Outputs (336)

Scottish Community Councils online: the 2014 survey (2014)
Report
Ryan, B., & Cruickshank, P. (2014). Scottish Community Councils online: the 2014 survey. Scotland: Community Councils Network

This document reports the results of a survey, carried out in late spring 2014, of the public web presences of potentially over 1300 Scottish Community Councils (CCs). It follows on from similar survey in summer 2012. The report reviews content-types... Read More about Scottish Community Councils online: the 2014 survey.

Adoption of information and communication technologies in the hotel and associated business in Addis Ababa, Ethiopa (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Demeke, W. (2014, February). Adoption of information and communication technologies in the hotel and associated business in Addis Ababa, Ethiopa. Presented at The 7th IADIS International Conference, Information Systems, Madrid, Spain

Many international organisations assert that Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play an important role as a facilitator and as one of the critical determinants for economic growth and poverty reductions in the developing countries. For... Read More about Adoption of information and communication technologies in the hotel and associated business in Addis Ababa, Ethiopa.

Disconnected Democracy? A Survey of Scottish Community Councils' Online Presences (2014)
Journal Article
Cruickshank, P., Ryan, B., & Smith, C. (2014). Disconnected Democracy? A Survey of Scottish Community Councils' Online Presences. Scottish Affairs, 23(4), 486-507. https://doi.org/10.3366/scot.2014.0045

Community Councils are the bottom rung of Scotland’s democracy ladder, having few – but highly significant – statutory consultative duties (especially with regard to planning) and no service-delivery duties. Generally they have failed to live up to e... Read More about Disconnected Democracy? A Survey of Scottish Community Councils' Online Presences.

Social network analysis and festival cities: an exploration of concepts, literature and methods (2014)
Journal Article
Jarman, D., Theodoraki, E., Hall, H., & Ali-Knight, J. (2014). Social network analysis and festival cities: an exploration of concepts, literature and methods. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 5(3), 311-322. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijefm-11-2013-0034

Social network analysis (SNA) is an under-utilised framework for research into festivals and events. This paper reflects upon the history of SNA, and explores its key concepts, in order that they might be applied to festivals and their environments.... Read More about Social network analysis and festival cities: an exploration of concepts, literature and methods.

Social Implications of Crowdsourcing in Rural Scotland (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vasantha, G., Corney, J., Acur, N., Lynn, A., Jagadeesan, A., Smith, M., & Agrawal, A. (2014, June). Social Implications of Crowdsourcing in Rural Scotland. Presented at International Conference on Advances in Social Science, Economics and Management Study - SEM 2014, London, United Kingdom

Various surveys mentioned that the commercial benefits of Internet crowdsourcing are reaped largely by people located in metro areas and smaller cities. The impact of crowdsourcing on the rural population is questionable. The aim of this research is... Read More about Social Implications of Crowdsourcing in Rural Scotland.

Needing NoDI (normal democratic information)? The problem of information poverty in post-industrial society (2014)
Journal Article
Duff, A. S. (2015). Needing NoDI (normal democratic information)? The problem of information poverty in post-industrial society. Information, Communication and Society, 18(1), 63-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2014.934389

The paper addresses one of the main paradoxes of post-industrial society: information poverty. While digital divides of various types have been extensively theorized and researched, the actual condition of the information poor – those at the wrong en... Read More about Needing NoDI (normal democratic information)? The problem of information poverty in post-industrial society.

Machine Learning and MD simulation for solvent mediated morphology prediction of Ibuprofen (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Soufian, M. (2014, June). Machine Learning and MD simulation for solvent mediated morphology prediction of Ibuprofen. Presented at 11th International Workshop on the Crystal Growth of Organic Materials (CGOM11)

Machine Learning and MD simulation for solvent mediated morphology prediction of Ibuprofen.

Specification for Generic Enablers as Software (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brogan, J. P., & Thuemmler, C. (2014, April). Specification for Generic Enablers as Software. Presented at 2014 11th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations

Generic Enablers are a specialism of software engineering. They are components used for providing reusable building blocks that enable the construction of applications for future internet technology. The Generic Enablers satisfy requirements of appli... Read More about Specification for Generic Enablers as Software.

