<p>This study discussed the effect of new information and communication technologies use on adolescents. The research also assessed whether gender and frequency of use of new information and communication technologies would interact to influence self-esteem and social support from family and friends.</p>

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This dissertation makes the connection between the human drive, as described by psychoanalysis, to construct God and the construction of the technological entity, Google. Google constitutes the extension of the early Christian period God to the twenty-first century. From the examination of significant religious and theological texts by significant theologians (Augustine, Thomas, Luther, Calvin, etc.) that explain the nature of God, the analogous relationship of God to Google will open a psychoanalytic discourse that answers questions on the current state of human mediation with the world. Freud and, more significantly, Lacan’s work connects the human creation of God, ex nihilio, to Google’s godly qualities and behaviors (omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, and omnibenevolence). This illustrates the powerful motivation behind the creation of an all-encompassing physical / earthly entity that includes the immaterial properties of God. Essentially, Google operates as the extension or replacement of the long reigning God in Western culture. Furthermore, the advent of science and technology through rationalism (as outlined by Nietzsche) results in the death of the metaphysical God and the ascension of the technological God. Google offers an appropriate example for study. Moreover, the work of Jean Baudrillard and Marshall McLuhan will further comment on Google as the technological manifestation of God, particularly in its media formulations. Finally, this dissertation concludes with a review that highlights future research with an exploration that foresees the death of Google from the same rational method of inquiry by which the death of God occurred at the end of the nineteenth century. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

A organização social em que estamos inseridos é denominada por Castells (1999) como Sociedade em Rede que é caracterizada por um processo de miniaturização das tecnologias e equipada pela internet sem fio. Esses dois fatores se articulam continuamente, ocasionando o que vemos hoje nas cidades, nômades tecnológicos - usuários das tecnologias móveis que produzem, consomem e compartilham informação sem sair do fluxo vertiginoso da cidade. Dentro dessa realidade, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo central o estudo da relação entre a produção imagética e a espacialidade. Com base nisso, realiza-se uma análise sobre a produção de vídeos gerados na cidade de Fortaleza-CE e compartilhados no site YouTube® junto a uma metodologia criada a partir pelo filme de Dziga Vertov - Um Homem com uma câmera (Rússia, 1929) - para um leitura urbana, discutindo as práticas desse usuários sob a ótica da arquitetura e urbanismo. / The social organization in which we are inserted is called Castells (1999) as Network Society which is characterized by a process of miniaturization of the Technologies and equipped with wireless internet. These two factors Continuously, causing what we see today in the cities, technological nomads - Users of mobile technologies that produce, consume and share information Without leaving the dizzying stream of the city. Within this reality, this research has as Central objective is the study of the relation between imagery and spatiality. With Based on this, an analysis is made on the production of videos generated in the city of Fortaleza-CE and shared on the YouTube® site together with a methodology created Dziga Vertov - A Man with a Camera (Russia, 1929) - for one Urban discourse, discussing the practices of these users from the perspective of architecture and urbanism.

Orientadora: Ana Paula dos Santos Malheiros / Banca: Sueli Liberati Javaroni / Banca: Norma Suely Gomes Allevato / Resumo: A pesquisa em questão tem por objetivo identificar elementos que contribuem para o professor de Matemática utilizar as Tecnologias Digitais em suas aulas. Assim, para alcançar esse objetivo nos guiamos pela seguinte pergunta diretriz: "Quais elementos contribuem para que os professores de Matemática venham a utilizar as Tecnologias Digitais como parte de suas práticas pedagógicas em suas aulas?". Os sujeitos investigados foram os professores de Matemática dos anos finais do Ensino Fundamental, que disseram utilizar as Tecnologias Digitais em suas aulas, das escolas pertencentes à Diretoria de Ensino (DE) de São José do Rio Preto - SP. Nesse trabalho, optamos por uma investigação fundamentada na Metodologia de Pesquisa Qualitativa. Os resultados obtidos indicam que o que tem contribuído para que os professores de Matemática utilizem as Tecnologias Digitais são elementos que permeiam a identidade profissional desse professor, as percepções do professor de Matemática acerca das possibilidades e contribuições que as Tecnologias Digitais trazem ao serem utilizadas em suas aulas, e, por último, as contribuições da equipe gestora da escola, assim como algumas políticas educacionais com projetos que viabilizam a utilização das Tecnologias Digitais / Abstract: The following research aims to identify elements that contribute to the Mathematics Teachers use Digital Technologies in their classes. Thereby achieving this goal, we are guided by the question guideline: "What elements contribute to the Mathematics Teacher will use the Digital Technologies as part of their teaching in their classes?" . The subjects investigated were the mathematics teachers from the final years of the elementary level, who said employing the digital technologies in their classes, from schools that belong to the educational board of São José do Rio Preto-SP. in this research we chose an investigation based on the qualitative research methodology. the obtained outcomes indicate what has contributed to the mathematics teachers are elements that permeate the professional identification of this teacher, the perception of these mathematics teachers is about the possibilities and contribution of the digital technologies brings to be used in their classes, and finally, the contribution of the management team of the school as well as some educational policies with some projects that enable the use of Digital Technologies / Mestre

