The Adoption of Broadband Internet in Australia and Canada

2011 ◽  
pp. 818-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Middleton ◽  
Shanton Chang
Keyword(s):  
User Characteristics ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Broadband Internet ◽  
Internet Connectivity ◽  
Network Characteristics ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Policy Agendas ◽  
User Friendly

Broadband Internet connectivity is seen as a means to increase the efficiency and competitiveness of an economy. But despite ongoing efforts to promote broadband in Australia, uptake has been much slower than expected. This chapter aims to identify areas that have been holding up the broadband development in Australia. In examining multiple areas for attention (competition, user characteristics and behaviors, applications, network characteristics, and pricing), we refer to the experience of Canada, a leader in broadband deployment, to show the differences in each area. The chapter outlines objectives for the development of a more user-friendly broadband environment in Australia, which would encourage broadband adoption. Although both countries discussed here have their own policy agendas and some unique circumstances related to broadband deployment, the chapter provide valuable insights for policy makers and industry leaders in Australia, and in other countries which are struggling to develop widespread broadband deployment.

scholarly journals The Deployment of Broadband Internet in Australia: Areas for Attention and Implications from Canada and Korea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Chang ◽  
H. Lee ◽  
Catherine A. Middleton
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Broadband Internet ◽  
Internet Connectivity ◽  
Attention Demand

Broadband Internet connectivity is currently seen as a means to increase the efficiency and competitiveness of an economy. The deployment and use of broadband capabilities is high on the current political agenda in many developed and developing countries, including Australia. But despite ongoing efforts to promote broadband in Australia, deployment has been much slower than expected. This paper aims to identify areas that have been holding up the broadband development in Australia. In examining four areas for attention (demand, competition, price and the role of government), we refer to experiences in Canada and Korea, both leaders in broadband deployment, to show the differences in each area. Although each country discussed here has its own policy agenda and some unique circumstances related to broadband deployment, implications from this paper will provide valuable input for policy makers and industry leaders in Australia (and elsewhere) as they develop strategies to encourage more widespread broadband deployment.

scholarly journals The Regulation and Use of Artificial Intelligence and 5G Technology to Combat Cybercrime and Financial Crime in South African Banks

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
Howard Chitimira ◽  
Princess Ncube
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
South African ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Insider Trading ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Broadband Internet ◽  
Internet Connectivity ◽  
Generation Network ◽  
Banking Institutions

Artificial intelligence (AI) and fifth generation network technology (5G) are now being utilised by some companies and financial institutions such as banks to enhance their competitiveness and expand their businesses. The general types of AI include functional AI, interactive AI, text AI, visual AI and analytic AI. The key components of AI include machine learning, fast Internet connectivity, deep learning, neural networks and advanced data analysis. These components may be complemented by the adoption and use of standard 5G cellular networks. 5G utilises broadband Internet access and Internet connection, and is now employed by some banking institutions, especially in developed countries. It is not clear whether South African banking institutions have adopted 5G for their Internet connectivity and operations. AI and 5G may be used to detect and combat cybercrimes in banking institutions. On the other hand, AI and 5G may also be abused by cybercriminals to commit financial crimes such as money laundering and insider trading. In this regard it is submitted that South African policy makers should carefully revise the Cybersecurity Bill B6-2017 (Cybercrimes Bill) to embrace the use of AI and 5G to detect and combat cybercrimes in South African banks. Accordingly, this article examines the adequacy of the Cybercrimes Bill. It also explores the regulation and use of 5G and AI to detect, prevent and combat cybercrimes in banks and other financial institutions in South Africa.

scholarly journals The Deployment of Broadband Internet in Australia: Areas for Attention and Implications from Canada and Korea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Chang ◽  
H. Lee ◽  
Catherine A. Middleton
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Broadband Internet ◽  
Internet Connectivity ◽  
Attention Demand

Broadband Internet connectivity is currently seen as a means to increase the efficiency and competitiveness of an economy. The deployment and use of broadband capabilities is high on the current political agenda in many developed and developing countries, including Australia. But despite ongoing efforts to promote broadband in Australia, deployment has been much slower than expected. This paper aims to identify areas that have been holding up the broadband development in Australia. In examining four areas for attention (demand, competition, price and the role of government), we refer to experiences in Canada and Korea, both leaders in broadband deployment, to show the differences in each area. Although each country discussed here has its own policy agenda and some unique circumstances related to broadband deployment, implications from this paper will provide valuable input for policy makers and industry leaders in Australia (and elsewhere) as they develop strategies to encourage more widespread broadband deployment.

