App-News Via Smartphone – Die Zeitung Der Zukunft?

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

App-News Via Smartphone – Die Zeitung Der Zukunft? App-News via Smartphone – Die Zeitung der Zukunft? – Untersuchung der Veränderung des Mediennutzungsverhaltens und des Einflusses auf die Zeitungen an Beispielen aus Deutschland, Taiwan und China Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor philosophiae (Dr. phil.) eingereicht an der Kultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin von M. A. Shin-Lian Lee Präsidentin der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Sabine Kunst Dekanin der Philosophischen Fakultät III Prof. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal Gutachter: 1. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Mühl-Benninghaus 2. Prof. Dr. Klaus Mühlhahn Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 21.09.2018 Zusammenfassung Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Kernfrage, wie das veränderte Mediennut- zungsverhalten der Individuen durch die vorantreibende IKT-Entwicklung die Zeitungen an Beispielen aus Deutschland, Taiwan und China beeinflusste hat und weiterhin beeinflusst. Daraus leiten sich zwei Haupthypothesen in Bezug auf die zukünftige Zeitungslandschaft ab: Aufgrund der fortschreitenden IKT-Entwicklung wird die traditionelle Erscheinungsform der Mediengüter zukünftig durch den digitalen Distributionskanal von Content (App) abgelöst und der klassische Informationsträger (Druckpapier) wird durch neue Technologie bzw. inter- netbasierte Mobilendgeräte (hier: Smartphone) gründlich ersetzt. Bei der Untersuchung eines Mediensystems sollten die Medienpolitik und die Regimeform (hier: demokratisch oder diktatorisch) eines Landes berücksichtigt werden, weil sie sich in hohem Maße auf das mediale Nutzungsverhalten der Individuen in Bezug auf die moderne IuK-Technik, auf das Betriebsmodell und die (Weiter-)Entwicklung der Medienbranche in diesem Land auswirken. Sie sind zugleich auch die Hauptforschungsschwerpunkte dieser Ar- beit. Darin erhalten noch die multidimensionalen Kernelemente eines Mediensystems bzw. die Politik, die Technik und die Ö konomie der Medien samt der Ü bersicht der internen me- dialen Milieus der drei Länder. Mit der Popularität der multimedialen Mobilkommunikation nutzen immer mehr Menschen heutzutage das Internet via Mobilbreitbandnetze für alltägliche Kontaktaufnahme und für In- formations- und Wissenserwerb. Dennoch besteht aufgrund des ungleichen Auf- und Ausbaus der Infrastruktur für digitalen Datenverkehr eine große Digitalkluft zwischen Städten und ländlichen Regionen. Nach dem Vergleich der drei Forschungsergebnisse lässt sich feststellen, dass eine klare Differenz zwischen den drei Ländern beim individuellen Mediennutzungsver- halten und der Motivation der Mediennutzung der Partizipierende existiert. Dabei handelt es sich offensichtlich um die unterschiedliche Staatsform (hier: demokratisch und diktatorisch) und die Medienpolitik innenhalb der drei Länder: Für die meisten Internetteilnehmer von Deutschland und Taiwan ist das Internet eine soziale Plattform, in der sie sich präsentieren, mit anderen unterhalten, kommunizieren, Information austauschen und sogar Ge- schäft/Gewinn treiben können. Dahingegen bietet das Internet den chinesischen Teilnehmern neben dem kommerziellen Handel noch einen virtuellen Spielraum, in dem sie vor der Reali- tät und einem unbefriedigenden sozialen Milieus entfliehen können. Vielmehr wollen sie eine erwünschte Utopie im Cyberspace als virtuellen Zufluchtsort aufbauen, in dem sie sich frei mit anderen unterhalten können (para-social relationship). Die Popularität der mobilen IM-Dienste führt zur Veränderung der menschlichen Kommuni- kationsform und Nutzungsgewohnheit der Medien. Zugleich verursachte sie die ständige Ge- schäftsumstrukturierung im traditionellen Festnetzmarkt, in dem der analoge TK-Dienst durch die permanent verbesserte Digitaltechnologie mit dem Aufkommen der Internetgeneration sukzessive ersetzt wurde. Zudem beeinflusst die Medienpolitik die Entwicklung, Vielfalt und Glaubwürdigkeit der Medien an den Partizipierenden in den drei ausgewährten Ländern. Die Nutzungshäufigkeit und -dauer des Internets gewann zwar zunehmend an Beliebtheit, jedoch bei widersprüchlicher Berichterstattung vertrauen die Rezipienten aufgrund der Professionali- tät im Journalismus eher auf die traditionellen Medien wie Fernsehen und die Zeitungen. Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den aktuellen Problemen, Zwangslagen, Chancen und Heraus- forderungen der Zeitungsverlage im Zeitalter der Internetgeneration und Mobilkommunikati- on. Dazu zählen noch die häufig genutzten Online-Strategien und Geschäftsmodelle der Zei- tungsverlage in den drei Ländern sowie die Konkurrenz mit den anderen Medien- und Inter- netbetreibenden. Im Schlusskapitel werden die drei Forschungsergebnisse der drei Länder zusammengestellt und verglichen. Umfangreich diskutiert wird noch die Folge der Digitalisie- rung auf die menschliche Gesellschaft, auf das individuelle Mediennutzungsverhalten und a uf den Zeitungsmarkt innenhalb der drei Länder. Schließlich erfolgt noch eine Schlussbetrac h- tung der Dissertation, um zu beantworten, ob die beiden aufgestellten Hauptthesen dieser vor- liegenden Arbeit zukünftig erfüllbar sein können. Schlagwörter: Netzwerkökonomie, Medienwissenschaft, App-News, Smartphone, Online-Geschäftsmodell der Zeitungen Abstract The main purpose of this thesis is to study the impacts of media evolutionary changes nowa- days on printing media markets in Germany, Taiwan and China. The media changes discussed in this study include the change of users’ behaviors, the digitization of media and the deve l- opment of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Based on the study, this the- sis will come up with 2 hypotheses: Due to the advancing ICT development, the traditional methods of information and communication will be replaced by the digital distribution cha n- nel of content (App), and the traditional information carriers (printed media) will be replaced by new technology or internet-mediated mobile terminals (smartphones). During the research of a country’s media system, the country’s political structure – or, in oth- er words, two different types of political structure in this thesis: democracy (Germany and Taiwan) and autocracy (China) –should be taken into consideration, as well as the country’s media policies, because the two factors play important roles in media operation and develop- ment, in individual and corporation users’ behaviors, in media economy and management, and in other social aspects. Furthermore, political structures have more profound influences on a county’s media freedom, media diversity and media credibility. Henceforth, this thesis takes an in-deep study to the three countries’ development of ICTs, as well as focus on ana- lyzing the effects of political structures and media policies respectively. As wireless multimedia communication getting more popular, the use of small mobile devices to get access of the Internet has become the most important way for most users to reach in- formation and communicate with others. In this context, surveys show that all three countries exist big gaps between urban and rural areas in digital infrastructures, but there are significant differences between these countries in terms of user’s motives and behaviors. In comparison, most internet users in Germany and Taiwan use mass media networks as tools for social inter- action, self-expression, or group activities; People even use the networks as a forum for shar- ing information, creating entertainment, mutual communication, or running businesses. Users in China, whereas, tend to niche their cyberspace as a utopia for short escape from the real world or rather, from their dissatisfied social milieus. It is much like a virtual refuge, in which people can freely communicate and interact with each other with less fears for political inte r- ruption (para-social relationship). Indeed, as the use of broadband, wireless and mobile phones getting more extensive in recent years, significant changes in media environment, individual and group behaviors and social development happened tremendously in all three countries. For example, people tend to “watch” TV, “surf” internet and “type” computer keyboard in the same time, thus time breaks into several fragments, which is often taken as evidences of social polarization. On the other hand, despite newspaper readers’ age getting older, the newspaper’s reading rate in younger generation continues to shrink, substituted by accessing to internet as a channel of commun i- cation and knowledge acquisition. As today’s technologies keep continually innovating, traditional media industries are beco m- ing capable to wholly digitize and transform themselves to publish news online. Yet many problems and challenges still lie ahead. For examples, users have been getting used not to pay for online information, and the media industry, which needs high professionalism, has been mixed up and made a mess by so called “citizen” or “amateur” online journalists. However, the traditional mass media such as TV or printed newspaper are still having their strengths. Even though internet networks have obviously become mainstream of information sources, people are still likely to turn their eyes and ears to traditional mass media when big issues or events happened because traditional mass media enjoy more credibility. It illustrates that tra- ditional mass media, even in such a confused situation, are trusted by most people. The phe- nomena are found common in all three countries. On contrary, internet information, although popular, won less reliability and credibility. People seem
