In this regard, Higgins (2002) reports that Micros Systems Inc. introduced a custom application specifically for the hospitality industry early on, and despite the lingering effects of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the market, this company and others such as BDM International Inc. are continuing their efforts to provide hotels, restaurants and other organizations competing in the hospitality industry with the information technology they need to become more competitive (Bear 1999). More recently, companies such as Avendra have started offering integrated software applications that are specifically designed for various segments of the hospitality industry. This company's integrated software application provides purchasing support for food and beverage operations, room operations, engineering/building and construction, administrative, professional and financial services; cleaning solutions and sanitizing systems; grounds and agronomy maintenance; as well as gift shop and spa equipment operation and products (Avendra's purchasing programs 2010).
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Avendra's purchasing programs, 2010. Avendra. Retrieved from   / solutions/PurchasingPrograms/Pages/default.aspx.http://www.avendra.com 

Bassoppo-Moyo, T.C., Bassoppo-Moyo, S. & Dube, G., 2002. "Managerial Perceptions in the Application of Information Technology in the Public and Private Sector in Zimbabwe."

International Journal of Instructional Media 29(3): 289-290.

Bear, V., 1999, May 24. "Your Money; Movers & Shakers." The Washington Times: 8.

Improvements in communication technology have caused major differences in American society but such improvements have also served to expand the number of individuals that are affected by American society. Through new communication technology the breadth of influence enjoyed by American society is larger than at any point in history and as the level of such technology increases so likely will American influence.
One of the aspects of American culture that has been disseminated widely by improvements in communication technology and which has proven to be one of the most popular is pop culture. Although incorporating many different elements of American culture the essential ingredients of pop culture include the events, people, fads, and trends that capture the public imagination. It also includes cultural trends of the past that achieved enduring status. Examples of figures in pop culture in the America include different cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck,…...

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Cantor, P.A. (2003). Gilligan Unbound: Pop Culture in the Age of Globalizatio. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Peterson, R.A. (1996). Changing Highbrow Taste: From Snob to Omnivore. American Sociological Review, 900-907.

Popular American Culture

An article from last year points to the continuing thrust forward with respect to the integration of technologies and sensory desires for the user, describing the inception of visual aspects into the protocol.
The 2007 article by Ding et al. is focused on the discourse, research and user-end needs which figured into the gradual integration of visual images indicating users status and allowing for the presentation of messaging. Based particularly upon the findings produced by a long-term observation of the patterns of usage for VOIP users, the study would produce a set of conclusions concerning the fashions of usage which have produced the integration of visualization into an already integrative protocol.

The article contends to "shed light on the factors that drive the use of visual enhancements to audio conferencing." (Ding et al., 1019) Among them, the article concludes that there is an impulse when using computer interface systems to be…...

News Reporting on Crimes, Corruption, and worsening Economic Conditions:

News channels also telecast detailed reports on crimes, corruption, political instability, and worsening conditions of economies. General public, which is already in a miserable condition due to a stressful life further gets into tensions and worries due to such type of information. These reports present a very weird picture of what is happening around the world. All this creates an atmosphere of restlessness, anxiety, and depression among the general public (Kraut & Attewell).

Impacts of Information overload on Investors:

Investing in a particular asset, organization, or industry is such a decision which requires a comprehensive and careful analysis of the relevant facts and figures. Generally, investors look at the industry trends over the last few years in a view to anticipate the attractiveness and potential of their investment. Now-a-days, there are various sources through which they can obtain this information. But the problem arises…...

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Bondarouk, Tanya. Handbook of research on e-transformation and human resources management technologies: organizational outcomes and challenges. Hershey: Information Science Reference, 2009. Print. (412)

Costigan, Sean & Perry, Jake. Cyberspaces and global affairs. Burlington: Ashgate Publishers, 2012. Print. (p. 319)

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Communications # Technologies #Organization
Communication Technologies

What is Information Communications and Media Technology (ICMT)

ICMT is derived from two fundamental terminologies -- information communication technology and media technology. Information communication technologies refer to the resources and tools used to create, manage, store, and disseminate information (Gray, 2012). They include telephony, broadcasting technologies (television and radio), computers, and other technological media for communication. Each of these media has its technological limitations -- radio, for instance, could broadcast an event live, but one would only hear the sound and not be able to see the performers; similarly, a television would be able to deliver video and sound, but not text (Croteau, Hoynes & Milan, 2011). Media technologies are platforms of computer networks that allow for the delivery of all media forms; interactive, video, picture, sound, text and live (Croteau et al., 2011). Information communications and media technologies, therefore, refer to the various tools of…...