scholarly journals COVID-TRACK: world and USA SARS-COV-2 testing and COVID-19 tracking

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye Emma Zohner ◽  
Jeffrey S. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Web Application ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Time Lags ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Major Health ◽  
Dynamic Representation ◽  
Graphical Displays ◽  
The Usa ◽  
User Friendly

Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major health and socio-economic disruptions worldwide. Accurate investigation of emerging data is crucial to inform policy makers as they construct viral mitigation strategies. Complications such as variable testing rates and time lags in counting cases, hospitalizations and deaths make it challenging to accurately track and identify true infectious surges from available data, and requires a multi-modal approach that simultaneously considers testing, incidence, hospitalizations, and deaths. Although many websites and applications report a subset of these data, none of them provide graphical displays capable of comparing different states or countries on all these measures as well as various useful quantities derived from them. Here we introduce a freely available dynamic representation tool, COVID-TRACK, that allows the user to simultaneously assess time trends in these measures and compare various states or countries, equipping them with a tool to investigate the potential effects of the different mitigation strategies and timelines used by various jurisdictions. Findings COVID-TRACK is a Python based web-application that provides a platform for tracking testing, incidence, hospitalizations, and deaths related to COVID-19 along with various derived quantities. Our application makes the comparison across states in the USA and countries in the world easy to explore, with useful transformation options including per capita, log scale, and/or moving averages. We illustrate its use by assessing various viral trends in the USA and Europe. Conclusion The COVID-TRACK web-application is a user-friendly analytical tool to compare data and trends related to the COVID-19 pandemic across areas in the United States and worldwide. Our tracking tool provides a unique platform where trends can be monitored across geographical areas in the coming months to watch how the pandemic waxes and wanes over time at different locations around the USA and the globe.

scholarly journals Television Without Borders

Telecom IT ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
V. Luzhkovskaya ◽  
S. Fedorov
Keyword(s):  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Television ◽  
Video Content ◽  
Electronic Data ◽  
Broadband Internet ◽  
Single Interface ◽  
Media Player ◽  
User Friendly

DVB-I is the new digital television standard developed for linear television services distributed over broadband internet. The proposed standard is designed to provide a user-friendly system for transmitting video content on the Internet, not inferior in quality to television broadcasts. The specification of the DVB-I standard contains a list of TV services equipped for compatibility with Internet devices, methods for transmitting electronic data; as well as functions that allow devices connected to the Internet to find the necessary collections of linear services that can be received via the Internet or broadcast. The proposed system is quite simple and has a convenient single interface. Using the new standard, and having stable access to the Internet, the user can watch TV online on any device that has a media player.

scholarly journals Exploring Agenda-Setting for Healthy Border 2010

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles T. Kozel ◽  
Anne P. Hubbell ◽  
James Dearing ◽  
William M. Kane ◽  
Sharon Thompson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Border Health ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
Paso Del Norte ◽  
Policy Agendas ◽  
The U.S

Policy makers take action largely on issues that attain the pinnacle of the policy agenda (Pertschuck, 2001). As a result, how decision makers choose which issues are important has been the subject of much research. Agenda-setting conceptualizes the process of how issues move from relative unimportance to the forefront of policymakers’ thoughts (Dearing & Rogers, 1996). An area within agenda-setting research, Health Promotion Agenda-Setting, provides Health Promotion practitioners with an innovative framework and strategy to set agendas for sustained courses of action (Kozel, Kane, Rogers, & Hammes, 1995). In this interdisciplinary and bi-national exploratory study, funded by the Center for Border Health Research of the Paso del Norte Health Foundation, we examine agenda-setting processes in the Paso del Norte Region and evaluates how the public health agenda is determined within the U.S.-Mexico border population. Integrating both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods, the current research is focused on identifying deficiencies in the public health infrastructure in the U.S.-Mexico border area, and identifying channels that exist for working toward the bi-national goals presented in Healthy Border 2010 (U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission, 2003). Research directions, design, and methodologies for exploring health promotion agenda-setting in applied settings, such as Healthy Border 2010, provide health practitioners and policy makers the potential to improve public health leadership by influencing the public health and policy agendas.

