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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Digital society"”.
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Metaphors and Norms - Understanding Copyright Law in a Digital Society
… of copyright in Europe, when faced with the digital challenge, has been resiliently path dependent (Infosoc, IPRED and more). In the thesis, this legal trend is put in contrast to the measured social norm strength of unauthorised file sharing before and after the implementation of IPRED in …
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The impact of the digital society on police recruit training in Canada
… of police officers in Canada in light of society’s increasing dependence on digital technologies, systems, and devices. The study employed qualitative interviews with eight participants from recognized police recruit training academies in Canada. An extensive review of the literature …
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Modernisation and Innovation Management: Developing a Digital Society. An investigation into public sector modernisation and innovation management in its introduction of wireless technology.
… an exploratory study into the development of digital societies and it examines public sector modernization and innovation from a technology management perspective. The study presents reasons why most city-wide or council-wide development of wireless broadband access networks currently end in …
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Information visualization for the people
… role of information and data in our increasingly digital society. However, visualization design theory remains rooted in earlier conceptions of its use, largely ignoring the needs of this new, non-expert audience. Accordingly, this thesis attempts to re-contextualize information visualization as a …
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Death of a Journalist
… rapid expansion of an increasingly connected, digital society. My thesis is the first six chapters of my novel, Death of a Journalist, and lays the foundation for the conflict between the past and the present the protagonist endures throughout the rest of the work. By focusing on the …
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GED - Gerenciamento eletrônico de documentos: a preservação da informação e diretrizes para implantação
Due to the evolution of a more and more digital society, it emerges new ways of document management. One of these ways is the Electronic Document Management- EDM, that needs a special attention turned to its preservation, as well as it is also necessary the existence of some recommendations to the …
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Exposing the Data Center
… data centers to be the 'churches' of the digital society and proposes a new type of a publicly accessible data center. The thesis starts with a brief overview of the history of data centers and the Internet in general, leading to a manifesto for making data centers into public facilities …
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Beyond the pixels: learning and utilising video compression features for localisation of digital tampering.
Video compression is pervasive in digital society. With rising usage of deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in the fields of computer vision, video analysis and video tampering detection, it is important to investigate how patterns invisible to human eyes may be influencing modern computer …
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Formal verification of cryptographic protocols with automated reasoning
Cryptographic protocols form the backbone of our digital society. Unfortunately, the security of numerous critical components has been neglected. As a consequence, attacks have resulted in financial loss, violations of personal privacy, and threats to democracy. This thesis aids the secure design …
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Embodied Pedagogical Agents: From Visual Impact to Pedagogical Implications
… mentors and learning companions – populate the digital society in increasing numbers. They are found in educational programmes from preschool to university, as well as in broader educational contexts in the form of medical counsellors, virtual health coaches, information guides, etc. Since long, …
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Exploring teachers' professional development and digital literacy: a grounded theory study
… of jobs in the UK now require at least basic digital skills. Outside of work, many aspects of day to day life are also mediated by technology; from banking and shopping to socialising. In this increasingly digital society, an individual requires the knowledge and understanding to make use of …
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Smart grid analysis with particular references to power quality and load forecast
… less, now we are in the information age with a digital society where the demand is very high, this has forced the electricity infrastructure to its limits which was not designed for, in addition, the electricity demand continues to grow. So the focus of the question becomes what we need to do …
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The Contribution of Information and Communication Technology to the wellbeing of the urban poor in South Africa
Within the context of an increasingly pervasive digital society, this study seeks to understand the extent to which Internet-enabled mobile phones contribute towards the social and economic inclusion or exclusion of the urban poor in South Africa. This stems from the growing recognition that …
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Ocio Digital Intergeneracional. Evolución antes, durante y después de la COVID-19
This thesis analyzes how digital devices have transformed shared leisure activities between grandparents and grandchildren aged 6 to 12 years in northern Spain, particularly in the context of the pandemic. The study is based on the premise that leisure, historically valued as a source of …
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Talking Statues: An Italian Communicative Phenomenon from the Renaissance to the Present Day
… evolution in the context of an increasingly digital society.</p><p><br></p>
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Beyond policy: Re-inventing the future of commercial radio in Canada
… content, given the increased accessibility of digital technology and ensuing plethora of specialized audio content. Both of these models allow us to capture better the essence of the transformations currently affecting the Canadian radio industry. The methodology used to organize the presented …
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Preparing first-time workers for a digital economy: a case study of a South African learnership programme for IT support technicians
… workers are ill-equipped for an increasingly digital economy. Motivated by the need to better understand this disconnect between formal education and employment the study focuses on how an Information Technology (IT) Support learnership programme adequately prepares participants with the …
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Machine learning based digital image forensics and steganalysis
The security and trustworthiness of digital images have become crucial issues due to the simplicity of malicious processing. Therefore, the research on image steganalysis (determining if a given image has secret information hidden inside) and image forensics (determining the origin and authenticity …
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Digitala pengar : Nya villkor i det sociala livet
… occasioned a comprehensive rationalisation of society. Money has often been viewed as being socially destructive, while it is said that the modern monetary economy has had inescapable consequences for society, culture, and people’s daily lives. This thesis considers the introduction of …