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{"title":"Freelance in Four Countries of the Western Balkans","authors":"B. Đukanović, D. Markovic, Nataša Krivokapić, Silva Banović","doi":"10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.03","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the authors analyze the advantages and limitations of freelancing in four countries of Western Balkan. This work is based on the research with a total sample of 1031 respondents; 408 respondents from Serbia, 201 from Montenegro, 221 from North Macedonia, and 201 from Bosnia and Herzegovina. For the needs of the research, a special questionnaire was constructed and conducted by an electronic survey. The first goal of the research is to describe the functioning of freelancers in four countries, and the second is to describe the similarities and differences between countries of Western Balkan. In general, freelancers in all four countries have positive attitudes towards freelancing, although there are differences between them. Freelancers are especially satisfied with their income, and in Bosnia and Herzegovina with flexible working hours. No statistically significant differences were found among freelancers from four countries of Western Balkan in the structure of jobs they have worked in the last two years, nor in the assessment of the positive effects of new technologies on new forms of employment. They do not differ either in understanding that the work in the \"Gig Economy\" had less negative than positive effects on their private lives and in the fact that there are no differences in the assessment of the positive effects of freelance on the quality of life. They are no differences in terms of the proposed measures to improve the position of workers in the \"Gig Economy\". Unfortunately, there are also no differences in basic social rights (lack of health, disability, and pension insurance). The most significant differences have been noted between freelancers from Montenegro and freelancers from the other three countries. Freelancers from Montenegro see less positive contributions working in the \"Gig Economy\" than others, and they significantly more often believe that the \"Gig Economy\" can’t reduce unemployment and prevent brain drain abroad. The authors explain the negative attitudes of freelancers from Montenegro towards their work in the \"Gig Economy\" with the lower prevalence of freelancers, poorer job structure, and lower income with an unfavorable socioeconomic status.","PeriodicalId":41192,"journal":{"name":"IPSI BgD Transactions on Internet Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85225103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Economic and Social Advantages and Limitations of Working from Home in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and North Macedonia","authors":"B. Đukanović, Mirjana Radović-Marković, Nebojša Macanović, A. Maksimović","doi":"10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.02","url":null,"abstract":"The authors of this study analyzed the economic and social advantages and limitations of working from (at) home in four countries of the Western Balkans - Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The research was carried out by applying an electronic survey on appropriate samples of 408 respondents from Serbia, 201 from Montenegro, 221 from North Macedonia and 201 from Bosnia and Herzegovina. For the research, a questionnaire consisting of 14 questions with answers in nominal form was created. The questions referred to several economic and social advantages and limitations of working from (at) home, starting with whether the respondents would recommend working from (at) home, the advantages of this work, the guidelines about establishing this type of business, whether to involve family members, what are the basic rules for a successful business from (at) home and performance evaluation, office organization, appearance and dress code, whether to engage in full-time or part-time work, the level of confidence of the owner in the business and earnings from year to year, the strategies used for this purpose, the most common problems and strategies for overcoming them, as well as practical advice to future entrepreneurs. In general, respondents from all four countries showed significantly more positive than negative attitudes toward working at (from) home, although there are noticeable and significant differences between countries. The main motives for working from home are flexible working hours and good earnings for all respondents. The respondents emphasized the importance of a well-designed business plan, but most have stereotypical strategies regarding the increase in performance. Also, they denied the importance of ergonomic rules for success, and in case of failure, they expect support and help from relatives and friends. There is a significant dose of ambivalence in business planning, making decisions about permanent or additional activities, and providing advice to others among the respondents. The main reasons should be sought in decreased and low-accumulative jobs (trade, providing of intellectual services, etc.) due to very limited initial investments. Respondents from Montenegro have the most psychosocial problems when working from (at) home and struggle with reconciling professional and family obligations with the least support from family and relatives. Respondents from North Macedonia are somewhat similar to them, although they are better positioned towards their families. The most successful and satisfied are the respondents from Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is the youngest population that is relatively mostly represented in the IT sector. Respondents from Serbia are most similar to respondents from Bosnia and Herzegovina in terms of satisfaction, as well as