Use Of Mobile Media Research Articles

Development of HTML5-Based Mobile Learning Media to Enhance Critical Thinking Skills of Elementary School Students in IPAS Learning

This study aims to examine the validity, practicality, and effectiveness of HTML5-based mobile learning media to enhance the critical thinking skills of elementary school students in science learning (IPAS). The research method used was Research and Development (R&D) with the ADDIE model (analysis, design, development, implementation, evaluation). The study subjects were fourth-grade elementary students from two schools, SDN Yosowilangun Kidul 01 and SDN Yosowilangun Kidul 03 in Lumajang Regency. Data collection techniques included questionnaires, expert validation instruments, practicality instruments, and pretest-posttest data. Data analysis was conducted using a descriptive quantitative approach, focusing on student needs and the validity, practicality, and effectiveness of HTML5-based mobile learning media. The results showed that the HTML5-based mobile learning media had an average validity score of 88.9%, categorized as "highly valid." The practicality test, based on teacher observation and student response questionnaires, yielded an average percentage of 91.50%, categorized as "very practical," indicating that the media is suitable for use in the learning process. In the effectiveness test, the analysis of critical thinking data resulted in an N-gain score of 0.754, categorized as "high," demonstrating that the use of HTML5-based mobile learning media can significantly improve students' critical thinking skills in elementary science learning. In conclusion, the use of HTML5-based mobile learning media in science learning is valid, feasible, and highly effective for improving students' learning outcomes and critical thinking skills at the elementary level.

Is availability pressure always detrimental? From availability pressure to relationship satisfaction through compulsive checking of smartphone and need satisfaction

ABSTRACT The pervasive connectivity created by mobile media technology has resulted in availability pressure, an external pressure that requires individuals to be permanently online and permanently connected. Grounded in the socio-cognitive model of connection (SMC) and the Integrative Model of Mobile Media Use and Need Experiences (IM3UNE) frameworks, this study examines the pathways through which availability pressure influences relationship satisfaction. The findings reveal a dual effect of availability pressure: it can lead to compulsive checking, where the subsequent decline of online communication quality diminishes relationship satisfaction. Simultaneously, availability pressure fulfils three intrinsic needs, among which relatedness and autonomy heighten relationship satisfaction. Furthermore, by bridging these two models, this study demonstrates that need satisfaction can facilitate the process of internalising availability pressure and externalising it as compulsive checking of smartphones.

Face-to-Face & digital: Die interaktive und multimodale Herstellung digitalisierter Handlungsräume in Kopräsenz

Abstract In this contribution we analyse how mobile device users in face-to-face communication jointly negotiate the boundaries and action spaces between digital and non-digital, shared and individual, public and private. Instead of conceptualising digital and face-to-face, i. e., non-digital, communication as separate, more recent research emphasises that social practices relying on mobile devices increasingly connect physical and virtual communicative spaces. Using multimodal conversation analysis, we investigate the situated use of mobile devices and media in social interaction. Excerpts from videotaped everyday conversations illustrate how participants frame their smartphone use in the presence of others, such as when looking at digital pictures, or when recording voice messages. A detailed analysis of verbal and embodied conduct shows how participants negotiate and interpret the connection or separation of digital and non-digital activities and possible forms of participation within these. (Digital) publicness or privacy are therefore to be understood as an interactive accomplishment.

The effect of “Housing First” on mobile and digital media usage by people experiencing homelessness: A program evaluation based on a randomized controlled trial in Spain

