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Causal inference using quasi-experimental data is of great interest to marketers. The factor model approach to estimate treatment effects accommodates a large number of control units and can easily handle a large number of treatment units while flexibly allowing for cases where the treatment is outside the range of the control units. However, the factor model method lacks formal inference theory, instead relying on bootstrap or permutation procedures with strong assumptions. Specifically, the extant Xu (2017) bootstrap procedure requires that the treatment and control error variances are equal. In this research the authors establish that when this assumption is violated, the bootstrap procedure results in biased coverage intervals. The authors develop a formal inference theory for the factor model approach to estimate the average treatment effects on the treated. The approach enables formal quantification of uncertainty through hypothesis testing and confidence intervals. The inference method is applicable to both stationary and nonstationary data. More importantly, the inference theory accommodates treatment and control unit outcomes with different distributions, which includes different error variances as a special case. The authors show the performance of the inference theory with simulated data. Finally, they apply the method to empirically quantify the uncertainty in the effect of legalizing recreational marijuana on the beer market and the sales effect of a digitally native online brand opening a physical showroom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AbstractThe digital technological revolution shifted the balance of world perceptual experience, increasing exposure to digital content, introducing a new quality to our perceptual experiences. Embodied cognition offers an ideal vantage point to study how digital technologies impact on selves and their social relations for at least two reasons: first, because of the bodily performative character of the relations and interactions these new media evoke; second, because similar brain-body mechanisms ground our relations with both the physical world and its digital mediations. A closer look is taken at the possible effects of digitization on social communication, on politics, as well as on the constitution of the self and its world relations, especially in the context of the ever-increasing amount of time spent online, with a focus on digital natives. As we explore the complexities of the digital age, it is imperative to critically examine the role of digital technologies in shaping social life and political discourse. By understanding the interplay between content, emotional context, delivery methods, and shareability within digital media landscapes, we can develop strategies to mitigate the negative effects of misinformation and promote informed decision-making in our increasingly digital world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The rapid development of digital media as a major platform for news consumption has stimulated a variety of debates about how journalism is changing in the internet era. With a gate open to user-generated content (UGC), there are increasing concerns that the editors' gatekeeping role would be eroded. This study examines the roles of editors and users in post-publication gatekeeping by conducting cross-lagged analysis of news ranking on Chinese digital native media. The sample comprised of 2412 unique news items from Pear Video. Our findings reaffirm that between editors and users there is a disparity of interest while ranking public and non-public affairs. Differing from prior studies, this study observes that editors rank news items of non-public affairs higher while users rank items of public affairs higher. More importantly, this study discloses that editors and users practice different gatekeeping mechanisms under differential UGC news topics. They tend to agree with each other on the news ranking of non-public affairs while run in opposite directions on the news ranking of public affairs. The reasons for and implications of post-publication gatekeeping theory are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study approached the issue of youths’ digital agency by analyzing the ways in which youths talk about their use of Internet technologies for recreational purposes outside of school. Using interview data from young people (n = 28) born in 2005 and 2006, this paper approaches youths’ speech as culturally embedded discourses that express their strategies for making their digital practices understandable and acceptable to adults. By doing so, the paper addresses the need for ongoing research that explores youths’ digital engagement with Internet technologies within a wider social context that positions them as ‘digital natives’. The study results were organized into 11 discourses under four themes: benefits, harms and risks, person-based networking, and Internet skills. The identified discourses reflect the ways in which young people articulate and negotiate their digital agency with social norms, assumptions and expectations of them as tech-savvy youths. By focusing on youths’ speech and discourses, this study advances current research on digital inequalities among young people. It also highlights the need for young people to be supported and empowered in developing skills that enable critical and safe engagements with Internet technologies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Currently, there are a wide range of approaches to deploying digital ads, with advanced technologies now being harnessed to craft advertising that is engaging and even tailored to personal interests and preferences, yet potentially distracting and irritating. This research seeks to evaluate contemporary digital advertising methods by assessing how annoying they are to users, particularly when they distract users from intended tasks or cause delays in regular online activities. To pursue this, an eye-tracking study was conducted, with 51 participants navigating a specially designed website featuring seven distinct types of advertisements without a specific content to avoid the effect of ad content on the collected data. Participants were asked to execute specific information-seeking tasks during the experiment and afterwards to report if they recalled seeing each ad and the degree of annoyance by each ad type. Ad