in closeness to family members, relatives, and friends.","PeriodicalId":41192,"journal":{"name":"IPSI BgD Transactions on Internet Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76858694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Incorporation of NID into Digital Libraries and Its Benefits","authors":"Sonja Eisenberger","doi":"10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.10","url":null,"abstract":"This paper addresses the topic of the ongoing digitization of previously analogue knowledge collections, primarily libraries, i.e. mainly but not exclusively written materials in text format and additionally materials in images, video, and audio formats. A short introduction to digital books explains the extended ways of using them in contrast to their analogue predecessors and their incorporation into various systems such as NID (Net Interactive Documents). In one section, the topic of digital libraries is reviewed. A few of the most important representatives are briefly introduced. The 3.2 chapter applies to the software, which can be used for digital libraries. In the main part, an introduction is given to NID (Net Interactive Documents) and its current applications as well as projects planned for the future. Finally, different features of NID are compared with a similar system - Hypothes.is, and the advantages and disadvantages are explained.","PeriodicalId":41192,"journal":{"name":"IPSI BgD Transactions on Internet Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83208883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychosocial Adjustment to Work at Home in Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina","authors":"B. Đukanović, Enita Čustović, Gorana Bandalović, A. Dragojević","doi":"10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.04","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, on the convenience samples of 408 respondents from Serbia, 201 from Montenegro, 221 from North Macedonia, and 201 from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the authors described psychosocial adjustment to work at/from home in the four Western Balkan countries, similarities and differences among the countries and, using qualitative analysis, they presented the profiles of psychosocial adjustment for each country. For this research, a special questionnaire was constructed with answers on a five-point Likert scale. In the analysis and processing of empirical data, ANOVA was used. The results of the research confirmed the findings of other researchers that the attitudes of the respondents towards various psychosocial aspects of working from home are mostly positive, although there are significant differences among the countries; the biggest differences are between respondents from Montenegro and everyone else. Respondents from Montenegro estimate work at/from homeless favorably than all others; they have less time for activities and hobbies, pay less attention to family and partners, find it harder to separate work from private life, show more tension and anxiety while working, their relatives and friends support them less than other respondents. Jobs that are well below their professional education demotivate them. Respondents from North Macedonia are relatively similar to them, while respondents from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina show a much more optimistic image, which is why they are similar. The lack of social care from the state towards the respondents who work at/from home and remotely is common to all respondents, but it is most pronounced in Serbia.","PeriodicalId":41192,"journal":{"name":"IPSI BgD Transactions on Internet Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89110912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Internet Sex Addiction in Serbia and Montenegro","authors":"B. Đukanović, Irena Petrušić, Gorana Bandalović, A. Maksimović, Silva Banović","doi":"10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.07","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, the authors analyzed the problematic use of pornographic websites and Internet sex addiction in representative samples of respondents from different age groups including 2948 respondents from Serbia and 1486 from Montenegro. A standard questionnaire of 33 questions with answers in binary form was used. In addition to epidemiological indicators, the study also included nine family risk factors and six risk factors associated with early psychosocial developmental disorders. Finally, the social profiles of Internet sex addicts in Serbia and Montenegro were described. The results of the research showed that Internet sex addicts are mostly young adults aged 20 to 30. The overall dependency rate was estimated within average limits. In general, Internet sex addiction is among the lowest of all behavioral addictions. The authors see the reason for this in the greatest potency of this addiction for the development of addictive patterns of behavior, but also in the great predictiveness of this addiction together with the gambling addiction for the emergence and development of other behavioral addictions. All examined risk factors (except for shyness and reticence) do \"separate\" Internet sex addicts from those who do not have the listed risk factors at zero level of significance. However, an examination of the prediction of Internet sex addiction using binary logistic regression showed that aggressive and criminal behaviors in early youth, followed by disorders in educational and emotional relations between parents and children, have the highest predictive values for Internet sex addiction. Social profiles are unclear and unstructured, and the authors explain this by the fact that biological, not sociological, and sociocultural factors play a dominant role in developing addictive patterns of behavior.","PeriodicalId":41192,"journal":{"name":"IPSI