Understanding requisite trust factors for shareholders of ASX listed banks using artificial intelligence in online public relations communication

The literature review revealed the absence of a set of factors that influence stakeholder trust in an organisation for online communication. Without a complete set of prescribed trust factors for public relations, what appeared was a series of factors that influence people to trust within an organisational setting. These were gathered from public relations, organisational and artificial intelligence literature. What emerged was a framework summary of fifteen unique trust factors that could be considered when developing AI-generated content. Following the pilot interviews, this was reduced to fourteen unique trust factors. Chapter 2 of this Thesis presents a literature review that examines definitions, theories and empirical evidence exploring trust themes. This chapter highlights the identified gaps in the existing research on trust factors specific to online public relations content that are then linked to the research model and the research questions. This literature review investigated perceptions of trust by shareholders and the potential impact on Australian Stock Exchange-listed banks’ AI-generated public relations communication. It reported theories and frameworks that contribute to understanding of the factors contributing to an audience’s trust of online communication. A primary aim of the literature review was to identify trust themes in public relations literature, particularly those that enhance online communication. Chapter 3 of this study aims to address the identified gap by investigating the extent AI-generated public relations content is trusted by shareholders of Australian Stock Exchange-listed banks using the trust factors extracted from literature. Using the theoretical framework and the research model based on Information Literacy Theory, TAM2 and the Shannon-Weaver Model, drawn from the literature, helped understand the dominant themes that contribute to participant trust in online communication. The aim of the interview was to understand what influences whether ASX retail shareholders trust online public relations communication and then to understand to what extent ASX bank retail shareholders trust AIgenerated public relations content and what influences their trust in AI-generated content. Chapter 4 of this Thesis reports the findings following the completion of the in-depth qualitative semi-structured interviews undertaken with thirty participants. This study explored perceptions of trust by shareholders and the potential impact on Australian Stock Exchangelisted banks’ AI-generated online public relations communication. The data from the interviews was analysed using thematic analysis with key themes extracted: expected communication, balanced view, factual content, secondary source verification, secure delivery, and human intervention. The application of the pragmatic paradigm allowed prediction of trends that impacted the manner in which ASX-listed bank shareholders would trust AI-generated online communication (Bennett et al., 2001; O'Brien & Meadows, 1997). Chapter 5 of provides a discussion on the resultant framework that came out of the indepth qualitative interviews that answered research questions about what influences whether ASX retail shareholders trust online public relations communication? (RQ1) and to what extent do ASX retail shareholders trust AI-generated public relations content? (RQ2) and what influences their propensity to trust AI-generated content? (RQ3), is stated in this chapter. Chapter 6, the final chapter provides conclusions with connection to theory and practice outlined. The chapter presents conclusions arrived at from the research results, as well as a review of the process of the resultant framework that helps embed trust in online communication generated by AI. It establishes how the research questions were answered and how the framework for public relations and investor relations practitioners was built, and in doing so, explains the usage for the framework and discusses its further development in practice

A Train That Went Places: A multimedia study of Thomas the Tank Engine as it relates to Psychology and Fandom

This paper discusses the value of the show, Thomas The Tank Engine, as it has endured over 75 years, in part thanks to its fandom. It does so through the lens of a multimedia study of the psychology of the appeal of anthropomorphic stories, of children on the autism spectrum's connection to the show, as well as a literature review of these stories, comparing the original show's work as compared to the more recent content produced by Mattel. Finally, in order to connect this franchise and its history to a broader picture, fandom studies are used to analyze how a fan project such as Project Tiger Moth can represent a fandom and their appreciation for the original authors at the same time. The examination of the history of the show as the identity has shifted over time is used to analyze how the franchise has persisted this long and why fans are still appreciating it. It also discusses post-structuralist ideas put forth by Roland Barthes to examine the value of the author's words and how fans have not clung to those words, but have remained passionate for the content because it was the author's passion. While Barthes posits that the author sacrifices themselves when they create a work, this paper puts forth that the author is important in looking at the story of the franchise and the fandom's continued appreciation of it. When looking at fan work, it is clear that they are aware of the authors and make it a point to tribute them because they can appreciate what they have created, while still feeling liberated enough to create their own meanings and connections from it. It is not so much that the authors are completely eradicated by making their stories, but are remembered because their work connected to an audience and inspired their own work. Likewise, it is not that fans are solely attached to what the authors intended so that they can derive their own meanings while also keeping their work in mind when they make their own to feel more connected to the work and immerse themselves.Purchase College SUNYArts ManagementBachelor of ArtsForstrom, Meliss

First narrow-band search for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars in advanced detector data

Spinning neutron stars asymmetric with respect to their rotation axis are potential sources of continuous gravitational waves for ground-based interferometric detectors. In the case of known pulsars a fully coherent search, based on matched filtering, which uses the position and rotational parameters obtained from electromagnetic observations, can be carried out. Matched filtering maximizes the signalto- noise (SNR) ratio, but a large sensitivity loss is expected in case of even a very small mismatch between the assumed and the true signal parameters. For this reason, narrow-band analysis methods have been developed, allowing a fully coherent search for gravitational waves from known pulsars over a fraction of a hertz and several spin-down values. In this paper we describe a narrow-band search of 11 pulsars using data from Advanced LIGO’s first observing run. Although we have found several initial outliers, further studies show no significant evidence for the presence of a gravitational wave signal. Finally, we have placed upper limits on the signal strain amplitude lower than the spin-down limit for 5 of the 11 targets over the bands searched; in the case of J1813-1749 the spin-down limit has been beaten for the first time. For an additional 3 targets, the median upper limit across the search bands is below the spin-down limit. This is the most sensitive narrow-band search for continuous gravitational waves carried out so far

