Internet Presence Research Articles

NGO ‘Screen-Being’ and Stakeholder Engagement: A ‘Wicked Problem’?

AbstractAmple survey research and content analysis has established that NGO internet presence is qualitatively weak and characterized by the dominance of asymmetrical communication. We argue that the emergent communicative and social paradigm of on-line interaction forms what could be defined as a wicked problem. NGOs, seen as a ‘sender’ of information, may well face a crisis of accountability determined by the very nature of the media; whereas the NGOs’ ‘information receivers’ often are deprived of the very possibility of stakeholder relatedness. In the internet-based/on-screen ‘universe’, information and electronic flow are assumed to be continual, which supersedes the entity logic crucial to NGO accountability and legitimacy. In designing their social media presence, NGOs may, therefore, face an impossible challenge.Informed by Stéphane Vial’s analysis of the nature of on-line interactive media, we evaluate these conundrums. Then, inspired by Lucas Introna and Fernando Ilharco, we question the dialogic potential to ‘screen-being’. While the shift from an ‘actor-centric’ to ‘flow-oriented’ paradigm of ‘screen-being’ is inherent to digital communication, it destabilizes the entity-grounded accountability of NGO legitimacy. Hence, we end with explicating the risks to dialogic relatedness of ‘sceen being’ for NGOs. By so doing, we challenge the oft vocalized perspective that NGOs ‘just’ have to increase their digital communications in order to improve their relations with various stakeholders.

The Business Model of Hertzian Radio with A Presence on The Internet: From the Perspectives of Administration and Communication

The business model of the press, in general, and radio, in particular, remained almost unchanged until the 1990s; however, the situation changed with the arrival of the Internet. Therefore, this article aimed to investigate the influence of the antecedents of the business model—value creation, people, strategy, technology, convergence, interaction, and people—of radio stations, taking into account the influence of the Internet on their performance. To this end, a quantitative, descriptive study was carried out with data collected through a survey of Brazilian radio stations with an Internet presence. Data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling. According to the quantitative data from the survey, the most important antecedents were convergence, strategy, and interaction, and there is a relationship between the business model and the performance of radio stations with an Internet presence.

Unraveling the Effect of Marketing Mix 7P on Consumer Purchasing Decisions: A Study of Gerai Daging Online Store at PT. XYZ

Nowadays the internet presence allows the exchange of information and communication flows that are not limited by time and space. The increasing number of internet users in Indonesia has led to a new trend globally, which is the online shopping trend. PT XYZ (Persero) is one of Indonesia's state-owned enterprises engaged in the livestock sector. PT XYZ has a retail store that sells livestock products, both fresh dan processed. A marketing mix is a tool that can be used by companies to achieve marketing goals in target markets. The objective of this study is to determine the influence of marketing mix 7p (product, price, promotion, people, process, physical evidence, and place) on consumer purchase decisions at the Gerai Daging online store XYZ. This research used 55 respondents with a purposive sampling technique. The research was conducted by distributing questionnaires to respondents. Data were analyzed using SPSS Version 25 software with multiple regression analysis. The results show that marketing mix 7P which consists of 7 attributes, namely product, price, promotion, people, process, physical evidence, and place, didn't show any influence on purchasing decisions at Gerai Daging online store PT. XYZ either simultaneously or partially.

The publicness of private foundations: Online accountability and Internet presence

AbstractPrivate foundations face persistent charges of plutocracy and secrecy, undermining their legitimacy as philanthropic organizations that contribute to the public good, yet they can respond to the criticism proactively through online accountability and Internet presence. To what extent do foundations use web‐based tools to demonstrate public accountability, how are these tools used for this purpose, and what explains foundation participation in this form of self‐regulation? We argue that managerialism, organizational fields, and stakeholder relationships will matter for online accountability and Internet presence because they capture or reflect the “publicness” of private foundations. We test our conceptual framework on two online tools—websites and social media—using a dataset of private foundations located in Washington state. We find that few private foundations have a website or a social media account, and our analysis of those tools suggests that substantive accountability is not a high priority for those that do. Our empirical models nevertheless reveal that several components of our conceptual framework are associated with multiple forms of disclosure (operational, financial, and performance) and dialogic communication, a contribution to research on nonprofit accountability that also advances the literature on the organizational behavior of foundations.

