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Public Perceptions of the Appropriateness of Robots in Museums and Galleries
Webster, Craig,Ivanov, Stanislav Smart Tourism Research Center 2022 Journal of smart tourism Vol.2 No.1
This research explores the public's perceptions of the appropriateness of the use of robots in museums and galleries. Using data from an international survey of 1589 participants, the data show that the perceived appropriateness of robot implementation in museums and galleries is driven largely by perceptions of the usefulness and emotional skills of robotic technologies, and their perceived advantages compared to human employees. Additionally, the findings suggest that the general attitudes towards service robots in tourism shape the attitudes towards robots in museums and galleries in particular. Furthermore, the findings reveal that the demographic characteristics of visitors are not related to their perceptions of robots in museums and galleries.
SEX ROBOTS AND GENDER RELATIONS: MARKETING HOSPITALITY SERVICES IN THE FUTURE ECONOMY
Craig Webster,Anna Farmaki 글로벌지식마케팅경영학회 2023 Global Marketing Conference Vol.2023 No.07
Few species on this planet partake in sex for recreational purposes and humans are one of them. What is noteworthy is that humans are the only species with the capability to develop advanced technologies to satiate the need for recreational sex. At present, there are massive advances in technologies in robotics that would suggest that it will not be long before sex work will be robotised. This large jump in technological capabilities brings up ethical, legal, and practical issues with regards to the commercialization of sex, something previously explored by some scholars (See, for example; D?ring, Mohseni & Walter,2020; Mackenzie, 2016; Makenzie, 2018; Klein & Lin, 2018). There is a growing literature that deals with how sex robots will be incorporated into the tourism and hospitality industries (see, for example; Yeoman & Mars, 2012). As sex robots become increasingly sophisticated, the ethics, social debate, and practicalities of their incorporation into society will have to be thought through, especially as their impact will not be gender neutral. While the historical roots of the modern mechanization of sex were gynocentric, the current technological innovations are largely aimed at a male consumer. In this research, the authors discuss the state of the art in sex robots, the practical aspects of the incorporation of sex robots into the field of hospitality and tourism, and the impact that such a technological jump will have upon sex tourism and its contribution to the sustainable development of destinations with a transformation of sex tourism into a new paradigm. The authors will conclude explaining the ways in which this technological innovation will impact upon males and females and the interactions between the genders, transforming human connections and hospitality. This research will be the first to discuss how the digital aspects of the new generation of sex robots will impact upon the marketing of automated sex services, since the intimate nature of the supply of services will require marketing finesse unlike other more openly disseminated hospitality services.
Web Access to a Lexical Database using VB/Access CGI Programming
( Jonathan J Webster ) 한국언어정보학회 1995 국제 워크샵 Vol.1995 No.-
In this paper I report on the development of an application in which HTML forms serve as a front-end to a lexical database. Lexical information and data retrieval strategies are based on the Longman Language Activator. A Visual Basic CGI application connects a front end HTIvll. form with the back-end relational database implemented usmg Microsoft Access. Three aspects of the applcation are discussed in this paper: (1) the lexical database: (2) the HTIvll. front end: and (3) the Visual Basic CGI programming necessary to connect (l) and (2)
Transition, induction and goal achievement: first-year experiences of Hong Kong undergraduates
Beverley J. Webster,Min Yang 서울대학교 교육연구소 2012 Asia Pacific Education Review Vol.13 No.2
Educators worldwide are faced with challenges of understanding how undergraduates are making their school-to-university transition and becoming inducted into their academic discipline. A recent study investigated Hong Kong first-year Chinese students' experiences of transition from school to university and induction into their discipline in relation to perceived course experiences, approaches to study and achievement of goals. Analysis of the survey data of this study indicates that although students reported transition difficulties, these were unrelated to perceptions of the course, approaches to study or achievement of goals. Students who reported good understanding of their discipline were those who achieved their goals, had a good course experience and adopted deeper study approaches. These findings suggested that rather than focusing mainly on tackling students' transition difficulties, efforts of promoting a positive first-year experience for Chinese university students and facilitating their goals achievement should be oriented towards constructing a facilitative learning environment.