Download or read book Technological Innovations in Media and Communications written by Dibyanshu Kumar and published by K.K. Publications. This book was released on 2022-01-16 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technological Innovations in Media and Communications Media are the storage and transmission channels or tools used to store and deliver information or data. It is often referred to as synonymous with mass media or news media but may refer to a single medium used to communicate any data for any purpose. The word medium comes from the Latin word medius. The beginning of human communication through designed channels, i.e. not vocalization or gestures, dates back to ancient cave paintings, drawn maps, and writing. The Persian Empire (centered around present-day Iran and Afghanistan) played an important role in the field of communication. It devised what might be described as the first real mail or postal system, which is said to have been developed by the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great (c. 550 BC) after his conquest of Media. The role of the system as an intelligence-gathering apparatus is well documented, and the service was called angariae, a term that in time turned to indicate a tax system. The mass media are diversified media technologies that are intended to reach a large audience by mass communication. The technologies through which this communication takes place to vary. Broadcast media such as radio, recorded music, film and television transmit their information electronically. Print media use physical objects such as a newspaper, books, pamphlets or comics, to distribute their information. Outdoor media is a form of mass media that comprises billboards, signs, or placards placed inside and outside of commercial buildings, sports stadiums, shops and buses. Other outdoor media include flying billboards, blimps, and skywriting. The present book deals with all the important dimensions of this subject. It is a valuable reference source for all those concerned with this subject. Contents: • Uses and Gratifications of Mass Communication • Diffusion of Innovations in Mass Media • Media Audience Research and its Social Imaginaries • Communication Theory/Uses and Gratifications • Redefining Development Journalism • Democracy, Development, Peace and Communication • International Experience: Government Communication and Media • Weblog and Emergent Democracy • Media and Community Development

Download or read book Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Media and Communications written by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour and published by Information Science Reference. This book was released on 2018-08-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book provides emerging research on the modern effects of media on cultures, individuals, and groups. While highlighting a range of topics such as social media use and marketing, media influence, and communication technology, this book explores how these advancements shape and further the global society"--

Download or read book Media Technology and Society written by Brian Winston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging the popular myth of a present-day 'information revolution', Media Technology and Society is essential reading for anyone interested in the social impact of technological change. Winston argues that the development of new media forms, from the telegraph and the telephone to computers, satellite and virtual reality, is the product of a constant play-off between social necessity and suppression: the unwritten law by which new technologies are introduced into society only insofar as their disruptive potential is limited.

Download or read book Media Technologies written by Tarleton Gillespie and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-01-24 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars from communication and media studies join those from science and technology studies to examine media technologies as complex, sociomaterial phenomena. In recent years, scholarship around media technologies has finally shed the assumption that these technologies are separate from and powerfully determining of social life, looking at them instead as produced by and embedded in distinct social, cultural, and political practices. Communication and media scholars have increasingly taken theoretical perspectives originating in science and technology studies (STS), while some STS scholars interested in information technologies have linked their research to media studies inquiries into the symbolic dimensions of these tools. In this volume, scholars from both fields come together to advance this view of media technologies as complex sociomaterial phenomena. The contributors first address the relationship between materiality and mediation, considering such topics as the lived realities of network infrastructure. The contributors then highlight media technologies as always in motion, held together through the minute, unobserved work of many, including efforts to keep these technologies alive. Contributors Pablo J. Boczkowski, Geoffrey C. Bowker, Finn Brunton, Gabriella Coleman, Gregory J. Downey, Kirsten A. Foot, Tarleton Gillespie, Steven J. Jackson, Christopher M. Kelty, Leah A. Lievrouw, Sonia Livingstone, Ignacio Siles, Jonathan Sterne, Lucy Suchman, Fred Turner

Download or read book When Old Technologies Were New written by Carolyn Marvin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1990-05-24 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the history of electronic communication, the last quarter of the nineteenth century holds a special place, for it was during this period that the telephone, phonograph, electric light, wireless, and cinema were all invented. In When old Technologies Were New, Carolyn Marvin explores how two of these new inventions--the telephone and the electric light--were publicly envisioned at the end of the nineteenth century, as seen in specialized engineering journals and popular media. Marvin pays particular attention to the telephone, describing how it disrupted established social relations, unsettling customary ways of dividing the private person and family from the more public setting of the community. On the lighter side, she describes how people spoke louder when calling long distance, and how they worried about catching contagious diseases over the phone. A particularly powerful chapter deals with telephonic precursors of radio broadcasting--the "Telephone Herald" in New York and the "Telefon Hirmondo" of Hungary--and the conflict between the technological development of broadcasting and the attempt to impose a homogenous, ethnocentric variant of Anglo-Saxon culture on the public. While focusing on the way professionals in the electronics field tried to control the new media, Marvin also illuminates the broader social impact, presenting a wide-ranging, informative, and entertaining account of the early years of electronic media.