Refusing to eat ‘the most effortless food’: Reflections on the absence of photography in opinion pages and the use of the image within ePunditry. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Forrest, E., & Duff, A. (2014, March). Refusing to eat ‘the most effortless food’: Reflections on the absence of photography in opinion pages and the use of the image within ePunditry. Paper presented at Helsinki Photomedia 2014

Co-opetition: facilitating peer learning for knowledge exchange via The AmbITion Approach. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rudman, H. (2014, March). Co-opetition: facilitating peer learning for knowledge exchange via The AmbITion Approach. Paper presented at Beyond The Campus: Higher Education and the Creative Economy

Creating engaging and stimulating Web based material (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J. (2014, January). Creating engaging and stimulating Web based material. Presented at LTT 2014

This presentation outlines the collaboration between Edinburgh Napier University and Bright Red Publishing

IS Degrees: Sociotechnical or Technosocial? - A Reflective Analysis. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Coady, J., Berg, T., & Pooley, R. (2012, August). IS Degrees: Sociotechnical or Technosocial? - A Reflective Analysis. Presented at ISD Conference

This paper describes a reflective and empirical investigation by staff involved in delivery of the Heriot-Watt University Information Systems undergraduate degree. It looks particularly at the practical relevance of the IS 2010 model curriculum, aski... Read More about IS Degrees: Sociotechnical or Technosocial? - A Reflective Analysis..

Foreword: Local Journalism, Radical Reporting and the Everyday. (2013)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2013). Foreword: Local Journalism, Radical Reporting and the Everyday. In T. Harcup (Ed.), Alternative journalism, alternative voices (xi-xvi). Routledge

Training provision for the library, information and knowledge sector (2013)
Report
Hall, H., Irving, C., & Cruickshank, P. (2013). Training provision for the library, information and knowledge sector. United Kingdom: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

Unpublished report.

IPS2 Design Process: A Comparative Study between Literature and Industrial Approaches (2013)
Book Chapter
Annamalai Vasantha, G. V., Hussain, R., Roy, R., & Erkoyuncu, J. A. (2013). IPS2 Design Process: A Comparative Study between Literature and Industrial Approaches. In Y. Shimomura, & K. Kimita (Eds.), The Philosopher's Stone for Sustainability (411-416). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32847-3_69

Although the merits of Industrial product-service systems (IPS2) have been widely reported in the literature, the methodologies currently used to design IPS2 are not yet mature in either academia or industry. The objective of this paper is to determi... Read More about IPS2 Design Process: A Comparative Study between Literature and Industrial Approaches.

Computing the incomputable with human processing units (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Corney, J., Vasantha, G. A., Lynn, A., Jagadeesan, A., Acur, N., Smith, M., & Agarwal, A. (2013, March). Computing the incomputable with human processing units. Presented at International Conference on Intelligent Interactive Technologies and Multimedia IITM 2013, Allahabad, India

Initially commercial crowdsourcing services (such as Amazon’s Mechanical Turk) were focused largely on providing micro-labor services for tasks such as image labeling and text processing. However it is becoming increasingly apparent that these servic... Read More about Computing the incomputable with human processing units.

Review of 'Innovations in Participatory Politics' by B. Loader and D. Mercea, eds. (2013)
Journal Article
Taylor-Smith, E. (2013). Review of 'Innovations in Participatory Politics' by B. Loader and D. Mercea, eds. Information Polity, 18, 93-96. https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-130298

Brian Loader and Dan Mercea rally a group of political/social/media scientists to shed light on social media and democracy. Is social media supporting transformations of democratic power or merely inspiring the latest round of cyber-utopian hype? Cur... Read More about Review of 'Innovations in Participatory Politics' by B. Loader and D. Mercea, eds..

Review of Facebook Democracy. The Architecture of Disclosure and the Threat to Public Life by J.Marichal (2013)
Journal Article
Taylor-Smith, E. (2013). Review of Facebook Democracy. The Architecture of Disclosure and the Threat to Public Life by J.Marichal. Information Polity, 18, 367-370. https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-130318

Jose Marichal’s investigation into Facebook, as a setting for democracy and potential influence on the public sphere, identifies something special about Facebook that both makes it popular and unique, even among social networking sites. This enables... Read More about Review of Facebook Democracy. The Architecture of Disclosure and the Threat to Public Life by J.Marichal.

Organizational culture in knowledge creation, creativity and innovation: Towards the Freiraum model (2013)
Journal Article
Auernhammer, J. M., & Hall, H. (2014). Organizational culture in knowledge creation, creativity and innovation: Towards the Freiraum model. Journal of Information Science, 40(2), 154-166. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551513508356

This paper draws on findings from an in-depth case study of practices related to the meeting of organisational goals pertinent to knowledge creation, creativity and innovation performance. Overall a mixed methods approach that used both quantitative... Read More about Organizational culture in knowledge creation, creativity and innovation: Towards the Freiraum model.

The co-evolution of social institutions, demography, and large-scale human cooperation (2013)
Journal Article
Powers, S. T., & Lehmann, L. (2013). The co-evolution of social institutions, demography, and large-scale human cooperation. Ecology Letters, 16(11), 1356-1364. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12178

Human cooperation is typically coordinated by institutions, which determine the outcome structure of the social interactions individuals engage in. Explaining the Neolithic transition from small‐ to large‐scale societies involves understanding how th... Read More about The co-evolution of social institutions, demography, and large-scale human cooperation.