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An investigation of Internet usage among a group of professionals in South Africa : a uses and gratifications approach
New mass media impact on the nature of public communication and the use and gratification
of existing mass media because each new medium is used and experienced differently. As a
new mass medium, the Internet offers different forms of communication, such as Internet
Relay Chat, Multi-User Dungeons and chatrooms. It has also combined traditional mass
media, namely print, radio and television, into a single powerful medium. Due to the fact that
the Internet is still an emerging medium, its long-term effects on the nature of public
communication and traditional mass media warrants ongoing investigation.
The first part (Part A) of this dissertation situates the Internet chronologically within the
development of traditional mass media and their impact on public communication. Part B
investigates Internet use among a group of professionals in South Africa. The objective is to
identify how they use the Internet and the gratification they derive from it.Communication ScienceM.A. (Communication
History of Computer Art, Second Edition
The development of the use of computers and software in art from the Fifties to the present is explained. As general aspects of the history of computer art an interface model and three dominant modes to use computational processes (generative, modular, hypertextual) are presented. The "History of Computer Art" features examples of early developments in media like cybernetic sculptures, computer graphics and animation (including music videos and demos), video and computer games, reactive installations, virtual reality, evolutionary art and net art. The functions of relevant art works are explained more detailed than usual in such histories. The second edition for the Book on Demand (Lulu Press, 2020) includes an update of chapter II.1.1 (first edition 2014)
Association of Architecture Schools in Australasia
"Techniques and Technologies: Transfer and Transformation", proceedings of the 2007 AASA Conference held September 27-29, 2007, at the School of Architecture, UTS
Actas da 10ª Conferência sobre Redes de Computadores
Universidade do MinhoCCTCCentro AlgoritmiCisco SystemsIEEE Portugal Sectio
Collective intelligence: creating a prosperous world at peace
XXXII, 612 p. ; 24 cmLibro ElectrónicoEn este documento se plantea un tema de interes general mas como lo es especificamente el tema de la evolucion de la sociedad en materia de industria y crecimiento de las actividades humanas en el aspecto de desarrollo de la creatividad enfocada a los mercadosedited by Mark Tovey ; foreword by Yochai Benkler (re-mixed by Hassan Masum) ; prefaces by Thomas Malone, Tom Atlee & Pierre Levy ; afterword by Paul Martin & Thomas Homer-Dixon.The era of collective intelligence has begun in earnest. While others have written about the wisdom of crowds, an army of Davids, and smart mobs, this collection of essays for the first time brings together fifty-five pioneers in the emerging discipline of collective intelligence. They provide a base of tools for connecting people, producing high-functioning teams, collaborating at multiple scales, and encouraging effective peer-production. Emerging models are explored for digital deliberative democracy, self-governance, legislative transparency, true-cost accounting, and the ethical use of open sources and methods. Collective Intelligence is the first of a series of six books, which will also include volumes on Peace Intelligence, Commercial Intelligence, Gift Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, and Global Intelligence.Table of Contents
Dedication i
Publisher’s Preface iii
Foreword by Yochai Benkler Remix Hassan Masum xi
The Wealth of Networks: Highlights remixed
Editor’s Preface xxi
Table of Contents xxv
A What is collective intelligence and what will we do 1
about it? (Thomas W. Malone, MIT Center for
Collective Intelligence)
B Co-Intelligence, collective intelligence, and conscious 5
evolution (Tom Atlee, Co-Intelligence Institute)
C A metalanguage for computer augmented collective 15
intelligence (Prof. Pierre Lévy, Canada Research
Chair in Collective Intelligence, FRSC)
I INDIVIDUALS & GROUPS I-01 Foresight I-01-01 Safety Glass (Karl Schroeder, science fiction author 23
and foresight consultant)
I-01-02 2007 State of the Future (Jerome C. Glenn & 29
Theodore J. Gordon, United Nations Millennium
Project)
I-02 Dialogue & Deliberation I-02-01 Thinking together without ego: Collective intelligence 39
as an evolutionary catalyst (Craig Hamilton and Claire
