Razieh Alborz; Rahman Saeedi; hossein afkhami
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The current research attempts to investigate the place of electronic public relations in 22 regions of Tehran Municipality. Survey method was used to study variables such as computer literacy, teaching electronic public relations, level of using electronic public relations, etc. and questionnaires were ...
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The current research attempts to investigate the place of electronic public relations in 22 regions of Tehran Municipality. Survey method was used to study variables such as computer literacy, teaching electronic public relations, level of using electronic public relations, etc. and questionnaires were used for data collection. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.88 was used to determine research reliability. Research population included all the official and contract managers and employees of public relation units who were serving during the second half of 1394 (2015) and the first half of 1395 (2016) in the 22 regions of Tehran Municipality. It is noteworthy that census method was used in this study. SPSS Version 20 was used for data analysis. Tables of frequency distribution were used for data descriptions in descriptive statistics section and chi-square and D. Summers’s correlation coefficient were used in inferential statistics proportionate with the level of data assessment.Research findings showed that considering the studies carried out on the indices of computer literacy, teaching electronic public relations, the attitude of managers and specialists regarding the electronic public relations and the level of using electronic public relations technology (electronic mail, electronic newsletter, SMS and Multimedia systems, forums, electronic surveys, telegram) electronic public relations are being properly used public relations units of the 22 regions of Tehran Municipality.
Seyedehmarjan Hosseini; hossein afkhami
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Population ageing in both developed and developing communities is increasing significantly due to resources such as improvement in healthcare and welfare, and decreasing of the birth rate. This group needs more care (medical or mental) that increases medical expenditures for governments, families and ...
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Population ageing in both developed and developing communities is increasing significantly due to resources such as improvement in healthcare and welfare, and decreasing of the birth rate. This group needs more care (medical or mental) that increases medical expenditures for governments, families and insurance institution, so policies that are related to the health of older adults are becoming more essential.With the rise of new media, more people became information literate. This great change provided an opportunity for societies to use new technology to cure, reinforce and empower elderly people. Smartphones and tablets are becoming more popular among older adults so a great number of applications have been written based on favorite operating systems (e.g. IOS and Android) for this increasing population. This study provided an overview of the 4 most popular Iranian health apps for the elderly and appraised each app’s usability and serviceability and communicational capability for their immediate audiences. Also, it tried to find out whether these apps are based on reinforcing elderly or management of diseases. Data came from content analysis of health and education apps in the Iranian mobile market. The main result of study is that Iranian healthcare mobile apps are more based on the treatment of diseases rather than reinforcing and empowering elderly. Another conclusion is that these apps try to communicate with relatives, family members or any other person who cares elderly, instead of communicating with older adults directly. Additionally, they are not technically applicable to the elderly.
