Mobile Networked Text Communication

Social Relations ◽

Text Messaging ◽

Everyday Activities ◽

This chapter introduces a qualitative study of the use of mobile text messaging (SMS) and re?ects on how SMS in?uences social interaction. It describes how this new communication technology is used to maintain social relations and how it generally assists users in their everyday activities. Three issues are highlighted: how users use SMS to overcome shyness, how they use it for micro-grooming, and how they are able to control messages to their advantage. It is argued that SMS facilitates users in their everyday life through the ways it supports awareness and accountability. These characteristics make the communication channel a “social translucent” technology, contributing to its popularity. It is suggested that simple information and communication technologies such as SMS can provide powerful tools in new designs of information and communication technologies.

Mobile Networked Text Communication

Mobile Computing ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-054-7.ch172 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 2130-2143 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Louise Barkhuus

Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Everyday Life ◽

Social Relations ◽

Text Messaging ◽

Everyday Activities ◽

This chapter introduces a qualitative study of the use of mobile text messaging (SMS) and reflects on how SMS influences social interaction. It describes how this new communication technology is used to maintain social relations and how it generally assists users in their everyday activities. Three issues are highlighted: how users use SMS to overcome shyness, how they use it for micro-grooming, and how they are able to control messages to their advantage. It is argued that SMS facilitates users in their everyday life through the ways it supports awareness and accountability. These characteristics make the communication channel a “social translucent” technology, contributing to its popularity. It is suggested that simple information and communication technologies such as SMS can provide powerful tools in new designs of information and communication technologies.

Calm Technologies as the Future Goal of Information Technologies

Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking, Second Edition ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-014-1.ch026 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 187-194

Author(s):

Alexandru Tugui

Keyword(s):

Everyday Life ◽

Information Technologies ◽

Human Life ◽

Human Society ◽

Human Being ◽

Ideal World ◽

The evolution of the human society over the last 50,000 years has been greatly influenced by technology. The last 200 years have brought about technological achievements at a breathtaking speed. For about six decades, we have been the beneficiaries of the information technologies, which have acquired, over the last 20-25 years, due to the communication technology, an exponential proliferation. In an ideal world, computers will blend into the landscape, will inform but not overburden you with information, and make you aware of them only when you need them. Therefore, the human being is a mere subject of technology, and his everyday life has become increasingly stressing. In order to diminish this stress, solutions have been considered, designed to “tame” the technologies that the human being uses, so as to become calm technologies, that is, technologies that affect neither the human life nor the environment. We can say that everything that surrounds us is technology! Be it or not natural, It influences the environment we live in. Here is a serious reason for every technology to be calm! This article basically deals with the concept of calm technologies and with the characteristics that should be emphasized in the field of the information and communication technologies aimed at turning them into calm technologies.

ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

FLORA AND FAUNA ◽

10.33451/florafauna.v23i1pp03-08 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 3-8

Author(s):

R. P. BAIN ◽

D. P. RAI ◽

SIDDARTH NAYAK

Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

Sustainable Society ◽

Indian Agriculture ◽

Role Of Information

If we want to convert our rural population into knowledge driven, progressive, self sufficient, self reliant, sustainable society, the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT’s) cannot be ignored. Timely availability information is considered as most important factor in Indian agriculture. At present ICT is the technology of this millennium. Transferring the developed technology to all end users is time-consuming and tiresome task and is often not completed due to paucity of resources and lack of manpower. In India, agriculture and rural development has gained significantly from ICT due to its widespread extension and adoption. In this era of internet, ICT is committed to provide real, timely accurate authentic information to the farmers and rural peoples.

Use of ICT in Teaching Vocational Subjects

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN INDUSTRY ◽

10.17762/itii.v9i2.417 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 803-813

Author(s):

Deepak Chakravarty, Dr. Mahima Gupta, Prof. Banhi Jha

Keyword(s):

Teaching And Learning ◽

Modern World ◽

Physical Strength ◽

New Information ◽

The Way

In today’s modern world, globalization has completely changed the way of working. The way we live, learn, work, and even define work has changed due to new information and communication technologies—Hence, it can stated that human capital fuel up the modern economy. In reality, the information and communication technology revolution has turned intelligence into a valuable commodity. In today's economy, economic growth is based on mental intelligence rather than physical strength, and its worth is generated by recruiting knowledgeable workers and continuing to learn. Incorporating information and communication technology (ICT) into vocational and technical education and the educational system in general has a vast range of consequences on teaching and learning.

Digital transformation of energy sector companies

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202125006001 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 250 ◽

pp. 06001

Author(s):

Victoria Akberdina ◽

Ainur Osmonova

Keyword(s):

Renewable Energy ◽

Everyday Life ◽

Digital Transformation ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Low Carbon Economy ◽

Energy Companies ◽

Carbon Economy

Digital transformation is an ongoing process that is driven by the recent advances in digitalization as well as the development of information and communication technologies (ICT) that penetrate all socio-economic fields of everyday life and business. In this paper, we describe the digital transformation of energy companies. We show that successful transformation is based on skills, expertise and knowledge of the employees that need to be created and maintained. In addition, we show that digital competences become a key element in building capacities that are required for the digital transformation. This is of a particular importance for the energy companies that are experiencing major changes on the path of transition toward low-carbon economy and renewable energy.

