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The Impact of Shisha in Today's Society.
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Title: The Impact of Shisha in Today's Society.
Module Code: CI3130
Module Course: Culture and Heritage Informatics
Written by: Husnain Mehmood
Knumber: K1036928
Course: Information Systems
KU email: [email protected]
Marker: Chris Hutchinson
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Contents
Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................. 3
Brief synopsis .......................................................................................................................................... 3
Theoretical and Intellectual issues .......................................................................................................... 4Omeka ..................................................................................................................................................... 4
Analysis ................................................................................................................................................... 5
What are the main Aims and Objectives? .............................................................................................. 5
What were the difficulties and the opportunities of an online management system? ......................... 5
Theoretical and Intellectual Issues part 2 ............................................................................................... 6
Legal and Ethical Issues ........................................................................................................................... 7
Technical Walkthrough ........................................................................................................................... 7
Homepage ........................................................................................................................................... 7
Recent Items ....................................................................................................................................... 8
Shisha Flavours.................................................................................................................................... 9
Pineapple head shisha ........................................................................................................................ 9
Coals on shisha .................................................................................................................................. 10
Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................. 12
Future Development ............................................................................................................................. 12
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Executive Summary
In this project that I have chosen for the module, the topic that I will be discussing is
The Impact of Shisha in Todays Society and how popular it has become with the
younger generation.
The main parts I will be discussing Smoking Shisha in different environments, the
different coals you can get for shishas, the new and popular pineapple heads for
shisha and the flavours that people are able to smoke during their shisha session.
Smoking Shisha in different environments can either be a relaxing chill out day in the
sunny weather to smoking shisha in a shed at night in the freezing weather. There
are all sorts of different occasions to smoke shisha. Most people prefer nowadays to
smoke shisha in lounges across London and the rest of the country. Most Shisha
lovers can be found in lounges because of the quality shishas that are on offer and
also for a great atmosphere. Tuesday nights, Friday nights and Saturday nights arethe most popular to go out and smoke shisha.
An essential part of smoking shisha is what type of coals you are given because it
can be an overall problem if the constant need to change coal every 10 minutes. So
what coal manufactures decided to do is created longer and better coals, which
provide more smoke and creating a smoking sensation.
Most people smoking shisha today in Lounges always go for the pineapple head
because its bigger, better and more lasting because it combines the flavour of the
pineapple with the different shisha flavours that they have been mixed with andcreating an awesome smoke. The problem with Pineapple head it is very expensive.
Shisha Flavours are the most important factor when smoking shisha because you
need the combine the right mixture in order to have a great shisha feeling. Mixing the
wrong flavours is seen as a waste of time and money because it will not be smoked
and it becomes a waste, which is not good when smoking shisha.
Brief synopsis
This project is going to describe how shisha has become so popular within the last10 years and how people enjoy night outs at shisha lounges and in the comfort of
their own homes when smoking shisha.
To create this online management system, I will be using Omeka, to show people
how popular shisha is and whether they would start smoking shisha as well.
I will be using Omeka to create a picture gallery of different images of people who
smoke shisha and what different flavours and designs of shisha that can be found.
Also there will be online video of people enjoying their shisha in different
environments.
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This Online management system will also be available to non-smoking shisha
people, who may have an interest in smoking shisha but have never done it,
meaning that the information provided can help them settle their doubts and start to
smoke and enjoy shisha.
The online management system on Omeka will provide a brief introduction into how
shisha first start and how it has developed into a worldwide sensation.
Theoretical and Intellectual issues
The theoretical and intellectual issues are seen as possible escape of using any
copyright issues that may occur and because of this I will be providing my own
images and videos that I will take using my IPhone. It is important for me to get the
permission of each participant before creating and publishing pictures and videos of
them. Any additional pictures and videos that my participants have, I will ask for theirpermission to see if I am able to use their materials for my online management
system.
Any problems whilst uploading these materials will have 100% permission from
participants so that no laws are broken.
To conclude, to avoid any plagiarism problems each material will be correctly
referenced.
Omeka
The platform used in this project is Omeka online management system. The reason
for this is because Omeka will help me create a variety of collections of videos and
images and help them be distributed to the worldwide web. Using Omeka will help
me in the future to update or remove any data that I see fit.
Omeka is the sole reason why students, Lecturers and librarians can demonstrate
their findings by such ease and it is also appealing to the user and they can also be
made in an eye-catching way.
Omeka is able to handle big archives, which includes important things like metadata,
different files and is able to store many different files like images, videos and audio
recordings.
Omeka will allow the inventors to create a following system that will feature content
management, archive managements system and collection management.
Omeka is easy to install because it will also allow a very good approach to metadata,
will support other web standards such as CSS and XHTML.
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Analysis
For this project, Omeka allowed me to create an online management system to help
me post different videos, images and general information regarding about Shisha
and how people enjoy shisha. The first thing I used on Omeka is the online digital
library to create picture and video collections.
The online management system will allow users to the website to view listen and
read all about shisha and how much they enjoy it by being able to provide clear and
knowledgeable information.
The main purpose of the shisha project is for people to understand how popular
shisha has become in todays society and get first hand in site into how enjoyable it
really is.
My Omeka online management system will provide a picture walkway of the differentaspects of shisha and also explaining first-hand how they really enjoy it. Videos will
also be provided showing how people enjoy shisha and what atmospheres are like
when going to shisha lounges.
