A Framework for the Adoption of the Internet in Local Sporting Bodies

2011 ◽  
pp. 212-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Bingley ◽  
Stephen Burgess
Keyword(s):  
Decision Process ◽  
Major Part ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Applications ◽  
Internet Application ◽  
Performance Statistics ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Player Performance ◽  
Online Statistics ◽  
Initial Knowledge

Sport plays a major part in the Australian psyche with millions of people participating every year. However organised sport at the local or social level in Australia relies on volunteers to support the needs of associations and their participating clubs. There is evidence that Internet applications are being adopted within associations and clubs for administration purposes (such as committee members using email to communicate with each other, or use of the Internet to record match results and calculate player performance statistics online). However, how are these being adopted, what are they being used for and what is the effect of the adoption on the associations and their volunteers? Using the Rogers’ (2005) innovation-decision process as a basis, this chapter describes the development of a framework that traces the adoption of an Internet application from initial knowledge of the application, through the decision to adopt and eventual confirmation of the usefulness of the application by continuance or discontinuance of its use. As local sporting clubs and associations are part of a larger group known as community based organisations and are predominantly run by volunteers, literature related to Internet application use by these groups is used to inform the framework. Lastly, an actual example of the adoption of an online statistics program in a local sporting association is mapped onto the framework, to show it may be applied in a practical situation.

Using I-D maps to Represent the Adoption of Internet Applications by Local Cricket Clubs

2011 ◽  
pp. 80-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Bingley ◽  
Steven Burgess
Keyword(s):  
Decision Process ◽  
Third Party ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Applications ◽  
Visual Aid ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Use Of Internet ◽  
Online Statistics ◽  
Different Levels

This chapter describes the development of a visual aid to depict the manner in which Internet applications are being diffused through local sporting associations. Rogers’ (2003) Innovation-Decision process stages, specifically the knowledge, persuasion, adoption and confirmation stages, are used as the theoretical basis for the aid. The chapter discusses the Innovation-Decision process as an important component of Rogers’ (2003) Innovation Diffusion approach. It then outlines the particular problem at hand, determining how best to represent different sporting (cricket) associations and their adoption and use of Internet applications across the innovation-decision process stages. Different data visualisation approaches to representing the data (such as line graphs and bar charts) are discussed, with the introduction of an aid (labelled I-D maps) used to represent the adoption of different Internet applications by cricket associations in New Zealand, Australia and the UK. The Internet applications considered are email, club websites, association and/or third party websites and the use of the Internet to record online statistics. The use of I-D maps provides instant interpretation of the different levels of adoption of Internet applications by different cricket associations.

scholarly journals Health Information Accessed on the Internet: The Development in 5 European Countries

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Egil Kummervold ◽  
Rolf Wynn
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Information Access ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Continuous Growth ◽  
Media Source ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Near Future

The aim of this study was to summarize and analyse findings from four prior studies on the use of the Internet as a source of health information in five European countries (Norway, Denmark, Germany, Greece, and Portugal). A cross-study comparison of data was performed. All the studies included fit with a trend of a sharp and continuous growth in the use of the Internet for health information access in the major part of the last decade. Importantly, the Internet has become an important mass media source of health information in northern Europe. While the use of the Internet for health information is somewhat less common in the south European countries, its use is also clearly increasing there. We discuss the advantages of cross-study comparisons of data and methodological challenges. As the use of the Internet for health information is likely to peak in some countries in the near future, new population surveys on health information access should focus more on the details of information that is accessed and which sites that are most used and trusted.

A Taxonomy of Internet Applications for Project Management Communication

2002 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 39-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve D. Giffin
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Management Communication ◽  
Internet Applications ◽  
Organizational Issues ◽  
Technological Characteristics ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Relationship

A taxonomy of Internet applications has been created to describe the use of the Internet for project management communication. It is based on the technological characteristics of Internet applications, the requirements of project management communication, and the organizational issues associated with using Internet applications. Its dimensions are the sender/receiver synchronization and the relationship between the number of senders and receivers. The taxonomy is populated with six Internet applications that are used commonly in project management communication. The taxonomy is presented as an aid to understanding the capabilities and limitations of Internet applications for different types of project management communication.

