Communication Technology Update and Fundamentals

Section I Introduction: Introduction to Communication Technologies; Historical Perspectives on Communication Technology; Understanding Communication Technologies; The Structure of Communication Industries; Communication Policy and Technology. Section II Electronic Mass Media: Digital Television; Multichannel Television Services; IPTV: Streaming Media; Interactive Television; Radio Broadcasting. Section III Computers & Consumer Electronics: Personal Computers; Video Games; Virtual & Augmented Reality; Home Video; Digital Video; Digital Imaging and Photography. Section IV Networking Technologies: Telephony; the Internet & the World Wide Web; Mobile Computing; Electronic Commerce; Broadband & Home Networks; Teleconferencing. Section V Conclusions: The Mobile Revolution; Conclusions

Dr. August E. ("Augie") Grant is Senior Consultant for Focus 25 Research &Consulting, advising technology companies on strategies for introducing newtechnologies. Grant is a technology futurist who specializes in research onnew media technologies and consumer behavior, with a specialty inintegrating both quantitative and qualitative research to provide a richunderstanding of consumer behavior. Grant has been published in virtuallyevery major academic journal in the communication field, and hispublications deal with adoption and use of emerging communicationtechnologies, broadband services, audience behavior, and theories of newmedia. Jennifer H. Meadows is Associate Professor in the Media Arts Option of the Department of Communication Design at California State University, Chico. She earned her M.A.in Radio, Television and Motion Pictures at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Ph.D. in Radio-Television-Film from the University of Texas at Austin. Her teaching and research integrate practical and theoretical concerns related to television production, the relationships between media and users, and changing media behavior in the new media marketplace. In addition to her teaching and research, she is Executive Producer for Milk Crate Productions and is a consultant to media organizations.