Internet-based Communication Technologies Research Articles

An Empirical Study of Selected Challenges in Online Education; A Special Focus on G.C.E. (Advanced Level) Students in the Colombo District of Sri Lanka

The 21st century can be known as an era in which the universe has become one village with the rapid advancement in internet-based information and communication technology. Consequently, online methods were used to develop education opportunities widely in the distance learning process. Though many researchers have paid attention to the challenges and opportunities of online education in schools and universities, researchers have paid less attention to online education in the Sri Lankan school system. However, Sri Lankan schools were trending towards online education due to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. As a result, this study aims to identify the factors affecting online education usage and the challenges of online education by advanced-level students in the Colombo district. The advanced-level students in the Colombo district were the target population of this study. The sample was selected from Padukka, Hanwella, and Homagama Secretarial divisions under multistage cluster sampling, and the data was collected from 312 students using a questionnaire. Further, the independent sample t-test, Analysis of Variance and Structural Equation Model, was used to identify the self-determining factors. Consequently, social, communication, technical, demographic, and economic factors identified online education usage variables. Finally, this study suggested implementing Learning Management Systems and providing teachers and students with sufficient knowledge about online education. Overall, this study provided an opportunity to identify the challenges teachers and students face in online education and reduce time consumption and cost of the teaching and learning process.

How does financial development influence carbon emission intensity in the OECD countries: Some insights from the information and communication technology perspective

Based on an extended STIRPAT framework, this paper investigates the effects of financial development on carbon emission intensity in OECD countries from linear and non-linear perspectives, where financial development is proxied by three dimensions: financial deepening, financial deepening, and financial size, and financial efficiency. Fortunately, three types of financial development significantly alleviate carbon emission intensity. An extended moderation effect model is built to estimate the effect of financial development via information and communication technology on carbon emission intensity. The results reveal that internet-based information and communication technology and service-based information and communication technology are positively correlated with carbon emission intensity. To effectively handle the endogeneity issue triggered by causal relationships between variables and allow potential non-linear nexus, an advanced dynamic panel threshold model incorporating the generalised method of moments is employed to investigate how financial development affects carbon emission intensity under different types of information and communication technology. Empirical evidence demonstrates the significance of the non-linear nexus between financial development and carbon emission intensity. Lastly, heterogeneity analysis demonstrates the existence of heterogeneity associated with institutional quality, degree of economic development, and resource endowment concerning the effect of financial development on carbon emission intensity among the OECD countries.

PEMANFAATAN SOSIAL MEDIA SEBAGAI MEDIA EDUKASI KESEHATAN TERKAIT PENYAKIT SISTEM PERNAFASAN, KARDIOVASKULAR DAN HEMATOLOGI

The Covid-19 pandemic requires that interactions between individuals must be limited so that interactions change by using electronic and virtual communication media. The same thing happened to health services, where education and health services began to become proficient in using internet-based communication technology, both social media and other applications. The purpose of this community service program is to develop health education materials and materials related to diseases of the respiratory, cardiovascular and hematologic systems, which are then conveyed to at-risk groups and the general public as educational material. The stages include the preparation/planning stage, the development stage of educational materials and media, the program implementation stage and the evaluation stage. All of these stages were carried out virtually within 8 weeks. The results of this community service program not only provide benefits to the general public using social media, but also provide alternative media/edulation media for health workers to continue to carry out their role as health educators for the community.

