New Communication Technologies

Opportunity Screening Criteria for New Information Technology Ventures

by Orla Hegarty

The Effect of Use of Information and Communication Technologies on Elementary Student Teachers’ Perceived Information Literacy Self-Efficacy

by Halil Eksi

Raziye DEMİRALAY, Şirin KARADENİZ
Educational Sciences: Th eory & Practice
10 (2) • Spring 2010 • 841-851

Th e aim of this research is to investigate and evaluate elementary student teachers’ perceived
information... more Th e aim of this research is to investigate and evaluate elementary student teachers’ perceived
information literacy self-eff icacy in terms of the use of information and communication
technologies (ICT). Th e relational survey method which determines the relationships
between two or more variables was used in the research. Th e data gathered from
1801 student teachers who are attending at the fourth class of Departments of Computer
and Instructional Technologies, Science, English, Elementary Mathematics, Grade, Social
Studies, and Turkish Education in the Faculty of Education in Atatürk, Ondokuz Mayıs,
Marmara, Gazi and Dokuz Eylül universities with using the ICT survey and perceived
information literacy self-eff icacy scale (ILSES). Th e use of the ICT survey consists of
questions related to student teachers’ demographic information and ICT usage. Th e ILSES
consists of question about perceived competencies on searching, using and producing
the information. Frequency, arithmetic mean and one way ANOVA were used to analyze
the data. For the significant results in p <.01 level, Scheff e test was used to find out which
groups have caused the diff erence. Th e findings of the research revealed that most of the
elementary student teachers use ICT frequently, at least at intermediate level and access
ICT from multiple locations. Furthermore, elementary student teachers’ computer experience;
skills and frequency of computer and internet use, access opportunities to computer
and internet has significant eff ect on their perceived information literacy self-eff icacy.

IJILTH01.02: David ROBISON, "M-learning for tertiary education" (pp. 1-3)

by IJILTH Innovation and Leadership in the Teaching of Humanities

INTERVIEW WITH MR SERGIO GARCIA DE ALBA, FORMER MEXICAN SECRETARY OF ECONOMY. KEY DISCUSSION ON MEXICAN EFFORTS FOR DEVELOPING GLOBAL PRESENCE IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATION. SOURCE. WWW.VENTUREOUTSOURCE.COM

by Bernardo Mendez Lugo

Teleconferences: Calling the Shots

by Jeff Swift

draft only--written for PhD level seminar on the "History and Theory of Communication Technology"

I explore the real-time multi-party deliberation provided by the teleconference, as the teleconference in many ways... more I explore the real-time multi-party deliberation provided by the teleconference, as the teleconference in many ways informed the online technologies' development. Society's need and technology's ability co-evolved to create a system that seems very democratic and inclusive, but instead reinforces existing hierarchies and conglomerates power. I first provide a short introduction to the technology itself, then examine the positive narratives about its invention, then explore two broad ways it reifies authority and power structures, and finally suggest a narrative arch from the teleconference to modern group discussion technologies.

INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION METHODOLOGY FOR SOCIAL SOFTWARE AND MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS

by Ioannis Deliyannis

Measuring Ecoshock and Affective Learning: A Comparison of Student Responses to Online and Face-to-Face Learning Ecologies

by Tom Kelleher

Trust-Building In E-Negotiation

by Noam Ebner

Master Thesis

by Katerina Tsinari

"The changing role of the adult educators caused by the integration of new technologies and their effect on the... more "The changing role of the adult educators caused by the integration of new technologies and their effect on the new learning and teaching cultures on adult education/further education"

Deep Packet Inspection and Internet Censorship: International Convergence on an ‘Integrated Technology of Control’

by Ben Wagner

Presented at the 3rd Annual Giganet Symposium in December 2008 in Hyderabad, India

The academic debate on deep packet inspection (DPI) centres on methods of network management and copyright protection... more The academic debate on deep packet inspection (DPI) centres on methods of network management and copyright protection and is directly linked to a wider debate on freedom of speech on the Internet. The debate is deeply rooted in an Anglo-Saxon perspective of the Internet and is frequently depicted as a titanic struggle for the right to fundamentally free and unfettered access to the Internet.

This debate is to a great extent defined by commercial interests. These interests whether of copyright owners, Internet service providers, application developers or consumers, are all essentially economic. All of these groups have little commercial interest in restricting free speech as such. However some might well be prepared to accept a certain amount of ‘collateral damage’ to internet free speech in exchange for higher revenues.

It can be argued that more transparent and open practices from network service providers are needed regarding filtering policy and the technology used. Nevertheless these practises are unlikely to fundamentally endanger free speech. Within the international system however, there are a large number of actors who have a considerable interest in limiting free speech, most obviously states.

As this paper will argue, the link between deep packet inspection and internet censorship is of far greater concern for freedom of speech than its use in traffic shaping or preventing copyright infringement. At the present time many of the states censoring the internet are already known to use deep packet filtering.

