'One media – three screens' – Convergence and interactivity at its full potential? ARTE: French-German experiments in 'crossing the borders'

This contribution is aimed at discussing different current policies of convergence as well as questioning whether these exploit the opportunities of digital media to their full potential, especially with regard to transmedia storytelling, interactivity, participation and networking.Taking the portfolio of the ‘European Culture Channel’ ARTE as an example, I draw a sketch of existing and emerging industrial strategies as well as of new formats and user practices. In the second part of the article, I examine one specific genre within this context I look at the collaborative, networked transmedia documentary Prison Valley to consider transformations at both the macro and the micro level. Last but not least, I question whether ARTE fulfils its promise to be the first “100% bi-medial channel” (according to ARTE’s mission statement), or whether it promotes an ‘extended side-by sideness’ of devices and practices, which would constitute the first steps towards the synergetic potential of media convergence

Technological uncertainties and popular culture

This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This thesis is an inquiry into possibilities and problems of a sociology of translation. Beginning with a recognition that actor network theory represents a sociological account of social life premised upon on recognition of multiple ontologies, interruptions and translations, the thesis proceeds to examine problems of interpretation and representation inherent in these accounts. Tensions between sociological interpretation and social life as lived are examined by comparing representation of nonhuman agency in both an actor-network and a science fiction study of doors. The power identified in each approach varies from point making to lying. A case is made for considering fictional storytelling as sociology and hence, the sociological value of lying. It is by close examination of a fictional story that this study aims to contribute to a sociology of translation. The greater part of the thesis comprises an ethnographic study of a televised children's story. Methodological issues in ethnography are addressed and a case is made for a complicit and multi-site ethnography of story. The ethnography is represented in two particular forms. Firstly, and unusually, story is treated as a Storyworld available for ethnographic study. An actor network ethnography of this Storyworld reveals sociologically useful similarities and differences between fictional Storyworld and contemporary, social life. Secondly, story is taken as a product, a broadcast television series of six programmes. An ethnography of story production is undertaken that focuses attention on production performances, hidden storytellers and politics of authorship. Story is revealed as an unfinished project. A prominent aspect of this thesis is a recognition that fictional storytelling both liberates and constrains story possibilities. This thesis concludes that, in addressing critically important tensions in sociological representation, fictional stories should be included in sociological literature as studies in their own right

Columbia Chronicle (09/12/2011 - Supplement)

A special edition of the student newspaper from September 2011 entitled The Columbia Chronicle presents The Fall 2011 Events & Gallery Guide. This issue is 50 pages.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cadc_chronicle/1824/thumbnail.jp

Human resource development for educational eletronic media practitioners: a new paradigm

A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Arts University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg For the Degree of Master of Arts Johannesburg, 1995The aim of this thesis is to develop a new paradigm for the human resource development of educational electronic media practitioners, including both users and producers of educational electronic media materials. The thesis begins by placing the problem in context. This it does .by considering bJ;iefly the educational needs facing South Africa and the role which the electronic<fnedia have to play in dealing with some of these needs. An opening rationale is also provided for why human resource development is targeted as the focus of the thesis. Following this, the thesis provides both a broader educational context and a theoretical basis for the new paradigm by introducing the concepts of open learning and distance education. The discussion of these concepts has two further functions; to strengthen the rationale for the use of the electronic media in education and to provide principles and methods of practice which lie at the heart of the new paradigm being developed. A further section on constraints in education develops some of the themes emerging in greater detail. The rest of the thesis focuses on providing details, both practically and theoretically orientated, which complete the paradigm. Separar, sections are devoted to users and producers of educational electronic media materials, in an effort to shift greater emphasis the users of such materials. Finally, the notion of macro coordinating structures, as art element essential for the successful implementation of the new paradigm, is discussed.MT201

Experiencia en televisión interactiva para asimilar moralejas en niños de 3 a 5 años

Este documento detalla un proceso de investigación y sus resultados, relacionado con una experiencia de Televisión Interactiva (iTV) para asimilar moralejas en niños de 3 a 5 años de edad -- A través de esta experiencia se pretende que los niños, acompañados de sus padres, vean cuentos infantiles y luego, utilizando la funcionalidad de una plataforma de iTV, puedan realizar actividades lúdicas tendientes a una mejor asimilación de las moralejas y los valores que transmiten los cuentos infantile

The BG News April 25, 1996

The BGSU campus student newspaper April 25, 1996. Volume 78 - Issue 142https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/7010/thumbnail.jp

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation - 1999 Annual Report: The First Fifty Years

Contains board chair's message, president's message, program information, grants list, financial statements, and an essay to mark the foundation's 50th anniversary

MediaSync: Handbook on Multimedia Synchronization

This book provides an approachable overview of the most recent advances in the fascinating field of media synchronization (mediasync), gathering contributions from the most representative and influential experts. Understanding the challenges of this field in the current multi-sensory, multi-device, and multi-protocol world is not an easy task. The book revisits the foundations of mediasync, including theoretical frameworks and models, highlights ongoing research efforts, like hybrid broadband broadcast (HBB) delivery and users' perception modeling (i.e., Quality of Experience or QoE), and paves the way for the future (e.g., towards the deployment of multi-sensory and ultra-realistic experiences). Although many advances around mediasync have been devised and deployed, this area of research is getting renewed attention to overcome remaining challenges in the next-generation (heterogeneous and ubiquitous) media ecosystem. Given the significant advances in this research area, its current relevance and the multiple disciplines it involves, the availability of a reference book on mediasync becomes necessary. This book fills the gap in this context. In particular, it addresses key aspects and reviews the most relevant contributions within the mediasync research space, from different perspectives. Mediasync: Handbook on Multimedia Synchronization is the perfect companion for scholars and practitioners that want to acquire strong knowledge about this research area, and also approach the challenges behind ensuring the best mediated experiences, by providing the adequate synchronization between the media elements that constitute these experiences