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Exploring Social Media Technologies Awareness and Use among Postgraduate Students of Library and Information Science in Nigeria: An Investigative Study

  • Stella Chinnaya Nduka;Sunday Olanrewaju Popoola
    • International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.59-76
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    • 2024
  • The prominent role accorded to social media in the academic community for research, teaching and learning revolves around its significance among users. Social media offers a platform for individuals to engage with and share perceptions relating to different disciplines. This current research was conducted to investigate the level of awareness and frequency of social media technology use among postgraduate students of Library and Information Science in Nigerian universities. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data from 919 library and information science (LIS) postgraduate students in the universities. In all, 742 copies out of the 919 distributed were returned and found usable, thereby making the return rate to be 81%. Data collected were analysed using mean and standard deviation. The study revealed that the LIS postgraduate students frequently use social media such as Wikipedia (x=3.94>3.50), Instagram (x=3.86>3.50), Facebook (x=3.85>3.50), Zoom ($\overline{x}$=3.78>3.50), LinkedIn (x=3.69>3.50), YouTube ($\overline{x}$=3.54>3.50), Twitter (x=3.52>3.50). The study established that students use social media tools for their personal, professional and research activities. The study also found that the level of awareness and use of social media by the students was high. The study recommended that the use of social media should be incorporated into the LIS curriculum including training sessions for the students on how to use the media effectively.

A Study on the Analysis of Location Potential of Commercial Use using GIS Database (GIS DB를 이용한 상업·업무시설의 입지 포텐셜 분석)

  • Baek, Tae-Kyung;Choi, Jung-Mi
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.149-157
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study is to search for location potential in Busan metropolitan city and to support decision-making in land use policy. As basis work for the analysis of the location potential, we build rank-map database by using the 11 index. And then by using rank-map, we carried out the location potential ($P_i$) analysis. As a result, we found that many commercial use located in Rank 1 to 2. Also, Rank 4-7 must be made an un-commercial use in assignment of land use zone. These data can be effectively used for land use plan in Busan metropolitan city as the basis data.

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Information Use Behaviors of Professors in Design Field (디자인분야 교수들의 정보이용행태 연구)

  • Lee, Myeong-Hee;Jung, Hye-Lyun
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.299-316
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study is to effectively provide professors in the design field with information services by identifying their information use behaviors. Data were collected by distributing questionnaires after dividing the specialties of 110 professors in the design field into 4 areas. The results were made in terms of purposes of use and the acquisition channels, types of information sources, difficulties of information acquisition and the library use of the institution. Some suggestions were shown as follows: collection of gray literatures such as exhibition data, seminar data, reports and pamphlets, purchase of web databases in design field, information literacy education including the use of domestic and foreign design databases for the professors and the construction of web directories on the library web sites.

Meal-related time use of employees living in one-person and multi-person households: A comparison focused on gender and age differences (1인가구 근로자의 식사 관련 시간 분석: 다인가구와의 비교 및 성별·연령대별 차이를 중심으로)

  • Kim, Yoo-Kyung
    • Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.21-41
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    • 2018
  • This study determined the characteristics of meal-related time use among employees living in one-person and multi-person households by conducting a comparison focused on gender and age differences. Among the questionnaires distributed to employees during the 2014 Korean Time Use Survey, 19,692 were used for final analysis. The results were as follows: First, the one-person households had shorter meal-related time use than did the multi-person households, except for the time spent having snacks and beverages. Second, meal-related time use was generally longer in non-working days than in workdays. Third, gender differences in meal-related time use were observed, with the more significant ones being the differences in time devoted to meal preparation and dishwashing. Fourth, in both the one-person and multi-person households, women spent a longer amount of time preparing meals and washing dishes than did men, but this difference was greater in multi-person households. Fifth, old individuals spend a longer time preparing meals and washing dishes than did young individuals. Policies must be enforced to improve the quality of diets in one-person households. Such households should also be provided nutrition education to increase their awareness of the importance of healthy and regular meals. Another essential requirement of policy is the provision of gender equality education for both the one-person and multi-person households.

The Moderated Effects of Self-control on the Relationship between Excessive Use of the Internet and the Stress Levels of Elementary School Children (초등학생의 인터넷 과다 사용과 스트레스와의 관계에 대한 자아통제력의 중재효과)

  • Cho, Song-Yon
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.31 no.5
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    • pp.47-61
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    • 2010
  • This study examined the moderated effects of self-control on the relationship between elementary school children's excessive use of the Internet and their stress levels. The participants were 403 elementary school children from Chungnam-do. The instruments used were the 'Internet Addiction Autodiagnosis Scale (K-Scale)', the 'Stress Scale' and the 'Self-control Rating Scale'. The collected data were analyzed by t test, F test and the Scheffe test for a post hoc test, Pearson's partial correlation and stepwise multiple regression, and Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ for reliability by SPSS program (17.0 version). The results were as follows : First, it was found that there were significant differences in terms of excessive use of the Internet, stress levels, and self-control by gender, grade, academic achievement, the beginning year of first Internet access and the number of hours of Internet usage hours per day. Second, there were significant positive correlations between excessive use of the Internet (r = .40, p < .001) and stress levels (r = .44, p < .001) and the immediate satisfaction of self-control. Finally, the immediate satisfaction of self control was seen to moderate the relationships between the total scores for the excessive use of the Internet and stress levels and between withdrawal of excessive use of the Internet and the accompanying stress levels.

