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De Percy, Michael Alexander, Leith Campbell, and Nitya Reddy. "Towards an Australian Digital Communications Strategy." Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy 10, no. 4 (December 28, 2022): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.18080/jtde.v10n4.650.
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In the early 21st century, governments developed national broadband plans to supply high-speed broadband networks for the emerging digital economy and to enable digital services delivery. Most national broadband plans are now focused on moving to ever faster networks, but there is a growing need to develop national digital communications strategies to focus on the demand-side of the broadband “eco-system”. In this paper, we outline the approaches adopted by the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Korea to assist in the development (or renewal) of Australia’s national broadband strategy, or, as we prefer, national digital communications strategy. The paper draws on the lessons learned from the case-study countries and the recent pandemic and considers some theoretical aspects of the broadband ecosystem. We conclude by suggesting a process to re-evaluate Australia’s national digital communications strategy as it rolls forward, and to incorporate recent international trends to develop demand-side policies to enable greater adoption and use of existing broadband infrastructure and digital services.
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Chapdelaine, Pascale, and Vincent Manzerolle. "The Regulation of Media and Communications in the Borderless Networked Society." Laws 10, no. 4 (October 15, 2021): 78. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/laws10040078.
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This Special Issue1 builds on the interdisciplinary dialogue that took place at the University of Windsor (Canada) symposium on the regulation of digital platforms, new media and technologies in the fall of 2019 [...]
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Xie, Sherry L. "National strategy for digital records: Comparing the approaches of Canada and China." International Journal of Information Management 33, no. 4 (August 2013): 697–701. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2013.02.004.
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Bien, Linda. "A national strategy for Canada: visual resources collections concerns." Art Libraries Journal 19, no. 1 (1994): 23–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s030747220000866x.
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Canadian visual resources professionals believe a national strategy would raise the profile of their group who, although well known elsewhere, are not well known in Canada. Technology has made networking to share cataloguing and participation in electronic communications feasible, but many libraries do not have access to national utilities. Although digital capture and interactive electronic image storage and retrieval hold great promise for visual resources, there is a need for funding for retrospective conversion, imaging and the like. Networking makes authority work more important than it has been: a national strategy should include the formulation of a Canadian artist authority tool. Canadian iconography must be a component of any tools developed to describe art objects and their surrogates. In cooperation with CHIN Canadian art archivists and librarians must develop international standards for descriptive cataloguing. In addition, pressure must be brought to bear to end restrictive copyright for library users.
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Liu, Yina. "A Brief Review of Young Children’s Home Digital Literacy Practices." Alberta Academic Review 4, no. 1 (July 5, 2021): 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/aar120.
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COVID-19 has created significant changes in the everyday lives of teachers, children and parents. Due to school lockdowns in the spring semester of 2020, teachers shifted from in-person classroom teaching into “emergent remote teaching” (Hodges et al. 2020, para. 5), where digital tools and software were used for instruction and teacher-student communications. Many children have also shifted their social lives from face-to-face to virtual interactions (Hutchins 2020); for example, engaging in online family story reading, social media participation, and joining after school activities digitally. This pandemic has highlighted the importance of being literate in digital environments for children. Digital literacy, that is, literacy practices undertaken across multi-media, involving “accessing, using and analysing digital texts and artefacts in addition to their production and dissemination” (Sefton-Green et al. 2016, p. 15). The importance of the digital world and digital tools for the post-COVID future where digital literacy could become more prominently featured for teachers, children, and parents must not be underemphasized.
In this presentation, I reviewed the literature on young children’s digital literacy practices at home. Many studies have illustrated the benefits and various kinds of learning that children get from their digital play at home, including emergent literacy learning (Neumann 2016), digital citizenship (Bennett et al. 2016), etc. Moreover, I presented the complex trajectories of children playing with their digital devices and toys at home (Marsh 2017). In the 21st century children’s home play, the boundaries between the virtual and physical worlds are blurring (Marsh 2010; O’Mara and Laidlaw 2011; Carrington 2017).
More importantly, this literature review suggests a gap and an opportunity for future researchers to explore home digital literacy of children, who are from minority backgrounds in Canada, as literacy practices are socially and culturally situated. This presentation illustrates the importance of my proposed doctoral research, as my research aims to explore Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) children’s digital home literacy practices in Canada.
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Kidd, Dorothy. "North American Extra-Activism and Indigenous Communications Practices." MEDIACIONES 16, no. 25 (December 17, 2020): 222–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.26620/uniminuto.mediaciones.16.25.2020.222-245.
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There has been a wealth of research in Latin America on the most recent global intensification of extractivism, or the capitalist exploitation of natural resources. Some of this research has examined the resistance among front-line Indigenous and rural communities, and allied environmental groups, who are challenging the development of mega-scale mining, oil, gas, monoagricultural, and related infrastructural projects. Researchers have noted many similar tactical repertoires that can take multiple forms (through direct action, media representation, and in legal, political, and educational forums) and extend across geographic scales (local, national, regional, and transnational). Communications is key to much of their work; however there has been far less research examining the communications practices in any detail. This article focuses on the communications practices in use in three Indigenous led campaigns against extractivist projects in North America, the decade-old Unist’ot’en Camp in northwestern Canada, Idle No More, and the #NoDAPL of the Standing Rock Sioux. My findings indicate that a resurgent Indigenous movement, in concert with environmental and other settler allies, has adopted an array of communications practices that combine protective action on behalf of their lands and waters with the creation of new communities in place-based assemblies and social media and digital networks.
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Ahmmed, Tuheen, Afsoon Alidadi, Zichao Zhang, Aizaz U. Chaudhry, and Halim Yanikomeroglu. "The Digital Divide in Canada and the Role of LEO Satellites in Bridging the Gap." IEEE Communications Magazine 60, no. 6 (June 2022): 24–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mcom.001.2100795.
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Ukwuoma, Henry Chima, Nimfel Elisha Cirman, and Peter Olorunleke Oye. "The role of e-Government in overcoming the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria." Journal of Governance and Accountability Studies 2, no. 1 (January 25, 2022): 79–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.35912/jgas.v2i1.1157.
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Abstract: Purpose: The article aims at identifying the challenges of e-government amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria and proffered recommendations to arrest the identified challenges. This paper also examined e-Governance in selected countries such as the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Canada and how it has fared including Nigeria revealing its implications for Nigeria as a developing nation. Research Methodology: The article adopts a review study approach in analyzing the subject. Results: Some of the challenges identified by the study include but are not limited to inadequate technical know-how and ICT skills to drive and sustain e-government. Recommendations from the study include, the Ministry of Communications Technology and Digital Economy to build a backbone that will connect all States of the country and the upskilling of the workforce through the Ministry of Labour and Employment amongst others. Limitations: Insufficient quantitative data based on the subject under discourse Contributions: Identified possible areas that the Nigerian government could look into to improve e-government in order to promote inclusivity, awareness, and most importantly reduce the cost of governance. Keywords: 1. COVID-19 2. Digital Solutions 3. e-Governance 4. ICT
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Marshall, Dominique. "Ethical Traditions in Humanitarian Photography and the Challenges of the Digital Age." Journal of Humanitarian Affairs 3, no. 2 (November 11, 2021): 57–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.7227/jha.067.