Young Generation Media Literacy on Utilization of Detik.com Online News Media

Current communication technology supports the flow of information exchange. For those who can take advantage of communication technology, are also those who can play the role of producers, consumers, distributors to information manipulators. The fast flow of information delivery is feared by readers who are unable to distinguish between factual news and hoaxes. This can be anticipated by being equipped with media literacy skills. Currently, the younger generation (millennials and Generation Z) are those who are predominantly consumers of digital information. They are the ones who take advantage of the use of internet-based communication technology, especially in obtaining information. However, the problem is that Indonesia's literacy level is fairly low. Detikcom asa pioneer of online news media in Indonesiahas contributed to delivering news for news readers. However, there are still many who have not maximized the use of detikcom as a reference source for reading, especially for the younger generation. The purpose of this study is to determine the media literacy carried out by young towards the use of the detik.com application or site. This study uses qualitative research methods with a case study approach and detikcom as the object of research. The results of this study concluded that readers from the younger generation have adopted a media literacy attitude as a provision to face the fast flow of information. The media literacy they do on detik.com as a news source has met the stages of access, understanding, and analysis, but not at the production stage.

Remote Diagnosis and Detection Technology for Electrical Control of Intelligent Manufacturing CNC Machine Tools

An intelligent manufacturing environment employs internet-based communication and monitoring technologies for fault detection, diagnosis, and monitoring of industrial machines. The monitoring and fault detection are performed remotely without human intervention that predicts faults and ensures specific operational control. This article introduces a rational fault diagnosis process (RFDP) best suited for remote fault detection and diagnosis of CNC machine tools. The proposed process monitors different operational segments of the machine and extracts related data to validate its performance. The interconnection between the segments and fault impact are identified using the transfer learning process. The previously identified faults are used in the state training process to improve detection and diagnosis accuracy. Depending on the operational control continuity, the performance is assessed post the fault diagnosis. The learning paradigm is trained using the machine’s efficiency and rational data processing to predict the transfer states’ faults. The transfer states are modulated based on the efficiency and minimum-maximum control recommended for the CNC machine. This process’s performance is validated using detection accuracy, diagnosis recommendation, downtime, data processing rate, and processing time. From the experimental analysis, it is seen that for the varying data extraction rates, the proposed process improves detection accuracy by 10.14%, diagnosis recommendation by 8.58% and data processing rate by 7.95%, reducing the downtime by 8.85%, and processing by 11.24%.

Pengaruh Faktor Penggunaan E-Marketing terhadap Kepuasan Pelanggan pada Hartanimart.Com

Abstract – Advances in internet-based communication and information technology, in the digital era bring major changes in various aspects of life, so that agribusiness actors are also competing to create a digital marketing system in order to maintain or improve the sustainability of their business. This study aims to analyze the factors that influence the use of e-marketing on consumer satisfaction at Hartanimart.com. The research approach is descriptive quantitative, through survey activities with descriptive tabulation methods and PLS-SEM data analysis processed with the help of Excel 2010 software and Smart PLS software version 3.2.1. The findings show that of the 3 hypotheses tested there are 3 accepted/proven hypotheses based on the value (t-test > 1.96) and value (p-value < 0.05), namely H1 = usefulness, H2 = ease of use, H4 = norm subjective influence significantly on the use of e-marketing on online transaction activities at Hartani Farm. Other hypotheses were rejected such as H3 = attitude of use has a significant effect on the use of e-marketing on online transaction activities at Hartani Farm and H5 = factors of e-marketing users have a direct and indirect effect on the level of consumer satisfaction on online transaction activities at Hartani Farm. This indicates that Hartani Farm consumers directly or indirectly do not feel satisfaction from the factor of using e-marketing. While the subjective norm factor has a direct influence on consumer satisfaction. For this reason, the management of the Hartani Farm company must be more creative in finding other ways or breakthroughs in its marketing program activities so that more consumers buy their products and win business competition in the future.Keywords : Customer Satisfaction, Use of e-marketing

