The Afterlives of Georges Perec

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Georges Perec ◽  
Electronic Communications ◽  
Art And Design ◽  
Games Studies ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Shed Light

Georges Perec is widely acknowledged as one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. His far-reaching influence has inspired many fields of creativity, extending far beyond literature itself.The Afterlives of Georges Perec examines the impact of Perec’s ideas, writing and analytical experimentation in architecture, art and design, media, electronic communications and computing, and studies of the everyday. It asks: what are the lessons that architects, artists, game-designers and writers can draw from Perec’s fascination with creative constraints? What do his descriptions of the minutiae of everyday life reveal about use of information and communications technologies? What happens if we readLife A User’s Manual as a toolbox of ideas for games studies? How might his fascination with the ‘infra-ordinary’ shed light on the uses of contemporary social media? What insights might Perec’s use of algorithmic writing generate for the digital humanities? Through an examination of such questions, this collection takes Perec scholarship beyond its existing limits to offer new ways of rethinking our present.

scholarly journals Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Emerging Economies: a Conceptual Model

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haya Ajjan ◽  
Stefanie Beninger ◽  
Rania Mostafa ◽  
Victoria L. Crittenden
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
New Information ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Role Of Information

Cyberfeminism is a woman-centered perspective that advocates women’s use of new information and communications technologies for empowerment. This paper explores the role of information technologies, in particular the role of social media, in empowering women entrepreneurship in emerging economies via increased social capital and improved self-efficacy. A conceptual model is offered and propositions are explicated.

scholarly journals Building as Interface: Sustainable Educational Ecologies

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (Educational Media Ecologies) ◽  
pp. 75-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne De Castell ◽  
Milena Droumeva ◽  
Jen Jenson
Keyword(s):  
Educational Context ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
New Information ◽  
22Nd Century ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Theory Research ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Educational Sustainability

This paper begins with the most obvious, and yet most elusive, of educational media ecologies, the buildings which are ‹home› to pedagogic communication and interaction, and considers how we might understand «building as interface», construed first as a noun, («a structure with roof and walls» – OED) referring to places as physical structures, and then as a verb, («the action or trade of constructing something» – OED), referring to the activities of construction through which we can engage technologies central to theory, research and practice. Our concern is with exploring the larger question of educational sustainability: with what ‹sustainability› means when applied to a specifically educational context, and with the sustainability of the kinds of emerging educational environments in which new information and communications technologies play a significant role. This question of sustainable educational environments is driven by a need to be responsible and accountable for the impact of the technologies and practices we eagerly embrace in the name of «21st century learning», even as prospects for a 22nd century are so rapidly receding from view. As one prominent media ecologist put the point: «we have to find the environments in which it will be possible to live with our new inventions» (McLuhan 1967, 124).

scholarly journals Assessing the Impact of Social Media Use on Everyday Emotion in Health Crises: A Study of International Students in China during COVID-19

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1011
Author(s):  
Ebenezer Larnyo ◽  
Baozhen Dai ◽  
Jonathan Aseye Nutakor ◽  
Sabina Ampon-Wireko ◽  
Ruth Appiah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
International Students ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Patient Health ◽  
Path Modelling ◽  
The Impact

Social media has become a valuable tool in providing an opportunity to stay in touch with one’s social networks, providing reassurance and practical advice to individuals to pre-empt panic and rumors in COVID-19. However, the implications of social media use on the everyday emotion (anxiety and depression) of users especially, international students, are not well understood. Thus, this study sought to examine the impact of social media use on the everyday emotion of international students in China during COVID-19. Using a structured online questionnaire based on modified questions from the generalized anxiety disorder 7 (GAD-7) and the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9) and social media use instruments, data were collected from 480 participants. Of the total responses received, 474 were further analyzed employing the Partial Least Squares Path Modelling (PLS-PM). This study showed a significant positive relationship between social media use and everyday emotion (B = 0.34, 95% CI (0.26, 0.44)). Additionally, self-rated anxiety and depression associated with social media use among international students were generally mild (n = 249, 52.50% and n = 350, 73.80%, respectively). Moderating effects revealed that age and sex do not significantly moderate the relationship between social media use and everyday emotion in COVID-19. Given the nature of social media among international students, who are also prone to suffering from anxiety and depression associated with social media use, the positive effect of social media use and everyday emotion, especially in COVID-19, has important implications for international students’ education stakeholders. Thus, gaining a deeper understanding of this relationship could enable them to harness social media and use it as a valuable tool to overcome the social distancing constraints in COVID-19.

“Hear That Lonesome [Police] Whistle Blow”

2020 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-58
Author(s):  
Richard J. Orsi
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Organization ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Time Distance ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Railroad Company ◽  
Shed Light

When introduced in the nineteenth century, railroads were one of humankind's most transformational technologies. Like similar transformations such as the printing press and the automobile, railroads did more than advance technology. They fundamentally altered the entire social and cultural fabric, including basic relationships between people and time, distance, geography, class, and gender. Railroads also introduced new types of crime and criminal organization to the nineteenth-century West, and indeed to the entire nation and globe. These criminal activities quickly spread across wide geographic expanses. Railroads and society at large responded by altering the measures of social control through new forms of law enforcement, only one of which was the creation of private railroad-company police forces. In our own era, similar revolutionary information and communications technologies erupted upon a cultural and institutional world woefully unprepared to deal with them. As was true for nineteenth-century railroading, the results today have been new, ever-evolving forms of crime that plague individuals, companies, institutions, and governments, while baffling ill-equipped law enforcement agencies. The internet spammers, hackers, phishers, stalkers, swindlers, pedophiles, money launderers, identity thieves, election fixers, and cyberterrorists of today share a lineage with the railroad pickpockets, arsonists, ticket forgers, train robbers and wreckers, and hatchet-wielding hoboes of yesterday. Examining the railroads' transformation of crime and violence can shed light on today's tribulations with information technology, as well as on possible ways to deal with them.