In 2014, a non-governmental organization called HOGAR SÍ initiated the Hábitat program as a pioneer attempt to implement the Housing First model in Spain. The present study is part of the evaluation of this program, which was carried out from May 2015 to February 2020 using a form of a randomized controlled trial. The treatment group was compared with a control group (people experiencing homelessness but not selected as Hábitat users), keeping track of their evolution over 18 months. Among the many dimensions that were evaluated (coverage of basic needs, life satisfaction, victimization, physical and mental health, etc.), the study analyzed social support and leisure activities involving the use of mobile media and other communication technologies—along similar lines to some previous research. The main results show that participating in the Hábitat program brought a few improvements in digital inclusion. That is the case of the higher use of mobile phones to receive calls, to connect to the Internet, or to have contact with relatives, partners, or friends. These gains seem to be significant for the increase in perception of available social support by Hábitat users, whereas these changes did not occur in the comparison group to the same extent. Additionally, participating in the program enhances satisfaction with leisure time, as well as the frequency of carrying out some activities such as shopping, watching TV, or doing a pastime or hobby. It could be concluded that the Hábitat program achieved significant improvements in areas beyond specific housing services. The positive effects regarding social support and leisure activities seem to be partly channeled through mobile phones and digital applications; nevertheless, we are aware that further research and discussion on the active role of these technologies in helping people experiencing homelessness is still necessary.

The Effectiveness of mobile learning media using Smart Apps Creator on Economic subjects

This study aims to produce mobile learning media using the Smart Apps Creator and to determine the effectiveness of these media in increasing student interest in learning. The 4D model (Define, Design, Develop, and Disseminate) is used in the research and development process for this project. This research is limited to the development phase. The participants in this research were XI IPS SMA PGRI Pekanbaru students. Data was obtained based on interviews and questionnaires. Based on the substantiation of media and content specialists, the research findings indicate that the use of mobile learning media created by smart apps creator is feasible, with 87% of the categories being very appropriate according to media experts and 83% of the categories being very appropriate based on subject matter experts. Paired sample t-test obtained differences and positive increases in student learning interest before and after using smart apps creator-based mobile learning media, so the media is said to be effective. The use of media received a good response from students; 64.5% consider mobile learning media using smart app creators to be very practical and helpful in learning, while the remaining 35.5% consider it practical. This research is limited to APBN and APBD material and is only carried out until the development stage.

Development of Learning Media for Writing Pantun Based on Mobile Learning Using WordPress Content Management System

This research was conducted with the objectives of: (1) to produce learning media based on mobile learning in the form of a pantun writing learning media website. (2) carrying out learning to write pantun using mobile learning-based media using Wordpress CMS. (3) determine the effectiveness of the use of mobile learning-based learning media using Wordpress CMS on pantun writing MAterial. The method used is a research and development model adapted from Sugiyono, namely with ten steps: 1) potentials and problems, 2) data collection, 3) product design, 4) design validation, 5) design revision, 6) product trial, 7 ) product revision, 8) trial use, 9) revision, 10) MAss product. The research location at SMPN 3 North Penajam Paser in February-March 2023. Based on data analysis, mobile learning-based pantun writing learning media is appropriate and effective for learning to write pantun for seventh grade students of junior high school.

A Review of the Use of Virtual Reality Studies in Social Psychology

Experience in virtual environments is becoming widespread in both daily life and scientific studies. With the advancement of virtual reality technology, new research questions can be posed. Thus, different experiences of the body, relationships with avatars, and the use of mobile and interactive media are increasingly preferred as research topics and research methods. In addition, the relationships that people establish in virtual environments have become a new type of interaction in social psychology that needs to be investigated. The aim of this review is to examine how virtual reality is handled both as a study tool and as a field of study in social psychology. First, technical terms and the necessary software and hardware are introduced, and the concepts of presence and immersion, which are important in the virtual reality literature, are explained. Subsequently, examples of studies conducted with virtual reality in areas such as the self, morality, identity, terror management, and social impact in the field of social psychology are presented. Technical limitations, such as the uncanny valley, virtual reality sickness, ethical issues, and experimental design issues that may arise in virtual reality studies, are discussed. Finally, the contributions of virtual reality to the field and what it can do are emphasized.

Trapped Between Goal Conflict and Availability Norm?

