Songwriting, Digital Audio Workstations, and the Internet

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Audio ◽  
Digital Native ◽  
Broadband Internet ◽  
Internet Connectivity ◽  
Creative Processes ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
Digital Audio Workstation

This chapter investigates the interrelationship between songwriting process and product, focusing on two digital tools that became available to songwriters toward the end of the twentieth century: the digital audio workstation (DAW) and broadband internet connectivity. Two songwriter case studies are used—a “digital immigrant” who began to write songs professionally before either of these tools were available, and a “digital native” who has always used DAWs and an internet connection in his songwriting. The participants were asked to describe their creative processes in detail, and to reflect on how these tools may have influenced their decision making and artistic direction. From these and other studies the author attempts to describe behaviors and affordances engendered by digitally enabled songwriters and to speculate regarding these tools’ influence on the creative product.

scholarly journals Electroacoustic Music and the Digital Future

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Barry Truax
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Electroacoustic Music ◽  
Economic Situation ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Audio ◽  
Artistic Practice ◽  
Digital Audio Workstation ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Definition Of

This article outlines the author's views on the contemporary social and economic situation of electroacoustic music and digital technology in general. The dominance of commercial interests in shaping the listener, the artist, and the definition of culture is examined. Issues associated with digital technology, such as standardization, de-skilling, and upgrades, are discussed with respect to artistic practice. It is argued that marginalized artforms such as electroacoustic music have benefited from the windsurfer availability of the digital audio workstation (DAW) for production and the Internet for distribution, but no analogous avenue exists for the creation of the consumer.

scholarly journals THE UTILIZATION OF DIGITAL ASSESSMENT FOR A BETTER LEARNING EXPERIENCES (Penggunaan Penilaian Digital untuk Pengalaman Belajar yang Lebih Baik)

Sirok Bastra ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nukmatus Syahria
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Classroom Observation ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
Digital Assessment ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Teachers Experiences ◽  
Teachers And Students

Technology is now becoming an unavoidable part of Indonesian students’ life. The application of digital tools have facilitated the students to expand their knowledge and develop their learning. At the same time, it helps to plant learning autonomy toward the students. This paper aimed to explore the teachers’ experiences in applying the digital assessment by using in- depth interview and classroom observation. The teachers can gain a lot of advantages by applying the digital assessment in their teaching and learning activities. It saves a lot of teachers’ time, it breaks the barriers between teachers and students in terms of meeting time and at the same time it also helps to reduce students’ anxiety during the assessment. However, during the application of the digital assessment there were several difficulties faced by the teachers, namely the internet connection, the misconception among the students because the students did not comprehend well regarding the teachers’ feedback as well as there may be a possibility for the students to cheat during the assessment since they can do it anywhere not only in the campus. The teachers’ mastery in technology indirectly can also help the development of Indonesia’s education system. Teknologi kini menjadi bagian tak terpisahkan dari kehidupan siswa Indonesia. Penerapan perangkat digital telah memfasilitasi siswa untuk memperluas pengetahuan dan mengembangkan cara belajar mereka. Pada saat yang bersamaan,  perangkat digital juga membantu menanamkan otonomi belajar kepada siswa. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi pengalaman para guru dalam menerapkan penilaian secara digital dengan menggunakan wawancara secara intensif dan observasi kelas. Para guru dapat memperoleh banyak keuntungan dengan menerapkan penilaian secara digital dalam kegiatan belajar mengajar mereka. Penilaian dengan cara seperti ini menghemat banyak waktu guru, menjembatani jarak antara guru dan siswa dalam hal waktu pertemuan dan pada saat yang sama juga membantu mengurangi kecemasan siswa selama penilaian. Namun, dalam penerapannya, terdapat beberapa kesulitan yang dihadapi oleh para guru, yaitu koneksi internet, kesalahpahaman di antara siswa karena siswa tidak memahami dengan baik tentang umpan balik guru dan terdapat kemungkinan siswa menyontek selama ujian karena mereka dapat melakukannya di mana saja, tidak hanya di area kampus. Penguasaan guru tentang teknologi secara tidak langsung juga dapat membantu pengembangan sistem pendidikan di Indonesia.

scholarly journals The Airwaves Meet the Highways

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 32-35
Author(s):  
David Redl
Keyword(s):  
Human Mobility ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
Information Superhighway ◽  
Broadband Internet ◽  
Internet Connectivity ◽  
The University ◽  
Fast Access ◽  
The U.S

