scholarly journals Students' awareness and perceptions regarding copyright infringement

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Atikuzzaman ◽  
Manisha Saha
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Copyright Infringement ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
High Price ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The University

Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which students of the Dhaka University are aware of the existing copyright law and its infringement. Methodology: Students from different departments of the Dhaka University were the sample population for this study. An online survey was used for collecting data and a questionnaire was designed using Google Forms including both open and close ended questions which was distributed to the students using different social media platforms. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software and Microsoft Excel. Chi-square and Mann-Whitney U tests were performed to analyze students’ awareness regarding copyright issues.Findings: A total of 260 students participated in the survey. The study showed that 82.6% students are aware of copyright and 80.2% are aware of copyright infringement. 61.2% students violated copyright once or more by plagiarism, photocopy and other means particularly because of the high price and unavailability of the original materials. Most of the students opined that developing citing and referencing practice among students and introducing copyright in university curricula can help in reducing copyright infringement.Research limitations: The study was limited to only one public university of Bangladesh because of time limitation and COVID-19 outbreak.Practical implications: The present study can create greater awareness and respect for copyright law in the university as well as in the whole country.Originality/value: This research is one of the first attempts to study Dhaka University students’ awareness and perceptions regarding copyright infringement and can act as the building block for future research on this topic.

scholarly journals Remix’s retreat? Content moderation, copyright law and mashup music

2021 ◽  
pp. 146144482110260
Author(s):  
Ragnhild Brøvig-Hanssen ◽  
Ellis Jones
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Copyright Infringement ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Economic Power ◽  
Grey Zone ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
And Control

Many online media platforms currently utilise algorithmically driven content moderation to prevent copyright infringement. This article explores content moderation’s effect on mashup music – a form of remix which relies primarily on the unauthorised combining of pre-existing, recognisable recordings. Drawing on interviews ( n = 30) and an online survey ( n = 92) with mashup producers, we show that content moderation affects producers’ creative decisions and distribution strategies, and has a strong negative effect on their overall motivation to create mashups. The objections that producers hold to this state of affairs often strongly resonate with current copyright exceptions. However, we argue that these exceptions, which form a legal ‘grey zone’, are currently unsatisfactorily accommodated for by platforms. Platforms’ political-economic power allows them, in effect, to ‘occupy’ and control this zone. Consequently, the practical efficacy of copyright law’s exceptions in this setting is significantly reduced.

scholarly journals Online paediatric chronic pain management: assessing the needs of UK adolescents and parents, using a cross-sectional survey

2020 ◽  
pp. 204946372094034
Author(s):  
Anna Hurley-Wallace ◽  
Daniel E Schoth ◽  
Suzanne Lilley ◽  
Glyn Williams ◽  
Christina Liossi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Interdisciplinary Treatment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Chronic Pain Management ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Social Media Platforms

Background: Adolescent chronic pain is prevalent, and interdisciplinary treatment is recommended. Although it is well known that technology is a key part of adolescents’ daily lives, there have not been any online, interdisciplinary interventions developed for adolescents with chronic pain in a UK healthcare context. Little is known about how adolescents currently use online resources to manage chronic pain, or what guidance they seek. Methods: Ninety-five participants from the community answered this mixed-methods, online survey (adolescent n = 54, parent n = 41), which assessed the needs of UK-based adolescents for a new online chronic pain management resource. Results: Findings indicated that, at the time of the survey, adolescents frequently used social media platforms, such as Instagram, for chronic pain management. Desired techniques for a new interdisciplinary resource for adolescents included ‘advice on explaining chronic pain to others’ (86.7% of adolescents) and sleep hygiene (82.2% of adolescents), though access to a range of pain management techniques was desired. Qualitative results indicated endorsement of a new programme by adolescents and parents. Conclusions: Adolescents and parents had a positive outlook towards the development of a UK-specific online resource to help manage chronic pain. Such an intervention should aim to be made accessible via the National Health Service. Adolescent use of social media platforms to seek support for chronic pain requires further exploration in future research.

