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Review of the European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL) held in Saint-malo (France) from 17 to 21 September 2017.
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This paper is focused on the testing and evaluating of public administration electronic forms from the usability point of view. Its objective is to design a suitable methodology for usability testing of electronic forms and their description and distribution to public administration information systems professionals. Firstly, methods of usability engineering are summarized and a suitable method for usability testing and evaluation of electronic forms is selected. Farther, the methodology of electronic forms usability testing that uses the selected method is suggested. In the last part of the paper the case study that uses the proposed methodology is suggested and performed. The main benefit of the work is the design of testing methodology and proposition of the set of recommendations for new public administration electronic forms design.
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During the recent years, electronic violence has become a prominent issue, especially when it comes to young generations. The distinctive characteristics of communication through the Internet make this form of violence a specific phenomenon of modern society. Studies show that electronic violence is gradually replacing traditional peer violence or that these two forms of violence coexist. Electronic violence is often only a continuation of violence that takes place inside a school, school yard, on a street. However, there are cases of peer violence connected exclusively to the Internet environment. Regardless of how and where the violence takes place – in a virtual or real environment, the consequences are equally worrying, often more serious when it comes to this relatively new form of violence. When we talk about the socialization process of modern generations, we can rightly take the Internet as one of the central agents. The latest research shows that the use of the Internet is mainly for social and entertainment purposes. Its primary function is fun and communication with peers. Children use the Internet least for information and for educational purposes. Internet services for communication and virtual identity building become a significant part of growing up. Thus, the lack of knowledge about the dangers that lurk on the Internet can cause the most damage to the youngest. This work theoretically deals with the topic of peer violence. The introductory part defines the concept of electronic violence, characteristics and forms which the youngest users most often face. The emphasis is put on the specificities that distinguish electronic violence from the traditional forms of violence and on the consequences it involves. This phenomenon is observed from the communicational, sociological and psychological aspects. Special attention is given to the issue of protecting children from electronic violence and the role of the state, parents, school, witnesses and the media in this process.
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Introduction. The article examines the development of individuals’ intellectual potential, their ability to reflection and self-analysis. The purpose of the article is to identify the basic reflexive principles of personality development in the context of changing information content. Materials and Methods. The methodology of the research includes the analysis and synthesis of research works of foreign and Russian scholars who study the problems of information and knowledge development of society, reflexivity of cognitive processes, and philosophy of education. Philosophy of education as a methodological basis of this study involves the disclosure of General patterns and trends of cognitive development of the individual in the educational process. Results. The authors have clarified the basic understanding of such concepts as "reflection" and "reflexive skills of the individual" in the context of developing intellectual potential of the individual. It is argued that the reflexive skills of the individual are the mechanism and condition of their development in the conditions of increasing the role of theoretical reflection on science. Features of influence of communication and information determinants on processes of formation of information and knowledge are revealed. Particular attention is paid to the identification of the reasons for the increase in the volume of knowledge, but reducing the quality of its reflection, and the quality of knowledge acquisition. The main possibilities of the content reflection of the received information by are revealed. It is emphasized that it is necessary to de-velop the system of educational knowledge as a system of ideological knowledge of the individual, formed on the basis of the principles of philosophical reflection. Conclusions. Conclusions are made about reflexive principles of personality development in the conditions of changing information content.
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The purpose of this paper is an attempt to nowcast (here: to predict in a short time horizon) new car registrations in Poland based on data of Google search queries and website traffic of car manufacturers. The study covers 47 monthly observations for six automotive makes. The strongest explanatory power is exhibited by the autoregressive component (number of registrations lagged one month), followed by the number of search queries. The website traffic of car manufacturers significantly influences the number of registrations in two out of six cases.