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As the production, content and display of humanitarian images faced the requirements of digital media, humanitarian organizations struggled to keep equitable visual practices. Media specialists reflect on past and current uses of images in four Canadian agencies: the Canadian Red Cross, the Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan, the World University Service of Canada and IMPACT. Historically, the risk to reproduce the global inequalities they seek to remedy has compelled photographers, filmmakers and publicists in these agencies to develop codes of visual practice. In these conversations, they have shared the insights gained in transforming their work to accompany the rise of new digital technologies and social media. From one agency to the other, the lines of concern and of innovation converge. On the technical side, the officers speak of the advantage of telling personal stories, and of using short videos and infographics. On the organizational side, they have updated ways to develop skills in media production and visual literacy among workers, volunteers, partners and recipients, at all levels of their activity. These interviews further reveal that Communications Officers share with historians a wish to collect, preserve and tell past histories that acknowledge the role of all actors in the humanitarian sphere, as well as an immediate need to manage the abundance of visual documents with respect and method. To face these challenges, the five interviewees rely on democratic traditions of image-making: the trusted relationships, both with the Canadian public and with local peoples abroad, which have always informed the production and the content of visual assets. For this reason, humanitarian publicists might be in a privileged position to intervene in larger and urgent debates over the moral economy of the circulation of digital images in a globalized public space.
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Jiao, Sunny, Vicky Bungay, and Emily Jenkins. "Information and Communication Technologies in Commercial Sex Work: A Double-Edged Sword for Occupational Health and Safety." Social Sciences 10, no. 1 (January 15, 2021): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci10010023.
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Over the previous decade, there has been a notable shift within sex work marketplaces, with many aspects of the work now facilitated via the internet. Many providers and clients are also no longer engaging in in-person negotiations, opting instead for communications via technological means, such as through mobile phones, email, and the internet. By analysing the qualitative interviews of indoor-based providers, clients, and agency managers, this paper addresses the occupational health and safety concerns that indoor sex workers experience in the digital age, as well as how technology use can both support and hinder their capacity to promote their health and safety. Using thematic analysis, we arrived at three salient and nuanced themes that pertain to the intersection of sex work, technology use, and occupational health and safety: screening; confidentiality, privacy, and disclosure; and malice. As socio-political context can affect the occupational health and safety concerns that providers experience, as well as their capacity to prevent or mitigate these concerns, we highlight our findings in light of prevailing societal stigma and a lack of legal recognition and protections for sex work in Canada.
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Ms. Poonam Pant, and Ms. Bhumika Sharma. "Liability of Internet Service Providers Across Various Countries: An Overview." Legal Research Development: An International Refereed e-Journal 4, no. 1 (September 30, 2019): 06–09. http://dx.doi.org/10.53724/lrd/v4n1.04.
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The role of I.S.P. or Intermediary is very important for effective utilization of information technology. The liability of Intermediary or I.S.P. has gain immense importance at international level. Various countries have defined the liability of I.S.P. either in the form of copyright infringement or for the infringement of information technology. Australia was the first country to enact the legislation relating to the liability aspect of I.S.P. in the form of Copyright Act, 1968 making I.S.P. liable to disable the access to online services hosted outside Australia. Some safe harbors were also provided for I.S.P. as part of the Australia - United States Free Trade Agreement. The US provides for the liability of ISP in the form of Communications Decency Act, 1996, Digital Millennium Copyright Act,1998. Title II of the D.M.C.A. specifically deals with the issue of I.S.P. liability and also provides for the penalties for unauthorized access to a copyright work. As regarding the legislations of Canada, it does not specifically defines the liability of I.S.P., instead it provides safe harbor for those ISP’s providing any means for Internet access. I.S.P.’s are also protected for copyright infringement in Canada. In Singapore the liability of I.S.P. is regulated by the Internet class license and Internet code of Practice which requires the I.S.P. to abide by the conditions of license. I.S.P.’s are also restricted to make public access of those websites which contain offensive content harmful to national interest. Japan’s Copyright Act, 1970, The Provider Liability Limitation Law 2002 protects the I.S.P. against any kind of liability for Copyright infringement. UK enacted two legislations in form of Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Digital Economy Act 2010 which imposes the obligations on ISP to notify the infringement to its subscribers, also liable to take technical measures to terminate the Internet services after reporting of infringement. The countries also make the provisions for the penalties for offences relating to the infringement of copyright or unauthorized access of information by various I.S.P.’s or Intermediaries. The quantum of punishment is differed in every country according to the nature of offence.
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Мочалов, Артур Николаевич. "ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE POSITION OF OMBUDSMAN FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS WHEN USING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN RUSSIA." Rule-of-law state: theory and practice 18, no. 2(68) (July 4, 2022): 27–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.33184/pravgos-2022.2.3.
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The article argues for the need to introduce the position of specialized ombudsman in the Russian Federation, whose competence will include the protection of human rights in the digital space, including the Internet. Purpose: to formulate and substantiate proposals for the establishment of the position of ombudsman for the protection of human rights in the field of information and telecommunication technologies. Methods: the research is based on the comparative legal method. The author analyzes the experience of foreign countries – Australia, Canada, Belgium, New Zealand, where independent state institutions operate to protect the rights of individuals when using information technologies, including the right to information and the right to privacy. The method of interpretation of legal norms and provisions of strategic documents of the Russian Federation is also applied. Results: analyzing Russian practice, the author concludes that federal executive authorities, in particular Roskomnadzor (Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media), whose functions include the protection of the rights of subjects of personal data, cannot be considered as analogous human rights institutions. They are not independent and, therefore, cannot take sufficient action if other government agencies act as violators. For this reason, it is concluded that it is advisable to establish a specialized ombudsman.
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Begnum, Miriam Eileen Nes, Lene Pettersen, and Hanne Sørum. "Identifying Five Archetypes of Interaction Design Professionals and Their Universal Design Expertise." Interacting with Computers 31, no. 4 (June 1, 2019): 372–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwz023.