The relationship between Internet use and loneliness of middle-aged and older adult people: the moderating effect of residence.

The proportion of middle-aged and older adult people exposed to the Internet continues to grow. Internet use may have an impact on the mental health of the older adult, especially loneliness. This study analyzed the relationship between Internet use and presence of loneliness. A total of 550 person aged 45 years and above were randomly selected from a province in eastern China at the end of 2022. The outcome variable was presence of loneliness, as measured by self-report. Descriptive analysis, chi-square test and binary logistic analysis were used to analyze the data. 58.3% of respondents use the Internet. Internet use could reduce the possible of reported loneliness in middle-aged and older adult people (OR = 0.652, 95%CI: 0.465, 0.940), and residence played a moderating role in the relationship between them. Middle-aged and older adults who used the Internet for 1-3 h (OR = 0.464, 95%CI: 0.275, 0.784) and 3-5 h (OR = 0.484, 95%CI: 0.247, 0.946) were less likely to felt lonely than those who used the Internet for less than 1 h per day. In addition, middle-aged and older adult people using the Internet to contact relatives and friends (OR = 0.488, 95%CI:0.292, 0.818), read the news (OR = 0.485, 95%CI:0.277, 0.848), assets management (OR = 0.297, 95%CI:0.109, 0.818) were less likely to report loneliness, while those who made online payment (OR = 3.101, 95%CI:1.413, 6.807) were more likely to report loneliness. There is a significant negative correlation between Internet use and presence of loneliness, but different Internet duration and content have different effects on loneliness in middle-aged and older adult people. We should pay attention to the impact of Internet use on loneliness in middle-aged and older adult people.

Influence of an extreme event-the COVID-19 pandemic-On establishment of and data collection by a citizen science project.

The recent rising incidence of extreme natural events may significantly influence the implementation of citizen science projects, including the success of outreach strategies and the quality and scope of data collection. The MassMammals Watch and subsidiary MassBears citizen science projects, initiated during the height of the pandemic, recruit volunteers to submit sightings of black bears and other mammals. In this study, we evaluated the methods we employed for engaging and retaining community volunteers during a period of intense social restrictions, and we assessed whether such conditions were associated with spatial biases in our collected data. Newspaper features were more likely to recruit volunteers who engaged with the project multiple times, but social media and internet presence were important for reaching a larger audience. Bear sighting submissions peaked in number and were more likely to be in forested areas during 2020, the height of the pandemic, compared to later years, a pattern which we suggest stems from an increased desire to participate in outdoor activities in light of social distancing measures during that year. Such shifts in patterns of data collection are likely to continue, particularly in response to increasing extreme weather events associated with climate change. Here, we both make recommendations on optimal outreach strategies for others initiating citizen science programs and illustrate the importance of assessing potential biases in data collection imposed by extreme circumstances.

