scholarly journals Consumer Perspectives of a Multi-Venue Gambling Self-Exclusion Program: A Qualitative Process Analysis

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dylan Pickering ◽  
Zhenzhen Nong ◽  
Sally M Gainsbury ◽  
Alex Blaszczynski
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Harm Minimization ◽  
Nouvelles Technologies ◽  
Detection Systems ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Consumer Perspective ◽  
Gambling Operators ◽  
Venue Staff

Self-exclusion is an important harm minimization strategy implemented by gambling operators to restrict a problem gambler’s access to gambling opportunities. Aspects of self-exclusion, including low uptake and non-compliance, limit the effectiveness of programs. Research that considers the consumer perspective is needed to enhance the perceived utility of self-exclusion in the target audience. Twenty interviews were conducted with current (n = 13) and former (n = 7) participants of a multi-venue self-exclusion program for land-based gaming machine venues in New South Wales, Australia. Participants were asked open-ended questions about their experiences and opinions of the program, including its strengths and weaknesses, and suggested improvements for future consumers. Overall, participants found self-exclusion beneficial. However, several shortcomings of the program were expressed, including lack of available public information and overly complicated registration processes. Participants lacked confidence in venues’ willingness and ability to identify non-compliant gamblers and highlighted the need for vastly improved detection systems. The quality of interactions with venue staff in relation to self-exclusion were mixed; counsellor support, however, was perceived as important from beginning to end of a self-exclusion period. Results suggest that gambling operators should increase marketing efforts to promote the availability and benefits of self-exclusion. Investigation of strategies to streamline registration processes and to augment detection systems with new technologies was supported. Venue staff may benefit from training in appropriate self-exclusion facilitation procedures. Gambling operators should aim to foster strong links between self-exclusion programs and professional gambling counselling services.Résumé L’auto-exclusion est une importante stratégie de minimisation des méfaits mise en œuvre par les exploitants de jeux d’argent afin de limiter l’accès des joueurs pathologiques aux occasions de jeu. Certains aspects de l’auto-exclusion, notamment la faible participation et la non-conformité, limitent toutefois l’efficacité des programmes. Des recherches tenant compte de la perspective du joueur sont nécessaires pour renforcer l’utilité perçue de l’auto-exclusion auprès du public cible. Vingt entretiens ont été menés auprès de participants actuels (n = 13) et anciens (n = 7) d’un programme d’auto-exclusion multi-sites pour les salles de jeux de hasard en Nouvelle-Galles-du-Sud, en Australie. On a posé aux participants des questions ouvertes sur leurs expériences et leurs opinions sur le programme, y compris ses forces et ses faiblesses, et sur des améliorations à apporter pour les futurs participants. Dans l’ensemble, les participants ont trouvé le programme d’auto-exclusion bénéfique. Toutefois, plusieurs lacunes du programme ont été signalées, notamment le manque d’informations disponibles dans le public et des processus d’inscription excessivement compliqués. Les participants manquaient de confiance en la volonté et la capacité des propriétaires de sites d’identifier les joueurs non conformes, et ils ont souligné la nécessité d’améliorer considérablement les systèmes de détection. La qualité des interactions avec le personnel des lieux concernant l’auto-exclusion était mitigée; le soutien des conseillers a toutefois été perçu comme important du début à la fin de la période d’auto-exclusion. Les résultats laissent croire que les exploitants de jeux d’argent devraient intensifier leurs efforts de publicité pour promouvoir la disponibilité et les avantages de programmes d’auto-exclusion. La recherche de stratégies visant à rationaliser les processus d’inscription et à améliorer les systèmes de détection par de nouvelles technologies a été encouragée. Les membres du personnel des sites peuvent bénéficier d’une formation sur les procédures appropriées de facilitation pour l’auto-exclusion. Les exploitants de jeux devraient s’efforcer d’établir des liens étroits entre les programmes d’auto-exclusion et les services de conseillers professionnels en matière de jeu.

