AUTHOR Shih Hung-Pin ABSTRACT A university can be considered as a knowledge-based learning community where scholars engaged in research to create knowledge, produce innovative technology, or assist enterprises to design new products to fit market needs, as well as transfer knowledge to students. Moreover, the diffusion of information technologies has changed the structure of universities, […]
AUTHOR S. R. Ponelis, J. J. Britz ABSTRACT Piracy in the music industry is a global phenomenon, a fact repeatedly bemoaned by major music companies. Piracy has always been a problem but the rise of new information and communication technologies (ICT) have made it a straightforward and relatively uncomplicated exercise to commit. This ability to […]
AUTHOR Piotr Pawlak ABSTRACT The fast spreading presence of the IT technology, Internet most of all, at all levels of our lives, results in numerous changes in human activity. The expansion of the Internet is parallel to the process of globalization which causes the creation and growth of the global disproportion meaning that major part […]
AUTHOR Elin Palm ABSTRACT ABSTRACT. Monitoring has always been a part of the employment conditions but the escalation of inexpensive and often easy to use devices enables employers to expand the range and scope of monitoring of employees’ activities. The increased sophistication and accessibility of workplace surveillance have given raise to moral as well as […]
AUTHOR Ugo Pagallo ABSTRACT Since the idea of small worlds first appeared in the pioneering work of Stanley Milgram and later with the sociological research of Mark Granovetter, it has grown to become one of the central figures of interdisciplinary research involved with understanding the evolution of social systems in the digital age. It is […]
AUTHOR Yohko Orito, Kiyoshi Murata ABSTRACT As we move on into the twenty-first century, it has become clearer that development and deployment of information and communication technology (ICT) is likely to threaten information privacy of individuals as data subjects. In developed countries, the importance of information privacy is acknowledged and laws and regulations to protect […]