Information Technology Tools Research Articles

Exploring digital marketing in entertainment industry: a case of a digital music platform

Purpose- This study aims to investigate entertainment marketing activities in the digital entertainment era. In doing so, this study targets to explore digital entertainment marketing activities and strategies. Methodology- The study employs a qualitative method designed as an explorative study. Case study is conducted as a research method. A purposive sampling method is performed. Purposive sampling methods are used to discover and explain facts and events. Typical case sampling which is one of the purposive samplin is conducted. In this method the most typical cases are chosen among a series of cases where a new application or innovation is wanted to be introduced by the researcher. Data is collected by the semi-structured interview technique with the chief marketing officer of a dıgital music platform application. Findings- Digitalisation is the most succesful tool of information and communication technology. Findings reveal that digital consumer engagement is one of the essential methods to keep consumers' dynamism in the digital entertainment era, because of the consumers’ tastes and needs change fastly. Also, personalized content enable consumers to have a great experience. So, digital consumer participation and digital entertainment marketing related with the conseumer satisfaction. On the other hand, due to its' nature, convergence has a tremendous impact on digital entertainment marketing. It is also essential to decide what content will be marketed and who will be the target audience. Moreover, because the Internet removes the limits, globalization of the digital entertainment marketing strategies bring remarkable differentiation. Conclusion- Digital entertainment businesses must be dynamic to keep consumers on the conduit due to the short life cycle of the content. Digital marketing channels are quite effective channels to convey the marketing message. Social media usage is the one of the most effective methods for promotion activities. Social media utilization and using influencers as marketing campaigns significantly sustain the business and profitability. Keywords: Entertainment marketing mix, digitalization, digital entertainment, social media usage, typical case sampling. JEL Codes: M30, M31, M39

Information and communication technologies vs. traditional approaches targeting parents to improve healthy diet or body mass index in preschoolers: a systematic review

Introduction: Preschool age is a critical period for learning healthy habits and, in the face of technological advances, innovative ways to improve health have emerged. This study aims to compare interventions that use Information and Communication Technologies tools in comparison with traditional approaches, targeted to parents, to improve healthy diet and weight in preschoolers. Specifically, to know its effectiveness, which tools have been used and the main success factors in the interventions. Methods: Following the PRISMA guidelines, a systematic review was conducted in the PubMed, Scopus, SpringerLink and Cochrane Library databases. The protocol was registered (PROSPERO ID. CRD42021251037). Intervention studies to promote healthy diet and weight in preschoolers and one or both parents were included. The authors assessed risk of bias separately assigning scores with specific tools such as PRISMA or CONSORT. The results were synthesized in Excel tables according to the results sought such as the use of technology, characteristics of the intervention, weight results, and healthy eating. Results: A total of eight studies were included. Two studies showed positive effects, for both: healthy diet and Body Mass Index. Most of them used mixed tools, with predominant use of traditional approaches. The most frequent technological tool was telephony and, as a traditional approach, direct contact. The success factors seemed to be fictional characters to inspire healthy behaviors, home settings and daily dose of intervention. Conclusions: Mixing both types of tools was effective in the studies, although the low use of Information and Communication Technologies in the interventions was reflected. In addition, the results increase the evidence that they may be more effective in reducing the consumption of non-recommended food groups and in overweight or obese children.

Distance education in the conditions of martial law in institutions of higher education: development and practice

The aim of the article is to establish the peculiarities of existing obstacles and promising directions of online education system d evelopment in the context of military conflicts of the present. The research is based on the results of the study of scientific literature in the field of online education during war and the study of practical aspects of this issue. The analytical and bibliographic method was used to conduct the study by studying the scientific literature on the issues of online education in higher education during martial law. An online questionnaire survey of the heads of departments of higher education institutions working with students during military conflicts in the territory of the HEIs was also used. As the heads of departments of higher education noted in their responses, the main obstacles to the development of online education are the lack of development and implementation of educational online platforms, the low rate and quality of creation or adaptation of information technology and e-learning tools. The participants of the survey identified promising areas of development of online learning in higher education during military operations: updating of software and hardware, providing higher education institutions with quality Internet access and distance learning, taking into account current trends in information and educational technologies.

МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЙ ОПЫТ ПРОТИВОДЕЙСТВИЯ ФИНАНСИРОВАНИЮ ТЕРРОРИЗМА С ПОМОЩЬЮ КРИПТОВАЛЮТ НА РАННИХ СТАДИЯХ

The article deals with the emergence of threats and challenges to the world community from the use by transnational criminal groups of tools of modern information technologies and cryptocurrencies for money laundering and the legalization of proceeds from crime, for the financing of terrorism and extremism

Taking Full Advantage of the COVID-19 Era to Intensify the Use of Information and Communication Technology Tools in Higher Education Institutes

In the past, especially in underdeveloped countries, Information & Communication Technology (ICT) tools in higher education institutions were underutilized. But the unanticipated Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) disaster, has forced everyone in the world to rely on ICT resources for education. This paper discusses the need to intensify the use of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) tools in higher education institutions by thoroughly exploiting the COVID-19 global state of emergency. The study assesses the value of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) resources in academic institutions. More so, the study goes into further detail about the contributions of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) resources in higher education institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, a scoping review was chosen in selecting previous studies related to the field of current research. The findings of this study revealed that the applications of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) tools are essential for educational advancement; that it significantly accelerated education process during the pandemic. The study’s findings also revealed that there are several key factors that can help intensify the use of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) tools in higher education institutions.

Challenges to the Use of Information and Communication Technology Tools for Rural Livestock Production in Imo State Nigeria

The study examined the challenges faced by rural livestock farmers in the use of ICT tools. The specific objective included identifying IT tools used; livestock animals kept; information needs of rural livestock farmers examining challenges faced by the rural livestock farmers in the use of ICT tools and proffer solutions to the challenge. A total of 150 ICT user farmers were used to elicit information from respondents using a structured questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed descriptively. Result showed that the livestock farmers used radio (98.6%), mobile phones(96.6%), television(90%). They also keep poultry birds (98%), pigs (92.6%), and goats (87%). The farmers need information on animal disease/control (90.8%), market & prices (100%), housing techniques (94.2%) availability of loan/credits (97.5%), check availability (86.6%), prices of drugs (84.2%) among others. The challenges facing rural livestock farmers included high communication costs (585), lack of regular electric power supply(87.3%), language problems (80%), lack of computer skills (83.3%), inappropriate content (58.6%), and high level of illiteracy (86.6%) among others. To address the challenges, a regular power supply is provided, network connectivity is improved and training of farmers in ICT use among others.

Look at metatada processing beyond Libraries

Since many years libraries, archives and museums, the institutions entrusted with the dissemination and conservation of cultural heritage, contributed to metada standards definition, meta-dating methodologies and metadata representation in different syntaxes, by partecipating to national projects and international initiatives.Management systems and catalogs used in these contexts borrow from information and telecommunication technology tools, metodoligies and techniques to generate, organize, share and use various types of metadata. But the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) area is not only a supplier of technological tools and solutions as it also constitutes a rich basin in which metadata plays a fundamental role in designing architectures, modeling information systems and implementing services.Through an overview that includes national and European initiatives, especially in the digital transformation process of the public sector, this paper aims to offer a look to metadata beyond the traditional boundary of libraries and other cultural institutions and to underline some relevant aspects such as standardization, sharing, reuse and metadata quality assessment.This framework highlights the need to carry on with the path of cooperation between different functional domains and organizational contexts in order to consolidate and extend the (re)use of metadata schemes, ontologies and controlled vocabularies both in the redesign of digitized processes and in the implementation of services supporting them. By undertaking since design early stages a multidisciplinary approach based on metadata standards can ensure greater flexibility and higher interoperability. This vision requires the enhancement of intersectorial skills that meld metadata methodologies and syntaxes representation basic knowledge with the ability to model functional domains using metadata schemes and ontologies.