Recommended publications
  • Uila Supported Apps
    Uila Supported Applications and Protocols updated Oct 2020 Application/Protocol Name Full Description 01net.com 01net website, a French high-tech news site. 050 plus is a Japanese embedded smartphone application dedicated to 050 plus audio-conferencing. 0zz0.com 0zz0 is an online solution to store, send and share files 10050.net China Railcom group web portal. This protocol plug-in classifies the http traffic to the host 10086.cn. It also 10086.cn classifies the ssl traffic to the Common Name 10086.cn. 104.com Web site dedicated to job research. 1111.com.tw Website dedicated to job research in Taiwan. 114la.com Chinese web portal operated by YLMF Computer Technology Co. Chinese cloud storing system of the 115 website. It is operated by YLMF 115.com Computer Technology Co. 118114.cn Chinese booking and reservation portal. 11st.co.kr Korean shopping website 11st. It is operated by SK Planet Co. 1337x.org Bittorrent tracker search engine 139mail 139mail is a chinese webmail powered by China Mobile. 15min.lt Lithuanian news portal Chinese web portal 163. It is operated by NetEase, a company which 163.com pioneered the development of Internet in China. 17173.com Website distributing Chinese games. 17u.com Chinese online travel booking website. 20 minutes is a free, daily newspaper available in France, Spain and 20minutes Switzerland. This plugin classifies websites. 24h.com.vn Vietnamese news portal 24ora.com Aruban news portal 24sata.hr Croatian news portal 24SevenOffice 24SevenOffice is a web-based Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. 24ur.com Slovenian news portal 2ch.net Japanese adult videos web site 2Shared 2shared is an online space for sharing and storage.
    [Show full text]
  • Cyber Security for Chinese Taipei
    ___________________________________________________________________________ 2020/TEL61/SPSG/009 Agenda Item: 7 Cyber Security for Chinese Taipei Purpose: Information Submitted by: Chinese Taipei Security and Prosperity Steering Group Meeting 9 October 2020 Cyber Security for Chinese Taipei 1. International Cooperation (update to September 2020) Chinese Taipei actively cooperates with international cybersecurity organizations in incident handling and response. From January to August 2020, Chinese Taipei (TWNCERT) received and handled 735 incident reports from international cybersecurity organizations. The incidents mainly fall under the categories of malware, login attempt, spam and phishing. Chinese Taipei (TWNCERT) also issued 2,042 incident reports to 65 international cybersecurity organizations, mainly fall under the category of suspicious network attack, as well as spam host and infected system. TWNCERT is a member of Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT) Steering Committee and the convenor of Training Working Group. Chinese Taipei aims to provide a platform for APCERT community to share and exchange valuable experiences and foster collaboration among members, thus raising the comprehensive cybersecurity defense capabilities of the Asia Pacific region. From January to August 2020, Chinese Taipei had convened three live streaming training programs, with a total of 22 APCERT member teams participating. TWNCERT also participates in the APCERT Drill Working Group, planning the APCERT Drill 2020 which was held in March
    [Show full text]
  • Comments of the Center for Democracy & Technology
