...Is Digital Technology Harming Our Students? Barbara Rivera AIU Online Abstract In a society so technologically developed with users that range from children through old age rises a debate on whether technology is helpful to students in school. Surveys have shown that students spend numerous hours focusing on digital devices to communicate and access social media. With the over use of digital technology comes negative effects that hinder a student’s ability to grasp and retain knowledge. Furthermore, there is evidence that they also suffer from physical effects. Some argue that the ease of access of information is beneficial to the students, but studies show that student don’t utilize digital media appropriately. Is Digital Technology Harming Our Students? In today’s fast pace moving society people enjoy the convenience of digital technology all around them. From wireless laptops at home to tablets and smartphones on the go people have access to instant information and the ability to connect instantly through social media and messaging. As society moves forward in an ever-changing and evolving world of technology there raises questions to the impact technology has in different settings (i.e. school, work, and home). There have been many debates on the issue of whether technology is helpful or a hindrance in schools. While there are some pros to technology in the classroom, one has to look at the cons closely as society in general is becoming overwhelmingly dependent on...
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...resources over the print materials. Other industries in the publishing industry include mailing lists, directories, information services and journals. Lower disposable income hampered consumer spending on books during the past five years. A transition toward digital technology also dented Global Book Publishing industry revenue due to the difficulty of pricing e-books, which are intrinsically different from printed products. The investments necessary to transition toward digital publishing also led to consolidation within the industry; they resulted in a 0.7% annualized decline in firms to 16,308 in the five years to 2013. There is a high degree of competition in the industry due to its moderate threat of substitutes and buyers’ power. The shift by advertisers' spending from traditional media to digital media has greatly affected print magazine advertising and circulation in all regions. The global magazine publishing industry is going through a period of turmoil, as the increasing penetration of broadband and new devices for delivering digital content arrive on the scene. This situation has affected print magazine spending as the price declines for digital format. Consumers are rapidly migrating to online media from traditional sources as information becomes freely available over the Internet. Advertisers are shifting their spending patterns accordingly to reach more readers. As per case...
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...Electronic and Digital Media Industry Paper 1 Electronic and Digital Media Industry Paper Loyre Allen Mass Communication / 255 September 15, 2014 Damiso Josey Electronic and Digital Media Industry Paper 2 In this paper I will cover the roles that technology in electronic and digital media has played in the evolvement of time. I will cover the historical and contemporary roles of the mass media in society and also describe how the chemical and electronic technology of photography, recording, and transmission has changed from the original discovery to present day. I will also cover hoe the media uses these technological innovations, analyze how the development of digital technology has affected the way the content, distribution, and the style of electronic media and finally discuss exactly how it has evolved over time and had made everyone depend on them. The history of the print media and the role that it plays with the government, and society as a whole has since aged and evolved at a consisting rate. In an age when innovation is constantly adding to how we define mass media, print media, and technology to maintain its role and presence in or world. In a very simply way, Businessmedia.com defines the media as” the industry associated with the printing and distribution of news through newspapers, magazines and books.” Newspapers, magazines and books are the oldest, most basic form of media that ...
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...BUSINESS SCHOOL - 5th year ISM - 431 E-BUSINESS FINAL ASSIGNMENT Student : FLORENTIN THEVENET Professor : S Subject : The Impact of the Online Publication on the Print Media Words : 3 733 strategic shift with the influx of new means of dematerialization of information. A study conducted in 2010 by Bain & Company1 reports that in 2015, 15 to 20% of the population should be equipped with a digital book, an electronic reader (called an Ereader) or multifunction tablet (not including Smartphones). These last may even represent the majority of the market, reaching a wider audience, if prices, still exceeding € 300, were to fall. Also according to this study, the digital book and digital media in general should know a better situation and favorable growth in the coming years, most users remaining faithful to the paper (including books), seeing the new devices with only additional functions. In addition, unlike the music industry or the audiovisual industry, there are very few parallel market, where users can illegally download works. If this phenomenon were to grow, then it may be as difficult for the publishing industry as the entertainment industry. Currently, there are three main schools of thought on the so-called traditional print media and its evolution towards digital media. Some see through this trend the death of newspapers and even the journalists (the professional ones). We cannot give them completely wrong, when you look at recent news. We can talk about...
