The Impact of Using a Robot Mannequin (RoMa) in Visual Merchandising

Author(s): Amirmahdi Hassani,Ehsan Saffari,Alireza Taheri,Minoo Alemi,Ali Meghdari / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Social robots applications are becoming more and more popular in our daily life. Advertising, in this case, apparel advertising, is an area that humans must deal with every day. RoMa is a social robot mannequin that has been designed and developed as a mobile robot for use in the field of advertising and visual trading. In this paper, characteristics such as the interaction of people with RoMa, the impact of using a social robot on the sustainability of a store’s brand name for customers, the desire to revisit the store for another purchase, and the robot's structural features were measured in a Tehran retail store using various tools such as questionnaires, cameras, and a microphone. Finally, customer preferences for the process of selecting and buying clothes as well as an examination of the mannequin’s display features have also been studied.

Videoconferencing in University Language Education

Author(s): / Language(s): English

Building on theory and research, this book aims to share good practices and innovative ideas which have been successfully applied in the area of videoconferencing in language teaching and learning in the context of higher education. It offers practical ideas and methodologies, advantages and challenges of new approaches, and the what, how and why of individual cases so that readers can apply them in their own contexts. It intends to help language teachers and teacher trainers develop skills and confidence and to inspire them to reflect on their own teaching practices. It also offers insights on the impact of videoconferencing practices on learners and learning processes.

Wirtualna biblioteczka jako miejsce spotkań miłośników literatury

Author(s): Dominika Kobylska / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

Similarities and Differences between the French and the American Identity Construction in Populist Political Discourse

Author(s): Julianna Köpeczi / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Taking into account the current political landscapes both at the national and international levels, one might be tempted to assert that Aristotle’s dictum “man is a political animal” is even more relevant today than perhaps at any other time in history. Indeed, even Aristotle realized that the gift of speech—inherent to all—could have a positive or negative impact upon the life of an individual and/or community. We intend to analyze the manner in which populist political discourse came to be constructed and used within two particular instances, namely in the United States of America and France. Focusing on the aspect of identity construction, we will set forth a comparative theoretical framework highlighting the commonalities and distinctions between the two approaches, while also illustrating how these had been carried out at a discursive level.

Social Media Monitoring: A Primer. Methods, tools, and applications for monitoring the social media space

Author(s): Henrik Twetman,Marina Paramonova,Monika Izandra Hanley,Rolf Fredheim,Kristina Van Sant,Giorgio Bertolini,Alvin Lim,Sebastian Bay / Language(s): English

For the last twenty years, the phenomenon of social media has cemented itself as the new nexus of social interaction. With billions of users across the world, hundreds of online platforms, and a myriad of digital technologies at its backbone, social media is fundamentally reshaping our understanding of the global information environment. Today, social media is essential infrastructure for personal conversation, public debate, and commercial communication. While social media provides many opportunities for unprecedented information sharing, the rapid adoption of limitless communication technologies with instant amplification and global reach has also created significant vulnerabilities. Social media have, in many cases, become a conduit for unsubstantiated information, such as rumours, hoaxes, and conspiracy theories.

Data Brokers and Security. Risks and Vulnerabilities Related to Commercially Available Data

Author(s): Henrik Twetman,Gundars Bergmanis-Korats,Nora Biteniece,Rolf Fredheim,Giorgio Bertolini,Sebastian Bay / Language(s): English

As connected individuals, part of a modern society, we generate data with everything we do. Every card-payment, website visit, browser search, social media post, and online message yields data points. Our phones register every action taken in every downloaded app; if the GPS is active they register every place we visit; and if we use biometric data monitoring they register our every heartbeat. It is virtually impossible to get an overview of the data we use and generate—data are everywhere. The overwhelming abundance of data has ushered in the ‘age of analytics’, where data informs the decisions, strategies, and activities of governments, corporations, and individuals.

Clarifying Digital Terms. NATO StratCom COE Terminology Working Group

Author(s): Neville Bolt,Leonie Haiden,Julian Hajduk,Elīna Lange-Ionatamišvili,Gundars Bergmanis-Korats,Giorgio Bertolin,Robert Hobbs,Louise Marie Hurel,Charles Kriel,Federico Lucidi,Sanda Svetoka,Johannes Wiedemann / Language(s): English

Digital technologies and means of communication have become a central part of politics and social organisation. The role of AI, big data, and machine learning is growing, as are ethical, privacy, and security concerns which these technologies bring with them. The purpose of this glossary is to encourage the use of precise and simple language that bridges the terminological divide between policymakers, soldiers, tech companies, academics, and programmers. It is at the intersection of their respective fields, that digitalisation’s potential for positive change as well as ensuing challenges can be recognised and addressed. Sharing a common vocabulary is the first step. As digitalisation continues to transform our societies, it has also influenced the language used to describe this process. Terms related to the developments and possibilities brought on by digitalisation can seem confusing. Digital vs. cyber vs. online, AI and machine learning lack distinction in popular usage and understanding. An additional layer of complexity is added by the multiplicity of language communities that exist in this field: from programmers and computer scientists, to communicators, politicians, militaries, academics, and the general public.

