Media Concentration in the Age of the Internet and Mobile Phones

Describes a six‐year study of children’s Internet usage which shows how preferences and habits have changed over time; this was conducted by SpectraCom Inc and Circle 1 network. Explains the research methodology and the objectives, which were to identify trends in the amount of time spent by children online now and in future, their opinions about the future role of the Internet in society and the future of e‐commerce, and parents’ roles in children’s online activities. Concludes that there is need for a more child‐friendly content in Internet sites and for more parental involvement, that children will be influential in the market for alternative devices like mobile phones, that online shopping is likely to flourish, and that children have a growing interest in online banking.

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Mobile Phones for Teaching and Learning

Journal of Educational Technology Systems ◽

10.1177/0047239516659754 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 45 (3) ◽

pp. 436-451 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Farooq AlTameemy

Keyword(s):

Faculty Member ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

The Internet ◽

Teaching Tools ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Smart Technologies

Mobile phones have become so ubiquitous that they turned into an important part of our life. According to Parsons, mobile subscriptions exceed 6 billion subscriptions globally. Similarly, Ipsos and Verizon (as cited in Tan & El-Bendary) found out that adopting mobile phones with smart technologies has increased fast which also coincided with a more utilization of their Internet capabilities. With the abundance of knowledge the Internet provides, mobile phones become an invaluable pathway for that knowledge. The fact that these gadgets are well-liked by students make them one of the best tools to be adopted by educational institutions. This study will investigate the actual academic use of mobile phones among students and teachers, their attitudes toward using them as learning or teaching tools, and if there is a significant difference in attitudes of the participants toward using mobile as learning or teaching tools based on the job criteria (Student vs. Faculty Member).

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Ontology Construction Research for the Mobile Phones' Reviews on the Internet

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.602-605.3363 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 602-605 ◽

pp. 3363-3366

Author(s):

Yi Ming Sun ◽

Chun Lei Han

Keyword(s):

Mobile Phone ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Semantic Information ◽

Domain Ontology ◽

University Research ◽

New Method ◽

The Internet ◽

Stanford University ◽

Information Mining ◽

Ontology Construction

In order to automatically identify the mobile phones' reviews that the users comment on the mobile phone on the internet and obtain valuable information from the reviews, this paper presents the process of constructing ontology for the mobile phones' reviews and preliminarily establish a domain ontology of the mobile phones' reviews. The ontology construction adopts the Protégé tool and the Seven Steps method of Stanford University research. The ontology can provide convenience for the semantic information mining on Web mobile phones' reviews, and it can provide a new method to effectively mine the use feelings of the phone from a large number of mobile phone users' reviews.

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Positive And Negative Aspects Of The Psychological Impact Of The Virtual World

The American Journal of Social Science and Education Innovations ◽

10.37547/tajssei/volume03issue05-05 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 03 (05) ◽

pp. 25-29

Author(s):

Rakhimova I.I. ◽

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Mukhiddinova U.A. ◽

Bеrdiqulоvа G.N. ◽

Suleymanova D.I. ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mobile Phones ◽

Virtual World ◽

Human Life ◽

Psychological Impact ◽

Economic Life ◽

The Internet ◽

National Values ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

The Individual

In today's age of the Internet, computers and mobile phones for people of all ages are available in almost every home. In addition, in today’s world-wide pandemic, the use of the Internet for education and all aspects of cultural, socio-economic life as well as games such as games is growing rapidly. This, in turn, has a psychological effect on the individual, both positively and negatively on our society and national values. In this article, I have tried to highlight the positive and negative aspects of the internet world that affect the individual. In the article we will focus on the role of the virtual world in human life, the need not to depend on it, to use it for useful purposes.

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Connecting the poor: the internet, mobile phones and financial inclusion in Africa

Digital Policy Regulation and Governance ◽

10.1108/dprg-04-2018-0018 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 20 (6) ◽

pp. 568-581 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Olaniyi Evans

Keyword(s):

Mobile Phones ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Financial Inclusion ◽

The Internet ◽

African Countries ◽

Macroeconomic Factors ◽

Content Type ◽

Developed Economies ◽

Causality Tests ◽

The Relationship

Purpose The increased adoption of internet-enabled phones in Africa has caused much speculation and optimism concerning its effects on financial inclusion. Policymakers, the media and various studies have all flaunted the potentials of internet and mobile phones for financial inclusion. An important question therefore is “Can the internet and mobile phones spur the inclusion of the financially excluded poor? This study therefore aims to examine the relationship and causality between internet, mobile phones and financial inclusion in Africa for the 2000-2016 period. Design/methodology/approach The empirical analysis followed these three steps: examination of the stationarity of the variables; testing for the cointegration; and evaluation of the effects of the internet and mobile phones on financial inclusion in Africa for the 2000-2016 period using three outcomes of panel FMOLS approach and Granger causality tests. Findings The empirical evidence shows that internet and mobile phones have significant positive relationship with financial inclusion, meaning that rising levels of internet and mobile phones are associated with increased financial inclusion. There is also uni-directional causality from internet and mobile phones to financial inclusion, implying that internet and mobile phones cause financial inclusion. The study also shows that macroeconomic factors such as capital formation, primary enrollment, bank credit, broad money, population growth, remittances, agriculture and interest rate, as well as institutional factors such as regulatory quality are important underlying factors for financial inclusion in Africa. Originality/value In the literature, there is a dearth of research on the internet, mobile phones and financial inclusion, especially in Africa. Most of the related studies are conceptual and micro-based, with little empirical attention to the relationship and causality between internet, mobile phones and financial inclusion. In fact, this dearth of rigorous empirical studies has been attributed as the main cause of inadequate policy guidance in enhancing information communication technologies (Roycroft and Anantho, 2003), despite saturation levels in developed economies. This study fills the gap by evaluating the effects of the Internet and mobile phones on financial inclusion for 44 African countries for the 2000-2016 period.