Download or read book Digital Media and Innovation written by Richard A. Gershon and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital Media and Innovation, by Richard A. Gershon, takes an in-depth look at how smart, creative companies have transformed the business of media and telecommunications by introducing unique and original products and services. Today's media managers are faced with the same basic question: what are the best methods for staying competitive over time? In one word: innovation. From electronic commerce (Amazon, Google) to music and video streaming (Apple, Pandora, and Netflix), digital media has transformed the business of retail selling and personal lifestyle. This text will introduce current and future media industry professionals to the people, companies, and strategies that have proven to be real game changers by offering the marketplace a unique value proposition for the consumer.

Download or read book Digital Innovations for Mass Communications written by Paul Martin Lester and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In every field of mass communications—advertising, entertainment studies, journalism, public relations, radio-television-film, tourism, and visual reporting—professionals understand the importance of storytelling. Regardless of whether the finished product is a commercial, an in-depth investigative piece, a public service campaign, an independent documentary, a travelogue, or a collection of photographs, effective storytelling requires a combination of creativity, empathy, and expertise. Through the innovative technologies and techniques described in this textbook, students will learn how to turn passive readers and viewers into engaged and regular users. The sixteen chapters each include a brief introduction, assignments, simple-to-follow step-by-step exercises, and sources for additional information in which users will learn to produce apps, informational graphics, quick response codes, quizzes, simulations, smartphone and table icons, social media campaigns, three-dimensional pictures, and video. Students will work with the following programs: Blogger, Dreamweaver, Excel, Facebook, GeoCommons, Google Maps, Illustrator, Imgur, iMovie, Infogram, iShowU, JavaScript, JustGive, Kaywa, Kickstarter, LinkedIn, Onvert, Photoshop, Pixel Resort, QuickTime, Reddit, Second Life, SurveyMonkey, TheAppBuilder, Twitter, Vizualize, Wikipedia, Word, WordPress, and YouTube. When digital innovations are added to traditional print and screen presentations, a media user is not only allowed to interact with the information but can also physically engage with the story displayed. Giving students the tools they need to transform their storytelling in this manner is the ultimate goal of this textbook.

Download or read book Communication Technology written by Everett M. Rogers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1986-06-11 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The industrial nations of the world have become Information Societies. Advanced technologies have created a communication revolution, and the individual, through the advent of computers, has become an active participant in this process. The "human" aspect, therefore, is as important as technologically advanced media systems in understanding communication technology. The flagship book in the Series in Communication Technology & Society, Communication Technology introduces the history and uses of the new technologies and examines basic issues posed by interactive media in areas that affect intellectual, organization, and social life. Author and series co-editor Everett M. Rogers defines the field of communication technology with its major implications for researchers, students, and practitioners in an age of ever more advanced information exchange.

Download or read book Media and Communications Technologies written by Stephen Lax and published by Palgrave. This book was released on 2008-10-28 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complex technology is now widely available and commonplace, with new developments emerging almost every day. So how are we to keep up with and make sense of technological changes behind media and communication systems? Do new technologies change society, or are new media the products of social forces? This book examines how media and communication technologies work and considers the society that develops and uses them. From the telegraph to the future of mobile communication, Stephen Lax takes the reader through a critical examination of the most important technologies to come out of the past century. Each chapter is filled with insightful case studies and thought-provoking examples that clearly explain key concepts, whilst exploring historical context and chronological developments to show that 'new' technology depends upon its history. Assuming no prior technical knowledge, the book addresses both technical and social aspects of these developments, explaining bandwidths and frequencies alongside issues of policy and regulation. Illustrated with clear diagrams, boxes and tables, Media and Communication Technologies helps students to confront and make sense of the technological changes taking place in communications today.

Download or read book Innovative Methods in Media and Communication Research written by Sebastian Kubitschko and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-26 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection reflects the need for suitable methods to answer emerging questions that result from the ever-changing media environment. As media technologies and infrastructures become inseparably interwoven with social constellations, scholars from varying disciplines increasingly investigate their characteristics, functioning, relevance and impact – facing new methodological challenges as well as opportunities. Innovative Methods in Media and Communication Research engages with the substantial need to rethink established methods to research acute changes in the media environment. The book gathers chapters dedicated to the multifacetedness and liveliness of emerging methods – from lifelogging and ethnography to digital methods and visualization – while embedding them in the rich history of interdisciplinary empirical research. Innovation here is a call for widening and rethinking research methods to stimulate a sophisticated debate on and exploration of contemporary methodological approaches for scholars at various levels of academic life. Accompanied by introductory sections of prominent scholars, the majority of empirical studies gathered in this volume are accomplished through early-career scholars who strive to advance cutting-edge and in parts even provocative approaches for the study of media and communication. The book's four sections on Materiality, Technology, Experience and Visualization are introduced by Saskia Sassen, Noortje Marres, Sarah Pink and Lev Manovich.