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-07-21T11:37:55Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Janice Gusmão Ferreira de Andrade.pdf: 2042345 bytes, checksum: 6529e751351061fa13b84eb91babd584 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-21T11:37:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Janice Gusmão Ferreira de Andrade.pdf: 2042345 bytes, checksum: 6529e751351061fa13b84eb91babd584 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-07 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / Nobrow is a new concept, a new communicational phenomenon, a new aesthetics that characterizes the contemporary art and culture. It is a new moment in the cultura history of the XXI century. The term Nobrow refers to "highbrow" (a concept of art and literature, which characterizes them as "intellectualized, high-quality"), and "lowbrow" (that characterizes literature and art as with no connection or interest to serious cultural / intellectual ideas), so that it represents the concept of culture without a qualification of "lowbrow" or "highbrow", not specifically targeting a particular type of audience, or a specific area of knowledge. Nobrow is art without categorization. This research is based primarily on concepts and theories from John Seabrook and Peter Swirski, the only researchers on Nobrow, both of which having already legitimized its existence as more than simply reinterpretation of the concepts of highbrow and lowbrow, considering that these concepts gave life to the so-called hybrid works. Therefore, regarding Nobrow, it is the evolution of the hybrids originated from the interactivity characteristic of cyberculture. Secondarily, the research is fundamented on concepts of cyberculture, glocality and velocity from Baudrillard, Virilio and Trivinho. Internationalization and hybridism come from the ideas of Burke, Canclini and Canevacci; whereas theories of our era are handled by the visions of Augé, Bauman, Eagleton, Harvey, Jameson, Kumar, Lipovetsky and Lyotard. This Thesis examines this new Nobrow aesthetics, its scope and characteristics; investigating unclassifiable works and cultural movements of the twenty-first century that were influenced by cyberspace to check its belonging to Nobrow. To this end, the field research was developed both locally and internationally. It was necessary to interview artists, to analyze and compare works from different areas and different countries to demonstrate the essence of Nobrow, considering that it is the union of the world, of each work of art and each artist isolated locally on glocal bunkers; it is the internationalization of culture everywhere through cyberspace and through technology-based communication. Glocality brings us this globalization whilst we are isolated on it. Thus, the corpus of this research are works and/or movements from the visual arts, literature, performance arts and music. Their origins are from five different continents. By that, we intend to give adequate parameters to this century’s culture. Our society and culture are in a new phase, which no longer fits within the postmodernist’s definitions or any other. Nobrow is the name of this new era of non-absolute definitions, the “unclassifiablism”; it is the “post-postmodernism”. It is a worldwide phenomenon, a consequence of the lack of applicability of the old divisions of culture in highbrow and lowbrow. We must understand and accept the fact that these definitions as well as the naming of our Zeitgeist as “Postmodernism” or as anything else are outdated and no longer applicable to art and culture / Nobrow constitui novo conceito e, ao mesmo tempo, novo fenômeno comunicacional e nova estética da cultura e da arte contemporâneas. Como tal, implica um momento renovado na história da cultura do século XXI. Nobrow alude às expressões highbrow (que denomina as artes e a literatura, como “intelectuais” e “de alta qualidade”) e lowbrow (que caracteriza a literatura e as artes como sem conexão com ideias culturais “sérias”/“intelectuais”) de maneira a, com efeito, representar autonomamente o conceito de cultura sem remissão necessária a ambos os níveis (lowbrow ou highbrow), sem direcionamento específico a determinado tipo de público ou a determinada área de conhecimento. Nobrow corresponde à arte não categorizada. A presente pesquisa