Social Media Manipulation 2020. How Social Media Companies are Failing to Combat Inauthentic Behaviour Online

Author(s): Sebastian Bay,Anton Dek,Iryna Dek,Rolf Fredheim / Language(s): English

Antagonists, from foreign governments to terror groups, anti-democratic groups, and commercial companies, continually seek to manipulate public debate through the use of coordinated social media manipulation campaigns. These groups rely on fake accounts and inauthentic behaviour to undermine online conversations, causing online and offline harm to both society and individuals. As a testament to the continued interest of antagonists and opportunists alike to manipulate social media, a string of social media companies, researchers, intelligence services, and interest groups have detailed attempts to manipulate social media conversations during the past year. Therefore, it continues to be essential to evaluate whether the social media companies are living up to their commitments to counter misuse of their platforms. In an attempt to contribute to the evaluation of social media platforms, we re-ran our ground-breaking experiment to assess their ability to counter the malicious use of their services. This year we spent significant effort to improve our methodology further, and we also added a fifth social media platform, Tik-Tok, to our experiment.

Abuse of Power: Coordinated Online Harassment of Finnish Government Ministers

Author(s): Kristina Van Sant,Rolf Fredheim,Gundars Bergmanis-Korats / Language(s): English

This report is an explorative analysis of abusive messages targeting Finnish ministers on the social media platform Twitter. The purpose of this study is to understand the scope of politically motivated abusive language on Finnish Twitter, and to determine if, and to what extent, it is perpetrated by inauthentic accounts. To this end, we developed a mixed methodology, combining AI-driven quantitative visualisations of the networks delivering messages of abuse with a qualitative analysis of the messages in order to understand the themes and triggers of abusive activity. We collected Twitter data between 12 March and 27 July 2020, a period spanning the state of emergency declared in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This report is informed by the findings of three recent Finnish studies, one of which investigated the extent and effects of online hate speech against politicians while the other two studied the use of bots to influence political discourse during the 2019 Finnish parliamentary elections.

Medijska i informacijska pismenost: dizajn učenja za digitalno doba

Author(s): Emir Vajzović,Mario Hibert,Lejla Turčilo,Vuk Vučetić,Lamija Silajdžić / Language(s): Bosnian

Informirano, obrazovano i odgovorno donošenje odluka utemeljeno na kritičkom mišljenju je ideal i izazov s kojim se pojedinac i društvo kontinuirano susreću. Živimo doba tzv. liminalnih trenutaka, kada stara pravila prestaju da vrijede, a zajednice kojima ljudi pripadaju prestaju značiti ono što su nekada bile, vrijeme liminalnog prostora iz kojeg je izronila novomedijska zbilja upravljana vladajućom teorijom, tačnije uvjerenjem, da će tehnološka organizacija informacija stvoriti red iz haosa. Ako su tehnološke platforme imale za cilj organizirati svjetske informacije i učiniti ih univerzalno dostupnim i korisnim (Google), učiniti svijet otvorenijim i povezanijim (Facebook), zašto je sve onda toliko haotično? Ova dva navedena poslovna kreda, misije, poslovne filozofije, Googlea i Facebooka, direktno opisuju da je upravljanje diskursom društvene disrupcije, tačnije informacijskim neredom nastalim digitalnim stanjem (Stalder 2018) korporativna fantazma vrijednosti platformski posredovanog svijeta.

Internetowe narzędzia rozwoju zasobów ludzkich organizacji

Author(s): Paweł Łuczak / Language(s): Polish

The last thirty years have been a time of extremely rapid changes, both social and technological. The very dynamic development and popularization of the Internet significantly changed the way modern organizations function. Nowadays Internet is used in every area of business operations, also in the field of human resource management and employee development. Most of the online tools can be successfully used to improve the knowledge and skills of employees. Tools such as online encyclopedias, blogs, sharepoints, social networking sites, FAQ databases, online courses, forums and mailing lists, virtual worlds and e-books are successfully used by organizations for human resource development purposes. The aim of the book is to show that the Internet is a tool for human resources development, but in the practice of organizations, the possibilities of Internet in employee development is not fully used.