Inhibiting factors of acquisition of library materials and services provision to users in special libraries

The study investigated the inhibiting factors of the acquisition of library materials and services provided to users in special libraries. In carrying out this study three research questions were posed. A social survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised librarians and para-professional staff working in the special libraries. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data using frequency counts, tables and percentages. The findings showed that the libraries face diverse problems in the acquisition of library materials. These include lack of acquisition policy, inadequate funds, high cost of foreign materials, poor quality of locally published materials, poor communication services, poor bibliographic control and poor management of funds. It also revealed that several factors were found to be militating against the effective provision of library service delivery to users in the selected special libraries. These include lack of Information and Communication Technology tools and compliance, inadequate funding, poor infrastructure and inadequate human resources.

Risk management in digitalized educational environments: Teachers' information security awareness levels.

With the spread of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) tools and the Internet, Twenty first century technologies have significantly affected human life, and it has been desired to be obtained continuously. It has become challenging to protect information due to the increase in the methods by which malicious people can get information. As a result, it is crucial to determine people’s awareness levels by revealing the risks and threats to information security. In this context, a study was conducted to show the awareness levels of teachers who come after the family in raising conscious individuals in society. For this purpose, a quantitative research method was adopted for the problem and sub-problems that form the basis of the research. The survey model, one of the research designs used within the framework of the quantitative research method, was used. Information Security Awareness Scale was applied to 394 teachers, and according to the results obtained, it was determined that the information security awareness level of the teachers was moderate. According to the attacks and threats sub-dimension, which includes technical issues, it has been determined that the awareness levels of the teachers are at a medium level. The study results show that female teachers’ information security awareness levels are lower than male teachers. In comparison, the awareness levels of those who received information security awareness training and information technology teachers are higher.

Methodological foundations of the criterion assessment of students' knowledge in the course of school geography

We know that the dynamic development of the country's economy directly depends on the education system. The knowledge acquired by a student during traditional training is memorized, used rationally somewhere, but, in essence, is not used effectively by students in life. And in a modern developed society, knowledge is not enough for a citizen, it is important to be able to effectively apply the acquired knowledge in everyday life situations. Therefore, priority is now given to improving functional literacy, critical thinking and creativity of students. That is why the main goal of the implementation of the criteria assessment system is to improve the quality of education at school. This article discusses the introduction of a system of criteria assessment in the system of Kazakh education and the features of the creation and application of didactic materials in geography lessons, which are created using an online service. LearningApps.org and presents personal practical experience of using information technology tools in geography lessons with the help of this website and the analysis of teaching effectiveness. The purpose of the interactive module research LearningApps.org This is the development of individual creative skills of students in the information environment of the modern world during the educational process. In order to see the effectiveness of using the online service LearningApps.org an experiment and a survey of students in grades 7-10 were conducted in the training. As a result of the experiment , it turned out that when using an online service LearningApps.org in geography lessons, there was a noticeable improvement in the quality of knowledge at different stages of lesson. Key words: education, updated curriculum, criterion assessment, formative assessment, summative assessment, geography, information technology, service application LearningApps.org. &nbsp

FRONT-END DEVELOPMENT OF WEB-BASED E-MAIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN TELKOM ACCESS KEDATON BANDAR LAMPUNG

The development of information has penetrated into the digital realm, by utilizing computer technology as an information technology tool in an organization or company will provide added value to the data processing process. The process of data processing in the form of incoming and outgoing letters at PT. Telkom Access is still done conventionally as well as manual archiving, with higher correspondence intensity and demands for speed and punctuality. In this study, we will develop a website-based e-mail management system display using the CodeIgniter3 framework and Bootstrap with the scrum methodology. It is hoped that by developing the appearance of the system, it can make it easier and more comfortable for users to use the system.

