An Overview on Information and Communication Overload

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joao Carlos Lopes Batista ◽  
Rui Pedro Figueiredo Marques
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Information Overload ◽  
Steady Increase ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Social Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Individual

This chapter presents an overview on information and communication overload. The theme is contextualized and the main concepts are discussed based on the published literature. The individual, the organizational and the social perspectives are considered. To deepen this discussion, the authors developed a bibliometric analysis, which demonstrated the steady increase of interest in this topic, apparently enhanced by new developments in information technology. These technologies have presented solutions for some problems, but at the same time they have raised new issues of information overload. The bibliometric analysis also shows that many of these new issues are communication issues, contributing to justify our argument that, currently, the problems of information overload and communication overload are interrelated.

Identity in Written Discourse

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 140-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Kei Matsuda
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Written Discourse ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Writer Identity ◽  
Social Conventions ◽  
Social Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual

ABSTRACTThis article provides an overview of theoretical and research issues in the study of writer identity in written discourse. First, a historical overview explores how identity has been conceived, studied, and taught, followed by a discussion of how writer identity has been conceptualized. Next, three major orientations toward writer identity show how the focus of analysis has shifted from the individual to the social conventions and how it has been moving toward an equilibrium, in which the negotiation of individual and social perspectives is recognized. The next two sections discuss two of the key developments—identity in academic writing and the assessment of writer identity. The article concludes with a brief discussion of the implications and future directions for teaching and researching identity in written discourse.

scholarly journals Mobilization and demobilization in a network political protest

2020 ◽  
pp. 266-297
Author(s):  
Alexander Sokolov ◽  
Asya Palagicheva
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Protest ◽  
The Social ◽  
State And Society ◽  
Communication Space ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Individual

The article considers the essence and approaches to understanding network political protest. Traditional forms of collective action are changing under the influence of information and communication technologies. The network paradigm focuses on the position of the individual in the social space, the degree of his involvement in the communication space, the ability to control and regulate the intensity of the information flow. Network structures are more flexible and adaptive, more in line with the new reality. Special and main principles of the network structure of political protest are revealed. The article also presents definitions of political mobilization and demobilization. These processes Express the rivalry of the conflicting parties-the state and society, where the support of the broad masses of the population is an important category. Based on the data of the monitoring study, the features of the development of civil protest activism and the use of mobilization technologies were identified. ICTs have a significant impact on their formation and transformation. The state, reacting to forms of real and virtual activity, formulates a counteraction strategy. It is expressed in the use of technologies for the demobilization of citizens, which are also undergoing changes in the era of digitalization

scholarly journals Media and Information Technology in Ten Years’ Time: A Society of Control Both from Above and Below, and From Outside and Inside

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörg Becker
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Stratification ◽  
Class Struggle ◽  
Top Down ◽  
The Social ◽  
External Conditions ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Society Of Control

In the process of continual change from the hand axe to the factory and now to industrial production 4.0, technology has had, and still has, two basically invariable functions: control and rationalisation. Each of these two terms is to be understood in a very comprehensive sense, in technical, engineering, commercial, legal and also social terms. This tenet also applies to television and to information technology. In my lecture, the terms “above” and “below” stand for a model of social stratification; they stand for capital and labour. The terms “outside” and “inside” stand for the external conditions of the class struggle from “above” and “below”. The external conditions mean the social and the inside conditions mean the psychological environment. Both television and information technology rely on content and organisational forms that run from above to below (from top to bottom). Moreover, contrary to Gutenberg’s invention of moving letters, today innovations in the media and IT fields no longer run from the bottom up, but only from the top down. While television conditions the individual from outside, users of social media internalise that same conditioning as a liberation from constraints.

scholarly journals Education and Social Reproduction in Schools

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 223
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Kurt
Keyword(s):  
Social Reproduction ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Perspectives ◽  
Individual Function ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Social ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Education Needs ◽  
The Individual

