Audio Format Research Articles

Eksistensi Para “Gus” di Instagram: Visual Semiotik Sebagai Dakwah Baru di Era Digital

In the pesantren tradition, whom inherited from the founder of the pesantren to the children and grandchildren are the most eligible decendant . The succession line of relatives under the Kyai who have a young age is pinned as Gus for men and Ning for women. They are a small picture of the behavior of Kyai and the pesantren extended family. The digital age is fostering new roles from new people about a propaganda practice that can break through space and time. The Gus and Ning who occupy the new space maximize the use of social media as kind a step to preach. The new pattern of Da'wah nowadays is very fluid by using artifacts and text from self profiles in the form of audio, images, photos, videos, and writing content. The text is uploaded on their accounts pages periodically and with current typologies. Their existence in a social media Instagram has a different style, modernist and bringing a newness. Visual semiotics is a new way of communicating via technology to the reader (reader) or audience by putting forward text-shaped signs that are verbal (language) and visual. Communication through this sign is presented with a design that contains icons that refer to linguistic messages. Various approaches to preaching communication in a new era, one of them with semiotic visuals on Instagram unlocks visual visions embedded in the icons displayed. All the pictures, photos, and caption notes created by the Gus in their accounts deserve to be elaborated in the context of da'wah in the digital age. Using a purposive sampling technique with a Semiotic Visual analysis, the results show that the variety of sign visualizations on Gus's Instagram account profile means a call for preaching and moral messages in a subtle, dynamic, and open ways.
 Keywords: Visual, Semiotic, Instagram, Artifacts, Interaction

The advertisement call of Scinax funereus (Cope, 1874) (Anura: Hylidae) from Ecuadorian Amazon.

Scinax Wagler currently harbors 72 treefrog species distributed throughout the Neotropical region, occurring from Mexico to Argentina and Uruguay, and also in some Caribbean islands (Frost et al. 2020). The genus has a high level of cryptic diversity, with its actual number of species currently considered to be underestimated (Fouquet et al. 2007, Ferrão et al. 2016). Scinax funereus (Cope) is a medium-sized species described from Moyobamba, San Martín Department, northern Peru, with occurrences reported from the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Amazon (Duellman Wiens 1993), southern Colombia (Lynch 2005), and from the Brazilian states of Acre (Bernarde et al. 2011) and Amazonas (Ramalho et al. 2016). Duellman (1978) reported that the advertisement call of S. funereus "consists of a moderately long, rather high-pitched, single note", but as no call recording was obtained at the time, it was not described. Although Read (2000) published the species' call in the audio form in a compact disc (CD), it was not formally described. Given this, herein we provide the first formal description of the advertisement call of S. funereus.

Perceptions of a COVID-19 education public service announcement in Nunukan Regency, North Kalimantan: a qualitative study

Indigenous populations experience a risk of socio-economic marginalization in health emergency, including COVID-19. Public service announcements (PSA) are promotional materials that address problems in an attempt to increase public awareness. North Kalimantan is one of the frontier, outermost, and least developed regions in Indonesia with 11 regional languages spoken. One of the districts with inadequate human resources in the area is Nunukan regency. The present study sought to understand how one group of people in Nunukan Regency reactions, interests, and impressions with the COVID-19 information found in Bugis and Toraja version of audio PSAs released by Health Empowerment and Education Project (HEUProject). The study belongs to qualitative research and used purposive sampling with seven participants from two sub-district in Nunukan Regency. The data is analyzed qualitative-thematically which is further interpreted and presented in the form of a description. Additionally, to see the variety of participants’ answers information transmission through PSAs, we analyzed the data using Tableau software 2020 version and presented the relative frequency of words with visual infographic. The study findings of the participants' immediate reactions were following the advice on the PSAs audio, for instance to keep the physical distance and washing their hands frequently. The most participants in this study have the willingness to hear, to understand, and also feel interested with the useful content in audio format that apparently improves their awareness of COVID-19 information. Overall, it is immediately apparent that the language, transmission of message, and information found in the HEUProject’s COVID-19 educational PSA were understood and engaged by participants in a way that it reflects on the pandemic situation. Our study supports the national usage of disease prevention with this type of media approach that could be used in public places in the future that may minimize the language divide.