Image of Higher Education Institutions: Main Components and Determinants

In the modern world, a significant role in the development of the innovative economy of the state is played by the training of highly qualified specialists who can produce new innovations and knowledge and build an efficient growing economy, manifested in the growth of the country’s GDP. The training of such specialists is the responsibility of higher education institutions, which in today’s, mainly Ukrainian, realities are struggling for applicants, which manifests itself in the formation of stakeholders’ perceptions of the university, i.e., the formation of its own image. The image of a higher education institution becomes an intangible resource on par with industrial and intellectual property. Today, higher education institutions are moving away from just teaching students and are becoming research centers in Ukraine and the world, working in the format of teaching, research, and commercialization. The reputation and perception of a higher education institution (HEI) by its stakeholders directly depend on its ability to operate effectively and serve as a link between highly qualified specialists and businesses. This creates competition between universities in shaping their own image. Along with traditional determinants, including rankings, it is now necessary to consider new factors that reflect the digital level of representation and communication of higher education institutions in the internet space. For this study, we selected higher education institutions (HEIs) with the highest positions in the Times Higher Education rankings in Ukraine and the countries of the Visegrad Group. These countries were chosen because of their geographical proximity to Ukraine, shared history and borders, and because they were among the last to become members of the European Union, which Ukraine aspires to join. This approach allows for an objective assessment of the image of Ukrainian higher education institutions in the context of Ukraine’s European integration aspirations. The methodological toolkit of the study was the entropy method of analysing the performance of the selected HEIs according to the Times Higher Education ranking and key indicators of the dynamics and visibility of their websites. The results obtained for the specific weights of the image subindicesindicate a 43% influence of presence on the internet. This study empirically confirms and theoretically proves that digital presence and visibility on the internet are significant factors in forming the image of higher education institutions. This indicates the need to strengthen the digital communications and representation of Ukrainian higher education institutions to improve their image. The research results can be helpful for educational institutions, politicians, and communication specialists who seek to enhance the image of their higher education institutions. The obtained results can be used to develop strategies for improving internet presence and communication practices, which will contribute to a general increase in the rating and prestige of higher education institutions.

DIGITAL LITERACY AND INCLUSION IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF GHANA: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF TAMALE ICT CENTRE AND TOLON MTN CENTRE

Arguably, there is a complete absence of research on the performance of the ICT centres in Tamale and Tolon, as well as its contribution to the development of their respective communities. In addition, there is a total lack of internet presence of the said facilities, thus little and in most cases nothing is known about their availability. Therefore, this research sought to ascertain and evaluate the relationship between ICT and development in the northern region by highlighting the efforts of the two ICT centres in bridging the digital literacy and inclusion gap between Southern Ghana and Northern Ghana. The researcher agrees that corporate social responsibility is voluntary and beneficial but in order for communities like Tolon and Tamale to benefit fully from corporate social responsibility, the government of Ghana through the various regional, metropolitan, municipal and district coordinating councils should fully absorb such projects because projects by corporations are handed over to communities without formally structuring the operations of facilities.

An Artificial Intelligence (AI) Framework for Detection of Distributed Reflection Denial of Service Attacks

In the contemporary digital world, cyber space is growing continuously witnessing amalgamation of different technologies associated with telecommunications, networking and sensing to mention few. This has enabled Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to realize distributed applications that cater to the needs of enterprises in the real world. With the advantages of such environments, there has been increased number of instances of cyber-attacks. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) is the large-scale attack targeting critical digital infrastructure to make it useless for certain amount of time. Such attacks have several implications and lead to collapse of businesses unless there are countermeasures to detect it and handle it properly. Distributed Reflection Denial of Service (DRDoS) is a variant of such attacks which is more destructive in nature. It is more so in the presence of Internet of Things (IoT) devices deployed in cyber space in large scale. The existing DDoS countermeasures do not work to solve the problem of DRDoS directly. We propose an Artificial Intelligence (AI) framework for detection of DRDoS attacks. We propose an algorithm known as Machine Learning based DRDoS Attack Detection (ML-DAD) for effective detection of attacks. The prototype service built in Python monitors such attacks and take necessary steps to defeat it. The empirical results revealed that the proposed framework has superior performance improvement over the stat of the art. The research in this paper leads to new ideas in the area of detection and prevention of DRDoS attacks.

The challenge of digital marketing in health tourism: the case of Spanish health resorts

AbstractInternet presence is essential for tourism companies. Health resorts are a tourism resource of prime importance for the image of a wellness tourism destination. This paper analyses the content of the official websites of Spanish spas, as well as their level of maturity in the development of e-commerce. For this purpose, a model for the analysis of websites based on the content analysis technique is proposed, as well as on the extended model of internet commerce adoption (eMICA) methodology. The model was applied to 106 spas with online presence. The results indicate that although spas seem to be prepared to carry out online transactions, a significant share have basic Internet presence, with a mainly informative function.