Education is important for all structures of the society. The structures of the society mainly classes are involved and tried to be educated in places which are separated deliberately for the aims. On the other hand, from society to society the aims and also the expectation can be changed. This article tries to explain and discuss the progressing of education as a perception for individual and society. The references will be found out according to the graduates those are the products of schools in the society and the education as a system for the classes in the structure of the society. As an instrument education needs to be given thought to on and reconsidered for the individual and social perspectives. Education is one of the main factors for the social reproduction in the society. That is a nature of the societies that they want to reproduce themselves as they are. So society cannot be separated from reproduction and education. Hence, in this paper, effort was made to establish the fact that education and social reproduction are the basic tools for cultural and individual function for the society. The paper asserts that education supports and helps social reproduction as one of the factors of socialization. For many years, in this way, education has done its duty in the society as a tool with its all stages formally or informally. The paper posits that social reproduction always goes on with its tools in the society. However it can be underline that education as a tool is changed and perception on education is considered in different ways for cultural and individual functions.

scholarly journals The Social Media Usage and its Impact on the Innovative Behavior: The Mediator Role of Information Technology: A Field Study in the Information and Communication Technology Organizations in Jordan

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Khalid Mahmmod Ahmad Mansour ◽  
Fayez Jomah Saleh Al-Najjar
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Innovative Behavior ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Use Of Social Media

This study aimed to shed the light on the role of Social Media usage in the innovative behavior through the recent information technology (IT) in the organizations specialized in the information and communication technology (ICT) field. The study population consisted of the ICT organizations operating in Jordan as affiliated with the Information and Communication Technology Association (INTAJ) amounting to 161 organization. The analysis unit consisted of the managers in the top and middle level. The study relied on the simple random sample; and it reached a number of conclusions the most important of which is that the perceptions by respondents of the independent variable Social Media Usage were medium; and the same applies to all its dimensions. The dependent variable Innovative Behavior was also medium, as well as all its dimensions. As for the mediator variable IT, the respondents' perceptions were high, along with all its dimensions. The study indicated that there is a statistically significant impact for the Social Media usage with its component on the innovative behavior. Also, it was found that a statistically significant impact for the Social Media usage with its component on the innovative behavior through the IT in the organizations operating in the ICT field in Jordan. These conclusions indicated that there is an opportunity for the ICT organizations to promote its innovative behavior through the Social Media usage. Based on the reached conclusions, the study concluded a set of recommendations the most important of which is that the awareness should be increased with respect to the capacities that are available due to the use of the Social Media as well as the advantages that can be utilized by the ICT organizations in Jordan through this use; the organization should well utilize the Social Media usage especially the Groups and Sharing by taking the necessary decision that lead to the activation of the Social Media role in the various phases of the innovative behavior; and the need for the organizations to direct the use of Social Media through the dissemination of a culture of innovation based on the use of Social Media.

Perspectives and Good Practices in Visualization of Knowledge About Public Entities

2018 ◽  
pp. 195-213
Author(s):  
Jan Fazlagić ◽  
Windham Loopesko ◽  
Leszek Matuszak ◽  
Rigby Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Information Overload ◽  
Multivariate Data ◽  
Human Face ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
The Individual

Visualization of knowledge in public entities is becoming more and more popular due to the development of information technology tools, the demand for solutions allowing for reduction of information overload (IO), and new approaches to local government, including citizen participation. The chapter presents some case study examples of knowledge visualization in public entities with some conclusions and recommendations for policy makers. Additionally, it presents a complete map of certain Polish counties prepared by the authors. The authors applied, apart from the visualization in the form a map, the “Chernoff Faces” method (invented by Herman Chernoff in 1973). This method displays multivariate data on Polish counties in the shape of a human face. The individual parts, such as eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, represent values of the variables by their shape, size, placement, and orientation. The idea behind using faces is that humans easily recognize faces and notice small changes without difficulty. Chernoff Faces handle each variable differently.