Sanksi Pidana terhadap Pelaku Pencemaran Nama Baik Melalui Media Sosial

People in Indonesia do not understand what the law really is, they only know that if there is a mistake, there will be punishment. The lack of insight of the Indonesian people in understanding the law makes the government always socialize how important it is that people learn the law and apply sanctions for someone who violates the law. This research aims to analyze the form of legal settlement arrangements against perpetrators of defamation through social media, as well as to discuss criminal sanctions against perpetrators of defamation through social media. The research method used is normative by using a statutory approach and a conceptual approach. The sources of legal materials in this research are primary sources of material originating from arrangements related to cases and secondary sources of material derived from legal books and journals. The data collection technique used the technique of recording and documenting data related to the case. The sophistication of the development of computer technology, especially in the telecommunications system, gave birth to a new term called the internet. The internet is one of the media electronic in terms of information and communication that is able to connect people around the world, so that the world feels increasingly narrow and without boundaries because of the ease in establishing communication. Globalization that gave birth to internet-based information and communication technology has shaped the pattern of human life with a new culture. With the internet, people are no longer worried about boundaries of territory, space, and time that hinder the process of information and communication because they have found a way that is more effective and efficient.

Development of an Innovative ICT Infrastructure for an Eco-Cost System with Life Cycle Assessment

A novel Internet-based information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure for an eco-accounting system was successfully developed to deliver “EcoCosts”, which are the values of environmental impact throughout the product life cycle. The ICT infrastructure manages its internal elements and interacts with operation modules in the supply chain via Web-based service interfaces. The infrastructure consists of upperware, middleware, and resource layers. The upperware layer manipulates the middleware elements (cloud-based load balancing, life cycle assessment, Web-based services, and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)-enabled mobile access), and manages the associated resources within the eco-accounting system. As novel features of the ICT infrastructure, load balancing is used to handle large numbers of data and to allocate the computing load across the eco-accounting network nodes, and life cycle assessment is conducted to analyse product footprints, which are the core of “EcoCost”, to facilitate consumers in comparing the environmental impacts between different products. A case study was conducted by transmitting product EcoCosts from businesses to consumers through the Internet, successfully verifying the system developed in this research. Because this research aims to pay more attention to the ICT aspects, the EcoCost is represented using a single value, hence simplifying the related calculation. This research provides a novel solution for dealing with the large numbers of data and computing loads required to manage EcoCost data throughout the product life cycle and to transmit EcoCosts from businesses to consumers.

LEVEL TEKNOLOGI, FOREIGN OWNERSHIP, DAN IMPLEMENTASI INTERNET FINANCIAL REPORTING

The progress of internet-based communication technology has influenced the pattern of information delivery in the business world. Internet Financial Reporting (IFR) has become a medium of communication between companies and investors in delivering company financial reporting information. For this reason, this research is needed to identify what factors can influence IFR implementation at the Indonesian public company. This study aims to identify whether the level of technology and foreign ownership can affect IFR implementation in public companies in Indonesia. A total of 87 public company samples were used to test the research hypothesis. Research data were analyzed using multiple regression models. The results found indications that the level of company technology has a positive influence on the implementation of IFR in public companies in Indonesia. However, foreign ownership does not provide an effect for IFR implementation in public companies in Indonesia.

The current state and future of internet technology-based hypertension management in Japan.

Internet-based information and communication technology is altering our lives. Although medicine is traditionally conservative, it can benefit in many ways from adopting new technology and styles of care. Hypertension is a prime condition for the practical application of digital health management because it is prevalent and undercontrolled, and its primary index, home blood pressure, can be effectively telemonitored. Compared to other conditions that require laboratory measures or the use of drugs with frequent side effects, hypertension can be managed without actual office visits with sufficiently low risk. In this review of hypertension in Japan, we discuss the current and somewhat fragmented state of internet technology and the components and processes necessary for smooth, integrated, and multidisciplinary care in the future. Although further clinical trials are required to show the safety and efficacy of information and communication technology-based care for hypertension, the deployment of telemonitoring and telemedicine in daily practice should be expedited to solve the hypertension paradox. Challenges remain relating to cost, data integration, the redesigning of team-based care, and the improvement of user experience, but information and communication technology-based hypertension management is sure to become pivotal in improving public health.