effectiveness is assessed by eye-tracking metrics (time to first fixation, average fixation duration, dwell time, fixation count, and revisit count) depicting how appealing an ad is as a marketing stimulus. Findings indicated that pop-ups, ads with content reorganization, and non-skippable videos ranked as the most annoying forms of advertising. Conversely, in-content ads without content reorganization, banners, and right rail ads were indicated as less intrusive options, seeming to strike a balance between effectiveness and user acceptance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Motivation: Digital technologies can enable development, but they risk further entrenching inequalities in society, such as through the digital gender divide. The divide can not only slow development, but also slow progress towards gender equality. As digital technologies become increasingly used by governments for economic development, the gendered aspects of digital technologies need to be considered. Purpose: This study aims to investigate how Ethiopia's current national policies involving digital technologies consider the digital gender divide. It asks the following research questions: (1) how do Ethiopian government policies relating to engagement with digital technologies consider gender and gendered issues? And (2) how do Ethiopian government policies capture the causes of the digital gender divide? Methods and approach: I critically analyse Ethiopian policies using an intersectional feminist lens, adapted from the work of Kanenberg et al. (2019). I applied this to the Ten Years Development Plan (10YP), Digital Ethiopia 2025, Ethiopian Education Roadmap 2018–2030 (EEDR), and Education Sector Development Programme VI (ESDP VI). Findings: The four policies show little consideration of gender and gendered dimensions of digital technologies. They rarely address the causes of the digital gender divide. Above all, they do not consider the underlying sociocultural barriers women face if they want to engage with digital technologies. The policies are thus unlikely to help close the digital gender divide. Ethiopia's integrationist approach to gender, as well as the patriarchal structures within which the policies are designed, probably explain these findings. Policy implications: A transformational gender policy paradigm, one designed to position women and men to challenge the patriarchal structures they live within, is suggested as a means of capturing and confronting the barriers women face to engaging with digital technologies in the long term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The advent of m-commerce has reinvented and simplified the shopping experience for the digital native generation. The following questions were the starting points for this research: is nutrition labeling important in purchase decisions? Could a new format for food nutrition labeling in m-commerce be the optimal way to inform the younger generation and enrich their shopping experience? This study continues the authors' research on the food preferences of the younger generation by conducting a quantitative study on a sample of 364 students. The aim of the paper is to identify the factors that influence online food orders and the ways in which nutrition labeling can enhance consumers' purchasing experiences and eating habits. The results show that nutrition facts play an important role in online purchases of new or unfamiliar foods. Control over one's own diet and a higher income also make digital natives more interested in ordering food online. The use of a mobile format for nutrition labeling would be the necessary update for the food industry to turn nutrition data into added value, help consumers get a balanced diet and personalize nutritional needs, and for policymakers to adjust nutrition standards and policies toward healthier and more responsible consumption patterns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Without the ability to analyze their own learning (metacognition), students can find it difficult to manage their educational journey. The good news is, future learning environments on online platforms offer innovative ways to develop these skills, even for those who are digital natives. This study aims to ascertain the effectiveness of online learning by using a website hyperlink-based teaching and learning scenario, especially using the Microsoft Teams platform towards students' metacognition during online learning. Both metacognition knowledge and awareness (regulation), representing the metacognition, were checked. Coordination systems in learning biology were the chosen topics to be taught in quasiexperimental research using a pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group design. Two classes were selected purposely based on the normality and homogeneity test to have the controlled and experimental classes. We examined the metacognitive knowledge and awareness using tests and questionnaires. We checked the effectiveness of the web hyperlink-based media on students' metacognition knowledge and awareness using MANOVA Regression analysis and N-Gain scores. Our developed web hyperlinkbased media has significantly enhanced students' cognitive knowledge and awareness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Effective online consumer research helps companies on defining a successful strategy to increase user loyalty and shape brand engagement. Digital innovation introduced a dramatic change in businesses, particularly in the online news industry. Content consumers have a wide offer across different channels which increase the digital challenge for online news media companies to retain their readers and convert them into online subscribers. Furthermore, digital news publishers often strive to balance revenue sources in online business models. Thus, this study fills a gap in the literature on media consumer research by proposing a data‐driven approach that combines two machine learning (ML) models to allow managers dynamically improve their marketing and editorial strategies. Firstly, the authors present an online user profiling to identify consumer segments based on the interplay between several engagement' variables substantiated in the literature research. Second, as few studies have explored the factors influencing users' intention to pay for such services, the eXtreme Gradient Boosting ML algorithm identifies the predictors of consumer's willingness