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Abstract Systems and services based on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) are now prevalent in our daily lives. Digital transformations have been, and are still being, initiated across private and public sectors. As such, the consequences of digital exclusion are severe and may block access to key aspects of modern life, such as education, employment, consumerism and health services. In order to combat this, regions and countries such as the USA, Canada, EU and Scandinavia have all legislated universal design (UD) in relation to ICT, in order to ensure as many citizens as possible have the opportunity to access and use digital information and services. However, there has been limited research into how higher educational programs address legislated accessibility responsibilities. This paper looks into the discipline of interaction design (IxD). IxD is the design domain focused on ‘how human beings relate to other human beings through the mediating influence of products’ (Buchanan, R. (2001) Designing research and the new learning. Des. Issues, 17, 3–23). The study presents an analysis of Norwegian higher educational programs within IxD. Based on document analysis, we map the skillsets the study programs state to deliver and investigate to what degree UD expertise is included. Our findings indicate the study programs do not deliver adequate training in UD, in order to fulfill the professional responsibilities related to ICT accessibility. From our findings, we extrapolate five ‘archetypes’ of interaction designers. These personas-like analytical constructs hold slightly different characteristics. For each of the five, we propose UD expertise fitting key skillsets. We hope our contributions are useful both for the higher education sector and the industry and will contribute to raised awareness of UD skills so they can educate interaction designers in their different industry roles with required competences. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS We indicate the current content of interaction design (IxD) programs in higher education and document the lacking focus on universal design (UD). We identify five different archetypes of interaction designers being educated in such programs. We describe key skillsets and strengths for each archetype. We propose UD expertise for the (IxD) profession and link UD expertise to archetype skillsets to emphasize relevance.
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Blaak, Marlot Johanna, Raad Fadaak, Jan M. Davies, Nicole Pinto, John Conly, and Myles Leslie. "Virtual tabletop simulations for primary care pandemic preparedness and response." BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning 7, no. 6 (April 13, 2021): 487–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjstel-2020-000854.
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IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic prompted widescale use of clinical simulations to improve procedures and practices. We outline our deployment of a virtual tabletop simulation (TTS) method in primary care (PC) clinics across Alberta, Canada. We summarise the quality and safety improvements from this method and report end users’ perspectives on key elements.MethodsOur virtual TTS used teleconferencing software alongside digital whiteboards to walk clinic stakeholders through patient scenarios. Participants reviewed and rehearsed their workflows and care practices. The goal was for staff to take ownership over gaps and codesigned solutions. After simulation sessions, follow-up interviews were conducted to collect feedback.ResultsThese sessions helped PC staff identify and codesign solutions for clinical hazards and threats. These included the flow of patients through clinics, communications, redesignation of physical spaces, and adaptation of guidance for cleaning and personal protective equipment use. End users reported sessions provided neutral spaces to discuss practice changes and built confidence in delivering safe care during the pandemic.DiscussionTTS has not been extensively deployed to improve clinical practice in outpatient environments. We show how virtual TTS can bridge gaps between knowledge and practice by offering a guided space to rehearse clinical changes. We show that virtual TTS can be used in multiple contexts to help identify hazards, improve safety and build confidence in professional teams adapting to rapid changes in both policies and practices. While our sessions were conducted in Alberta, our results suggest this method may be deployed in other contexts, including low-resource settings.
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Chapdelaine, Pascale, and Jaqueline McLeod Rogers. "Contested Sovereignties: States, Media Platforms, Peoples, and the Regulation of Media Content and Big Data in the Networked Society." Laws 10, no. 3 (August 18, 2021): 66. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/laws10030066.
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This article examines the legal and normative foundations of media content regulation in the borderless networked society. We explore the extent to which internet undertakings should be subject to state regulation, in light of Canada’s ongoing debates and legislative reform. We bring a cross-disciplinary perspective (from the subject fields of law; communications studies, in particular McLuhan’s now classic probes; international relations; and technology studies) to enable both policy and language analysis. We apply the concept of sovereignty to states (national cultural and digital sovereignty), media platforms (transnational sovereignty), and citizens (autonomy and personal data sovereignty) to examine the competing dynamics and interests that need to be considered and mediated. While there is growing awareness of the tensions between state and transnational media platform powers, the relationship between media content regulation and the collection of viewers’ personal data is relatively less explored. We analyse how future media content regulation needs to fully account for personal data extraction practices by transnational platforms and other media content undertakings. We posit national cultural sovereignty—a constant unfinished process and framework connecting the local to the global—as the enduring force and justification of media content regulation in Canada. The exercise of state sovereignty may be applied not so much to secure strict territorial borders and centralized power over citizens but to act as a mediating power to promote and protect citizens’ individual and collective interests, locally and globally.
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Hassan, Ahmad, Jean-Paul Noël, Yvon Savaria, and Mohamad Sawan. "Circuit Techniques in GaN Technology for High-Temperature Environments." Electronics 11, no. 1 (December 23, 2021): 42. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics11010042.
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As a wide bandgap semiconductor, Gallium Nitride (GaN) device proves itself as a suitable candidate to implement high temperature (HT) integrated circuits. GaN500 is a technology available from the National Research Council of Canada to serve RF applications. However, this technology has the potential to boost HT electronics to higher ranges of operating temperatures and to higher levels of integration. This paper summarizes the outcome of five years of research investigating the implementation of GaN500-based circuits to support HT applications such as aerospace missions and deep earth drilling. More than 15 integrated circuits were implemented and tested. We performed the HT characterization of passive elements integrated in GaN500 including resistors, capacitors, and inductors up to 600 °C. Moreover, we developed for the first time several digital circuits based on GaN500 technology, including logic gates (NOT, NAND, NOR), ring oscillators, D Flip-Flop, Delay circuits, and voltage reference circuits. The tested circuits are fabricated on a 4 mm × 4 mm chip to validate their functionality over a wide range of temperatures. The logic gates show functionality at HT over 400 °C, while the voltage reference circuits remain stable up to 550 °C.
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Dilmaghani, Maryam. "Religiosity and the digital divide in Canada." Communication Review 21, no. 3 (May 9, 2018): 181–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10714421.2018.1468184.
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Jeannotte, M. Sharon. "Digital Platforms and Analogue Policies: Governance Issues in Canadian Cultural Policy." Canadian Journal of Communication 47, no. 2 (May 9, 2022): 293–312. http://dx.doi.org/10.22230/cjc.2022v47n2a4225.
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Background: In Canada, a complex set of public action instruments have been used over the past 100 years or so to encourage, regulate, and support Canadian cultural expression. Analysis: During this period, governments were primarily motivated by three normative imperatives: national identity, economic vitality, and cultural diversity. This article explores the cultural stakes for Canada in the digital platform environment to determine if these normative perspectives are still valid. Conclusion and implications: Cultural policies rooted in the “analogue” past continue to be relevant in the “digital” present, but a new normative imperative—enhancing democracy, fairness, and cultural rights—appears to be emerging.
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Choi, Jinny, and Sangwook Michael Woo. "Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy Among Immigrant Communities in Canada." Korea Association for Public Value 3 (June 30, 2022): 43–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.53581/jopv.2022.3.1.43.
