Zero Proximity: Increasing the Online Visibility of Academics at the University of Mauritius

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dc.contributor.authorVan Schalkwyk, Françoisen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-24T09:59:46Z
dc.date.available2014-07-24T09:59:46Z
dc.date.issued2014-03en_ZA
dc.description.abstractOn the airport approach road, an unsubtle pink billboard for T-Systems1 proclaims: "Zero Distance: The proximity to our customers." T-Systems is not T-Mobile (although they are probably cousins) but such is our neural wiring that the following thought is triggered: "Does anyone still use voicemail anymore?" Although empirical research is thin on the ground, there is evidence that shows that the use of voice-recorded messages on mobile phones decreased by 8% between July 2011 and July 2012. A possible explanation for the decline is the expectation that we are always connected, that we are never really o" the grid or disconnected from the network, no matter where we find ourselves. In T-terms, we live in a zero-proximity world. Traditional space-time boundaries have collapsed in a globalised world, and this has garnered an unwavering expectation that any signal to make contact will be returned without delay.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationVan Schalkwyk, F. (2014). Zero Proximity: Increasing the Online Visibility of Academics at the University of Mauritius. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2335en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVan Schalkwyk, François "Zero Proximity: Increasing the Online Visibility of Academics at the University of Mauritius." (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2335en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan Schalkwyk, F. 2014-03. Zero Proximity: Increasing the Online Visibility of Academics at the University of Mauritius.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Van Schalkwyk, François AB - On the airport approach road, an unsubtle pink billboard for T-Systems1 proclaims: "Zero Distance: The proximity to our customers." T-Systems is not T-Mobile (although they are probably cousins) but such is our neural wiring that the following thought is triggered: "Does anyone still use voicemail anymore?" Although empirical research is thin on the ground, there is evidence that shows that the use of voice-recorded messages on mobile phones decreased by 8% between July 2011 and July 2012. A possible explanation for the decline is the expectation that we are always connected, that we are never really o" the grid or disconnected from the network, no matter where we find ourselves. In T-terms, we live in a zero-proximity world. Traditional space-time boundaries have collapsed in a globalised world, and this has garnered an unwavering expectation that any signal to make contact will be returned without delay. DA - 2014-03 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town. Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme PY - 2014 T1 - Zero Proximity: Increasing the Online Visibility of Academics at the University of Mauritius TI - Zero Proximity: Increasing the Online Visibility of Academics at the University of Mauritius UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2335 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/2335
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVan Schalkwyk F. Zero Proximity: Increasing the Online Visibility of Academics at the University of Mauritius. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2335.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town. Scholarly Communication in Africa Programmeen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen_ZA
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_ZA
dc.titleZero Proximity: Increasing the Online Visibility of Academics at the University of Mauritiusen_ZA
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