Zammit, Collective-Intelligence.US)
I-02-02 The World Café: Awakening collective intelligence 47
and committed action (Juanita Brown, David Isaacs
and the World Café Community)
I-02-03 Collective intelligence and the emergence of 55
wholeness (Peggy Holman, Nexus for Change, The
Change Handbook)
I-02-04 Knowledge creation in collective intelligence (Bruce 65
LaDuke, Fortune 500, HyperAdvance.com)
I-02-05 The Circle Organization: Structuring for collective 75
wisdom (Jim Rough, Dynamic Facilitation & The
Center for Wise Democracy)
I-03 Civic Intelligence I-03-01 Civic intelligence and the public sphere (Douglas 83
Schuler, Evergreen State College, Public Sphere
Project)
I-03-02 Civic intelligence and the security of the homeland 95
(John Kesler with Carole and David Schwinn,
IngeniusOnline)
I-03-03 Creating a Smart Nation (Robert Steele, OSS.Net) 107
I-03-04 University 2.0: Informing our collective intelligence 131
(Nancy Glock-Grueneich, HIGHEREdge.org)
I-03-05 Producing communities of communications and 145
foreknowledge (Jason “JZ” Liszkiewicz,
Reconfigure.org)
I-03-06 Global Vitality Report 2025: Learning to transform I-04 Electronic Communities & Distributed Cognition I-04-01 Attentional capital and the ecology of online social 163
conflict and think together effectively (Peter+Trudy networks (Derek Lomas, Social Movement Lab,
Johnson-Lenz, Johnson-Lenz.com ) UCSD)
I-04-02 A slice of life in my virtual community (Howard 173
Rheingold, Whole Earth Review, Author & Educator)
I-04-03 Shared imagination (Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart, 197
Bootstrap)
I-05 Privacy & Openness I-05-01 We’re all swimming in media: End-users must be able 201
to keep secrets (Mitch Ratcliffe, BuzzLogic &
Tetriad)
I-05-02 Working openly (Lion Kimbro, Programmer and 205
Activist)
I-06 Integral Approaches & Global Contexts I-06-01 Meta-intelligence for analyses, decisions, policy, and 213
action: The Integral Process for working on complex
issues (Sara Nora Ross, Ph.D. ARINA & Integral
Review)
I-06-02 Collective intelligence: From pyramidal to global 225
(Jean-Francois Noubel, The Transitioner)
I-06-03 Cultivating collective intelligence: A core leadership 235
competence in a complex world (George Pór, Fellow
at Universiteit van Amsterdam)
II LARGE-SCALE COLLABORATION II-01 Altruism, Group IQ, and Adaptation II-01-01 Empowering individuals towards collective online 245
production (Keith Hopper, KeithHopper.com)
II-01-02 Who’s smarter: chimps, baboons or bacteria? The 251
power of Group IQ (Howard Bloom, author)
II-01-03 A collectively generated model of the world (Marko 261
A. Rodriguez, Los Alamos National Laboratory)
II-02 Crowd Wisdom and Cognitive Bias II-02-01 Science of CI: Resources for change (Norman L 265
Johnson, Chief Scientist at Referentia Systems, former
LANL)
II-02-02 Collectively intelligent systems (Jennifer H. Watkins, 275
Los Alamos National Laboratory)
II-02-03 A contrarian view (Jaron Lanier, scholar-in-residence, 279
CET, UC Berkeley & Discover Magazine)
II-03 Semantic Structures & The Semantic Web II-03-01 Information Economy Meta Language (Interview with 283
Professor Pierre Lévy, by George Pór)
II-03-02 Harnessing the collective intelligence of the World- 293
Wide Web (Nova Spivack, RadarNetworks, Web 3.0)
II-03-03 The emergence of a global brain (Francis Heylighen, 305
Free University of Brussels)
II-04 Information Networks II-04-01 Networking and mobilizing collective intelligence (G.
Parker Rossman, Future of Learning Pioneer)
II-04-02 Toward high-performance organizations: A strategic 333
role for Groupware (Douglas C. Engelbart, Bootstrap)
II-04-03 Search panacea or ploy: Can collective intelligence 375
improve findability? (Stephen E. Arnold, Arnold IT,
Inc.)
II-05 Global Games, Local Economies, & WISER II-05-01 World Brain as EarthGame (Robert Steele and many 389
others, Earth Intelligence Network)
II-05-02 The Interra Project (Jon Ramer and many others) 399
II-05-03 From corporate responsibility to Backstory 409
Management (Alex Steffen, Executive Editor,
Worldchanging.com)
II-05-04 World Index of Environmental & Social 413
Responsibility (WISER)
By the Natural Capital Institute
II-06 Peer-Production & Open Source Hardware II-06-01 The Makers’ Bill of Rights (Jalopy, Torrone, and Hill) 421
II-06-02 3D Printing and open source design (James Duncan, 423
VP of Technology at Marketingisland)
II-06-03 REBEARTHTM: 425
II-07 Free Wireless, Open Spectrum, and Peer-to-Peer II-07-01 Montréal Community Wi-Fi (Île Sans Fil) (Interview 433
with Michael Lenczner by Mark Tovey)
II-07-02 The power of the peer-to-peer future (Jock Gill, 441
Founder, Penfield Gill Inc.)