I applaud and congratulate the University of Michigan for launching the Journal of Law and Mobility. The timing is perfect. The information superhighway is no longer just a clever metaphor. We are living in an era where internet connectivity is a critical part of making transportation safer and more convenient. Internet connectivity has powered the U.S. and global economies for years now. In the early stages, dial-up connections enabled users to access a vast store of digital information. As the internet and its usage grew, so did the demand for faster broadband speeds. Finally, wireless networks untethered the power of broadband Internet so consumers could have fast access when and where they want it. We are now seeing technology advances in the automotive sector begin to better align with what has occurred in the communications space. The possibilities for what this means for human mobility are truly exciting. Challenges abound, however, with questions around the security and safety of self-driving vehicles and how to create the infrastructure and policies needed for vehicle connectivity. While many of these will be sorted out by the market, policy levers will also play a role.

scholarly journals Opportunities and Principles of Using Digitalization in the Dialogue of Society and the Public Authorities in the UK on the Example of the Greater London Authority

2021 ◽  
pp. 109-113
Author(s):  
N. V. Eremina
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
British Society ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Internet Infrastructure ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
The Uk

The UK is one of the leaders in the use of digital tools in the interaction of government institutions and citizens. Now we are witnessing an active dialogue between various British institutions precisely in the digital dimension, as the transfer of data on vaccinations and hospitalizations from hospitals to other structures is carried out thanks to blockchain technologies. Of course, the explosion of interest in the use of digital events was provided by the coronavirus. However, it provided not only an increase in the importance of «numbers» in British society, but also greatly contributed to the disunity of citizens, especially in the context of access to the Internet infrastructure. To this day, this very task remains the main one in the respective strategies. At the same time, individual cities and regions of the country are more actively solving the task. London and the activities of the mayor’s office should be pointed out as the most illustrative example. For the services of the mayor’s office, it was necessary to ensure the transparency of the decisions made, to form and strengthen the trust of citizens. As part of the analysis, the author comes to the conclusion that for the most part, these tasks can be considered completed. The purpose of this article is basing on an analysis of specific digital tools and examples of the implementation of digital strategies for 2017 and 2021 to identify how a particular metropolis has formed permanent channels of communication and interaction between decision-making institutions and citizens.

Myanmar’s tourism

2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aye Aye Myat ◽  
Nora Sharkasi ◽  
Jay Rajasekera
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Digital Marketing ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Connectivity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Use Of Social Media

PurposeStudies show that internet has become a major force propelling growth in tourism sector in many countries. An appropriate diffusion of the information and communication technology (ICT) services can facilitate visibility of hotels and lodges on search sites and third-party booking websites and thus influence demand. It also helps leverage the use of social media for promotion and customer acquisition purposes. Recently, Myanmar, with impressive historical world heritage sites, is witnessing a tourist boom; more hotels are opening up and achieving competitive advantage by offering free internet connectivity to guests and locating their premises in the vicinity of an ICT infrastructure. The purpose of this paper is to investigate ICT readiness to support the lodging industry in Myanmar by focusing on one sub-index of the Network Readiness Index (NRI, a term heavily used by World Economic Forum). The paper focuses on the “Network Use” component of NRI, pertaining to the effect of the “quality of the Internet connection” available to lodges, and its association with the following dimensions: customer service: the availability of ICT services to guests, such as internet connectivity and availability of ATM in the vicinity; digital marketing: the use of social media, keeping records of guests and analyzing aggregate data to extract business insights; and business-to-business online booking: the use of online booking via major third-party intermediary websites like Expedia, Booking.com and Agoda.com.Design/methodology/approachSurveys were conducted in three major touristic cities in Myanmar: Bagan, Mandalay and the capital city, Nay Pyi Taw. A total of 101 valid questionnaires were used. Survey questions were centered around the following themes: internet connection problems, digital marketing activities, and online booking directly or via third party digital intermediary. The data are presented and interpreted by descriptive statistics and regression analysis.FindingsThough, Myanmar is new to internet and commercial use of ICT, the awareness of the importance of leveraging social media and online booking for business development is surprisingly high in the lodging sector. On average, about 80 percent of surveyed hotels are present on the WWW through a dedicated hotel website. However, most websites lack an online booking capability. As a result, and due to a global trend, online booking through third-party intermediaries has become the dominant option for hotel booking arrangements in Myanmar. Agoda, founded in Bangkok in 2002, was found to be the number one choice for online booking intermediary in Myanmar, followed by Booking.com. Analysis of the logistic regression revealed that it was highly likely that areas around ATMs have better internet connectivity. As expected, it was also found that it is very unlikely that hotels reporting a problem in internet connectivity will be able to provide internet service to their guests. Despite the presence of problems in internet connectivity in Mandalay and Bagan cities, located away from the capital; most hotels in these cities resort to leveraging social media for promotion and customer/guest development. The analysis also revealed that cities located away from the capital are more aggressive in leverage online third-booking intermediaries.Research limitations/implicationsWhile researchers were hoping for a higher participation rate in the survey, especially in the city of Mandalay, data collection was challenging, a number of hotels/lodges denied participation. This may have some implications on the generalization of results. However, over 70 and 45 percent of hotels/lodges in the capital city and the ancient city of Bagan, respectively, had participated in the survey.Practical implicationsTourism has a great potential for growth in Myanmar. This research recommends ways to achieve and sustain competitive advantage for the lodging sector, which is vital for tourism.Originality/valueThough a considerable research exists on tourism and the recent advances of the ICT sector in Myanmar, the country’s readiness for the actual usage of the internet for the development of tourism has not been specifically addressed. This paper explores this with compelling research findings useful for policy makers as well as players in the tourism sector.

