Consigned to Temporal or Permanent Oblivion?

2019 ◽  
pp. 237-270
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
Human Memory ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Filter Bubbles ◽  
Blind Spots

Mass and partial forgetting in electronic hive minds (shared consciousness enabled through socio-technical spaces, social media, and information and communications technology [ICT]) is conceptualized as something gradual and organic based on the functions of human memory and accelerated in other cases, depending on the adaptive needs of the EHM. How EHMs form, the proclivity to certain attitudes, favored meta-narratives, the exposure to a wide range of ideas (vs. filter bubbles), and other aspects affect what is retained and what is forgotten. This sheds some light on how some EHMs may coordinate to maintain memory on “critical issues” and “issues of facts” and the roles of those who act as “folk” historians and commemorators and the roles of technology as affordance/enablement and constraint. This work focuses on the hard effort of maintaining collective memory in the ephemera of transient EHMs. Methods for identifying blind spots and invisible spaces in memory in EHMs are suggested, and this method is applied in a walk-through of a portion of a star-based fandom and followership-based EHM. This chapter explores some of the nature of forgetting in EHMs.

scholarly journals Internal Factors within Entrepreneurs that Influence the Acceptance and Use of Social Commerce among SMEs in Malaysia

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azilahwati Binti Adam ◽  
Jessnor Elmy Binti Mat Jizat ◽  
Mohd Asri Bin Mohd Nor
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Social Commerce ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Business World ◽  
Business Innovation ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
New Business

<p>Current technological advances, particularly in information and communications technology (ICT) and social media have sparked a phenomenon in the business world. The existence of social commerce (s-commerce), which is a combination of e-commerce and social media, has opened up greater opportunities for SMEs in Malaysia. The use of s-commerce as a medium for marketing and buying and selling is capable of helping SMEs to increase the sales and profitability of their businesses. However, according to studies conducted by SME Corp Malaysia, the usage of e-commerce and social media is still low. Attitude and self-efficacy are variables that are often used in studies related to entrepreneurs and their intention to accept a new business innovation or technology. Therefore, this study was undertaken to identify the internal factors within entrepreneurs, namely attitude and self-efficacy, which influence the acceptance and use of s-commerce among SMEs in Malaysia.</p><p> </p>

Regulating the social media for global relationships

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 426-433
Author(s):  
Tolulope Kayode-Adedeji
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Western Culture ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Western Power ◽  
The Social ◽  
Global Platform ◽  
Social Media Network

The emergence of information and communications technology has opened a global platform for communication, causing lots of changes especially redefining the identity of many nations across borders. The presence of western power is becoming prominent while values and general way of life are being globally defined by the western culture. There is proof that the social media in this age are driving these changes faster than imagined. Consequently, the social media poses lots of challenges on a global level because of the differences that exist especially among the cultures. There is therefore a pressing need for some forms on the social media to protect the identity of nations, ensure security across borders and prevent nation-to-nation harassment and discrimination. This paper therefore using the Blake’s prototype proposes ways to ensure social media regulations and also identifies the possible challenges that could be faced in regulating social media network. Keywords: Social media, global relationship, prototype, information and communications technology, Internet.

scholarly journals Evolution toward an open value system for smart mobility services

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 44-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas R. Casey ◽  
Timo Ali-Vehmas ◽  
Ville Valovirta
Keyword(s):  
Future Development ◽  
Mobile Networks ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Value System ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Smart Mobility ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Isolated Systems

The markets around transport and mobility are undergoing significant changes. One of the central drivers for these changes is the deployment of information and communications technology throughout the transport system, which in turn enables a wide range of smart mobility services. At the moment, however, smart mobility services are rather fragmented and work in isolated silos. A key issue in future development is how these isolated systems will become interconnected and in general more open. In this article, we apply the framework introduced by Ali-Vehmas and Casey (2012) to model how the evolution toward an open value system for smart mobility services could occur in Finland. In particular, we apply analogies from the emergence of GSM-based mobile networks and the Internet where the former has followed a more centralized path and the latter a more decentralized path.1

Utilizing Adaptive and Intelligent Systems for Collaborative Online Learning

2016 ◽  
pp. 165-186
Author(s):  
Matin Saad Abdullah ◽  
Al-Sakib Khan Pathan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Arabic Speakers ◽  
Native Arabic Speakers ◽  
Technical Details ◽  
Level Of Understanding ◽  
Intelligent Model

The purpose of this chapter is to present an Adaptive and Intelligent model for online Qur'anic Arabic learning. The goal of this model is to make the learning process easier by extracting frequently used words and collocation in Qur'an with different contextual connotations and then applying a periodic reminding system via online. The target is to make occasional learning easier for the subscribers. The work focuses on non-native speakers of Arabic among the Muslims because it is an obligation for them to memorize and recite a part of the Qur'an during the five daily prayers. While for native Arabic speakers, it is relatively easy to understand, this approach of ours aims at achieving a level of understanding of the recited Arabic words even for the non-native users. The power of Social Media, thus Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has been effectively used in this domain. A part of this project has already been implemented. Alongside the description of our base learning model, we also present the technical details and obtained results from our implemented prototype.

scholarly journals Site Management and Use of Social Media by Tourism Businesses: The Case of Quebec

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romain Roult ◽  
Marilyne Gaudette ◽  
Denis Auger ◽  
Jean-Marc Adjizian
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Communication Patterns ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Site Management ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
The World ◽  
Tourism Enterprises ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
And Training

Abstract Information and communications technology (ICT) has taken centre stage in recent decades in the world of tourism. Publicity and reservation strategies, in particular, are now developed through ICT. The rise of virtual, tourist communities has messed up ways to assess tourism products. This complete renewal of ways to interact with the customer requires tourism businesses to adapt to these new communication patterns. It is with regard to this issue that this study is based. A survey of 2 393 Quebec tourism enterprises made it was possible to identify websites and use patterns of these organizations and social media. The results show that most companies are aware of the importance of ICT for the development of their activities, but some financial, human, geographical and training aspects slow down the process.

scholarly journals Educating Adolescents about Social Behavior using Information and Communications Technology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikas Rao Naidu ◽  
RAZA HASAN ◽  
Raya Al-Harrasi ◽  
Karan Jesrani
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
School Level ◽  
P Value ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Level Of Significance

The media has a wide range of applications. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) plays a vital role to educate the young generation. For over three decades, we have observed a very good involvement of media in spreading awareness on various issues pertaining to the society. The aim of this research study to seek the relationship between teaching multimedia (animation) at school level to educate adolescents about the social behavior. A survey has been carried out in five different levels of educational institution in Sultanate of Oman. 873 samples were collected, correlation analysis was performed on hypotheses to test the linear association. Linear regression has been performed to test hypothesis for comparing regression constants. The analysis discovered that there is adequate evidence to support the claim at the alpha level of significance that social behavior learning at school level on adolescents, multimedia effect on educating social behavior and technology aided support on learning of social behavior have a positive and significant effect having α=0.85, significance F = 0.0 and p value less than 0.05 proving to be significant.  

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