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The purpose of this project was to design and implement a Content Management System (CSM). TrigeiaWriter is a Content Management System for Trigeia.com, a web based magazine site. Since TrigeiaWriter is used for a web based magazine, it incorperates different roles for the users and these roles are authors, editors, and administrators.

This thesis seeks to identify and explain some technology in order to more fully understand modern communication. This study makes use of metaphoric cluster analysis to examine the technological rhetoric of Nicholas Negroponte.

Chaträume werden häufig zur Kommunikation wie zum Austausch von Informationen oder zur Diskussion genutzt. Da liegt es nahe, den beliebten Kommunikationsraum zudem für den Unterricht und für Beratungssitzungen zur Prüfungsvorbereitung heranzuziehen. Im Rahmen der Studiengänge Bachelor Technikkommunikation und Magister im Kombinationsprofil Technikkommunikation sowie Angewandte Sprachwissenschaft im Nebenfach an der Technischen Universität Chemnitz fanden vom Wintersemester 2009/2010 bis zum Sommersemester 2012 via Chat 13 Lehrveranstaltungs- und 5 Beratungssitzungen zur mündlichen und schriftlichen Magisterprüfungsvorbereitung statt. Die positiven wie negativen Eindrücke und Bewertungen aus der Perspektive der Studierenden wurden über einen Fragebogen ermittelt. Dieser enthält offene Fragen, die die Studierenden mit eigenständig verfassten Texten beantworteten. Außerdem wird die Sicht der Lehrenden dargelegt. Die Beschreibungen der Ergebnisse erfolgen als Framestrukturen. / Chat rooms are frequently used for communication, exchange of information or discussions. Thus it is obvious to employ this popular communication room in tuition and consultation meetings for examination preparation as well. Between the winter term 2009/2010 and the summer term 2012, 13 chat teaching sessions were conducted as part of the Bachelor’s and Magister’s course in Communication on Technology and the Magister degree program in Applied Linguistics at Chemnitz University of Technology. 5 consultation meetings via chat were conducted to prepare written and oral Magister’s examinations. Positive and negative impressions and evaluations from the students’ perspective were gathered by means of a questionnaire. This includes open questions which were answered in the form of texts written by the students themselves. Moreover the tutor’s view is presented. The results are described as frame structures.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-12-18T12:07:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Bernardo Queiroz de Siqueira Santos.pdf: 6540108 bytes, checksum: 15368e1418e5230caf9a2a425ae11632 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-12-18T12:07:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Bernardo Queiroz de Siqueira Santos.pdf: 6540108 bytes, checksum: 15368e1418e5230caf9a2a425ae11632 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-12-05 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / What are the traits that predominate in cinema on the present context of digital communication technologies? This PHD thesis proposed a study of what we define as reloaded Cinema, a denomination that refers to the transformation phenomena that affected movies in the beginning of the 21st century, based on the complexities that emerge from the highly integrated communicational processes of the media. That phenomenon is based on the interactions between the networked media environment, the potentials unlocked by the digitalization processes and the relationships with users. The Corpus of this study is composed by audio-visual projects that question and expand the limits of what is cinema, in the sense that was conceived previously. This reload of Cinema is a complex network, composed by the articulations of material, cognitive, linguistic, cultural and multimedia elements. Our method is composed by three stages 1) defining what this reloaded phenomenon is by the selection of those audio-visual projects that undermine the limits of established Cinema; 2) evaluate those projects through proceedings of localization, description and analysis; 3) Organize a synthesis of their properties and propose evaluative schema for cinematic works. Adopting the Complexity Thought proposed by Morin, we affirm that the Reloaded Cinema does not exist as an hegemonic, monolithic and isolated element, but as a communicational phenomenon inserted in culture, that emerges from between users, devices and software mediations. Under this perspective, we avoid determinisms and recognize the intrinsic paradoxes of Cinema in the digital age. Our hypothesis is that the reconfigurations (or reload) of cinema can be found on a) interactions between connected technologies of vision and it´s users through various mobile-imagedevices, like Virtual and Augmented Reality systems; b) on the emerging possibilities of creational processes generated by cinema´s connections and compatibility with Online Networks and Digitized databases, such as collaborative films and AI-oriented screenwriting; c) in mutations on construction of filmic time and space, influencing cinematographic language; d) contaminations of Cinema with other Network-Connected media, and it´s consequences on contemporary culture, where the limits between cinema and other media becomes blurry and overlapped. The results of this research are a map of the present reloaded stage of Cinema, both in the sense of audio-visual experimentation as an overview of its emerging potentials of creative processes, modes of experience and integrations with communication environments of contemporary culture / Quais as características que predominam no cinema no contexto das tecnologias digitais de comunicação? Esta tese de doutorado tem por objetivo estudar o Cinema Reloaded, denominação que propomos para nos referir ao fenômeno de transformação do cinema no início do século XXI, partindo do pressuposto das complexidades que emergem nos processos comunicacionais. Consideramos, para isso, o ambiente midiático das redes, os potenciais que emergem dos procedimentos de digitalização e as relações com os usuários. O corpus de análise é composto por projetos audiovisuais que problematizam e expandem as fronteiras do cinema, no sentido em que foi concebido até então. Compreendemos o Cinema Reloaded enquanto rede complexa, composta pela articulação de elementos materiais, cognitivos, linguísticos, culturais e multimidiáticos. Nossa proposta metodológica é composta por três etapas: (1) enunciar o conceito de Cinema Reloaded a partir da escolha e definição de projetos audiovisuais exemplares; (2) examinar os projetos selecionados através de procedimentos de localização, descrição e análise; (3) organizar e propor uma síntese das qualidades inventariadas no processo e formular esquemas avaliativos para obras. Adotando como fundamentação teórica o pensamento da complexidade segundo a leitura de Morin, afirmamos que o Cinema Reloaded não existe como um elemento monolítico ou isolado, mas como um fenômeno comunicacional inserido na cultura, que emerge entre usuários, aparatos e mediações do software. Também de acordo com essa perspectiva, evitamos determinismos e reconhecemos os paradoxos. Nossa hipótese é que as reconfigurações (reload), do cinema podem ser constatadas a) nas interações entre as tecnologias conectadas da visão com os usuários, através de aparatos de fruição de imagens em movimento, a exemplo dos sistemas de realidade virtual e aumentada; b) nas possibilidades emergentes de processos criativos gerados pela interconexão do cinema com as redes digitais online e as lógicas dos bancos de dados, como os filmes colaborativos e roteiros organizados por inteligências artificiais; c) nas mudanças na construção dos espaços e do tempo fílmico na era digital, as suas influências na linguagem cinematográfica e; d) as contaminações do cinema com outras mídias conectadas na era digital e suas interações na cultura contemporânea, onde as fronteiras ficam borradas e sobrepostas. O resultado da pesquisa é um mapeamento das características do cinema em seu estágio Reloaded, tanto no sentido das experimentações audiovisuais como na delimitação de suas potencialidades emergentes de criação, modos de experiência e integração com os ambientes comunicativos da cultura contemporânea