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The digital communication era has given rise to quick and convenient access to information. With vaccine disinformation and anti-vaccine rhetoric becoming increasingly prevalent across social media, the need to improve vaccine literacy at a population level has become urgent. Immigrant communities face unique challenges that hinder their access to credible and coherent sources of vaccine-related information, potentially leading to reliance on disinformative sources of information. Additionally, factors such as language barriers, social exclusions, and the amplification of anti-vaccine narratives across social media culminate the perfect milieu for vaccine hesitant attitudes to propagate within immigrant communities. By identifying the determinants behind the adoption of anti-vaccine narratives among immigrant communities in Canada, strategies to counter vaccine hesitancy can be optimized to improve health education and vaccine literacy within immigrant communities.
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Risam, Roopika. "Diasporizing the Digital Humanities." International Journal of E-Politics 7, no. 3 (July 2016): 65–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijep.2016070105.
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The field of digital humanities has expanded in recent years to encompass a range of practices and practitioners around the world and has changed the nature of scholarly communication. So too have emerged centers and peripheries of the field that privilege scholarly production of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. This article examines efforts to challenge the hierarchical dimensions of power, making the case for viewing transnational scholarly networks through a logic of diaspora.
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Voskoboinikova-Huzieva, Olena. "DIGITAL HUMANITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM OF CANADA." Continuing Professional Education: Theory and Practice, no. 2 (2019): 58–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.28925/1609-8595.2019.2.5862.
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The urgency of the article is due to the increased impact of information and communication technologies on research in the field of socio-humanitarian cycle sciences, which led to the emergence of interdisciplinary direction of research and projects – Digital Humanities, increasing socially important digital content (electronic collections, archives, libraries, museums) and the need for training specialists for this area of activity. The author relies on the main provisions of the publications by V. Kopanieva, T. Yaroshenko, S. Chukanova, O. Oliinyk, and Manifesto for the Digital Humanities. The purpose of the paper is to analyze the experience of preparing specialists in Library Science and Information Sciences (LIS) in the interdisciplinary Master’s Degree Programs in Digital Humanities in Canada and determining the prospects for introducing such programs in Ukraine. The author uses the systematic approach to determining the prospects of training specialists in Digital Humanities for libraries, educational institutions, museums, archives, and other cultural institutions. Methods of analysis of literary sources and information resources, content analysis of university sites in Canada, comparative analysis of educational programs Digital Humanities are applied. The University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada) was selected as the main research object, where the 3-year Interfaculty Educational Program upon Digital Humanities and the Master of Science in Library and Information Research (MLIS) is offered by the Digital Humanities Program and the Library for Information Studies School. The comparative analysis of the contents of the Interfaculty Educational Program upon Digital Humanities at the University of Alberta and the educational and professional program on Information, Library and Archives Management at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University stimulated the decision to develop a new specialization in Digital Humanities for undergraduate Master’s program students in Ukraine. Digital Humanities combine information and communication methods and theories with research and teaching in the field of art and the humanities. The training of specialists in the field of DH is an actual and important task for the higher education system in Ukraine, and the experience of universities in Canada can be extremely useful.
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O'Neill, Brian. "Digital Radio Policy in Canada: From Analog Replacement to Multimedia Convergence." Journal of Radio & Audio Media 15, no. 1 (May 14, 2008): 26–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19376520801978126.
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Shade, Leslie Regan. "Integrating Gender into Canadian Internet Policy: From the Information Highway to the Digital Economy." Journal of Information Policy 6, no. 1 (June 1, 2016): 338–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/jinfopoli.6.2016.338.
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Abstract This article provides an overview of gender and Internet policy in Canada from the mid-1990s to the present day. It first traces early federal policy (Fourth World Conference on Women, federal plan for gender equality, and the Information Highway Advisory Council [IHAC]). Turning to the 2000s, the article reviews Canada's influence in international initiatives (World Summit on the Information Society). The article then reviews Conservative government initiatives (digital economy agenda, Digital Canada 150), illustrating a decline for digital inclusion. With a new Liberal government, the article concludes with areas of engagement by government and civil society toward digital and gender inclusion.
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Demchenko, Iryna. "Forming of Future Teachers’ ICT-Competence: Canadian Experience." Comparative Professional Pedagogy 6, no. 1 (March 1, 2016): 54–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/rpp-2016-0008.
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AbstractThe article deals with the phenomenon of digital divide in the education in Canada. The domestic and foreign scientific and educational publications have been studied and analyzed. It has been found out that traditional means for training pedagogical specialists are gradually losing their relevance due to lack of educational dialogue between a teacher and a student. Information and communication technologies have entered today’s youth everyday life and become an essential means of communication, receiving and transmitting information. Based on the source study, the essence and reasons of digital divide have been revealed. Canadian researchers consider that it is possible to overcome this problem by revising the approach to teacher training which will focus on the forming of future teachers’ information and communication competence. Various definitions of the terms “information competence”, “ICT competence”, “digital literacy”, “e-literacy” have been described. The model of ICT competence, its structure and the process of its integration into education have been analyzed. The examples of forming future teachers’ ICT competence in universities of Canada have been given. It has been revealed that the problem of effective ICT implementation into educational activities is in the range of many Canadian studies, but in fact the phenomenon of digital divide in education is still topical due to insufficient activity of teachers of pedagogical faculties and students’ ignoring the problem. A number of studies have been examined, the authors of which give practical recommendations aimed at enhancing the role of new technologies in teacher training in Canada.
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Sullivan, Katherine V. R. "The gendered digital turn: Canadian mayors on social media." Information Polity 26, no. 2 (June 3, 2021): 157–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/ip-200301.
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Women continue to occupy lesser positions of power at all political levels in Canada, although scholars still argue on the accessibility of municipal politics to women. However, no previous study has systematically examined the gender ratio of mayors across Canada, as well as their (active) use of social media platforms in a professional capacity. Using novel data, this study examines the variation in social media adoption and active use by gender outside of an electoral campaign. Results show that there is a higher proportion of women mayors who have a Facebook page, as well as Twitter and Instagram accounts and who actively use them outside of electoral campaigns, when compared with men mayors’ social media practices.
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Perigoe, Ross. "Ten-year retrospective: Canada and the United States in the age of digital journalism." Journal of Media Practice 10, no. 2-3 (January 1, 2009): 247–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jmpr.10.2-3.247_3.
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McMullin, Caitlin. "Migrant integration services and coping with the digital divide: challenges and opportunities of the COVID-19 pandemic." Voluntary Sector Review 12, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 129–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/204080520x16076177287917.
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In this research note, I reflect on the impacts of the shift to online service delivery for voluntary and community organisations. In particular, I report on initial findings from research being undertaken on migrant integration organisations in Quebec (Canada) and Scotland (UK). The research shows four key emerging themes: the complexities of the digital divide (including skills and access to information and communication technology, and the issue of the number of devices in a household to support multiple users); trust, communication and access to online services; the breaching of the public/private divide as practitioners provide digital services from their home; and the benefits and opportunities for digital service delivery. The research note concludes by reflecting on the long-term implications for voluntary and community sector services as they adapt to and recover from the pandemic and engage in long-term planning.
