Islam in the Digital Age

This is Gary Bunt’s second monograph on the Muslims’ use of the Internet,the first being Virtually Islamic (Cardiff, UK: The University of Wales Press:2000). It is a good contribution to the growing literature, and will appeal tostudents of contemporary Muslim societies and the sociocultural and religiousinfluence of new communication technologies. The book provides auseful list of websites containing information on Islam and Muslims.Bunt suggests that a substantial number of Muslims use the Internet asa propagation and networking tool, to dialogue with each other, and to conductresearch. For some, it is an important way to bypass state censorshipand access other media, and it acts as a means of local and global contact.The Internet is used to disseminate and obtain decisions and points of interpretationon current events, and, for some individuals who are relativelyunknown or treated as pariahs locally, to achieve fame in the larger ummah.Since September 2001, Muslims’ activities and activism on the Internethave proliferated; meanwhile, those in power have increased attempts torestrict them. There has been an increase in websites, chat rooms, and e-maillists. The author justifies linking Muslims’ uses of the Internet with jihad andfatwas by stating that these two areas have seen the most significant integrationof electronic activity with religion. However, he shuns alarmism aboutthe Internet and Islam by presenting a rational analysis and discussion.Bunt admits that a small, albeit growing, minority in Muslim-majoritycountries uses information and communication technologies. Muslim onlinediscourses are part of the contemporary discussion about Islamic identities.The Internet “has not superseded traditional forms of political expression, butis a means through which conventional boundaries and barriers can be transcended”(p. 11).

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ICT in agrarian sector of the CR

Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) ◽

10.17221/5444-agricecon ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 49 (No. 11) ◽

pp. 540-542

Author(s):

J. Vaněk ◽

J. Jarolímek

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

The Internet ◽

Real Situation ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Agrarian Sector ◽

Key Factor ◽

Information And Communication ◽

The University

The fact that the development of information and communication technologies (ICT) is a key factor of development of individuals, regions, sectors and whole countries is well known at the beginning of the 21st century. The real situation of ICT utilization is very different in particular sections and it fails to reach standards that we would expect. The sphere of the agrarian sector of the Czech Republic is a very good example. The Information and Consulting Centre FEM at the University of Agriculture in Prague (IPC) has been participating on research of the utilization ICT in agriculture for three years. According to the latest data from July 2002, 55% of agrarian enterprises are connected to the Internet, which is much less than in other sectors.

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Smart Villages: Where Can They Happen?

Land ◽

10.3390/land9050151 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 151 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Łukasz Komorowski ◽

Monika Stanny

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Rural Areas ◽

New Technology ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

The Internet ◽

The European Union ◽

Economic Data ◽

Fine Grained ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Use Of The Internet

The European Union is actively promoting the idea of “smart villages”. The increased uptake of new technology and in particular, the use of the internet, is seen as a vital part of strategies to combat rural decline. It is evident that those areas most poorly connected to the internet are those confronted by the greatest decline. The analysis in this paper is based on Poland, which at the time of EU accession had many deeply disadvantaged rural areas. Using fine-grained socio-economic data, an association can be found between weak internet access and rural decline in Poland. The preliminary conclusions about the utility of the smart village concept as a revitalisation tool for rural Poland point to theoretical and methodological dilemmas. Barriers to the concept’s implementation are also observed, although there is a chance they may be overcome with the continued spread of information and communication technologies in rural areas.

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A Survey on the Use of the Internet of Multimedia Things for Precision Agriculture and the Agrifood Sector

Engineering Proceedings ◽

10.3390/engproc2021009032 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 32

Author(s):

Alvertos Ioannis Mourikis ◽

Romanos Kalamatianos ◽

Ioannis Karydis ◽

Markos Avlonitis

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Precision Agriculture ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

The Internet ◽

Information And Communication ◽

In Situ Sensing ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

The Internet Of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) has already penetrated an ever-increasing array of daily aspects of life. IoTs bridge the analog and digital worlds in an unprecedented manner and degree by providing in situ sensing. Adding to the IoT the capability to collect interrelated multi-modal sensing, the use of the Internet of Multimedia Things (IoMTs) has recently been exhibited to significantly enhance the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in numerous applications, and most importantly in agrifood systems. In this work, we review key recent works in the conjunction of the three domains of IoMT, agrifood and precision agriculture and present open research directions.