Дистанционное обучение: современное состояние и перспективы развития

The article touches upon the priority aspects in education, such as quality, accessibility and cost-effectiveness of learning processes. Existing methods and practices of learning processes call for the need to introduce the innovations in order to solve the urgent problems. One of these innovations was the introduction of modern Internet-based information and communication technologies in the learning process. Modern online technologies were the basic for the new type of learning - distant learning. The brief review of the development of distant learning in the historical aspect proved that this type of learning has become in demand worldwide. Distant learning has its advantages and shortcomings; it cannot replace full-time or part-time education but has become a separate type of learning – a form of self-study using on-line technologies and virtual space, where, in addition to the essential technical aspect, such social factors as student motivation and self-control are important. The status and development prospects of distance learning are analyzed on the basis of two indicators – the volume of the global IP market and the volume of the world distance learning market. Statistical data of both indicators based on reliable sources indicate a constant increase in their values, confirming that distance learning is developing at an increasing pace and therefore is very promising. The aim of developing distance learning in the future is to increase the level of education through the use of modern Internet-based information and communication technologies and a possible concurrent reduction of economic costs.

Behavior Determining the Use of Internet Communication Technology: Facility Conditions and Performance Expectations

The Covid 19 pandemic has made internet-based communication technology the main thing to communicate effectively in the world of education. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of facility conditions and performance expectations on the behavior of using communication technology (actual use and use intention. Sampling using the purposive sampling method. Distribution of questionnaires was conducted to 100 students who are still effective using internet-based communication technology in lectures. The data analysis tool uses Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with AMOS version 22. The results of this study state that Performance expectations are a construct that has a significant effect on intention use and actual use, while facility conditions only affect intention use and have no significant effect on actual use. The implication of this research is that the teachers and students must communicate effectively in the choice of technology in order to increase student expectations to improve their academic abilities.

Peran Media Sosial Instagram dalam Mendukung Program Komunikasi Pemasaran Samakta Guest House

The development of internet-based communication technology has had a major impact on communication functions, one of which is in the marketing communication function. Social media becomes a very reliable technology feature for business entities such as companies in carrying out marketing communications and achieving marketing objectives, namely sales and profits. Samakta Guest House as one of the lodging accommodation business practitioners began to adopt social media in order to support its marketing communication program. Through this research, the researcher intends to observe the understanding and basic technical skills of the Samakta Guest House’s marcomm officer regarding the concept of social media-based marketing communication. This study will use the qualitative indepth interview and observation method to understand the Samakta Gueset House marketing communication management phenomena, and then using literature study based on the concept of integrated marketing communication, new media in particularly social media Instagram (IG). The findings of this research are expected to contribute to the understanding of Samakta Guest House Management regarding the skills of utilizing social media, specifically Instagram. Thus, from their understanding of the concept of marketing communication, in the future the management will be increasingly capable to manage various social media contents to support the achievement of sales profits for the company.

“Networked” Revolutions? ICTs and Protest Mobilization in Non-Democratic Regimes

Despite the wealth of research linking Internet-based communication technologies (ICTs) with the rise of anti-government demonstrations in non-democracies, empirical evidence on the impact of ICTs on protest remains inconclusive. Using data from the sixth-wave of the World Values Survey (WVS), I test the relationship between ICT use and protest in non-democracies, finding that although Internet use helps to explain protest participation, organizational networks remain crucial for mobilizing protesters, even in the digital age. Notably, I find that active membership in formal organizations (i.e., attending meetings, holding leadership positions, etc.) significantly increases the likelihood of individual protest participation, providing members with the skills necessary for political engagement and connections to a sustained flow of information about protest events. Most important, I find significant interactive effects between organizational membership and ICT use—while Internet use increases the likelihood of protest engagement for all individuals, the effects of ICT use are greatest for multiply-engaged citizens who are actively involved in both online and offline organizational networks. This work thus illuminates a largely overlooked symbiosis between online and offline communities and forces a reconsideration of the ways in which organizations work to mobilize contention under authoritarian rule.

