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The role of Facebook in the process of acquiring information. Own research study
2015
This paper focuses on the social network sites (SNSs), especially on Facebook, and their role in people’s daily life. It focuses on people who are statistically not at risk of the digital exclusion (young and still educating). Here are presented conclusions of the author's own research focusing on the role of Facebook in daily life of a group of its users. Research was done as an experiment. The purpose of the study was to find out if students, who use Facebook, could stop to do it temporarily. Facebook is here regarded as a main source of various kinds of information, both private and public. In this article the author tries to prove that Facebook is one of the primary channels of informa…
Importance of Cultural Capital in the Twenty-First Century Teacher Education in Latvia
2019
The purpose of this research was to investigate the relation between cultural capital and the individual’s cultural and intercultural competence in the contemporary information society. The cultural capital and its accessibility are the most influential factors in the development of cultural competence as a result of arts education. Globalization, integration and social conditions create the necessity to be tolerant, open-minded and helpful, respond flexibly to complex problems and be well prepared for living in a continuously changing environment that has richness of cultural diversity. This article analyses two characterizing aspects of the information society, and the challenges placed u…
FROM SEEKERS TO ACTIVISTS
2009
Media culture is a firm part of youth cultures today. Media can also be seen as one empowering technology in the information society alongside traditional school and government. What kind of civic identities are young people constructing in contemporary media culture? This article discusses media-saturated youth and audience agency, drawing on Dahlgren's ideas of civic culture. Relying on empirical data from two case studies in Finland, we will introduce a typology of civic identities, which the young construct as members of the public in relation to media. Our first case study is a youth civic website called Vaikuttamo.net and the second is the Youth Voice Editorial Board, which consists o…
Improving e-economy by regional governments
2014
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse and assess a government support programme for business innovation in a very peripherical European region: the Spanish region of Andalucía. Design/methodology/approach – Endogenous development approach is used to categorize the main public and private actions included in the government ICT support programme. Cross-time analysis has been carried out by using three territorial indicators of diffusion and effective use of ICT: the physical aspect, refereed to the infrastructures used as a base for the information society development (infrastructures, technology and equipment); the actors and their degree of organization (firms present on the in…
International Perspectives on the Pedagogically Innovative Uses of Technology
2005
The children of today grow up having information and communication technologies (ICTs) as essential and natural parts of their daily life. As they grow, they are expected to become active and self-directed members in their own local communities and also in the information society at large. Technology creates versatile possibilities for the acquisition and creation of information, for self-expression, and for communication and interaction with other people locally, nationally, and worldwide. Active participation in the information society presumes novel knowledge, skills, and work approaches from children and teachers alike.
Aspects of values in human-technology interaction design : a content-based view to values
2011
Political Participation and Democracy in the Information Age: Effects of ICT-Based Communication Forms between the Authorities and the Citizens on Tr…
2009
Bidrag på konferanse: The Third International Conference on Digital Society ICDS 2009 1-7 February 2009 Cancun, Mexico The main trends concerning the traditional channels of participation are reduced voting turnout, reduced participation in political parties, stable participation in associations and increased citizen contact. The influence of ICT based form of communication on the relations between the authorities and the citizens are heavily influenced by the role of the citizens designed by the authorities. If the citizens are treated as customers the authorities are pursuing a consultative model focusing on creating an effective administration. The flow of information is uni linear; howe…
El modelo del rendimiento académico del estudiante universitario: aplicación a una Facultad de Economía
2012
El presente estudio persigue avanzar sobre el conocimiento del rendimiento académico del estudiante. Concretamente, y siguiendo la propuesta de Fenollar, Cuestas y Román (2006), se plantea un modelo integrador de las teorías que explican el rendimiento académico del estudiante; entendido éste como el aprendizaje percibido y la nota esperada por el estudiante. En concreto, aquellas basadas en la Teoría Cognitiva-Logro iniciada por Deck (1986) y la Teoría de la Autoeficiencia desarrollada por Bandura (1986). Se analiza el efecto que estas teorías poseen en (1) el aprendizaje percibido por el estudiante, (2) la nota esperada y (3) la satisfacción global del estudiante. Así, se llevó a cabo un …
Bibliotēka un sabiedrība, 2
1997
Krājumā ievietoti raksti, kuros aplūkoti jauni virzieni informācijas izplatībā un bibliotēku darbībā. Atsevišķos rakstos analizētas vēsturiskas parādības. To attīstības likumības var sniegt jaunu izpratni mūsdienu norisēm. Krājumā ietverti pēc tematikas atšķirīgi raksti. Tomēr tos vieno autoru ieinteresētība sekmēt informācijas izplatību sabiedrībā.
E-government in Poland – selected issues
2020
Nowadays, the development of e-government is one of the biggest challenges for many countries around the world. Levels of e-government are very important indicators of infor-mation society structure advancement in the country. Development of e-government often faces many different obstacles. This article focuses on issues relating to some problems associated with the development of e-government in Poland.