Digital Age Research Articles

Temporal Analysis of Social Media Trends: A Computational Perspective

The ubiquitous nature of social media systems has redefined the panorama of conversation, with customers producing great amounts of statistics in actual-time. This evaluate paper delves into the temporal evaluation of social media developments from a computational angle, providing a complete exploration of methodologies, challenges, and improvements. By scrutinizing temporal trend detection algorithms, sentiment evaluation through the years, the impact of activities on social media discourse, and the evolving position of system getting to know, this paper ambitions to illuminate the elaborate dynamics of temporal trends on social media systems. Through case studies and discussions on challenges and ethical concerns, the assessment underscores the transformative potential of computational approaches in information the temporal evolution of social media trends. The exploration concludes with the aid of outlining destiny instructions, emphasizing the interdisciplinary nature of this subject and the continuing necessity for studies to navigate the complexities of social media temporal dynamics in the digital age.

Training Path of Computer Application Ability and Computational Thinking of Normal University Students under the Background of Teacher Professional Certification

Since the implementation of teacher professional certification, it has effectively promoted the construction of hardware and software of normal major in colleges and universities, especially the construction of modern smart classroom, interactive microclassroom, online teaching case base, multimedia computer room, VR virtual laboratory, etc., which provides the basic guarantee for the improvement of information technology ability of normal students. The cultivation of computer application ability and computational thinking is the essential core quality of “four good teachers” in the information age. Through the interpretation of “certification standards”, the paper analyzes the current situation of normal university students’ computer application ability, and probes into how to cultivate normal university students’ computer application ability and computational thinking under the background of normal professional certification.

Bridging the Gap: Insights From Telepractice Augmentative and Alternative Communication Services in the Digital Age

Purpose: The United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication and the Patient-Provider Communication Network sought to quantify the impact of utilization of and access to telepractice for the provision of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) services. The purpose of this article is to summarize findings from two surveys that explored the kinds of AAC services delivered remotely, barriers to AAC addressed through telepractice, and impact of the availability of remote AAC services on people with communication disabilities and their caregivers. Method: The study team developed two online surveys: (a) for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and (b) for individual AAC clients (or family members in the case of pediatric clients). Results: Survey responses were obtained from 66 SLPs and 90 AAC clients/family members. Access to telepractice allowed clients/family members to overcome both access and financial barriers. Respondents indicated that the availability of AAC telepractice services reduced transportation barriers, increased access to services by appropriately trained clinicians, and improved the outcomes for individuals needing AAC. Conclusions: Telepractice has made it possible for individuals with significant medical challenges, as well as those residing in areas lacking qualified providers, to receive services. Given that both clinicians and clients/families indicated that travel to receive services posed a significant barrier to access medically necessary treatment, the anticipated December 2024 end of Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services' authorization of reimbursement for telepractice services will be detrimental to many needing AAC services. Supplemental Material: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.27885447

Mobile-Based Digital Assessment Transforming the Learning Support Efficiency

The digital age has brought great changes in many areas of life, including education. The main change is the use of mobile device systems such as smartphones or tablets that are practical to change the way assessments affect learning efficiency. This paper examines how mobile-based digital assessment systems can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the assessment process in learning. This paper aims to provide educators with practical guidance for integrating technology into their assessment systems by utilizing available mobile smartphones or tablets and conducting an analysis of the benefits and challenges faced. This study also explores how to maximize the use of smartphones or tablets as a support tool in conducting assessments and can enrich the learning experience of students through faster and personalized feedback. Assist educators in managing assessments in a more structured and measurable way. In addition, recommendations for the effectiveness of smartphone use in supporting the assessment system are also included so that educators can achieve optimal results in the learning process. This study contributes to the educational literature by providing new perspectives on the application of technology and the use of mobile devices to assessment by presenting empirical evidence that supports the effectiveness of assessment application in improving the quality of education.

