Entertainment Aspects Research Articles

Batticaloa, Tamil People and Music

The Batticaloa district is home to many folk music traditions. They were seen interwoven with all aspects of life, like worldliness, worship, entertainment, and business. Due to migration, urbanization, development of modern technology, continuous war, colonial rule, etc., the rich traditions of folk music such as kombumuri songs, dance drama songs, and midwifery songs have disappeared from the learning level and become obsolete. Some of these musical traditions, like dance drama songs, are being revived through universities. Also, due to the change of time, Western music, melodies (film songs), and Carnatic music gradually entered Batticaloa, Tamil Nadu. As a result, many of the main classical folk music traditions have become obsolete. The purpose of writing this research paper is that there are many musical traditions found in Batticaloa, Tamil Nadu, and its current status is to inform the youth and the world about the old musical traditions.

Services and Amenities Offered by City Hotels within Family Tourism as One of the Factors Guaranteeing Satisfactory Leisure Time.

Travelling families are interested in urban tourism due to its cognitive and entertainment aspects. Some expectations of parents travelling with children are the same independent of the accommodation location. The purpose of this article is to examine at what level city hotels offer services and amenities within family tourism, how they meet parents’ expectations and whether they adapt offers to children of different ages. Two measurement tools were used for this study. The first one was the authors’ questionnaire addressed to hotel managers. A total of 88 hotels located in Krakow were selected for the study. The survey contained questions on the offers of hotels related to various services and amenities for families with children, which were assigned to one of three groups (24 items): general child-friendly hotel services and amenities, in-room amenities and restaurant amenities. In the second phase of the study, parents of children aged 0–10 years were asked to assess the degree to which the amenities offered by hotels were important for them during the selection of a hotel. In total, 90 surveys were taken into consideration. The tool was designed to examine the needs of parents who have children of different ages, in regard to selected hotel services and amenities (24 items). As in the case of the surveys for hoteliers, the same three groups were created. The research demonstrates that children’s age is the key factor that should lead to the differentiation of the accommodation offer. However, hoteliers largely perceive children as a homogeneous group. In all studied age categories (6) and amenities groups (3), parents’ expectations were higher than the services and amenities offered. No significant differences regarding the category of the hotel or hotel chain membership have been found. The results of the study may provide valuable guidance to hoteliers who wish to attract families with children to urban tourism and adapt their offer to them, thus realising the principle of inclusiveness. They may be also a significant contribution to the literature on the subject, as most published work concerns holiday hotels rather than city hotels.

Privacy: A myth in online gaming?

While online games have become an essential aspect of 21st-century entertainment, it must be remembered that this sometimes comes at the expense of one's privacy. It is well known that games capture and retain user data, which might be abused by other parties. This exposes the video gaming business to hackers, who can exploit the exposed data to target individuals. This throws into question gaming businesses' ethical obligation to secure their consumers' privacy and data.The researchers will investigate this by using case studies of the online battle royale game PUBG, Pokémon Go, and Angry Birds, as well as conducting interviews with gamers. It will discuss why gamers are vulnerable to hacking, the ethical and security considerations associated with sensitive data collecting, and what actions users may take to protect themselves and their privacy. It was discovered that in the gaming sector, ethics and user privacy must go together.

Design of Mobile Intelligent Navigation System for Xi’an Qinling Wildlife Park

With the continuous development of China’s economy and the improvement of people’s living standards, the tourism industry is getting stronger and stronger that it integrates food, living, transportation, entertainment, shopping, and other aspects. Among them, the core competitiveness is tourism resources, which are the foundation for the survival of the tourism industry. Sustainable development of the tourism industry makes higher requirements for the advancement and management of tourism resources. How to better meet customers’ needs and continuously improve service quality has become the key to development. In this study, Xi’an Qinling Wildlife Park is taken as an example, and PHP + MYSQL and other technologies are used to construct a mobile intelligent navigation system with rich functions, simplicity, practicality, and stable performance. The whole system uses B/S mode, and the main development of the system has been completed from the perspectives of practical interface and rapid development.