How does it ‘sound’? Audiences, broadcasters, and managers on visual radio in Israel

In recent years, radio broadcasts on social media have extended to visual radio broadcasts (e.g. Facebook Live) that support a continuous display of viewer comments in real time. Based on 65 semi-structured in-depth interviews, this study presents for the first time the perspectives of the main actors in the visual radio scene: viewers, broadcasters, and radio executives. Findings show that broadcasters generally believe that the recent visual changes to radio, forced by the changing media environment, have an adverse impact on the radiophonic medium. In contrast, radio executives, who set policies, believe that radio must maintain a presence in the visual, viral interactive online space. For viewers, visual radio meets diverse needs, generates enjoyment, and offers the added value of interactivity and enhanced sense of activity resulting from new access to ‘behind the scenes’ of radio broadcasts. This study demonstrates how the theory of technological determinism is reflected in practice, in the radiophonic medium’s adjustments to the features of the new era – visibility, lost anonymity through increased exposure, potential for viral dissemination, and real-time responsivity – despite the fact that these features are contrary to radio’s unique fundamental features. Despite this innovative turn, all actors – executives, broadcasters, and viewers – believe that radio broadcast consumption remains dominated by the traditional in-car audio format.

PERANCANGAN VIRTUAL ASSISTANT ENTREPRENEURSHIP MENGGUNAKAN METODE SCRUM

The birth of technology which until now is increasingly developing in all fields makes human work easier. Where services in the field of e-commerce and entrepreneurship can get information from a technology. However, there has been no development of a service information system for beginner entrepreneurs in obtaining information about entrepreneurship. So, the purpose of this research is the presence of a Virtual Assistant by building a chatbot to provide information to entrepreneurs through data that is already stored on the website system. In addition, experienced entrepreneurs can share information on the system. This design produces a chatbot prototype using AIML (Artificial Intelligence Markup Language) translated by ALICE (Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity). This AIML function is so that the Chatbot is able to integrate the input results received in the form of text input so as to produce a conversation between the user and the program. The use of chatbots that are equipped with various information in the form of audio makes it easier for users to get information from a database system that is informed to prospective entrepreneurs. The Agile SDLC development method with the Scrum framework in this study helps system planning to run smoothly and is adjusted to the presence of artificial intelligence which makes entrepreneurs meet the information in starting the right business. The end result of this research, the system is able to motivate entrepreneurs, get information from an entrepreneur forum, and other tutorials about entrepreneurship.

Audio-bingeing


 
 
 The article discusses Storytel Original as a hybrid between digital audiobooks and TV-series. Through an interview with Mofibo’s Head of Content & Publishing in Denmark and the production Black Dolphin as a case-study, the article discusses how Storytel Original can be analysed as a TV-series in audio format from a production-, text-, and reception perspective. The first part of the article focuses on how Storytel Originals and Black Dolphin draw on institutional, distributional, narratological, and stylistic conventions known from TV-drama series. In the second part of the article, the reception and user-behavior are discussed in relation to the term bingeing. The article introduces two terms: binge-streaming and audio-bingeing. While the former suggests an extension of the term binge-watching, the latter term, audio-bingeing, narrows the perspective by accentuating specific affordances of audio-series in relation to binge-streaming.
 
 

Teknologi Augmented Reality pada Promosi Berbasis Android

Technological advances can be applied in the business world as a medium of promotional media. Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that combines 2 dimensions and 3 dimensions into a ward, then projecting the virtual objects in real time. Augmented Reality can be utilized in a variety of needs, one of which is the utilization of promotional media on the Honda Genio brochure. The purpose of this research is to develop new interactive media in assisting the promotion media in Astra Motor Majenang with Android based Augmented Reality technology. The methods used are MDLC (Multimedia Development Life Cycle) consisting of six stages, the concept, the design, the material collecting, the assembly, testing, and the distribution (Distribuiton). The result of this research is an Android-based Augmented Reality promotional media app on the Honda Genio brochure that can display 3D motor objects and display specs in both text and audio form. The conclusion of the study was from the test results Alpha Test system developed spared from disability or failure of use. As for test results Beta Test, 91.2% of respondents answered strongly agree that it shows that the Augmented Reality app as a promotional medium on Android-based Honda Genio brochure is very interesting and acceptable for users.