Activist Musicology and Informal Multimedia Archives: The Case of YouTube Channel “Serbian Composers”

The YouTube channel “Serbian Composers” was founded in 2012 by four musicology students from Belgrade. As the first page dedicated to both art music and applied music of Serbian composers on this popular video-sharing website, over the past 11 years this channel has shown itself to be an excellent platform for the promotion, multi-media archiving, research, digitalization, and preservation of Serbian music. The founders of the channel—nowadays active researchers in the field—recognized the potential of YouTube for applied musicological work and worked diligently on making this channel the most reliable online source for anyone interested in Serbian composers and their works. In this article, we elaborate on what working on this channel throughout the years has entailed. We cover the realities of both the social media and internet presence of one such endeavor and situate the research in the domain of seeing YouTube as an informal multimedia archive. We also discuss the ongoing processes of collecting music and data, digitalization and preservation, selection and categorization, and the presentation of material on YouTube and other relevant social media platforms.

Impact of Search Engine Optimization Dimensions on SME Companies using Online Promotion in Malaysia

This study aims to investigate the influence of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) aspects on Online Promotion among Malaysian SME companies. The literature identifies four SEO dimensions that influence Online Promotion: SEO Connectivity, SEO Competitiveness, SEO Experience, and SEO Techniques. The online survey received 153 responses from Malaysian SME service providers. In addition to descriptive statistics, the data were subjected to Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) analysis. The proposed framework builds a strong relationship between SEO Dimensions and Online Promotion for Malaysian SME businesses. According to the analysis findings, there is a significant relationship between SEO Competitiveness and Online Promotion for Malaysian SME businesses. In addition, the data found a significant relationship between SEO Experience and Online Promotion. The value of SEO Competitiveness and SEO Experience, as well as the responses to the study, show that these tactics are frequently used in Online Promotion for SME companies in Malaysia. The findings will help company decision-makers enhance their internet presence and reach. It may result in decreased marketing expenses and a rise in new clients, consequently boosting the company's sales revenue.

Multicriteria Decision Making in Supply Chain Management Using FMEA and Hybrid AHP-PROMETHEE Algorithms.

In today's global environment, supplier selection is one of the critical strategic decisions made by supply chain management. The supplier selection process involves the evaluation of suppliers based on several criteria, including their core capabilities, price offerings, lead times, geographical proximity, data collection sensor networks, and associated risks. The ubiquitous presence of internet of things (IoT) sensors at different levels of supply chains can result in risks that cascade to the upstream end of the supply chain, making it imperative to implement a systematic supplier selection methodology. This research proposes a combinatorial approach for risk assessment in supplier selection using the failure mode effect analysis (FMEA) with hybrid analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and the preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluation (PROMETHEE). The FMEA is used to identify the failure modes based on a set of supplier criteria. The AHP is implemented to determine the global weights for each criterion, and PROMETHEE is used to prioritize the optimal supplier based on the lowest supply chain risk. The integration of multicriteria decision making (MCDM) methods overcomes the shortcomings of the traditional FMEA and enhances the precision of prioritizing the risk priority numbers (RPN). A case study is presented to validate the combinatorial model. The outcomes indicate that suppliers were evaluated more effectively based on company chosen criteria to select a low-risk supplier over the traditional FMEA approach. This research establishes a foundation for the application of multicriteria decision-making methodology for unbiased prioritization of critical supplier selection criteria and evaluation of different supply chain suppliers.

