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This exciting new edition of New Communications Technologies provides vital information on the new and emerging technologies that will shape the way communicators do business in a rapidly changing world. In addition to technological background on computers, information storage, fiber optics, mobile communications, and digital television, you will discover the social and economic ramifications of these evolving technologies. As technological convergence continues to accelerate, it will be increasingly important for communications professionals to be on top of these rapidly changing technologies and their impact on society. While exploring the underlying concepts that drive technological change, New Communications Technologies, Fourth Edition focuses on the latest and most important trends. This text includes chapters on information services such as the Internet and the World Wide Web, wireless communications, email and privacy, the new technologies, and the first amendment. The book also includes coverage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 as well as extensive information on satellites and launch systems. The new edition has been expanded and updated to include increased coverage of legal topics, a new foreword and contributions from Barbara Cochran, President of the Radio-Television News Directors Association. There is a new companion Web site at www.focalpress.com/companions

Table of Contents:
Communication in the Modern Age; Technical Foundations of Modern Communication; Computer Technology Primer; AI and Legal/Health Issues; The Magic Light--Fiber-Optic Systems; The Cable and Telephone Industries and Your Home; Satellites--Operations and Applications; New Developments, Launch Vehicles, and Space Law; Wireless Technology and Mobile Communications; Information Storage--The Optical Disk; Information Retrieval--Hypertext/Hypermedia Systems; Desktop Publishing; Multimedia and Desktop Video Production; PCs, Digital Technology, and Audio-Visual Systems; High Definition Television and Digital Audio Broadcasting; The Production Environment--Colorization, Manipulation, Copyright, and Other Issues; Information Services--Teletext and Interactive Systems; Information Services--The Internet and World Wide Web; Teleconferencing and Computer Conferencing; Email and Privacy; The New Technologies and the First Amendment: Legal Issues, Censorship, and Cyberspace; Future Visions--Holography, Virtual Reality, A Paperless Society, and Summary; Afterword--The V-Chip, The First Amendment, and Other Implications; Index

About the Author :
Michael Mirabito is a Professor and supervises the Distance Education and other academic information units at Marywood University in Pennsylvania. He is also a consultant specializing in the new communications technologies, and has written a book about video cameras on NASA's space probes. Barbara Morgenstern is a Professor at the Park School of Communications at Ithaca College in New York and specializes in teaching media law. She is also involved in curriculum development, particularly as it pertains to communications law.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780240804293
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Focal Press
  • Edition: New edition
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 280
  • Sub Title: Applications, Policy, and Impact
  • ISBN-10: 0240804295
  • Publisher Date: 12 Apr 2000
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 280 mm
  • No of Pages: 280
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 210 mm


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