Digital Communication Technologies Research Articles

Impact of Digital Marketing on Real Estate Customer Patronage in Federal Capital City (FCC) Abuja, Nigeria

Internet, social media, mobile apps, and other digital communications technologies have become part of everyday life for billions of people around the world. It is therefore critical to examine the impact such phenomenon is having the basic essential need of Man (i.e., shelter) particularly in cosmopolitan cities. The study examined the impact of digital marketing on the real estate disposal and customer patronage in the Federal Capital City Abuja, Nigeria. The study adopted survey design. Data collected by the researchers for the study were presented using statistical tools required for data analysis. The Regression Analysis using ANOVA was adopted to analyze the variables of digital marketing on real estate customer patronage. The study reveals that there is a positive relationship between digital marketing and customer patronage. This is evidenced by coefficient value of 0.621. Statistically, the Sig. value of 0.021 is lower than the acceptable significance value of 0.05. Also the result reveals a positive impact of image management on customer patronage. This is evidenced by coefficient value of 0.591. Statistically, the Sig. value of 0.008 is lower than the acceptable significance value of 0.05. The study therefore concludes that digital marketing and image management are the key promoters of real estate customer patronage in federal capital city Abuja, Nigeria. It therefore recommends that digital creative ideas from employees across the organizations is advocated to be given the desired level of attention. This will encourage more digital marketing innovations within the organization that will enhance patronage. Also, business organization should continuously improve the effectiveness of their image management in order to accelerate their overall performance.

Analisis Pengaruh ChatGPT Terhadap Tingkat Kemalasan Berpikir Mahasiswa ITS Dalam Proses Pengerjaan Tugas

In the continuously evolving digital era, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has transformed the landscape of higher education. One of the emerging innovations is the use of ChatGPT. The use of ChatGPT in the learning process can also have complex impacts. One of the aspects that needs attention is the possibility of an increase in students' levels of laziness, as ChatGPT can interpret and engage in natural human language conversations. The objective of this research is to provide an understanding of how the use of ChatGPT in the context of higher education can influence student behavior and motivation. The research conducted is of an analytical observational type with a cross-sectional approach. The research was conducted at the Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember in Surabaya. The population in this study consisted of ITS students. The sample used in this research included 100 ITS students. Data collection techniques in this study involved surveys through Google Forms and observations. The instruments used in the research included validity sheets, observation sheets, and documentation. Data analysis techniques used in this research included validity testing, observation data analysis, prerequisite testing, and hypothesis testing. The research results indicate that there is an influence of ChatGPT on the level of laziness among students in completing assignments. However, this influence is not statistically significant.

Defining digital coaching: a qualitative inductive approach.

The term 'digital coaching' is widely used but ill-defined. The present study therefore investigates how digital coaching is defined and how it differentiates from face-to-face coaching and other digital-technology-enabled (DT-enabled) formats, such as digital training, digital mentoring, or digital consulting. A qualitative inductive approach was chosen for more in-depth and open-minded content. Based on previous studies on the importance of asking coaches working in the field, 260 coaches working in the field of digital coaching were surveyed. The given answers depict the importance of differing between forms of DT-enabled coaching. Thus, digital coaching is a DT-enabled, synchronous conversation between a human coach and a human coachee, which is different to artificial intelligence (AI) coaching and coaching that is supported by asynchronous digital and learning communication technologies. Due to this definition and differentiation, future studies can explore the digital coaching process and its effectiveness - particularly in comparison to other formats. Furthermore, this clear definition enables practitioners to maintain professional standards and manage client's expectations of digital coaching while helping clients understand what to expect from digital coaching.

Maintaining High-Touch in High-Tech Digital Health Monitoring and Multi-Omics Prognostication: Ethical, Equity, and Societal Considerations in Precision Health for Palliative Care.

Advances in digital health, systems biology, environmental monitoring, and artificial intelligence (AI) continue to revolutionize health care, ushering a precision health future. More than disease treatment and prevention, precision health aims at maintaining good health throughout the lifespan. However, how can precision health impact care for people with a terminal or life-limiting condition? We examine here the ethical, equity, and societal/relational implications of two precision health modalities, (1) integrated systems biology/multi-omics analysis for disease prognostication and (2) digital health technologies for health status monitoring and communication. We focus on three main ethical and societal considerations: benefits and risks associated with integration of these modalities into the palliative care system; inclusion of underrepresented and marginalized groups in technology development and deployment; and the impact of high-tech modalities on palliative care's highly personalized and "high-touch" practice. We conclude with 10 recommendations for ensuring that precision health technologies, such as multi-omics prognostication and digital health monitoring, for palliative care are developed, tested, and implemented ethically, inclusively, and equitably.