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...Digital Media: A Better Way to Learn Educators and parents have legitimate concerns about the effects of the Digital Age on learning. Digital media has changed dramatically since the development of the Internet and improvement of wireless technology. John Palfrey, Professor of Law and Urs Gasser, Executive Director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, both employed by the prestigious Harvard Law School, have written about how the world has been reshaped because of this new digital world in Born Digital. They found that this period “is the most rapid period of technological transformation ever, at least, when it comes to information” (3). This transformation of digital media over the last twenty-five years and the introduction of tools like the iPad create a clutter of information that threaten the ability to think deeply and concentrate, which has made the current educational system obsolete and ineffective. This same technology can be utilized to create the school of the future, by improving learning in the Digital Age. Digital natives, ”born after 1980,” do not know the world without the Internet, cell phones, computers, tablets and everything else that networked digital technology has provided (Palfrey 1). They “study, work, write and interact with each other in ways that are very different from the ways” their parents and grandparents grew up. (Palfrey 2). Palfrey and Gasser found that digital natives are comfortable with this new technology and experts...
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...pottentials are offered and what threats are possesed by new forms of media technology ? A.The Potential For New Media Daniel Miller (Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, University College London. d.miller@ucl.ac.uk) Contents:- INTRODUCTION PART ONE - THE UPTAKE OF NEW MEDIA PART TWO – THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, CONFIDENTIALITY and BARRIERS TO CHANGE PART THREE – EMERGING INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION PART FOUR - PILOT STUDIES AND RECOMMENDATION SUMMARY OF REFLECTIONS and PROPOSED INITIATIVES INTRODUCTION This document outlines some results and conclusions from interviews with Hospice staff, patients and carers that have been carried out since May 2012. This research will continue for another three years, with anincreasedacademic focus on dying patients (in the last days, weeks and months of life), including their communication not only with the Hospice, but with their larger social universe, examining the potential of new media in relation to combatting feelings of isolation and understanding the wider relationship of patients to family, friendship, locality and community. PART ONE - THE UPTAKE OF AND THE BARRIERS TO NEW MEDIA This section reviews each of the new media that are already available to many staff and patients, documenting the advantages and grounds for encouraging their future use. Both advantages and disadvantages to staff and observations about patient’s private use of these media are noted. The obvious caveat, which is discussed in more detail...
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...Digital transformation [pic] Summer 2008: Dramatic developments in digital technologies and the diffusion of the Internet protocol as an open and efficient communication standard are wiping out the specialized symbiotic link between content and technology. That’s how Gianvito Lanzolla and Jamie Anderson see the digital world, and here they reveal three trends that companies need to prepare for. Comments In the past, media and technology industries operated through specialized value chains with clearly defined boundaries. Mobile phones were used to make simple voice calls, Walkmans were used to play cassette tapes, and computers existed mainly to crunch data. But new technologies have made it possible to convert different kinds of content – a radio programme, a book, a magazine, a song, a phone call – into digital data; in digital terms, there is little difference between them. At the same time, the Internet and other communication networks based on Internet protocol have made it possible to distribute this digitized content in costeffective and ubiquitous ways. The extent and nature of these changes and their consequent strategic implications remain substantially misunderstood. While some studies have been made, they have mainly had an industry-specific focus, with the consequent limitation of overlooking the systemic effect of ongoing transformations. In order to address this limitation, we researched current transformations in media, telecommunications and technology...
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...Adult Media Literacy A review of the research literature on behalf of Ofcom By Sonia Livingstone Elizabeth Van Couvering Nancy Thumim Department of Media and Communications London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE Tel: +44 (0) 20 7955 7710 Fax:+44 (0) 20 7955 7248 E-mail: s.livingstone@lse.ac.uk Ofcom Adult media literacy Preface Ofcom is the independent regulator for the UK communications industry. As part of Ofcom’s work to promote media literacy we plan to undertake or support a range of research activities to monitor people’s skills, knowledge and understanding of communications technologies and the content they watch and listen to either through broadcasting or online. Ofcom defines media literacy as the ability to access, understand and create communications in a variety of contexts. We have published our strategy and priorities for the promotion of media literacy and these can be found on our website. In October 2004 we commissioned Professor David Buckingham and Professor Sonia Livingstone to report on recent relevant academic and other publicly-available research into children’s and adults’ media literacy respectively. The purpose of this work was to outline the range of studies conducted, the gaps in research, provide examples of innovative methodologies, and outline possible barriers and enablers to media literacy identified by these studies. These reviews have admirably fulfilled their task, and provide a...
