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Campus incubation - A study of how incubators assist firms
(2005)Incubators are considered a cost-effective way to stimulate and support knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial activity. Incubators seek to support the entrepreneur during the new venture creation process. They do this, ... -
Can immersive technology over traditional photography greater influence the number of hazards identified in a healthcare sector residential facility, and as a result influence the perception of risk
(2020)The aim of this study was to explore whether Virtual Reality (VR) can support hazard identification training in a healthcare residential facility and whether VR evokes a sense of presence and as a result increase perceived ... -
Capturing lectures: Using multimedia lecture captures to promote learning
(2010)The purpose of the study is to investigate does multimedia lecture captures promote learning or lead to cognitive overload? In a classroom-based experiment, students received a lesson consisting of a multimedia lecture ... -
Click below to subscribe: Parasocial relationships, interpersonal trust and authenticity with YouTube vloggers
(2018)With the rise of social media celebrities, particularly YouTube vloggers, this study sought to investigate channel viewers feelings of Interpersonal Trust (IPT) and tripartite authenticity (authentic living, self-alienation ... -
Comparing flow experiences between online and offline games
(2020)This research compared flow experiences between online games and offline games. The reason for this research is to find out how difference flow state if Independent variable difference. The Flow State Scale (FSS) is a ... -
A comparison of trust towards online commercial sites between digital natives & digital immigrants.
(2009)Previous research had indicated that Trust plays a role in the decision and intention to make purchases online. It is also proposed that younger people who have grown up using technology known as Digital Natives use computer ... -
A comparison of trust towards online commercial sites between native and digital immigrants
(2009)Previous research had indicated that Trust plays a role in the decision and intention to make purchases online. It is also proposed that younger people who have grown up using technology known as Digital Natives use computer ... -
Connected by technology, empathetically disconnected: A correlational study into phubbing behaviour in Ireland
(2019)Smartphones have transformed how we communicate (Leggett & Rossouw, 2014), however, our dependence on smartphones has become intrusive for many people (Ofcom, 2018). Phubbing (phone snubbing) has become a “normal” activity ... -
The conscious and compulsive connection - An exploratory investigation into potential predictors of nomophobia among Irish smartphone users
(2019)The concept of Nomophobia is recognised among researchers when describing smartphone separation anxiety. This has been a subject of growing interest; however little research has been done into the phenomena’s correlational, ... -
The correlation between gender and the level of Twitter reaction in high-performance sport
(2021)The social media platform Twitter is used by fans, sporting organisations and sports media to provide updates on the results of sporting events in real time. This study explores if there are gender differences in reactions ... -
Counter sites: On site-specific performance and the re-historicizing of space
(2011)The aim of this research is to examine how government funding, through the creation of a cultural policy framework, can facilitate and support site-specific performance and highlight its value, particularly at sites of ... -
A cross-cultural analysis of personality traits in Irish and American online dating profiles
(2011)This research used language analysis to determine personality traits from written text, in the profiles of Irish and American online daters. The free text element of 150 Irish and 150 American Caucasian, male, online daters’ ... -
Cultural differences in construction and utilisation of electronic mail from an African and Irish perspective
(2009)This study sets out to explore whether different cultural backgrounds and specifically learned rules of behaviour affect the usage of computer mediated communication. The study appears to support the general argument that ... -
Cyber harassment & celebrities: Exploring personality types, self-efficacy and the types and levels of cyber harassment experienced by celebrities across social media
(2021)This study aimed to investigate the types and levels of cyber harassment experiences of celebrities across social media and see if there were any potential relationships between self-efficacy and extraversion and levels ... -
Cyberbullying: A new dimension to an old problem
(2009)Shariff and Gouin (2005) describe cyberbullying as psychological bullying, enacted using electronic communication tools such as; mobile phones, blogs, websites, and chat rooms. The aim of this research was to examine the ... -
Cybertrends an exploratory study of who and why?
(Institute of Art, Design and Technology, 2015)Social Networking Research is in the limelight across the media world, it's not surprising with 74% of internet users having an active account on Social Networking Sites such as Facebook. This study explores personality ... -
Deception detection in online and offline communication: The effect of trust levels and perspective taking in real time communication
(2015)Humans have been found to detect lies only at the rate of chance (Ott, Choi, Cardie & Hancock, 2011; Talbot, 2012; Toma & Hancock, 2012). Where communication online can elicit higher rates of trust and sharing personal ... -
Delivering Library Services in a time of crisis; Technological Higher Education Association Libraries responding to COVID-19 from March – August 2020
(All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (AISHE-J), 2020-10-31)This paper presents the experience of eight Irish academic libraries from the Technological Higher Education Association (THEA) from March – August 2020 while delivering library services during the COVID-19 pandemic. It ... -
The design of a prospective memory aid for older adults - Multiminder
(2008)Prospective memory (PM) refers to an individual's ability to remember to carry out tasks of delayed intention, such as remembering to attend a doctor's appointment. It was believed that the implementation of qualitative ... -
Design strategies and dyslexia: Improving the accessibility of course material for third-level students with dyslexia
(2015)This thesis examines the challenges faced by third-level students with dyslexia when reading course material by drawing on information obtained directly from students through one-to-one semi-structured interviews. By ...