International Journal of Information and Communication Sciences

Volume 2, Issue 5, October 2017

  • A Study on Cyberbullying: Its Forms, Awareness and Moral Reasoning Among Youth

    Zsa Zsa Tajol Asanan, Ibiwani Alisa Hussain, Nooraneda Mutalip Laidey

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 5, October 2017
    Pages: 54-58
    Received: Mar. 24, 2017
    Accepted: Apr. 14, 2017
    Published: Oct. 23, 2017
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    Abstract: This purpose of the study is to investigate forms, awareness and moral reasoning against cyberbullying among youth. The study used primary data which was obtained through self-administered survey questionnaire. A total of 120 questionnaires were distributed to three different universities to examine the behaviour of youth towards cyberbullying patt... Show More
  • A Device Independent Platform for Synchronous Internet of Things Collaboration and Mobile Devices Screen Casting

    Nikos Pinikas, Spyros Panagiotakis, Despina Athanasaki, Athanasios G. Malamos

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 5, October 2017
    Pages: 59-67
    Received: Apr. 10, 2017
    Accepted: May 24, 2017
    Published: Oct. 23, 2017
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    Abstract: WebRTC is project that allows browser-to-browser voice, video and data communication without the use of plugins. It enables rich, high quality, Real Time Communications applications to be developed for the browser, mobile platforms, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and allows them all to communicate via a common set of protocols. In this paper... Show More
  • Women as Tireless Goddesses, Super-Humans and Geniuses in the African Alternative Cinema

    Lawrence Ekwok

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 5, October 2017
    Pages: 68-74
    Received: Apr. 10, 2017
    Accepted: May 13, 2017
    Published: Oct. 24, 2017
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    Abstract: Given male domination of the cinema medium, women portrayal in films has dominantly been stereotypical. This trend has been observed even in the African cinema. To counter this trend, a number of theorists and feminist schools of thought have proffered the African alternative cinema movement which insists on women writing their story by themselves ... Show More
  • Social Media as a Communication Tool to Support University Student - Services: Affordances, Limitations and Opportunities for Innovations

    Charity Tecson-Turano

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 5, October 2017
    Pages: 75-85
    Received: Jun. 19, 2017
    Accepted: Jul. 03, 2017
    Published: Oct. 24, 2017
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    Abstract: This study titled Social Media as a Communication Tool to Support University Student-Services: Affordances, Limitations and Opportunities for Innovations sought to determine the affordances of social media as a communication tool to support student services as perceived by the administrators, faculty, and students; the identified limitations and gl... Show More
  • The Impact of Telegram as a Social Network on Teaching English Vocabulary among Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners

    Farid Ghaemi, Niloofar Seyed Golshan

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 5, October 2017
    Pages: 86-92
    Received: Apr. 09, 2017
    Accepted: May 11, 2017
    Published: Oct. 31, 2017
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    Abstract: To help students find language classes, especially vocabulary lessons more interesting in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context, a study was conducted to investigate the effects of short massages services (SMS) via social networks on EFL learners' vocabulary learning process. To this end, an experimental approach was applied to assess the eff... Show More