Efficiency of Police Cooperation in Criminal Investigations

Police cooperation is essential not only to investigate crime, but also to prevent it. Sharing information and best practices between law enforcement agencies allows early identification of threats, which can lead to prompt and effective interventions. At the same time, working together can reduce legislative or procedural disparities between states, which helps to strengthen joint efforts to fight crime. In addition to legal and operational challenges, police cooperation also raises ethical, privacy and data protection issues. In the digital age, the exchange of information between police agencies must comply with strict data protection standards in line with national and international legislation, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union. Thus, police cooperation is an indispensable tool in criminal investigations, offering the possibility to go beyond the geographical and legal limits imposed by national borders. However, its effectiveness depends on a clear legislative framework, mutual trust between partners and the adoption of modern technologies to facilitate real-time communication and information exchange. Police cooperation is an essential element in the fight against contemporary crime, but its effectiveness depends on resolving the legislative and operational problems that sometimes prevent effective inter-agency cooperation. Technological development and adaptation to new forms of crime also remain major challenges in this area.

Data Visualization: From Raw Data to Actionable Insight

Information age data is the backbone of industry decision-making. Raw data, however, lacks accessibility without effective visualization techniques to make it accessible and actionable. Data visualization takes complicated data sets and converts them into intuitive, visual formats, and using this, businesses can discover trends, correlations, and insights that guide informed decisions. This paper explores the process from raw data to actionable insights through data visualization, in terms of significance, core techniques, tools, and applications across multiple sectors. It further mentions best practices and challenges to ensure that the visual representation is accurate and meaningful.

The Current Status and Influencing Factors of Digital Product Use Among Young Children in the Digital Age

The rapid development of digital technology has fundamentally changed family education in the digital age. This study aims to explore the current status of digital product use and influencing factors among children aged 0-6 years. This study examined the prevalence of digital devices, average screen time, and parents' attitudes toward digital technology in early childhood education by conducting a questionnaire survey of 1,477 families in Sichuan Province , China, and in-depth interviews with four families. The results show that digital products are widely present in families and parents recognize their educational value, but also face challenges in content, time, and online safety management. Differences in parents' digital literacy levels further affect their ability to support children's digital activities. This study recommends the development of a comprehensive parent education program, the establishment of a high-quality digital resource platform, and the strengthening of family guidance to optimize the use of digital technology in early childhood education. The findings contribute to the global discussion on digital literacy, early childhood development, and family education.

Analysis of Software Development and Operation Measures from the Perspective of Security Technology

Security technology is crucial in software development and operation in the digital age. Secure software can protect user privacy and data security, prevent hacker attacks and data breaches, ensure legitimate business operations, and protect core assets. However, the development process often faces threats such as injection attacks, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), and Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), mainly due to code vulnerabilities, configuration errors, and risks from third-party components. To meet these challenges, this paper discusses the application of security technology in development and operation, emphasizing security requirements analysis, design principles, coding practices, and testing during the development phase. Along with focusing on environmental configuration, continuous monitoring, emergency response, disaster recovery, and regular auditing and updating during the operation phase. These measures can significantly enhance the security of software systems and protect user and corporate data.

Equality in the digital age: leveraging technological innovation for fostering access to financial services

Equality in the digital age: leveraging technological innovation for fostering access to financial services

Migration Infrastructure, Digital Connectivity and Porous Borders: Vietnamese Migration to Australia

ABSTRACTThe burgeoning literature on migration and information and communication technologies (ICTs) provides rich empirical evidence of how social media and networking platforms are becoming integral to cross‐border migration, increasingly blurring the boundaries between physical and virtual worlds. Drawing from a qualitative study conducted between 2019 and 2023 on the Vietnam–Australia migration corridor, I discuss how virtual communities and digitally mediated migration infrastructure shape the ways migrants navigate the restrictive, but also defective, neoliberal migration regimes in the Global North. Social media facilitate brokers' access to a wide range of potential clients but challenge their previously dominant position in migration mediation. Digital divides create uneven mobility pathways, reproducing and exacerbating social inequalities among people on the move. A focus on migration mediation at the intersection of social‐digital spheres generates vital insights into the continually evolving relationships between the state, market and migrants in the Digital Age.

Multimodality at destination: A focus on domestic tourism

Transport externalities can strongly affect the attractiveness of tourist destinations. Tourists' multimodality at destination, reducing private motorised mobility, improves sustainability and city appeal. The paper explores tourists' intention to utilise multiple modes of transport via a survey of more than 1900 potential tourists in Italy. It reports ordered probit model results, indicating that transport mode towards destination, information, and tourists' age are crucial. The beneficiaries of the results this paper produces are: 1) public decision-makers who can exploit this information when defining transport service characteristics (e.g., efficiency and comfort); 2) tour operators who can fruitfully use these results when including transport services in their products, along with accommodation and catering; 3) tourism managers who can stimulate multimodality by targeting specific initiatives to different population groups.