Implementasi vigenere cipher 128 dan rotasi bujursangkar untuk pengamanan teks

Information that can be in the form of text, image, audio, and video, is a valuable asset that needs to be secured from unauthorized parties. This research aims to study the implementation of Vigenere cipher 128 (VC-128) and square rotation to secure text information. The square rotation is applied to increase the security of the encryption results obtained from VC-128. The randomness of the rotation results was measured using Shannon entropy based on the distance between characters, and the Avalanche Effect measured changes in the encryption results compared to the original text. The square rotation can increase the randomness of the VC-128 encryption results, as indicated by an increase in entropy values. The highest increase in entropy of 34.8 % occurs in repetitive texts with the square size that produces optimal entropy was a 9x9 medium-size square. The Avalanche effect for each test data shows inconsistent results ranging from 44.5 % to 49 %.

Quality of service aware routing protocols in wireless multimedia sensor networks: survey

Improvements in nanotechnology have introduced contemporary sensory devices that are capable of gathering multimedia data in form of images, audio and video. Wireless multimedia sensor networks handles such type of heterogeneous traffic. Since these networks are an emergent of wireless sensor networks, they inherit constraints that exist in these traditional networks. This paper is a survey of characteristics and requirements of wireless multimedia sensor networks and approaches to mitigating existing challenges in these networks. Further presents a review of recent research on multipath routing protocols and multi-channel media access protocols that offer quality of service assurances in handling multimedia data. The survey shows that there still exist bottlenecks in current routing solutions when applied to wireless multimedia sensor networks due to the nature of traffic involved as well as inherent characteristics, requirements and constraints. The findings are useful in the discovery of solutions to the challenges and issues. The authors further suggest approaches and plausible solutions to the problems in order to assist in the development of protocols that achieve quality of service in wireless multimedia sensor networks.

Hearts for Horses: A Fun Rehabilitation for Dyslexia

The purpose of this study was to investigate parents’ perceptions and experiences of equine therapy for their dyslexic children. Twenty-four children were recruited from Malaysia Dyslexia Association in administering equine therapy. The research participants were parents of children with dyslexia. A sample size of twelve parents were therefore selected for the study. To complete this study, three modes of data collection was carried out, namely through observations, surveys and interviews. In this study, the researcher applied triangulation data by collecting three forms of data sources, namely questionnaires, audio and video recording and research field notes to increase validity and reliability of the research. Parents of the children in the treatment group gave feedback on their experience of equine therapy. Results from the parents demonstrated that their child has shown significant improvement in the following aspects, 1) physical & motor skills, (2) psychological, (3) social, and (4) cognitive. The findings showed that this unique intervention has improved them directly in a fun and new rehabilitation. The majority of the parents felt that the equine therapy was effective in treatment of learning difficulties.

O que é família para você? Opinião de crianças sobre o conceito de família

As diferentes configurações familiares são parte da sociedade contemporânea e resultam em mudanças nas concepções de famílias existentes na sociedade, inclusive para as crianças. Este estudo teve como objetivo analisar as concepções de famílias segundo o relato verbal de crianças. Participaram dessa amostra 108 crianças, com idades entre cinco e 12 anos (M= 8,58; DP= 1,54), residentes na cidade do Rio de Janeiro (RJ). Foi realizada a seguinte pergunta a cada uma delas: “O que é uma família para você?”. As respostas foram armazenadas em formato de texto e áudio a fim de serem realizadas uma análise lexical com o uso do software IRaMuTeQ e uma análise de conteúdo, segundo proposta de Bardin. Os resultados indicaram que não houve por parte das crianças uma total inclusão de novos modelos familiares. Observou-se, no entanto, que as famílias já são reconhecidas pelas crianças do ponto de vista do afeto e de funções associadas ao cuidado e proteção.Palavras-chaves: famílias; concepções; crianças.