Children’s reactions to ‘Taste is the difference’ indomie instant noodles television commercial in Nigeria: Anambra State in focus

This study evaluated children's responses to the 'Taste is the difference' Indomie Instant noodles television commercial in Anambra State, Nigeria. It is premised on the background that children who live and interact with other members of society cultivate different behaviours after exposure to media content. There is a need to control the spread of unethical media content for children's safety, cultivating acceptable socio-cultural behaviours and positive development. The study hinged on Cultivation and Social Learning Theories and adopted the Focus Group Discussion research method with structured questions as a data collection instrument. Multi-stage sampling techniques were used to select 364 primary six pupils as respondents from three schools in the three senatorial districts of Anambra State, Nigeria, on consent from relevant authorities. Findings show that respondents were significantly exposed to the select commercial; there was a high recall of message elements. The respondents were also found to be favourably disposed to the message elements and perceived some elements as imperfect because they eroded aspects of their culture. The study concludes that the select respondents responded positively to the entertainment aspect and negatively to the cultural implication of the commercial. The study recommended amendments to message elements in the commercial that eroded some aspects of Nigerian culture.

Ukrainian musical theater in the age of changes in art values

The purpose of the article is due to the need to study modern directing approaches to solve the production of opera performances in terms of the values of the XXI century. The research methodology is based on the basic principles of modern historical and theoretical musicology with the use of intonation-dramaturgical, comparative methods, and the method of theoretical generalization, which allow comprehension of the trends of the work of the modern opera director. The scientific novelty consists in the fact that this is the first analytical study of the state of the Ukrainian musical opera theater in terms of changes in values in art. Conclusions. Changes in the repertoire policy of today's Ukrainian musical theater under the influence of world globalization and integration processes are considered. The content of directorial interpretations of musical and theatrical works as an artistic product is comprehended. The ways of optimization of cognitive and entertaining aspects of musical performances in the conditions of modern socio-cultural realities are revealed and substantiated. New opera productions of recent years, which are representatives of general trends in the development of musical theater, are analyzed. It is proved that the Ukrainian musical theater is actively developing in the opera genre, accumulating both the heritage of the past and applying new experimental techniques.
 Key words: Ukrainian musical theater, modern values, modern opera, art product, director 's interpretation.

Measurement and structural modelling on factors of Islamic Fintech adoption among millennials in Malaysia

Purpose This study aims to examine the results of structural equation modelling in applying unified theory of acceptance and use of technology in adopting Islamic Fintech among millennials in Malaysia via measurement and structural models. Design/methodology/approach A total of 418 valid responses have been obtained from Malaysians who are using Islamic Fintech. Before the data is analysed into measurement and structural modelling preliminary analysis such as common method bias has been conducted. Findings All the requirements for model fit in this study have been achieved. Four exogenous constructs are performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence and facilitating condition. The mediating construct is behavioural intention, whereas the endogenous variable is user adoption. All exogenous constructs show significant p-values except for effort expectancy. Practical implications This study offers important implications, specifically for the digital economy that is currently making its way throughout every aspect of human life, namely, social, religious, financial transaction, entertainment and others. The impact of the digital economy can be traced through the emergence of Fintech. The adoption of Islamic Fintech is one of the least discussed areas academically, therefore, this study is considered necessary to explore the prediction of consumer behaviour in Islamic Fintech adoption as a part of the digital economy in Malaysia. Originality/value This study fills the perceived gap in the existing financial technology literature by assessing Islamic financial technology adoption via measurement and structural modelling.

The X in ‘boxing’, or the integration of orthopraxy in schools: the pugilist’s body in French reading methods (1880–1960)

ABSTRACT Reading methods are valuable cultural and educational objects. They guide students into the world of the written word and, since the end of the nineteenth century, they have associated letters, sounds and words with illustrations. In French schools, in the reading methods published between 1880 and 1960, the word ‘boxing’ was often associated with the letter X. The word ‘rixe’ (street fight or brawl) was used as well. The illustrations of these two activities in schoolbooks and the subsequent tacit legitimisation of boxing, a combat sport, in primary education raise questions. By showcasing both the rigour of French Boxing and the entertainment aspect of English Boxing, these illustrations associated educational requirements and iconographic appeal. The representations became educationally and socially acceptable. The gradual ‘sportivisation’ of these pugilistic illustrations demonstrated the orthodoxy, and even the orthopraxy, of the body in sports that accompanied schoolchildren as they learnt to read.