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PERTANGGUNGJAWABAN PIDANA PELAKU TINDAK PIDANA PENIPUAN ONLINE DALAM HUKUM POSITIF DI INDONESIA

Hukum dan Masyarakat Madani ◽

10.26623/humani.v8i1.908 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Ikka Puspitasari

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Modern Society ◽

Electronic Media ◽

The Internet ◽

Cyber Crime ◽

Technology Advances

Perkembangan teknologi informasi yang sangat pesat telah mempengaruhi seluruh aspek kehidupan termasuk aspek hukum yang berlaku. Kemajuan teknologi informasi tersebut antara lain ditandai dengan maraknya penggunaan media elektronik mulai dari penggunaan handphone hingga komputer yang semakin canggih. Internet yang berkembang demikian pesat sebagai kultur masyarakat modern, karena melalui internet berbagai aktivitas di dunia maya seperti berpikir, berkreasi, dan bertindak dapat diekspresikan didalamnya, kapanpun dan dimanapun. Tidak dapat dipungkiri bahwa kemajuan teknologi dan pengetahuan ini juga berdampak pada berkembangnya tindak kejahatan. Pelaku kejahatan tidak mengenal tempat atau dengan cara apapun selama bisa dijadikan tempat melakukan kejahatan. Kejahatan yang terjadi di dalam Internet dikenal dengan istilah Cyber Crime (kejahatan dalam dunia maya).The development of rapid information technology has affected all aspects of life including law aspects. Information technology advances, among others, is marked by the rampant use of electronic media ranging from the use of mobile phones to increasingly sophisticated computer. The Internet is growing so rapidly as modern society culture, because through various internet activity on cyber as thinking, creating, and act can be expressed therein, whenever and wherever. It is undeniable that techonology and knowledge also have an impact on the rise of crime. The perpetrator of any crime does not know the place or in any way as long as it can be used as a place of crime. Crimes that occur in the Internet known as Cyber Crime (crime in cyberspace).

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Wi-Fi Enabled IoT Based Smart Greenhouse

International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering - 2 ◽

10.35940/ijrte.b1437.0982s1119 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (2S11) ◽

pp. 3539-3543

Keyword(s):

Soil Moisture ◽

Internet Of Things ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Intelligent System ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Emerging Technology ◽

The Internet ◽

Climatic Parameters ◽

Artificial Environment ◽

Crops Yield

In this present state-of-the-art, Internet of Things (IOT) is an emerging technology that is making our world smarter. WiFi enabled greenhouse monitoring is an intelligent system which is based on several sensors that monitor various changes in temperature, gas concentrations, light and soil moisture in the greenhouse. This comes with an added advantage or provision of linking all these sensors to your mobile phones or computers/laptops using Wi-Fi and internet services through the concept of Internet of Things (IoT), so that if there are any fluctuations, you will be notified immediately. This provides convenient control, through manual operations if necessary, of the greenhouse anytime and anywhere as long as the device is connected to the internet. In this an artificial environment is created so that the crops yield more crops per square meter compared to open field cultivation since the micro climatic parameters that determine crop yield are continuously examined and controlled to ensure that an optimum environment is created.

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Crowdsensing – a new approach to road quality assessment

Put i saobraćaj ◽

10.31075/pis.67.01.03 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 67 (1) ◽

pp. 19-30

Author(s):

Ivana Grujić ◽

Marijana Petrović ◽

Nataša Bojković

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Quality Assessment ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Road Traffic ◽

Embedded Sensors ◽

Smart Devices ◽

The Internet ◽

New Approach ◽

Mobile Crowdsourcing ◽

Vibration Data

The continuous development of information and telecommunication technologies has led to the possibility of transferring data and information between people in real time, in just a few seconds, which has led to the emergence of new approaches to data collection. An example is crowdsourcing (networked mass of people), which involves collecting a large amount of defined data from a large number (mass) of people through the Internet, that is, embedded sensors in smart devices. These are most often mobile phones and then it is about the concept of mobile crowdsourcing – which is more widely accepted under the term crowdsensing. This paper shows how smart devices (mobile phones or tablets) can collect vibration data that occur while driving in road traffic – and still be used to detect irregularities in road infrastructure (potholes, bumps, etc.) in real conditions.

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