Search for gravitational waves associated with the InterPlanetary Network short gamma ray bursts

We outline the scientific motivation behind a search for gravitational waves associated with short gamma ray bursts detected by the InterPlanetary Network (IPN) during LIGO's fifth science run and Virgo's first science run. The IPN localisation of short gamma ray bursts is limited to extended error boxes of different shapes and sizes and a search on these error boxes poses a series of challenges for data analysis. We will discuss these challenges and outline the methods to optimise the search over these error boxes.Comment: Methods paper; Proceedings for Eduardo Amaldi 9 Conference on Gravitational Waves, July 2011, Cardiff, U

Implementation and testing of the first prompt search for gravitational wave transients with electromagnetic counterparts

Aims. A transient astrophysical event observed in both gravitational wave (GW) and electromagnetic (EM) channels would yield rich scientific rewards. A first program initiating EM follow-ups to possible transient GW events has been developed and exercised by the LIGO and Virgo community in association with several partners. In this paper, we describe and evaluate the methods used to promptly identify and localize GW event candidates and to request images of targeted sky locations. Methods. During two observing periods (Dec 17 2009 to Jan 8 2010 and Sep 2 to Oct 20 2010), a low-latency analysis pipeline was used to identify GW event candidates and to reconstruct maps of possible sky locations. A catalog of nearby galaxies and Milky Way globular clusters was used to select the most promising sky positions to be imaged, and this directional information was delivered to EM observatories with time lags of about thirty minutes. A Monte Carlo simulation has been used to evaluate the low-latency GW pipeline's ability to reconstruct source positions correctly. Results. For signals near the detection threshold, our low-latency algorithms often localized simulated GW burst signals to tens of square degrees, while neutron star/neutron star inspirals and neutron star/black hole inspirals were localized to a few hundred square degrees. Localization precision improves for moderately stronger signals. The correct sky location of signals well above threshold and originating from nearby galaxies may be observed with ~50% or better probability with a few pointings of wide-field telescopes.Comment: 17 pages. This version (v2) includes two tables and 1 section not included in v1. Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysic

Information and Communication Technology Assessment Benchmark

This paper reports on an initial effort to assess student learning with respect to effective use of information and communication technology. A business school in a small public university administered the iSkills assessment from the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in 2008. This online web service simulates websites, web searches, databases, and office productivity software to present realistic scenarios. iSkills evaluates seven skill areas (define, access, evaluate, manage, integrate, create, and communicate). Upper division student median performance on the Advanced Level test was generally above the median level of the reference group with strengths in the Define and Integrate proficiencies and weaknesses in the Manage and Create proficiencies. Lower division student median performance on the Advanced Level test was generally below the median with strengths in the Access and the Integrate proficiencies and weaknesses in the Manage, Define, and Communicate proficiencies. Lower division student median performance on the Core Level test was generally below the median with strengths in the Access and Integrate proficiencies and weaknesses in the Evaluate and Communicate proficiencies. While the upper division students performed adequately, there remains room for improvement. The lower division student performance will provide a benchmark to measure the impact of planned curriculum changes

Clinical And Genetic Study of The Sptlc1 Gene Mutation in Patients With Heridetary Sensory Neuropahty Type 1

Introduction: Hereditary sensory neuropathy type 1 (HSN1) is the most common hereditary disorder of peripheral sensory neurons. Materials and methods: This study was carried out on 15 patients with hereditary sensory neuropathy type-1 and 10 healthy individuals as a control group. Detailed family history and thorough clinical and neurological examination were performed to all patients. Nerve conduction velocity of ulnar and lateral popliteal nerves (motor and sensory) as well as audiograms was carried out for all members of the studied groups. The laboratory study included the determination of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum nucleasomes as well as molecular detection of the serine palmitoytransferase (SPTLC-1) gene mutations for all studied groups. Results: There was predominance in male who developed more sever clinical manifestations than females. The disease onset was in the second and third decades of life. Patients with HSN 1 manifested reduced conduction velocity in both motor and sensory fibers of the lateral popliteal nerve (p< 0.01) however the ulnar nerve was spared (p = 0.61). Audiometry revealed bilateral partial nerve deafness in 3 cases and complete deafness in one case. Serum CRP and nucleosomes were significantly elevated in all patients as compared to the control group (p < 0.01). The genetic study revealed mutations of the SPTLC1 in all studied patients compared to the control group. Point mutation C133W was observed in younger patients having severe clinical manifestations with prominent leg ulceration, while the point mutation C133Y was observed in the older patients complaining of hearing loss. The mutation V144D was found in patients with mild clinical presentation having minimal ulceration and no hearing abnormalities. Conclusion: The SPTLC1 gene mutations play an important role in the pathogenesis and variability in clinical presentation of HSN1 disease