Virtual Networking without a Backpack? Resource Consumption of Information Technologies

2005 ◽  
pp. 109-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justus von Geibler ◽  
Michael Kuhndt ◽  
Volker Turk
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Resource Consumption ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Internet Applications ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Research Organisations

This chapter concentrates on the environmental impacts of the increasing use of the Internet. It highlights that the Internet and Internet applications are far from being purely virtual, but are clearly linked to the use of natural resources. With the growth of the Internet’s infrastructure there is a seemingly inevitable increase in the resource consumption for the production of electronic equipment and its electricity consumption. A number of conclusions can be made regarding the minimisation of environmental risks and maximisation of ebusiness’ potential to dematerialise. The presented findings are mainly based on findings derived from research within the Digital Europe project, which was conducted as the first pan-European study of the social and environmental impacts and opportunities of e-commerce and information communication technologies. Supported by the European Commission, the project has been led by the research organisations Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei in Italy, Forum for the Future in UK and the Wuppertal Institute in Germany.

scholarly journals Indonesian EFL Teachers’ Familiarity with and Opinion on the Internet-Based Teaching of Writing

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bambang Yudi Cahyono ◽  
Ira Mutiaraningrum
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Writing Quality ◽  
Internet Applications ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Internet Application ◽  
Teaching Of Writing

<p>The use of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) especially the Internet has been a common practice in education. However, research studies show that the Internet has not been frequently used in the teaching of English as a foreign language (EFL) writing, especially in the Indonesian context. This study aimed to find out whether or not Indonesian EFL teachers are familiar with the Internet-based techniques for the teaching of writing. In addition, it investigated their opinions on the Internet-based techniques of teaching of writing. This study involved 17 EFL teachers from various parts of the country who were asked about their experiences and opinions dealing with the Internet-based teaching of writing. The results of the study showed that almost half of the teachers admitted that they have used Internet facilities for the teaching of writing. The other EFL teachers either have indirect involvement with the teaching of writing using Internet application or have never used Internet applications at all. However, these teachers had intention to teach writing by applying Internet-based techniques for their future practices. The study also showed that Indonesian EFL teachers valued the Internet-based teaching of writing as this practice benefits the students in terms of their writing quality and quantity, autonomy, flexibility, as well as confidence. This implies that with the development of advanced ICT, there is a hope that students’ learning of writing could be improved well.</p>

scholarly journals Internet applications in libraries and information centers

2020 ◽  
pp. 16-23
Author(s):  
Mohammed Thakir Shaamood
Keyword(s):  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Applications ◽  
Reference Services ◽  
Document Delivery ◽  
Special Rules ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Impact

The world is witnessing a marked and rapid change in the use of the Internet in all areas of life and this is a natural development. Because the existence of the web has swelled and increased and became a lot in various magazines depend on it and greatly. Our topic today is about Internet applications in libraries and information centers. How has library performance developed in general? What are the challenges facing librarians? What is the benefit of the students and researchers? Thanks to the presence of the Internet there has been a great revolution in the performance of libraries and traditional processes and developed many of them, for example, reference services, document delivery, resource sharing, and others. Librarians and staff in information centers face significant challenges in developing their Web site. And this returned to all those who come to the library benefit, where there is a schedule of dates and official holidays, planning of buildings within the library, information center for easy access to the destination and organization of different memberships in different categories, circulation and acquisition, and easy to announce the activities of various periodicals and seminars and know all the details and special rules. This research tries to introduce the impact of the technology on the libraries in terms of librarian and library visitors and the resources in the libraries

Internet applications in libraries and information centers

2019 ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
Mohammed Thakir Shaamood
Keyword(s):  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Applications ◽  
Reference Services ◽  
Document Delivery ◽  
Special Rules ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Impact

The world is witnessing a marked and rapid change in the use of the Internet in all areas of life and this is a natural development. Because the existence of the web has swelled and increased and became a lot in various magazines depend on it and greatly. Our topic today is about Internet applications in libraries and information centers. How has library performance developed in general? What are the challenges facing librarians? What is the benefit of the students and researchers? Thanks to the presence of the Internet there has been a great revolution in the performance of libraries and traditional processes and developed many of them, for example, reference services, document delivery, resource sharing, and others. Librarians and staff in information centers face significant challenges in developing their Web site. And this returned to all those who come to the library benefit, where there is a schedule of dates and official holidays, planning of buildings within the library, information center for easy access to the destination and organization of different memberships in different categories, circulation and acquisition, and easy to announce the activities of various periodicals and seminars and know all the details and special rules. This research tries to introduce the impact of the technology on the libraries in terms of librarian and library visitors and the resources in the libraries.

New Marketing Applications for the Internet

2013 ◽  
pp. 39-55
Author(s):  
Hala M. Labib Enaba ◽  
Nermeen Atef Ahmed Hegazy
Keyword(s):  
Online Marketing ◽  
Mobile Marketing ◽  
Internet Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Applications ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Internet Application ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Web Research

The Internet is an important source for data and knowledge; hence, it currently plays a significant role in our daily lives. Internet applications have contributed tremendously in facilitating our work in terms of cost and effort cutting, expanding markets, changing the methods used to carry out activities, different applications, changing the quality required by customers, and consumer desires and behavior. Examples of these applications are online marketing, e-mail marketing, home business, and mobile marketing. E-research can also be considered as an Internet application. In fact, there are many terminologies related to this concept such as Internet research, online research, and Web research. This chapter provides an illustration of some of the new marketing applications of the Internet.

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