scholarly journals Creating Interactive Learning Environments through the Use of Information and Communication Technologies Applied to Learning of Social Values: An Approach from Neuro-Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Luis Espino-Díaz ◽  
Jose-Luis Alvarez-Castillo ◽  
Hugo Gonzalez-Gonzalez ◽  
Carmen-Maria Hernandez-Lloret ◽  
Gemma Fernandez-Caminero
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Interactive Learning Environments ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
New Science ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Educational Field

In order to link learning and the brain, it is necessary to carry out a restructuring of pedagogical practice so that it can be linked to the contributions of Neurosciences. In this sense, Neuro-education is emerging as a new science that has as its main objective the synergy of Pedagogy, Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience, and with this, being able to bring the different educational agents the necessary resources in terms of the brain and learning binomial This article focuses on the importance of education in values, and the acquisition of prosocial behavior and how this educational field can be developed from the use of information and communication technologies (ICT). The challenge before us is to build the map of values, which make the individual a fulfilled being and, in turn, a collaborator of the social environment. On the other hand, ICTs offer enormous potential in terms of their application in the field of education. In this article we will show the role that this type of tools can play in the learning and assimilation of values, bearing in mind the contributions of neuro-education.

scholarly journals Analyzing Individual, Institutional, and Regional Contributions to E-tourism: The Case of ENTER Proceedings (1996–2021)

2022 ◽  
pp. 431-442
Author(s):  
Suki Siuki Tam ◽  
Huiyue Ye ◽  
Rob Law ◽  
Lawrence Hoc Nang Fong
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
International Federation ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
International Event ◽  
The Individual

AbstractENTER conference is an annual international event organized by the International Federation for Information Technology and Travel and Tourism (IFITT). Since 1994, this conference has been providing a platform for academics, industry practitioners, governments, and other organizations to share their research about information and communication technologies application in tourism. In the conference, the IFITT community mainly focuses on three streams, namely, research, destinations, and industry. The studies presented at the ENTER conference were published in the content of ENTER proceedings. The current study analyzes the proceedings published from 1996 to 2021 (i.e., 26 issues) to understand the individual, institutional, and regional contributions to e-tourism within these 26 years.

scholarly journals The Construction of Full Citizenship in a Vision of the Brazilian Digital Inclusion in Education

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Robert Ferreira Dos Santos ◽  
Ildefonso Rodrigues Teixera
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Social Programs ◽  
Structure Transformation ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
The Social ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
The Individual

This article discusses the importance of digital inclusion in the construction of citizenship. The central point when discussing social inequality is citizenship with impacts on the structure transformation present in society. The opportunities created by digital inclusion can transform the conditions of the individual, leading to the construction of citizenship from greater participation in political life and in public decisions. Digital inclusion can promote the participation of the individual in cyberspace which becomes the sphere for public debates and a space for State decisions. The critical use of techniques and information technology along with other actions which promotes equality can lead to the development of full citizenship and requires a new transformation in the meanings of work, responsible for occupation and social inclusion. Considering the adjustments for digital inclusion, social programs can go "beyond mere access" to computers and internet and changes and in the social space.

scholarly journals ICT and PseudoE-Governance Trap - A Case Study of “SMS Pandan” and “ULAS” in Surakarta City

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
Rutiana Dwi Wahyunengseh ◽  
Andwijoko Mulyanto
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Personal Responsibility ◽  
City Government ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Democratic Community ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Buck Passing ◽  
Depth Interviews

The performance of E-governance represents the government’s usage of information technology for democratic community and nation building. This paper reports on a content analysis on the application of information technology to “SMS Pandan” and “ULAS” service by Surakarta City government to examine the extent of e-Governance in the Surakarta region.  The analysis is supplement with in-depth interviews with government officials and the community. The analysis used community based monitoring (CBM) framework to explain the effect of information and communication technology (ICT) use on the social accountability of government service and organization. The results show that procedural formality and patriarchical bureaucratic cultures triggered the emergence of ICT paradox and led to pathologies such depersonalization, buck passing, and atrophy of personal responsibility. This in turn has led to the emergence of a pseudo e-governance. 

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