A Framework for Analyzing Social Interaction Using Broadband Visual Communication Technologies

2010 ◽  
pp. 528-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan O’Donnell ◽  
Heather Molyneaux ◽  
Kerri Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Visual Communication ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
First Nation ◽  
Visual Content ◽  
Video Sharing ◽  
Organizational Relations ◽  
Audio Data

Broadband visual communication (BVC) technologies—such as videoconferencing and video sharing—allow for the exchange of rich simultaneous or pre-recorded visual and audio data over broadband networks. This chapter introduces an analytical framework that can be utilized by multi-disciplinary teams working with BVC technologies to analyze the variables that hinder people’s adoption and use of BVC. The framework identifies four main categories, each with a number of sub-categories, covering variables that are social and technical in nature; namely, the production and reception of audio-visual content, technical infrastructure, interaction of users and groups with the technical infrastructure, and social and organizational relations. The authors apply the proposed framework to a study of BVC technology usability and effectiveness as well as technology needs assessment in remote and rural First Nation (Indigenous) communities of Canada.

A Framework for Analyzing Social Interaction Using Broadband Visual Communication Technologies

2010 ◽  
pp. 802-815
Author(s):  
Susan O’Donnell ◽  
Heather Molyneaux ◽  
Kerri Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Visual Communication ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Visual Content ◽  
Video Sharing ◽  
Organizational Relations ◽  
Audio Data

Broadband visual communication (BVC) technologies— such as videoconferencing and video sharing—allow for the exchange of rich simultaneous or pre-recorded visual and audio data over broadband networks. This chapter introduces an analytical framework that can be utilized by multidisciplinary teams working with BVC technologies to analyze the variables that hinder people’s adoption and use of BVC. The framework identifies four main categories, each with a number of sub-categories, covering variables that are social and technical in nature: namely, the production and reception of audio-visual content, technical infrastructure, interaction of users and groups with the technical infrastructure, and social and organizational relations. The authors apply the proposed framework to a study of BVC technology usability and effectiveness as well as technology needs assessment in remote and rural First Nation (indigenous) communities of Canada.

scholarly journals Drinking Water Consumption Patterns: An Exploration of Risk Perception and Governance in Two First Nations Communities

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6851
Author(s):  
Neal Spicer ◽  
Brenda Parlee ◽  
Molly Chisaakay ◽  
Doug Lamalice
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
First Nations ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Bottled Water ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
First Nation ◽  
Individual Risk

Many Indigenous communities across Canada suffer from the lack of access to clean drinking water; ensuring individuals and communities have safe water to drink either from their home or from their local environment requires the consideration of multiple factors including individual risk perception. In collaboration with local leaders, semi-structured interviews (n = 99) were conducted over a two-year period in the Dene Tha’ First Nation and Kátł’odeeche First Nation to unpack the issue of risk perception and its meaning to local community members. These local metrics of risk perception including smell, taste, safety, health fears and level of concern were then used to explore patterns in other data on drinking water consumption patterns and bottled water use. The results are consistent with previous research related to water insecurity and indicate that both communities consume more bottled water than the average Canadian. Results also varied by jurisdiction; those in Alberta indicated much higher levels of concern and a greater degree of bottled water consumption.

scholarly journals Impact of ICT usage on indigenous peoples’ quality of life: Evidence from an Asian developing country

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Mahfuz Ashraf ◽  
Helena Grunfeld ◽  
Ali Quazi
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Five Freedoms

Indigenous communities across the world have been suffering disadvantages in several domains, e.g. erosion of land rights, language and other cultural aspects, while at the same time being discriminated against when prepared to integrate into the dominant cultures. It has been argued in the literature that information communication technologies (ICTs) have the potential of contributing to addressing some of these disadvantages – both in terms of rebuilding what has been eroded and facilitating integration into non-Indigenous societies. In trying to understand how ICTs can be useful for these processes, it is important to do so from a conceptual framework that encompasses the multi-dimensionality of the issues faced by Indigenous communities. The conceptual frameworks frequently used in the ICT literature tend to focus on adoption, use and diffusion of technologies rather than how the use of ICTs affects the livelihoods of the users, which is the focus of this paper. The conceptual framework is informed by the capability approach (CA), in particular by the five freedoms identified in the seminal work of Amartya Sen (2001), “Development as Freedom” (DaF). Data were collected from a purposive sample in an Indigenous community in Bangladesh, using a qualitative method to map how ICTs had affected the lives of these community members The findings suggest that the participants perceived that ICTs had made positive contributions, particularly the benefits they gained from learning how to use computers in the domains that are relevant from the perspective of the five freedoms espoused in DaF. The findings reported in this paper are useful for policy formulation in Bangladesh. As the study is contextualised in a transitional economy setting and can therefore not be generalised, but we believe that the conceptual framework has much to offer future research designed to understand how ICTs can improve the livelihoods of Indigenous individuals and communities.

