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Magnusson, Monika, 1965-
(författare)
Facebook Usage During a Flood : a Content Analysis of Two Local Governments’ Facebook Pages
2016
Ingår i: Proceedings of the 27th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS2016). - Wollongong : University of Wollongong Faculty of Business. - 9781741282672
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat) abstract
During a disaster it is vital that government agencies provide timely and accurate information to the public. Lately, social media such as Facebook have become important channels for crisis communication. The purpose of this study is to identify the types of usage and topics in which users of a local governments’ Facebook page engage, during a flood. A content analysis was carried out on two local governments’ Facebook pages during two floods in 2013; The Bundaberg Regional Council’s (BRC) and the City of Calgary’s (CC). The results show that Facebook is an important channel for spreading information. Users’ engagement is especially high in real-time operational information concerning road or school closures and drinking water. Also, the coordination of relief efforts such as volunteering raises a lot of interest. Important usage types and topics to communicate through a local government’s Facebook page are proposed.
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Magnusson, Monika, 1965-, et al.
(författare)
Facebook usage in government : A case study of information content
2012
Ingår i: AMCIS 2012<em> Proceedings.</em> Paper 11. - Atlanta : Association for Information Systems. - 9780615663463
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat) abstract
Social media is making its way into government agencies as a medium for citizen communication. A recent survey suggests that almost half of the population in Sweden uses Facebook. Consequently, government agencies such as municipalities have started adopting Facebook to ‘be where the users are’. Facebook offers new opportunities for rapid dissemination of information and dialogue with the public that may lead to greater transparency and increased e-democracy. However, relatively few studies exist that have examined the actual content in governments’ Facebook pages. In this exploratory case study of a Swedish municipality’s Facebook page, several categories of information posted on the Facebook wall are identified. While the municipality uses the wall primarily for marketing events, the public members display a diverse usage including requests for information or services, reports of service failure, and making complaints. Both parties also use the wall for community building.
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Magnusson, Monika, 1965-
(författare)
Information Seeking and Sharing During a Flood : A Content Analysis of a Local Government’s Facebook Page
2014
Ingår i: European Conference on Social Media (ECSM 2014). - UK : Academic Conferences Limited. - 9781632668325 ; , s. 305-311
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat) abstract
In times of floodings and other natural disasters, timely and adequate information to the concerned public is vital to delimit damages, avoid panic, or sometimes even to save human lives. Lately, social media, such as Facebook, have become a vital and powerful channel for crisis communication, as a result of its remarkable diffusion. Recent disasters have shown that people turn to local government’s Facebook pages for information in a time of crisis. So far, few studies exist about what kind of information citizens seek and share on Facebook when a flood occurs. The purpose of this study is therefore to identify both the citizens’ requests for information from local government during a flooding event as well as the information that they share. An exploratory study of the communication on the City of Calgary’s Facebook page during the flood in June 2013 was performed. Content analysis of user posting was applied in order to identify recurrent topics. The results show that people in the early (acute) phase search for instructive information that would help them decide how, when, and where to evacuate. Information on road closures, preferably in the form of maps, was also a common request. Moreover, there were frequent requests for adjusting and reassuring information on the quality of the drinking water. Throughout the event, many also displayed an altruistic behavior as they wanted to know how they could volunteer or donate utilities to the victims. This was the most predominant theme in the user postings along with expressions of gratitude to the city’s mayor, emergency workers and volunteers. It is also apparent from the number of user postings that people turned to the Facebook page to seek for and share information in the initial stage of the flood.
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Magnusson, Monika, 1965-, et al.
(författare)
Information Systems for Disaster Management Training : Investigating User Needs with a Design Science Research Approach
2018
Ingår i: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management ISCRAM2018. - : ISCRAM. - 9780692127605 ; , s. 841-850
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat) abstract
Societal threats such as global warming and terror attacks make crisis preparedness and crisis training a major priority in governments worldwide. Unfortunately, training is limited, partly due to complex and resource-demanding planning of traditional exercises. Several crisis training software have been developed as a complement. However, reports in research on their usage are rare, which indicates that the diffusion is limited. A potential explanation is that the systems fail to meet important needs in the organizations and/or sound information systems (IS) design principles. This paper describes the first phase of a design science research (DSR) project aiming at developing information systems for disaster management (ISDM) training, and accompanying training methods in local and regional governments. The purpose of this paper is to investigate perceived problems in current crisis training and identify opportunities for ISDM training in the application domain. Another purpose is to outline expected artifacts in the project.
3385.