Abstract: An increasing number of studies indicate that individuals have difficulties in exerting self-control over media use, such as mobile messaging. Specifically, individuals frequently experience that their messenger use conflicts with primary goals (e.g., work tasks), which may cause negative self-conscious emotions such as guilt. At the same time, not checking and answering messages violates a now widely established availability norm, which may trigger negative self-conscious emotions as well. The current study, therefore, tests how goal conflicts and connection cues interact in influencing users’ negative self-conscious emotions about their messenger usage behavior. Drawing on self-control research in conjunction with self-determination theory and theoretical approaches to social norms, we derived hypotheses on the boundary conditions under which the frequency of messenger use causes negative self-conscious emotions. We thereby significantly extend previous research on the self-regulation of mobile media use, which largely assumes that self-control failure results from users’ intrinsic motivation to experience need satisfaction and pleasure and tends to overlook the fact that mediated communication is often extrinsically motivated due to the availability norm. The hypotheses were tested based on a preregistered laboratory experiment.

Exploring parent profiles in parent–child interactions with e-books

Despite the documented rise of children’s use of mobile media devices in the United States, particularly in lower-income homes, there is limited research on how children and parents interact together with these types of devices. This study sought to describe and investigate how parents and their 3-year-old children use one type of mobile digital media – e-books. With a sample of 65 families from middle- and lower-income homes, the present study examined different parent profiles in a parent–child interaction with e-books and how parents’ attitudes around learning influenced their interactions. Results show that parents and children on average demonstrated high levels of engagement and collaboration when using an e-book, although there was wide variability in the way parents and children interacted with e-books. Using latent profile analysis, three distinct profiles of parent interactions when using e-books with their children were identified: parents with high levels of speech quality and dialogic talk but low levels of engagement, parents with low levels of speech quality, and parents with high speech quality but low dialogic talk. In addition, parent report measures of self-efficacy, growth mindset, knowledge of child development, and screen time used at home varied by the parent profiles identified in this study. The findings suggest that future research should examine parent profiles to help advance the research base in service of informing efforts to promote adult–child interactions as they relate to mobile device use.

FROM “TEXT FOR LOCATION” TO “NO PHONE ON THE DANCE FLOOR”: NEGOTIATING VISIBILITY IN UNDERGROUND ELECTRONIC/DANCE MUSIC

The mediation of mobile and social media technologies has reshaped how people imagine, understand, and, in turn, calibrate the visibility of their self-expression, information sharing, and relationship-building. This paper presents a case study of how promoters and attendees in underground electronic/dance music culture (EDMC) maintained the boundaries of the “underground” by co-constructing norms of mobile and social media use. Drawing upon 20 nights of field observations at live music events and 27 semi-structured interviews with promoters and attendees, I highlighted two scenarios in which promoters and attendees leveraged the spatial and temporal affordances of mobile and social media to calibrate their visibility. First, the last-minute and indirect sharing of event location afforded the community to bar outsiders from entering while allowing insiders to authenticate themselves by navigating to their gatherings. Second, the dialectical shaping between promoters’ venue policies and attendees’ folk theories of phone etiquette maintained a reduced level of mobile media use at such gatherings. These practices brought to light how mobile and social media afford new spatial-temporal conditions of visibility and bring forth new possibilities for people to not only manage – but play with visibility.

Cognition, attitude, practice toward health checkup and associated factors among urban residents in southwest China, Sichuan province, 2022: a community-based study