Value Positions and Relationships in the Swedish Digital Government

Governments across the world spend vast resources on implementing digital technology. Electronic, or digital, government is the use and study of Internet-based information and communication technology in the public sector. A point of departure in this study is that investments in technology are not value-free; they require allocation of limited resources and trade-offs between values. The purpose of this paper was to investigate how values are prioritized in the Swedish digital government. This research was conducted by using quantitative data from a survey administered to Swedish municipalities and national agencies. In addition, qualitative data from a database was used to exemplify value operationalization. The research utilized a theoretical framework based on four value positions: professionalism, efficiency, service, and engagement. The findings reveal that service and quality, and productivity and legality have a high priority, while engagement values are less prioritized. Differences based on organization type and size are also discussed. Moreover, the study suggests that professionalism and efficiency are distinct value positions, while service and engagement are closely related through citizen centricity. The qualitative material suggests that citizen centricity can manifest itself as a form of service logic, but also in the form of educational digital inclusion activities for vulnerable groups. The paper concludes by suggesting that future research should further refine the concept of citizen centricity in relation to digital government values, since its current meaning is ambiguous.

Live-streaming at international academic conferences: Technical and organizational options for single- and multiple-location formats

Internet-based communication technologies can reduce both carbon emissions and financial costs of academic conferences for individual participants—especially those from non-rich countries. We consider currently available technological solutions and logistic formats. In July 2018, we organized the leading international conference on music cognition (ICMPC15/ESCOM10) as a multiple-location, semi-virtual event with hubs on four continents (Europe, North America, South America, Australia) and 600 active participants. Every talk was live-streamed to YouTube (unlisted with URLs accessible only to registered participants) and seen by two audiences (local, remote). Remote presentations were either real-time or delayed. Discussions were two-way audiovisual (Zoom). Student assistants managed the technology. The 24-hour program ran for five days, with normal working hours at each hub. Most (61%) participants approved of the semi-virtual format. Greenhouse-gas emissions per participant were reduced by 60–70% relative to an equivalent single-location conference. No talk was delayed or canceled for technical reasons. A semi-virtual, multiple-location approach improves the globality, cultural diversity, and accessibility of academic conferences. That in turn improves the relevance and long-term quality of academic content. In future, emissions and international time-difference problems can be further reduced by increasing the number of hubs. Every academic conference, regardless of size, discipline, or country, can benefit from live-streaming some or all presentations. Conference participants and organizers can contribute to global mitigation efforts while at the same time promoting their academic disciplines by taking advantage of modern internet communication technologies. Video recordings of talks contribute to documentation and dissemination.

Live streaming at international academic conferences: Ethical considerations

Anthropogenic global warming (AGW) and the long tradition of political failures to address it have created an unprecedented global crisis. Individual carbon footprints are higher in industrialized countries; in that context, academics contribute substantially by flying to conferences. How and why should the global academic community respond to this situation? We evaluate the seriousness and urgency of AGW, consider relevant ethical theory, and compare possible academic strategies, focusing on communication technologies in conference culture. We argue that academic privilege facilitates climate action. Academics are well placed to understand and explain complex material including relevant ethical theory. Academics are extensively networked with local, regional, and international students and colleagues. Academics can significantly reduce their greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions by avoiding flying to conferences and developing low-GHG conference formats. Academic leadership is needed to courageously address the moral issues and take advantage of modern internet-based communication technologies. Social equity issues are also relevant. International conferences that include live streams are more global and accessible (independent of each participant’s finances), and hence more culturally diverse. Video recordings complement existing academic documentation, communication, and dissemination. Individuals can reduce their carbon footprint by focusing on regional conferences, contributing remote presentations to distant events, and by contributing to political discussions—putting pressure on governments, institutions, and corporations to change. By combining individual action with social leadership, academic climate action may significantly reduce future the environmental damage and human impact of AGW.