scholarly journals Development of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) Towards COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-275
Author(s):  
Ng Chong Guan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Knowledge Component ◽  
Patient Health ◽  
Social Media Platforms

During this COVID-19 pandemic, massive unverified information has flooded the social media platforms, causing heightened levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms among public. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the COVID-19 related knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) and its psychological impact, such as anxiety and depressive symptoms in Malaysia population. A crosssectional online survey was conducted from 8th to 22nd April 2020, involving 227 respondents. The set of questionnaire included sociodemographic characteristics, the KAP questionnaire – 11 items on knowledge (K1-K11), 3 items on attitude (A1- A3), 4 items on practice (P1-P4), together with Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) Scale. To evaluate the data, descriptive analysis, Chi-square test and item response theory analysis were implemented. The percentage of respondents who answered the true statements items from Knowledge component (K1-K3) correctly was almost 100%. However, that of items testing on COVID-19 myths (K4-K11) ranged from 38.8% to 95.2%. The only item from Attitude component which had less than 95% being answered correctly was A1 (78.9%), regarding face masks usage. From the Practice component, over 80% of respondents identified that they used social media to obtain updates on COVID-19 all the time. This is alarming as most of the information circulating on social media have not been verified by relevant authorities, which might lead to, and continuously reinforce anxiety-inducing myths. This study showed that lower overall KAP scores, particularly for Knowledge component items, are related to higher anxiety levels and more depressive symptoms.

scholarly journals Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Lifestyle and Well Being of Population

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-72
Author(s):  
Kuril Sanjeet ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Well Being ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Unhealthy Lifestyle ◽  
Psychological Suffering ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The University

The worldwide catastrophe that has erupted in response to the transmission of COVID-19 has sparked a number of concerns regarding the effect of the lockdown on people with mental health issues and unhealthy lifestyle. The dataset provided here is an evaluation of the mental anguish reported by persons in India after lockdown was implemented as a strategy to stop the spreading of the Coronavirus. The data was gathered by an online survey that included a 9-item socio-demographic question and perhaps even the implementation of the quick summary of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12 items) created by the University of Michigan (Goldberg, 1972). The data was collected between May 6th and 15th, 2020, during India's third stage of lockdown. The Google documents comprising the study's questions were distributed to the general community via emails & social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook. As a result, individuals who took the time to fill out the completed questionnaires were counted as survey respondents. The information is useful for determining the extent and severity of psychological suffering experienced by Indians throughout the COVID-19 crisis. It could also be beneficial to the country.

scholarly journals Microdosing as a response to the meaning crisis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rotem Petranker ◽  
Juensung Kim ◽  
Thomas Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Double Blind ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Optimal Dosing ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Future Research Directions

Background: The use of psychedelic substances like LSD and magic mushrooms in research and to treat mental health conditions has been increasing in the last decade. In particular, the practice of microdosing – using sub-hallucinogenic amounts of psychedelics – has been increasing (Anderson et al., 2019), but large-scale systemic qualitative analyses are still scant.Aims: This study attempted to recognize emergent themes in qualitative reports regarding the experience of microdosing so as to enrich the theoretical landscape in psychedelics research and propose future research directions for both basic and clinical research.Methods: This study used qualitative analysis to analyze free-text responses from individuals who participated in an online survey disseminated on various social media platforms. Participants had reported microdosing at least once in the past year.Results: Data from 118 informative responses suggested four main emergent themes: reasons for microdosing, the practice of microdosing, outcomes linked to microdosing, and meta-commentary about microdosing. Participants mostly reported microdosing for clinical reasons and to improve productivity, and mentioned that the practice is often challenging due to unknown optimal dosing regimen. The outcomes of microdosing varied widely between strong endorsement of the practice and disappointment at the lack of effect. Meta-commentary included warning against overexcitement with the practice. We couch our findings in meaning-making theory and propose that, even at low doses, psychedelic substances can provide a sense of meaning currently lacking in Western culture.Conclusion: Our results suggest that there many of the reported benefits occur regardless of motivation to microdose and are likely due to the enhanced psychological flexibility and sense of connectedness made possible due to the use of psychedelics. Double-blind, placebo controlled experiments are required in order to substantiate these reports.