AimResearch on the health checkup status of urban residents in Southwest China is limited. In this study, we aimed to investigate the current status of health checkups and explore their influencing factors by analyzing the cognition, attitudes, and practices of urban residents in Southwest China.MethodsWe sampled 1200 urban residents for a questionnaire survey. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 23, and logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the factors affecting cognition, attitudes, and practices regarding health checkups. A P value < 0.05 was used to identify variables significantly associated with the outcome variable.ResultsOverall, 29% of the residents understood the importance of health checkups. The main ways urban residents acquire health-related knowledge are through the use of mobile media and medical staff health education. Only 40% of residents had undergone a regular checkup. Health self-assessment, economic reasons, and time are the factors that interfere with urban residents’ health checkups. Logistic regression analysis showed that occupation status, educational background, self-assessed health status, exercise status, and monthly income level were the common influencing factors of health checkup cognition and planning. Whether residents had participated in a medical checkup program was also related to sex and age.ConclusionsUrban residents in Southwest China generally had a high willingness to undergo physical examinations, but there were differences in knowledge and practice; at the same time, residents lacked understanding of respiratory assessments. Improving the health literacy of medical staff, strengthening urban residents’ health education, and enhancing the utilization rate of health checkups in urban residents are necessary and urgent.

Mobile Media as an “Essential” Tool for Collective Action: Explaining Intentions for Disruptive Political Behavior in U.S. Politics

Mobile media are fundamental to social life in a growing number of ways. Beyond the mundane, the technology has come to play a meaningful role in protests and emergent demonstrations worldwide, including recent cases of political violence among far-right groups in the U.S. Drawing from the folk theory tradition, this study samples Alt-Right supporters to investigate how perceived essence of mobile media, particularly as a tool for collective action, is associated with willingness to engage in racially motivated and extreme political action in offline and online contexts. Findings reveal that perceptions of the mobile phone as a tool for collective action are associated with greater intentions to participate in online and offline activity explicitly in support of White people. Additionally, we find cases where links between essence and intentions are strengthened among those reporting higher levels of micro-coordination, or use of mobile media for coordinating with others in daily life. The findings indicate how everyday life perceptions and practices function and interact in ways that help explain willingness to join racially motivated calls to action among this group. The discussion offers implications for studying mobile media and collective action more broadly, especially in the context of under-researched political groups.

Networks in motion: The alliances of information communication technologies and mobility technologies during the 1918 influenza pandemic.

In this article, we turn back to the 1918 influenza pandemic to throw light on the alliances of information communication technologies and technologies of mobility (such as the car) during the pandemic. We examine newspaper articles, technical publications, and other historical texts to demonstrate that, despite the fact that mobile technologies-such as cellular phones-did not exist during the 1918 pandemic, the telephone and mobility technology nonetheless formed alliances as networks in motion, or social moments in which risk and reward are calculated not simply by the ability to move, but rather the ability to move, while remaining connected, revealing insight into early cultural formations that share similarities and differences with the use of modern mobile media and mobility technologies during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Integration of character education in android-based m-learning media on problem-solving ability

This study aims to produce M-learning media that is effective, practical, effective by including character education and the ability to solve problems in the media in cube material and building blocks. This study adopted the ADDIE development design model which included five main stages, namely analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation. The subject of this study was a grade VIII student of SMP Negeri 10 Sungai Kakap, totaling 15 students. The instruments used in this study were validation sheets, questionnaires, and pretest and posttest questions. The results showed that the average level of verification of mobile learning media by the three experts was 85.56%, meets the very valid criteria. The cumulative score of teacher and student questionnaires reaches 88.66%, very practical. The results of inferential statistical tests from pretest and posttest using the t test, it was found that T_Hitung -t_table with significant α = 5% which means there is a significant difference in the ability to solve problems between before and after using mobile learning media so that it can be said that the media is classified as effective. Therefore, it can be concluded that the use of mobile learning media combined with character education on the ability to solve the geometry problem of junior high school students is valid, practical and effective.