to pay. Third, a dashboard presents the key performance indicators across the audience funnel. Thus, practical implications and business suggestions are presented in a two‐fold strategy to maximize revenue from digital subscriptions and advertising. Findings provide new insights into an engagement approach and the relation to acquire a digital subscription in online content platforms. We believe that the provided recommendations are potentially useful to help marketing and editorial teams to manage their customer engagement process across the funnel in a more efficient way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This qualitative participatory action research (PAR) study uses photovoice to explore the assumption that digital natives in a teacher credential program understand effective technology integration in the classroom. This study examines teacher candidates' (TCs) abilities to identify and articulate effective technology integration as connected to technology use through their photos and reflections. Based on the results of this study, ensuring TCs receive a sound foundation in SAMR and technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge (TPACK) frameworks can increase TCs' capacity for identifying and applying effective technology in the classroom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research aims to develop a design for a 3D Cooperative Multiplayer Online Game to introduce the traditional sport of “Gobak Sodor” to students. This research method used research and development based on the Multimedia Development Life Cycle (MDLC) steps consisting of concept, design, material collecting, assembly, and testing. Expert Judgement was required to evaluate and validate the developed design by considering various aspects. The testing conducted by media experts resulted in a score of 83,93%. The result of this study indicated that the proposed design falls into the highly feasible category. The results of this research imply that this media can be used to preserve traditional game culture.

The article explores the use of Wikipedia in teaching history in the U.S. Topics include why Wikipedia is the world's most visited website, the lack of knowledge of digital natives about the process by which Wikipedia's articles are written and revised, a discussion of an assignment created at a University of Montevallo history class comparing traditional encyclopedia entries to their Wikipedia equivalents, and an overview of a Digital History elective course created at the university in 2014.

Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE) in the Philippines is continuously progressing due to the demand of global community in technical skills. In this progression in education, inadequate teaching and learning materials, and teaching strategy that are suitable in the new curriculum becomes a problem inside the classroom. The use of technology is constantly upgrading the classroom environment. It is being used by teachers to enhance the creativity, innovation, and engagement of their teaching methods. Moreover, it has the capability to increase student's attainment and escalate their future opportunities, whatever career they choose. Among this innovative teaching strategy is gamification. Gamification is a teaching strategy that increases students' participation, wherein teacher uses technology game-based to discuss lessons or to do task. This study is intended to determine the effects of gamification as teaching strategy through the performance of selected Grade 9 students in Bagong Silangan High School and to know the challenges encounter using this strategy. Furthermore, this study employed Quasi-experimental design of research. According to White and Sabarwal (2014), quasi-experimental design is known to be the association of groups that is as similar as possible to the experimental group when it comes to the characteristics of pre-intervention. The comparison group captures what would have been the outcomes if the intervention had not been implemented. Hence, the intervention can be said to have cause any difference in outcomes between the treatment and comparison groups. Based on the data gathered, the following major findings are: The academic performance of both control and experimental group on their first quarter grade in Food and Beverage Services is equal before the start of the experiment. The performance of control group in pretest is slightly advance compared to the experimental group. During posttest, students taught using gamification, gained advantage over those taught using the traditional approach. And based on the retention test scores of the students, experimental group advances more over control group. The performance of control group in pretest is slightly advance compared to the experimental group. During posttest, students taught using gamification, gained advantage over those taught using the traditional approach. And based on the retention test scores of the students, experimental group advances more over control group. And lastly, problems encountered by the students in gamification comes in accessing different websites while the lesson is on-going, no, or slow internet connection, no gadgets available, compatibility of the application to the device, time consuming and it makes the class unruly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to reveal how the perception of parenting, which is thought to change according to generations, is expressed by digital natives. To gain insight into this topic, interviews were conducted with 20 digital natives selected using purposive sampling and the ZMET Technique. The data obtained from these interviews was then examined through content analysis in Maxqda 2020 program and a consensus map was created within the framework of a mother and father image collage. According to the findings, mothers are expressed with love, trust and peace; likened to soft objects; identified with pleasant-sounding sounds such as bird sounds; visually explained with promising images such as suns or seas; smelled like flowers or roses; and associated colors included green (peace), white (refreshing), blue (hope). The emphasis on fathers in literature is mostly focused on protective descriptions and hard objects. Fathers are described as loud-voiced, with contrasting tastes, as mighty as a lion, and as lofty as a tree and a mountain. It is also likened to a strong perfume in terms of smell. The most intense emphasis on fathers was made on dark blue and brown. Regarding parents, the concepts of guiding, love, trust, solution, commitment, togetherness and support are emphasized. Parents, who are mentioned with sweet and traditional dishes, are visualized with forest, sun and nature scenery. Reminiscent of nature, food and the smell of home, parents are identified with orange, blue and white. