scholarly journals Impulsivity-compulsivity axis in the abuse of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) from the perspective of the Research Domain Criteria Project (RDoC)

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 399-415
Author(s):  
Eduardo Pedrero-Pérez ◽  
Sara Morales-Alonso ◽  
Vanessa Gallardo-Arriero ◽  
Laura Blázquez-Rollón ◽  
José María Ruiz-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Dorsal Striatum ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Compulsive Behavior ◽  
Research Domain Criteria ◽  
Therapeutic Approaches ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Compulsive Consumption ◽  
Research Domain

The habit formation model to explain addiction involves the transition from an initial phase in which the prefrontal cortex ceases to control the behavior, to a phase in which control is transferred to the dorsal striatum, progressing towards compulsive consumption. This model, widely supported by empirical evidence, implies that each subject is at a certain point in the impulsivity-compulsivity continuum. Using two questionnaires recommended within the framework of the Research Domain Criteria Project which measure impulsivity and compulsivity, an attempt was made to confirm the existence of such a bipolar axis, applied to the abuse of information and communication technologies (ICT). The results of this study provide empirical support for the existence of this axis. The abuse of ICT seems to have many more compulsive components than impulsive ones, except in the case of video games, which are little related to both concepts. These results have important clinical implications since there are very different therapeutic approaches for impulsivity and compulsive behavior.

scholarly journals Mobile Phone Use as Sequential Processes: From Discrete Behaviors to Sessions of Behaviors and Trajectories of Sessions

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-146
Author(s):  
Tai-Quan Peng ◽  
Jonathan J H Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Behavioral Dynamics ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Sequential Processes

Abstract Mobile phone use is an unfolding process by nature. In this study, it is explicated as two sequential processes: mobile sessions composed of an uninterrupted set of behaviors and mobile trajectories composed of mobile sessions and mobile-off time. A data set of a five-month behavioral logfile of mobile application use by approximately 2,500 users in Hong Kong is used. Mobile sessions are constructed and mined to uncover sequential characteristics and patterns in mobile phone use. Mobile trajectories are analyzed to examine intraindividual change and interindividual differences on mobile re-engagement as indicators of behavioral dynamics in mobile phone use. The study provides empirical support for and expands the boundaries of existing theories about combinatorial use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Finally, the understanding on mobile temporality is enhanced, that is, mobile temporality is homogeneous across social sectors. Furthermore, mobile phones redefine, rather than blur, the boundary between private and public time.

Can Information and Communication Technologies Improve the Performance of Microfinance Programs?

2010 ◽  
pp. 165-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fredj Jawadi ◽  
Nabila Jawadi ◽  
Ydriss Ziane
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Customer Relationship Management ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Information And Communication

Given the important role played by microfinance institutions (MFIs), a growing number of studies have been recorded in this field. More specifically, researchers and practitioners are interested in factors that influence their performance in order to enhance the way they function and to ensure their sustainability. One of these factors concerns the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in MFI programs. Despite the relevance of the topic, few studies have looked at the links between ICT use and the enhancement of MFI performance. In addition, ICT use in developing and emerging financial markets is also under studied. The purpose of this chapter is to fill this gap in the literature and to analyse how ICT can influence MFI performance. In this regard, three aspects of MFI performance are studied: efficiency, risk management and customer relationship management. The results of the survey conducted with MFI professionals in developing and emerging countries show that the implementation of ICTs enables MFIs to significantly improve their microfinance services, while enhancing work efficiency and customer relationship management in the same way as in other branches of financial services in general. However, our results give no empirical support to the contribution of ICTs in risk management or risk reduction.

Can Information and Communication Technologies Improve the Performance of Microfinance Programs?

2012 ◽  
pp. 14-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fredj Jawadi ◽  
Nabila Jawadi ◽  
Ydriss Ziane
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Customer Relationship Management ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Information And Communication

Given the important role played by microfinance institutions (MFIs), a growing number of studies have been recorded in this field. More specifically, researchers and practitioners are interested in factors that influence their performance in order to enhance the way they function and to ensure their sustainability. One of these factors concerns the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in MFI programs. Despite the relevance of the topic, few studies have looked at the links between ICT use and the enhancement of MFI performance. In addition, ICT use in developing and emerging financial markets is also under studied. The purpose of this chapter is to fill this gap in the literature and to analyse how ICT can influence MFI performance. In this regard, three aspects of MFI performance are studied: efficiency, risk management and customer relationship management. The results of the survey conducted with MFI professionals in developing and emerging countries show that the implementation of ICTs enables MFIs to significantly improve their microfinance services, while enhancing work efficiency and customer relationship management in the same way as in other branches of financial services in general. However, our results give no empirical support to the contribution of ICTs in risk management or risk reduction.

scholarly journals Le chanoyu, cérémonie japonaise traditionnelle du thé, comme exemple d'éducation à la présence

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-39
Author(s):  
Pascal Bouchez
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The West ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Electronic Education ◽  
Tea Ceremony ◽  
Research Domain

