Towards Improved Music Recommendation

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-51
Author(s):  
Remco Snijders ◽  
Marco Spruit
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
User Evaluation ◽  
Expert Interviews ◽  
Music Recommendation ◽  
Long Tail ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The World

With the explosive growth of the World Wide Web and the rise of social media, new approaches in Music Recommendation evolve. The current study investigates how blogs and micro-blogs can improve the perceived quality of music recommendation. A literature review and expert interviews are conducted to identify important topics regarding (micro-) blogs and Music Recommendation. Subsequently, the prototype Songdice is built and tested in a user-evaluation. Songdice uses music blogs to recommend songs and rationalize those recommendations. The authors' results show that (micro-) blogs can improve the perceived quality of recommendations by creating trust, using personalization and exploiting the quality of music in the long tail. Additional research is required to determine the most effective way to use information from blogs and micro-blogs. The authors' research explores a new area in music recommendation literature and provides a starting point for further research concerning the combination of (micro-) blogs and music recommendation.

Decolonizing Science, Digitizing the Occult: Theory from the Virtual South

2021 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-104
Author(s):  
Sasha Newell
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Western Science ◽  
The World ◽  
University Of Cape Town ◽  
The University ◽  
Second World ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

AbstractIn this article Newell uses two case studies to explore one of the central threads of Mbembe’s Abiola lecture, the idea that there is a relationship between the plasticity of digital technology and African cosmologies of the deuxième monde. One case concerns the viral YouTube video #sciencemustfall, in which students at the University of Cape Town criticize “Western” science and demand that African forms of knowledge such as witchcraft be incorporated into the meaning of science. The second case considers fieldwork among the brouteurs of Côte d’Ivoire, internet scammers who build intimate relationships on false premises using social media. They acquire shocking amounts of wealth in this way which they display on their own social media accounts. However, they are said to use occult means to seduce and persuade their virtual lovers, trapping their prey in the sticky allure of the world wide web. Newell uses both examples to highlight the overlaps between the transformational efficacies embedded in both occult ontologies and digital worldings, calling for the possibility of using African cosmologies of the second world to produce a ‘theory from the south’ of virtual sociality.

Course Information on the World Wide Web

1996 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alistair Inglis
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Australian Universities

A comparative study was made of the ways in which Australian universities are disseminating information about their courses over the World Wide Web. The study examined the quantity and quality of the information provided, the forms in which information is presented, and means of access to the information. The results of the survey indicated that while the majority of universities are now publishing at least some information over the World Wide Web, both the quantity and quality of information is variable. Implications for further development of institutional course information databases are discussed.

scholarly journals Social Media and the Quality of Subjective Well-Being; Counseling Perspective in Digital Era

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zadrian Ardi ◽  
Indah Sukmawati
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Social Community ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

Various studies in the information technology revealed that there has been a change in the trend of internet use in recent years. Internet users in the world prefer to spend time accessing the internet through the social media. Social media with a variety of platforms provides special communities with their own uniqueness and allows users to share lots of content. The members involves creates a new social community with various phenomena, both positive and negative. Counselors in the millennium era are required to have the insight andknowledge that is qualified to deal with the well being conditions of individuals from activities in social media. Counselors are also required to have specific skills in providing handling with the condition of well being individuals related to the impact of activities on social media.

Daily Life in Cyberspace: How the Computerized Counterculture Built a New Kind of Place

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Rheingold
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
World Wide Web ◽  
User Experience ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The World ◽  
Conferencing System

Reprinted from legendary cyberspace pioneer Howard Rheingold's classic, The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier, “Daily Life in Cyberspace: How the Computerized Counterculture Built a New Kind of Place” situates the reader in the context of social media before the World Wide Web. Rheingold narrates how he became involved in The WELL community; details community and personalities on The WELL; and documents user experience with the WELL's conferencing system, including how conversations are created and organized and how social media compares to face to face dialog. Rheingold also explores social media-based dialog in terms of reciprocity; “elegantly presented knowledge”; the tradition of conversation in the Athenian agora; and the value of freedom of expression. Introduced by Judy Malloy.