디지털 전환 시대의 스마트 양식장 입지 타당성 평가방안 연구

The seriousness of the domestic fisheries industry has fundamental problems, starting mainly due to the depletion of fishery resources, the aging of fishing workers, and the aging of fishing boats and equipment, and the production of coastal fishing (capturing and fishing methods) continues to decline every year due to problems such as illegal overfishing, global warming, and environmental pollution. Despite this situation, global seafood consumption is increasing and the per capita meat consumption is approaching. To this end, a continuous and stable supply system can be established only by further expanding the smart management system that further develops the existing aquaculture industry (farm culture) beyond the traditional fishing method and innovatively improves the inland aquaculture on land. As a result, smart farming will be able to quickly recognize changes in aquaculture conditions, water temperature, and water quality by utilizing artificial intelligence (AI), big data technology, information and communication technology (ICT), and the Internet of Things (IoT), respond to the situation, and engage in stable aquaculture.

How digitalisation influences neighbourhood change

Despite much research on the societal and individual consequences of new digital communication technologies, little attention has been paid to the neighbourhood as a locus of impact. This paper investigates how the growing influence of social media and real estate platforms will likely shape the process of neighbourhood change and the geographic distribution of population and financial resources. The investigation is grounded on a model of neighbourhood dynamics based on flows of households and property investments across metropolitan space, which are guided by imperfect information about housing market opportunities. Decision-makers receive information passively (increasingly through local and non-local social media) and when uncertainty about course of action becomes intolerable they turn to active search (increasingly involving online real estate platforms). Based on this conceptual framing, the article synthesises extant research to draw implications on how the expanding use of these new technologies is affecting neighbourhoods by changing the composition of decision-makers and the information that underpins their decisions. It concludes that digitalisation reduces neighbourhoods residential stability, social capital and diversity, while rendering their dwellings less well-maintained and more expensive.

Digital Health Interventions to Improve Access to and Quality of Primary Health Care Services: A Scoping Review.

Global digital technology advances offer the potential to enhance primary health care (PHC) quality, reach, and efficiency, driving toward universal health coverage (UHC). This scoping review explored how digital health solutions aid PHC delivery and UHC realization by examining the context, mechanisms, and outcomes of eHealth interventions. A comprehensive literature search was conducted, capturing qualitative and quantitative studies, process evaluations, and systematic or scoping reviews. Our analysis of 65 articles revealed that a well-functioning digital ecosystem-featuring adaptable, interoperable digital tools, robust Information and Communications Technology foundations, and enabling environments-is pivotal for eHealth interventions' success. Facilities with better digital literacy, motivated staff, and adequate funding demonstrated a higher adoption of eHealth technologies, leading to improved, coordinated service delivery and higher patient satisfaction. However, eHealth's potential is often restricted by existing socio-cultural norms, geographical inequities in technology access, and digital literacy disparities. Our review underscores the importance of considering the digital ecosystem's readiness, user behavior, broader health system requirements, and PHC capacity for adopting digital solutions while assessing digital health interventions' impact.

The contributions of digital information and communication technologies to the school inclusion process

O estudo se ocupou de pesquisar na literatura científica dados relevantes sobre as contribuições das Tecnologias Digitais da Informação e Comunicação (TDIC’s), para o processo de inclusão escolar, considerando os princípios dos Direitos Humanos e a importância da leitura como uma habilidade fundamental para alcançar a inclusão social. A natureza da pesquisa é bibliográfica realizada no Google Acadêmico, acompanhada da leitura de obras e documentos legais que referenciam o tema abordado. Os resultados e discussões apontam para a necessidade de formação continuada direcionada ao professor a fim de priorizar a qualidade do ensino, o tema sobre os Direitos Humanos é uma questão que precisa ser considerada no interior da escola e as Tecnologias Digitais da Informação e Comunicação precisam ser consideradas nas práticas pedagógicas devido ao potencial que ofertam a educação.

Between incursions and appropriations: digital technologies and pluriversal modernities in the Global South

Abstract Based on a recent body of scholarship that addresses the epistemologies of the South, our goal is to incite a shift in how we conceptualize technology adoption in the Global South. We interrogate the notion that the role of digital technologies in these regions follows a linear model of progress from traditional lifeways toward industrial modernity. Joining a recent shift toward decolonizing the study of the flow of digital technologies in the Global South, this article calls for a new approach that prioritizes specific historical, cultural, and epistemological contexts in the Global South and acknowledges the fragmentation left behind by colonization and divergent economic policies. We argue that communities appropriate digital communication technologies in complex ways and weave them into their existing ancestral epistemologies.