Investigation of Topological properties of Butterfly Networks by Irregularity Invariants

In the modern era, networks play a crucial role in connecting individuals, organizations, and devices, enabling efficient communication, collaboration, and information exchange across the globe. They serve as the backbone of the digital age, supporting the growth of technologies such as the internet, cloud computing, IoT, and social media. The examination of Quantitative Structure Activity/Property Relationships (QSPR) to analyse the network architecture uses topological indices as its main instrument. The butterfly network is a type of interconnection network that follows a specific geometric structure. It consists of multiple stages, with each stage connecting nodes in a binary pattern. The connections between nodes form a butterfly-like shape, hence the name. The butterfly network provides efficient routing and communication paths between nodes, making it suitable for parallel computing and distributed systems. With the aid of sixteen irregularity indices, we will examine and compare three butterfly networks in this article. We will then plot the findings to see how they depend on the various parameters.

Contemporary challenges of MIL: Towards an education for emancipation

This article explores the contemporary challenges of Media and Information Literacy (MIL) and its potential to promote emancipatory education. Through a historical analysis, it examines MIL’s evolution and its consolidation as a critical tool for civic participation in the digital environment. The article addresses the transformations brought by the digital age to communication systems, the information economy, and regulatory frameworks, emphasizing the importance of updating MIL to address the platformization of education, datafication, and generative technologies. It proposes MIL as a vehicle for active and reflective citizenship, capable of transforming the relationship between education, communication, and technology.

FROM DIGITAL DESERTS TO TECH HAVENS: THE ROLE OF DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN MSME COMPETITIVENESS

In the current digital age, robust digital infrastructure is crucial for the competitiveness and growth of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). This research paper explores how digital infrastructure can transform MSME competitiveness, particularly focusing on the shift from areas with insufficient digital access, termed "digital deserts," to vibrant technological centers, or "tech havens." By conducting a thorough literature review, analyzing case studies, and undertaking empirical analysis, the paper examines the critical role of digital infrastructure in empowering MSMEs, fostering innovation, and promoting economic growth. Key areas of focus include defining and understanding digital deserts, identifying factors that contribute to their development, and exploring strategies for converting these regions into tech havens. Additionally, the paper highlights the impact of digital infrastructure on MSME competitiveness, underscoring opportunities for policymakers, MSME owners, and other stakeholders to bridge the digital divide and encourage inclusive economic growth. This research aims to provide a deeper understanding of how MSMEs can utilize technology to succeed in today's competitive business environment.

Reconceptualizing the Protection of AI-Generated Works in the Digital Age: An Analysis of the Intellectual Property Laws in Nigeria and the United States

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, it has become increasingly common for AI systems to create original works such as art, music, and literature. However, the question of who owns the copyright in such works and how they can be protected under intellectual property (IP) laws remains a complex and contentious issue. In addition, issues around the eligibility of AI-generated works for protection also arise, as does the protection of such works in the digital age, where copying without attribution is rampant. The debate continues to this day as more generative AI tools are introduced to the world, the most recent being OpenAI’s ChatGPT4, and now there is the talk of ChatGPT5. AI is capable of producing content based on the vast amounts of data available to it. This paper explores and compares the IP laws in Nigeria and the United States as they relate to protecting AI-generated works in the digital age. The paper will analyse the legal frameworks in both countries and consider the challenges and opportunities posed by AI-generated works for copyright law. It will further do a comparative analysis of the approaches adopted by both jurisdictions in protecting AIgenerated content. The research finds that the protection of AIgenerated works in both jurisdictions is quite problematic due to the principle of authorship being attributable to only humans. The paper suggests adopting best practices by both jurisdictions to aid in the protection of AI-generated works.

