Information Superhighways Multimedia Users and Futures

Name: Information Superhighways Multimedia Users and Futures
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ISBN: 9780122383601

ISBN-10: 0122383605

ISBN-13: 9780122383601

Edition: 1995

Authors: Stephen J. Emmott, Andrew F. Monk, Brian R. Gaines

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A global information revolution has begun. Converging communications and computing technologies are forming information superhighways, linking people and information interactively, at any time, in any place, via a combination of multimedia, digital video, sound, graphics, and text. the challenge now is to understand the needs of people as the users of information superhighways and develop products and services that use the technological advances to positive effect. This is the first book to examine these issues. It shows that by focusing on users, a range of multimedia applications emerge which make more imaginative use of computing and bandwidth than the products of the current focus on…

Book details

List price: $132.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Publication date: 5/15/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 278
Size: 6.21" wide x 9.27" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English




Overview



Introduction



Issues


The Information Wave



From Telephony to Telematics: Equity, Efficiency and Regulatory Innovation



Media, Communication, Information, and the 'Revolution of Everyday Life



Driving into the Future of Communications? Check the Rearview Mirror



Designing Organizations Using Telematic Technologies: Risks and Benefits




Applications



Studies of Multimedia-Supported Collaboration


From Video-Mediated Communication to Technologies for Collaboration: Reconfiguring Media Space



The Electronic Agora



Video-as-Data: Turning Away from Talking Heads



The Role of the Face in Face-to-Face Communication: Implications for Videotelephony



An Examination of the Visual Aspects of Human Facial Gesture



Interdisciplinary Approaches to Multimedia Research



Index