Source of Health Information and Unmet Healthcare Needs in Asian Americans

Background: Responding to the disparities in accessing and obtaining health information and healthcare among immigrant populations, the present study focused on Asian Americans. Using a sample that reflects Asian Americans’ cultural and linguistic diversities, the goal was to explore the typologies of health information source and their predictability to unmet healthcare needs (i.e., the experience of not being able to get needed medical care).Methods: Data were drawn from the 2015 Asian American Quality of Life Survey (N = 2,592), conducted using culturally and linguistically sensitive approaches. Latent class analysis on nine sources of health information across interpersonal networks (family members, close friends, acquaintances, and health professionals) and Internet-based communication technologies (mobile apps, email listservs, social networking sites, online communities, and health websites) identified six classes: ‘resource-heavy,’ ‘human-oriented,’ ‘expertise-focused,’ ‘family-dominant,’ ‘resource-scarce,’ and ‘health professional-dominant.’ Results: Compared to the resource-heavy group, the odds of having an unmet healthcare need were 2.94 times greater in the family-dominant group and 4.13 times greater in the resource-scarce group.Discussion: Findings provide implications for interventions with respect to subgroups to be prioritized and areas to be targeted in efforts to promote access and acquisition of health information and health services in Asian Americans.

Ulusal ve ulusötesi toplumsal hareketler ve yeni bilgi ve iletişim teknolojileri

With the increasing usage of Internet-based communication technologies by local, national and transnational social movements and the resultant changes in the communication, mobilization and protest dynamics of these movements, new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become the focus of much academic research in social movement studies. In order to publicize their demands, attract potential participants and realize their aims, social movements such as the Global Justice Movement, the Arab Spring, and the Occupy Wall Street have employed new communications technologies. Drawing on the conceptual and theoretical tools developed by social movement researchers, this study focuses on the relationship between new ICTs and social movements in terms of the opportunities they open up and their advantages and disadvantages, referring to different social movements from around the world. This study aims to make a contribution to the existing literature by uncovering the changing dynamics of mobilization, communication and protest of social movements as a result of the usage of new ICTs

Keep in Touch (KIT): feasibility of using internet-based communication and information technology in palliative care

BackgroundConfinement to an in-patient hospital ward impairs patients’ sense of social support and connectedness. Providing the means, through communication technology, for patients to maintain contact with friends and family can potentially improve well-being at the end of life by minimizing social isolation and facilitating social connection. This study aimed to explore the feasibility of introducing internet-based communication and information technologies for in-patients and their families and to describe their experience in using this technology.MethodsA cross-sectional survey design was used to describe patient and family member experiences in using internet-based communication technology and health care provider views of using such technology in palliative care. Participants included 13 palliative in-patients, 38 family members, and 14 health care providers. An iPad or a laptop computer with password-protected internet access was loaned to each patient and family member for about two weeks or they used their own electronic devices for the duration of the patient’s stay. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from patients, families, and health care providers to discern how patients and families used the technology, its ease of use and its impact. Descriptive statistics and paired sample t-tests were used to analyze quantitative data; qualitative data were analyzed using constant comparative techniques.ResultsPalliative patients and family members used the technology to keep in touch with family and friends, entertain themselves, look up information, or accomplish tasks. Most participants found the technology easy to use and reported that it helped them feel better overall, connected to others and calm. The availability of competent, respectful, and caring technical support personnel was highly valued by patients and families. Health care providers identified that computer technology helped patients and families keep others informed about the patient’s condition, enabled sharing of important decisions and facilitated access to the outside world.ConclusionsThis study confirmed the feasibility of offering internet-based communication and information technologies on palliative care in-patient units. Patients and families need to be provided appropriate technical support to ensure that the technology is used optimally to help them accomplish their goals.