The Digital Transformation of Legal Industry: Management Challenges and Technological Opportunities

Abstract The impact of technology on individual economic sectors has also reached the service industry. This article offers a discussion on the influence of information technologies (IT) and changes taking place as a result of the legal services market digital transformation. Thanks to the results of the qualitative study (questionnaire survey a technique of data collection) involving 451 respondents (attorneys and legal counsels) in Poland, it was possible to analyse t lawyers’ attitudes towards particular IT tools and systems as well as the changes taking place in the field of legal services, the business models applied thus far and innovation factors. The gained knowledge shows the current level of technology use in the daily work of lawyers and their attitude towards changes induced by omnipresent digitalization. The results offer vast opportunities for using the knowledge so acquired at academic and business levels, especially by providers of IT solutions for legal professionals.

Research on Higher Education during the COVID-19 in the Gulf Cooperation Council: An Overview of Publications in the Journal Sustainability

This study analyzes the research associated with higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, offering an overview of papers published in Sustainability by utilizing the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA). The analysis comprised a total of 17 papers, illuminating a number of common features, thematic foci, and prevailing issues as well as recommendations for rethinking higher education delivery in the future. Briefly, the analysis of common features revealed that most of the papers were published in 2021, researchers were mostly affiliated with higher education institutions in Saudi Arabia, data were mostly collected from undergraduate students, and papers were mostly quantitative. Regarding thematic focus, papers were generally related to teaching, learning, and assessment. As for prevailing issues, results highlighted a lack of practical studies in higher education research in the GCC region and a need for extending the conducted research to further context including other countries and populations. Finally, the key recommendations included improvement in the use of information technology and distance learning tools, as well as the design of policies and regulations to ensure more relevant academic intervention and guidelines for utilizing the tools and technologies.

A Forward-Looking Study on the In-Depth Development Planning of Information Technology into Teacher Education

Teacher professional education development is actually another type of development that crosses over into a category of teacher training development that encompasses two other types of teacher training—one of which is formal and the other is informal teacher training. The other approach to teacher professional development is quite different from the professional development of professional education. The focus of the professional development of teachers is a dynamic process of development in which teachers take the initiative, actively, and consciously pursue the direction of professional development of teachers. Therefore, how to observe and study the direction of teachers’ professional development from the perspective of teachers is an urgent problem that needs to be studied and solved. The professional development of teachers should be combined with their own social and teaching lives. In addition, information technology should be integrated into teachers’ daily teaching life, so that it can be used as a tool to support teachers’ professional development. Information technology has gradually become a tool and a means that teachers cannot do without in their teaching lives, so it is important to study and think about it from various aspects, such as the teaching process and teachers’ growth experiences, and to continuously study teachers’ professional development. Therefore, it is necessary to study how information technology can be used well by teachers and used by teachers to become a useful tool in teachers’ educational and teaching work from various aspects. This paper first argues that the main goal of teachers’ professional development is to gradually grow into expert teachers, while the main content of teachers’ professional development is to understand practical knowledge, and the specific tool used by teachers in teaching is the application of social software support that can support teachers’ professional development (Romanowski and Alkhateeb, 2022). This paper envisages that information technology can be integrated into the entire teaching environment and the teaching process of teachers, as a tool and a means to make the content of teachers’ teaching more concise and clear. Through the use of information technology and other tools, teachers can gradually identify what they need to improve and add to their teaching process, lay the foundation for their future development, and pave the way to become better teachers with a clearer plan for their future development.

The relationship of metacognitive abilities of students with ADHD with their mathematical competence with the use of ICT’s

Metacognition is the ability of learners to take necessary steps to plan suitable strategies for solving the problems they face, to evaluate consequences and outcomes and to modify the approach as needed, based on the use of their prior knowledge. Students are aware of the learning process and know how they learn is important in terms of both controlling their previous learning and building their new learning on the previous ones. Knowing which cognitive factors underlie individual differences in mathematical abilities is the key to gaining further insight into children’s mathematical development. In this article are conceptualized children with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) who experience difficulty in managing attention in school and make a thorough study which is focused on how metacognition helps ADHD-learners to successfully achieve a personal goal by choosing the right cognitive Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) tools for this purpose. This article, therefore, discusses the object of explaining the relationship and impact of metacognitive awareness on student's academic achievement, especially on their mathematical competence and makes the appropriate connections with the contemporary necessary technological equipment for educational use, in a way that students who receive metacognition-based education do enjoy learning and this method is sustainable