Comparison between initial and continuing training to the use of Digital Information and Communication Technologies in teaching

The present work aimed to analyze how graduates of Public University of Higher Education, teachers in service, and in continuing education include the use of Digital Information and Communication Technologies (TDIC) in teaching. Qualitative and quantitative research was developed based on a Multiple Case Study with the application of a questionnaire between 2020 and 2022. It was subdivided into three stages: planning, data collection, and analysis. In the first, the instruments and strategies for the other stages were developed. In the second, a questionnaire with 10 questions was applied, contemplating personographic and technoteaching elements linked to the use of digital equipment, digital resources, and methodological strategies used in teaching. In the third, Discursive Textual Analysis and Descriptive Statistics were used. It was found that the research subjects tended to use TDICs in teaching to expose content, opting for the use of a notebook, projector, and video. Regarding the methodological strategy, they opted for the presentation of the application of content in practice and for the use of TDICs to produce material by the teacher.

Cultures of (im)mobile entanglements

What does the increased reliance on digital communication technologies by migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, migrant communities, governments and researchers reveal about the benefits, limits and politics of everyday mobile and immobile experiences during the pandemic? This introduction to the special issue on cultures of (im)mobile entanglements addresses this inquiry, alongside ten articles covering themes of governance and surveillance, agency and negotiated subjectivities, translocal and transnational solidarity, as well as doing research in pandemic times. Critically engaging with both mobility and immobility in the intersecting field of mobilities and migration research, the special issue centres a multidimensional and multi-scalar perspective on the deep interlinking of various modes of mobilities and stasis in and beyond spatial and temporal conditions mediated by politically and culturally structured digitalization. It endeavours to create a vantage point to critically examine the mobility–immobility continuum as informed by power relations, hierarchies and inequalities in a networked and global society.

Managing Accessibility Conflicts: Importance of an Intersectional Approach and the Involvement of Experiential Experts

In this commentary, I reflect on how digital communication technology and products are both an opportunity and a threat to the inclusion of disabled people. Drawing on my personal and professional experiences with research and user‐led empowerment projects, I argue that a life course intersectional approach, together with early involvement of disabled people in technology and product development, may prevent accessibility conflicts and further participation and inclusion.

Сравнительный анализ использования электронных технологий Интернета вещей в сфере здравоохранения зарубежных стран и России.

The development of digital and information and communication technologies contributes to fundamental changes in all spheres of human life. Thanks to the Internet of Things technologies, medicine has moved to a new level of efficiency, convenience and quality of providing electronic medical services. The problems of the introduction of electronic services in the context of the development of e-governance require special consideration, potential threats in the collection, processing and storage of data in the field of healthcare are of particular concern. P u r p o s e o f t h e s t u d y is to conduct a comparative analysis of the use of modern trends in the introduction of electronic services in the healthcare sector of foreign countries and Russia with the use of Internet of Things technologies in the conditions of digitalization of the industry. M a t e r i a l s a n d m e t h o d s . The following methods were used in the work: analysis – when searching and familiarizing with various web resources, relevant programs and portals on electronic management and the Internet of Things; comparison – when comparing the stages and mechanisms of using Internet of Things technologies in the development of digitalization of healthcare in the world; analogy and extrapolation – to determine the possibilities, implementation of foreign experience. R e s u l t s . The best foreign practices of providing electronic services in the field of healthcare with the use of Internet of Things technologies were revealed. A trend has been established for the appearance and use of various devices using Internet of Things technology that are used to provide medical services, in particular those that have the functions of medical equipment and help to conduct an online examination. The US experience in the introduction of electronic medical records and the maintenance of relevant databases is disclosed. Separately, attention is focused on the experience of countries that are trying to prevent excessive personalization and identification of data. С o n c l u s i o n s . Thus, electronic services are services that are provided in electronic format online. In Russia, they are regulated by a significant list of regulatory legal acts. At the same time, for the effective use of Internet of Things technologies in the provision of electronic medical services, first of all, it is necessary to solve the problem of de-identification (depersonalization) of data that is collected to meet this service.