Documentation et gestion du patrimoine archéologique de la chaîne montagneuse tuniso-libyenne via l'utilisation des nouvelles technologies : résultats préliminaires

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Héla Mekki
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Direct Evaluation ◽  
Nouvelles Technologies ◽  
Data Assessment ◽  
Conservation Plan ◽  
Indirect Evaluation ◽  
Management And Conservation

Abstract The mountain range formed by Jebels Matmata, Demmer and Nefoussa which links the two countries, Tunisia and Libya, is strewn with archaeological remains that are little known today, due in part to the rugged terrain which makes it difficult to see them. This issue has been helped by the use of new technologies, in this case remote sensing and QGIS software. Archaeological evidence has been uncovered and more than 3,900 sites and monuments have been detected on the sides of these mountains. In addition to the inventory of unknown archaeological sites, the main aim of the work was to draw up a management and conservation plan to provide, with an order of priority, a strategy for the safeguard and conservation of the mountain heritage. This management plan was only possible through a correlation of three data: assessment of values, identification of threats, and study of the state of conservation. These components were studied using an indirect evaluation based on satellite imagery and direct evaluation through field visits.

scholarly journals De-skilling Effects on Journalists: ICTs and the Labour Process of Taiwanese Newspaper Reporters

2006 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-de Liu
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Managerial Control ◽  
Nouvelles Technologies ◽  
Labour Process ◽  
Conditions De Travail ◽  
Charge De Travail ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract: Through in-depth interviews with Taiwanese newspaper workers, this paper illustrates the “de-skilling” effects of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on journalists. In recent years, Taiwanese reporters have experienced an increase in workload and an intensification of managerial control due to the introduction of new technologies in the newsroom. Using ICTs in the workplace consequently has harmed journalists’ working conditions and autonomy. Moreover, ICTs have led to a trivialization of reporting tasks and devaluation of reporters’ experience and knowledge. The degradation of reporting work resulting from the use of ICTs has enabled managers at Taiwanese newspapers to hire young employees to fill the jobs of experienced reporters and to reduce salary costs. Résumé : En se fondant sur des entretiens en profondeur menés avec les employés de quotidiens taiwanais, cet article illustre la déqualification de journalistes causée par les technologies de communication et de l’information (TCIs). Depuis quelques années, les reporters taiwanais ont subi une augmentation de leur charge de travail et du contrôle administratif exercé sur eux à la suite de l’introduction de nouvelles technologies dans les salles de nouvelles. Ainsi, les TCIs au travail ont porté atteinte aux conditions de travail et à l’autonomie des journalistes. En outre, les TCIs ont banalisé les tâches des reporters et ont dévalué leur expérience et leur savoir. La dégradation du travail journalistique résultant de l’introduction des TCIs a permis aux dirigeants des quotidiens taiwanais d’engager de jeunes employés à la place de reporters expérimentés et de réduire les salaires.

scholarly journals Poder, violencia y resistencia de la imagen. Batallas audiovisuales en América Latina

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Miguel Alfonso Bouhaben
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Nouvelles Technologies ◽  
The People ◽  
Surveillance Cameras ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías ◽  
America Latina ◽  
Visual Violence