scholarly journals Is it civic duty? An exploratory study of factors that influenced the public's decision to download the NHS COVID-19 app

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 201-207
Author(s):  
Peter Phillips ◽  
Iain Darby ◽  
Louise Phillips ◽  
Ashley Wicks
Keyword(s):  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Significant Negative Correlation ◽  
High Risk Group ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Isle Of Wight ◽  
The Uk

Background/Aims The UK Government piloted a COVID-19 digital contact tracing smartphone app on the Isle of Wight, England, in June 2020 in attempt to contain the spread of the virus. This study aimed to investigate the factors that affected the decision to download the app among individuals in the Isle of Wight. Methods Online questionnaires were distributed over social media to the sample population. Quantitative data were analysed, both descriptively and using a Chi-square or Fisher's test. Qualitative data were analysed through content analysis. Results Overall, 74.2% of participants downloaded the COVID-19 app, citing compliance, protection and fighting the pandemic or returning to normal as their main reasons. There was a significant negative correlation between having concerns about the app and downloading the app (P=<0.01). Concerns were split into the three themes of privacy or data security concerns, technology issues and increased complacency. There was a significant negative correlation between being in a COVID-19 high-risk group and downloading the app (P=0.042). Conclusions Concerns about the COVID-19 app, particularly in terms of its security, significantly affected whether participants were likely to download it. The results provide insight into factors influencing mass public health behaviours and can form the basis for future research into app-based interventions.

scholarly journals The influence of paramedic qualification level on the administration of analgesia in the prehospital setting

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bill Lord ◽  
Toby Keene ◽  
Cassie Luck
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Predictor Variables ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Practice Setting ◽  
Patient Records ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
The Impact

<p><strong>Background</strong></p><p>Undertreatment of pain has been reported in the paramedic literature, and reasons for these disparities are not well understood.</p><p><strong>Aims</strong></p><p>As the qualification level of the paramedic may affect analgesia administration, the primary aim of this study was to determine the impact of paramedic qualification on the provision of any analgesia for patients reporting pain.</p><p><strong>Methods</strong></p><p>Retrospective study of de-identified patient care records from one Australian ambulance service over a period of 6 months. Inclusion criteria were age was &gt; 17 years, initial pain severity score was &gt; 3/10 and Glasgow Coma Score &gt;13. Data were descriptively analysed for analgesia administration and type of analgesic by predictor variables: age, sex, pain score and case nature. Pearson’s chi-square test was used to test for associations between the outcome of interest and predictor variables. Adjusted logged odds of patients receiving analgesia was tested with binomial logistic regression.</p><p><strong>Findings</strong></p><p>3173 patient records met the inclusion criteria. ICP treated 86% of the sample population. Of those treated by an AP, 76.2% (n=340) received analgesia, whereas 71.6% (n=1952) of patients treated by an ICP received analgesia (p=0.042). Methoxyflurane was the most frequently administered analgesic, with 39.9% of the patients (n=1,264) receiving this agent; 31.1% of patients (n=988) received morphine, and 14.2% (n=452) received fentanyl. The unadjusted regression model found that AP have higher odds of administering analgesia than ICP paramedics (OR 1.264, p &lt;0.05). However, once other covariates are included in the logistic regression, the significance no longer exists.</p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong></p><p>Paramedic qualification is not associated with the administration of analgesia in this setting. This study contributes to the gap in knowledge regarding disparities in analgesia for adults experiencing pain and may inform future research that aims to identify and reduce barriers to appropriate pain management in the paramedic practice setting.</p>

scholarly journals The Effect of Sleepaway Camp Attendance on College Homesickness