Dynamic three‐dimensional virtual environment to improve learning of anatomical structures

Increasing number of medical students and limited availability of cadavers have led to a reduction in anatomy teaching through human cadaveric dissection. These changes triggered the emergence of innovative teaching and learning strategies in order to maximize students learning of anatomy. An alternative approach to traditional dissection was presented in an effort to improve content delivery and student satisfaction. The objective of this study is to acquire three-dimensional (3D) anatomical data using structured-light surface scanning to create a dynamic four-dimensional (4D) dissection tool of four regions: neck, male inguinal and femoral areas, female perineum, and brachial plexus. At each dissection step, identified anatomical structures were scanned using a 3D surface scanner (Artec Spider™). Resulting 3D color meshes were overlaid to create a 4D (3D+time) environment. An educational interface was created for neck dissection. Its implementation in the visualization platform allowed 4D virtual dissection by navigating from surface to deep layers and vice versa. A group of 28 second-year medical students and 17 first-year surgery residents completed a satisfaction survey. A majority of medical students (96.4%) and 100% of surgery residents said that they would recommend this tool to their colleagues. According to surgery residents, the main elements of this virtual tool were the realistic high-quality of 3D acquisitions and possibility to focus on each anatomical structure. As for medical students, major elements were the interactivity and entertainment aspect, precision, and accuracy of anatomical structures. This approach proves that innovative solutions to anatomy education can be found to help to maintain critical content and student satisfaction in anatomy curriculum.

Action Games Evolution Analysis: A Case Study Using the God of War Series

Technology advancements allowed the development of action games that packed multifaceted play in a single game while requiring fast-paced movements. Since modern action game is composed of boss battles, evaluating them was scarcely investigated. In this study, the analysis of the boss battle was conducted based on the God of War (GoW) series, where the underlying entertainment aspects of the game were identified. The information progress of the boss battle of each of the considered GoW series was modeled using the game refinement (GR) theory and its extension, called motion in mind. The evolution of challenge, anticipation, and unpredictability between different GoW series was identified while the entertainment aspects of the game were investigated. The evolutionary trend of the sophistication and unpredictability of the GoW series games provided insights into the intended narrative design, harmonic balance between skill and chance, and provided learning comfort for player mastery of the game-playing.

The Interplay of Ballet and Literature: Translation Issues

The history of addressing of ballet art to literature has lasted for more than one century. However this cooperation increasingly causes discrepant appraisements from both specialists and viewership. They even offer opinions about unnatural character of alliance of ballet and literature as completely heterogeneous phenomena. Literature sources in their softer variant refer to be only a distant primary push for completely self consistent and autonomous choreographer’s creativity. Such affirmations seem to be not enough convincing. Bearing in mind inevitability of organic relations between various phenomena, belonging to one and the same cultural sphere, while interacting, each one reproduces definite features of the other. This is all the more characteristic in the situation of intersemiotic translation of the text content into a language common to a phenomenon of another indicative nature. In this case basis of adequate translation is built from common significant patterns characteristic of the both texts. For literature and ballet such patterns are visually entertaining aspects of a work, embodying narrative, conceptual and emotional aspects of the content. They are internally enclosed into the literature text, they are perceived by a choreographer, and they form basis for the creative conception. Specification of a scenic image is an aspect of a complex of actual socio-cultural contexts of the historic epoch, in which the act of transferring of literature into a ballet action takes place

Variations ludiques dans le Poenulus de Plaute : l’exemple de la scène de la salutatio

Roman comedy can be defined by the fact that it was played during the ludi ; for this reason, it can be said «ludique » (i. e. that concerns the ludi, but also that is entertaining). This entertaining aspect depends especially on a game on the variation effects. Roman comedy is indeed a performance whose parameters (characters, music, movements, words) are all very codified, but this codification can be submitted to a process of variation : the result should have given to the audience some amusement each time the code was not realized in the expected way. In this paper, we will first go through some examples of this process in the Poenulus that are typical of Plautus’ style. Then, we will focus on this variation effect in the central scene of the salutatio.

Testing the waters: TikTok’s potential for television news

TikTok has taken the world of mobile apps by storm. In a short period of time, it managed to become the destination of choice for most of the young users and it is currently witnessing the aging of its audience. Mass media has started to test the TikTok waters early in 2019. However, there are still very few TV news channels daring to take the risks and try to lure the TikTok audience to television news. In this article we are evaluating the field of TikTok news players and the platform’s potential to become another popular source of serious information. We are closely analyzing the top two accounts of traditional TV news on TikTok: NBC News and CBS News. As it turns out, there is room for traditional TV formats and adapted for TikTok news bits. Politics remains one of the most demanded by the audience topics. And even though young users emphasize the importance of brevity and entertainment aspect for any potential TV news videos on TikTok, our study results show that even serious and least entertaining videos can get millions of likes and views.