ACQUISITION OF SYNTAX IN CHILD AGED FIVE YEARS (A CASE STUDY RESEARCH)

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to obtain information about the acquisition of syntactic child aged five year the research is a descriptive qualitative and research method is a case study with content analysis techniques. The subject of this study was one a five-year-old child, whose initial name was HGF, living in the South Jakarta area. Data collection techniques are done by observation and interview methods. Data in the form of audio and video recordings was then transcribed into written form. The data was listened and read repeatedly for later analysis. The most dominant syntactic acquisition results were phrase acquisition, which was62.6% with details of the verb phrase 26.7%, adjunctively phrases 8.6%, noun phrases 12.2%, prepositional phrases 15.1%; acquisition of single sentences was 20.1%; and obtaining compound sentences was 17.3%. Keywords: acquisition, syntax, children.

Intelligibility versus comprehension: understanding quality of accessible next-generation audio broadcast

For traditional broadcasting formats, implementation of accessible audio strategies for hard of hearing people have used a binary, intelligibility-based approach. In this approach, sounds are categorized either as speech, contributing to comprehension of content, or non-speech, which can mask the speech and reduce intelligibility. Audio accessibility solutions have therefore focused on speech enhancement type methods, for which several useful standard objective measures of quality exist. Recent developments in next-generation broadcast audio formats, in particular the roll out of object-based audio, facilitate more in-depth personalisation of the audio experience based on user preferences and needs. Recent research has demonstrated that many non-speech sounds do not strictly behave as maskers but can be critical for comprehension of the narrative for some viewers. This complex relationship between speech, non-speech audio and the viewer necessitate a more holistic approach to understanding quality of experience of accessible media. This paper reviews previous work and outlines such an approach, discussing accessibility strategies using next-generation audio formats and their implications for developing effective assessments of quality.

A study on launch vehicle on board acoustic data compression

The field of data compression has been evolved over the last decades. In this way, several techniques to reduce the amount of acquired data from the sensor required to be transmitted have been developed. Those techniques are usually classified by lossless or lossy, where, for the lossless techniques, all acquired data is recovered, while the lossy techniques introduce errors to these data. Each of these techniques presents advantages and drawbacks, being the analyst responsible for choosing the appropriate technique for a specific application. This work presents a comparison study using Vorbis lossy audio format with a low pass filter and a custom psychoacoustic masking curve to reduce the error in compressing a vibro-acoustic signal from a launch vehicle.

EFEKTIVITAS KOMUNIKASI INTERPERSONAL DALAM KEGIATAN PEMBELAJARAN MELALUI MEDIA WHATSAPP GROUP

This study aims to know the effectivity of interpersonal communication in learning activities through WhatsApp Group Media, a research study using an effectiveness study proposed by Devito (1997) which says there are 5 general dimensions to measure the effectiveness of interpersonal communication activities including openness, empathy, supportive, attitude positive and equality. Based on the results of the presentation about the effectiveness of interpersonal communication in lectures using WhatsApp Group by the Communication Studies lecturer at the Raden Fatah State Islamic University of Palembang, it is known that WhatsApp Group can display various types of learning media in the form of visual media, audio, audio visual, and presenter groups. However, the WhatsApp group media cannot provide sample objects directly if the course requires sample objects to be demonstrated. This research shows that learning activities that only use WhatsApp Group media without using face-to-face lecture methods are ineffective, this is due to the many obstacles faced by students and lecturers when the lecture activities take place. Various obstacles faced are the small level of openness of students, empathy that is difficult to show both by students and by lecturers, the attitude of support is not as strong as learning is done by direct meeting in class, the attitude shown is largely the opposite of what is expected by the lecturer, as well as the equality of the meaning of learning materials both for students and for different lecturers.
 Keywords: interpersonal communication, openness, empathy, supportiveness, positive attitude and equality, whatsapp group