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to Improve Prescription Appropriateness and Therapy Adherence in the Multi-morbid Elderly

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine ◽

10.12890/2015_s1sp07 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (6) ◽

Author(s):

Alberto Borghese

Keyword(s):

Therapy Adherence ◽

Efficient Care

Multimorbidity patients pose severe challenges to which information and communication technology (ICT) can help patients and doctors to answer with effective and efficient care.

Introduction: Ethics of Information Technology in Health Care

The International Review of Information Ethics ◽

10.29173/irie188 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 2-5

Author(s):

Georg Marckmann ◽

Kenneth W Goodman

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Information Technology ◽

Social Issues ◽

Theme Issue ◽

Computer Based

Computer-based information and communication technologies continue to transform the delivery of health care and the conception and scientific understanding of the human body and the diseases that afflict it. While information technology has the potential to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care, it also raises important ethical and social issues. This IRIE theme issue seeks to provide a forum to identify, analyse and discuss the ethical and social issues raised by various applications of information and communication technology in medicine and health care. The contributions give a flavour of the extraordinarily broad landscape shaped by the intersection of medicine, computing and ethics. In fact, their diversity suggests that much more work is needed to clarify issues and approaches, and to provide practical tools for clinicians.

Incitement to riot: intermediary liability of ISP`S

LAPLAGE EM REVISTA ◽

10.24115/s2446-62202021731273p.111-118 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 111-118

Author(s):

Murad Madzhumayev

Keyword(s):

Social Relations ◽

Service Providers ◽

Eastern Bloc ◽

Internet Service ◽

Intermediary Liability ◽

Technical Capacity ◽

The Arab Spring

Collective actions, particularly organization, promotion, encouragement, and incitement to civil disturbances, are hard to imagine without use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Recent events such as the Arab Spring, the colour revolutions (e.g. in former Eastern Bloc and the Balkan countries), the unrest in Minneapolis in 2020 which subsequently spread to other US cities, and the US Capitol riots 2021 present significant evidence in this regard. The dissemination of information online inciting to riots involves internet service providers (ISPs) alongside the author. The aim of the paper is to specify the actors in accordance with their functions and determine their eligibility to be prosecuted in cases of incitement to riots using ICTs. Formulated a conclusion about the onset of intermediary liability of ISPs, holding the organizational and technical capacity to influence the information social relations of their users at any time.

Digital Urbanism in Southern Italy

Sustainable Practices ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4852-4.ch062 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 1121-1136

Author(s):

Arturo Di Bella

Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

Public Sphere ◽

Southern Italy ◽

Continuous Process ◽

Sustainable Urban Development ◽

Planning Models ◽

The Web

This article presents an analysis of the presence in, and use of, the web by some forms of digital citizenry in a city of southern Italy: Catania. Its primary aim is to analyze how, also in a weak civil society, information and communication technologies (ICTs) create new opportunities for extending public sphere and for learning new modes of participatory local action for sustainable urban development. The local experiences presented in this research indicate that ICTs can facilitate a redistribution of local social powers, offering infrastructures and tools useful for implementing a continuous process of social interaction, exchange of knowledge and the development of practices, influencing policy processes and planning models.

Creating Personal, Social, and Urban Awareness through Pervasive Computing - Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology ◽

User-Centric Social Interaction for Digital Cities

10.4018/978-1-4666-4695-7.ch014 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 318-346 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kåre Synnes ◽

Matthias Kranz ◽

Juwel Rana ◽

Olov Schelén

Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

Internet Of Things ◽

Pervasive Computing ◽

Social Computing ◽

Open Data ◽

Ongoing Research ◽

Mobile Access ◽

Pervasive computing was envisioned by pioneers like Mark Weiser but has yet to become an everyday technology in our society. The recent advances regarding Internet of Things, social computing, and mobile access technologies converge to make pervasive computing truly ubiquitous. The key challenge is to make simple and robust solutions for normal users, which shifts the focus from complex platforms involving machine learning and artificial intelligence to more hands on construction of services that are tailored or personalized for individual users. This chapter discusses Internet of Things together with Social Computing as a basis for components that users in a “digital city” could utilize to make their daily life better, safer, etc. A novel environment for user-created services, such as social apps, is presented as a possible solution for this. The vision is that anyone could make a simple service based on Internet-enabled devices (Internet of Things) and encapsulated digital resources such as Open Data, which also can have social aspects embedded. This chapter also aims to identify trends, challenges, and recommendations in regard of Social Interaction for Digital Cities. This work will help expose future themes with high innovation and business potential based on a timeframe roughly 15 years ahead of now. The purpose is to create a common outlook on the future of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) based on the extrapolation of current trends and ongoing research efforts.