Poder, violencia y resistencia de la imagen. Batallas audiovisuales en América LatinaMiguel Alfonso BouhabenResumenEl mundo contemporáneo se ha convertido en imagen. El poder controla, por medio de imágenes –cámaras de vigilancia, películas ideológicas, nuevas tecnologías, etc.– lo que se debe pensar y sentir. El presente artículo tiene como objetivo la definición y la evaluación crítica de las relaciones entre el poder, la violencia y las formas de resistencia de las imágenes. A través del análisis de algunas secuencias de La hora de los hornos (Gettino y Solanas, 1968), Sangre de cóndor (Jorge Sanjinés, 1969) y El coraje del pueblo (Jorge Sanjinés, 1971), se valorarán las alternativas a los dispositivos de dominio audiovisual con el fin de poner contra las cuerdas la lógica de violencia visual del poder hegemónico. Se trata, en definitiva, de explorar las posibilidades de emergencia de las contraimágenes en el contexto de América Latina.Palabras claves América Latina; contraimagen; poder; resistencia; violenciaPower, Violence and Resistance of the Image. Audiovisual Battles in Latin AmericaMiguel Alfonso BouhabenAbstractThe contemporary world has become an image. The power controls, through images – surveillance cameras, ideological films, new technologies, etc. – what should be thought and felt. This article aims at the definition and critical evaluation of the relations between power, violence and forms of resistance of images. Through the analysis of some sequences from The Hour of the Furnaces (Gettino and Solanas, 1968), Blood of the Condor (Jorge Sanjinés, 1969) and The Courage of the People (Jorge Sanjinés, 1971), the alternatives to the devices of audiovisual domain will be assessed in order to question the logic of visual violence of the hegemonic power. Finally, the purpose is to explore the possibilities of emergence of counter-images in the Latin American context.KeywordsLatin America; Counter-image; power; resistance; violencePoder pelio y uapiai imagenmanda, batallas audiovisuales América- latinapeMiguel Alfonso BouhabenMaillallachiska:Chi mundo contemporáneo convertirerka e imagen. Chi poderka controla chi imágenes- cámara de vigencia, películas ideológicas, musu tecnologías, etc.- deberenme iuiai y sentengapa. Kai presente articulok rukanme objetivo la definición y evaluacion crítica de las realciones entre poder, chi pilio y forma de resistencia de las imágenes. Atraves del análisis sug secuenciakuna la hora de los hornos ( Gettino y Solanas, 1968) iauar condorpa ( Jorge Sanjinés, 1969 ) y sug koraje pueblomanda ( Jorge Sanjinés 1971) se valoraran sug alternativakuna dispositivokuna de dominio audiovisual churrangapa contra las cuerdas sug lógica de pilio visual del poder hegemonico, tratarenme en definitiva, explorangapa sug posibilidadkuna de emergencia sug contraimagenkunamanda contextope América Latinape.Rimangapa Ministidukuna:América Latina; contraimagen; poder, uapiai; pilioPuissance, violence et résistance de l'image. Batailles audiovisuelles en Amérique latineMiguel Alfonso BouhabenRésuméLe monde contemporain est devenu une image. Le pouvoir contrôle, à travers des images –caméras de surveillance, films idéologiques, nouvelles technologies, etc. – ce qu'il faut penser et ressentir. Cet article vise la définition et l'évaluation critique des relations entre le pouvoir, la violence et les formes de résistance des images. Grâce à l'analyse de certaines séquences de L'Heure des brasiers (Gettino et Solanas, 1968), Sang du Condor (Jorge Sanjinés, 1969) et Le courage du peuple (Jorge Sanjinés, 1971), les alternatives à des dispositifs de domaine audiovisuel sont évaluées, afin de contester la logique de violence visuelle du pouvoir hégémonique. Enfin, il s'agit d'explorer les possibilités d'émergence de contre-images dans le contexte de l'Amérique latine.Mots clésAmérique latine; contre-image; pouvoir; résistance; violencePODER, VIOLÊNCIA E RESISTÊNCIA DA IMAGEM. BATALHAS AUDIOVISUAIS NA AMÉRICA LATINAMiguel Alfonso BouhabenResumoO mundo contemporâneo tem se transformado em imagem. O poder controla, por meio de imagens câmeras de vigilância, filmes ideológicos, novas tecnologias, etc –o que se deve pensar e sentir. O presente artigo tem como objetivo de resistência das avaliações crítica das relações entre o poder, a violência e as formas de resistência das imagens. Através da análise de algumas sequências La hora de los hornos (Gettino y Solanas, 1968), Sangre de cóndor (Jorge Sanjinés, 1969) e El coraje del pueblo (Jorge Sanjinés, 1971), se valorizarão as alternativas aos dispositivos de domínio audiovisual com o fim de pôr contra as cordas a lógica de violência visual do poder hegemônico. Definitivamente se trata de explorar as possibilidades de emergência das contra imagens no contexto da América Latina.Palavras-chave América Latina; contra imagem; poder; resistência, violência

scholarly journals A Little Knowledge: Privacy, Security and Public Information After September 11

