees from the same city may have a different understanding of their urban reality whereas, on the other hand, cities with different characteristics may appear to suffer from similar problems. Moreover, the authors found a wide range of attitudes toward ICT and its expected social impacts, although most of the interviewees appeared to be more sceptical than had been expected. The authors identified a clear need for a more thorough investigation of background factors and, therefore an approach originating from the field of artificial intelligence—rough-set analysis—was deployed to offer a more rigorous analysis. This approach helped in the characterisation and understanding of perceptions and attitudes regarding urban policies, problems, and images.

Performance Analysis of Information & Communication Technology in Library and Information Science

International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology ◽

10.22214/ijraset.2021.38672 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (10) ◽

pp. 1689-1691

Author(s):

Mrs. Marthamma D Y

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Information Science ◽

Critical Role ◽

Library Services ◽

Information Communication ◽

Support Tool ◽

Wide Range ◽

Abstract: There is no doubt that the integration of ICT in the provision of library services can bring great benefits to the entire community and the nation. ICTs, which continue to be a support tool for the provision of up-to-date and timely information and library services, are also essential for sustainable development .This paper is an attempt to examine the critical role that information and communication technology (ICT). How it plays important role in the management and delivery of library services in sustainable development. Despite the wide range of opportunities offered by the advent of ICT, it has been observed that the application of ICT to library services appears inadequate, probably due to several challenges. Using the simple literature search methodology, the paper sought to review the related literature on ICT resources and ICT-based services in libraries, the benefits of ICT and the role of libraries in sustainable development. The document also identified the challenges of using ICT in libraries. Among other things, it was recommended to improve the capacity and level of adoption of ICT by libraries. Keywords: Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Libraries, Sustainable Development, ICT-based library services

En offentlig hemmelighed: Når sikkerhedspolitik går fra statsmandskunst til allemandseje

Politik ◽

10.7146/politik.v18i3.27618 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Karen Lund Petersen ◽

Vibeke Schou Tjalve

Keyword(s):

National Security ◽

Daily Basis ◽

Western Tradition ◽

Public And Private ◽

Intelligence Services ◽

Wide Range ◽

And Control

New forms of information and communication technology, surveillance and data collection have blurred the boundary between public and private responsibility: whereas it used to be only the statesman and his selected few who made decisions regarding national security, it is, in the age of unpredictability and resilience, a very wide range of both state and civilian actors who, on a daily basis, participate in the national intelligence practice. is article argues that a new security politics, driven by the notion of unpredictable risks and made possible by new data and surveillance technologies, has created a new kind of intelligence practice in which ethico-democratic questions about ownership, responsibility and control are urgent. e intelligence services’ current answer to these questions is more ‘method’ and better ‘procedures’. is is, however, not good enough. By identifying not just an ethos of rules but also an ethos of judgement in the Western tradition of state, this article recommends that we rediscover and democratise the line of thinking in our bureaucratic ethos that emphasises the ability to make (self-)critical judgements.

EDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS AS A MEANS OF DEVELOPING PUPILS’ AND STUDENTS’ COMPUTATIONAL THINKING

AD ALTA Journal of Interdisciplinary Research ◽

10.33543/1102325329 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 325-329

Author(s):

LUCIE BRYNDOVÁ ◽

MILAN KLEMENT

Keyword(s):

Extracurricular Activities ◽

Computational Thinking ◽

Practical Experience ◽

Educational Robotics ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Digital Space ◽

The Past ◽

New Concepts ◽

The accelerating development of technology over the past decades has brought many radical changes in all aspects of life and has unquestionably affected the functioning of our society. The expansion of the digital space and the technological innovation in industry, commerce and household have given rise to a large number of new concepts relating to digital and information technology and their use. In the context of supporting these activities and needs, the FEP document has been updated for the educational area Information and Communication Technology in elementary schools but also in general and technical secondary schools. This innovation is built primarily on the development of computational thinking, which is based on two pillars—algorithmization/programming and educational robotics. The present paper uses educational research to analyse the area of educational robotics as one of the important tools for promoting the concept of developing computational thinking including a description of the specific tools for the implementation of this type of teaching. The aim of the research study was to analyse the current level of pupils’ awareness of and practical experience with educational robotics, both in school and in extracurricular activities. The research tool for data collection was an online questionnaire designed by the authors.

SOCIETY INTEGRATION EDUCATION Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference ◽

INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ADULT EDUCATION STAFF MANAGEMENT: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS IN THE SILESIA REGION

10.17770/sie2017vol3.2385 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

pp. 575

Author(s):

Luis Ochoa Siguencia ◽

Gilberto Marzano ◽

Damian Herman

Keyword(s):

Professional Development ◽

Adult Education ◽

Formal Education ◽

Field Research ◽

Strategic Partnership ◽

Information Communication ◽

Digital Competence ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

This research focuses on the professional development of Adult Education Staff through the implementation of Information and Communication Technology skills. We present the data from a desk and field research carried out in the Silesia Region - Poland, on a sample formed of Adult educators working in different Non - formal Education Institutions. The research tool used in our paper is an online questionnaire developed withing the ERASMUS+ project “Upskillead – 2016-1-SI01-KA204-021588” KA2 - Strategic Partnership in the field of Adult Education. The final research objective is to find solutions useful to develop digital competence of adult people through in-house training's, seminars and informal learning applications. Moreover, this paper illustrates benefits, limitations, challenges in using digital resources and tools in adult education.