Networking and need of complex literacy in the digital age

The digitalisation of society is a process that is constantly improving. The main reason for this is the development of contemporary technologies (Cloud Computing, Mobile Cloud, Internet of Tings, cyber-Physical Systems, Big Data, etc.) which impose new requirements on working conditions and the necessary knowledge for their use. This requires improving the digital literacy of society by expanding the knowledge and skills to use technologies and to know the need to comply with rules for information security, privacy and personal data protection. In this regard, the article discusses the problem of the need for complex literacy by adding new components to the established understanding of information (digital) literacy, covering the additional requirements for working in the global space. Based on a retrospective analysis of publications in the field of information literacy, the need for a new understanding of digital literacy is substantiated and a structure of the so-called "Complex Literacy" is proposed and the requirements for the new components "Technological Literacy" and "Security & Privacy Literacy” whit extended discussing the issues of information security, privacy and personal data protection in the digital age.

Breaking mineral resource curse through digital economy: Resource-based regions' sustainable path in the age of digitalization

As a new economic driver, the digital economy emerged globally in recent years. However, its potential role in alleviating the mineral resource curse may be disregarded. In this paper, urban mineral resource curse and digital economy are scientifically quantified through the data of 265 Chinese cities in 2009–2019. The FE model and spatial Durbin model are employed to examine the direct effects, specific mechanisms as well as spillover effects of digital economy on mineral resource curse. When digital economy is less than 0.123, the digital economy results in a worse mineral resource curse, but when digital economy exceeds 0.123, it turns into an enabler for breaking the mineral resource curse. Green total factor productivity, industrial structure upgrading and technological innovation are not only the major mechanisms for digital economy to break mineral resource curse, but also essential channels for the inverted U-shaped relationship. According to the heterogeneity analysis, mineral resource-based cities or cursed cities derive greater benefits for breaking mineral resource curse from digitalization process.

Developing a Competency Model for Human Resource Directors (HRDs) in Exponential Organizations Undergoing Digital Transformation

The rapid digitalization of organizations has positioned the digital transformation of Human Resources (HR) as a critical trend for the future. In particular, exponential organizations—characterized by their ability to leverage digital technology to achieve disproportionately large impacts relative to their size—require a fundamental shift in the role and competencies of HR professionals. This study focuses on the competencies required of Human Resource Directors (HRDs) within these highly adaptive and scalable organizations, using Shandong Province as a case sample. Grounded in the Resource-Based View (RBV), which emphasizes that a firm’s internal resources are essential for sustaining competitive advantage, we argue that HRDs competencies are critical resources for organizations undergoing digital transformation. Through the application of methods such as questionnaire surveys, structural equation modeling, and t-tests, we identified and validated 11 key competency indicators for HRDs in the context of digital transformation. These indicators are grouped into four dimensions based on Dave Ulrich’s framework: Strategic Partner, Change Agent, Administrative Expert, and Employee Champion. Our research organizes these 11 competencies within the four dimensions, providing a structured framework for evaluating the evolving role of HRDs in the digital era. These 11 competencies offer organizations valuable insights, particularly in organizational development, talent acquisition and deployment, employee training and upskilling, and performance evaluation, contributing to a more comprehensive understanding of the competencies needed for HR leadership in the digital age.

Employee well-being in the digital age: Assessing the impacts of a smartphone application in the workplace

Recently, providing smartphone-based health-improving applications to employees has emerged as a promising strategy for sustaining their well-being. This study estimates the impact of the routine use of an application, introduced in 2020 by a Japanese manufacturing company, on various health-related behaviours and outcomes among employees by exploiting a distinctive large-scale longitudinal dataset and personnel records. The analysis addresses potential selection biases arising from the non-random nature of application usage by employing the instrumental variable approach. Regular application use generates significant positive impacts on health-related habits, including moderate alcohol consumption, regular breakfast intake and refraining from eating two hours before bedtime. Furthermore, regarding physical and psychological stress, noteworthy reductions in physical burden and less frequent experiences of annoyance are observed. Employees also report a lower frequency of dizziness, headaches and palpitations, albeit an increase in the frequency of strained eyes is noted. Additionally, application use is associated with lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure, as well as decreased levels of triglycerides and gamma-GTP.

ElizabethAgnew, Cyberbullying and Sexting: Regulatory Challenges in the Digital Age, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2023, 197 pp, hb £59.50

ElizabethAgnew, Cyberbullying and Sexting: Regulatory Challenges in the Digital Age, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2023, 197 pp, hb £59.50