Growing a world 6.6 billion people
would want to live in (Marc Stamos, B-Comm, LL.B)
II-07-03 Open spectrum (David Weinberger)
II-08 Mass Collaboration & Large-Scale Argumentation II-08-01 Mass collaboration, open source, and social 455
entrepreneurship (Mark Tovey, Advanced Cognitive
Engineering Lab, Institute of Cognitive Science,
Carleton University)
II-08-02 Interview with Thomas Homer-Dixon (Hassan 467
Masum, McLaughlin-Rotman Center for Global
Health)
II-08-03 Achieving collective intelligence via large-scale
argumentation (Mark Klein, MIT Center for
Collective Intelligence)
II-08-04 Scaling up open problem solving (Hassan Masum & 485
Mark Tovey)
D Afterword: The Internet and the revitalization of 495
democracy (The Rt. Honourable Paul Martin &
Thomas Homer-Dixon)
E Epilogue by Tom Atlee 513
F Three Lists 515
1. Strategic Reading Categories
2. Synopsis of the New Progressives
3. Fifty-Two Questions that Matter
G Glossary 519
H Index 52
Annual Report of the University, 2001-2002, Volumes 1-4
VITAL ACADEMIC CLIMATE* by Brian Foster, Provost/Vice President of Academic Affairs A great university engages students and faculty fully in important ideas and issues ... not just to learn about them, but to take them apart and put them back together, to debate, deconstruct, resist, reconstruct and build upon them. Engagement of this sort takes concentration and commitment, and it produces the kind of discipline and passion that leads to student and faculty success and satisfaction in their studies, research, performance, artistic activity and service. It is also the kind of activity that creates a solid, nurturing spirit of community. This is what we mean when we talk about a vital academic climate. We are striving for an environment that will enrich the social, cultural and intellectual lives of all who come in contact with the University. Many things interconnect to make this happen: curriculum, co-curricular activities, conferences, symposia, cultural events, community service, research and social activity. Our goal is to create the highest possible level of academic commitment and excitement at UNM. This is what characterizes a truly great university. *Strategic Direction 2 New Mexico native Andres C. Salazar, a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Michigan State University, has been named the PNM Chair in Microsystems, Commercialization and Technology. Carrying the title of professor, the PNM Chair is a joint appointment between the School of Engineering and the Anderson Schools of Management. Spring 2002 graduate John Probasco was selected a 2002 Rhodes Scholar, the second UNM student to be so honored in the past four years. The biochemistry major from Alamogordo previously had been awarded the Goldwater Scholarship and the Truman Scholarship. Andres c. Salazar Biology student Sophie Peterson of Albuquerque was one of 30 students nationwide to receive a 2002-2003 Award of Excellence from Phi Kappa Phi, the oldest and largest national honor society. Regents\\u27 Professor of Communication and Journalism Everett M. Rogers was selected the University\\u27s 4 71h Annual Research Lecturer, the highest honor UNM bestows upon members of its faculty. John Probasco honored by Student Activities Director Debbie Morris. New Mexico resident, author and poet Simon}. Ortiz received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters at Spring Commencement ceremonies. Child advocate Angela Angie Vachio, founder and executive director of Peanut Butter and Jelly Family Services, Inc., was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. American Studies Assistant Professor Amanda}. Cobb won the 22 d annual American Book Award for listening to Our Grandmothers\\u27 Stories: The Bloomfield Academy for Chickasaw Females, 1852-1949
Designing personalized video-based crossmedia informal learning environments beyond iTV
Tese de doutoramento, Informática (Engenharia Informática), Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, 2014Video is a very rich medium, in cognitive and affective terms, to convey information and support learning and entertainment like no other medium, and TV is a privileged way to watch it. However, by being traditionally watched in a more experiential and passive cognitive mode, TV and video are limited in their capacity to fully support learning so important in the lifelong learning era where learning is taking place in a wide variety of contexts and locations that calls for flexible environments. TV and video are limited in their capacity to fully support learning but may induce viewers to engage in more reflective modes, that can be supported to some extent by their adequate design, in interactive contexts and augmented by other media and devices, in diverse situations. The inclusion of iTV that has been gaining increasing attention from researchers, and practitioners, in the last few years, as part of rich and flexible crossmedia environments brings new opportunities in this respect. This situation justifies our research main goal to efficiently and flexibly support users learning informal opportunities created in video-based crossmedia environments, taking into account the different cognitive modes, contexts of use and taking advantage of the diverse devices being used in order to have each device contributing with what it does best. In order to illustrate, explore and validate our research, the eiTV application was conceptualized, prototyped and evaluated. It is capable to create videobased crossmedia informal learning environments, created as additional information to the video being watched, initially via iTV. These environments are accessed from iTV, PC and mobile devices (the most commonly used in crossmedia scenarios), depending on the preferred or most adequate device in each context of use.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT, SFRH/PROTEC/67727/2010, projeto UTA-Est/MAI/0010/2009
The Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia
The Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of the Association of Architecture
Schools of Australasia.
Each paper in the Proceedings has been double refereed by members of an independent panel
of academic peers appointed by the Conference Committee. Papers were matched, where
possible, to referees in the same field and with similar interests to the authors
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