Social Media Use and Customer Engagement

2019 ◽  
pp. 643-655
Author(s):  
Aurora Garrido-Moreno ◽  
Nigel Lockett ◽  
Víctor García-Morales
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Customer Engagement ◽  
Business Transformation ◽  
Market Opening ◽  
Real Value ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Shed Light

Social media has totally changed the way companies relate to the market, opening a vast array of new opportunities for firms to reinvent customer interactions. The strategic use of platforms like Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube can facilitate business transformation, improving the management of customer relationships, brand image, and enhancing customer retention. Although research on social media has greatly evolved in recent years, there is still some skepticism regarding the real value it can create for firms. To shed light on the topic, drawing on a sample of 212 Spanish hotels, the chapter examines what are the main social media tools used in this sector and what is the impact of using these platforms in promoting customer engagement behaviors. The chapter offers relevant implications for theory and practice.

The Impact of ICT in Educating Students with Learning Disabilities in Australian Schools

2016 ◽  
pp. 2028-2041
Author(s):  
Tas Adam ◽  
Arthur Tatnall
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Special Schools ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Beneficial Impact ◽  
Education Of Students ◽  
The Impact

The term “Learning Difficulties” (sometimes also referred to as Special Needs) is used in reference to students who have significant difficulties in the acquisition of literacy and numeracy skills and need extra assistance with schooling. This is a large heterogeneous group. Another more specific term is “Learning Disabilities” that refers to the small sub-group of students who exhibit severe and unexplained problems. This chapter presents a report on an investigation, framed by the use of actor-network theory, of how the use of Information and Communications Technologies can aid in improving the education of students with Learning Disabilities. The study involved case studies and participant observation of the use of ICT in two outer Melbourne suburban Special Schools and an investigation of the impact of Education Department policies on these school environments. Research at the two Special Schools revealed that use of Information and Communications Technologies can have a very beneficial impact on these students by improving their self-esteem and facilitating their acquisition of useful life skills.

Building New Relationships

2020 ◽  
pp. 230-254
Author(s):  
Afaf Mubarak Bugawa ◽  
Noora Abdulla Janahi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Significant Positive Relationship ◽  
Media Applications ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Shed Light

Given the current widespread popularity of social media, such as Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and many other applications, understanding users' attitudes and usage behavior of social media applications becomes a necessity in order to develop future placements of such technologies and increase the level of trust among the users. Therefore, the aim of this chapter is to shed light on the impact of trustworthiness of social media on the intention to use it. Data is gathered through a quantitative method, in which a questionnaire is used as a primary data. A convenient sampling is applied, in which the most easily accessible managers and employees in Ministry of Interior in Bahrain are chosen. The results demonstrate that there is a significant positive relationship between trustworthiness and intention to use social media. The study recommends future works to study the impact of security awareness on the usage of social media in public sector in Bahrain.

A Method of Analysing the Use of Social Networking Sites in Business

2013 ◽  
pp. 794-813
Author(s):  
Sanaa Askool ◽  
Aimee Jacobs ◽  
Keiichi Nakata
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Work Activities ◽  
Collaborative Environment ◽  
Communications Technologies

Organisations have used information and communications technologies (ICT) to gain a competitive advantage. Presently, social media, in particular, social networking sites play a crucial role in business and enable a collaborative environment for business activities through networked relationships. Despite the benefits offered, many businesses are reluctant to use these tools because of privacy, security, and cultural issues. Through a literature review of the environment this chapter provides an overview of the ways businesses can use social media, and background information for understanding the growth and importance of social networks and social networking sites. One of the ways to prepare for future growth is to analyse social media in a business environment by using Earl’s model of evolution as a framework. Investigating and understanding the influence of Web 2.0 on business should provide professionals and enterprises with a better understanding of how this tool can be integrated with work activities.

How social media making an impact on the field of 3D printing in dentistry – survey study (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamás Hegedüs ◽  
Patrik Kreuter ◽  
Dorottya Bányai ◽  
Ádám Végh ◽  
Péter Hermann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
3D Printing ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Maxillofacial Surgery ◽  
The United States ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Additive Technology ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND 3D printing is a rapidly developing technology in the healthcare industry and in dentistry as well. Regarding its application it shows clear evidence that this area of digital dentistry is in everyday usage among all of the fields including prosthodontics, orthodontics, maxillofacial surgery and oral implantology. In spite of gaining ground, there is a lack of information about how the specialists (dentists, dental technicians) use the additive technology. OBJECTIVE Our research group aims to investigate the impact of social media on the additive manufacturing technology among dental specialists and the everyday usage of 3D printing. METHODS The paper investigates the everyday usage of 3D printing by the specialists via an online survey (Google Form). The questions of the survey try to draw a conclusion about the number of 3D printers used, the accessibility of devices, the annual cost and the designing programs. Since the specialists tend to build online communities on social media, during our research we spread the questionnaire by our platforms on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. RESULTS The 114 feedback were from 20 countries, most of them were from Hungary (23.7%), the United States (18.4%), and the United Kingdom (7.9%). Most of the participants were dentists (62) and dental technicians (29) but also CAD / CAM specialists (23) filled out our survey. The participants had an average of 3.8 years (± 0.7) of experience in the 3D printing field, and own a total of 405 printing devices (3.6 on average/person). CONCLUSIONS The impact of social media on this research field is more and more growing hence we support the specialists to join the virtual communities on the adequate platforms. The article intended to provide a practical overview of feedback and give a direction for those dentist colleagues who are willing to invest in this technology. From our survey we could state that additive technology is widening our applications and our services, what we can provide for our patients.

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