    Comments of the Center for Democracy & Technology Regarding Agency Information Collection Activities: Arrival and Departure Record (Forms I-94 and I-94W) and Electronic System for Travel Authorization 19 August 2016 The Center for Democracy & Technology appreciates the opportunity to provide comments to the Department of Homeland Security on its proposal to begin requesting disclosure of social media identifiers and other online account information from Visa Waiver Program applicants. DHS proposes to ask foreign visitors applying for a waiver of visa requirements to provide “information associated with [their] online presence,” including the “provider/platform” and “social media identifier” used by the applicant. While the details of this proposed information collection are unclear, DHS’s Notice of Collection Activities states that the solicited online identity information “will enhance the existing investigative process” and “provide DHS greater clarity and visibility to possible nefarious activity and connections” of visitors to the United States.1 CDT is deeply concerned that this proposal would invade the privacy and chill the freedom of expression of visitors to the United States and United States citizens. Under the proposed changes, visitors to the U.S. who seek admittance through the Electronic System of Travel Authorization (ESTA), or complete Form I-94W, will be subject to unspecified review and monitoring of their public online activity by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials. This program will also increase the surveillance of U.S. citizens, both as a result of their online connections to visitors to the U.S. and because other countries may seek similar information from U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Applications: P
    Applications: P This chapter contains the following sections: • P10, on page 6 • Packet Radio Measurement, on page 7 • PACS, on page 8 • PaleMoon, on page 9 • Paltalk Chat, on page 10 • Paltalk File Transfer, on page 11 • Paltalk Messenger, on page 12 • Paltalk Video, on page 13 • Paltalk Voice, on page 14 • Panda, on page 15 • PandaTv, on page 16 • Pando, on page 17 • Pandora, on page 18 • Pandora Audio, on page 19 • Pandora TV, on page 20 • Panoramio, on page 21 • PAP, on page 22 • PAPI, on page 23 • Parallels, on page 24 • PARC Universal Packet, on page 25 • Parsec Gameserver, on page 26 • PartyPoker, on page 27 • PassGo Technologies Service, on page 28 • Password Change, on page 29 • Pastebin.com, on page 30 • Patch.com, on page 31 • Pathtest, on page 32 • Pathview, on page 33 • PAWSERV, on page 34 • Paybill, on page 35 • PayPal, on page 36 • Paytm, on page 37 Applications: P 1 Applications: P • PBS, on page 38 • PC Connection, on page 39 • PC Mall, on page 40 • PC-Duo, on page 41 • PcAnywhere, on page 42 • Pchome, on page 43 • PCMAIL, on page 44 • PCoIP, on page 45 • PDAP, on page 46 • PDBox, on page 47 • PDBox P2P, on page 48 • PDF Expert, on page 49 • PDL data streaming port, on page 50 • PDRE, on page 51 • PeerCast, on page 52 • PeerEnabler, on page 53 • Penultimate, on page 54 • People Of Walmart, on page 55 • People's Daily, on page 56 • People.com, on page 57 • Perf Analysis Workbench, on page 58 • PerfectIBE, on page 59 • Perforce, on page 60 • Periscope, on page 61 • Personal Link, on page 62 • PersonalLink, on page 63 • PFTP,
    [Show full text]
  • The Globalization of Chinese Food ANTHROPOLOGY of ASIA SERIES Series Editor: Grant Evans, University Ofhong Kong
    The Globalization of Chinese Food ANTHROPOLOGY OF ASIA SERIES Series Editor: Grant Evans, University ofHong Kong Asia today is one ofthe most dynamic regions ofthe world. The previously predominant image of 'timeless peasants' has given way to the image of fast-paced business people, mass consumerism and high-rise urban conglomerations. Yet much discourse remains entrenched in the polarities of 'East vs. West', 'Tradition vs. Change'. This series hopes to provide a forum for anthropological studies which break with such polarities. It will publish titles dealing with cosmopolitanism, cultural identity, representa­ tions, arts and performance. The complexities of urban Asia, its elites, its political rituals, and its families will also be explored. Dangerous Blood, Refined Souls Death Rituals among the Chinese in Singapore Tong Chee Kiong Folk Art Potters ofJapan Beyond an Anthropology of Aesthetics Brian Moeran Hong Kong The Anthropology of a Chinese Metropolis Edited by Grant Evans and Maria Tam Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia and Oceania Jan van Bremen and Akitoshi Shimizu Japanese Bosses, Chinese Workers Power and Control in a Hong Kong Megastore WOng Heung wah The Legend ofthe Golden Boat Regulation, Trade and Traders in the Borderlands of Laos, Thailand, China and Burma Andrew walker Cultural Crisis and Social Memory Politics of the Past in the Thai World Edited by Shigeharu Tanabe and Charles R Keyes The Globalization of Chinese Food Edited by David Y. H. Wu and Sidney C. H. Cheung The Globalization of Chinese Food Edited by David Y. H. Wu and Sidney C. H. Cheung UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I PRESS HONOLULU Editorial Matter © 2002 David Y.