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Croteau, R., Hoynes, W. D. & Milan, S. (2011). Media/Society: Industries, Images and Audiences (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Gray, D. (2012). The Connected Company. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media Inc.

Townsend-Hall, B. (n.d.). Communications Audit: How can it Help You? The Sideroad. Retrieved December 2, 2015 from  http://www.sideroad.com/Business_Communication/communications-audit.html

0 technologies in ensuring a higher level of voter participation and voting over time (Laslier, Van der Straeten, 2008).
From the PEPS metric and the traceability of Web 2.0-based participation as shown on techpresident.com, a scorecard can be created that predicts the level of voter participation based on the effectiveness of campaign strategies candidates create to capitalize on Web 2.0-based technologies. The use of stratification techniques and Web analytics also make it possible to predict on a location-by-location basis the level of voter participation as well (Cebula, Toma, 2006). What is beginning to occur is the integration of business intelligence based on the data available through Web-based data capture and measurement techniques being analyzed through metrics that have been empirically derived and proven to support the measurement of voter participation (Moon, Birdsall, Ciesluk, Garlett, 2006).

Further adding insight and intelligence to the analysis of voter participation and segmentation into audiences, presidential candidates…...

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Richard J. Cebula, Michael Toma. (2006). Determinants of Geographic Differentials in the Voter Participation Rate. Atlantic Economic Journal, 34(1), 33. Retrieved May 6, 2008, from ABI/INFORM Global database. (Document ID: 1013181121).

Jean-Francois Laslier, Karine Van der Straeten. (2008). A live experiment on approval voting. Experimental Economics, 11(1), 97-105. Retrieved May 6, 2008, from ABI/INFORM Global database. (Document ID: 1434528501).

Bruce E. Moon, Jennifer Harvey Birdsall, Sylvia Ciesluk, Lauren M. Garlett, et al. (2006). Voting Counts: Participation in the Measurement of Democracy. Studies in Comparative International Development, 41(2), 3-32. Retrieved May 6, 2008, from ABI/INFORM Global database. (Document ID: 1139343651).

Definitions

Training: the act of acquiring the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors to accomplish a task or set of tasks often comprising an occupation or profession, usually through the direct or indirect instruction of the knowledge/skills/behaviors acquirer or "trainee" by a supervisor, instructor, or other knowledgeable and practiced entity or "trainer." Can also refer to the act of imparting this knowledge, i.e. The actions taken by the trainer to ensure the trainee's abilities and proficiency in the trained-for task(s) and activities.

Computer-based training: Training that takes place with the assistance of a computer and specific software programs as the primary means of instruction, either as a standalone (i.e. without other training methods or media being employed) or as part of a larger curriculum that includes more traditional methods of instruction as well. Typically implies some level of automation and personal adaptability in the exact subject matter and method of instruction.

Blended learning: Though…...

Communications Technologies: ICMT
ICMT: Communications Technologies

Simplicity vs. Complexity

The term ICMT refers to the various tools used by organizations in the creation and dissemination of print, sound, still photos, and lives forms of media. The most commonly-used ICMT tools in the organizational setting today are email, instant messaging services, and social-networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. These technologies increase the diversity of the devices and services that users have to deal with, resulting in an enormous burden of complexity. This complexity creates obstacles to acceptance and effective exploitation of such technologies. To prevent this, organizations need to come up with strategies for simplifying the use of ICMT. This they could do by developing a series of techniques and tools that enable users to customize and use devices with minimal effort (Salina & Salina, 2008).

For instance, a user may be interested in obtaining sales information from the sales' department located in a…...