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Between 1992 and 1995, the war in Bos-nia and Herzegovina led to territorial changes and caused the reshaping of national borders. These events also caused a large population movement with significant demographic consequences. It is important to note that Bosnia and Herzegovina went 22 years without a population census after 1991, with the most recent census conducted in 2013. According to the census of 2013, there were 59,916 inhabitants in 216 settlements across the City of East Sarajevo. The main goal of this research is to determine whether the intercensal dynamics of the population are positive or negative, whether depopulation is still occurring, and whether it is identical and uniform throughout the area. It should also be noted that due to the disin-tegration of the settlement system and the territorial division between the entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the number of inhabitants in the shared settlements of the City of East Sarajevo was estimated according to the 1991 census, after which the results of the two censuses (1991 and 2013) were com-piled. In the intercensal period from 1991 to 2013, the number of inhabitants in the City of East Sarajevo increased by 26%. This positive intercen-sal dynamic is the result of international migration, the refugee process, and posi-tive internal migration within the munici-palities of Istočna Ilidža, Istočno Novo Sarajevo, and Pale. However, a decline in total population was recorded in 177 of 216 settlements in the City. The extinction of certain settlements is one of the crucial characteristics of the explored area. In 2013, 11.1% of the settlements surveyed no longer had any inhabitants. Total depopulation is a feature of rural environments, while urban environments recorded positive population dynamics during the intercensal period. In addition to the total depopulation of rural areas, the City of East Sarajevo also faced the problem of natural population decline. A negative rate of natural increase, shifting of the maternal age limit, an increased mortality rate, and the aging of the population are some of the most distinctive demographic problems. Therefore, it is necessary to work on the design and implementation of measures for the revitalization of rural areas and the pro-natalist population policy measures in the future.
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In the research the educational potential of Facebook for language acquisition is studied. The methodological experiment and survey were conducted aimed at studying the efficiency of Facebook-assisted teaching in the Facebook group for the development of students’ vocabulary, listening and writing skills. Quantitative and qualitative analysis, observation, interpretation, control and measuring were applied in the research. The Facebook group was viewed as an educational environment where a set of specially organized learning materials of different formats was accumulated. The research outlined the useful features and capabilities of the Facebook group for facilitating the learning process and increasing motivation and engagement. The findings proved that the Facebook group learners outperformed the participants of the control groups regarding all three aspects taken: vocabulary (breadth and depth of knowledge), listening skills (listening for general and specific information) and writing skills (content, organization and clarity, vocabulary, spelling and grammatical accuracy). The reasons for the better results of the experimental group participants were identified, including the repeated exposure of the experimental groups students to the target vocabulary, up-to-date and controversial nature of the study content, and visual and interactional nature of the Facebook environment. The survey revealed the positive evaluation of studying in the Facebook environment by the Facebook learners.
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The management reputation has never been so important not only for a company or a public administration but also for groups of people, minority groups and individuals. The beginning of new technologies, the Internet and social networks as cultural mediation instruments, raise important questions towards the traditional dynamics of reality seen as social construction. The traditional way of socially perceiving others is generated by new media and the on-line and off-line reputation of individuals and groups uses the same methods of the “Brand marketing”, so typical of economics. The digital world collapses time and space, the rate of spread of the criticism threatens to cancel any defense, the clumsy response to a crisis can be extremely expensive, not only in economics field but also in sociological field. To have an effective on-line reputation is not enough to know and use technical solutions of SEO, SEM or Social CRM; is required an overall and aware communication strategy, starting from semiotic processes involved in reputation. In this paper, we will deepen the topic of reputation as a permanent strategy, borrowed from marketing, of the relationship between reputation and digital world, and of what skills should own a digital reputation manager in a global world where intercultural competence and digital competence are essential. We will closely examine instruments such as Sentiment Analysis, Data and Opinion Mining, evaluation of Influencers and of processes of Social Intelligence, as well as instruments for the Census of Reputation Risks.
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Subject of this paper is to specify communication style in selected analytical TV news programs and to define their typical features. This paper focused on following TV programs: Správy a komentáre and Události, komentáře, which are broadcasted by national public service broadcasters RTVS and ČT.
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U radu se analizira i kritički razmatra politička kampanja korisnika internetskog foruma 4chan – specifičnije, s podforuma /pol/ (Politically Incorrect), u svrhu utvrđivanja predstavlja li ona novi oblik političke participacije. Kroz prikaz relevantne literature o političkoj participaciji te kroz prikaz povijesti, organizacije i koncepcije foruma 4chan, uspostavljaju se temelji na kojima se razrađuje kvalitativna analiza studije slučaja političke kampanje korisnika /pol/-a. Glavni nalazi analize odabrane političke kampanje pokazuju da je ona kolektivna, subverzivna, da koristi troll strategije radi realiziranja konzervativnih ciljeva te da sudjelovanje korisnika u njoj, zbog političke motiviranosti djelovanja, predstavlja oblik političke participacije. Takva politička participacija se također, zbog naglaska na djelovanju manjeg broja pojedinaca iz cijelog svijeta, nedostatka organizacijske hijerarhije te drugačije logike upotrebe društvenih mreža za dijeljenje materijala, može smatrati novim oblikom političke participacije.
