Download or read book Speaking of Health written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-12-11 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are what we eat. That old expression seems particularly poignant every time we have our blood drawn for a routine physical to check our cholesterol levels. And, it's not just what we eat that affects our health. Whole ranges of behaviors ultimately make a difference in how we feel and how we maintain our health. Lifestyle choices have enormous impact on our health and well being. But, how do we communicate the language of good health so that it is uniformly received-and accepted-by people from different cultures and backgrounds? Take, for example, the case of a 66 year old Latina. She has been told by her doctor that she should have a mammogram. But her sense of fatalism tells her that it is better not to know if anything is wrong. To know that something is wrong will cause her distress and this may well lead to even more health problems. Before she leaves her doctor's office she has decided not to have a mammogram-that is until her doctor points out that having a mammogram is a way to take care of herself so that she can continue to take care of her family. In this way, the decision to have a mammogram feels like a positive step. Public health communicators and health professionals face dilemmas like this every day. Speaking of Health looks at the challenges of delivering important messages to different audiences. Using case studies in the areas of diabetes, mammography, and mass communication campaigns, it examines the ways in which messages must be adapted to the unique informational needs of their audiences if they are to have any real impact. Speaking of Health looks at basic theories of communication and behavior change and focuses on where they apply and where they don't. By suggesting creative strategies and guidelines for speaking to diverse audiences now and in the future, the Institute of Medicine seeks to take health communication into the 21st century. In an age where we are inundated by multiple messages every day, this book will be a critical tool for all who are interested in communicating with diverse communities about health issues.

Download or read book A Survey of New Communications Technologies and Their Uses written by International Broadcast Institute and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The New Communications Technologies written by Michael Mirabito and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004-03-23 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As new communications applications are developed and brought to market, it is vital for communications professionals to keep abreast of these issues. Since the technologies and applications also affect our daily lives, it is important to understand how they will shape the country and, by extension, the world at large. International censorship, the impact of the Internet and wireless tools, and th legisation following the World Trade Center bombing all fall into this category. The New Communications Technologies, Fifth Edition, provides vital information on the new and emerging technologies that will shape the way communicators do business. The book explores the new communications technologies and covers topics ranging from multimedia and production to satellites to digital communication. Just as important, the book examines the social, economic, and political impact brought about by the adoption of such technologies and applications; this fallout includes privacy concerns, First Amendment issues, and the implications raised by biometric systems.

Download or read book The New Communications Technologies written by Michael M. Mirabito and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technical foundations of modern communication. Computer technology primer. The magic light: fiber optic systems. The cable and telephone industries and your home.

Download or read book The Factors and Behaviors Associated with Legislator Use of Communication Technology written by Joe West and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-08-23 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few will doubt the importance of the role that communication technology played in American politics in 2020. The Factors and Behaviors Associated with Legislator Use of Communication Technology examines the various factors and behaviors associated with legislator use of communication technology. Offering both macro and micro level perspectives as well as quantitative and qualitative data analyses, a broad perspective of the role that communication technology plays in driving legislator behavior is provided. Building a theoretical structure, this book begins with an examination of how communication technology can destabilize the policymaking process and offers an overview of media and policy process theories, and legislator roles and the association of these roles with the use of communication technology. Moving to the micro level, the authors present quantitative and qualitative evidence associated with legislator behaviors associated with the use of communication technology including compromise behaviors and political ideological polarization, closing with an examination of the use of communication technology by legislators during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.

Download or read book Communication Technology and Society written by Carolyn A. Lin and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text offers an understanding of emerging wired/wireless entertainment and information media. It researches new media and technology from interpersonal, organizational, and mass communication perspectives, and there are summaries of key finds and directions for future work.