Media Literacy Organizations

2016 ◽  
pp. 236-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iram Mukhtar Mahajan ◽  
Mudasir Rather ◽  
Huma Shafiq ◽  
Uzma Qadri
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Information Handling ◽  
Learning Domains ◽  
User Friendly

Media Literacy is reckoned as an integral part of learning innovations in modern day technology enabled learning domains. In order to facilitate the information handling and interaction procedures, essence of media literacy cannot be underestimated. Many Organizations and institutions in different setups play a significant role in inculcating media literacy among the citizens of a nation. These organizations are carrying out initiatives for facilitating critical thinking, awareness about different media setups to different stakeholders in both real and virtual environments. They provide user-friendly tools for facilitating educators, researchers, policy makers, young media makers, and students to find the information they are looking for in a timely and organized manner. This chapter attempts to explore, identify and analyze various such organizations that facilitate media literacy in different settings.

scholarly journals WHO Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
T Kuchenmueller
Keyword(s):  
Planned Change ◽  
Policy Network ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Country Level ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Policy Communities ◽  
Research To Policy ◽  
Research And Policy ◽  
Improve Health

Abstract Despite considerable investments into the generation of research worldwide, research is frequently not used in practice or policy. A substantial body of evidence is showing that using research requires significant and planned change at individual, organizational and systems levels. To support and guide WHO Member States in the endeavor of strengthening evidence-informed policy-making, the WHO Regional Office for Europe launched the Evidence-informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) Europe at the end of 2012. It is a capacity building initiative that aims to create, train, guide and institutionalize innovative, multisectoral and multidisciplinary partnerships and teams at the country level. Assisted by EVIPNet Europe, these teams initiate and implement national research-to-policy processes, such as developing user-friendly evidence briefs for policy on high-priority policy issues targeted and tailored to policy-makers, holding policy dialogues, and creating linkages and exchange between the research and policy communities. In this presentation, an overview of EVIPNet Europe’s mandate, approaches, tools and activities will be given. Participants will gain an understanding of how knowledge brokering and integrated, interactive mechanisms can help to bridge the gap between research and policy and improve health outcomes.

User Satisfaction with Web Portals

2011 ◽  
pp. 192-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Xiao ◽  
Subhasish Dasgupta
Keyword(s):  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
Web Portals ◽  
User Characteristics ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
A Site ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
The Impact ◽  
E Mail

A Web portal is a site that aggregates information from multiple sources on the World Wide Web and organizes this material in an easy user-friendly manner. Portals usually consist of a search engine, e-mail, news, and interactive chat facilities. The two main types of portals are horizontal and vertical portals. A horizontal portal is a Web site that provides consumers access to a number of different sites in terms of content and functionality. A vertical portal focuses on a specific community of users who share a common interest. In this chapter we investigate the impact of user characteristics such as gender, age, experience, and Web use on user satisfaction with Web portals. In our study we are unable to detect any differences in satisfaction based on gender. We find that the users with seven to 10 years of work experience are most satisfied with Web portals, while users with more than 10 years work experience report least satisfaction with Web portals. We also find that users that use Web portals the least (30 to 60 minutes per week) are least satisfied with them. Users of vertical (or customer community) portals are always more satisfied than users of horizontal (or mega) portals.

International Ethical Attitudes and Behaviors

2010 ◽  
pp. 55-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Yates ◽  
Albert Harris
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Ethical Attitudes ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
And Behaviors

Organizational information security policy must incorporate organizational, societal, and individual level factors. For organizations that operate across national borders, cultural differences in these factors, particularly the ethical attitudes and behaviors of individuals, will impact the effectiveness of these policies. This research looks at the differences in attitudes and behaviors that exist among five different countries and the implications of similarities and differences in these attitudes for organizations formulating information security policies. Building on existing ethical frameworks, we developed a set of ethics scenarios concerning data access, data manipulation, software use, programming abuse, and hardware use. Using survey results from 599 students in five countries, results show that cultural factors are indicative of the differences we expected, but that the similarities and differences among cultures that should be taken into account are complex. We conclude with implications for how organizational policy makers should account for these effects with some specific examples based on our results.

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