    [Show full text]
  • Declaration of Loretta Kraus, Part 3
    News 6 Reports Case 2:11-cv-11618-RHC-LJM Document 4-4 Filed 04/15/11 Page 1 of 92 Consumer Report Shocking Results In Our Special Report We Daily Health News Investigate Acai Berry... "I Went From Flabby To Fabulous in Under 4 Weeks, Here's How...." It sounds impossible right? That's what I thought. So we at News 6 Reports decided to investigate. This report details our findings. Before we get into the actual investigation results I want to tell you how we decided to test these miracle supplements. To get started, I volunteered to be the guinea pig. I poured over research for Acai Berry supplements. Studied 175 different suppliers. Only one supplier was honest, pure and brilliantly trustworthy enough for us to use in the test. Their bottle of Acai Ultra Lean has the most concentrated and purest Acai out of all the products we researched. Maria pictured above followed the same diet (And judging by reviews, they have the ultimate Acai product on the market). as Jane and contributes her incredible 30lb weight loss to the Acai and Colon Cleanse Luckily they had a Free Trial Option. I quickly took advantage of the free trial and diet. ordered a bottle for our test. By the way, waiting for the product to arrive was kind of like Christmas! I love shopping online and from magazines. Jane Clark put the hype to the test. Was she able to eat 3 delicious meals while losing weight at the same time? Does An Acai Berry + Colon Cleanse Diet Back to the report.
    [Show full text]
  • Comment Submitted by David Crawley Comment View Document
    Comment Submitted by David Crawley Comment View document: The notion that my social media identifier should have anything to do with entering the country is a shockingly Nazi like rule. The only thing that this could facilitate anyway is trial by association - something that is known to ensnare innocent people, and not work. What is more this type of thing is repugnant to a free society. The fact that it is optional doesn't help - as we know that this "optional" thing will soon become not-optional. If your intent was to keep it optional - why even bother? Most importantly the rules that we adopt will tend to get adopted by other countries and frankly I don't trust China, India, Turkey or even France all countries that I regularly travel to from the US with this information. We instead should be a beacon for freedom - and we fail in our duty when we try this sort of thing. Asking for social media identifier should not be allowed here or anywhere. Comment Submitted by David Cain Comment View document: I am firmly OPPOSED to the inclusion of a request - even a voluntary one - for social media profiles on the I-94 form. The government should NOT be allowed to dip into users' social media activity, absent probable cause to suspect a crime has been committed. Bad actors are not likely to honor the request. Honest citizens are likely to fill it in out of inertia. This means that the pool of data that is built and retained will serve as a fishing pond for a government looking to control and exploit regular citizens.
    [Show full text]
  • Fibre Optic Nonlinear Technologies [FONTE] - a European Industrial Doctorate [GA766115]
    Fibre Optic Nonlinear Technologies [FONTE] - A European Industrial Doctorate [GA766115] Document Details Title Deliverable 7.2 Interim Report on Publications and Public Engagement Activities completed Deliverable number D7.2 Deliverable Type Report (public) Deliverable title Interim Report on Publications and Public Engagement Activities completed Work Package WP7 – Impact, Dissemination and Outreach Description A complete overview of publications and Public Engagement Activities completed in the first 24 months of project FONTE Deliverable due date 31/05/2020 Actual date of submission 30/05/2020 Lead beneficiary Aston Version number V1.3 Status FINAL Dissemination level PU Public X CO Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including Commission Services GA 766115-FONTE Deliverable D7.2 Project Details Grant Agreement 766115 Project Acronym FONTE Project Title Fibre Optic Nonlinear Technologies Call Identifier H2020-MSCA-ITN-2017 Project Website fonte.astonphotonics.uk Start of the Project 1 June 2018 Project Duration 48 months Consortium EC Funding This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 766115 GA 766115-FONTE Deliverable D7.2 Executive Summary This deliverable details the Scientific Research Output of Project FONTE and dissemination measures taken in terms of peer-reviewed publications, conference papers and talks, public deliverables as well as less formal settings of dissemination via seminars and event posters. The main aim of these dissemination activities is to make the research conducted both freely available and easily discoverable. Furthermore this deliverables summarised the host of Public Engagement Activities the consortium has been conducting, ranging from dedicated outreach activities lead by FONTE’s early stage researchers to the project’s presence on social media platforms and research networks, as well as covering posts, newsletters and ambassadorships.