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...N Gene A Cooks EDCI 573 Instructional Lesson Plans On Digital Citizenship Content: Digital Citizenship Grade level: 9-12 Introduction: The lesson plans that I have created here will be designed to educate students about digital citizenship. The lesson will help students learn how to Interact with others online in an ethical manner. These lessons are established for high school students. The main idea in these seven lessons is to bring awareness to the seven of nine elements to digital citizen. The seven elements that will be taught are: Digital Commerce, Digital Communication, Digital Literacy, Digital Etiquette, Digital Law, Digital Rights and Responsibilities, Digital Health and Wellness Digital Security. The lessons are meant to examine and discuss the ethical approach to all these elements. Each activity, game, reading, quiz and video will help students make better choices while engaged in the world of digital citizenship. It is very important that students in the 21st century and beyond be taught these concepts, so they are protected and make appropriate decisions online. There are thirty-five students in my class with the addition of one English Learner; one special needs student and two GATE students. The duration of each lesson will be approximately forty-five minutes. The student diversity in my class will be accommodated through cooperative learning activities, peer coaching, and feedback and checking for understanding. The formative assessments...
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...LPU-Cavite Research Article Format-Undergraduate Every Juan is a Hero: The Role of Bayan Mo i-Patrol Mo in Empowering People in Information Dissemination Aiza Saguit, Camille N. De Luna, Kyle Amos Licong, Sean Marciano, and Mr. Ivan L. Inductivo Lyceum of the Philippine University Cavite Abstract. This study aimed to determine the level of awareness of the respondents to citizen journalism projects such as Bayan Mo i-Patrol Mo(BMPM). Also, it seeks to identify the perception of the respondents to BMPM as an information disseminator. The study also intends to find out the level of agreement of the respondents on the role of BMPM in empowering people in information dissemination. Each objective was tested by conducting series of procedures including surveys. The self-made survey – questionnaire method was used to acquire primary data from the respondents. On the other hand, books, journals, articles and internet sources served as reference for secondary information for the related literatures. The furnished questions were then given to each respondent and were eventually collected for recording purposes. Data was then analyzed by using the measure of central tendency, Mean. According to the results of the survey activity, it was found that majority of the students are well aware of the existence of citizen journalism in the Philippines. Most of the respondents recognize Bayan Mo i-Patrol Mo as an informative program and also agrees that it empowers the people in disseminating...
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...by the click of a mouse. Using a computer has changed the learning styles and we are now sharing our experiences with students all over the world. Remember of the days of asking for directions? Those days are over now too with GPS on out phones or already installed in the car we drive. The device speaks to you and it is so precise that people do not even question it when it makes a mistake, instead they question themselves. This is just a taste of technologies role in the world today but its affect goes deeper and we look at it deeper with its electronic and digital media. Pretty much since the invention of the printing press we have seen technologies role in mass media. Since its inception we have been able to produce news at a large number with the purpose of providing to all of society. It wasn’t really until the invention of radio and television though that technology really put its foot print on mass media. A whole new way of getting information without leaving your home was presented and this allowed people to communicate and be informed very readily. Today it is all done digitally with the Internet being at the forefront. We are able to get answers to our questions at the push of the button. We have so many devices now: tablets, computers, smart phones, cameras, and TV’s....
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...Howard Billings Research Paper Dig 3286 Dromology and Convergence In today’s world of instant digital information and communication technology is constantly advancing. Inventors are constantly working to produce new awe-inspiring products. The goal of all these new products is to work faster than the ones that came before it. Of course, technical advancement is nothing new. Whether it was the car, the microwave, or a vacuum cleaner all were produced to increase the speed at which we do things. The difference is that digital technology is increasing not only the speed of the new products, but the speed at which these new products are being produced. Either way it is safe to say that technology and the world revolve around speed. The main goal of every industry is to do things fast and efficiently. Accessing information and communication is already faster than one could have ever imagined. The quest now is to become even faster. Push technology to its limits. In fact, the quest now is to set new limits. Is it plausible to think that we could one day communicate faster than the speed of light? Olympic track athlete Usain Bolt is a good comparison to where we are today as a technological society. His record breaking 100 meters times have reached mythical proportions. It used to be that taller heavier athletes were at a disadvantage in the 100 meters. Their height and weight would work against them, allowing the smaller runner to jump out to a lead that could not be overcome...
