scholarly journals Does This App Respect My Privacy? Design and Evaluation of Information Materials Supporting Privacy-Related Decisions of Smartphone Users

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oksana Kulyk ◽  
Paul Gerber ◽  
Karola Marky ◽  
Christopher Beckmann ◽  
Melanie Volkamer
Keyword(s):  
Information Materials

scholarly journals Information Technology and Transcription of Reading Materials for the Visually Impaired Persons in Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Nkiko ◽  
Morayo I. Atinmo ◽  
Happiness Chijioke Michael-Onuoha ◽  
Julie E. Ilogho ◽  
Michael O. Fagbohun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Modern Information Technology ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Information Materials ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons

Studies have shown inadequate reading materials for the visually impaired in Nigeria. Information technology has greatly advanced the provision of information to the visually impaired in other industrialized climes. This study investigated the extent of application of information technology to the transcription of reading materials for the visually impaired in Nigeria. The study adopted survey research design of the ex-post facto to select 470 personnel as respondents. A questionnaire titled Information Technology Use Scale (α=0.74), and Interview Schedule (α=0.75), were used. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The findings indicate that information technology in transcription was low and a significant positive relationship between application of information technology and transcription of information materials (r=0.62: p<0.05). The study recommended among others that Multi-National Corporations should be sensitized to extend their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities to help in procuring modern information technology devices and software to enhance transcription.

Dilemmas of nudging in public health: an ethical analysis of a Danish pamphlet

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Busch ◽  
Emilie Kirstine Madsen ◽  
Antoinette Mary Fage-Butler ◽  
Marianne Kjær ◽  
Loni Ledderer
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Screening Programme ◽  
Screening Program ◽  
Ethical Analysis ◽  
Choice Making ◽  
The Face ◽  
Information Materials ◽  
The Individual ◽  
To Receive

Summary Nudging has been discussed in the context of public health, and ethical issues raised by nudging in public health contexts have been highlighted. In this article, we first identify types of nudging approaches and techniques that have been used in screening programmes, and ethical issues that have been associated with nudging: paternalism, limited autonomy and manipulation. We then identify nudging techniques used in a pamphlet developed for the Danish National Screening Program for Colorectal Cancer. These include framing, default nudge, use of hassle bias, authority nudge and priming. The pamphlet and the very offering of a screening programme can in themselves be considered nudges. Whether nudging strategies are ethically problematic depend on whether they are categorized as educative- or non-educative nudges. Educative nudges seek to affect people’s choice making by engaging their reflective capabilities. Non-educative nudges work by circumventing people’s reflective capabilities. Information materials are, on the face of it, meant to engage citizens’ reflective capacities. Recipients are likely to receive information materials with this expectation, and thus not expect to be affected in other ways. Non-educative nudges may therefore be particularly problematic in the context of information on screening, also as participating in screening does not always benefit the individual.

scholarly journals User testing digital, multimedia information to inform children, adolescents and their parents about healthcare trials

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 468-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Sheridan ◽  
Jacqueline Martin-Kerry ◽  
Ian Watt ◽  
Steven Higgins ◽  
Simon R Stones ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multimedia Information ◽  
Insulin Pump ◽  
User Testing ◽  
Promising Alternative ◽  
Digital Multimedia ◽  
Multimedia Resources ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
Information Materials ◽  
Information Comprehension ◽  
Participant Information

Digital, multimedia information resources (MMIs) containing text, video, animation and pictures are a promising alternative to written participant information materials designed to inform children, adolescents and parents about healthcare trials, but little research has tested whether they are fit for purpose. This study employed a consecutive groups design and user testing questionnaire to assess whether participants were able to find and understand key information in multimedia resources. Two rounds of testing were completed. In each round, seven children aged 7–11 tested the MMI with a parent; six adolescents aged 12–17 and seven parents tested the MMI independently. After round 1, the resources were revised based on participant scores, behaviour and feedback. Round 1 identified problems with 2/10 information items (length of trial and use of insulin pump); only 3/20 participants could locate all information items without difficulty. After revisions, 14/20 participants scored a clear round. Information comprehension was high: 96% understood in round 1 and 99% in round 2. Participant feedback on the multimedia resources was positive, although presentation preferences varied. User testing was employed successfully with children, adolescents and parents to identify issues with, and improve, multimedia resources developed to inform potential healthcare trial participants.

Online Deliberation

2018 ◽  
pp. 364-377
Author(s):  
Kim Strandberg ◽  
Kimmo Grönlund
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Online Deliberation ◽  
Information Materials ◽  
Actual Policy ◽  
Communicative Processes

This chapter provides an overview of the empirical research on online deliberation, focusing on three aspects: the preconditions of online deliberations, the communicative processes of online deliberations as well as the central outcomes of online deliberations. Regarding preconditions, we provide an overview of sampling choices and use of incentives in recruitment. We also demonstrate the ways in which scholars have designed online deliberations. We gauge elements such as whether online deliberations are asynchronous or synchronous, allow for anonymous participants or not, employ facilitators or not, and how information materials are used. Regarding the communicative processes, we pinpoint a gap in the research since there are still rather few studies actually measuring discursive quality in online deliberation. Concerning outcomes of online deliberations, the chapter focuses mainly on how taking part in online deliberation affects participants. We also provide a brief overview of how online deliberations have been tied to actual policy-making.

scholarly journals Autentyczny tekst pisany jako pomoc dydak-tyczna w nauczaniu dorosłych komunikowania się w języku specjalistycznym

Neofilolog ◽  
1970 ◽  
pp. 109-119
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Markowski
Keyword(s):  
Communication Tool ◽  
Written Texts ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
Specialist Knowledge ◽  
Information Materials

This paper is an attempt to present the role of authentic written texts in teaching communication in specialist language, based on the example of business language. The terms detailed here include communication, language as communication tool and specialist text. The methods of creating new terms, correlations between the sender of some content and its addressee, and the specialist knowledge held. The options of using specialist texts in business language classes were also presented. In this case such texts include information materials, interviews, certificates, contacts, agreements, statements, confirmations, invoices, orders, reports, other documents and commercial forms and commercial and official correspondence.

scholarly journals IMAGE-CREATED MEDIA INSTRUMENTS IN THE STATE IMAGE FORMATION

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronika Chekalyk
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
The State ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Scientific Study ◽  
Mass Consciousness ◽  
Public Persona ◽  
The World ◽  
Image Creation ◽  
Information Materials ◽  
Image Integrity

The article represents the following aspects: the main principles of national mass media activity, the methods of image creation of a state, the analyses of interrelation in image creation of a state and mass media. This scientific study intends to provide professional analysis of the article’s author as an image-maker as well as assessmentfeedback from the point of view of a media psychological readiness to accept a public persona offered by image-makers. This text proposes the several methods how to create image and how to define the terms. The author treats a state image as an internal and external image of a country, which is formed and fixed in mass consciousness of citizens under influence of mass media, distinguished by men and economical, political, ecological as well as others factors. This article is devoted to the study of state image of Ukraine; press about the state image; integrity and incompatibility perception of information materials of Ukraine by the world society. The image, shown in press, is made by image carrier and information audience.

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