scholarly journals How and why people are impolite in danmu?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiayi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Uses And Gratifications ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Group Interview ◽  
Uses And Gratifications Theory ◽  
Video Sharing

Abstract This study explores how and why people are impolite in danmu. Danmu refers to anonymous comments overlaid on videos uploaded to video-sharing sites. Although there is wide recognition that impoliteness prevails in danmu, the questions of how and why people are impolite in this context have rarely been investigated. This study addresses this lacuna of research. Using both an analysis of comments identified as impolite by participants and an analysis of focus group interview data, this research identified seven impoliteness strategies, covering both conventionalised formulae and implicational impoliteness. By applying uses and gratifications theory, this study identified five uses and gratifications for performing impoliteness in danmu: social interaction, entertainment, relaxation, expression of (usually differing) opinions and finding connections. The dialectic of resonance and opposition that emerged from the data helped explain why impolite comments tended not to be perceived as inappropriate in danmu. Thus, this study contributes to the emerging research on impoliteness in social media.

Managing adaptive orientation systems for museum visitors from an IoT perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludovico Solima ◽  
Maria Rosaria Della Peruta ◽  
Vincenzo Maggioni
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Museum Visitors ◽  
Scientific Staff ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Potential Demand ◽  
Orientation Systems

Purpose Starting from the premises that IoT applications can be used in museums as an aid to visiting systems, the aim of this research is to see how recommendation systems can be developed to provide advanced services to museum visitors. Design/methodology/approach The research methodology employs a qualitative exploratory multi-case study: the method used has consisted in crossing the information currently known on the most advanced communication technologies (ICT) with the requirements of enhancing museum services, in order to determine the possible trajectories of applying the former to the latter Findings The implementation of recommender system outlines the main implications and effects of an advanced market-driven digital orientation, as the system’s users are the starting point for innovation and the creation of value. For a museum, it will be possible to access to an additional system of knowledge alongside that of its scientific staff. This process has profound implications in the way in which a museum presents itself and how it is perceived by its visitors and, in a wider sense, by the potential demand. Research limitations/implications Our paper consists in an exploratory effort to introduce an analytical framework for an evolved adaptive museum orientation system; the empirical investigation can be structured in the inductive-predictive view of assessing this promising debate further. Originality/value Implementing the IoT blueprint entails introducing a plethora of new products, services and business models, opening new routes to guide and direct cultural events. Now, more than ever, sustainable development involves an intrinsic balancing act between the pluralism of data and that of customer needs, which is achieved through the elaboration of digital data.

Digital Urbanism in Southern Italy

2013 ◽  
pp. 1121-1136
Author(s):  
Arturo Di Bella
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Planning Models ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
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.

User-Centric Social Interaction for Digital Cities

2014 ◽  
pp. 318-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kåre Synnes ◽  
Matthias Kranz ◽  
Juwel Rana ◽  
Olov Schelén
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Pervasive Computing ◽  
Social Computing ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Mobile Access ◽  
Information And Communication

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.

eParticipation in Europe

2015 ◽  
pp. 118-134
Author(s):  
Efthimios Tambouris ◽  
Ann Macintosh ◽  
Efpraxia Dalakiouridou ◽  
Simon Smith ◽  
Eleni Panopoulou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Current State ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
European Policies ◽  
Vast Range

During the past few years, information and communication technologies and especially the internet are increasingly used in a vast range of human activities, including citizens' interaction with government. In this context, advanced technologies are also being used to more actively engage citizens in democratic processes, which are termed as electronic participation (eParticipation). eParticipation has attracted considerable attention worldwide. In Europe, a large number of initiatives have been funded providing valuable lessons. The aim of this chapter is to map the current state of eParticipation in Europe and provide practical recommendations. More specifically, the authors first present the results of a review of policy documents in the European Union in order to understand how eParticipation fits into European policies. They then present an analytical framework to aid theoretical understanding of eParticipation, followed by the results of a European study on eParticipation initiatives. Based on all these, the authors propose a number of recommendations on eParticipation for policy makers, practitioners, evaluators and research funders.

Working Anywhere and Working Anyhow?

2017 ◽  
pp. 90-112
Author(s):  
Alessandro Wärzner ◽  
Martina Hartner-Tiefenthaler ◽  
Sabine Theresia Koeszegi
Keyword(s):  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Communication Performance ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Impact

Working from anywhere relies heavily on information communication technologies (ICT). Scholars are increasingly utilizing a tension-based research lens to investigate organisational paradoxes which are rooted in opposite tendencies that might negate one another. Thus, computer-mediated communication can be both demanding and resourceful. The aim of this chapter is to present an analytical framework integrating three distinct but interrelated perspectives (task, medium and individual) to account for individuals' perceptions of job demands and job resources associated with the usage of ICT when working from anywhere. This chapter draws on insights from theories of media choice and communication performance, the self-determination theory and the job demands-resources model to better understand the impact of communication in the remote setting.

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