BgD Transactions on Internet Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90808883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Educational Characteristics of Students - Victims of Cyberbullying","authors":"Nebojša Macanović, Ružica Stojanović","doi":"10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.06","url":null,"abstract":"An increasing number of children and young people are exposed to peer violence via the Internet, but despite this, the fact that it is still not sufficiently recognized as a serious problem in society is worrying. The virtual world gives bullies anonymity, dominance, courage, a sense of security and power. By being involved in the virtual world, children and young people, victims of violence, always experience violence again and feel helpless and depressed, because they cannot fully influence the violent content. In our research, we were based on secondary school students, because they are the most vulnerable category when it comes to violence on the Internet. The subject of the research includes identifying the presence and forms of cyberbullying among secondary school students in the municipality of Modriča, as well as researching the relationship between the manner of cyberbullying and the educational characteristics of students – the victims of cyberbullying. The results of the research indicate that out of the total number of respondents, 39.7% of them were victims of cyberbullying, and when it comes to educational indicators, the victims of cyberbullying are mostly students with excellent and very good results.","PeriodicalId":41192,"journal":{"name":"IPSI BgD Transactions on Internet Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85699883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fuzzy Logic for Educational Purposes","authors":"Valerie Novitzká, William Steingartner, Viktória Richnavská","doi":"10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.11","url":null,"abstract":"Fuzzy logic is a popular logical system used in many applications in real life. The aim of this article is to briefly explain the basic concepts of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic. We define an architecture of fuzzy logic systems and their parts. Using an example of an air-conditioning system we show how formal definitions of fuzzy logic are represented in an implementation.","PeriodicalId":41192,"journal":{"name":"IPSI BgD Transactions on Internet Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74939314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rise of the Gig Economy and Further Trends in the Work Processes","authors":"M. Vučeković, Mirjana Radović-Marković, Zorana Nikitović, Vujičić Slađana","doi":"10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.05","url":null,"abstract":"In today's business environment, telework has become more common. It provides a win-win situation for employers and employees. Namely, for workers, the benefit is the flexibility to work when they want and where they jobs, across geographies. On the other hand, employers reduce labor costs. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of workers who did their work from home increased significantly and it is predicted that this way of working will continue its growth trend not only due to the flexible and agile ways of working. but also due to the cost reduction opportunities this change brings.","PeriodicalId":41192,"journal":{"name":"IPSI BgD Transactions on Internet Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83971647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Web Sites Need Much More User-Driven Interactivity","authors":"Bilal Zaka, H. Maurer","doi":"10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.08","url":null,"abstract":"Websites present information or services but often do not allow users to provide feedback or ask questions. The topic of this paper is to first discuss various types of interactivities that are currently available, and then explain what one would expect from advanced systems. The article makes it clear that much has still to be developed. We start by mentioning a number of currently used approaches and show that they almost exclusively belong to a category we call “provider-driven”. They miss the very desirable possibility of what we call “user-driven” feedback that is, at the most, available in a very rudimentary form. We then present some user-driven feedback attempts that culminate with a description of some of the features of a new system NID (for Net-Interactive Documents). We analyze and describe the first results obtained and, finally, summarize to show what future systems should provide.","PeriodicalId":41192,"journal":{"name":"IPSI BgD Transactions on Internet Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75518464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Emerging Technologies in Digital Libraries: Net Interactive Document (NID) Experiences and Prospects","authors":"Bilal Zaka","doi":"10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58245/ipsi.tir.2201.09","url":null,"abstract":"Modern digital library systems face challenges related to data analytics, interoperability, access control, and institutional and user collaborations. This paper presents the work done to add value to the conventional digital library workflows in a next-generation library system. Inherent capabilities to foster collaboration, content co-creation and AI interventions are among the desired features guiding the development of modern library systems. The work also highlights aspects of data transformation and access models in a more connected information ecosystem","PeriodicalId":41192,"journal":{"name":"IPSI BgD Transactions on Internet Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75823888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}