ICT and Youth - The Case of Jordan Youth Rawan Ahmed‚ Ala ’a Abo-Dooh‚ and Dr. Ibrahim Al-Oqily Hashemite University‚ IT Faculty ABSTRACT Information and communications technology (ICT)‚ is often used as an extended synonym for information technology (IT)‚ but is usually a more general term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals)‚ intelligent building management systems and audio-visual systems in modern
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ICT can be broadly defined as a set of activities that facilitate‚ by electronic means‚ the capturing‚ storage‚ processing‚ transmission‚ and display of information. The term information and communication technology (ICT) is used in this context to encompass the production of both computer hardware and software as well as the means of transferring the information in digital form. It also includes low cost forms of communication such as radios. Another term commonly used to describe the changes
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ICT AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT BY DENNIS JOSEPH AGBA DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE/PHYSICS FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUACTION‚ OBUDU‚ CROSS RIVER STATE. BEING A PAPER PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL YOUTH AND STUDENTS’ ECONOMIC FORUM THEME: THINK LOCAL‚ ACT GLOBAL & BE THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC SOLUTION HOLDING AT UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS MAIN AUDITORIUM AKOKA‚ YABA LAGOS‚ NIGERIA. FROM 24TH-27TH – JUNE‚ - 2013 ABSTRACT In our contemporary society‚ the promise of every democratic government
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0263-5577.htm IMDS 111‚6 Effect of IT and quality management on performance ´ ´ ´ Cristobal Sanchez-Rodrıguez School of Administrative Studies‚ York University‚ Toronto‚ Canada‚ and 830 Received 21 January 2011 Revised 3 March 2011 Accepted 3 March 2011 ´ Angel Rafael Martınez-Lorente Facultad de Ciencias de la Empresa‚ ´ Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena‚ Murcia‚ Spain Abstract Purpose
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ICT has made a huge impact on the day to day lives of society especially the use of the World Wide Web‚ as it allows us to be kept informed on a range of issues; and also allows us to communicate with one another without using e-mail without any difficulty. We are able to use on-line banking and on-line shopping which many people today rely on and a number of other services that we may require such as applying for a passport‚ booking a driving test‚ completing a tax return etc. Nowadays anything
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The Effects of Violence on Today’s Youth In recent years‚ the advancement in entertainment technology in the field of and the increasing liberalization of America and its media have led to the creation and marketing of violent forms of entertainment. This includes such technologies movies‚ TV shows‚ video games‚ and news outlets. Today’s youth have easy accessibility to many of these violent forms of entertainment and are increasingly exposed to them at younger ages. The exposure to gore and violence
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Proposed title The meaning of Twitter amongst the youth and the effects on their social lives Introduction I have chosen to investigate what the social media “twitter” means to our youth as well as the role it plays in the lives. Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows you answer the question‚ "What are you doing?" by sending short text messages 140 characters in length‚ called "tweets"‚ to your friends‚ or "followers" You can send your messages using the Twitter
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subscriptions to magazines like YM‚ and Seventeen. After adding internet usages‚ newspapers‚ videos‚ and books‚ the sum adds up to media being a significant part of the adolescent experience. Recently there has been a debate on the effects of mass media on the youth of the United States. This refers back to the nurture verses nature theory sociologists have been disputing for years. Does what our children watch‚ hear or read on television‚ radio‚ video games‚ newspapers‚ magazines‚ and the internet
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The effects of indiscipline among the youth are manifold. Indiscipline is defined as a lack of discipline. Some of the effects of indiscipline among the youth include lack of respect for teachers‚ parents and other senior figures. It could be argued that the indiscipline of certain individuals has reduced the morality and ethics of many young people. The effect of the downfall in morals and ethics are caused‚ in part‚ by the education of the young people‚ in that teachers are no longer responsible
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The Effects of Technology on Youth Video games on any console‚ whether it is PS3‚ XBOX‚ or on a PC‚ are very popular in today’s world. The genre that is obviously the most popular in games is about war. Now many people (especially moms) badger‚ and constantly criticize these games‚ saying that they are ruining their kids’ lives and may even be leading them to become killers. Which is the most common reason of hatred; if you know what to look for‚ games can be a powerful tool to teach kids certain
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