The contributors to this book are both cautionary and hopeful as they offer visions of how information design can be practiced diligently and ethically, for the benefit of information consumers as well as producers. Information design is the newest of the design disciplines. As a sign of our times, when the crafting of messages and meaning is so central to our lives, information design is not only important-it is essential. Contemporary information designers seek to edify more than to persuade, to exchange more than to foist upon. With ever more powerful technologies of communication, we have learned that the issuer of designed information is as likely as the intended recipient to be changed by it, for better or worse. The contributors to this book are both cautionary and hopeful as they offer visions of how information design can be practiced diligently and ethically, for the benefit of information consumers as well as producers. They present various methods that seem to work, such as sense-making and way-finding. They make recommendations and serve as guides to a still young but extraordinarily pervasive-and persuasive-field. Contributors Elizabeth Andersen, Judy Anderson, Simon Birrell, Mike Cooley, Brenda Dervin, Jim Gasperini, Yvonne M. Hansen, Steve Holtzman, Robert E. Horn, Robert Jacobson, John Krygier, Sheryl Macy, Romedi Passini, Jef Raskin, Chandler Screven, Nathan Shedroff, Hal Thwaites, Roger Whitehouse

A review of the dissemination of spatial data. Topics addressed include: spatial information infrastructure and innovation; designing information policy research; and evaluating information use, access and dissemination. The work also contains comparative case studies of information dissemination.

For decades educators and cultural critics have deplored the corrosive effects of electronic media on the national consciousness. The average American reads less often, writes less well. And, numbed by the frenetic image-bombardment of music videos, commercials and sound bites, we may also, it is argued, think less profoundly. But wait. Is it just possible that some good might arise from the ashes of the printed word?

Most emphatically yes, argues Mitchell Stephens, who asserts that the moving image is likely to make our thoughts not more feeble but more robust. Through a fascinating overview of previous communications revolutions, Stephens demonstrates that the charges that have been leveled against television have been faced by most new media, including writing and print. Centuries elapsed before most of these new forms of communication would be used to produce works of art and intellect of sufficient stature to overcome this inevitable mistrust and nostalgia. Using examples taken from the history of photography and film, as well as MTV, experimental films, and Pepsi commercials, the author considers the kinds of work that might unleash, in time, the full power of moving images. And he argues that these works--an emerging computer-edited and -distributed "new video"--have the potential to inspire transformations in thought on a level with those inspired by the products of writing and print. Stephens sees in video's complexities, simultaneities, and juxtapositions, new ways of understanding and perhaps even surmounting the tumult and confusions of contemporary life.

Sure to spark lively--even heated--debate, the rise of the image the fall of the word belongs in the library of millennium-watchers everywhere.

Love, Light, and a Dream is a timely and provocative look at the medium of television as one of the cultural vehicles carrying us toward the 21st century. It provides an up-to-the-minute review of developments and trends shaping the policy and regulatory issues that exert the strongest influence on the evolution of information technology. Topics covered in this study include the Federal Communications Commission and its role as a regulatory body, the relationship between cable services and telephone systems as information providers, television advertising campaigns and the structure of the agency business, public television and its struggle for financial independence, and the culture of television news and the creation of a journalistic mythology.

From family traditions like weddings and funerals, to state ceremonies and media events, rites and ceremonies mark socially important occasions, define beginnings and endings, and aid social transitions. Ritual and ceremonial as formal modes of conduct are equally ubiquitous, appearing in everything from modes of talk and rules of politeness to elaborate protocols from events of state. Ritual and rite, ceremonial and ceremony are symbolic social actions, thus modes of communication that implicate individuals in the social order, creating realities while expressing ideas and attitudes about them.

In Ritual Communication, author Eric W. Rothenbuhler combines bibliographic essay and theory construction to provide a unique perspective on ritual as a special and powerful form of communication. Part I is a critical review of definitions of ritual from anthropology, sociology, communication studies, and other literature, ending with a theoretical essay on the contributions of communication theory to understanding ritual. Part II is a critical review of the uses of the term ritual in communication studies literature, covering mediated rituals and ceremonies, ritualistic media uses and audience activities, political, rhetorical, and civic rituals, rituals of everyday interaction, rituals of organizational life, and finally a conception of communication as ritual.

A groundbreaking and fascinating examination, Ritual Communication will interest those in the fields of communication, speech communication, social psychology, anthropology, and sociology.

An innovative text that approaches complex concepts with relative ease and simplicity, this new work by internationally-known Graziella Tonfoni takes the reader on an architectural excursion that is the metaphorical representation of the components of the expression of knowledge. Through the progressive building and exploration of consistently designed and complex metaphors, which the author calls "metaphorical environments," the reader will come to understand the building principles upon which to base the construction of multimedia forms. The first section of the book creates the setting for accurately understanding the context and deals with the implications of designing teaching material for a course in information design. Other sections build upon this groundwork using a series of descriptions of actual architectural structures. A final section of visuals is meant to facilitate active learning of those concepts previously introduced. Blank boxes on each page in this last section encourage the reader to re-number the pages to create an individual path that relates the concepts to different sections of the text.