baseia-se, primordialmente, nas teorias e conceitos de John Seabrook e Peter Swirski, únicos pesquisadores sobre Nobrow, que já o legitimaram como mais do que mera releitura dos conceitos de alta e baixa cultura, uma vez que a mistura de ambas deu origem a obras chamadas de híbridas. Para além disso, Nobrow é o hibridismo proveniente da interatividade típica da cibercultura. Secundariamente, a pesquisa é fundamentada nas teorias de Baudrillard, Trivinho e Virilio, bem como nos conceitos de glocalidade e velocidade dos dois últimos autores, respectivamente. A tematização sobre a internacionalização e o hibridismo das culturas lastreia-se nas concepções de Burke, Canclini e Canevacci, enquanto a visão sobre a época contemporânea inspira-se nas obras de Anderson, Augé, Bauman, Eagleton, Harvey, Jameson, Kumar, Lipovetsky e Lyotard. A Tese analisa a nova estética Nobrow, sua abrangência e suas características, com foco em obras e movimentos culturais inclassificáveis do século XXI, influenciados, de algum modo, pelo ciberespaço. Especificamente, esse corpus abrange obras e/ou movimentos de autores das artes plásticas, da literatura, da performance e da música de cinco continentes diferentes. A investigação de campo se desenvolveu tanto em contexto local quanto no exterior. Foi necessário entrevistar artistas, analisar e comparar obras de diferentes áreas e de diferentes países para demonstrar os fundamentos do Nobrow, já que este é a união entre mundo, obra e cada artista isolado em bunkers glocais (nem locais nem globais), na internacionalização da cultura de todos os lugares através do ciberespaço e da comunicação proporcionada pela tecnologia. A glocalidade condiciona a mundialização das culturas ao mesmo tempo em que permanecemos isolados em contextos glocais. Com essas características, a Tese visa estabelecer parâmetros reflexivos mais adequados à natureza da cultura contemporânea, que se encontra em nova fase, por não se encaixar mais nas definições pós-modernistas e outras tantas. Nobrow é o nome desta nova era de definições não absolutas, o “inclassificalismo”; é o “pós-pós-modernismo”, um fenômeno mundial para além das antigas divisões da cultura em highbrow e lowbrow e consequente da defasagem de termos e sentidos. Conclusivamente, devemos compreender o fato de que tanto essas definições quanto qualquer denominação contemporânea de nosso Zeitgeist estão ultrapassadas, não sendo mais aplicáveis à arte e à cultura atuais

University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Department of Communication

University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Department of English

Recognising that road safety is a development priority in South Africa, this research project aims to compare the efficacy of the Social Marketing development communication approach with that of the education approach favoured by the National Department of Transport in road safety development interventions. The research is also driven by the identified need to explore the role of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in development. To this end, road safety "action kits" were developed using Social Marketing principles and incorporating the use of interactive technology. Educational kits using information supplied by the National Department of Transport were also developed. The efficacy of the two interventions was compared by comparing the results of a road safety inventory across three groups of participants. These participants were learner drivers from Pietermaritzburg aged < 25 years and with access to the required technology. The first experimental group (N=36) received the action kits, the second experimental group (N=42) received the developed educational intervention and a third control group (N=40) received no intervention. The Social Marketing group was found to score higher than the education group across all items in the inventory (educational, attitudinal and behavioural). The research concludes that the Social Marketing approach needs to be considered as an alternative to the current approach in road safety communication interventions. It also provides the basis for further exploration of the uses of ICTs in development interventions. / Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2005.

No abstract available. / Thesis (M.Sc.-U.R.P.)-University of Natal, 2002.