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Digital storage and online mediated memory
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This paper addresses the research of digital media users' attitudes towards digital storage and online mediated memory. Digital storage leads to the replacement of analog information by computer numerical coding and dematerializes media text and photos by converting data from analogue to digital. Main foci are on the examination of the digital media users’ behavior in relation to the sharing of their own memories and culture, as well as their relation to the possibility of creating joint memories, common identity and collective culture. The paper also points to a culture of forgetting that accompanies the process of memory mediating.
Keywords: collective culture, common identity, computer numerical coding, digital media, digital storage, memory mediating, users’ attitudes
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... Internet users expect immediate and detailed coverage of events from the media, and the Internet has raised these expectations to an even higher level and enabled the public to react and express their views on various issues, ie to share with others whether they like what they learned or not [1]. Digital media, with their interactive function, enable their users to produce and reproduce content [2]. Along with digital development, new technologies have created an opportunity for digital influencers to take over the marketing space from brands through electronic word-of-mouth communication (eWOM) [3]. ...
Tourism, as one of the main industries at the global level, can provide many benefits, primarily economic, however the growing trend of tourist travel has begun to cause incalculable damage to the environment, cultural heritage and to affect the lifestyle of the local population of tourist destinations. In recent years, sustainable development in tourism has emerged as a necessity, but in order for such processes to be adequately completed, it is necessary to reprogram people's awareness of environmental protection, consumption of sustainable products, healthy lifestyles and preservation of tourist destinations. The rapidly evolving digital environment has become an indispensable tool for marketing professionals. It is possible to communicate more efficiently with the target market through internet-based platforms. Influencers have played a major role in influencing other members of society even before the advent of digital technologies. However, electronic word-of-mouth communication (eWOM), as a form of word-of-mouth communication in the digital environment, can be a very successful tool for influencing consumer attitudes, including attitudes towards sustainable tourism development. Today, travel influencers play a particularly important role on social networks. If the influencers are focused on a healthy lifestyle, environmental protection and the development of sustainable tourism, there is a good chance that their followers will adopt such behavior. Given that eWOM communication can have a viral effect, it is very likely that such positive information will continue to spread exponentially in the virtual space, continuing its uncontrolled influence.
Keywords: Sustainable tourism development, Travel Influencers, Digital environment, Electronic word-of-mouth communication (eWOM)
The aim of the research in the paper is to evaluate the state of rural settlements in Brčko District
with regard to the development of rural tourism. Together with the Tourism Department of the Brčko
District, five experts from the field of tourism were selected and they evaluated the current state of rural
settlements in this part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The evaluations were processed using the fuzzy
approach with the SWARA (Stepwise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis) multi-criteria decision-making
method. Using this method, the weights of the used criteria were determined, representing the degree of
development of conditions in rural settlements. The results showed that "rural facilities and services" are
the best developed in rural settlements, while the criteria related to feelings and experiences are the least
developed. Based on this research, it is possible to implement measures to strengthen certain criteria
that have not been adequately developed in order to further improve rural tourism in Brčko District.
New media is focusing on new technologies and digitizing their content which has both good and bad effects, that individuals and society as a whole, are exposed to. Digitizing intrapersonal communication brings about simultaneous digitization of culture and society. Technology, besides a plethora of its undoubtedly good features, also demonstrates the negative effects underpinned by the 'migration process' of individuals to virtual spaces, that are contributing to the transformation of existing culture into virtual culture. Culture in transition to the digital age is transformed into a culture of forgetting and is faced with the interruption of continuity of the role an individual plays in preserving of the existing traditional cultural values. The aim of this paper is to present the views of respondents who are using virtual social networks on the culture that is being created in a virtual environment and their attitudes about whether virtual networking leads to the changes in their relation to traditional culture and social relationships in the real world.
People passing through various stages of development of human society reacted differently to the changes that have transformed their way of life. With the advent of computers and the Internet, a technological leap in the human community took place, laying the foundations of a new, parallel virtual world. The need for communication, as well as the challenge sets sail for the inexhaustible virtual landscapes and typing of the feelings on the keyboard, is opening a recently initiated odyssey quest for answers. Modern technologies have significantly contributed to the redefinition of communication, and the transition to the techno sphere is carried out with the support of IT network which increases the risk of value systems conditioning. The benefits of the Internet are great, but only when it is understood as a tool, and not as an instant replacement of real life. Virtual world offers pleasure to a communicator, but a significant part of the online media space is still not covered by the legal regulations which lead to numerous violations of human rights, but also to serious criminal acts which remain beyond the reach of the law. The aim of the regulation of new media should be directed towards setting up a solid foundation on which they will be able to build methods for the defense of human dignity and privacy in the context of cyberspace.