INTERNET-BASED PROJECT WORK// Social Sciences: Achievements and Prospects Journal 4(12), 2019/ OEAPS Inc.(Open European Academy of Public Sciences); Chief Editor Mark Freeman - Barcelona, Spain. 16.05.2019: OEAPS Inc., 2019. - pp. 34-40.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhanna Borisovna Erzhanova ◽  
Zhanna Borisovna Erzhanova
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Chief Editor ◽  
Computer Users ◽  
Project Work ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Native ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
New Developments ◽  
European Academy

Some words about attitudes to technology: many people are afraid of new technology and, with the increasing presence of the Internet and computers, the term technophobe has appeared to refer to those of us who might be wary of these new developments. More recently, the term digital native has been coined to refer to someone who grows up using technology, and who thus feels comfortable and confident with it there is a tendency to call computer users either technophobes or technogeeks ( a term for a technology enthusiast) the truth is that most of us probably fall somewhere between the two extremes. A large part of the negative attitudes teachers have towards technology is usually the result of a lack of confidence, a lack of facilities or a lack of training, resulting in an inability to see the benefit of using technologies in the classroom. It is also often the case that teachers may not be fully in control of their work situations. A teacher may want to use more technology in their teaching, but the school may not have the facilities, or, on the other hand, a teacher may be instructed to start using technology for which they feel unprepared or untrained.

Communicative Transformation of Professional Values of Modern Scientific Communities

Communicology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-24
Author(s):  
A.S. Proskurina
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Professional Values ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Scientific Communities ◽  
Neoliberal Reforms ◽  
Communication Practices ◽  
The Relationship

Today ethics is embodied not only in day-to-day life, but also in the communication that surrounds it. The study of communication in professional communities makes it possible to determine the relationship between declared and practically embodied values in work. Ethical attitudes are not only postulates embedded in ethical codes, but also principles of interaction embodied in the construction of the information space and decision-making. Features of modern communications influence the way professional ethics is structured, which, in turn, affects its content and practical implementation. The communication through the Internet makes scientific work performative, filling it with symbols and labels. Increasingly, communication practices have to be carried out around indicators, and thus communication becomes a conductor of neoliberal reforms in scientific work. Therefore, the consequence of modern forms of communication is the forced utilitarianism of ethics associated with the need to compete in the “scientific market”. The article suggests possible ways to overcome the contradictions of communicative transformations of professional values.

scholarly journals Reviewing Stranger on the Internet: The Role of Identifiability through “Reputation” in Online Decision Making

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Mirko Duradoni ◽  
Stefania Collodi ◽  
Serena Coppolino Perfumi ◽  
Andrea Guazzini
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ultimatum Game ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Quantitative Evidence ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
Social Acts ◽  
Good Reputation ◽  
The Stranger

The stranger on the Internet effect has been studied in relation to self-disclosure. Nonetheless, quantitative evidence about how people mentally represent and perceive strangers online is still missing. Given the dynamic development of web technologies, quantifying how much strangers can be considered suitable for pro-social acts such as self-disclosure appears fundamental for a whole series of phenomena ranging from privacy protection to fake news spreading. Using a modified and online version of the Ultimatum Game (UG), we quantified the mental representation of the stranger on the Internet effect and tested if people modify their behaviors according to the interactors’ identifiability (i.e., reputation). A total of 444 adolescents took part in a 2 × 2 design experiment where reputation was set active or not for the two traditional UG tasks. We discovered that, when matched with strangers, people donate the same amount of money as if the other has a good reputation. Moreover, reputation significantly affected the donation size, the acceptance rate and the feedback decision making as well.

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