Documenting for whom? A symbolic interactionist analysis of technologically induced changes of nursing handovers

by Aksel Tjora

Square pegs in round holes: Information systems, hospitals and the significance of contextual awareness

by Aksel Tjora

Invisible Whispers: Accounts of SMS Communication in Shared Physical Space

by Aksel Tjora

The use of short message services (SMS) on mobile phones has gained huge popularity in most western and many... more The use of short message services (SMS) on mobile phones has gained huge popularity in most western and many developing countries — so much so that it has become established as the preferred medium for mobile communication especially among young people. This article explores SMS as used for discreet communication between people in the same physical space (‘shared physical space SMS’ — or ‘SPS-SMS’). Drawing from semi-structured interviews with young people in Norway, 10 different scenarios of SPS-SMS use are explored and analysed within an interactionist framework. These sites of SPS-SMS are presented here as ‘communicative affordances’. It is concluded that the mobile phone, by the application of SPS-SMS, affords communicative layers of transparency, by which various SMS users maintain semi-synchronous communication, both for care and coordination. Although a qualitative study of this nature does not lend itself to generalizations about SPS-SMS communication, it does demonstrate how detailed studies of extraordinary uses of mediated communication may be used to widen analyses of social interaction.

Caring Machines

by Aksel Tjora

Portraying the Judge in the 21st Century: A Matter of Reflective Equilibrium between Theory and Practice

by Diana Constantinescu

MA Dissertation at UCL (high merit), academic review and feedback is much appreciated!

Please do not cite without permission.

The turn of the century is marked by increasing tensions in establishing the standards of judicial decision-making,... more The turn of the century is marked by increasing tensions in establishing the standards of judicial decision-making, born from a divorce between legal theory and judicial empirical research. On one hand, jurisprudential theories with a descriptive component claim not only to establish what the judge should do but also what he actually does in court. This claim is made without appeal to empirical evidence. On the other hand, empirical judicial studies also claim to depict what a judge does, without using the conceptual framework offered by jurisprudential theories. The resulting images from the two endeavours are not only uninformed by each other, but they are contradictory. This outcome discredits both jurisprudential claims of describing the reality correctly, and judicial studies claims of providing a comprehensive and unbiased account.

I aim to argue that an accurate portrait of the judge in the 21st century can be achieved only through a process of reflective equilibrium which gives equal importance to both traditional jurisprudence and empirical study of the judiciary. The paper will not only confront jurisprudential literature with empirical studies, but will also be informed from the latest guidelines on judicial appointment and training in the UK and other jurisdictions, guidelines that stand witness to the actual compatibility between the two sides.

If it is true that jurisprudence and judicial studies can collaborate into shaping a coherent and comprehensive portrait of the judge, there are three implications of great importance. Firstly, the whole theoretical debate on whether jurisprudence can actually provide a “descriptive sociology” of legal phenomena could find its resolve (as wished by legal positivists). Secondly, jurisprudence itself will gain more legitimacy and visibility as provider of the conceptual and methodological devices in analysing legal phenomena (as wished by legal naturalists). Finally, judicial practice will gain clarity and efficiency by working with a coherent image of what judges are doing.

La heurística digital y el estudio histórico de los procesos de globalización

by Juan Andrés Bresciano Lacava

Publicado en: Revista Historia Crítica, Universidad de los Andes, enero-abril de 2011, pp. 104-127

Toward a Model of Audience Evolution: New Technologies and the Transformation of Media Audiences

by Philip Napoli

Revisiting "Mass Communication" and the "Work" of the Audience in the New Media Environment

by Philip Napoli

Forthcoming in Media, Culture & Society

Navigating Producer-Consumer Convergence: Media Policy Priorities in the Era of User-Generated and User-Distributed Content

by Philip Napoli

Diminished, Enduring, and Emergent Diversity Policy Concerns in an Evolving Media Environment

by Philip Napoli

This paper examines the ongoing evolution of media diversity policy concerns in response to the changing... more This paper examines the ongoing evolution of media diversity policy concerns in response to the changing technological, economic, and institutional dynamics of the contemporary media environment.  This paper identifies diminished diversity policy concerns (i.e., those that are receiving less attention from policymakers in light of ongoing technological and institutional changes); enduring diversity policy concerns (i.e., those that are transitioning from the traditional to the new media policy agenda) and emergent diversity policy concerns (those that have arisen as a result of ongoing technological and institutional changes).  Key points of focus for this analysis include the diminished emphasis on the relationship between media ownership and diversity; the persistence of cultural diversity concerns such as trans-border content flows; and emergent policy concerns surrounding the production and consumption dynamics of contemporary media users.  This paper then extrapolates from these policy concerns the basic contours of a diversity research agenda that would reflect and inform these concerns.