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Time of Use and Patterns of Internet Consumption in University Students: A Comparative Study between Spanish-Speaking Countries

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12125087 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (12) ◽

pp. 5087

Author(s):

José Gómez-Galán ◽

Diego Vergara ◽

Eva Ordóñez-Olmedo ◽

María Guadalupe Veytia-Bucheli

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

The Internet ◽

University Policy ◽

Spanish Speaking ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Multiple Variables ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

Social Habits ◽

The University

Today, the processes of virtualization in higher education are decisive. The digital paradigm has an enormous influence on the university world, and will have even more in the future. Knowing how students access the Internet, how they consume it and how long they use it would be of great value for university policy, to facilitate the proper integration of information and communication technologies (ICT). The main objective of this study is to determine the time of use of the Internet by university students in different Spanish-speaking countries in the last eight years (2012–2019). It also aims to determine whether belonging to a common cultural space has an influence on this fact. The broad sample was composed of 2463 subjects from Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. The results show that there is no homogeneity in the time of use and consumption patterns among the countries analyzed. The particular elements and social habits of each specific country, and multiple variables within each of them, condition their use. In conclusion, it can be argued that the integration of ICTs in university contexts is a very complex phenomenon in which multiple factors are present. In this sense, the sustainable educational policies of each country—and even of each university—must focus on their characteristics and idiosyncrasies. Importing practices from other countries, or attempting to apply common patterns of integration, may not be effective because of differences in the very different variables present in each.

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Breaking Down Barriers

IASL Annual Conference Proceedings ◽

10.29173/iasl7540 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Dianne Oberg

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Best Practice ◽

Internet Use ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Study Data ◽

The Internet ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

Teacher Librarians

In Canada, as in many countries, teachers are being encouraged to integrate information and communication technologies (ICT) such as the Internet into the curriculum. A study conducted in Canada in 1999-2002 examined Internet use in schools through interviews with technology leaders, through surveys of teachers and principals, and through case study investigations of three school districts, each in a different province of Canada. The case study data from the three districts was analyzed, using the NVivo software program, to address three main questions: (1) To what extent was teachers' use of the Internet consistent with “best practice,” as described by Moersch (1999)? (2) What types of support systems appeared to be essential for effective Internet use in classrooms to occur? (3) What was the role of the teacher-librarian in contributing to effective Internet use in classrooms? The study showed that teachers were integrating the Internet into their teaching, but had not yet achieved “best practice,” and that teacher-librarians were influential in supporting teachers’ progress towards “best practice” in the use of the Internet in instruction.

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EVALUATION OF ATTITUDES AND INTERESTS TOWARDS ICT: ORIENTATION FOR PROBLEM EXPERIENCES

Problems of Education in the 21st Century ◽

10.33225/pec/12.43.44 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 44-57

Author(s):

Francisco Manuel Morales Rodríguez

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Transformation Process ◽

The Internet ◽

Upper Secondary Education ◽

Computer Knowledge ◽

Potential Applications ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Power Point ◽

