Communication Technology Update

August E. Grant, Jennifer H. Meadows

372 pages, parution le 31/07/2004 (9^eme édition)

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Résumé

New communication technologies are being introduced at an astonishing rate. Making sense of these technologies is increasingly difficult. Communication Technology Update is the single best source for the latest developments, trends, and issues in communication technology. Now in its ninth edition, Communication Technology Update has become an indispensable information resource for business, government, and academia.

As always, every chapter has been completely rewritten to reflect the latest developments and market statistics, and now covers mobile computing, digital photography, personal computers, digital television, and electronic games, in addition to the two dozen technologies explored in the previous edition.

The book's companion website (www.tfi.com/ctu) offers updated information submitted by chapter authors and offers links to other Internet resources.

L'auteur - August E. Grant

Dr. August E. ("Augie") Grant is Senior Consultant for Focus 25 Research &Consulting, advising technology companies on strategies for introducing newtechnologies. Grant is a technology futurist who specializes in research onnew media technologies and consumer behavior, with a specialty inintegrating both quantitative and qualitative research to provide a richunderstanding of consumer behavior. Grant has been published in virtuallyevery major academic journal in the communication field, and hispublications deal with adoption and use of emerging communicationtechnologies, broadband services, audience behavior, and theories of newmedia.

L'auteur - Jennifer H. Meadows

Jennifer H. Meadows is Associate Professor in the Media Arts Option of the Department of Communication Design at California State University, Chico. She earned her M.A.in Radio, Television and Motion Pictures at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Ph.D. in Radio-Television-Film from the University of Texas at Austin. Her teaching and research integrate practical and theoretical concerns related to television production, the relationships between media and users, and changing media behavior in the new media marketplace. In addition to her teaching and research, she is Executive Producer for Milk Crate Productions and is a consultant to media organizations.

Sommaire

I Introduction:
- Umbrella Perspective
- Communication Technology Timelines.
II Electronic Mass Media:
- Cable Television
- Direct Broadcast Satellites
- Pay Television Services
- Interactive TV
- Digital TV
- Streaming Media
- Radio Broadcasting.
III Computers and Consumer Electronics:
- Personal Computers
- Mobile Computing
- Video Games
- The Internet
- Internet Commerce
- Virtual & Augmented Reality
- Home Video
- Digital Audio
- Digital Photography.
IV Telephony and Satellite Technologies:
- Local & Long Distance Telephony
- Broadband Networks
- Home Networks
- Satellite Communications
- Distance Learning Technologies
- Wireless Telephony
- Teleconferencing.
V Conclusions:
- Media Convergence and Conclusions

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Focal Press
Auteur(s)	August E. Grant, Jennifer H. Meadows
Parution	31/07/2004
Édition	9^eme édition
Nb. de pages	372
Format	21,5 x 27,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1040g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780240806402
ISBN13	978-0-240-80640-2