Download or read book New Communication Technologies written by Josiane Jouët and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 1991 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents a synoptic view of the research on the subject of new information technologies that has been supported by Unesco and of research conducted outside Unesco's program. The report attempts to single out the main findings of this body of research and to identify new avenues of investigation and action that may be able to contribute to the growth of the research effort. An interdisciplinary approach is taken to the main problem areas in new communication technologies, and the issues discussed range over the fields of economics, law, culture, sociology, and education. The report is divided into eight chapters: (1) Unesco's Activities in the Research Field; (2) Research on New Communication Technologies: The State of the Art; (3) The Explosion of Information Production (audiovisual communication, telematics, and computer networks); (4) The New Legal and Political Issues (legal and institutional dimensions, computer and video piracy, and the law and the concept of information); (5) The Cultural Issues Involved in the New Communication Technologies (cultural imperialism, emergence of new forms of culture, and cultural assimilation of new technologies; (6) The New Technologies in Education (media education, informatics and education, and new distance education technologies); (7) The Social Aspects of the New Technologies; and (8) The Interaction between Technology and Society. A two-part bibliography lists 45 Unesco studies on information technology, and a general section lists more than 250 items. A list of research and Comnet centers concludes the report. (DB)

Download or read book The Information Gap written by Marsha Siefert and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special double issue of the Journal of Communication presents a group of studies focusing on the promises and paradoxes of the new communications technologies. It discusses how new technologies like computer networks and cable can be used to assist the groups who are so often left out of such developments - the elderly, women, minorities - and new groups who may begin to lose services like telephones and free TV that we have begun to take for granted.

Download or read book The New Communications Technologies written by Michael M. Mirabito and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting new edition of New Communications Technologies provides vital information on the new and emerging technologies that will shape the way communicators do business in a rapidly changing world. In addition to technological background on computers, information storage, fiber optics, mobile communications, and digital television, you will discover the social and economic ramifications of these evolving technologies. As technological convergence continues to accelerate, it will be increasingly important for communications professionals to be on top of these rapidly changing technologies and their impact on society. While exploring the underlying concepts that drive technological change, New Communications Technologies, Fourth Edition focuses on the latest and most important trends. This text includes chapters on information services such as the Internet and the World Wide Web, wireless communications, email and privacy, the new technologies, and the first amendment. The book also includes coverage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 as well as extensive information on satellites and launch systems. The new edition has been expanded and updated to include increased coverage of legal topics, a new foreword and contributions from Barbara Cochran, President of the Radio-Television News Directors Association. There is a new companion Web site at www.focalpress.com/companions

Download or read book Communication Technology Update and Fundamentals written by August E. Grant and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New communication technologies are being introduced at an astonishing rate. Making sense of these technologies is increasingly difficult. Communication Technology Update and Fundamentals is the single best source for the latest developments, trends, and issues in communication technology. Featuring the fundamental framework along with the history and background of communication technologies, Communication Technology Update and Fundamentals, 12th edition helps you stay ahead of these ever-changing and emerging technologies. As always, every chapter has been completely updated to reflect the latest developments and market statistics, and now covers digital signage, cinema technologies, social networking, and telepresence, in addition to the dozens of technologies explored in the previous edition. The book also features industry structure and regulation, history, and theory along with full coverage of the latest technologies! The book's companion website (http://commtechupdate.com) offers updated information submitted by chapter authors and offers links to other Internet resources.

Download or read book Information and Communications Technologies in Society written by Ben Anderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a growing body of work examining the ‘consequences’, or more accurately the inter-relationships between information and communications technologies (ICTs) and society at the microsocial (individual, household) level. The vast majority of this work has so far been focused on the US and the subsequent publications have consequently provided predominantly US-centred analyses. This book will re-dress this balance by providing analyses of the situation in Europe and is associated states and placing the analyses in the context of both European and International research and policy debates. The book uses data from a range of European countries as well as comparisons with Asia and the USA. Students and academics from a range of disciplines including sociology, business and management and new media will find this book to be a valuable addition to their reading lists.

Download or read book New Communication Technologies and the Public Interest written by Marjorie Ferguson and published by Sage Publications (CA). This book was released on 1986 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As new communication and information technologies transform our lives, thirteen distinguished contributors explore the theoretical, research and policy issues that have arisen. Their comparative approach challenges many of the popular myths about the effects of the new technologies. The seminal studies in Part One explore theoretical perspectives related to the new media, examining media-centred versus society-centred theories and offering a socio-economic model of information technology. Part Two takes a comparative look at policies and strategies in different industrialized societies, notably the US, UK and Japan. Part Three moves on to policy questions. The effect of deregulation in the United States is considered together with the threat posed to privacy by international databanks. The final section presents a comparative overview of the policies adopted across a range of cultures. These perspectives provide a valuable insight into emerging global trends, as well as suggesting directions for future research. New Communication Technologies and the Public Interest will thus be essential reading for all those interested in the consequences of new technologies.