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. Shane
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Technology Policy ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Public Information ◽  
The United States ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Personal Privacy ◽  
Security Technology ◽  
New Public ◽  
Free Flow Of Information

Drawn from the proceedings of the April, 2003 Carnegie Mellon (InSITeS)-Georgetown University Law Center-Century Foundation conference on Security, Technology, and Privacy, A Little Knowledge looks at the different ways that public security, government transparency and the individual's right to privacy have been placed at odds after September 11. In an introductory essay, the editors synthesize the lessons of the chapters that follow into six key propositions: (1) The free flow of information is essential to the security and prosperity of the United States; (2) The impulse towards secrecy inevitably metastasizes; (3) Public information policy and technology policy are inescapably linked; (4) New technologies hold unprecedented promise for maximizing the value of information to an empowered citizenry; (5) Because technology is Janus-faced, democratic intention is as critical to shaping the future as sound engineering; (6) We need new public institutions to insure adequate consideration of the arguments in favor of freedom of public information and the protection of personal privacy. The authors especially urge policy makers to eschew the pursuit of tradeoffs among privacy, security, and transparency as long as possible in favor of a national dialogue about how to optimize the joint realization of these three central values. The volume also features John Podesta on Governing in Secret; Alice P. Gast on restricting the flow of scientific information; Baruch Fischhoff on disclosing risks; Victor W. Weedn on government risk communications; George Duncan on optimizing privacy and openness values in the management of government databases; Joel R. Reidenberg on international approaches to privacy; and Sally Katzen on public information rights.

Gardentasun kultura benetako baten ezarpenerako zenbait Estrategia

2014 ◽  
pp. 1479-1497
Author(s):  
Itxaso Gallastegui Ormaechea
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
El Sistema ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Government Websites

LABURPENA: Espainiako sistema politiko-administratiboak azkenaldian bizi duen krisialdiaren irtenbidea, hein handi batean, gardentasun publikoa herrialde baten izaera demokratikoaren zutabe sendo eta ordezkaezina dela aitortzeak eratzen du. Bide horretan, abiapuntu gisa, informazio publikora sarbidea izateko oinarrizko eskubide baten errekonozimendua identifika daiteke. Informazioaren eta komunikazioaren teknologia berriek —Open Data eta Open Government Atariek, besteak beste— zabaldutako harreman digitaleko kanalak ere paper garrantzitsu bat jokatzera datozela esan beharra dago, euren inplikazioen gardentasuna bermatzeko eta sustatzeko kontrol-mekanismo egokien ezarpena galdatuagatik ere. Baina espainiar Administrazio Publikoen antolaketa eta jarduna gardenak direla segurtatu dadin, ezinbestekoa da beste zenbait medio eta instrumentutara jotzea, etika publikoaren berrezarpenera, batez ere. RESUMEN: La solución a la crisis que últimamente vive el sistema político-administrativo español pasa, en gran medida, por que se acepte que la transparencia pública es un firme e irremplazable pilar del carácter democrático de un país. El reconocimiento de un derecho fundamental de acceso a la información pública puede identificarse como punto de partida de dicha trayectoria. Cabe indicar que los canales de relación digital que han abierto las nuevas tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación —los Portales de Open Data y Open Government, por ejemplo—, a pesar de exigir la instauración de mecanismos de control que aseguren y promuevan la transparencia de sus implicaciones, también vienen a desempeñar un papel importante. No obstante, para garantizar que la organización y la acción de las Administraciones Públicas españolas sea transparente, es preciso recurrir, también, a otra serie de vías e instrumentos, a la restauración de la ética pública, principalmente. ABSTRACT: The solution to the crisis that the Spanish political and administrative system is lately living rests to a great extent on accepting that public transparence is a firm and irreplaceable pillar to the democratic character of a country. The acknowledgment of a fundamental right to the access to public information can be identified as a starting point in that path. It should be pointed out that the channels of digital relationship opened by new technologies of information and communication —for example Open Data and Open Government websites— despite requiring the establishment of control mechanisms for securing and promoting the transparency of their implications, can also play an important role. However, in order to guarantee that the organization and the action by public administrations is transparent, it is necessary to resort to another sort of paths and instruments, mainly to public ethics.