Physical Inactivity and Health

Health is the measure of our body’s efficiency and over-all well-being. Health triangle consisting of physical, social, and mental health is a standard for many health aspects. Physical activity (PA) is any bodily movement that uses energy produced by the skeletal muscles. It is obvious that PA is important for both social and physical development. Physical inactivity has a large-scale detrimental influence on health-related concerns such as cardiovascular disease (including hypertension and stroke), hyperlipidemia, obesity, depression, and anxiety, which is the root of many non-communicable diseases. Approximately 60-85% of the world's population is unable to meet the minimum daily PA recommendation. It is estimated that 2 million people die each year because of physical inactivity. Insufficient activity increased by 5% (from 31.6-36.8%) in high-income countries between 2001 and 2016. Globally, 81% of adolescents aged 11-17 years were insufficiently physically active in 2016 [1]. In Pakistan, levels of PA are far from adequate. Overall, sedentary lifestyle is prevalent, and 58.7% subjects had no or low PA in their routine daily lives. Medium-level PA was observed in 34.8% of male and 39.8% of female subjects [2]. Several benefits and risks are associated with physical activity. Regular physical exercise has been shown to aid in the prevention and management of noncommunicable illnesses. PA lowers the risk of some types of cancer. It can be used to control and treat type II diabetes (noninsulin-dependent), as well as to preserve bone density and reduce the risk of osteoporosis. It also aids in the prevention of hypertension, the maintenance of a healthy body, improvement of mental health and quality of life. Furthermore, PA has been used to maintain and increase weight and gives physical, social, emotional, and cognitive advantages. Promoting physical activity in the early stages of life is critical for children's and adults' healthy development. In Pakistan sedentary lifestyle is growing with rapid urbanization and modernization. Use of television, mobile and social media has increased. Number of sedentary jobs have raised in recent years and health is suffering because of all that inactivity. Several infectious and non-infectious diseases are prevailing within the population dye to physical inactivity. Following the global approach, healthy lifestyle and diet culture should be promoted in workplaces and households. Newest versions of research questionnaires and surveys used globally, need to be used in Pakistan. Different scales are needed to be devised and assessed contemplating socio-economic and geographic profile of Pakistan. National wide analysis of knowledge, attitude, and practice of is also recommended that will help stakeholders and government for taking adequate and direct initiatives for an ultimate healthy community.

Doing Research at Online and Offline Intersections: Bringing Together Digital and Mobile Methodologies

This thematic issue is an interdisciplinary exchange of methodological, practical, and ethical issues linked to conducting research across online and offline spaces in times of mobile technologies. It includes a wide range of disciplines, geographical locations, methodological approaches, and designs. The seven articles in this thematic issue are organized around three distinctive potential entry points: (a) researching across online and offline spaces with ethnographic, multisited, nonmedia-centric approaches; (b) making use of mobile media for researching across online and offline spaces; (c) researching emerging technologies built across online and offline spaces. All authors make their research processes transparent and share not only the methodical challenges and ethical dilemmas they faced, but also the opportunities that arose and methodological ways forward.

An Expert System for Web Mobile-Based Identification of Crystal Guava Quality with Forward Chaining

An expert system is a system that applies human knowledge to a computer, the system is designed using a particular programming language so that the computer can solve problems like an expert. Currently, an expert system is being developed in various fields, one of which is agriculture. An agricultural expert system is being developed to detect various qualities using various methods, one of which is the forward chaining inference method. The forward link inference method is a forward tracking inference method, the design is simple and conforms to the existing rules. In this journal, researchers aim to design an expert system that can use forward chaining to determine the quality of mobile web-based guava seeds. The use of web-based mobile media makes access to the expert system easy and flexible because it can be accessed from mobile internet devices anytime and anywhere via a web browser. This design is used to design or build an expert system that uses the design of context diagrams and level 0 diagrams to facilitate the process of designing an expert system to identify the quality of web mobile-based guava seeds with forward chaining.