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...Systems AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) ECIS 2005 Proceedings European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 1-1-2005 Analysis of eBusiness Models for Digital Media Content Michael Amberg University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, amberg@wiso.uni-erlangen.de Manuela Schroeder University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, manuela.schroeder@wiso.uni-erlangen.de Recommended Citation Amberg, Michael and Schroeder, Manuela, "Analysis of eBusiness Models for Digital Media Content" (2005). ECIS 2005 Proceedings. Paper 138. http://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2005/138 This material is brought to you by the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). It has been accepted for inclusion in ECIS 2005 Proceedings by an authorized administrator of AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). For more information, please contact elibrary@aisnet.org. ANALYSIS OF E-BUSINESS MODELS FOR DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT Amberg, Michael, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Lange Gasse 20, 90403 Nuremberg, Germany, amberg@wiso.uni-erlangen.de Schroeder, Manuela, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Lange Gasse 20, 90403 Nuremberg, Germany, manuela.schroeder@wiso.uni-erlangen.de Abstract The digitalization of media content and the development of new communication and distribution channels change the media sector and the business environment worldwide. Over the last ten years, technical advances have enabled the consumers to digitize, store, share and modify the content...
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...The Changes Of Media Media changes drastically over short periods of time. Just in the past ten years it has become much more advanced and useful for people all around the world. There has been an extreme advance in media technology. This includes the creation of analog-to-digital converters, technology convergence, and the changes in the media industry and audiences. There have been advances in the way gatekeeping and content filters are handled. The rise in the technology of books has even been so great that there has been a decrease in the annual sales by 44 million books. With the ascending spiral of technology the world of media will be a great place for the future. Analog media has been used originally for audio recording for media that was analogous for the sound that it was creating. Although, recently Analog media has been used to refer to non-digitized media, such as film, audio, print media, etc. Since technology has advanced and become dependent on computers analog has been translated into digital media so that it is in computer and machine-readable form. It is put into binary digits so that computers may read and comprehend it. This process in which media is translated into computer-readable is called digitization. Communication of media has been transferring from the traditional analog media to the newer aged digital media. This is much more convenient in this new age because people have learned to depend on their computers to do work. When dealing with audio...
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...Leading the Digital Revolution in Bangladesh and Beyond Executive Overview G&R Technologies Green and Red Technologies Limited, www.green-red.com 1. Background Green and Red Technologies Limited, www.green-red.com Leading the Digital Revolution Opportunity • G&R aims to be at the forefront of digital media in Bangladesh and grow to 350M BDT ($4.2M USD) in annualised revenue by 2015 Mission in BD • Build on first mover status and be the leader in online media by creating effective and efficient channels for businesses to reach their target audiences Mission Overseas • Enter into regions where there is a strong Bangladeshi presence (UK, USA, ME, AUS) and expand reach to similar markets globally (e.g. Nepal, Sri Lanka) Green and Red Technologies Limited, www.green-red.com Accelerating Growth in Internet Consumption Bangladesh Internet User Profile: Macro Statistics (1 of 2) Fact Insight ISP = 1.25m WiMax = 0.35m Multiple users at home, cyber cafes, offices etc. Fueled by demand from young population (70% G&R Offers Unique Solutions Suite Digital Media Presence Mindshare, Mediacom, Top of Mind (Zenith), Starcom Asiatic (JWT), Bitopi (Leo Burnett), Market Access, Benchmark Zanala, webspice, Technovista, Digimarka, devsteam Techhaven, SSL, Aamra, GP IT BDJobs, BDNews24, Prothom Alo, clickbd TechTunes, biggapon Komli, AdMax, Google, Tribal Fusion Nielsen, Ryans Archive Digital Media Planning/ Buying X Lack of expertise & scale Digital Creative...
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