The Use and Management of Public Information in Social Media

2020 ◽  
pp. 321-336
Author(s):  
Inmaculada Sánchez-Labella Martín
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Full Advantage ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
City Councils ◽  
New Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Political Disaffection ◽  
Western Democracies

The increase of political disaffection in Spain, as is occurring in many western democracies across the world, coincides with a growing vindication of democracy on the part of the citizenry, which translates to a demand for more governmental transparency and access to information. With this in mind, this chapter explores the availability of information in local public administrations on social media. The study analyses the presence of town and city councils throughout Andalusia on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, examining how these media are managed and their effects, by studying the content and resources provided to the citizens for interacting with the institutions. The results revealed that although the selected councils tried to adopt these new information channels, they are still far from taking full advantage of the possibilities the new technologies could provide.

The Diffusion of New Technologies

2008 ◽  
pp. 1895-1923
Author(s):  
Anne Daly
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
New South ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Activities ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Online Access ◽  
Close Integration

This chapter presents data from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing to highlight the low levels of computer and Internet usage by indigenous Australians. This result is not surprising, given the well-documented connection between education, income, location of residence and use of these technologies. One possible way of addressing the digital divide between capital city dwellers and other Australians is through the development of community online access centres. Using evidence from the literature and from fieldwork in New South Wales, the chapter considers some factors that are likely to make these centres more successful. These include a strong commitment by the community to the development of a centre and a close integration of the centre with community activities. It is important that significant funds be budgeted to training for all involved including centre staff and community members.

scholarly journals Scholarly Knowledge: At an Inflection Point?

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Prewitt
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Inflection Point ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Regional Research ◽  
High Quality ◽  
High Quality Research ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Nouvelles Technologies ◽  
Research Collaborations

In the rapidly expanding sector of higher education worldwide, high quality research is disproportionately produced by a small number of research-intensive universities, probably no more than 400 worldwide. These universities are experiencing major changes, spurred by new technologies and data sources from those technologies, by the commercialization in the “knowledge economy” and competition from the for-profit private sector, and of course by opportunities and pressures of globalization itself. The phase we are in is further shaped by changes in how the state and the market set research priorities, partly by creating an accountability regime tied to timely and measurable contributions of products, services, and policies.Where does Africa fit in? It does not have competitive research-intensive universities. It does have high quality individual researchers. The author argues that its strength lies in robust regional research collaborations, coupled with serious engagement with stakeholder platforms including government, commerce, and NGOs.---Dans le secteur de l’enseignement supérieur mondial à l’expansion rapide, la recherche de grande qualité est produite disproportionnellement par un nombre restreint d’universités fortement axées sur la recherche, dont le nombre ne s’élève probablement pas à plus de 400 dans le monde entier. Ces universités sont en train de connaître des changements majeurs, déclenchés par les nouvelles technologies et les sources de données émanant de ces technologies, par la commer-cialisation dans l’ « économie du savoir » et la compétition provenant du secteur privé lucratif, et bien entendu, par des opportunités et des pressions créées par la mondialisation elle-même. La phase que nous traversons est, qui plus est, caractérisée par le changement de la manière dont l’état et le marché établissent les priorités de la recherche, partiellement en créant un régime où les instituions doivent rendre des comptes, un régime lié aux contributions opportunes et mesurables de produits, de services et de politiques.Dans ce contexte, où l’Afrique trouve-t-elle sa place ? Elle n’a pas d’universités compétitives axées fortement sur la recherche. Elle possède, néanmoins, des chercheurs individuels de grande qualité. L’auteur estime que sa force repose sur des partenariats de recherche régionaux solides, couplés à des engagements sérieux pris envers des parties prenantes comme le gouvernement, le milieu du commerce et les ONG.

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