Home literacy in the digital era: The role of mobile screen media frequency in a U.S. state

AbstractStudies suggest that mobile screen media can play a positive role in young children's language and literacy development. However, the role of mobile screen media in the home literacy environment of pre‐school aged children has not been widely explored. Currently, it is unclear whether the amount of time on mobile devices has any association with their language and literacy development. The present study therefore explored the frequency of mobile digital media use and its relationship to children's language and emergent literacy skills, and whether and how child and family characteristics may have mediated this relationship. The sample consisted of 881 children in Massachusetts (Mage = 5.16; 69% White, non‐Hispanic; 48% female) who completed language and literacy assessments on letter/word recognition, phonological awareness, vocabulary, syntax and language. Parents completed a survey on their child's literacy and technology activities at home. Results suggest that any associations between mobile screen media and language and literacy development may not be explained by quantity of use, but rather the nature of use. No robust statistically significant associations were found between the frequency of mobile media device use and children's language and literacy skills after controlling for key child and family background characteristics. Although rhyme awareness scores were significantly related to frequency of mobile device use, the association was weak. Thus, further research should explore types of activities, app features, and interactions that are important for children's development of language and literacy skills when using mobile media devices.Practitioner notesWhat is already known about this topic Pre‐school aged children are spending an increasing amount of time with mobile screens. Mobile screen media can play a positive role in young children's language and literacy development. What this paper adds This paper describes the frequency in which pre‐school children in one US state use mobile screen media. The results of this paper provide suggest that there are no associations between mobile screen media and language and literacy development. This paper discusses how several home environmental factors play a role in children's early development of language and literacy. Implications for practice and/or policy Practitioners and teachers working with families of pre‐school children can focus on supporting the quality of interactions children have with mobile media rather than focusing on limiting the amount of time children spend with mobile media. Parents, practitioners and teachers should become familiar with educational media available and learn about effective ways to use it especially among children from low‐income household who engage with mobile media at higher rates.

An Initial Investigation into Parental Perceptions Surrounding the Impact of Mobile Media Use on Child Behavior and Executive Functioning

Children demonstrate increasing early engagement with mobile media facilitated by its portability and interactivity. Parents are known to employ a range of mediation strategies for mobile media use but continue to have limited awareness about the impact of mobile media on their child’s executive functioning. Mobile media use has previously been shown to be negatively correlated with the executive functioning development of a child; however, little is known of how parents approach their child’s mobile media use. This study employed a survey design ( N = 281 ) to examine how parents access information related to mobile media and document their perspectives about the impact of mobile media on their child’s behavior and executive functioning. Correlational analyses and cooccurrence graphs showed that parents implement several mediation strategies but rarely access guidelines on mobile media use. A confirmatory factor analysis examined the model fit for four latent constructs of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF®), which included the Inhibit, Emotional Control, Initiate, and Working Memory scales. Structural equation modelling substantiated the association between parental perception of negative impacts of mobile media related to their child’s behavior, academics, and/or attention and a lower observed executive functioning. Overall, these findings suggest that parents recognize the negative impacts of mobile media on their child’s behavior, and this is associated with how they see the development of their child’s executive functioning. The results emphasize the importance of educating parents as to the role of mobile media in shaping their child’s behavior and associated executive functions.

The Media Psychology of Boredom and Mobile Media Use

Abstract. Boredom is a prevalent and relevant, yet understudied, negative emotion in the field of media psychology. This paper proposes novel theoretical foundations to study boredom as an emotion and its related regulation strategies in the context of mobile media. Due to their pervasive nature, mobile media allow for boredom regulation via passive and (inter)active exposure to a wide variety of media contents. It is still unclear how and through which processes mobile media provide successful boredom regulation. This paper first describes the existing scarce and mostly older literature on boredom from the field of media psychology and links this to recent insights from general psychology with as its core the meaning and attentional components (MAC) model ( Westgate &amp; Wilson, 2018 ). It then integrates media psychology predictions for mobile media into the MAC model and identifies gaps and opportunities to be tackled in future media psychology studies, by also taking into account the broader boredom findings from within general psychology, for example, those focusing on the meaning component. Finally, the paper provides a summary of the psychological and neurobiological mechanisms giving rise to boredom and proposes methodological innovations for studying the research questions that are still left unanswered. The aim is to inspire future media psychology research on boredom as a highly relevant emotional state and how boredom regulation through mobile media use for can be both a challenge and an opportunity for individuals’ well-being.