Download or read book Critiquing Communication Innovation written by Rolien Hoyng and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "While China has been rising as an innovative platform society and AI powerhouse, this book addresses the broader question of a shifting world order and trends that are shaped by China's influence but extend beyond its borders"--

Download or read book The AI Dilemma written by Dr. Cindy Gordon and published by BPB Publications. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand the Impact of AI in Industries and Assess Your Organizational AI Readiness Ê KEY FEATURESÊÊ _ Proven real use-cases of AI with its benefits illustrated. _ Exposure to successful implementation of AI in 8+ sectors. _ Exclusive coverage for the leadership team to design AI strategy with calculated risks and benefits. DESCRIPTIONÊÊ This book brings you cutting-edge coverage on AI and its ability to create a perfect world or a perfect storm across industries. Equipped with numerous real-world use-cases, the book imparts knowledge on innovations with AI and a process to determine your organizational AI readiness. You will gain from ethical considerations, execution strategy and a comprehensive assessment of AI in your sector. The sectors covered include Healthcare, Education, Media & Telecom, Travel & Transportation, Governance, Agriculture, Manufacturing, Retail, Business Functions (Finance, HR, Law, Marketing & Sales), Offices and Personal Life. Apart from this, you will get acquainted with AI policies in the USA, China, Canada, UK, Germany, Australia, India, Russia, OECD and the EU. This book will assist you in understanding your organization's AI maturity and how to gain competitive advantage in your respective industry by introducing AI in the business culture. By the end of this book, you will get strategic insights on managing risk and advancing the AI mandate in your business practices. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN _ Productive & destructive future possibilities with AI. _ AI's innovations and applications in different sectors. _ Ethical challenges & strategic considerations with AI. _ AI policies in some of the major economies. _ AI governance & maturity assessment for organizations. WHO THIS BOOK IS FORÊÊ This book is helpful for those looking to grasp the current state and future possibilities of AI. This includes business and administrative educators, students and professionals. It is particularly useful for leaders who would like to focus on specific industries, assess their current state with AI and get their organizations to be AI ready. Ê TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. AI is Everywhere 2. AI in Healthcare 3. AI in Education 4. AI in Transportation & Space 5. AI in Media & Communication 6. AI in Government 7. AI by Countries (US, China, EU, Canada, UK and India) 8. AI in Businesses & Value Chain 9. AI at Work 10. AI at Home & in Personal Life 11. Getting AI right in organizations

Download or read book Mass Communication Technology New Perspectives written by Uma Narula and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The technological innovations overtime have supported the evolutionay process of media technologies. Technological advancements created Communication Revolutions vis-à-vis development of new media technologies. Technology advancement in printing, television, satellites, wireless, cellular and mobile telecommuication, computerization, laser, fiber optics and quantum technology have all enhanced connectivity in communication. The book is a product of communication revolution and changigng mass communication perspectives.

Download or read book Misunderstanding Media written by Brian Winston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1980s saw constant reports of an information revolution. This book, first published in 1986, challenges this view. It argues that the information revolution is an illusion, a rhetorical gambit, an expression of profound historical ignorance, and a movement dedicated to purveying misunderstanding and disseminating disinformation. In this historically based attack on the information revolution, Professor Winston takes a had look at the four central information technologies – telephones, television, computers and satellites. He describes how these technologies were created and diffused, showing that instead of revolution we just have ‘business as usual’. He formulates a ‘law’ of the suppression of radical potential – a law which states that new telecommunication technologies are introduced into society only insofar as their disruptive potential is contained. Despite the so-called information revolution, the major institutions of society remain unchanged, and most of us remain in total ignorance of the history of technology.

Download or read book Digital Disruption and Media Transformation written by Alexander Godulla and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-10-19 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive compilation of the latest research into digital disruption in the media industry. The perspectives are differentiated into innovation triggers in the media industry stemming from the economy, society and technology. In addition, the book highlights selected case studies exploring new media actors and usage, innovation and disruption in media organizations, emerging media platforms and channels, as well as innovative media topics and events. The book is intended for researchers in communication sciences and media research, as well as media practitioners who want to understand the causes and effects of digital transformation in the media industry.

Download or read book Communication and Information Technologies Annual written by Laura Robinson and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines wide-ranging aspects of culture, communication, and [new] media broadly defined. Themes include the interplay between [new] media and any of the following: culture, communication, technology, convergence, the arts, cultural production, and cultural change in the digital age.

Download or read book Communication and Technology written by Lorenzo Cantoni and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary goal of the Communication and Technology volume (5th within the series "Handbooks of Communication Science") is to provide the reader with a comprehensive compilation of key scholarly literature, identifying theoretical issues, emerging concepts, current research, specialized methods, and directions for future investigations. The internet and web have become the backbone of many new communication technologies, often transforming older communication media, through digitization, to make them compatible with the net. Accordingly, this volume focuses on internet/web technologies. The essays cover various infrastructure technologies, ranging from different kinds of hard-wired elements to a range of wireless technologies such as WiFi, mobile telephony, and satellite technologies. Audio/visual communication is discussed with reference to large-format motion pictures, medium-sized television and video formats, and the small-screen mobile smartphone. There is also coverage of audio-only media, such as radio, music, and voice telephony; text media, in such venues as online newspapers, blogs, discussion forums and mobile texting; and multi-media technologies, such as games and virtual reality.