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Salina, J. & Salina, P. (2008). Next Generation Networks: Perspectives and Potentials. Chichester, Engalnd: John Wiley & Sons.

Waber, B. (2013). People Analytics: How Sensing Technology will Transform Business and What it Tells us about the Future of Work. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education Inc.

Conclusion:

The police adapting to rapid changes in technology is felt in two ways -- primarily in using the technology that comes with new inventions for the police like better weapons, communication networks and so on for which they have to be thoroughly trained. The specialist has also to be trained in many issues like cyber crimes, and use of sophisticated computers and machines for crime. Police with an up-to-date mass communication system can be easily mobilized and can have faster response to events. The negative aspects of technology cannot be wished away and there must be research done to overcome these defects in communication with the public and also reliance must be placed on more robust methods of data access.

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Couldry, Nick; Mccarthy, Anna. (2004) "Mediaspace: Place, Scale, and Culture in a Media

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Age." Routledge: New York.

Public Health Issues: Use of Media and Other Communication Technologies to Impact Health BehaviorHealth communication via media telehealth is effective due to its maximum reach and accessibility. Half of the US adult population has smartphones, and 95% use them for looking for health-related information on the internet (The Community Guide, 2018). 72% of the entire US population uses the internet to find health-related information, and 62% use their phones, a convenient and handy option, to quickly access the same information online (The Community Guide, 2018). This paper aims to reflect on how effective health communication could be for the diabetic African American community for a public health intervention program.For decreasing diabetes in African American communities, taking lessons from the evidence from The Community Guide (2018), mass media interventions could be more beneficial for community-based programs. The data shows that health communication campaigns using mass media are recommended (indicated with a…...

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Groupware Applications
Information and communications technology brought about various benefits especially in the milieu of business. Aside from automating business processes that proved invaluable in streamlining business operations and provided efficient and effective means of achieving organizational objectives, workplace and group collaboration improved via various groupware applications. These groupware applications or collaborative software are "designed to facilitate the work of groups [and] to communicate, cooperate, coordinate, solve problems, compete, or negotiate (Foraker Labs, 2011)." Groupware applications are available in various functions and technologies; however, implementing groupware applications though may not be as simple as it seems because there various challenges involved in the initiative. For instance, there might be resistance to change from some sectors of the organization and these groups may reason out that "the former business process is working just fine!" Others may deem groupware applications implementation as intrusive on the current operational tempo of the business.

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O'Connor, B.N. (1999). A groupware-based peer review process: An exploratory case study. Informing Science, 2(1): 11-18. Retrieved May 16, 2011 from  http://inform.nu/Articles/Vol2/v2n1p11-18.pdf 

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Communication
Electronic communication has become one of the most important methods for people to communicate with one another in recent years. Spielberg (1999) noted that patients have sought to utilize electronic communication with their physicians. In the past, he argued, a variety of exchanges were utilized, including in-person visits, telephone, pagers and voicemail, so it was only natural that communication between patients and those within the medical profession would be extended to the realm of electronic communication. Thus, the market has driven the need for health care organizations to begin to explore how they can use electronic communication methods such as email, the Internet, online chats or even SMS messaging to bridge the communication gap with their patients. hile the market may demand new methods of communication be developed, there are risks inherent to the medical profession that present challenges or obstacles to facilitating the market-demanded electronic communication methods.

The Issues

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Spielberg, A. (1999). Online without a net: Physician-patient communication by electronic mail. American Journal of Law & Medicine. Vol. 15 (1999) 267-295.

Hassol, A.; Walker, J.; Kidder, D.; Rokita, K.; Young, D.; Pierdon, S.; Deitz, D.; Kuck, S. & Ortiz, E. (2004). Patient experiences and attitudes about access to a patient electronic health care record and linked web messaging. Journal of the American Medical Information Association. Vol. 11 (6) 505-513.