    [Show full text]
  • A Study on College-Aged Students Habit of Reading Online Food Blogs Research Paper, English Composition III
    ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY GRADUATION PROJECT 2016 A Study on College-Aged Students Habit of Reading Online Food Blogs Research Paper, English Composition III Vondi Lin Lin 1 A Study on College-Aged Students Habit of Reading Online Food Blogs Have you ever consulted an online food blog when choosing a restaurant to dine in? Back in times when the Internet was not so prevalent, people received information mostly from television or print sources, such as advertisement flyers or magazines. However, with the development of the internet, the way people seek for information has been altered. TV news and print sources are no longer the major means of knowledge. According to a professor, Jill Walker Rettberg, in digital culture, “We have moved from a culture dominated by mass media…to one where participatory media is becoming the norm.”. People now prefer to look for information provided by either professionals or amateurs online. Moreover, the presence of online food blogs has also changed consumers’ decision making. According to the rankings made by famous Taiwanese blogging forum, Pixnet, out of the most popular 100 blogs, food blogs account for a largest proportion among all the other categories. People now tend to search for information in food blogs before deciding which places to eat. However, in “Bloggers’ Motivations and Behaviors,” researchers argue that despite the fact that blogs represent a new and interesting platform, most of the information they provide is unproven (472). But why do people still read them? What influence do online blogs have? According to Txàber Allué’, in his paper, “Food Sector Communication and Online Influencers,” it is said that with the rise of the Internet, “online influencers, whether bloggers or people with important digital profiles, have assumed a decisive role in creating opinion” (312).
    [Show full text]
  • (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9.485,642 B2 Lin (45) Date of Patent: Nov
    USOO9485.642B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9.485,642 B2 Lin (45) Date of Patent: Nov. 1, 2016 (54) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REQUESTING (56) References Cited AND PROVIDING LOCATION-BASED ASSISTANCE U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 7,783,305 B2* 8/2010 Ross ................... HO4M 3.4936 (75) Inventor: Hung Yuan Lin, New Taipei (TW) 340,426.18 8,244,832 B1* 8/2012 McGuire ................. HO4W 4/20 (73) Assignee: Hung Yuan Lin, Taipei (TW) 455,121 (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this (Continued) patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 534 days. FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS TW 2003.01432 T 2003 (21) Appl. No.: 13/071,665 TW I241799 10/2005 TW 200742833 11/2007 (22) Filed: Mar. 25, 2011 Primary Examiner — Phuoc Nguyen (65) Prior Publication Data (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Bacon & Thomas, PLLC US 2012/OOO5285 A1 Jan. 5, 2012 (57) ABSTRACT (30) Foreign Application Priority Data The present invention provides a method for requesting location-based assistance executed on a mobile device of an Mar. 26, 2010 (TW) ............................... 99.109 162 A assistance requester, and a method and system for providing Mar. 26, 2010 (TW) ............................... 99205370 U location-based assistance executed on a server of a joint assistance service provider. The present invention integrates (51) Int. Cl. mobile positioning and telecommunications technologies to G06F 5/16 (2006.01) provide assistance provision information. In the present H0474/22 (2009.01) invention, an assistance request module of the mobile device G06O 10/10 (2012.01) is activated for execution to locate the assistance requester; HO4M 1/725 (2006.01) assistance request information containing the assistance (Continued) requester's location information is transmitted to the server (52) U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Annual Report Contains Several Statements That Are “Forward-Looking”, Or Which Use Various “Forward-Looking” Terminologies