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McKelvey, Fenwick, and Jill Piebiak. "Porting the political campaign: The NationBuilder platform and the global flows of political technology." New Media & Society 20, no. 3 (December 1, 2016): 901–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444816675439.
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Political parties rely on digital technologies to manage volunteering, fundraising, fieldwork, and data collection. They also need tools to manage web, email, and social media outreach. Increasingly, new political engagement platforms integrate these tasks into one unified system. These platforms pose important questions about the flows of political practices from campaigns to platforms and vice versa as well as across campaigns globally. NationBuilder is a critical case in their study. It is a leading non-partisan platform used in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. The case of NationBuilder in Canada analyzes how political engagement platforms coordinate the global flows of politics. Through interviews, we find reciprocal influence among developers, party activists, consultants, and the NationBuilder platform. We call this process porting. It results in NationBuilder becoming a more portable global platform in tandem with becoming an imported, hybridized part of a campaign’s digital infrastructure.
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Salem, Johannes, Hendrik Borgmann, Martin Baunacke, Katharina Boehm, Julian Hanske, Andrew MacNeily, Christian Meyer, Tim Nestler, Marianne Schmid, and Johannes Huber. "Widespread use of internet, applications, and social media in the professional life of urology residents." Canadian Urological Association Journal 11, no. 9 (September 14, 2017): E355–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.4267.
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Introduction: Digital media have revolutionized communication and information dissemination in healthcare. We aimed to quantify and evaluate professional digital media use among urology residents.Methods: We designed a 17-item survey to assess usage and perceived usefulness of digital media, as well as communication type and device type and distributed it via email to 143 Canadian and 721 German urology residents.Results: In total, 58 (41% response rate) residents from Canada and 170 (24% response rate) from Germany reported professional usage rates of 100% on the internet, 89% on apps, and 46% on social media (SoMe). For professional use, residents spent a median of 30 minutes per day on the internet, 10 minutes on apps, and 15 minutes on SoMe. 100% rated the internet, 89% apps, and 31% SoMe as useful for clinical practice. Most (94%) used digital media for communication with colleagues and 23% for communication with patients. Digital media use was allocated to desktop computers (55%) and mobile devices (45%). Canadian residents had higher usage rates of apps (96% vs. 86%; p=0.042) and SoMe (65% vs. 39%; p=0.002) and longer daily usage times for the internet, apps, and SoMe than German residents (p<0.001 each).Conclusions: Digital media are an integral part of the daily professional practice of urology residents, reflected by high usage rates and perceived usefulness of the internet and apps, and the growing importance of SoMe. Urologists should strive to progressively exhaust the vast potential of digital media for academic and clinical practice.
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Pilegaard, Jess. "Virtually Virtual? The New Frontiers of Diplomacy." Hague Journal of Diplomacy 12, no. 4 (March 10, 2017): 316–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1871191x-12341356.
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Much excitement surrounds diplomatic neologisms such as e-diplomacy, digital diplomacy and even virtual diplomacy. This article reviews existing writing on the subject, with special focus on some of the ‘first movers’ in the new wave of information and communication technology (ict)-enabled diplomacy, namely the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. On this basis, the article suggests a rough typology of ict-enabled diplomacy, ranging from (new) public diplomacy to more advanced forms of digital diplomacy. The article subsequently explores a number of empirical examples of advanced forms of digital diplomacy — that is, ict-enabled diplomatic practices that are not necessarily grounded in a specific time and physical space. The article offers a few concluding thoughts on the possibilities and limits of digital diplomacy.
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Revelo Rosero, Jorge Enrique. "Modelo de integración de la competencia digital del docente universitario para su desarrollo profesional en la enseñanza de la matemática – Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial de Ecuador." EDMETIC 7, no. 1 (March 4, 2018): 196. http://dx.doi.org/10.21071/edmetic.v7i1.6910.
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Resumen:Esta investigación se centra en el desarrollo de un modelo de integración de competencias digitales del docente universitario para su desarrollo profesional en la enseñanza de la matemática, como escenario para el crecimiento y fortalecimiento del ejercicio profesional docente. Metodológicamente se analizaron los aspectos más relevantes de las diferentes normas y modelos propuestos por varios ministerios de educación, entre ellos Australia, Bélgica, Canadá, Chile, España, Estados Unidos, Francia, Noruega y otros, así como organizaciones como la UNESCO O ISTE, y las investigaciones de prestigiosas universidades (Pozos Pérez, 2009; Carrera y Coiduras, 2012; Prendes y Gutiérrez, 2013). Este estudio determina un perfil preliminar del profesorado del área de matemáticas, en el que se describen las dimensiones, competencias e indicadores que desarrolla el profesorado de una universidad de Ecuador y que fue validado por un grupo de expertos internacionales en competencias digitales. Los resultados muestran que el perfil está compuesto por 44 indicadores que corresponden a 21 habilidades digitales que responden a los niveles: básico, intermedio y avanzado de las cuestiones de dominio, uso e innovación en cinco áreas: información y alfabetización, comunicación y colaboración, creación de contenidos digitales, seguridad y resolución de problemas. Abstract:This research focuses on developing a model of digital competence integration of the university teacher for their professional development in the teaching of mathematic, as a scenario for the growth and strengthening of the professional teaching practice. Methodologically, the most relevant aspects of the different standards and models proposed by several ministries of education were analyzed, among them Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Spain, the United States, France, Norway and others, as well as organizations such as UNESCO or ISTE, and the researches of prestigious universities (Pozos Pérez, 2009; Carrera y Coiduras, 2012; Prendes y Gutiérrez, 2013). This study determines a preliminary profile of teachers in the area of mathematics, which describes the dimensions, competencies and indicators developed by teachers of a university in Ecuador and validated by a group of international experts in digitals competence teacher. The results show that the profile is composed by 44 indicators corresponding to 21 digital competences that respond to the basic, intermediate and advanced levels of domain, use and innovation in five areas: information and information literacy, communication and collaboration, creation of digital content, security and problem solvingKeywords: ICT, Mathematics, Digital competences, Higher education
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Kosurko, An, Rachel V. Herron, Mark W. Skinner, Rachel J. Bar, Pia Kontos, Alisa Grigorovich, and Verena Menec. "Opportunities and Challenges of Digital Delivery of Sharing Dance Seniors for Social Inclusion." Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations 22, no. 2 (July 1, 2020): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.21018/rjcpr.2020.2.298.