Interplay of Meaning between Verbal and Visual Texts in a Japanese Children’s Book

This research aimed to interpret the meaning of aspects in the verbal and visual texts to identify whether these two texts created interplay. It was intended to understand the meaning conveyed by the writer and illustrator in a Japanese children’s book entitled ‘Kuroino’ (Little Shadow). This research used the approaches for verbal text analysis by Halliday about Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) and visual text analysis by Kress and van Leeuwen about Visual Grammar (VG). The research method was descriptive qualitative by explaining two data types: clauses in the Japanese language and images in the storybook. The data analysis of every aspect in the three metafunctions of language and the three metafunctions of images show the meaning that completes each other. In the analysis of ideational meaning, interpersonal meaning, and textual meaning, the writer narrates the friendship and adventure of ‘Kuroino’ (the Black) and Watashi (I). Meanwhile, in the analysis of representational meaning, interactive meaning, and compositional meaning, the illustrator describes two characters in a book entitled ‘Kuroino’ as the focuses in some pictures. Besides, the illustrator describes the background in detail as if he invites the reader to participate in the adventure of these two characters. Although verbal and visual texts describe a story from two different perspectives, in ‘Kuroino’, these texts collaborate to create a message in the story with synergy and meaning to be easily understood by the readers by maintaining the entertainment aspect in a story narrated.

Shakespearean’s Tragedy: A Descriptive Study on King Lear by William Shakespeare

This study concentrates on comic relief at Shakespearean’s tragedy. The problem facing EFL students at the English language department with Shakespeare's plays is the harsh language used and understanding the themes he treats. Although King Lear is thought to be one of the most challenging works of Shakespeare, the play is accessible to progressive high school students and most university students. The study aims to break down the classic language in King Lear to make it easy for students to understand the play and thus enjoy the entertainment aspects of the story. The authors used the action research- documentary research. The nature of the study demanded that we had to collect documentary evidence from reference material prescript by the University of Benghazi for the instruction of literature at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Such material was only available on the internet and course instructional material used by lecturers of the English language department at the faculty of Arts and Science Kufrah. At the end of the study, the authors offered several recommendations.

Rancang Bangun Aplikasi Mobile Virtual Tour Menggunakan Foto 360° dengan Objek Penelitian Museum Nasional

Virtual reality (VR) is a technology that can make people experience something immersive, one of which is for virtual tours. Virtual tours are a new way of doing digital tours so that users can see the location of these tourist attractions even though they are very far away. With the Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) due to the Covid-19 pandemic, currently, people cannot travel freely as before. Because of this, virtual tours have great potential for people who want to experience visits to tourist attractions without having to visit directly, although they cannot replace the experience of visiting tourist attractions directly, the use of virtual tours can provide new tourist experiences for the community. Therefore, a virtual tour application solution is designed and built to be able to offer the experience of visiting tourist attractions indirectly to the public. The object of research for the virtual tour application is the National Museum. In making this application, it will use a 360 ° photo to be able to represent the location of the tourist spot in real terms. Based on the results of testing the effect of the application, it is known that the use of VR has an influence on the aspects of education, entertainment and immersion, the overall virtual tour experience and affects the user's intention to visit directly.

Who Benefits and How? A Capabilities Perspective on Solar Micro-grids in India

ABSTRACT Off-grids such as solar micro-grids offer a sustainable solution in providing universal energy access. However, the literature points out that services gained rather than energy access through any technology matter to people. Using capability approach, this study focuses on understanding the role of solar micro-grids in improving the well-being of rural communities in India. The findings indicate that solar micro-grids play an important part in expanding people’s choices and opportunities. Women appear to have benefited through assistance in household chores and reduced drudgery, while men seem to value entertainment and socialisation aspects. However, these energy-related capabilities are, to an extent, defined by socio-economic identities such as gender roles, and certain biases can get reinforced due to the social norms and traditions of the society. The study thus recommends that energy interventions need to be designed keeping in touch with local values and realities, thus, helping policies to be more effective.