Implementation of Navigation System using Li Fi Technology

In This Paper, an Indoor navigation system is proposed for persons with visually disability that utilize VLC (Visible Light Communication) Technology. Using VLC we can provide precise locational coordinates or directions regarding their journey. Light Fidelity (Li-Fi) refers to the VLC technology. VLC is based on the concept that uses visible light as a means of communication enabling faster flow of information [1]. The principle of VLC is that it uses light as a medium to deliver high speed communication. The main idea is to create internal navigation system for the area to create automatic navigation for the visitor who are visually challenged. The Li-Fi is preferred over Wi-Fi because Wi-Fi is nothing but radio-telecommunication which effective within premises, while Li-Fi is effective for faster communication in restricted places without any hurdles. The concept of Li-Fi is used to give the navigation path for visually challenged person and particularly voice guidance of the walk way. Headphone is used to give the voice message to such people. The data is transmitted through the LED light which emits the visible light and an embedded system accepts from receiver. The received data is converted into audio format for the blind people. The suitability of system has been confirmed by means of useful prototype through a trail with blind person.

Launching Vehicle Acoustic Data Compression Study Using Lossy Audio Formats

The field of data compression has evolved over the last decades. In this way, several techniques to reduce the amount of acquired data from the sensor required to be transmitted have been developed. Those techniques are usually classified by lossless or lossy, where, for the lossless techniques, all acquired data is recovered, while the lossy techniques introduce errors to these data. Each of these techniques presents advantages and drawbacks, being the analyst responsible for choosing the appropriate technique for a specific application. This work presents a comparative study using lossy audio formats to be applied on a launch vehicle on-board acoustic data. The Opus format achieved a higher compression rate in comparison with standard compression techniques by saving up to 254 times the required amount of data to be transmitted through a telemetry link on launcher vehicle, and the lowest discrepancy from original data measured by the mean square error metric.

Constructing the audio format in the performance of the theater actor

في مقدم علوم اللغة واللسانيات يأتي علـم العلامـات (- (- Semiology) ليتصدى إلى مستويات بناء اللغة وعلاماتها الصوتية، فضلا عن مستواها القواعدي( النحوي ، الصرفي ، والمعجمي ) ، الأمر الذي مكن الكثير من الدراسات اللغوية والأدبية والفنية ، ومنها فنون القول ، سيما النسق الصوتي للممثل المسرحي ، من حيث رصد وتحليل معطياته الجمالية ( فلسفية ، فنية )، وتعرف سبل بناء خطابه اللغوي( المنطوق ، وغير المنطوق)، سيما وأن عالم اللغة( سوسور- - Saussure) قـد أكد على أن علم اللغة ((-Linguistque-)) هو جزء من علم العلامات الذي يتقدم بصفة خاصة داخل علم المنطق وعلم النفس الاجتماعي وعلم النفس العام، وإن مايميز هذا العلم بوصفه الجمالي ، أنه يقوم على أساس دراسة ( الكفايات الأدائية ) فضلا عن (الكفايات اللغوية) مما يعزز من تجليات خطاب النص الدرامي للممثل المسرحي مما يساعده في تجاوز الوظائف النفعية للكلمة المنطوقة لصالح دلالتها الجمالية ، حيث يتشكل النسق الصوتي لخطابه المرسل في وحدة إجرائية تمنح المنطوق من الكلام زخم دلالي أكبر وأوسع من حدود معناه الظاهر ، بل يمكن أن يستغني الممثل عن الـنص الكلامي للخطاب ، بعلامة أو تعبير صوتي( لساني أو شبه لساني )، الأمر الذي يسمح بانشاء تابع صوتي أدائي يرتقي بمستوى خطاب النص الدرامي الى مستوى إبداعي جمالي تتصدر فيه المعان على المباني ، على أن هذا التصنيف المعرفي لايتعارض مع أن عملية التجسيد إنما تتشكل من تلاقي وتآلف مجموعة أنساق علامية (صوتية وحركية) أخرى تشير بدورها ضمن شبكة من العلاقات إلى دوال عناصر العرض في كل موحد . وعبر سياحة معرفية إجرائية خلص البحث لأهم النتائج الآتية :• النسق الصوتي للممثل يبدأ بوصفه آيقونة ثم يتحول إلى علامة تتجاوز العلاقات التقليدية للكلمة المنطوقة والتراكيب الصوتية التتابعية، وتسمح لعلاقات موجودة أصلا في واقع البنى المستترة ، بالظهور في سياق جديد لم تتحقق فيه من قبل .• العلامة الصوتية في الخطاب الجمالي للممثل تتشكل في تركيب متزامن وتحول دائم، تنتظم على وفق تنوع علاقاتها بمرجعها ( النص الدرامي ) .• العلامة الصوتية نسق جمالي، وثمرة تبنين علاقاتها بما يجاورها من علامات علـى أساس تزامني وتتابعي تفرضه سياقات الموقف الدرامي والجمالي للعرض .• يكتمل الخطاب اللغوي للممثل، ويكتسب خصوصيته الجمالية، في كونه نسق علامي مشفر بتعبيرات صوتية، تستند في بنيتها إلى توافق أنساق قواعديـة (كـفايـات لغوية لسانية) نحويــة، صرفيــة ، معجميــة ،صوتيــة ، وأنساق تعبيرية (كفـايات أدائـية شبه لسانية) تقنيات أدائية ، ومهارات صوتية تعبيرية.