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Older people, especially those living with dementia, experience significant barriers to meaningful participation in their communities. Focusing on the expansion of an arts-based program to address social inclusion for older people via information communication technology (ICT), this paper identifies the challenges and opportunities of the digital delivery of the Baycrest NBS Sharing Dance Seniors program, a weekly dance class professionally instructed via online-streamed video and facilitated in-person in community and institutional care settings. Findings are drawn from older people and career experiences in community-based, multi-method pilot studies in the Peterborough Region, Ontario, and the Westman Region, Manitoba (2017-19) Canada. Through observations, diaries, focus groups, and interviews featuring the experiences of program instructors, participants, carers, administrators, facilitators, and volunteers, the challenges and opportunities presented by the digital delivery of the Sharing Dance program are analyzed as they relate to understanding social connectivity and relational and multi-dimensional influences on social inclusion. Findings point to the key role of facilitators and in-person support, with implications for the development of social resources and facilitator training in community and institutional settings.
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Barr, Neil G., and Glen E. Randall. "Protection of digital health information: Examining guidance from the physician regulatory colleges in Canada." Health Information Management Journal 50, no. 1-2 (September 11, 2019): 26–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1833358319873968.
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Background: The use of information and communication technology (ICT) has tremendous potential to enhance communication among physicians, leading to improvements in service delivery. However, the protection of health information in digital/electronic format is an ongoing concern. Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine guidance for the protection of health information when using ICT from all 10 of Canada’s provincial regulatory colleges for physicians and to discuss the potential policy and service delivery implications. Method: A search of the regulatory college websites was conducted, followed by a document analysis (content and thematic). Results: The college website search identified 522 documents; 12 of these documents (from 8 of the 10 colleges) met the study criteria. These documents were notable for the considerable variation in the scope and detail of guidance provided across the colleges. Conclusion: While the federal–provincial division of powers in Canada enables different jurisdictional approaches to health service delivery and, thus, opportunities for policy learning, this governing structure may also contribute to a lack of incentive for collaboration, leading to an absence of standardised guidance for health information protection when using ICT. This, in turn, may result in unequal and inequitable protection of health information across the provinces. Therefore, a macro-level approach to policy development in this area may hold the greatest promise for enhancing the protection of health information and doing so in a more standardised manner in countries with federal systems of governance.
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McKelvey, Fenwick, Scott DeJong, Saskia Kowalchuck, and Elsa Donovan. "Is the Alt-Right Popular in Canada? Image Sharing, Popular Culture, and Social Media." Canadian Journal of Communication 47, no. 4 (December 1, 2022): 702–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/cjc.2022-0021.
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Background: In popular coverage and social media analysis, the alt-right has been described as a popular phenomenon. Following Stuart Hall’s understanding of popular culture, we question the status of the alt-right in Canada as both a political and methodological problem that requires critical attention to social media metrics and critical experimentation in developing new digital methods. Analysis: Our study developed a novel method to analyse image circulation across major social media platforms. We find that image sharing is marginal, yet the spread of images distinguishes political communities between Twitter hashtags, subreddits, and Facebook pages. We found a distinct alt-right community in our sample, active but isolated from other popular sites. Conclusion and Implications: While the findings suggest the limited significance of image sharing to conceptualize popularity in cross-platform analysis, our novel method offers a compelling alternative to corporate social media analytics and raises new questions about how popular politics, especially the popularity of the alt-right, may be studied in the future.
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Wong, Suzanna So-har. "Mobile Digital Devices and Preschoolers’ Home Multiliteracy Practices." Language and Literacy 17, no. 2 (June 9, 2015): 75. http://dx.doi.org/10.20360/g2cp49.
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The increased use of digital devices such as touchscreen tablets in the home for work, communication, entertainment, and information searching makes them naturally attractive to toddlers and preschoolers who learn to communicate by observing and interacting with parents and older siblings. This paper presents one of the major findings from a study in Canada and Australia that examined preschoolers’ (ages 3 to 5) home multiliteracy practices. By focusing on data from one of the participants in this study, this paper discusses how the use of iPad engages children in multimodal literacy practices, motivates literacy learning and provides opportunities for independent exploration and creation. This study is informed by complexity science and the data collected were analyzed using Green’s (1988, 2012) three-dimensional model of literacy. The findings shed light on technology’s evolving influence on society and contribute to insights in preschoolers’ home literacy practices.
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Watson, Alysson. "The ‘digital death knock’: Australian journalists’ use of social media in reporting everyday tragedy." Australian Journalism Review 44, no. 2 (November 1, 2022): 245–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00106_7.
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Newspapers regularly publish stories about people who have died suddenly or in unusual circumstances and the effect of these deaths on families and communities. The practice by which a journalist writes such a story is called the ‘death knock’; the journalist seeks out the deceased’s family to interview them for a story about their loss. The death knock is challenging and controversial. It has been criticized as an unethical intrusion on grief and privacy and shown to have negative effects on bereaved people and journalists. It has also been defended as an act of inclusion, giving the bereaved control over stories that may be written anyway, and a form of public service journalism that can have benefits for families, communities and journalists. Traditionally a knock on the door, the death knock is also done via phone and e-mail, and recently, in a practice termed the ‘digital death knock’, using social media. This article reports on the findings of a 2021 survey of Australian journalists and their current death knock practice and it will do this within the framework of research in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. In these countries, journalists are doing the ‘digital death knock’ because of time and competition pressures and available technology; however, this raises ethical concerns about their reproduction of social media material without the permission or knowledge of its owners. This article will discuss the extent to which social media has impacted death knock practice in Australia.
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Paulino, Rita de Cássia Romeiro. "SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES (SNA): an applied research method to investigate the role of the Canadian Ministry of Health in combating COVID-19." Revista Observatório 7, no. 3 (July 1, 2021): a7en. http://dx.doi.org/10.20873/uft.2447-4266.2021v7n3a7en.
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In this study we present a proposal for digital methods using Social Network Analysis (ARS) techniques as a product that materializes in ways to investigate data from social networks. Through such methods, we research the potential of these techniques to investigate the topology of networks and the individual and collective actions of their actors. As an example, we adopted as a case study the Twitter profile of the Ministry of Health of Canada to examine actors and communication strategies in combating the pandemic. These actors played a leading role in distributing information against Covid-19. As a contribution, we identified that, through the methods adopted, it was possible to perceive a triangulation in the communication of government agents with their public, in addition to identifying communication strategies in combating the pandemic.
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Wellman, Barry, Anabel Quan-Haase, and Molly-Gloria Harper. "The networked question in the digital era: How do networked, bounded, and limited individuals connect at different stages in the life course?" Network Science 8, no. 3 (November 4, 2019): 291–312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/nws.2019.28.
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AbstractWe used in-depth interviews with 101 participants in the East York section of Toronto, Canada to understand how digital media affects social connectivity in general—and networked individualism in particular—for people at different stages of the life course. Although people of all ages intertwined their use of digital media with their face-to-face interactions, younger adults used more types of digital media and have more diversified personal networks. People in different age-groups conserved media, tending to stick with the digital media they learned to use in earlier life stages. Approximately one-third of the participants were Networked Individuals: In each age-group, they were the most actively using digital media to maintain ties and to develop new ones. Another one-third were Socially Bounded, who often actively used digital media but kept their connectivity within a smaller set of social groups. The remaining one-third, who were Socially Limited, were the least likely to use digital media. Younger adults were the most likely to be Networked Individuals, leading us to wonder if the percentage of the population who are Bounded or Limited will decline over time.