Master's thesis. / Format: PDF. Bibl.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Columbia International University, 2007. / "December, 2007." Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 159-169).

Empirical evidence suggests that individuals can hold different interpretations of a technology. In this research, I explore the question of where these different interpretations come from. What influences an individual s interpretation of a technology? And what is the nature of these interpretations? I explore these questions through studies of computer-mediated messaging systems, including instant messaging, photo-enhanced instant messaging, multimedia messaging (cameraphones), and mobile messaging (BlackBerries). In this research, I draw from philosophical hermeneutics, a domain of study examining the nature of interpretation, and present a technological hermeneutic, a descriptive theory of how individuals interpret technology how they come to understand the meaning of the technology in their own lives. This theory offers insight into the myriad resources individuals draw from when constructing an interpretation of technology, including their own experiences with related technologies as well as their interactions with others use and understanding of the technology. This theory also offers insight into the nature of the interpretive process. Interpretations are dynamic and evolving; individuals continually draw from new experiences, reengaging and reinterpreting technology. Interpretations are also hybrid and synthesized; individuals draw from multiple resources in an active process of interpretive bricolage.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität zu Köln, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 553-603).

Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree in Masters of Technology in Nursing, Durban University of Technology, 2014. / Background The rapid growth in information and communication technology (ICT) in the 21st century has impacted all spheres of human activity, including the health sector. The change introduced by ICT requires educational institutions to relook at the way in which they develop and implement their education programmes. In contemporary clinical practice environments, ICT skills are providing benefits for nurses as well as for the patients they care for. Aim The aim of the study was to investigate the status of usage of ICT by academic staff, students and administrators within campuses of the KwaZulu-Natal College of Nursing which consists of 11 main campuses and 14 sub-campuses. Methodology A quantitative, cross sectional study was conducted which included academic staff, administrative staff, and students (R425 and R212) of the KwaZulu-Natal College of Nursing. A random sample of 576 individuals participated in the study consisting of academic staff (176); administrative staff (30) and students (340). Participants completed a questionnaire that established their demographic data and ICT usage. Results The questionnaire response rate was academic staff (80%), students (89%) and administrative staff (93%). The findings showed that while respondents were able to manage work related activities; they experienced poor access to computer training with 66% indicating they had access to computer training. The access to computer training for the administrative staff was 50%, with 8% of rural and 1% of urban students having access to training. The majority of academic staff have access to desktop computers with there still being a divide in terms of rural access as compared to urban access p=0.24. Significantly more administrative staff had access to desktop computers than those who do not p<.0005. The access to desktop computers for students was low, with 22% of respondents in both rural and urban campuses indicating that they have access. Access to the internet was low for all respondent groups with a significant difference between those who have access compared to those who do not have access p=<.0005, for both the academic and student groups. There is a low use of ICT for the purposes of teaching and learning with the majority of respondents (60%) indicating that they do not use ICT for teaching compared to those who do p=.0007. All respondent groups have experienced poor ICT support with the majority indicating that they do not receive ICT support p=<.0005. The usage of the online library was low for all groups, with 61% of academic staff, not accessing the online library for reasons of access, or knowledge about the library, 23% of urban students and 20% of rural students have indicated ever using the online library. Conclusion The study highlights the need for the KZNCN to be on par with higher education institutions globally in access to and usage of ICT. Benchmarking with higher education institutions in the health and other sectors is essential, in order for the KZNCN to benefit from the trend in incorporating technology into the teaching and learning process. Strong collaboration is necessary between the KZNCN as an academic institution and clinical health facilities to ensure that the developments in ICT within both sectors are reflected in the teaching and learning process, so that graduating nurses are able to function effectively. Clear policy documents and guidelines are required for the KZNCN which reflect the norms required for both ICT equipment and systems to enable functioning of the institution within an increasingly technological environment.