Key words: human society, the Internet, virtual world, communication, online media, legal regulations, human rights
The paper aims to identify the knowledge strategy (KS) developed by the firms belonging to tourism cluster according to their inter-organizational relationships and hence to analyse the impact on innovation. The empirical study is conducted on a sample of 215 firms located in UNESCO World Heritage Cities in Spain (WHCS). The methodology is based on both factor analysis and conglomerates analysis. The findings show that firms with high levels of both bonding and bridging capital carry out activities of exploration and also exploration of knowledge through an ambidextrous strategy. On the contrary, firms with scarceness of links (low levels of bonding and bringing capital) perform few activities of knowledge exploration and exploitation. On the other hand, firms that have high levels of bonding or bridging capital generally implement a punctuated equilibrium strategy. Finally, we prove that firms with an ambidexterity KS exhibit better innovation performance.
Las estadísticas de género han sido reconocidas como una herramienta imprescindible para dar visibilidad a las distintas manifestaciones de las desigualdades de género. En esta publicación se presenta un conjunto de indicadores que proveen un amplio panorama de cifras relativas a la situación demográfica y familiar, los niveles educativos, el trabajo remunerado y no remunerado, la salud y la participación política de las mujeres en comparación con los hombres. Se dedica especial atención a la pobreza y a los sesgos de género teóricos y metodológicos que subyacen tras su medición, junto con destacar la necesidad de demostrar empíricamente fenómenos tales como la falta de autonomía económica y la mayor vulnerabilidad a la pobreza que las afecta.La información que se presenta proviene de una recopilación y sistematización de datos de diversas fuentes, entre otras estimaciones y proyecciones de organismos internacionales e información derivada del procesamiento de encuestas de hogares proporcionada por los sistemas estadísticos de los países de América Latina. En la selección de los indicadores se ha dado primordial importancia a los que posibilitan la comparación internacional y que mantienen la necesaria periodicidad para monitorear el grado de avance hacia la igualdad de género a nivel nacional y regional.El análisis de los datos deja en evidencia los principales problemas y desventajas que enfrentan las mujeres, en tanto que los gráficos permiten apreciar la magnitud de las brechas y la evolución de la desigualdad de género a lo largo del tiempo. Se examinan también aspectos metodológicos relacionados con la producción de estadísticas desde una perspectiva de género y se identifican los vacíos de información en áreas relevantes.
Evidence suggests that the cultural context influences the performance of laws, policies, and political institutions. Descriptive accounts reveal that outcomes and behaviors often depend on the array of historical institutions. This article presents a multi-institutional framework that can account for those findings through path-dependent behavioral spillovers. Individuals learn equilibrium behaviors when interacting in a new institutional setting. Initially, some individuals choose behaviors that align with their behaviors in similar extant institutions, creating a cultural context that can lead to inefficient outcomes. The article shows how avoiding path dependence requires sequencing (or designing) institutions to maintain behavioral diversity. Optimal sequencing thus requires positioning institutions with clear incentives early in the sequence as well as avoiding strong punishments that can stifle attempts to break established behavioral patterns.
This book provides engineering faculty members and instructors with a base understanding of why the entrepreneurial mindset is important to engineering students and how it can be taught. It helps advance entrepreneurship education for all engineering students, and equips educators with tools and strategies that allow them to teach the entrepreneurial mindset. Divided into four parts, this book explores what the entrepreneurial mindset is, and why it is important; shows how to get started and integrate the mindset into existing coursework so that curricula can focus on both technical/functional concepts and entrepreneurial ones as well; guides readers through the growing multitude of conferences, journals, networks, and online resources that are available; and provides solid examples to get the reader started. This book is an important resource for engineering educators as they learn how to remain competitive and cutting-edge in a field as fast-moving and dynamic as engineering.
• Explores what the entrepreneurial mindset is and why it is important for engineers;
• Offers a structured approach for integrating the entrepreneurial mindset into existing engineering courses;
• Provides more than 25 examples and exercises.