When 5G meets AI: Next Generation of Communication and Information Sharing

Author(s): Katarína Kertýsová / Language(s): English

The adoption of fifth generation (5G) wireless technology will touch nearly every aspect of our lives. While changes brought by 5G will primarily affect sectors that depend on smooth wireless connection – such as transportation, healthcare, or manufacturing – they will also alter the realm of (strategic) communications. In the coming decade, 5G and edge computing will generate new opportunities for how humans interact with each other and experience the world. Greater connectivity and access to information enabled by 5G also promise to bridge the digital divide, improving democratic participation and citizen mobilization. At the same time, there will be more opportunities for misuse of this technology. Events of the last ten years have demonstrated the impact that digital transformation is having on democracy and political life. Consider the role that social media has played in key political events such as the Arab Spring or how the advent of e-voting and e-political participation changed the outcome of some elections throughout the pandemic. The emergence and accelerated adoption of new technologies has seen a concurrent rise in digital repression and disinformation operations. While (online) disinformation is not a new phenomenon, rapid advances in information technologies have altered the ways in which information (and disinformation) can be produced and disseminated. Data capture, speed, and connectivity offered by 5G will equip both state and non-state actors with more effective tools to tighten information control, repress political opponents, and manipulate public opinion online.

Social Media Monitoring Tools: An In-Depth Look

Author(s): Anna Grizāne,Marija Isupova,Vanessa Vorteil / Language(s): English

Information is power and, in this day and age, the Internet is increasingly becoming the primary source and vector for the transfer of information between people. Digital media is an essential source of information for people worldwide. Compared to traditional media, digital media consumption grows rapidly with each year. The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to this process, with most work, learning, entertainment and communication in technologically advanced countries transferring to the online environment. Social media plays a significant role in people’s lives. There are 4.2 billion social media users worldwide, more than 53% of the world’s population. Since 2021, the number of social media users has grown by 490 million, a 13% increase. This means that the number of new social media users grew by more than 900 users per minute. The amount of content generated on social media is tremendous—there are 474,000 Tweets, 69 000 Instagram posts, and 400 hours of new Youtube videos uploaded each minute. On Facebook alone, there are 510,000 comments, 293,000 status updates, and 136,000 photos uploaded per minute.

Social Media Manipulation 2021/2022: Assessing the Ability of Social Media Companies to Combat Platform Manipulation

Author(s): Sebastian Bay,Rolf Fredheim,Tetiana Haiduchyk,Anton Dek / Language(s): English

The ongoing war in Ukraine has shown the importance of being able to defend and influence the information environment in order to win a modern conflict. Coordinated social media manipulation campaigns continue to be an important tool for adversaries. Therefore, assessing the abilities of social media companies to protect their platforms against manipulation continues to be important for understanding how well our societies are able to protect our information environment against antagonistic threats. To further our understanding of platform manipulation, we re-ran our groundbreaking experiment to assess the ability of social media companies to counter platform manipulation. This year, we added a sixth social media platform, VKontakte, to our experiment. To test the ability of social media companies to identify and remove manipulation, we bought inauthentic engagement on 46 posts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, and VKontakte (“the platforms”), using three high-quality Russian social media manipulation service providers.

KARTELLEK OSZTÁLYZÁSA AZ ÁRRUGALMASSÁG ÉS A PIACI KONCENTRÁCIÓJA ALAPJÁN. EGY FUZZY INFORMÁCIÓS MÁTRIX ALKALMAZÁS

Author(s): Attila Szöcs,Hunor Burián,Zoltán Makó / Language(s): Hungarian Publication Year: 0

The introduction (1996) of the leniency program into the competition law of the European Union and its subsequent development(2002 and 2006) can be regarded as an effective measure in the fight against cartels. In spite of the fact that the leniency program proved to be a successful weapon against cartels, the European Commission needs additional means of facilitating the process of decision-making. We developed a matrix type instrument which operates with two market factors: price elasticity and market concentration. Since the quantities of these factors are uncertain, they can be characterized by fuzzy numbers. Our work sets as its target to develop a frame which makes possible the characterization of the cartels based on these two factors of the markets on which the cartels are acting now, or are likely to act in the future. Firstly, based on the two factors, the matrix will provide us with nine raw categories, which will be refined in probability categories using a fuzzy information matrix. These categories could provide the Commission with a useful means for prediction.