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Chen, Peter John, and Peter Jay Smith. "Adoption and Use of Digital Media in Election Campaigns: Australia, Canada and New Zealand Compared." Public Communication Review 1, no. 1 (February 9, 2010): 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/pcr.v1i1.1249.
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This article examines the role of digital media in three recent national election campaigns: Australia in 2007 and Canada and New Zealand in 2008 . Examining the process of technology adoption and strategic use by parties and individual candidates, it explores similarities and differences in the use of these evolving campaigning channels. Against the current literature on variables influencing technology adoption, specific attention is given to the use of different communication channels as tools to target specific audiences, the adoption of a wide variety of technologies to ensure broad (‘mass’) reach, and the co-ordination of messages across different platforms. The analysis aims to identify structural, organisational, technological and cultural determinants of variation in the adoption and deployment of these technologies.
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McConnaughey, James, Prabir K. Neogi, Rafi M. Goldberg, and Josie Brocca. "Online and On Point: Broadband Usage in Canada and the United States." Journal of Information Policy 3, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): 123–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/jinfopoli.3.1.123.
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Abstract Have we exhausted supply-side solutions to bridging the “digital divide?” The evidence suggests we may have, according to the four authors of this article. Comparing Canadian and American broadband penetration data, they find that eliminating the “availability gap” is a necessary but not sufficient condition to solving the adoption gap. An analysis of citizens' reasons for non-adoption suggests a basis for more emphasis on demand-side policies, especially with respect to low income, disadvantaged, or uncertain users.
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Marland, Alex. "Political Photography, Journalism, and Framing in the Digital Age." International Journal of Press/Politics 17, no. 2 (February 2, 2012): 214–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1940161211433838.
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In the digital age, journalists are becoming more susceptible to the packaged visuals of politicians that image handlers are pushing electronically in an attempt to circumvent and influence the mainstream media. These managed photos and videos communicate officialdom, voyeurism, and pseudo-events, ranging from routine government business to a personal side of political leaders. They are designed to frame the subject in a positive light and to promote a strategic image. This article submits that demand for digital handouts of visuals, or “image bytes,” is stimulated by economics and institutional accommodation, including the constant need for Web content and journalists’ eroding access to government officials. A profile of the image management of Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper illustrates the jockeying between politicians, PR staff, and journalists over news selection, pseudo-events, framing and gatekeeping. Insights from 32 interviews with Canadian journalists and Conservative party insiders suggests that a two-tier media system is emerging between the small news operations that welcome digital handouts and the mainstream journalists who are opposed. Theoretical themes for international research include examining the implications of political image bytes such as the possible priming effect on journalists who are exposed to constant visual e-communication pushed by political offices.
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Durkee-Lloyd, Janet L. "Analyzing Communication Strategies Used in Long Term Care Facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Brunswick, Canada." Journal of Primary Care & Community Health 13 (January 2022): 215013192211384. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21501319221138426.
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Purpose: Effective communication is a key component to managing an event such as a global pandemic. In Canada, federal/provincial reports indicated that effective communication was a challenge in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to examine the communication strategies used within long term care facilities in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Methods: Online surveys were used to collect data from administrators, staff, and individuals with family members living in long-term care facilities. Results: The findings show an overall satisfaction with the information received by staff and families, however the frequency and format in which information was communicated were inconsistent. All participants indicated that too much information and poor quality information was a challenge. The importance of digital platforms to provide COVID-19 information was consistently identified as a successful communication strategy. Conclusion: The findings of this study reveal that the quantity and quality of information provided during the pandemic created challenges for administrators, staff, and families. This is in line with reports from Canadian provincial/federal reports on COVID-19 and long-term care. Recommendations have been made that would benefit the long-term care sector, not only for pandemics, but for communication in general.
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Starke-Meyerring, Doreen, and Deborah Andrews. "Building a Shared Virtual Learning Culture." Business Communication Quarterly 69, no. 1 (March 2006): 25–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1080569905285543.
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Business professionals increasingly use digital tools to collaborate across multiple cultures, locations, and time zones. Success in this complex environment depends on a shared culture that facilitates the making of knowledge and the best contributions of all team members. To prepare managers for such communication, the authors designed and implemented a semester-long intercultural virtual team project between a management communication course in the United States and one in Canada. To prevent faultlines between subgroups on each campus, the authors set a clear outcome for students’ research, established equity between the two sites, structured assignments so that students worked interdependently across sites”, and encouraged inclusive communication. Faculty considering such a partnership should incorporate a robust collaborative workspace, incorporate preliminary exercises before a large project, provide intensive mentoring and instruction on peer review, arrange for a real visit or videoconference between locations, and expect the project to be both fun and demanding.
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Ferris, Lindsay, and Stefanie Duguay. "Tinder’s lesbian digital imaginary: Investigating (im)permeable boundaries of sexual identity on a popular dating app." New Media & Society 22, no. 3 (July 24, 2019): 489–506. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444819864903.
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Dating apps have received rapid uptake, with Tinder as one of the most popular apps in the heterosexual market. However, little research has investigated the experiences of women seeking women (WSW) on this app. This article combines two interview studies of WSW in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom to investigate their self-presentations of sexual identity on Tinder. By configuring settings to “seeking women,” participants perceived they were entering a space conducive to finding WSW. However, men, couples, and heterosexual women permeated this space, heightening the need for participants to signal non-heterosexual identity. Their signals fused references to lesbian and queer culture with Tinder’s infrastructure to evoke a digital imaginary, as a routinized set of practices imagined to resonate with a shared community. Although signals within this digital imaginary were sometimes playful and ambiguous, their default toward a recognizable lesbian identity often rendered other sexual or gender identities invisible.
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Lu, Qing, and Peter A. Johnson. "Characterizing New Channels of Communication: A Case Study of Municipal 311 Requests in Edmonton, Canada." Urban Planning 1, no. 2 (June 7, 2016): 18–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/up.v1i2.621.
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City governments around the world are developing and expanding how they connect to citizens. Technologies play an important role in making this connection, and one frequent way that cities connect with citizens is through 311-style request systems. 311 is a non-emergency municipal notification system that uses telephone, email, web forms, and increasingly, mobile applications to allow citizens to notify government of infrastructure issues and make requests for municipal services. In many ways, this process of citizen contribution mirrors the provision of volunteered geographic information, that is spatially-referenced user generated content. This research presents a case study of the city of Edmonton, Canada, an early adopter of multi-channel 311 service request systems, including telephone, email, web form, and mobile app 311 request channels. Three methods of analysis are used to characterize and compare these different channels over three years of request data; a comparison of relative request share for each channel, a spatial hot spot analysis, and regression models to compare channel usage with sociodemographic variables. The results of this study indicate a shift in channel usage from traditional to Internet-enabled, that this shift is mirrored in the hotspots of request activity, and that specific digital inequalities exist that reinforce this distinction between traditional and Internet-enabled reporting channels.