Teknolojik Alet-İnternet Kullanımının 0-3 Yaş Aralığındaki Çocukların Dil Gelişimlerine Etkisi

Bu çalışmada 8-36 ay aralığında olan ve tipik gelişim gösteren çocukların erken dönem dil gelişimini; çeşitli dil bileşenleri çerçevesinde ölçmek, teknoloji ile bağlantısını karşılaştırmak, değerlendirmek ve yorumlamak amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmanın katılımcı grubunu 8-36 ay aralığında tipik gelişim gösteren 52 çocuk katılımcı ve ebeveyn/bakıcı konumundaki 52 yetişkin oluşturmaktadır. Veri toplama araçları olarak Katılımcı Bilgi Formu, Teknolojik Aletler ve İnternet Kullanımı Anket Formu, Türkçe İletişim Gelişimi Envanteri (TİGE 1-2) ve Ankara Gelişim Tarama Envanteri (AGTE) kullanılmıştır. Toplanan veriler SPSS-26 paket programına aktarıldıktan sonra verilerin yüzde/frekans değerleri hesaplanmış, gruplar arası farklılıkları ve değişkenler arası ilişkileri ölçmek amacı ile çeşitli istatistiksel analizler yapılmıştır. Yapılan analizler sonucunda, 8-36 ay aralığındaki çocuklardan %86,5’inin en az bir teknolojik alet kullandığı bulgulanmıştır. Çocuğun tablet, akıllı telefon, televizyon ve internet kullanıp kullanmaması ile AGTE ve TİGE puanları arasında anlamlı bir farklılık bulunamamıştır. Araştırmaya katılan ebeveynin okuma alışkanlığına sahip olması ile çocuğuyla kitap okuma etkinliği gerçekleştirmesi arasında anlamlı bir farklılık bulunmuştur.

Innovative online learning in entrepreneurship education: The impact of embedding real-life industry practice in the virtual learning environment

Applied areas of entrepreneurship are growing in popularity due to the ongoing need for students to gain specialised skills to find employment after graduation. This study explores how educational scaffolding can facilitate the delivery of online experiential activities to improve the entrepreneurial learning experience and the performance of music management students by using information and communications technology tools within the virtual learning environment. A case study methodology was adopted to present two scenarios of innovative online learning delivered in a postgraduate programme in music management. This research takes into consideration the difficult transitional journey for some students from studying to being immediately thrust into the workplace, which often requires different types of knowledge, experience, skills and competences. The findings show that, by strengthening industry links, tutors can build a portfolio of online practical activities that represent the ‘real-life’ industry, helping to forge long-term, collaborative partnerships to facilitate learners’ acquisition of more meaningful knowledge and opportunities.

The interaction between IT and planning: decision support or knowledge generation?

The present study aims to discuss, under a theoretical perspective, the role and the added value of the interaction between Information Technology (IT) and decision-making, paying particular attention to the planning context. The main idea of this paper is that the interaction of decision makers with IT, especially when the decisions concern scenario planning and alternative hypotheses, plays two important roles: a) it supports decisions, given the availability of semi-structured information and data provided by IT tools; b) it generates knowledge due both to the iterative approach followed by the decision maker for designing the planning model and to the reasonings and group discussions about the objectives to be defined. The conclusions speculate that the interaction between IT and decision makers is not limited to provide decisional support, but it also generates knowledge and promotes a learning process, especially in a complex decision domain. Therefore, further research is encouraged on this issue, for examining to what extent, and under which conditions, the interaction with IT allows to generate or increase knowledge about a problem, beyond a mere decision support.