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liora Tuchman ◽  
Ida Williams
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
College Experience ◽  
Text Message ◽  
Future Research ◽  
First Year ◽  
Minimal Effect ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
The University

The purpose of this study was to examine if going to sleepaway camp before the age of 16 was a factor that reduced levels of homesickness in first-year students at the University of Florida. In this study, the researcher sent out an online survey to first-year students at the University of Florida through social media, email, and text message. The questions asked the participants about both college and camp experience and asked the participants if they attended sleepaway camp before the age of 16. The results show going to sleepaway camp had a minimal effect on homesickness levels in first-year students at the University of Florida, but attending sleepaway camp had a positive impact on “college experience.” These findings provide implications for future research by showing factors of the camp experience that help in the college experience. Ultimately, discovering if there is a connection in attending sleepaway camp and a positive camp experience will not only help the students themselves but also the camp community and parents of children who attend sleepaway camp.

scholarly journals The multiple uses of iThenticate in doctoral education: Policing malpractice or improving research writing?

2021 ◽  
pp. 20-32
Author(s):  
Alistair McCulloch ◽  
Monica Behrend ◽  
Felicity Braithwaite
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Detection System ◽  
Regulatory Function ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Writing ◽  
Plagiarism Detection ◽  
Detection Systems ◽  
The University ◽  
Writing Practice

This article provides a description and analysis of the way in which research degree students and their supervisors at one Australian university (the University of South Australia) use a popular online plagiarism-detection system, iThenticate. The study identifies how these two groups use iThenticate by analysing usage data together with data from an anonymous online survey conducted 12 months after the university took out a pilot subscription to the system. One hundred and nineteen students and 26 supervisors responded to the survey, representing 61% and 43% of the active users in each category. The survey found that the two groups of respondents used the system differently but that, while for both groups iThenticate’s regulatory function in preventing plagiarism (whether international or accidental) was important, the system’s potential educational function in improving research writing capability and publication was equally important. The study highlights the value of regarding the use of anti-plagiarism software so as to encourage a move way from a simple focus on its punitive regulatory dimension and towards its educational possibilities and suggests directions for future research on the relationship between this type of software and the ways scholars work with other people’s texts to recreate meanings and develop original contributions. Implications for practice or policy: Online plagiarism detection systems (such as iThenticate) can be used either negatively to police doctoral students’ practice or positively to improve their research writing practice. Academic developers should promote a positive approach, aimed at improving research writing practice, as the preferable pedagogy in using online plagiarism-detection systems.

scholarly journals COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IN SOCIAL MEDIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (19) ◽  
pp. 156-166
Author(s):  
Ahmad Shamsul Abd Aziz ◽  
Nor Azlina Mohd Noor
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Copyright Infringement ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Network Technology ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Law And Technology ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Media Channels ◽  
P2p Technology

Social media is a group of Internet-based applications built on the ideology and technology of Web 2.0 and makes communication activities easier and faster. Social media channels would not function without the Internet. However, these facilities cause a massive infringement of copyright on social media platforms. Copyright infringement on social media is primarily about file-sharing activities. These activities that use user-to-friend (P2P) technology have triggered a phenomenon in the Internet world. This P2P network technology enables users to exchange digital files anywhere they like. Indirectly, this technology has brought conflicts on the Internet between copyright owners and users. It is important to note that technology is evolving and does not always conform to the law. Therefore, the disparity between copyright law and technology needs to be bridged. An important issue is whether there are appropriate provisions for copyright infringement on social media. This is because, by law, we need to ensure that we have appropriate provisions regarding copyright infringement issues on social media. This article discusses the provisions of the current Copyright Act 1987 relating to copyright infringement and whether they are appropriate for use on the Internet as on social media sites. This article uses the method of legal research through library research. This article concludes that existing laws are conclusively designed and that the provisions of these provisions cover various types of copyright infringement, including those that occur on social media.

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