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This text is a synthesis of the author’s theoretical considerations contained in a broader study about social role and value of media with media reality described and analysed in academic works in the field of media communication. The fundamental question asked in the text is a question about the functions that media perform in the everyday life of post-modern societies at the level of the mass audience; what needs they fulfil and how their mechanisms work (with particular focus on influence on receivers).
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Today, technological change, current life; communication networks, social networks, we witness that it has been reorganized with new virtual shopping platforms. The emerging visual culture has created very fast cultural, psycho-social, cognitive different behaviors through virtual networks on a global plane, and the designs produced in virtual environments have gained boundaries and transcultural functions that are rich production and consumption create diversity, as well as problems and responsibilities. Developments not only opened up new areas of study for designers, but the opportunity to work interdisciplinary with the complex possibilities of technology has created a revolutionary understanding of quality and quality in our image world. This has led to the emergence of production through a complex and layered design process from culture to economy, from psycho-social problems to security, and has led the designers of our age to a position and responsibility that builds the imaginative mind of society. For this reason, the quality of designers and the quality of the designs has become very important Globalization has led to the confrontation of the discourses and images that threaten the internal dynamics, values and social fabric of countries, various countries overcome this problem, new discourses, their own cultural and values systems has established various institutions to develop new technologies and strategies. Visual design as in TUBITAK example, which supports development in the field of science in our country in the field; it is necessary to create a corporate structure that will provide new openings and improve quality.
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The present study addressed the issue of artificial intelligence (AI) in connection with both technological and social dimensions. AI is intrinsicaly an interdisciplinary field covering engineering, natural sciences, mathematics and computer science, psychology, social science, science of communication, etc. Scientific research evolves rapidly and certain progress that fore shadows the emergence of technical systems trends to change people’s life style and even provide new models for human society. The impact of advanced research in traditional sub branches of AI, such as robotics and software engineering research is cur rently multiplied by deepest insights regarding artificial mind and building the artificial brain. These things sound challenging but also raise new problems and even some fears. AI is no longer just a game of imagination or a software paradigm simulators; it is found already incorporated in physical things created with noble purpose to make our lives better. The supertech clear trend will lead human society in a position to cooperate with increasingly intelligent systems, as intelligent as humans, perhaps superintelligent. Assuming that God will allow us to do that, still remains to answer a lot of questions on one major topic: How human society will live together with others artificial?
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In order to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic the government of Saudi Arabia launched three mobile applications namely Tetamman, Tabaud & Tawakkalna to keep the public aware about the corona virus and ensure monitoring of the suspected cases. The objective of this study is to curb the spread of COVID-19 by enhancing social measures and investigate the role of mobile applications in achievement of this objective. Comprehensive review of the role of mobile applications was made and a survey approach was used to evaluate the effectiveness of these applications. Findings of the study indicate that the users perceive that the applications are successful in achievement of the objectives for which these applications were launched. The key performance indicators (KPIs) included in the survey were efficiency, ease of use, satisfaction of users, fulfilment of purpose, usefulness and helpfulness etc. The average number of respondents, who agreed that these applications are performing according to the mentioned KPIs, is 86.6% for Tetamman, 80.5% for Tabaud and 90% for Tawakkalna. More awareness campaigns are needed so that more people adopt the use of these applications, which could significantly help in identification of new casesand enhance telehealth and teleconsultations. Moreover, the applications should be upgraded for self-triage
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As was stated in one of the current review articles on social informatics: Research activities related to social informatics are expanding, even as community fragmentation, topical dispersion, and methodological diversity continue to increase. Specifically, the different understandings of social informatics in regional communities have strong impacts, and each has a different history, methodological grounding, and often a different thematic focus. Therefore, this special issue would like to present different perspectives on social informatics that arose in the world. The special issue will be divided into two parts that cover the full scope of social informatics. The first part will focus on theoretically oriented articles and the second part on empirically oriented articles. The special issue is also open to articles that have a thematically close research focus (e.g. socio-informatics) and/or use regional terms that can be translated into English as social informatics, e.g. samfunnsinformatikk, sosialinformatikk, sosioinformatikk, sozioinformatik, sozialinformatik, социальная информатика, družboslovna informatika, 社会情報学 and others.