Behavioral Intention to Use Wellness Wearables: A Conceptual Model Development

  • Niknejad, Naghmeh;Hussin, Ab Razak Che;Ghani, Imran
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2018
  • Wearable Technology is going to be the biggest buzzword and the next generation of digital revolution in the near future. Wearables have changed the focus of the healthcare industry to prevention programs in order to encourage individuals to be more active and to take the responsibility of their own health. Although, the intention of consumers to use wellness wearables has been growing rapidly, the number of individuals who refuses continued use of such devices increases day-by-day. Diffusion and innovation of new technology could be more efficiently gained by consumer's adoption. So, it is extremely important for providers and designers to understand the impact of positive and negative factors on consumers' intention to use wellness wearables. Moreover, a unified framework is required for better understanding of individuals' behavioral intention for using wellness wearables. Thus, the goal of this study is to identify the potential factors that influence consumers' willingness to use wellness wearables as well as proposing a unified framework based on Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) and Value-based Adoption Model (VAM) with two extra factors, perceived trust and perceived health increase. The findings of this article improves the theoretical understanding of the engaged factors in the proposed research model of the study.

A Study on the Use of Technology in Teaching-learning School Mathematics (학교수학 교수.학습에서 기술공학의 활용 연구)

  • Lee, Jung-Rye
    • Communications of Mathematical Education
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.29-48
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this paper is to discuss about the use of technology in teaching-learning school mathematics. In this paper, we study the theoretical background of teaching-learning school mathematics by the use of technology. For the purpose of successful use of technology in teaching-learning school mathematics, we research the present states of it appeared in textbooks of high school mathematics And we give suggestions for the effective use of technology in teaching-learning school mathematics. Furthermore, we introduce models for teaching-learning school mathematics in areas of mathematics by the use of computer programs such as GSP, Maple, and GrafEq.

Monitoring Land-use Changes by Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques: Case Study of Barind Tract, Bangladesh

  • Sohel, Md. Shawkat Islam;Rana, Md. Parvez;Islam, A.Z.M. Zahedul;Akhter, Sayma
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.73-79
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    • 2011
  • The Barind tract is threatened by desertification and undergoing rapid change. In view of this fact it is very much essential to manage this barind tract under proper land-use plan. The present study evaluates the effectiveness of high-resolution satellite data and computer aided GIS techniques in assessing land-use change detection for the period 1990 to 2007 within the study area, which is very much essential to manage this barind tract under proper land-use plan, and for proper land-use plan it is necessary to get reliable information. The present study found five major land-use such as current fallow, current agriculture, settlement, irrigation water and water bodies. From the result, it is found that current fallow and water bodies decrease while settlement and current agriculture increase. Study concludes that as Barind tract is threatened by desertification, decrease of water bodies is not a good sign for the study area.

The Effect of User Experience on Perceived Flow and Continuous Intentions to Use the Mixed Reality Technology (혼합현실 기술 사용자 체험이 플로우와 지속사용의도에 미치는 효과)

  • Kim, Eun Young;Sung, Heewon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.45 no.5
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    • pp.907-921
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    • 2021
  • This study aims to predict causal relationships between experience economy, perceived flow, and continuous use intention in the mixed reality (MR) environment. A virtual fitting mirror with two modes (i.e., avatar and self-image) was selected for this study. A total of 200 samples was obtained in two sample frames: virtual fitting users in avatar mode (group 1, n = 119) and self-image mode (group 2, n = 81). The results showed that the experience economy consists of entertainment, education, esthetic, and escapism. The entertainment and esthetic experiences had positive effects on perceived flow, leading to continuous use intentions. For avatar mode, the entertainment and esthetic experiences had positive effects on continuous use intentions through the mediating effect of flow; and the education experience had a positive effect on the continuous intentions to use the MR technology. For self-image mode, the flow mediated the effect of entertainment on continuous use intentions, whereas education and escapism directly affected the intention to use the MR technology. The paper also discusses the theoretical and managerial implications of using MR technologies in fashion retailing.

Perceived Risk and Intention to Use Credit Cards: A Case Study in Vietnam

  • TRINH, Nam Hoang;TRAN, Ha Hong;VUONG, Quan Duc Hoang
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.949-958
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    • 2021
  • This study aims to develop a theoretical model in order to determine factors affecting consumer intention to use credit cards by combining Theory of perceived risk and Technology acceptance model. Despite of perspective of consequences in prior studies on related research fields, this study focuses on the sources of perceived risk, including transaction, payment and credit risks, which are proposed and measured in a preliminary research. A measurement model and a structural model with the presence of perceived risk in sources are tested in a formal research with data collected from 538 bank customers. An analysis results show that payment risk, usefulness, transaction risk, ease of use, and credit risk influence significantly Vietnamese consumers' intention to use credit cards in decreasing order of influence. These factors account for 64.6% of the variation in intended use. All three dimensions of perceived risk have a negative effect on the intention to use, with the total impact greater than the level of influence of the other two factors of usefulness and ease of use. These findings can be beneficial to banks in enacting policies to attract more consumers and to allocate resources for improving their credit card business.