Browsing Dun Laoghaire Institute Of Art Design + Technology by Issue Date
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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 ... -
"Giving" in online recommendation systems: the roles played by narcissism and altruism
(2009-03)Online communities are created and used for different reasons e.g. information exchange, friendship, support and leisure. As distinct from commercial ventures online, many people actually give away digital information of ... -
Stad le Cheile-Using a digital platform to educate children on the effects of drink and drugs
(2010)As all charitable organisations attempt to ease the fall-out from the effects of social problems every day, they face a complex four-tier problem. They need to communicate their message, to the right audience, using the ... -
The motivations and personality traits that influence Irish Facebook usage
(2010)The present study investigated the motivations and personality traits that influence Irish peoples' Facebook usage. An online survey of n = 155 participants found that 'keeping in contact with existing friends' was the ... -
Brands, online collaboration and social media. A case study - Starbucks
(2010)The evolution of the Internet is one of the main driving forces behind competitive activity in today's markets. Consumer purchasing habits, as a result of the internet, is also changing rapidly. Professional marketers need ... -
A study of anxiety associated with mobile phone separation
(2010)This study sought to investigate Irish peoples' dependence on their mobile phones, their willingness to be separated from their mobile phones and the perceived anxiety associated with this separation. To this end a group ... -
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 ... -
Participation, interaction and learner satisfaction in a professional practice Wiki for teachers
(2010)This study investigated the contribution a wiki can make to the continuing professional development (CPD) of teachers, in one area of their professional practice - dyslexia. A case study approach examined participation, ... -
Hi-fi statics and lo-fi dynamics: An analysis of digital media's impact on bass culture
(2010)The aim of this thesis is to analyse the impact of digital media on the underground music ethnology known as 'bass culture'. As a result of digital media, music production, distribution and dissemination are ever more ... -
Prognoses for diagnoses: Medical search online and “Cyberchondria by proxy”
(2011)The Internet is a source of valuable medical information, however the Web has the potential to increase anxiety when employed as a diagnostic procedure. This study seeks to identify motivation behind health related search ... -
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’ ... -
Evaluation of cognitive improvements using technological and text-based skills training tools
(2011)Recent research has indicated that use of cognitive skills training tools can produce positive benefits with older adults. However, little has been done to date comparing the efficacy of technologically based interventions ... -
The effect of web-based videos on help seeking intentions and stigma
(2011)Intentions to seek help are strongly influenced by stigma (Rickwood, Deane, Wilson, & Ciarrochi, 2005). If self-stigma or public-stigma are high, help seeking intentions become inhibited (Rickwood et al., 2005). A Health ... -
Digital ethics: Photojournalism and the public sphere in the age of citizen journalism and the camera phone
(2011)Conventionally the media industries have a long history of being one-way transmitters of information, chief arbiters of public sphere discourse - closed fortresses regarding input from the public. An inevitable aspect to ... -
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 ... -
The detritus of reason: Surrealism, photography and the everyday
(2011)Surrealism is one of the most widely practiced and reviewed art movements of the twentieth century. This thesis will consider the ways in which Surrealism is understood historically and examine Surrealism's connection to ... -
Exploring social networking sites: Thinking through the interaction
(2011)This study examined the role of the user within the context of technology and society through the close inspection of social networking practices of a sample of young Irish users. A relatively new research method known as ... -
A study of the economic and social impact of the arts in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County
(2012)With public spending on the arts coming under ever greater scrutiny, studies of the economic and social impact of the arts need to make a stronger, more impartial case for the continuation of funding. A number of reports ... -
Virtual assistants: Trust and adoption in telecommunication customer support
(2012)Virtual Assistants have been used to deliver question and answer support or as website navigation aids but there is little research on their effectiveness in this or other online commercial roles. This study aimed to address ...