Dr. Mervat Medhat current position is an assistant professor in the college of mass communication in Ajman university starting February 2017, she got her promotion of Associate Professor from Helwan University on October 2018، before she served as program coordinator /assistant professor of computer graphic design & animation department in Emirates College of Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE since 2010. she gained her Ph.D. Degree in Applied Arts, major Advertising in the beginning of 2010 from Helwan University in Cairo. Specialist in interactive and 3D Outdoor Advertising. Before she was working with her MSC degree as an Assistant teacher in graphic design department at Art and design academy the high institute of applied art, Cairo, Egypt for five years, since 2000. She had gained through these 14 years valuable experience in her major. In addition to Teach and develop undergraduate and graduate courses. she has participated in many Arab and international conferences and had published in well Rank scientific international journals many types of research in the field of environmental and 3D outdoor advertising, interactive design, branding and marketing, e-learning, teaching methods, visual education, new technology in printed media assessment and designing education curriculum. Her teaching experience covered a wide range of topics in the various graphic Design & Animation eras. Like visual communication, history of graphic design and animation, image manipulation, graphic design and illustration, web design, interactive design audio and video for multimedia, tradition animation techniques, storyboarding for animation, website design, graphic design for visual media, graduation projects, and principal of drawing. She participated in many Community Service Campaigns, and serve in many Emirates College of Technology and Ajman University committees.
In line with the vast technology, and challenging competition among organizations in the field of industry, recently the food companies recognized the importance of innovative Packaging design as a vital solution and a competitive element among competitors, as it should be unique, adding value to consumers, and well reflects the brand’s identity. In that context, the study of factors affecting consumer attraction and intentions and behaviors will be very beneficial for food companies that tend to produce creative packaging to enhance their brand’s positioning by attracting consumers’ attention towards their products and influence the final purchase intentions. Hence, analyzing the creative food packages will help companies to maintain the integration between innovation and creativity as parallel with the design appealing and functionality, through implementing new technologies to support consumers’ experience and enhancing the ease of use, and the concepts of social responsibility towards the environment. In this Regard, packages are developing all the time by using creative ideas, different printing materials, technologies, and smart solutions that are integrated with communication through digital media for a better experience in communicating with the target audience and to match their changing needs and lifestyles. The study through its analytical descriptive approach of food packaging samples aimed to identify, elaborate, analyze, and discuss factors that lead to a unique food packaging to have a great influence on consumer experience and preferences toward products, and to highlights the recent trends in creative packaging of the food industry, to specify the most significant elements in the food packaging nowadays. The study results concluded that adopting creative and innovative design ideas and utilizing different technologies could help the package promotion in unique impressive experience to enhance the consumers’ purchasing decision, and researchers stressed the recommendations regarding applying “eco-friendly and sustainable packages” to achieve mutual benefits for both consumers and the environment. Additionally, Food companies should be careful about the package functionality especially with the vast spreading of e-commerce and the long shipping period, and in times of crisis and pandemics like Covid-19, as packaging material should be protected during shipping till delivery to consumers.
With the rapid advances in mobile technologies, one of the main goals of Colleges and universities is to reach national and international recognition. Recently many Universities used new strategies to stay competitive, trying to adopt new technologies like Augmented Reality (AR) To capture students’ attention. Augmented Reality (AR) had used as a useful tool in education, but besides teaching and learning, technology may play an important role in university and student engagement. The research aims to study the effect of using augmented reality (AR) on human interaction and engagement. The study focuses on designing an AR prototype framework and a pilot AR application to test its impact on the user’s interaction engagement with the university information platform. The researcher assumes that by applying AR technology, it will improve two way of communication between universities and students, employees and visitors. Research findings show that AR UI and UX collaborate to achieve students engagement. Universities may consider thinking of the efficacy of AR implementations within their business strategy to enrich its recognition in recent intense competition.
نظرا لما يشهده الوطن العربي حاليا من تداخل جديد من نوعه بين الإعلان التلفزيوني والمسلسل الدرامي، نجد الإعلان يعتمد في التأثير على المستهلكين على الأحداث الدرامية الدسمة التي تناقش مواضيع هامة بسيناريو وحوار وممثلون، ليظهر مصطلح Vignette للدراما القصيرة الذي أصبح يستخدم على نطاق واسع في العديد من الإعلانات التليفزيونية المصرية، لإنشاء إعلانات فعالة تستلزم أكثر بكثير من مجرد الحصول على منتج رائع أو شعار ذكي بل لخلق ارتباط عاطفي بين المنتج والمستهلك يؤثر في استجابتهم وتغيير سلوكهم، ومن هذا المنطلق تكمن ضرورة الدراسة للوقوف على دور الدراما القصيرة Vignette في الإعلان التلفزيوني للتأثير على العملاء وتغير استجاباتهم العاطفية والسلوكية ومن ثم تذكر الإعلان والرغبة في الشراء. استخدم البحث المنهج الوصفي والتحليلي لعينة إعلانية تمثل أهم الإعلانات التلفزيونية الدرامية القصيرة في الفترة بين 2017 الي 2020 بالتحديد في مصر حيث لوحظ ارتباط مفهوم الدراما القصيرة Vignette بإعلانات شهر رمضان بشكل خاص، وتم اختبار العينة على 100 مفردة طبقية عشوائية من الجنسين. وأوضحت نتائج الدراسة: أهمية استخدام هذا النوع من الإعلانات لإشباع تعطش الجمهور للدراما، كذلك إدراك المعلنين قدرة الدراما القصيرة في التأثير العاطفي على المتلقين، أيضا دور الدراما القصيرة في مصداقية توصيل الرسالة الإعلانية في إطار خفيف ومواقف متعددة تساعد على تذكر الإعلان واستدعاؤه. واستخلص البحث دور القصص الدرامية القصيرة في الإعلان في خلق التعاطف مع الإعلان والتأثير في السلوك لدى المشاهدين.
The study analyses how youth perceive social media Influencers and whether they affect their purchasing intentions and buying decisions. It also measures influencers’ attractiveness, expertise, and trustworthiness while communicating with consumers. In addition, the study explores the types of digital interaction with influencers, measures the impact of their online marketing activities on purchasing intentions, and finds differences between youth demographic segments. A total of 350 youth participants in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) completed an online survey evaluating influencers’ characteristics, promotional videos, types of youth interaction with their content, and their impacts on purchasing intentions. The findings show that youth in UAE consider that influencers have positive personal appeals, traits, and information support to attract their followers and encourage them to purchase. Furthermore, the results reveal that influencers push youth to search for more information about the products and visit marketers’ websites. Influencers’ social media activities also affect youth’s interests, desires, and purchase intentions by helping them assess the products.