Annotated Bibliography: CST Transactions on Scalable Information Systems

Digital Media and Internet
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Annotated Bibliography
Jaafar Desmal, A. (2017). The impact of using social media and internet on academic performance case study Bahrain Universities. ICST Transactions on Scalable Information Systems, 4(13), 152748. doi:10.4108/eai.28-6-2017.152748
The journal is a case study that examines the impact of digital media and the internet on academic performance. The study mainly takes a critical analysis of the new social media sites such as Instagram and Facebook, among others. Three education institutions were selected in Bahrain and an equal sample distributed respectively. The article seeks to define the evolution of digital media and the internet, effects of social media on academic performance and education in general and the social media sites that are most popular. Digital media has been seen to influence the pop culture in business, work, entertainment and socialization. The author finds that most students prefer communication on digital media and learn on the internet and that social media has more positive effects than negative effects on academic performance. The study and its findings will be monumental in the discussion and research on the topic digital media and the internet in communications and media.
Reyna, J., Hanham, J., & Meier, P. (2018). The Internet explosion, digital media principles and implications to communicate effectively in the digital space. E-Learning and Digital Media, 15(1), 36-52. doi:10.1177/2042753018754361
The journal articulates the development of the technology related to digital media. It explains how the current world of media and communication defines literacy as not only the ability to read and write using current media but also possessing skills like competence with creating digital media. Digital media and the internet have become more available and are developing rapidly making them have a big impact on communication as discussed by the author. The article further explains how students are required to ...