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The significance of digital literacy in online social capital accumulation and surviving the contemporary society is widely recognised. Despite that the current generation is regarded as "digital natives", their levels and nature of digital literacy vary. To generate educational insights, this study investigates the type(s) of digital literacy which are mostly related to the online social capital accumulation, and how one's socio-economic background affects the connection between digital literacy and online social capital. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 1,747 participants aged 13–30 were invited to take part in a quantitative study. Spearman's rank correlation analysis, hierarchical regression analysis and mediation analyses were performed to investigate the relationship between participants' demographic background, engagement in the online platforms, digital literacy and online social capital. Findings: The results showed that the creative dimension of digital literacy was mostly significantly predictive of online social capital accumulation. Also, education significantly affected the relationship between the creative dimension of digital literacy and online social capital more than demographic background. Originality/value: Results suggest that education helps enhance digital literacy, offsetting the influence of socio-demographic background. The author examines the implications of how to implement training programmes in youth settings to enhance students' digital literacy and benefit those who are marginalised. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Students in a course on the History of Writing investigated traditional, college-aged students and their preferred writing implements. Digital Natives--people born after 1980 who grew up with technology--are assumed to prefer digital writing implements such as computers, tablets, and Smartphones. We recognize that the term "digital native" may be outdated, but we chose to include it in our research because it was a central term in the questions asked to participants. Do they really tend to use digital implements, or do they use analog instruments such as pens and pencils? To find out, the researchers designed a Qualtrics survey to ask students about their use of digital and analog writing tools. A second data source were essays on the topic "My Favorite Writing Implement," which were analyzed on a spreadsheet, counting each instance of tools noted, ranging from digital to analog, from tablets to gel pens. Participants were enrolled in two university classes: one lower-division and one upper-division. Their majors ranged across all colleges. Through a review of the literature, the researchers found that a trend exists toward Gen-Z using analog writing tools. Some steer clear of digital altogether. David Sax notes in The Revenge of Analog that analog offers "real and tangible experiences" that are tactile. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: Health informatics (HI) is the study and practice of technology used to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare. Formal HI teaching lacks visibility in most Australasian medical schools. In this study, medical students collected data from their peers and recent graduates on the teaching and learning of HI to inform development of a needs-based integrated HI curriculum. Methods: This mixed-methods case study of our medical degree program used clinically relevant vignettes to explore student confidence and opinions on HI. Current HI learning was benchmarked against recommendations. Recent graduates from University of Otago Medical School participated in an online survey (n = 26), and five focus group interviews of final-year medical students (n = 17) were carried out by a peer student. Results: More than half of the participants surveyed felt confident in most HI topics, though many were less confident in telemedicine, evaluating electronic resources for patient use, data communication and data storage. Most students recalled learning some HI principles and agreed these should be integrated within their degree. Students highlighted that HI curriculum development should consider students' self-identity as digital natives and the need for clinically situated, relevant and authentic learning to avoid tensions between theoretical HI concepts and clinical environments. Conclusion: Medical students are critical consumers of potential HI curriculum content and expressed clear preferences for clinically relevant and up-to-date HI content. Key challenges in developing an HI curriculum will be ensuring a student-centered, authentic, contemporary and future-focused curriculum, with relevance demonstrated to digital native students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The fundamental design of contemporary security models leaves opportunities and incentives for hackers and insiders to breach a company's information assets due to the centralized control of the trusted third party (e.g., governments, banks, corporations). The mechanism of Blockchain has recognized this flaw as the central point of failure. This conceptual paper introduces Blockchain, the first native digital medium for securely transferring value over the Internet. It discusses how Blockchain, with bounded rationality, can undermine the motivations of breachers to secure information assets as information security research has switched from defending the products of hackers to hackers themselves. We reviewed the literature about Blockchain, bounded rationality, and information security to discuss how Blockchain can complement and improve current information security defense models, especially in preventing external hackers and reducing insider breaches. Our illustrations in the paper show that applications of Blockchain with current cybersecurity countermeasures can dramatically increase the complexity of compromising information assets and significantly advance information security. