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 ...

The aim of this research was to investigate attitudes, perceptions and behaviour of Irish internet users towards blogs. A survey was conducted online and participants (n = 422) placed into two groups - Bloggers (n = 244), ...

The ability to use digital technology effectively and reflectively can transform the student learning experience helping them become more engaged thinkers (Butler, Leahy, Shiel & Cosgrove, 2013). To investigate the vision ...

The rapid growth of mHealth apps has led to a new health care setting, offering benefits such as symptom monitoring, diagnosis, patient support outside the therapeutic setting, and more engagement in relation to the ...

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 ...

Voice interfaces are considered a more natural and effective means for people to interact with computer systems (Batish, 2018). However, whilst there has been a huge increase in Voice interfaces being created by technology ...

Part of the proceedings of the inaugural Library Association of Ireland (LAI) Library Publishing Group (LPG) webinar, Getting Started in Library Publishing, held on June 10th 2021, 2-5pm. LAI LPG Chair: Jane Buggle

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 ...

At a time when consumers are offered a wealth of online tools for self-managing their financial affairs, it is pertinent to scrutinise perceptions of this technology. However, behavioural theories such as the Technology ...

Previous research has shown that violent video gameplay can lead to increased violent behaviour and/ or decreased prosocial behaviour due to changes in access to aggressive thoughts, affect and arousal (Anderson, Camagey ...