Characteristics of compositions in the audio format of the artist Khaled Mohamed Ali

يتضمن البحث دراسة الخصائص اللحنية والايقاعية في شكل السماعي عند الموسيقيين العراقيين, كون شكل السماعي من الاشكال المنهجية المهمة في الموسيقى العربية بصورة عامة والموسيقى العراقية بصورة خاصة, مستعرضا صفاته ومميزاته والمحتوى الداخلي ومدى أهميته في الموسيقى العراقية. تناول (الإطار المنهجي) عرض مشكلة البحث والحاجة إليه, وأهميته, وهدفه, وحدود بحثه التي شملت الموسيقي (خالد محمد علي) كحد بشري للكشف عن خصائصه في تلحين شكل السماعي, وتحديد المصطلحات التي تضمنها البحث, وإشتمل (الاطار النظري) على ثلاث مواضيع الأول: التلحين, والثاني: شكل السماعي, والثالث خالد محمد علي. اما (إجراءات البحث) فقد إعتمدت على المنهج الوصفي التحليلي, وقد شمل (مجتمع البحث) (20) عينة من سماعيات خالد محمد علي, وقد تم إختيار العينة من ضمن هذا المجتمع, والتطرق إلى اداة البحث والمعيار التحليلي, ثم جاء (التحليل الموسيقي) للعينات المختارة, ثم تبعها نتائج التحليل, والتي من خلالها تم التوصل إلى الإستنتاجات المبنية وفق الاهداف المطلوبة في هذا البحث, تليها قائمة المصادر والملخص باللغة الانجليزية.

Commodification Of Islamic Values In The Ads Of "Hijab Fresh" Body Lotion

The development of the advertising world often follows the development of society. The close relationship between human and their religion is one of the factors that influence the packaging and advertising of products and then is wrapped in religious values. Changes and additions to the value of products with values that increase the selling power of the product are called commodification expressed by Mosco. One product advertisement with the commodification of religious values is a fresh hijab body lotion advertisement. This paper will describe how the process of commodification in advertisements through the symbols in the ad. This study is a qualitative study using Peirce's semiotic analysis. The process of commodification occurs through the shifting of the message and the impression given is seen from the clothing used by actors in advertisements, the behavior of actors in accordance with Islamic teachings and messages with words that reinforce advertisements in the form of audio or written on packaging and advertisements in mass media. So through this advertisement it is learned that religious values are often commodified to increase the sale value of a product through the symbols in its advertisements.