Good News, Bad News: A Sentiment Analysis of the 2016 Election Russian Facebook Ads

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ImTV: Towards an Immersive TV experience

3rd International Workshop on Future Television: Making Television Integrated and Interactive, Adjunct Proceeding of EuroiTVThe media marketplace has witnessed an increase in the amount and types of viewing devices available to consumers. Moreover, a lot of these are portable, and offer tremendous personalization opportunities. Technology, distribution, reception and content developments all influence new 'television' viewing/using habits. In this paper, we report results and findings of a transnational three year research project on the Future of TV. Our main contributions are organized into three main dimensions: (1) a user survey concerning behaviors associated with media engagement; (2) technologies driving the social and personalized TV of the 21st century, e.g. crowdsourcing and recommendation systems; and (3) technologies enabling interactions and visualizations that are more natural, e.g. gestures and 360º video.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

UT Austin|Portugal Digital Media Doctoral Symposium 2011

Slides and posters by Portuguese PhD students in the Digital Media doctoral programs associated with the UT Austin|Portugal Program (CoLab). Presented at the University of Texas at Austin on December 3, 2011.IC2 Institut

Being digital

Politika digitalne radiodifuzije ZDA ni uspela ustvariti spodbud, tržne strukture ali porabniški interes, ki bi omogočil digitalizacijo radiodifuzne industrije. Kljub zgodnjim napovedim interaktivnosti, ki naj bi jo omogočila digitalna radiodifuzija, je sedaj videti digitalna televizija omejena na storitve, ki zahtevajo dodatne porabniške transakcije. Sprejeti tehnični standardi ne ponujajo varnosti proizvajalcem sprejemnikov in televizijskim postajam, cene digitalnih televizijskih sprejemnikov so previsoke za potrošnike, vrhunska tehnologija je nedovršena in potrošniki ne vedo veliko o digitalnih sistemih. Ker kabelska televizija dosega sedemdeset odstotkov prebivalstva, je prenos digitalnega signala preko kabla odločilen, doslej pa politika ZDA ni dala takega pooblastila. Kabelski operaterji pa so razvili svoje lastne digitalne storitve in dodali ponudbi številne dodatne programe, ki predvsem ponujajo "video na zahtevo".Digital broadcasting policy in the US has been ineffective in creating incentives, a market structure, or consumer interest sufficient to enable the broadcast industry to transition to digital signals. In spite of the early promises of interactivity that digital broadcasting appeared to offer, digitaltelevision now appears to be condensed into services emphasising further consumer transactions. The technical standards adopted for it providedlittle certainty to wary manufacturers and broadcasters, digital television prices have been too high for consumers to purchase sets, set top box technology is unsettled, and consumers do not know very much about digitalsystems. Moreover, since cable television distributes broadcast fare to70% of the population, that industry\u27s carriage of digital broadcast signalsis crucial, and to date, US policy has not mandated that carriage. In the meantime, cable operators have developed their own digital services to addnumerous additional channels, most of which offer video-on-demand programming

Rural Internet Connectivity.

Abstract This research investigates Internet connectivity in rural regions, looking specifically at four states in the US. Access to the Internet has assumed new significance for commercial and political reasons, and remote and sparsely populated areas typically lack the telecommunications infrastructure for reliable and fast Internet connections. Even as government programs such as the federal E-rate provisions bring Internet connectivity for institutions such as schools and libraries under the government's universal service umbrella, more general Internet access to a broader community constituency has not been addressed within policy circles. Even the deployment of so-called ''national'' Internet services favors urban regions. Research associates Kyle Nicholas and Lisa Parker were instrumental in undertaking this research, as was financial support from Southwestern Bell and the Rural Policy Institute. The comments of an anonymous reviewer helped greatly.

Exploring Ethics in the Lifecycle of Natural Hazards Open Data

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Broadband’s Contribution to Economic Health in Rural Areas

CaRDI Research & Policy Brief Issue 6