The University

The transformation process occurring in the educational field, which has resulted from the generalized development and application of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), differs from preceding technological revolutions in the amazingly accelerated pace it sets. Reflecting upon the implications of the generalized and increasing adoption of ICT is undeniably important for the present and future of social sciences and, particularly, for the areas of pedagogy and didactics. The new model of Higher Education involves new methods, demands and challenges, where the use of ICT represents one of the basic competences. The present study aims to provide an evaluation of interests and attitudes towards Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in a sample of 224 post-graduate students of the Master's Degree in Teacher Training: Secondary and Upper Secondary Education, Vocational Training and Language Teaching, aged from 22 to 49 years old. The questionnaire includes questions aimed to evaluate different aspects, which facilitate interactive learning: computer knowledge; knowing the value of the Internet; place and frequency of online access; and usefulness of certain tools such as video-film, power point, Moodle, forums, wikis, chats, video-forums and blogs. Additionally, the questionnaire includes a number of questions about the potential applications of the Internet in an educational context. Results showed that all students are familiar with the Internet and that they first got to know it from friends. More important is the fact that most of them consider the Internet as a potential educational resource and not only as a support or reinforcement tool that complements the textbook and they like to use ICT and think of them as useful tools in their learning/teaching process. There are differences based on gender and specialization in the perception of the role that ICT is to play in the university context. In particular, men from the specialization Foreign Language consider that weblogs do facilitate peer-to-peer and student-teacher communication and give less importance than women to the item stating that the families’ socioeconomic level has an influence on our knowledge of the Internet. To conclude, the information obtained from the present study is of interest both for training teachers and for integrating ICT in the academic curricula. Key words: attitudes, ICT, learning, university students.

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Information and communication technologies and their impact on social security Social field study at the University of Baghdad

ALUSTATH JOURNAL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ◽

10.36473/ujhss.v221i2.446 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 221 (2) ◽

pp. 513-531

Author(s):

M.M.Maryam Jabbar Rash

Keyword(s):

Social Security ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Information Networks ◽

The Internet ◽

The Social ◽

Wide Range ◽

Information And Communication ◽

The University ◽

Theoretical Side

Attention to issues of community and information networks and social increased since the Internet form Vdhaih informational and success in establishing his groups, has become the Internet Btfaalath part of everyday life for many individuals, saluting exposed Iraqi family, many of the challenges of growing and dangers with Maishdh society of rapid shifts physical and intellectual changes coincide with the breadth the pace of globalization and openness to Western cultures, especially with the wide range of technological and communication revolution and the information that allowed ample room for the penetration of the effects of other cultures in the reality of Iraqi society, and in this regard this study provides an analysis of the extent of utilization of the Internet in the province of Baghdad and its impact on the social security of the Iraqi society has adopted the study on two foundations theoretical side and the side of the field to collect the necessary information and data required for the analyzes of the study has reached important results, as put forward a number of recommendations that can help to achieve positive and effective results

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Cloud Computing and Its Application to Information Centre

Web-Based Services ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-9466-8.ch055 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 1256-1269

Author(s):

Nihal Alam ◽

Ranjan Karmakar

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Cloud Services ◽

The Internet ◽

Library Services ◽

Information Centre ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Digital Library Services ◽

Use Of The Internet

Information and communication technologies are developing very fast and providing us opportunities due to their benefits such as reduced cost, anytime, anywhere availability, as well as its elasticity and flexibility. Cloud computing is one of the newly emerged models for technology that provide us the facility of central remoting of servers to maintain data, software, and application through the use of the Internet. Nowadays it is widely applicable in many areas such as libraries, information centres, in-house, applications and digital library services. Our chapter will focus mainly on: Models of cloud computing, types of cloud suitable for information centres, application of cloud computing with examples, opportunity and risk in developing cloud services, and impact of cloud computing to information centres.

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The websites of Portuguese trade unions: surfing for rights?

Sociologia Problemas e Práticas ◽

10.7458/spp2013732809 ◽

1970 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Raquel Rego ◽

Paulo Marques Alves ◽

Jorge Silva ◽

Reinhard Naumann

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Trade Union ◽

Trade Unions ◽

Communication Strategies ◽

Industrial Relations ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

The Internet ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

Union Structure

Studies on industrial relations in Portugal have not paid much attention to the roleof the latest information and communication technologies. In seeking to help fillthis gap, this article characterises the use of the Internet by Portuguese trade unions,by presenting a typology of theirwebsites and determining whether there arestatistically significant associations between that typology and each union’s membershipof the main national confederations. The authors base themselves on theprinciple that the fragmented nature of the trade union structure in Portugal leadsto different communication strategies. The conclusion sets out a number of hypothesesthat may help explain the results of the present study.

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