Magnusson, Mats, 1968
(författare)
Managing the knowledge landscape of an MNC: Knowledge networking at Ericsson
2004
Ingår i: Knowledge and Process Management. - : Wiley. - 1092-4604 .- 1099-1441. ; 11:4, s. 261-272
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat) abstract
In organizations striving for continuous innovation, the deliberate handling of knowledge plays a fundamental role. This far, most knowledge management initiatives have consisted of the implementation of new IT tools allowing for more efficient information handling. This approach has been criticized, as it does not consider certain aspects of knowledge, e.g. tacitness, social embeddedness and the creation of new knowledge. Alternative knowledge management approaches based on a more comprehensive notion of knowledge have been called for, but few examples of what these could look like in practice have been given. One example of an attempt to manage knowledge in a more holistic manner is knowledge networking. Based on case studies of seven different knowledge networking initiatives within Ericsson, the key components of the overall approach are described and some of the challenges posed to management are identified. Key issues that need to be attended to when designing and implementing individual knowledge networking initiatives are the extension and focus of user groups, the role of management in the initiatives and the promotion of knowledge-sharing behaviour throughout the organization. Ericsson's knowledge networking strategy aims at developing a loosely coupled structure of nuclei for knowledge creation and sharing, connected to each other by different kinds of knowledge directories. This appears to have some advantages compared to traditional knowledge management strategies, as it supports the creation and sharing of both tacit and explicit knowledge. Furthermore, its strong focus on locally developed initiatives and knowledge directories may offer a more dynamic support structure than traditional top-down initiatives focusing primarily on knowledge repositories. © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
3386.
Magnusson, Olof, et al.
(författare)
A survey on attacks and defences on LoRaWAN gateways
2021
Ingår i: Decision Support Systems and Industrial IoT in Smart Grid, Factories, and Cities. - : IGI Global. ; , s. 19-38
Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt) abstract
LoRaWAN (long-range wide-area network) is an emerging technology for the connection of internet of things (IoT) devices to the internet and can as such be an important part of decision support systems. In this technology, IoT devices are connected to the internet through gateways by using long-range radio signals. However, because LoRaWAN is an open network, anyone has the ability to connect an end device or set up a gateway. Thus, it is important that gateways are designed in such a way that their ability to be used maliciously is limited. This chapter covers relevant attacks against gateways and potential countermeasures against them. A number of different attacks were found in literature, including radio jamming, eavesdropping, replay attacks, and attacks against the implementation of what is called beacons in LoRaWAN. Countermeasures against these attacks are discussed, and a suggestion to improve the security of LoRaWAN is also included.
3387.
Mahdipour, Fatemeh
(författare)
Instagram as a Means of Empowering Iranian Women by Focusing on Home-based Businesses
2022
Ingår i: Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education. - : Institute of Economic Sciences. - 1821-1283 .- 2406-0674. ; 2022:3-4, s. 223-245
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat) abstract
The focus of this study was to examine how Instagram can affect the empowerment of Iranian women by providing a platform for them to run their home-based businesses (HBBs). The data were collected through sixteen in-depth interviews with Iranian women who ran their HBBs on Instagram, and Kabeer’s empowerment framework was applied to the analysis. The results show that women’s empowerment can be improved by running an HBB on Instagram. Participants in this study could achieve greater agency, facilitate access to resources, and improve their achievements by running their HBBs on Instagram. However, all the barriers to women’s empowerment cannot be overcome by using Instagram.
3388.
Mahmood, Kashif, et al.
(författare)
Advancement in production engineering education through Virtual Learning Factory Toolkit concept
2021
Ingår i: Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. - : Estonian Academy Publishers. - 1736-6046 .- 1736-7530. ; 70:4, s. 374-382
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat) abstract
The growing relevance of digitalization in production requires the enhancement of human skills and competences in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Higher education has to cope with this need by providing the necessary ICT skills to future industrial engineers, so that they have a good understanding of the complexity of industries in the 21st century. This paper presents the conceptual development and testing of a Virtual Learning Factory Toolkit (VLFT) that integrates digital tools used in production management with engineering education. The digital tools integrated into the VLFT can help students to exploit enabling technologies such as simulation and virtual reality in their manufacturing studies and practical projects with industrial companies. Moreover, digital tools were tested by using a structured workflow that consists of different learning activities related to manufacturing system configuration. Students practised the digital tools with the help of use cases in the form of joint learning labs, after which the students’ feedback was collected and analysed.
3389.
Mahmoud, Sara, 1988-, et al.
(författare)
A critical look into cognitively-inspired artificial intelligence
2022
Ingår i: AIC 2022 Artificial Intelligence and Cognition 2022. - : CEUR-WS. ; , s. 127-133
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat) abstract
Nature has been a great source of inspiration for many inventions and theories. One of the major benefits for this inspiration is perceiving the impossible as possible. The inception of the AI field was no exception with cognitively-inspired approaches with a dream of having an intelligent system that thinks as a human. However, this journey of human intelligence into machine intelligence has been rough and more challenging that resulted in the separation of AI from cognitive studies. In this article, we highlight the main challenges and opportunities for cognitive inspiration for AI development. We then break down the source of inspiration into four abstraction levels in which the researcher may place an inspiration from. These levels then contribute into three main stages for modeling the AI system. The two dimensional mapping from cognitive levels into modeling stages and the relation between them aims to assist the process of cognitively-inspired approaches.
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