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Golovchenko, Glib. "Organization of media training intended for teachers in the United States and Canada." Scientific bulletin of South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky 2020, no. 2 (131) (June 25, 2020): 95–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.24195/2617-6688-2020-2-13.
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In the time of digital technologies and transformation of teachers’ role, the problem of the lack of teachers’ media education support and their insufficient level of readiness to implement media technologies in educational process has become of vital importance. The analysis of American scientists’ ideas has resulted in the conclusion about irreversible consequences of an insufficient level of teachers’ media education that may lead to the loss of democracy in society. In the article, the author stresses the idea about the interconnection between the teachers’ level of training to incorporate media education in the process of learning and its efficiency. It is underlined that this understanding shown by state educational establishments, administrative staff, scientists and teachers is not widely accepted, which is proved by the quantity of media courses, character of training in universities and the time of such training appearance in the curriculum of pedagogical educational establishments. Until recently, in spite of inclusion of media education knowledge in curricular, teachers have been left without proper training in such an activity in the system of formal education. On the example of a number of American and Canadian universities (Indiana University Bloomington, University of Massachusetts, Manitoba University, Vancouver University), the author has distinguished the ways of future teacher media training in formal education (as special training in the area of communication, as a separate course, as components of every course, taught at university). The main peculiarity of the future teacher media training is the encouraging Centres for Online and Digital Learning and libraries which offer necessary support in conducting lessons with digital media tools, media services, consultations on doing media tasks and incorporating media in educational process in schools.
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Rehberg Sedo, Denel. "RICHARD & JUDY'S BOOK CLUB AND ‘CANADA READS’: Readers, books and cultural programming in a digital era1." Information, Communication & Society 11, no. 2 (March 2008): 188–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691180801934487.
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Hunter, Todd A., and Jaroslav Picman. "Characteristics of the Wing Sounds of Four Hummingbird Species that Breed in Canada." Condor 107, no. 3 (August 1, 2005): 570–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/condor/107.3.570.
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Abstract In contrast to vocalizations, nonvocal avian sounds have received little attention as potential means of communication. The high wing-beat frequency of hummingbirds in concert with the modified flight feathers of some species, generate sounds with the potential to play a role in communication. Technological limitations of previous studies have compromised assessment of the acoustic characteristics and importance of these sounds. This study was designed to record and analyze the sex-specific wing sounds of four hummingbird species, in order to provide a framework for further communication studies. We collected digital recordings of hummingbirds during hover flight and analyzed these with computer-based sound software. Our results showed that (1) males of all four species had higher wing-beat frequencies than conspecific females; (2) there was greater intra- and interindividual variation in wing-beat frequency than previously documented; (3) though not specifically tested, the sexual dimorphism and interspecific differences in wing-beat frequency support previous findings that wing-beat frequency is inversely related to wing length; and (4) that digital sound analysis is a powerful new tool for detailed study of wing sounds. We provide the first description of a characteristic behavior, which we have called the ‘Cobra’, in which an individual dramatically increases its wing-beat frequency. Finally, we have significantly expanded understanding of the wing trill sound produced by the modified outer primary feathers, and have shown that female Black-chinned Hummingbirds (Archilochus alexandri) also produce wing trill components despite previous beliefs that these were unique to male hummingbirds. Características de los Sonidos de las Alas de Cuatro Especies de Picaflores que Crían en Canadá Resumen. A diferencia de las vocalizaciones, los sonidos no-vocales de las aves han recibido poca atención como medios potenciales de comunicación. Las altas frecuencias de aleteo de los picaflores, en conjunto con las plumas modificadas para el vuelo de algunas especies, generan sonidos que tienen el potencial de jugar un rol en la comunicación. Las limitaciones tecnológicas de los estudios previos han dificultado la evaluación de las características acústicas y de la importancia de estos sonidos. Este estudio fue diseñado para grabar y analizar los sonidos de las alas específicos de cada sexo en cuatro especies de picaflores con el objetivo de sentar las bases para futuros estudios de comunicación. Colectamos grabaciones digitales de picaflores durante el vuelo suspendido y las analizamos en computadoras con programas de sonido. Nuestros resultados mostraron que: (1) los machos de las cuatro especies tuvieron frecuencias de aleteo más altas que las hembras coespecíficas; (2) existió variación intra- e inter-individual en la frecuencia de aleteo mayor que la documentada previamente; (3) aunque no fue evaluado específicamente, el dimorfismo sexual y las diferencias inter-específicas en la frecuencia de aleteo apoyan hallazgos anteriores que relacionan inversamente la frecuencia de aleteo con la longitud de las alas; y (4) que el análisis digital de los sonidos es una nueva herramienta de gran utilidad para el estudio detallado de los sonidos de las alas. También brindamos la primera descripción de un comportamiento característico que nosotros llamamos ‘Cobra’, en el cual un individuo aumenta dramáticamente la frecuencia de aleteo. Finalmente, hemos incrementado de modo significativo el conocimiento del sonido producido por las plumas primarias externas modificadas y hemos mostrado que las hembras de Archilochus alexandri también producen sonidos con las alas, a pesar de que anteriormente se creía que éstos eran exclusivos de los picaflores machos.
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Trottier, Daniel. "Scandal mining: political nobodies and remediated visibility." Media, Culture & Society 40, no. 6 (October 25, 2017): 893–908. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0163443717734408.
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This article considers the 2015 federal election in Canada as the emergence of seemingly citizen-led practices whereby candidates’ past missteps are unearthed and distributed through social and news media channels. On first pass, these resemble citizen-led engagements through digital media for potentially unmappable political goals, given the dispersed and either non-partisan or multi-partisan nature of these engagements. By bringing together journalistic accounts and social media coverage alongside current scholarship on citizenship and visibility, this case study traces the possibility of political accountability and the political weaponisation of mediated visibility through the targeted extraction of candidate details from dispersed profiles, communities and databases.
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McMahon, Rob, Michael Gurstein, Brian Beaton, Susan O'Donnell, and Tim Whiteduck. "Making Information Technologies Work at the End of the Road." Journal of Information Policy 4, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 250–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/jinfopoli.4.2014.250.
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Abstract Remote and rural areas face many challenges, including the provision of telecommunications services. Regardless of universal service policies or other political promises, rural communities can be deemed unprofitable by service providers while government assistance is managed by faraway regulators who lack understanding of the affected communities and citizens. The authors assess these challenges in the context of the First Nations of Canada, via a decentralized “First Mile” framework. They find that these remote communities are capable of local innovation and can collaborate with intermediary organizations to build digital infrastructures, by bridging the gap between the public and private sectors.