Analysis of the Frequency of Academic Staff and Students` Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Katsina State College of Education

Information Management and Business Review ◽

10.22610/imbr.v4i11.1013 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 4 (11) ◽

pp. 558-562

Author(s):

Mbaba A.E.

Keyword(s):

Academic Staff ◽

College Of Education ◽

Daily Basis ◽

Computer Applications ◽

Computer Application ◽

State College ◽

Wide Range ◽

The paper analyze the frequency of academic staff and students use of information and communication technology {Ict} in Katsina State College of Education, it explore the ability of staff and students in computer application 114 academic staff and 1995 students were engaged in the study. A survey research design was used; the data collected was analyzed using percentage to present the responses. 4 point Likert-scale was used, while a mean of 2.50 was adopted to determine the higher and lower participation in the use of ICT and ability in computer application. The finding show that the use of ICT in the College is high [m=2.78 higher than m=2.50]. The study also indicated that the academic staff are more competent in the use of wide range of computer applications than students are [m=3.08and 2.56 respectively] the study reveals that the staff and students actually engaged in the use of ICT almost on a daily basis for both school learning and individual use. The researchers therefore recommend that this study should be carried out in all the tertiary institutions in Nigeria to clarify the uncertainty of the frequency of ICT use in Nigeria schools.

How language teachers perceive information and communication technology

Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics ◽

10.17509/ijal.v8i3.15260 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 607

Author(s):

Patrisius Istiarto Djiwandono

Keyword(s):

Digital Technology ◽

Language Teachers ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

Technological Acceptance Model ◽

Acceptance Model ◽

Teaching Learning

The digital technology has permeated almost every aspect of life. Meanwhile, the responses from the field of language teaching in Indonesia to this new development have been scarce. The paper aims to provide an answer to the question whether language teachers perceive Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a threat or a helpful assistant. To achieve this, a survey was conducted to 110 English teachers in Java, Indonesia. Five closed-ended items and two open-ended items in an online questionnaire asked them several questions about what conditions they see as threats, how they perceive ICT, and what digital facilities they have been using in their work. The results show that most of them perceived ICT positively, seeing it as a beneficial rather than threatening force. To them, ICT has been an attractive source that provides learning resources, fosters communication and collaboration, and spices up teaching-learning activities. Those who expressed their worry over ICT mentioned the importance of teachers’ upgrading their ICT skills and called for institutional support for the teachers. Three models, TAM (Technological Acceptance Model), UTAUT (Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology), and TPACK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge) were then discussed to address the need for helping teachers adapt to the fast-changing digital technology.

Computer Aided Planning for Wireless Systems

International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking ◽

10.4018/jbdcn.2012010104 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 56-67

Author(s):

Amjad Umar

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Wireless Systems ◽

Strategic Plans ◽

Wide Range ◽

Computer Aided ◽

High Level ◽

Computer Aided Planning

Information and communication technology (ICT) managers in the modern enterprises face a bewildering array of decisions regarding planning of new systems, integration of new systems with existing ones, securing the ICT assets, and administrating the resulting complex ICT systems. The rapid introduction of wireless systems (mobile computing and wireless communications) in the business and government settings is further exasperating the situation, particularly in the developing countries. A Computer Aided Planner (Planner), part of the UN eNabler Toolset, has been developed to quickly and effectively produce detailed strategic plans for a wide range of egovernment services with particular attention to wireless systems. This paper presents a high level overview of this effort.

Wicked Problems of Smart Cities

Smart Cities ◽

10.3390/smartcities2040031 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 512-521 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Johan Colding ◽

Stephan Barthel ◽

Patrik Sörqvist

Keyword(s):

Public Choice ◽

Scientific Literature ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Environmental Benefits ◽

Sustainable Urban Development ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Wide Range ◽

It is often uncritically assumed that, when digital technologies are integrated into the operation of city functions, they inevitably contribute to sustainable urban development. Such a notion rests largely on the belief that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions pave the way for more democratic forms of planning, and that ‘smart’ technological devices result in a range of environmental benefits, e.g., energy efficiency and the mitigation of global warming. Drawing on the scientific literature that deals with ‘smart cities’, we here elaborate on how both propositions fail to consider drawbacks that could be characterized as ‘wicked’, i.e., problems that lack simplistic solutions and straightforward planning responses, and which often come about as ‘management surprises’, as a byproduct of achieving sustainability. We here deal with problems related to public choice constraints, ‘non-choice default technologies’ and the costs of automation for human learning and resilience. To avoid undemocratic forms of planning and too strong a dependence on non-choice default technologies, e.g., smart phones, we recommend that planners and policy makers safeguard redundancy in public-choice options by maintaining a wide range of alternative choices, including analog ones. Resilience thinking could help planners deal more effectively with the ‘wickedness’ of an increasingly hyper-connected society.