Internet based journal launched

Caption:  (L) ICIT Manager Gabriel Kaumb, Cecil Goldstein, and Sentheyval Kumaran all posing with copies of the journal.

Caption:  ICIT PNG  Journal.

By MATTHEW VARI

Sunday, July 20, 2014 (Sunday Chronicle, PNG)

THE International Training Institute (ITI), through the newly established ITI Center for Advancement of Internet Technologies (ICIT) have launched what is one of the first internet based publication journal in the country and the pacific region.

Titled ‘ICIT PNG’, the publication covers internet technologies and security from the ICIT research based center for advanced internet studies.

ICIT Director Sentheyval Kumaran said that the idea of the journal was developed in 2011, with the view to create a research institute for the current graduates from ITI for post graduate research studies.

“The journal will be an avenue where our research students and staff can publish their research in internet studies and the PNG perspective of it in the country and the region, and also findings of workshops and seminars also will be published,” Kumaran said.

“There is nothing else like this in the country and the journal focuses on informative information for internet users.”

“Since the introduction of the internet on a wider scale through mobile communication providers in the country- the need for the technology has been growing tremendously and there is a need to inform users of the do and don’t of the internets, and the advantages and disadvantages also.”

He said that with a globalised world we are all living in- the internet was becoming more and more a part of our daily lives through banking, shopping, and social networking.

“This is the first journal in both the country and the pacific region, and it will focus on giving valid information to help both our students and staff and also assist the industry in the country,” he said.

Vice Chairman of ICIT and Editor of the Journal, Cecil Goldstein, said that the journal will be a mouthpiece for the centre and community as a source of information, news, and insight.

“When talking about the journal, it is an open invitation for the community to contribute as the internet has by far brought technology closer to the community,” Goldstein said.

“Focus on research on internet behavior and how to use the internets effectively and safely will be key focus areas of the journal.”

“The internet is both helping and hurting people physically and guidance is important in its usage by especially the younger generation.”

Despite the first issue being only 8 pages thick, the editor promised bigger and better issues in the future for the publication every four months.

Over 200 copies were printed for the first issue and are available free of charge at ITI.