Que peut en retour, et par le détour, nous apprendre de manière distanciatrice le chanoyu de nos manières d’apprendre en Occident, et de nous construire dans l’interaction ? A l’heure de l'essor fulgurant des TICE, cette communication se propose de revenir sur les fondements d’une cérémonie traditionnelle du thé japonaise, d’envisager ses principes esthétiques et son « intentionnalité », avant d’interroger le concept singulier de technique mis en œuvre. L’objectif visé étant de souligner l’importance plus que jamais cruciale de l’ouverture du « chantier » d’une véritable « éducation à la présence » comme vecteur essentiel d’une éducation interculturelle électronique et présentielle adaptée aux défis du XXIe siècle. Chanoyu, the traditional Japanese tea ceremony as an example of in-presence education What can be learnt when taking a reflexive distance from the chanoyu concerning the ways in which we in the West learn and construct ourselves in interactions? With the meteoric rise of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), this paper seeks to reexamine the basis of the traditional Japanese tea ceremony with its aesthetic principles, its “intentionality” and the singular concept of technique it puts into practice. The objective of this approach is to highlight the ever-important opening of a research domain into a veritable “in-presence education” as an essential vector in intercultural and in-presence electronic education adapted to the challenges of the 21st century.

Whatsapp Messenger as a Mobile Media to Learn Writing for EFL Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Linda ◽  
Ida Ri'aeni
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
First Grade ◽  
English Department ◽  
Instructional Media ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Efl Students

Abstract   The objective of this research is to find out the use of Whatsapp Messenger as a mobile media to learn writing in EFL classes.Several researchers have attempted to prove applicability of mobile learning as modern ways of teaching and learning (Naismith, 2004:115). Moreover, applying portable technologies have been demanded by most of the modern learners who oftentimes are forced to study anywhere, and anytime, for example, at work, in the bus or at weekends (Evans, 2008:115).The research was motivated by the students’ difficulties in writing. The sample of this research was three classes of first grade students of English Department of Unswagati. The instrument of this research was questionnaire sheet. Data from questionnaire sheet was analyzed based on the frequency students’ answers and then was calculated and interpreted into percentages. The result shows WhatsApp Messenger attracts the students interest and also the students have positive responses towards the using ofWhatsAppMessenger. In applying WhatsApp group, the writer concluded that, learning using WhatsApp group has effective to develop their creativity in writing skill. On the other hand, the result from the questionnaire sheet indicated that almost of students is active in learning to writing recount text. Students can learn out of the classroom. Beside WhatsApp can be used privately, it can be used for students’ education. The students can use their gadget positively for their ability in learning English. The students can improve their knowledge in learning ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies). Keyword: WhatsApp Messenger,EFL writing, Instructional Media, ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies).

Technologies Disability and Inclusion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Brusell
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Information And Communication

When modern technology permeates every corner of life, there are ignited more and more hopes among the disabled to be compensated for the loss of mobility and participation in normal life, and with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Exoskeleton Technologies and truly hands free technologies (HMI), it's possible for the disabled to be included in the social and pedagogic spheres, especially via computers and smartphones with social media apps and digital instruments for Augmented Reality (AR) .In this paper a nouvel HMI technology is presented with relevance for the inclusion of disabled in every day life with specific focus on the future development of "smart cities" and "smart homes".

ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
R. P. BAIN ◽  
D. P. RAI ◽  
SIDDARTH NAYAK
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Sustainable Society ◽  
Indian Agriculture ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Role Of Information

If we want to convert our rural population into knowledge driven, progressive, self sufficient, self reliant, sustainable society, the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT’s) cannot be ignored. Timely availability information is considered as most important factor in Indian agriculture. At present ICT is the technology of this millennium. Transferring the developed technology to all end users is time-consuming and tiresome task and is often not completed due to paucity of resources and lack of manpower. In India, agriculture and rural development has gained significantly from ICT due to its widespread extension and adoption. In this era of internet, ICT is committed to provide real, timely accurate authentic information to the farmers and rural peoples.

The Datalogical Drug Mule

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-29
Author(s):  
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Biological Processes ◽  
Cultural Narratives ◽  
Government Documents ◽  
Human Labor ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Data Capturing ◽  
Legal Structures

Borders and bodies are increasingly regulated by data-capturing mechanisms spread across the world through information and communication technologies. This article traces the features and implications of such a border-body datalogical entanglement through the figure of the drug mule. It analyzes government documents and recorded case studies to argue that this figure emerges from an assemblage of cultural narratives, legal structures, human labor, technical practices, and biological processes. The datalogical drug mule is already implicated in a struggle over what, and how, data is meaningful and actionable. Investigating this figure allows us to begin disentangling the data-driven mechanisms that constitute modern borders and bodies while at the same time accounting for analog continuities in contemporary practices of border security.

STEGANOGRAPHIC METHODS FOR EMBEDDING INFORMATION IN DIGITAL OBJECTS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION SECURITY IN THE CONCEPT OF "INTERNET OF THINGS"

2019 ◽  
pp. 110-116
Author(s):  
Hristo Terziev
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Least Significant Bit ◽  
Computer Environment ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Digital Objects ◽  
Effective Service

Internet of Things is a new world for connecting object space in the real world with virtual space in a computer environment. To build IoT as an effective service platform, end users need to trust the system. With the growing quantity of information and communication technologies, the need to ensure information security and improve data security is increasing. One of the potential solutions for this are steganographic methods. Steganography based on the least significant bit (LSB) is a popular and widely used method in the spatial domain.

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