Social Media Analytics for Maintaining Financial Stability

2019 ◽  
pp. 219-242
Author(s):  
Sebin B. Nidhiri ◽  
Sakshi Saxena
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Social Media Analytics ◽  
Risk And Uncertainty ◽  
Dynamic Data ◽  
The World ◽  
Recent Developments

Risk and uncertainty are disliked but inevitable. The nature of these has changed and new sources of risk have risen. To mitigate risk and maintain financial stability, the firms need to adapt. The world wide web and, within it, social media have had tremendous growth and wide coverage lately, making them determining forces in any economic activity. This has led to generation of large amount of data on myriad concerns. Recent developments in computing technology has thrown open the possibility of mining useful information from the enormous and dynamic data. The chapter outlines the growth of social media and social media analytics and its financial implications to businesses, consumers, and governments. It details how risk management and social media, two domains earlier considered more diverged than chalk and cheese are now inextricably linked and explains using various cases how social media analytics is used to manage risk and uncertainty. The authors also look at the emerging challenges with these developments.

Web Application Quality

2003 ◽  
pp. 231-258
Author(s):  
Filippo Ricca ◽  
Paolo Tonella
Keyword(s):  
Web Application ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Dynamic Structure ◽  
Statistical Testing ◽  
Consistent Model ◽  
The World ◽  
White Box Testing ◽  
Whole Life Cycle

The World Wide Web has become an interesting opportunity for companies to deliver services and products at distance. Correspondingly, the quality of Web applications, responsible for the related transactions, has become a crucial factor. It can be improved by properly modeling the application during its design, but if the whole life cycle is considered, the availability of a consistent model of the application is fundamental also during maintenance and testing. In this chapter, the problem of recovering a model of a Web application from the implementation is faced. Algorithms are provided to obtain it even in presence of a highly dynamic structure. Based upon such a model, several static analysis techniques, among which reaching definitions and slicing, are considered, as well as some restructuring techniques. White box testing exploits the model in that the related coverage levels are based on it, while statistical testing assumes that transitions in the model are labeled with the conditional probabilities of being traversed.

Conclusion

2018 ◽  
pp. 235-242
Author(s):  
Steven McKevitt
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
World Wide Web ◽  
World Wide ◽  
New Labour ◽  
General Election ◽  
Public Response ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Social Media Platforms

The Conclusion draws together the main findings of the study. Britain in 1997 was a far more emotional and expressive society. This is highlighted by two events: the public response to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the success of New Labour in the general election. The extent to which persuasion industries were responsible for bringing these changes about is discussed. There is a discussion of some areas for further study: the subsequent impact of the World Wide Web and social media platforms; persuasion aimed at children/juvenile consumption, and the development of single British brand throughout the period—for example, Virgin.

scholarly journals Occurence of Fusarium Mycotoxins in Wheat from Europe – A Review

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oana Stanciu ◽  
Roxana Banc ◽  
Anamaria Cozma ◽  
Lorena Filip ◽  
Doina Miere ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Wide ◽  
Fusarium Species ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Animal Nutrition ◽  
Fungal Metabolites ◽  
Substrate Type ◽  
Fusarium Mycotoxins ◽  
Economic Significance ◽  
The World

AbstractThe quality of cereals is very important for both human and animal nutrition. Fusarium mycotoxins include a great number of compounds. Trichothecenes, zearalenone (ZEN) and fumonisins are the major Fusarium mycotoxins occurring in cereal grains, animal feeds and forages. Conditions that predispose to mycotoxin production by Fusarium species include humidity, temperature, aeration and substrate type. Even if a great number of fungal metabolites have been designated as mycotoxins, a small number are known to have significant animal/human health and economic significance. For this, the world-wide impact of mycotoxins on human and animal health is likely underestimated and the future in this area is to identify additional specific biomarkers and group of biomarkers that can be used to establish the exposition of human and animals to individual mycotoxins.

How to Improve the Quality of Democracy? Experiences with Participatory Innovations at the Local Level in Germany

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 51-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brigitte Geissel
Keyword(s):  
World Wide ◽  
Fast Track ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Quality Of Democracy ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
End Of History ◽  
The World ◽  
Research Analysis

Despite the world-wide triumph of democracy, the quest for an optimal politike has not yet reached the “end of history.” It turns out that representative democracies do not necessarily satisfy citizenries. These malaises are regarded as causes for concern and political actors increasingly pin their hopes on participatory innovations as re-legitimizing responses. But do they work? Germany is an especially interesting case for empirical research. Analysis of the variety of participatory innovations utilized at the local level in Germany—often varying considerably among the different Bundesländer—provides preliminary insights. The German case shows overall that participatory innovations have the potential to cure some of the current malaises of representative democracy. Participatory innovations, however, are certainly no fast-track cure. The useful implementation of participatory innovations requires comprehensive consideration, caution, and, (up to now limited) knowledge about possibilities and pitfalls.

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