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Wager, K.A., Lee, F.W., & Glaser, J.P. (2009). Health care information systems: A practical approach for health care management (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Communication and Culture
An Analysis of the Dangerous Effects of New Communication Technology on Society

Technology is making communication easier in today's world, but often at the expense of personal contact as many people choose to socialize in front of a computer screen. What dangers are there for a society which depends on computer screens rather than face-to-face contact for its main means of communication? This paper will analyze the effects of today's communication technology (social media, chat rooms, networking) on society and culture.

Michel Metz (1995) argues "that cultures are both possible and prevalent among communities connected only by computer as the preferred mode of communication" (p. 1). But Metz is writing perhaps too soon. The explosion of social media in the 21st century has essentially redefined the way we communicate and form relationships -- which no longer require face-to-face encounters; they can exist globally, with face-to-face simulation offered via Skype or…...

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This is necessary to provide a seamless platform on which health solutions can be effectively integrated and deployed. Without using such a platform, the development of electronic health care facilities will be more difficult to deploy. In other words, Tele-health is part of the overall healthcare ICT (Information Communications Technology) solutions that enables healthcare to be pushed out to the edge, for local delivery, and to be more evenly, efficiently and effectively distributed.
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COMMUNICATION IN EDUCATIONAL -- PIESTLEY'S PAADOX
Introduction to Priestley's Paradox

According to Priestley's Paradox, there may be an inverse relationship between the quality of communications and the complexity and variety of modern methods of communication (Hodge 1993, 4; Eunson 2008, 17). More specifically, Priestley suggested that the richest and most effective means of communications is the process of face-to-face verbal communication between two individuals. Every additional variable, such as adding more individuals to the communications chain or introducing artificial technological mechanism necessarily reduces the quality and accuracy of the communications process. In principle, therefore, direct face-to-face communications between two people is more effective than direct, face-to-face communications among larger groups of individuals. Likewise, face-to-face communications are preferable to telephonic communications, written communications, and other forms of remote communications (Hodge 1993, 6; Eunson 2008, 18).

Applying Priestley's Paradox to the Educational Environment

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I. Introduction
A. Hook: Start with a thought-provoking quote, statistic, or anecdote related to technology.
B. Background information: Briefly explain the significance of technology in today's world.
C. Thesis statement: Technology has revolutionized various aspects of our lives and continues to shape our future.

II. Body Paragraph 1: Advancements in Communication Technology
A. Explanation of communication technology: Define and provide examples of communication technology.
B. Impact on social connectivity: Discuss how communication technology has brought people closer together.
C. Effects on global collaboration: Explain how technology has expanded opportunities for collaboration across borders.

III. Body Paragraph 2: Technological Advances in Education
A.....

Advancements in technology have played a significant role in shaping the transition from the industrial age to the information age. Some key ways in which technology has influenced this transition include:

1. Communication: The widespread availability of the internet and advancements in communication technology have revolutionized how information is transmitted and shared. This has enabled real-time communication across the globe and facilitated the exchange of ideas and information on a scale never before seen.

2. Automation and robotics: The development of automation and robotics technology has transformed industries, increasing efficiency and productivity while decreasing the need for manual labor. This shift has....

Literature Review:
1. Gil-Flores, Javier., Rodríguez-Santero, Javier., & Gordillo, J. (2017)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that contribute to the use of ICT in secondary-education classrooms, focusing on teacher characteristics and school infrastructure. The sample consisted of 624 secondary school teachers in Spain, and the sampling technique used was convenience sampling. Data was collected through questionnaires and interviews. The method of data analysis involved descriptive statistics and regression analysis. The major findings of the study revealed that teacher characteristics, such as age and experience, and school infrastructure, such as availability of devices and internet access, significantly influenced....

School Administrators' Perceptions of ICT in Secondary School Teaching
Information and communication technology (ICT) has revolutionized many aspects of modern life, including education. In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the potential of ICT to enhance teaching and learning in secondary schools. However, the effective integration of ICT into the classroom requires the support and buy-in of school administrators.
Perceived Benefits of ICT
School administrators generally acknowledge the numerous benefits of ICT in secondary school teaching. These include:
Improved student engagement: ICT tools can make learning more interactive, engaging, and enjoyable for students.
Increased access to information: Students can access a....