Firat University Sports Sciences Faculty Recreation Department analysis of the risk-taking students

The aim of this study is to investigate the risk taking status of the recreation department students. The universe of this study consists of students studying at the Recreation Department of the Faculty of Sport Sciences of Fırat University. The sampling on the other hand consists of 130 people who were randomly selected from the Recreation department. The risk taking scale was applied to 130 individuals studying the recreation department and the results obtained were evaluated in the SPSS 22 analysis program. The "Risk Taking Scale", which was first prepared by Weber, Blais and Betz in 2002 and measures individuals' risk taking in terms of moral, social, health, entertainment and financial aspects, was used in the study. The scale was shortened by Weber and Blais in 2006. The scale used in 2006 was used in our study. The reliability value (Cronbach's Alpha Value) in the study is .83. It is measured how much risk individuals are willing to take in five fields specified, according to the scale. After obtaining the research data, SPSS 22.0 statistics package program was used. In the analysis of the data, first of all, whether the data showed normal distribution was examined by Kolmogorov Smirnov test. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that the data showed normal distribution. Frequency %, Independent Samples T Test and One Way Anova Tests were used to evaluate the data of the study. The significance level was determined as P < 0.05 in the analysis. As a result, it was seen in our study that the values of the students studying in the recreation department were above average. In this study conducted on recreation students, it was found that there was no significant difference in terms of risk taking situations. It has been observed that there is not much research done on risk taking in our country. Most of the studies conducted were in the scope of adolescents. There has been scarcely any research, especially on sports and risk taking. For this reason, it is recommended to carry out comprehensive studies on sports and risk.

ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ПРОНИКНЕННЯ ІНФОТЕЙНМЕНТУ У НОВИННУ ЖУРНАЛІСТИКУ ТЕЛЕКАНАЛІВ: «1+1», «СТБ», «ICTV»

The article describes the peculiarities of infotainment penetration into news journalism of TV channels: «1+1», «STB», «ICTV» (on the example of programs: «TSN», «Vikna-nowyny», «Facty. Informaciynyi vypusk»). Infotainment as a multifaceted means of filling the television air, a multifunctional aspect of mass and interpersonal communication is considered. Efficiency is achieved by working on certain schemes, as shown in this paper. The author draws attention to the fact that in Ukraine the active introduction of the infotainment method on television began after the collapse of the Soviet Union. During the economic crisis, the media faced financial difficulties and needed large advertisers, so to attract audiences, TV editors began to provide political and social information through the entertainment aspect, following the example of Western colleagues. The reasons and peculiarities of the infotainment genre in Ukrainian TV news are determined, the ways of presenting information on specific TV channels are analyzed, the role of a journalist and presenter in news broadcasting is revealed. In the process of analyzing issues of programs «TSN», «Vikna-nowyny», «Facty. Informaciynyi vypusk» it was found out that in their work correspondents from all creative «tools «of infotainment most often use structural and compositional techniques: visual design, elements of artistic montage, lives. Common techniques in news broadcasting are also: «journalist as an actor» and «topic as the core of content», meaningful components. Correspondents and presenters often use language play, emotionality and irony in the stories, thanks to which it is easy to present information, a person understands well what the presenter is talking about. One way to achieve the availability and attractiveness of information is a language game. Its essence is the transformation of stable phrases, proverbs, aphorisms etc. Currently, Ukrainian infotainment in news and information programs on domestic television is in its infancy. Its distribution in the TV content of all-Ukrainian channels promotes the development of the media themselves, because interesting news attracts advertisers, so, in our opinion, this genre is the future.

Investigation and Thinking About the First Grade Postgraduate Student Time Management

Time utilization and time management have always been important magic weapons for students to learn and live better. It is no exception for postgraduates. Reasonably arranging schedules, making full use of time, and carrying out proper time management is a great advantage for postgraduates. The research is a one-month observation record of a first grade pedagogical postgraduate student from four aspects of study, work, life, and entertainment. Through the analysis of time management records, it found some problems, including: unreasonable allocation of study time; unreasonable allocation of scientific research time; unhealthy entertainment methods and other issues. Obviously, first grade postgraduate students are also a group that needs to be focused on, guiding them to include physical and psychological transitions, and helping first grade postgraduate students in time management, so as to make better use of time and adapt to the role of postgraduate students better and faster. The study puts forward the following three targeted suggestions: one is to change the role of psychological counseling as soon as possible; the other is to carry out research work in scientific research counseling; the third is to carry out lectures to impart time management experience. At the same time, schools and individuals should pay attention to the cultivation of time management ability. Hope this article can bring a little reference value.