IoTCom: Dissecting Interaction Threats in IoT Systems

Due to the growing presence of Internet of Things (IoT) apps and devices in smart homes and smart cities, there are more and more concerns about their security and privacy risks. IoT apps normally interact with each other and the physical world to offer utility to the users. In this paper, we investigate the safety and security risks brought by the interactive behaviors of IoT apps. Two major challenges ensue in identifying the interaction threats: i) how to discover the threats across both cyber and physical channels; and ii) how to ensure the scalability of the detection approach. To address these challenges, we first provide a taxonomy of interaction threats between IoT apps, which contains seven classes of coordination threats categorized based on their interaction behaviors. Then, we present IoTCOM, a compositional threat detection system capable of automatically detecting and verifying unsafe interactions between IoT apps and devices. IoTCOM applies static analysis to automatically infer relevant apps' behaviors and uses a novel strategy to trim the extracted app's behaviors prior to translating them into analyzable formal specifications. Our experiments with numerous bundles of real-world IoT apps have corroborated IoTCOM's ability to effectively identify a broad spectrum of interaction threats triggered through cyber and physical channels, many of which were previously unknown. Finally, IoTCOM uses an automatic verifier to validate the discovered threats. Our experimental results show that IoTCOM significantly outperforms the existing techniques in terms of computational time, and maintains the capability to perform its analysis across different IoT platforms.

Psychodynamic psychotherapists online presence- conceptual considerations & survey study

Digital technologies have significantly increased the internet presence of psychodynamic psychotherapists (pdp) and thus fundamentally changed the framework of psychodynamic treatments. There is a lack of data on how pdp shape their online presence in relation to their psychodynamic anonymity as well as the possibility of self-expression. The use of the internet for communication and self-expression is increasingly being integrated into everyday life by the younger generation, which also applies to young pdp in training and young patients. During the 51st IPA Congress (July 24–27, 2019), an explorative paper-pencil survey was conducted on 50 pdp using a self-constructed questionnaire regarding their own online presence. A large proportion of those questioned (m: 88%, f: 70%) stated that their psychodynamic work had an impact on what they actually revealed about themselves online. Nonetheless, about half of the test persons stated that they were present online through photos (50%), social media such as facebook (54%) or scientific articles (54%). People who are younger than 50 years old differ from older people in that younger people use digital media significantly more and more frequently. Respondents over the age of 50 are significantly more likely to assume that pdp who share too much information online are ‘bad pdp’ than those under 50. These data suggest a discrepancy between the pdp‘s ideal and the pdp’s actual behaviour. In our opinion, the pdp’s decision to share information about themselves online is not based on an ethical debate and should not be conducted as such, especially in training associations with young pdp. It is about how this information is shared and treated in the psychodynamic process. These themes should be compulsorily anchored in psychodynamic training.

ICT and Internet Usage among Kosovar Students: the Impact of Trends on Achievement in the PISA Scales

The current analysis aims to research the impact of ICT usage on students’ achievement in the 2018 PISA assessment. The Program for International student assessment, measures the achievement of 15-year-olds in mathematics, science and reading literacy across a large number of world economies. Kosovo has participated in the PISA assessment in 2015 for the first time and for the second time in 2018. The current study will look at the achievement of over 4000 Kosovar students in reading literacy, mathematics and science and analyze trends of ICT usage among students. More specifically the analysis focused on understanding trends of ICT and internet usage of Kosovar students, such as using computers for chatting, research information, reading literacy news, learning something new, and reading emails among others. Furthermore, the study explores gender differences in usage trends, to explore if gender plays a role in such trends. Finally, the study researches the impact on performance of gender, internet access and access to computers to complete homework. The result of the current analysis provides that access to internet and having access to computers at home links to higher achievement in all PISA scales. An additional finding of this study is that Kosovar students tend to use technology and internet mainly to chat with friends, and significantly less for reading emails, learning for something new or for doing homework. Female students reported lower internet presence compared to male students, but in the meantime were the ones who outperformed in the reading literacy and science scales, suggesting that higher online presence mainly for chatting hinders learning and achievement.