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Web3, characterized by its decentralization, user autonomy, and integration of blockchain technologies, introduces a novel ecosystem that is rife with both opportunities and complexities. While these advances are rewriting the conventional norms of digital interaction and data management, they are also ushering in a new set of challenges and learning curves. We introduce the "Web3 Awareness Scale" as a main element through the current study. This carefully designed scale assesses university students' understanding and readiness for the emerging landscape of Web3. Whilst the article provides detailed insights into the technical, real-world applications and challenges of Web3, the inclusion of the scale emphasizes the practical assessment of awareness and readiness among key digital natives - students. As a result of the EFA, 6 items were removed from the scale, and the total explained variance of the two-factor structure consisted of 31. The final version of the scale showed a total explained variation of 64.16%. Specifically, the first factor, Opportunities, accounted for 46.94% of the variance, while the second factor, Risks, accounted for 17.21% of the variance. It is found that the coefficients of all factors indicate a very highly reliable measurement. The interpretation is that both the total scale and each factor have a high level of reliability. The findings from the scale are critical and have the potential to provide invaluable insights. These insights are expected to shape future educational curricula and policy-making, ensuring that the next generation is well-equipped to navigate and exploit the opportunities of Web3. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The association between immigration and crime has long been a subject of debate, and only recently have we encountered systematic empirical evidence on this issue. Data shows that immigrants, often younger, male, and less educated compared to natives, are disproportionately represented among offenders in numerous host countries. However, existing research, inclusive of our analysis of new international data, consistently indicates that immigration does not significantly impact local crime rates in these countries. Furthermore, recent studies underscore that obtaining legal status diminishes immigrants' involvement in criminal activities. Finally, we discuss potential explanations for the apparent incongruity between immigrants' overrepresentation among offenders and the null effect of immigration on crime rates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The literature on mobile banking has extensively explored various mechanisms underlying service acceptance and continuation. However, there is a lack of research on how the service experience and outcomes differ between digital natives (users born after the digital age) and digital immigrants (users born before the digital age). This study aims to fill this gap by investigating how mobile banking application experience, satisfaction and continued use intention interrelationships differ between digital natives and digital immigrants. The study posits that four components of mobile banking application experience (pragmatic, ease of use, emotional and sensorial) drive continued use intention directly and indirectly through satisfaction. The hypothesized relationships are analysed using a sample of 215 digital natives and 203 digital immigrants and employing the multi‐group analysis in the partial least squares structural equation modelling technique. The study finds that while pragmatic, ease of use and emotional experiences significantly predict satisfaction and continued use, the pattern of associations varies across the digital cohorts. Sensorial experience was consistently found to be insignificant. Satisfaction mediated between the experience dimensions and continued use. The findings suggest that bank managers should recognize the relevant experiences to achieve the satisfaction and continued use of the digital cohorts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Emerging digital technologies generate new business opportunities, competitive advantages and companies’ development. The implementation of digitization, in today's digital age, also influences the application of enterprises management. Enterprises managers drive the digital transformation of the enterprises. They have to face both the general, classic challenges, as well as the challenges specific to the digitization period we are going through today. The way of recruiting employees, how to motivate them, how to train them in work, but also how to form effective teams that add value to the company's processes and the company in general depends on the skills of the company manager. Managers who implement digital transformation in any enterprise must know digital technologies to understand their potential to transform the enterprise; they must have digital skills, but also social skills. In this paper, the challenges of business managers in today's digital age are presented, along with solutions to some of the problems faced by managers, but also what are the categories of digital managers along with their requirements and responsibilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the increasing significance of technology use in both daily life and education, the digital native assessment scale (DNAS) [developed by Teo, T. (2013). An initial development and validation of a Digital Natives Assessment Scale (DNAS). Computers & Education, 67, 51–57.] has been widely used as a tool to investigate the digital nativeness of different subjects/participants and in different languages worldwide. The current study aimed to continue exploring the cross-cultural invariance of DNAS in the Vietnamese version (V-DNAS) and examine the digital nativeness of Vietnamese pre-service teachers. Using two sources of validity evidence from cognitive response processes and the internal structure of validity of DNAS, the study findings showed that the DNAS, in general, had an adequate model fit in the Vietnamese version, which contributed to confirm the invariance of the scale in different languages. The study also showed that Vietnamese pre-service teachers endorsed all elements of digital nativeness in general, with a significant difference by students' geographic locations. The study provided contributions for scale validation research and teacher