Bir Dijital Araç Olarak Cep Telefonu Uygulamalarının Toplum İyileştirmesinde Kullanımı

Author(s): Nadir Ateşoğlu,Nuriye Çelik / Language(s): Turkish Publication Year: 0

Dijital sosyoloji, dijital teknolojilerin toplum ve sosyal ilişkiler üzerindeki etkisini araştıran sosyolojinin bir alt alanıdır. Teknolojinin sosyal yapıları, kurumları ve kültürel uygulamaları nasıl şekillendirdiğinin yanı sıra sosyal aktörlerin dijital teknolojilerle nasıl ilişki kurduğunu ve onları nasıl anlamlandırdığını inceler. Cep telefonu ve sosyal medya uygulamaları gibi dijital ortamlar bize toplumsal değişimi anlamak için çok önemli imkanlar sunabilir. Diğer taraftan bu araçlar toplum yararına somut olarak kullanıldıklarında insan hayatına doğrudan olumlu etkilerde de bulunabilir. Bu çalışma dijital mobil uygulamaların deprem sonrası ortaya çıkabilecek büyük sosyolojik ve psikolojik travmaları azaltmada nasıl etkin kullanılabileceğini tartışmaktadır. İlk olarak dijital sosyoloji kavramı tartışılacaktır. Ardından kamu gücü ile desteklenmiş bir mobil uygulamanın depremin manevi yaralarını sarmadaki etkisine değinilecektir.

PRÁCA S INTERNETOM AKO INDIKÁTOR POČÍTAČOVEJ GRAMOTNOSTI OBYVATEĽSTVA SLOVENSKA

Author(s): KATARÍNA VILINOVÁ,Lucia Petrikovicova,Laura Babjaková / Language(s): Slovak Publication Year: 0

Computer literacy affects all areas of human life, and our subsequent control is almost inevitable nowadays. Due to the rapid growth of scientific knowledge and development of information and communication technologies, significant changes are taking place in individual countries. New technologies are coming to the fore through which there is an increase in country's economy, employment as well as labor productivity. To some extent, this fact is influenced by the ability of basic computer skills. This aspect is also important in terms of regional development at the national, regional and local level. The aim of the paper is to characterize selected indicator of computer literacy - internet work at three levels of Slovakia (state, district and municipality). The paper will be based by data from the Statistical Office of the European Union and Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. The methods of analysis, synthesis as well as graphical and cartographic methods will be the main methods used in the paper. Based on the achieved results, it can be stated that Slovakia achieved an average of 51.4 % in the development of internet use. It is very just above the EU average. At the regional level, the highest rate of internet use is manifested in the western part of Slovakia. At the local level in the case of the Nitra district, the internet was mostly used in the hinterland of the city of Nitra.

BARKÁCSKÖZÖSSÉGEK A DIGITÁLIS KORBAN

Author(s): Rozália Klára Bakó / Language(s): Hungarian Publication Year: 0

Our research brief is aimed at connecting two areas that are still separated both in our minds, and in many decision-maker approaches: environmental awareness and digital device usage. We summarized three research projects focusing on regional, European Union regulations, and mapping ways of implementing the circular economy of ICTs on both on organizational and individual level. It is difficult to reduce the amount of electrical and electronic waste unless strict regulations are implemented. The lifespan of digital devices can be prolonged only if users benefit from their right to repair. Do they even have such aright? Theoretically they do, practically they do not. When ecodesign principles will be implemented from 2022, digitalization and green thinking may go hand in hand in Europe.

Digitální transformace čtení: Knihovní služby, prototypy, artefakty

Author(s): / Language(s): Czech

The book puts the history, present and future of web books into a broader context and makes the knowledge and skills gained from the Redesigning Library Services 2020: web books project available to a wider audience. Using research-through-design methodologies, it presents various aspects of web-based service design: from transforming the book into digital form, to seeing the book as an artefact for prototyping new services and tracking reading behaviour, to speculating on the future of web books and digital reading.

Artificial Intelligence - A Challenge of the 21st Century?

Author(s): Gabriel-Virgil TAUBER,Sergiu-Adrian VASILE / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Artificial Intelligence is an innovation of modern technology, a concept transformed into reality. It is the result of sustained work by talented computer science pioneers who have turned their dreams into reality. As we have shown in this article, Artificial Intelligence brings both opportunities and significant risks, given the access some people have to data and information that can influence our entire existence. Human specificity lies in the desire to overcome one's limits and to make one's everyday life easier. However, in a society in constant transformation, we must be aware that not everything that helps us is necessarily beneficial, and vice versa. The future will be the one that will judge the direction of the technology of modern society and our ability to adapt to new challenges. This revolutionary field represents an opportunity, but also a vulnerability, which prompts us to reflect and analyze: "How long will we use artificial intelligence before it starts using us?"