Digital information and communication technologies in political education in universities: conflict of pragmatic and civilizational goals

Digital information and communication technologies in political education in universities: conflict of pragmatic and civilizational goals

Reading Practices of Students in Media Communication System of 21st Century: ‘Book Enthusiasts’ and ‘Digital Adepts’

The article explores the reading practices of contemporary students in the context of the development of digital technologies. The authors interpret the results of sociological research conducted, which reveal students’ attitudes towards various reading practices in the midst of media transformations (surveys, focus groups, analysis of drabbles). The study investigates students’ attitudes towards reading (the value of reading and frequency of engagement), differentiating interests and factors influencing reading activity. The effectiveness of promoting and supporting reading in libraries, universities, the film industry, and opinion leaders is evaluated. The conclusion is drawn that there is no basis for a fundamental distinction between supporters of traditional (book enthusiasts) and digital (digital adepts) reading. Both are fully integrated into the traditional paper and digital book environment. Modern digital and visual communication technologies were found to be the most significant means of encouraging reading for both categories of respondents. The lines of digital inequality are primarily determined by the level of engagement in media communication and the ability to generate creative content. A predominantly passive position of respondents towards reading content online is observed. The conclusion is made about the gap between the declared, recognized, and implemented value of reading.

Digitalization and Smartification of Urban Services to Enhance Urban Resilience in the Post-Pandemic Era: The Case of the Pilgrimage City of Makkah

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted human socioeconomic activities, leaving an everlasting impact on urban systems. As a result, there is a growing scholarly focus on exploring how urban planning strategies and tools can help create resilient cities. In Saudi Arabia, the pilgrimage city of Makkah, which has always faced the challenge of managing crowds during the annual pilgrimage, was left deserted due to lockdowns and social distancing measures. To quickly revive socioeconomic and pilgrimage activities in the city, a set of digital tools and communication technologies were deployed to manage crowds and enforce social distancing to minimize the spread of the COVID-19 virus. This study examines the role of digitalization and smartification in reviving the city and the importance of context in building urban resilience. This study used desktop research and case study analysis to highlight the transformation to the new normal and the development of future smart technologies for the city. Smart solutions provided valuable support in reducing the impacts of the pandemic and restarting Makkah’s economy. Although most activities have been restored, some facilities and services are still operating below capacity. Digitalization and smartification of urban services could play a major role in improving service delivery and urban resilience.

Reconstruction of Communicative Rationality: A Study on the Digital Mass Media Society in Indonesia

Purpose: This study looked at the cognitive response of Indonesian society (i.e. people using digital media) to narratives constructed by digital media. Theoretical framework: It is necessary to establish an argumentative relationship of "communication" between digital media and society, since the narratives constructed by digital media are particular interests. Method: This study used a qualitative approach, conducting a sociological analysis of narratives in the community of digital mass media users, especially mass resources for convergence (kompas.com, tempo.co and tribunnews.com). The technique of triangulation of technical sources and theories to demonstrate the validity of narrative data of people using digital media. Results and Conclusions: The digital society can create and create imaginary spaces based on its law and culture. Therefore, a word of "communication" between the two is needed to come to terms with rational language. This relationship is a communication society based on the value of emancipatory critical rationality to achieve "consensus". Therefore, the problem posed in this study is: "how is the cognitive response and shape of the digital society in Indonesia, within the age of digital media?". Research Implications: Knowing the digital narrative of the media is solid and changes its passive role to be "interactive" (in itself as a subject) with the media. Right now, the community doesn't have much resilience. Originality/value: Meanwhile, the relationship between digital society and communication technology has three options, namely, first, digital society positions itself as technology; second, humanize technology as itself; and third, dialectically compromising the potential of humanity and technology.

Digital Marketing Strategies Leveraging Data Fusion and Communication Technology for Effective Human Resource Management and Organizational Configuration

Digital Marketing Strategies Leveraging Data Fusion and Communication Technology for Effective Human Resource Management and Organizational Configuration

Digital Marketing Evaluation of Applied Undergraduate Talent Training with E-commerce using Big Data Mining and Communication Technology Support

Digital Marketing Evaluation of Applied Undergraduate Talent Training with E-commerce using Big Data Mining and Communication Technology Support

Self-reflection proposal on digital competence for regular primary education teachers: the Selfie For Teachers model

Expansion of Digital Information and Communication Technologies (DICT) applied to education requires increasingly prepared educators to interact and produce knowledge, thus avoiding the mere transposition of analogue information to digital. Accordingly, analysis of the digital competence of teachers through self-reflection is a necessity in the face of the contradictions that the 21st century experiences, primarily with the Covid-19 challenges. The purpose of this study is to analyze the importance of the Selfie for Teachers model in the construction/improvement processes of digital competences of educators in primary education, providing them with a self-reflection on their level of digital skills. To this end, we opted for the methodological strategy of an exploratory and descriptive study, using bibliographic research on the subject as data source. The article concludes that the theoretical Selfie for Teachers model encourages teachers and suggests, through real-time returns, possibilities to constantly build on and improve their digital competence.