Dynamic Mathematical Layout in E-Books

The development of e-books technology, with the emphasis on content readability and accessibility, raises the issue of mathematical layout optimisation. Although typographic formatting is successfully conducted by incorporating complex mathematical content in the form of bitmap images, such content is not accessible to text-to-speech technologies nor does it enable readability on small screens. For the purpose of creating dynamic and accessible mathematical layout, various e-book formats are analysed and EPUB3 format is presented as the only format meeting the requirements of openness, fluidity, support, accessibility and semantically correct mathematical type. The paper defines the realisation of EPUB e-books with emphasis on the optimal mathematical type using the Mathematical Markup Language. The problems of display, typographic formatting and dynamic layout are resolved through JavaScript functions depending on the rendering technologies of various e-readers on different platforms

Tech Giants, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Journalism

This book examines the impact of the "Big Five" technology companies – Apple, Alphabet/Google, Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft – on journalism and the media industries. It looks at the current role of algorithms and artificial intelligence in curating how we consume media and their increasing influence on the production of the news. Exploring the changes that the technology industry and automation have made in the past decade to the production, distribution and consumption of news globally, the book considers what happens to journalism once it is produced and enters the media ecosystems of the internet tech giants – and the impact of social media and AI on such things as fake news in the post-truth age

Current, Issue 06: Design Research Journal

[Design History] Anonymity & Authenticity: Everyday Canadian Design / Bonne Zabolotney – [Design Process] The Fabric of Design Wisdom / Elizabeth B.-N. Sanders – Jobo: System Driven Products Through Upcycling / Scott Yu-Jan – Prototyping Risks When Design is Disappearing / Cameron Tonkinwise – [Health + Well Being] Why Evidence-based Design? / Jorge Frascara – Health Design Ethics: Navigating the Interstitial Space of Design and Ethics for Healthcare / Jonathan Aitken, Guillermina Noël & Deborah Shackleton – Uplyft: Connecting People with Primary Lymphedema / Victoria Lee – Decoding the Restaurants: Addressing Nutritional Values of Prepared Foods / April Piluso [Interactivity] Studio for Extensive Aesthetics: An Artistic Research Lab at Emily Carr / Amber Frid-jimenez – Exploring the Verso Engine: A 2D Physics Development Platform for Mobile Interactive Content / Celeste Martin & Adam Cristobal – Radia: Visualizing Code Structures / Zoë Hardisty – Contributors"The journal is designed, edited, produced and marketed by undergraduates in communication design with article contributions from students in both the graduate and undergraduate programs, alumni and faculty. We welcome new readers and celebrate the beginnings of a communicative venture to challenge the way we imagine process, discern the validation of the designer and explore the ethos of creative intelligence."--from website.Editors: Dr. Glen Lowry, Celeste Martin & Deborah Shackleton – Copy Editors: Jodie Lavery, Taysia Louie & Tara Wren – Art Directors: Karim Kadi, Megan Kwan & Lucinda McGroarty – Production Manager: Yili Lou – Communication Manager: Victoria Lee – Designers: Riley Banks, Jayde Chang, Rachael Crocker, Jodie Lavery, Victoria Lee, Yili Lou, Taysia Louie, Prateeba Perumal, Silvia Sasaki, Erin Waters, Petra Willemsen, & Brenda Wisniowski – Photography: Riley Banks & Silvia Sasaki – Illustration: Michelle Clement & Michelle Yong – Cover Design: Michelle Clement, Karim Kadi, Megan Kwan, Lucinda McGroarty & Michelle Yang – Logo Design: Evans Li – Blog: Jayde Chang, Karim Kadi, Victoria Lee & Yili Lou – Web Blog Support: Grant GregsonPublished annually

Social shaping of digital publishing: exploring the interplay between culture and technology

The processes and forms of electronic publishing have been changing since the advent of the Web. In recent years, the open access movement has been a major driver of scholarly communication, and change is also evident in other fields such as e-government and e-learning. Whilst many changes are driven by technological advances, an altered social reality is also pushing the boundaries of digital publishing. With 23 articles and 10 posters, Elpub 2012 focuses on the social shaping of digital publishing and explores the interplay between culture and technology. This book contains the proceedings of the conference, consisting of 11 accepted full articles and 12 articles accepted as extended abstracts. The articles are presented in groups, and cover the topics: digital scholarship and publishing; special archives; libraries and repositories; digital texts and readings; and future solutions and innovations. Offering an overview of the current situation and exploring the trends of the future, this book will be of interest to all those whose work involves digital publishing

The E-Writing Experiences of Literary Authors

The e-writing experience is new and not yet fully understood and there is a story to be told about the enigmatic term e-writing and its impact on authors in the e-paradigm. In this study I collected understandings of e-writing by exploring the experiences of literary authors through qualitative case studies. I set out to find answers amidst two interconnected plots of inquiry. The first plot examined e language, in particular the term e-writing, and asked how authors understand the term e-writing and how their experiences contributed to that meaning. The second storyline asked how the digital revolution and resulting e-culture changed their work, writing practices, and conception of themselves as authors. Eight authors participated in this study. The first author was interviewed in a pilot study and seven authors participated in the subsequent main study. Data was collected using semi- structured interviews that were recorded and transcribed, lists compiled of the authors’ works that included information about publication methods, and screenshots of the authors’ online presence such as social media participation and personal websites. Data was analyzed simultaneously with collection and the result is a narrative text describing the e-writing experiences of literary authors. Unraveling the enigma of e-writing was a task complicated by its own conclusions. The findings of this study emerged as the story progressed and climaxed in the understanding that e-writing as a term is not used or understood by authors beyond the general context they derived from the prefix e. Therefore, the e-writing experiences of literary authors can be more accurately described as a writing experience influenced by or situated in e-culture. These experiences revealed current authorship as being in an era of transition, where new media, new relationships between readers and authors, and new forays into virtual community are changing the work of authors, but also where residual print culture has a stronghold on our understandings and practices