In this study, we attempt to understand one frequently observed paradox in user social networking behavior – highly concerned about privacy issues on social networking sites, yet actively participating in social networking activities. Based on qualitative analysis of student essays on their social networking activities and perceptions, we propose a theory for user online social networking behav...

social networks have been widely interested by many academics and industry researchers due to extensive functions and interactions.this study aims to identify the requirements, issues, and the main effective factors on the formation of social networks of technology and innovation management actors. the research method is descriptive-survey which the requirements of actors in management of techn...

The pull of Software-Defined Network- ing (SDN) is magnetic. There are few in the networking community who have escaped its impact. As the benefits of network visibility and network device programmability are discussed, the question could be asked as to who exactly will benefit? Will it be the network operator or will it, in fact, be the network intruder? As SDN devices and systems hit the mark...

This paper investigates the frequency of occurrence of English borrowed words in terms of three variables of age, gender, and educational status. To do so, a corpus including the extant files of participants in a target group of telegram social networking was selected and analyzed. The quantitative study of the data shows that the occurrence of the loanwords is much more frequent in the speech ...

Wireless networks, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Everything (IoE), and smart homes have become extremely important terms in our present-day life. Most of the buildings, companies, institutions, and even homes depend onthese technologies for interaction, communication, automation, and everything surrounding humans. To understand the advanced topics in wireless networks and IoT devi...

This paper examines the hype about using social networking as a tool to promote learning in elearning environments. Specifically, the validity of the following assertions are delineated and discussed: 1) constructing knowledge using social networking, 2) creating learning communities using social networking, and 3) building communities of practice using social networking.

This paper explores the factors of enhancing employed job seekers intention to use social networking sites as a job search tool. 190 survey questionnaires were distributed to employed job seekers who have used social networking sites via the snowball sampling approach. The collected data were analysed using both linear and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that perceived usefulne...

The ongoing convergence of the Internet and telecommunications and entertainment networks continues to provide new and exciting opportunities for end users, application developers, content providers, and network operators. Traditional entertainment networks developed separately from networks used for communication and commerce. For example, until recently, cable TV networks were one-way broadca...

With this essential guide to vehicular networking, you’ll learn about everything from conceptual approaches and state of the art protocols to system designs and their evaluation. Covering both in-car and inter-vehicle communication, this comprehensive work outlines the foundations of vehicular networking and demonstrates its commercial applications, from improved vehicle performance to entertai...