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Sodobne družbe se glede dostopa do informacijskih in komunikacijskih tehnologij (IKT) delijo na informacijsko bolj in manj razvite, kar označujemo tudi z izrazom "digitalni razkorak". V pričujočem preglednem članku predstavljamo strokovno literaturo in terminološke posebnosti, sledi obravnava indikatorjev in dejavnikov razkoraka ter metodoloških opredelitev. Nato prikažemo nekatere nacionalne študije in globalne vidike digitalnega razkoraka. Orisan je tudi digitalni razkorak v Sloveniji, kjer osnovni kazalci kažejo na naraščajoče razlike med socio-ekonomskimi segmenti glede dostopa do interneta ter njegove uporabe. Primerjava z Evropsko unijo pokaže absolutni, relativni in časovni zaostanek Slovenije v pogledu gostote strežnikov, v manjši meri pa tudi na področju dostopa, uporabe ter zanimanja za uporabo IKT in posebej interneta.
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The article describes the main aspects of conducting a pedagogical experiment, aimed at testing the effectiveness of selected and well-grounded pedagogical conditions, models, and methods of forming the computer science competence of future teachers of vocational training. Theoretical analysis of scientific and methodological literature, as well as the purpose and the hypothesis, are formulated, which provide an opportunity to achieve a sufficient level of formation of computer-science competence of future teachers of vocational training during the implementation of specific pedagogical conditions. The experimental factor, the dependent variable, the partial dependent variables, as well as the tasks of the experimental study are determined. The article describes the organizational and methodological process and the results, obtained at the control stage of the pedagogical experiment during determining the level of formation of computer competence of future teachers of professional training of the experimental and control groups.
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Video surveillance, the monitoring of a specific area, event, activity or person through an electronic device or a system for visual monitoring is already established as a central tool of public security policy. Video surveillance represents a starting point for implementing advanced technologies such as automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) and automatic facial recognition (AFR), which tend to become standards in many urban areas. Based on the increased use of video surveillance technologies, governments and private actors’ capabilities in terms of monitoring of the population and potentially violating fundamental human rights are colossally increased. The article will provide a comparative analysis of national regulatory frameworks of video surveillance in public spaces in former Yugoslav states and its compliance with standards provided by new data protection regulatory framework, particularly General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The article will also give an overview of the major violations of the right to privacy by video surveillance and insight into and potential impact of new projects and technologies currently under deployment in the observed countries.
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The poster is an important communication tool for the individual and society. Posters, which play a major role in commercial, cultural and social aspects, are one of the most important graphic design elements that allow people to learn and to be aware of something. The aim of this study is to conduct an examination of the Poster Contests with International Social Content and to perform an application example with the identity of incel Posterland.org based on the data obtained. In this context, the institutions carrying out international social posters, purpose, corporate identity design, target group, subject, supporting organizations, technical details of the specifications and number of participants are examined and a poster with a social content that contains an innovative perspective and original values is obtained. Posterland.org international poster competition was designed and implemented. In addition, items such as the analysis of this competition and the participant views of Posterland.org Poster Competition have been made and necessary corrections have been made. In the research, online evaluation system is objective, ease of use and so on. As it provides advantages, it is concluded that it should be used in similar competitions.
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Ever so often in the modern world, we come across the term “Artificial Intelligence”. It is present in sophisticated computer systems, humanoid robots, but also in our smartphones and even washing machines. The ever-increasing influence of AI on human life raises various questions, both about the very idea of creating an AI modelled on man, as it guided the creators of this field of research, and the ways in which it is used. In this article, I present an outline of the issues related to the application of AI in social life. Although the idea of creating an artificial intelligence that could compete with human abilities is far from feasible (if at all possible?), the very impact of AI on the society cannot be ignored. The first part of the article presents various sources of AI -related issues (the question of human motivation, the black box problem). In the second part, I present certain threats posed by further, unrestricted development of AI (such as destabilisation, idolatry or unforeseeable consequences).
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