Download or read book Communications Policy and Information Technology written by Lorrie Faith Cranor and published by Mit Press. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Communication Technology and Social Change written by Carolyn A. Lin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communication Technology and Social Change is a distinctive collection that provides current theoretical, empirical, and legal analyses for a broader understanding of the dynamic influences of communication technology on social change. With a distinguished panel of contributors, the volume presents a systematic discussion of the role communication technology plays in shaping social, political, and economic influences in society within specific domains and settings. Its integrated focus expands and complements the scope of existing literature on this subject. Each chapter is organized around a specific structure, covering: *Background—offering an introduction of relevant communication technology that outlines its technical capabilities, diffusion, and uses; *Theory—featuring a discussion of relevant theories used to study the social impacts of the communication technology in question; *Empirical Findings—providing an analysis of recent academic and relevant practical work that explains the impact of the communication technology on social change; and *Social Change Implications—proposing a summary of the real world implications for social change that stems from synthesizing the relevant theories and empirical findings presented throughout the book. Communication Technology and Social Change will serve scholars, researchers, upper-division undergraduate students, and graduate students examining the relationship between communication and technology and its implications for society.

Download or read book International Comparisons of Information Communication Technologies Advancing Applications written by Tan, Felix B. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book offers perspectives on international information management with particular emphasis on the strategies for the implementation and application of information technology in developed and developing countries"--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book Media Access written by Erik P. Bucy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-08 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Media Access: Social and Psychological Dimensions ofNew Technology Use, editors Erik P. Bucy and John E. Newhagen present the latest work, theoretical explorations, and original research findings on media access from a team of internationally renowned media and technology researchers. Chapters develop expanded definitions and conceptual understandings of access to stimulate further research, offer new perspectives on policy discussions, and facilitate media participation among those at risk of being left behind. Broadening our understanding of information technology use, this collection offers: *Novel perspectives--chapters demonstrate new methods of addressing persistent questions regarding motivation, cultural context, socioeconomic resources, technical knowledge, and psychological skills required for effectual use of information and communication technologies. *Conceptual integration--each chapter addresses a vital aspect of media access and summarizes pertinent findings, weaving together results to provide much-needed integration across communication and technology studies. *Multidisciplinary approaches--chapters represent a variety of conceptual and methodological approaches, deriving social explanations from large-scale survey data, psychological explanations from experimental data, and cultural explanations from depth interviews and ethnographic methods. *Shifting the policy and research agenda--this volume extends and redirects aspects of the digital divide debate while elaborating the "media access" approach to studying new technology use. Taken as a whole, Media Access reveals complications associated with full access to new communication technologies and proposes analytical frameworks that open new avenues of scholarly investigation and policy consideration. It is intended for scholars and graduate students in journalism, mass communication, telecommunications, media studies, information science, public policy, psychology, sociology, informatics, human-computer interaction, and other disciplines concerned with the issue of media access.

Download or read book Information Technology and the U S Workforce written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent years have yielded significant advances in computing and communication technologies, with profound impacts on society. Technology is transforming the way we work, play, and interact with others. From these technological capabilities, new industries, organizational forms, and business models are emerging. Technological advances can create enormous economic and other benefits, but can also lead to significant changes for workers. IT and automation can change the way work is conducted, by augmenting or replacing workers in specific tasks. This can shift the demand for some types of human labor, eliminating some jobs and creating new ones. Information Technology and the U.S. Workforce explores the interactions between technological, economic, and societal trends and identifies possible near-term developments for work. This report emphasizes the need to understand and track these trends and develop strategies to inform, prepare for, and respond to changes in the labor market. It offers evaluations of what is known, notes open questions to be addressed, and identifies promising research pathways moving forward.