What are the main Aims and Objectives?
After thinking about what my projects aims and objectives are I decided that this was
it as follows:
Making people understand what shisha is A small introduction into how it came
Providing pictures of shisha
Providing videos of shisha social life
The different factors about shisha.
What were the difficulties and the opportunities of an online
management system?
What the general challenges were of this project were explaining how Shisha has
impacted in todays society in a positive manner meaning that no inaccurate
information was provided to deceive any users who visited the site. All the
information had to be correct and accurate.
The information provided will correct and straight to the point by informing people
who have not experienced what shisha is by those who regularly smoke it. Not much
internet resources will be there because I have enough knowledge about shisha.
Being able to do this project was a huge opportunity to me and the amount of
attention that Shisha has been given is incredible because Shisha has gone from a
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small smoking pipe pot in southern Asia to a worldwide phenomenon and why so
many people have started smoking and enjoying shisha.
My problem was that although I managed to get videos and pictures of people
enjoying shisha, my main priority was to get a few interviews from different people on
their experience of shisha and how much they really enjoy it. This was a major
setback because I proposed that I wanted to have at least 3 different interviews by
different people of different ages but unfortunately this was not the case.
Theoretical and Intellectual Issues part 2
Using the Internet in todays world has become a huge factor for advertisement and
every single other form of communication out there. What was important was to use
the internet in order for me to finish this project.
Projects this big would have never been taken in the older days because the
resources were not as big and not available at the time. Also another big factor was
the software was not available. It would have been a big problem because the
message could not be projected to the local shisha community, so without this
software available people would be making their own meanings about shisha.
With online managements systems, they do not breach or break any theoretical or
intellectual issues because all information, videos. Pictures and data have been
produced by me and me only. To prove that this is correct I will be referencing all my
own work to show that it was done by me and I have not copied any images orvideos online.
Due to the internet evolution that has risen so rapidly in the last 10 years, being able
to explain shisha in an online management system can now work at a good rate by
showing important information, videos and pictures about shisha. If this didnt
happen, then people would be thinking that shisha is completely something else and
that there would be no point in enjoying it.
Shisha is currently being shown in the world media as either a bad thing or a good
thing. My intentions for this project are to show that shisha is really good and that it isan enjoyment rather than a problem.
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Legal and Ethical Issues
It is important to consider these two important areas because when publishing any
sort of materials on the web, it has to be shown that any videos, pictures or
information has not been stolen and being used as their own. In order to gain access
to other information that is not yours, you must contact the original publisher andmust gain their permission and then you are able to access their data.
My Omeka online management system will show videos, pictures and information
that has been provided by me and also getting the permission of any participants
that I took pictures and videos off as its important to make sure that I get permission
from them otherwise I am breaking laws which may lead to prosecution.
All other information provided has come from participants who share their
experiences via pictures and videos and they have been put into the Omeka online
management system to prevent any copyright rule breaker.
Technical Walkthrough
Using Omeka online management system, it was easy to use because the templates
and themes were already there and all I had to do was change them to the way that I
wanted them to be and it helped me achieve what I wanted to have. I created a
picture gallery, a video page and put some general information in about shisha.
Homepage
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This is the homepage. On this page it describes on the left hand side of the page
what shisha is, how it started and the impacts it has had on society today. On the
right hand side of the page is some of the items that are features on this site.
Recent Items
On this page it shows the different shisha topics that I have previously stated on the
report. You can click on shisha flavours, pineapple head shisha, coals on a shisha
and shisha in different environments.
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Shisha Flavours
This page demonstrates the different shisha flavours that you can get and how to
combine the correct flavours to get that perfect smoke.
Pineapple head shisha
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This page demonstrates the pineapple head shisha page where I talk about what
smoking a pineapple shisha head is like but explaining the expensive costs.
Coals on shisha
Here on this page, you can see the different shisha coals that can be used and
explanations have been given on Omeka and this report.
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Shisha in different environments
This is my favourite part of the Omeka project. Explaining how important shisha is
during different environments, whether they are in a lounge, at home or in the park.Shisha is for all places
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Conclusion
The project met the targets that I set and overall I was really that the project was a
success and that the aims and objectives of this project were met. Being able to do
this project also helped me meet the needs of the cultural and heritage aspect of my
Shisha Project by being able to use Omeka online management system, where itkept all the data and also being able to create the webpages that the way I wanted
to.
The project website will have no misleading information regarding Shisha and also
no copyright issues were broken.
The Omeka online management system is fully working and is available for the
public to view and really understand about shisha. Being able to explain what shisha
is and how it brings enjoyment to others can result in positive effects and may
convince other people who are nervous to do shisha will start it knowing that its agood thing rather than a bad thing.
With Omeka online management system, it allowed me to upload videos, pictures,
write out important information and create a picture gallery of what the shisha
experience is really like.
I was also able to keep all information up to date so no inaccurate information was
there. By having up to date information available, online viewers would fully
understand how shisha is a big th ing in todays society.
Future Development
I will look to add more videos and pictures about shisha but my main aspiration is to
add audio and video interviews for people who to understand fully how much they
enjoy doing shisha and to convince others to enjoy it if they havent already done so.
I want to also create a small forum for users to interact with each other and to let
them share their experiences with shisha and what they would recommend to others.