education, alongside suggestions for future research to avoid its limitations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents research results on eight latin-american digital experiences, understood as belonging to independent journalism. The objective was to understand the emergence of a new cultural form, resulting from the region's territorial processes. The research bases itself on the Culture Studies and considers central the concept of cultural form, from Raymond Williams (1979). It goes through the productive process of the eight sites through the methodological protocol of the culture circuit, from Richard Johnson (2010). The results point towards the emergence of a cultural form, whose matrices are in both alternative and traditional journalism, a result of historical processes that generate a practice and product with particular characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After Generations X and Y, Generation Z also enters the world of work. Since the entry of representatives of Generation Z into the labor market has various consequences, it is important to know the values and opinions of this new generation, only then can it be possible to anticipate and implement changes, whether in the conditions their hiring, working conditions and working environment, in the care of employees, or in the nature of the employee benefits provided. Regarding the expectations of employees of Generation Z, we conducted two separate investigations, the results of which we present in this scientific study. Employers' and management's approach to this generation is changing, employers themselves must face new challenges and adapt in order to remain competitive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital technologies have emerged and are used to change the business model in many industries, including the financial sector. Many financial institutions have leveraged this technology by providing mobile banking services that allow financial transactions to be accessed remotely using various mobile devices. This technology has increased efficiency in financial services and eased customers' banking transactions. However, trust and security issues are the main concerns among users that have hindered them from accepting mobile banking services. Hence, this study quantitatively investigates factors influencing digital natives to use mobile banking using the extended technology acceptance model (TAM), Theory of planned behavior (TPB), and Diffusion of innovation theory (DOI). Data were collected via a survey questionnaire, and 384 respondents among digital natives who are mobile banking users and potential users participated. PLS-SEM was used as the analysis tool to test the hypotheses. The results revealed that all factors positively influence digital natives to use mobile banking services, from weak to moderate relationships, while perceived trust is the most influencing factor. This finding could trigger financial institutions to intensify their marketing strategy by strengthening mobile banking security features to enhance digital natives' trust in mobile banking services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article critically discusses the influence of digital technologies on the human mind. It traces the complex relationship humans have with technology, both in historical and modern terms. With the invention of the digital code particularly, humans have created a technology that operates at the level of the mind, rather than at the level of the body, with enormous potential to fundamentally change our cognitive faculties. The article further investigates the health implications of the combined use of digital media and electronic devices, as well as their impact on learning and academic achievement. It attempts to dispel the myth of differences between so-called “digital natives” and “digital immigrants” and concludes by advocating for a more cautious and knowledgeable approach to the incorporation of digital technologies in our everyday lives and educational processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

How do organizations develop and manage employees' data analytics skills to create business value and enhance organizational competitive advantage? In order to address this prominent and critical research question for IS research, we conceptualize and operationalize data analytics skills at the individual level and develop a nomological network model to examine its critical antecedents and outcomes from the lens of adaptation structuration theory. We test our core proposition and research model using survey data collected from 258 frontline employees of three data-intensive research institutes in China. We discover that data-driven culture, data analytics affordance, and individual absorptive capacity are positively associated with employees' data analytics skills, which in turn, have positive influences on their task and innovative performance. We classify the employees into digital immigrants and digital natives based on age and examine the different influences of three salient antecedents on data analytics skills between the two groups. The research findings suggest that data-driven culture plays a more significant role in driving data analytics skills for digital immigrants, while data analytics affordance exhibits a stronger influence on data analytics skills for digital natives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The primary aim of this research is to thoroughly examine the determinants that influence customers' intention towards embracing FinTech products and services, thereby enriching our understanding of the adoption and utilization trends within the FinTech industry in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is quantitative research in the context of India covering five major tech-savvy cities—Mumbai, Bengaluru, New Delhi, Pune, and Chennai. Using structural equation modeling (SEM), the mediation effect of Perceived Trust was examined in order to see the relationship between the retrieved constructs and their attributes. Predominantly, the data delve into the utilization of financial technology and the prevailing embrace of this transformative innovation by contemporary Indian society. From the findings, it has emerged that the three factors influencing Customer Intention to Adopt FinTech products are "Perceived Security", "Perceived Risks", and "Perceived Trust". The significance of Perceived Security in the realm of defending against cyber risks and safeguarding personal information has been discovered to have a profound effect on individuals' inclination to embrace FinTech. Likewise, acknowledging the potential risks and uncertainties that come with FinTech has proven to have a favorable impact on the intention to adopt. Notably, the perception of trust, which encompasses aspects such as the credibility of the company and the user-friendly nature of the technology, has been identified as a significant driver towards adoption. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to investigate the perceptions of mathematics teachers of secondary school students, who are currently named digital natives, and their views on the use of technology in the teaching process of polygons. This study employed qualitative case study design and was conducted with 3 secondary school mathematics teachers working in Manisa during the 2021-2022 academic year. The participants were chosen by convenience sampling method. Semi-structured interviews were used after the polygons teaching process was completed. Content analysis method was used as data analysis. When the results were examined, participants mostly defined technology as a concept that makes our lives easier and saves us time and effort. All of the participants reported that the use of technology would be beneficial in the teaching process of polygons. In addition, the interactive board and computers were determined as the most basic technological equipment used by the participants. The participants mostly emphasized technical challenges they faced while using technology such as disconnection of internet and touch-screen malfunction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Amid the landscape of digital literacies and frameworks is a common assumption that contemporary youth, frequently dubbed "digital natives," intuitively understand and use online technologies. While their use of these technologies may be frequent and highly skilled in some respects (e.g., communicating with friends), their use and abilities in other areas, such as those valued in school settings and the workforce, may differ. This survey of 350 college students examines how they use an array of online platforms for everyday life information-seeking purposes, including the frequency with which they engage in different networked knowledge activities. Findings show that while students often use platforms associated with personal networking, such as Instagram, professional platforms like LinkedIn are less commonly used. Students are much more likely to engage in passive online activities than active ones. In particular, skills related to tagging, writing, and creation are infrequently used. Additionally, about half of these college students do not believe social media, which fosters these networked knowledge activities, is relevant to their careers. These findings show opportunities for better developing college students' digital skill sets, with guidance for skills that might be targeted, taught together, and supported through learning activities in online spaces to prepare college students for digital information tasks in the workplace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: South African academic libraries are spending large amounts of money annually to provide users access to e-books. In many of the South African Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) undergraduate students form the largest part of the institutional cohort. It is therefore crucial to understand what factors influence the optimal use of e-books by undergraduate students and what possible interventions can be applied to ensure optimum use. Objectives: This article aims to identify the main factors that prevent the optimal use of e-books by undergraduate students at a South African university. Method: For this study, pragmatism was used as the philosophical paradigm, with sequential mixed methods using questionnaires and focus groups. Results: The findings of this study revealed that while e-books can be regarded as an accepted source of information among undergraduate students, there are still several barriers impacting the optimal use of e-books by undergraduate students. Conclusion: This study identified five significant barriers that negatively influence the optimal use of e-books and provides possible solutions to improve the usage of e-books. Contribution: The results of this study will contribute towards the lack of information available on the usage of e-books in the South African context.

Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden Ergebnisse aus dem Projekt Einstellungen von Lehramtsstudierenden zu digitalen Medien im Unterricht (ELMU) vorgestellt, das die Frage nach den medienbezogenen Einstellungen von Lehramtsstudierenden zu Beginn ihres Studiums zentral stellt und untersucht, inwiefern diese eher positiv oder eher negativ auf den Einsatz von Medien im Unterricht blicken. Das Projekt entwickelte eine Typologie anhand der qualitativ erhobenen und ausgewerteten Einstellungstendenzen der Studierenden, die eine fünfstufige Differenzierung von konservativen Lehrmeister*innen bis hin zu Ermächtiger*innen ermöglicht. Auch wenn vor dem mediensozialisatorischen Hintergrund der Studierenden anders erwartet, zeigen die Ergebnisse überwiegend Bedenken und Sorgen der Studierenden, die u.a. anhand eines Vergleichs zu den Einstellungen von Masterstudierenden näher analysiert werden. Abstract (english): Digital natives or traditional teachers? Media-related attitudes of teacher training students in the introductory phase of their studies This article presents results from the project Attitudes of Student Teachers to Digital Media in the Classroom (ELMU), which focuses on the question of the media-related attitudes of student teachers at the beginning of their studies and investigates the extent to which they have a positive or negative view of the use of media in the classroom. The project developed a typology based on the qualitatively collected and evaluated attitudinal tendencies of the students, which enables a five-level differentiation from conservative instructors to empowerers. Even if expected otherwise in view of the students‘ media socialisation background, the results predominantly show students‘ concerns and worries, which are analysed in more detail by means of a comparison with the attitudes of master‘s students.