Implementation of BIM-based model checking technology for managing maintenance planning in green building ecosystem

PurposeThe green building (GB) maintenance industry has been under increasing pressure by designers to demonstrate its evaluation and information management of building information modelling based model checking (BMC) to the competency's performance and design knowledge of building control instrument. This main problem has been termed as maintenance planning level. Although maintenance planning has been explored in GB maintenance environments, less is known about what maintenance planning problems currently exist and what their causes are, such as the recent fire in the Grenfell Tower (14 June 2017, about 80 fatalities) in North Kensington, West London. The aim of this paper is to identify how GB maintenance environments could integrate BMC within their processes. The purpose of this study is to assess the BMC technology management of GB maintenance ecosystem and that of a soft skills level to establish the impact of innovation policy features on database and safety risk function mechanism.Design/methodology/approachTo achieve this aim, a comprehensive literature review of the existing conceptualisation of BMC practices is reviewed and the main features of Information and Communication Technology tools and techniques currently being employed on such GB maintenance ecosystem is carried out to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the previous studies. The conceptual framework explores the importance of integration of BMC in the construction phase to identify alternative methods in the automation system (AS) process to co-generate, monitor and optimise BMC.FindingsThe results confirm that BMC tool positively influences database application and risk mechanism of construction project safety while agreeableness negatively does. Besides, database application has a negative influence on innovation policy of company towards BMC implementation. Propositions derived not only shed light on guidance for future research on the soft skills of construction organisations, but also provide decision-making support through a better understanding of the factors affecting soft skills level amongst biggest construction companies.Originality/valueThus far, this study advances the knowledge about how GB maintenance environments can ensure BMC delivery. This paper highlights the need for further research to integrate BMC in GB maintenance environments validates the framework across the construction phase with different GB project managers and engineers.

Communications Through Contemporary Tools of Information and Communication Technology: Cross-sectional Study Evaluating Health Among Separated Family Members.

BackgroundThe number of single-living workers separated from their spouses and families has been increasing due to the need to create a balance between life and work. Workers are assigned everywhere in globalized workplaces while also caring for their family members in the context of Japan’s aging society. At the same time, the mental and health status of persons living separately from their families is a matter of concern. The development of interpersonal communication means using information and communications technology (ICT) tools and the internet is remarkable, enabling simultaneous 2-way communication across distances and national borders. The easy accessibility to simultaneous communication is expected to improve the psychosocial status of isolated family members.ObjectiveThis study aims to clarify the health benefits of ICT by using a psychosocial health assessment, the characteristics of ICT tools, and the frequency of communication among the workers and their families who live separately.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study planned and conducted in Japan. Study participants, including adults who live separately from other family members or have separately living family members due to work, were recruited to answer a web response survey about ICT usage status, health status, and life and society evaluation. This study recruited 73 participants divided into 2 groups by their communication tools and frequencies, and their separated life, health, and psychosocial status were statistically compared.ResultsAmong the 73 study participants, 15 were categorized in the high communication–skilled (HCS) group that used both types of ICT tools to communicate frequently: “live,” such as video chat and voice call, and “nonlive,” such as SMS text message service and email. A simple comparison between the HCS and reference groups showed significant differences in the cohesion with the neighborhood (P=.03), perceived social position (P=.01), and happiness (P<.001); however, there were no significant differences in the health (psychological distress, P=.08; self-rated health, P=.07), lifestyle (drinking, P>.99; current smoking, P=.37), and dyadic trust in family members living separately (P=.80). Further, in a multivariate regression analysis adjusted for confounding factors, such as educational history, age, gender, and job status, poor subjective health showed a prevalence odds ratio of less than 1 (OR 0.17, 95% CI 0.03-1.02). The HCS group showed significant positive relationships in the cohesion score with the neighborhood (P=.01; β=2.40, 95% CI 0.56-4.24), perceived social position (P=.03; β=1.17, 95% CI 0.11-2.23), and happiness score (P=.002; β=1.46, 95% CI 0.58-2.34) in the same multivariate regression models.ConclusionsThis study suggested that people who frequently communicate with separated family members by taking advantage of various ICT tools can maintain a better mental state and better social relations among those who live alone and are separated from their families.