    BUSINESS REVIEW 6 Financial Highlights 65 Corporate Information 10 Chairman’s Statement 66 Company Profile 14 Management Discussion & Analysis 67 Corporate Structure Operational Review 68 Share Information Financial Review 34 Corporate Governance 46 Group Commitments 54 Our Achievements 62 Directors and Senior Management FINANCIAL REPORT GLOSSARY 69 Directors’ Report 93 Independent Auditor’s Report 94 Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income 96 Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 98 Statement of Financial Position 99 Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 100 Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 102 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 221 Five-year Financial Summary NEXT MEDIA is a multimedia company engaging in publishing, animation, online and mobile games. STAMINA SPEED POWER DASH STAMINA SPEED POWER DASH NEXT MEDIA publishes Hong Kong and Taiwan’s most-popular and highly regarded newspapers and magazines, and operates their Apple Daily most-visited news portals. Next Magazine Sudden Weekly ME! Eat & Travel Weekly Trading Express Auto Express Taiwan Apple Daily FACE Taiwan Sharp Daily Taiwan Next Magazine Ketchup NEXT+ ONe *Restated EBITDA BEFORE IMPAIRMENTS REVENUE – CONTINUING OPERATIONS AFTER NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS (HK$ MILLION) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS (HK$ MILLION) 3,602.6 / 2012* 556.3/ 2014 3,474.1 / 2013* 552.7 / 2012* 3,268.9 / 2014 458.8 / 2013* 174.6 / 2014 18.4 / 2012* 19.3 / 2013* 154.1 / 2012* 15.7 / 2014 96.1 / 2013* CURRENT RATIO (%) GEARING RATIO (%) 6 BASIC EARNINGS (LOSS) PER NET PROFIT (LOSS) FOR SHARE FROM CONTINUING THE YEAR (HK$ MILLION) AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (HK CENTS) 248.5 / 2014 9.9/ 2014 (180.2) / 2012* (7.8) / 2012* (944.6) / 2013* (40.1) / 2013* 34.7 / 2013* 30.3 / 2012* 25.9 / 2014 DEBT TO EQUITY RATIO (%) 7 On behalf of Next Media, I have pleasure in presenting the POLE POSITION FOR THE DIGITAL MEDIA Company’s financial results for the year ended 31 March RACE 2014.
    [Show full text]
  • ENCROACHMENTS on PRESS FREEDOM in HONG KONG Threatened Harbor Encroachments on Press Freedom in Hong Kong
    THREATENED HARBOR ENCROACHMENTS ON PRESS FREEDOM IN HONG KONG Threatened Harbor Encroachments on Press Freedom in Hong Kong January 16, 2015 © PEN American Center 2015 All rights reserved PEN American Center is the largest branch of PEN International, the world’s leading literary and human rights organization. PEN works in more than 100 countries to protect free expression and to defend writers and journalists who are imprisoned, threatened, persecuted, or attacked in the course of their profession. PEN America’s 3,700 members stand together with more than 20,000 PEN writers worldwide in international literary fellowship to carry on the achievements of such past members as James Baldwin, Robert Frost, Allen Ginsberg, Langston Hughes, Arthur Miller, Eugene O’Neill, Susan Sontag, and John Steinbeck. For more information, please visit www.pen.org. Cover photograph: © Gareth Hayes, Creative Commons CONTENTS Introduction 4 Report Framework and Methodology 6 Legal Framework 7 Challenges to Press Freedom in Hong Kong 9 Physical Assaults on Journalists 9 Attacks on and Obstruction of Media During the Pro-Democracy Protests 11 Threats to Free Expression Online 14 Politically Motivated Censorship and Removal of Media Figures 17 Politically Motivated Economic Pressures on Media Outlets 20 Recommendations 22 References 23 Appendix: Alleged Incidents of Violence Against Journalists During the 2014 Pro-Democracy Protests As Reported to the Hong Kong Journalists Association 23 INTRODUCTION Hong Kong has long enjoyed a vibrant, diverse, and independent passed in 1990 by the Chinese National People’s Congress, also media and a unique position as a window into mainland China. explicitly protects the rights of Hong Kong’s residents through Local and foreign correspondents make use of Hong Kong’s the year 2047, including the freedom of speech, freedom of unique geopolitical position, cosmopolitanism, and strong the press, and freedom of assembly.
    [Show full text]