The effect of using smartphones while walking on the cognitive and physical abilities of the “digital native” generation, i.e., individuals who have grown up in a digital media–centric environment, remains poorly understood. This study evaluated the effects of cognitive–motor interference on the use of smartphones while walking in children and young adults. The study involved 50 individuals from the digital age generation, including 24 children and 26 young adults. The study encompassed three experimental conditions, in which participants were instructed to traverse a distance of 60 m. The initial condition functioned as a control, wherein the participants walked without supplementary stimuli. In the second condition, the participants were provided with explicit instructions to grasp the smartphone device and position it in front of their chest by using both hands. This manipulation introduced a postural component into the experimental setup. The third condition required participants to be ambulatory while concurrently engaging in a cognitive task, namely, participating in a game that necessitated focused attention. Gait parameters were obtained by using inertial measurement unit sensors. Subsequently, the acquired gait characteristics were converted into dual-task costs (DTC). In the cognitive condition, children exhibited significantly greater DTC values for gait speed (76%), stride length (79%), stride time (102%), and stride length coefficient of variation (CV) than the young adults (p

The advent of m-commerce has reinvented and simplified the shopping experience for the digital native generation. The following questions were the starting points for this research: is nutrition labeling important in purchase decisions? Could a new format for food nutrition labeling in m-commerce be the optimal way to inform the younger generation and enrich their shopping experience? This study continues the authors’ research on the food preferences of the younger generation by conducting a quantitative study on a sample of 364 students. The aim of the paper is to identify the factors that influence online food orders and the ways in which nutrition labeling can enhance consumers’ purchasing experiences and eating habits. The results show that nutrition facts play an important role in online purchases of new or unfamiliar foods. Control over one’s own diet and a higher income also make digital natives more interested in ordering food online. The use of a mobile format for nutrition labeling would be the necessary update for the food industry to turn nutrition data into added value, help consumers get a balanced diet and personalize nutritional needs, and for policymakers to adjust nutrition standards and policies toward healthier and more responsible consumption patterns.

Digital natives born with advanced digital media technologies are acknowledged as the first generation of the 21st century. This quantitative study seeks to explore digital natives’ stimuli and perceptions towards technology-oriented academician-student interactions at a major university in North Cyprus amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants (N=259 Gen Z learners) in a developing country seem to value the virtualization of academician-student interactions in higher education because digital technologies eliminate the existing and possible communication obstacles between educators and learners especially during the crisis situations. It was underlined that digital natives mostly prefer mobile communication in their lives with the belief that technology facilitates, enhances, enriches and triggers interactions between educators and learners. Hence, digital learners mostly prefer blended education and digital communication because participants claim that digitalization escalates the effectiveness of teaching and communication. Digital-assisted education ascends learners’ self-confidence and desire towards initiating interactions and comprehending the course contents.

Abstract Background In recent years, the Web has become a source of medical information for patients, even though the information available online may be incorrect or qualitatively inadequate. Younger generations, immersed in a digital environment since a very tender age, are more likely to get informed online. This study aims to understand the relevance of online information for prospective orthodontic patients and to investigate the effects of digital research on patients’ decision-making process, and it also aims to investigate potential generational differences between digital natives and digital immigrants. Materials and methods An anonymous questionnaire was developed to investigate patients’ orthodontic-themed Web searches as well as the effects digital material had on their decision-making process. Before submitting the newly designed survey to patients, it was validated in a pilot study. Univariate analysis was applied to analyze the relationship between the demographic characteristics of respondents and their answers on the use of digital research for the decision-making process. Results 64.6% of the study population searched the Web for orthodontic information prior to their visit. Google was the most used platform regardless of patients’ age. The perceived reliability of online sources varied significantly with age. Men displayed more trusting behavior towards their doctor than women. Prospective patients’ satisfaction with affected patients’ decision-making processes, and the perceived reliability of online sources of information had repercussions on the doctor-patient relationship. Conclusions Orthodontists should be aware that the majority of patients use the Internet as a source for orthodontic information, and that patients who are digital immigrants are more prone to trust the information found online. Patients who perceive the information found on the Web as either useful or reliable don’t easily discard it, even if it is inconsistent with the orthodontist’s opinion.