Online reputation of agri-food companies and determining factors: an empirical investigation

In an increasingly technology-oriented society, companies should ensure not only that they have an Internet presence but also that they are conveying the right image. According to the resource-based view, online reputation is a key intangible asset for successful technological business change. The aim of this research is to analyze the online reputation of companies in the agri-food sector, identifying the factors that have an impact on it. For this purpose, fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis is used. The results show that online reputation is conditioned by legal form and attributes associated with the company website. Such attributes include website quality, the presence of information associated with corporate social responsibility, the use of a secure connection, and the sale of organic products. The results provide strategic guidelines for public and private decision makers to exploit the full potential of ICTs.

Business interest associations in the USA and Europe: evaluation of digital marketing techniques applied on their websites and social networks

Purpose This study aims to develop a proprietary indicator to measure the digital presence of the institutions: the digital presence index. Design/methodology/approach This research delves into how nonprofit institutions, specifically business interest associations (BIAs), have developed their internet presence by applying essential digital marketing techniques. To this end, and using big data mining tools, this study analyzes the tracking by internet users of 102 BIAs, with their respective websites in 36 countries in Europe and the USA. In addition, the presence and activity of the institutions included in this study on social networks are considered. Findings This research serves as a basis for discussing the current gap between social reality and the digitalization of institutions. In this sense, conclusions are drawn on the importance of managerial profiles in decision-making on digitization and the necessary knowledge that, together with Web and social network managers, they must have to articulate the means and techniques that promote the internet presence of the organizations they manage. Originality/value Conclusions are drawn according to the geographical scope of the BIAs, and an argument is made about the difficulties of connection and loss of prominence of this type of institutions among their different target audiences, especially among the youngest and most digitized.

Analyzing Diversity Elements on Otolaryngology Residency Program Websites

To investigate how the internet presence of Otolaryngology residency programs influences recruitment of diverse applicants. Retrospective cohort study. Website, Instagram, and AAMC Residency Explorer data from all US, non-military, allopathic otolaryngology residency programs. We identified 10 common ways in which residency programs communicate their commitment to diversity through web-based platforms. We then analyzed program websites and Instagram pages for the presence of these 10 diversity elements. Univariate and multivariate linear regression were used to evaluate the association between presence of a diversity elements and the proportion of underrepresented minority residents in the program. Review of 106 Otolaryngology residency program websites and Instagram pages was completed from February to May 2021. Most programs (69.8%) satisfied at least one diversity element. Of the programs reviewed, 83 had demographic information available for comparison. After adjusting for Doximity ranking, multivariate linear regression demonstrated that several elements were positive predictors of program diversity. Diversity and inclusion message (p < 0.0001), statement encouraging URM applicants (p < 0.0001), dedicated diversity chair/committee (p = 0.005), and diversity related articles/blog posts (p = 0.006) were independently associated with a greater proportion of URM residents in a given program. These data demonstrate that providing diversity related information on residency program websites may play a role in improving program diversity. The large percentage of programs that lack the presence of any diversity element (30.2%) demonstrates that there is significant room for improvement. This study presents a promising strategy through which programs can improve recruitment of diverse residents.

Hezbollah and the Internet in the Twenty-First Century

Hezbollah is a significant power in Lebanon that operates as a Shiite political party and militant group. With Iranian support, Hezbollah has created a so-called resistance society from the Shiites neglected by the government that is based on three pillars: military infrastructure, a large-scale network of civilian institutions with the aim of improvement of the well-being of the Shiite population, and a media empire that has an essential role in disseminating the political messages and ideology of Hezbollah and Iran in Lebanon, the Middle East, and other parts of the world, using the full spectrum of media and new technologies, including Internet presence, to shape public opinion, gain supporters and sympathizers, fundraise, and wage information warfare against Israel and the Western World. This article sheds light on Hezbollah’s Internet activity and demonstrates Hezbollah’s cyberespionage campaign through two examples, describing its “Fake News” media camps and the possible connection between Hezbollah and money counterfeiting and selling on the Dark Web.