Introduction to Satellite Communications.

Early Proposals for Mobile Satellite Communications.

Marisat and Marecs: Pioneering Commercial Mobile Satellite Services.

Inmarsat.

Other Mobile Satellite Communications Systems in Service.

Planned Geostationary Mobile Satellite Systems.

Planned Low Earth Orbiting Mobile Satellite Systems for Telephone Service.

Planned Low Earth Orbiting Mobile Satellite Systems for Data Service.

Other Planned Mobile Satellite Communications Systems.

A Note on Radio Spectrum Issues.

Appendices.

Index.

Highly useful text studies the logarithmic measures of information and their application to testing statistical hypotheses. Topics include introduction and definition of measures of information, their relationship to Fisher's information measure and sufficiency, fundamental inequalities of information theory, much more. Numerous worked examples and problems. References. Glossary. Appendix. 1968 second, revised edition.

We will never know the precise identity of America's first political consultant. It is likely that candidates were seeking favorable coverage in colonial newspapers as early as 1704; it is also likely that by 1745 candidates were using handbills and pamphlets to augment press coverage of campaigns; and we know that one successful candidate, George Washington in 1758, purchased refreshments for potential voters. These traditional approaches to winning votes have in recent years been amplified by consultants who have shown how cable networks, videocassettes, modems, faxes, focus groups, and other means of communication can be put to partisan use. In this book, Robert V. Friedenberg examines all of the communication techniques used in contemporary political campaigning.

After providing a history of political consulting, Friedenberg examines the principal communication specialities used in contemporary campaigns. Throughout, political consultants discuss their approaches and evaluate the benefits and shortcomings of these methods. An invaluable text for what is arguably the most rapidly changing field of applied communication, this work is must reading for students and researchers of American politics, applied communication, and contemporary political theory.

This is an examination of information policy in environmental sustainability. It covers issues such as information, knowledge and models; environmental regulation; and information policy.

Marshall McLuhan's insights are fresher and more applicable today than when he first announced them to a startled world. A whole new generation is turning to his work to understand a global village made real by the information superhighway and the overwhelming challenge of electronic transformation."Before anyone could perceive the electric form of the information revolution, McLuhan was publishing brilliant explanations of the perceptual changes being experienced by the users of mass media. He seemed futuristic to some and an enemy of print and literacy to others. He was, in reality, a deeply literate man of astonishing prescience. Tom Wolfe suggested aloud that McLuhan's work was as important culturally as that of Darwin or Freud. Agreement and scoffing ensued. Increasingly Wolfe's wonder seems justified."From the IntroductionHere in one volume, are McLuhan's key ideas, drawn from his books, articles, correspondence, and published speeches. This book is the essential archive of his constantly surprising vision.

'Every word we record, every trip we make, every item we buy or order, and every move we make leaves a trace or trail. Who owns it, controls it, has access to it? Anne Wells Branscomb has written a very accessible guidebook for students, scholars, and all citizens on how to think about control of information and thus of action.'-George Gerbner, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Annenberg School of Communication

Die Chancen, die Big Data und Digitalisierung bieten, bringen fur Unternehmen und ihre Funktionsbereiche weitreichende AEnderungen mit sich - so auch fur das Controlling. Die Autoren analysieren die aufgabenbezogenen Trends im Controllingumfeld und leiten die Anforderungen ab, die sich daraus fur das Kompetenzprofil des Controllers ergeben. Ausgewahlte Angebote zur Weiterbildung und Kompetenzerweiterung als klassisches Weiterbildungsangebot oder als Studiengang runden die Analyse ab.

Dieses Buch bietet eine fundierte Einfuhrung in die klassische Theorie der Signalverarbeitung, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf den digitalen Methoden liegt. Der Leser wird befahigt, analoge und digitale Systeme und Filter zu analysieren und zu dimensionieren. Auch die digitale Spektralanalyse wird ausfuhrlich besprochen. Viele durchgerechnete Beispiele ermoeglichen das Selbststudium, mit Rechnerunterstutzung lasst sich zudem der Stoff veranschaulichen und vertiefen.Umfangreiche Zusatzinformationen sind auf der Webseite des Verlags erhaltlich und unterstutzen den autodidaktisch arbeitenden Leser. Diese Erganzungen umfassen weitere Beispiele zur behandelten Materie sowie drei zusatzliche Kapitel.

Dieses Buch richtet sich an Studierende und IT-ler in Ausbildung und Beruf, die ohne unnoetigen Theorieballast die Praxis der Entwicklung von Datenbankapplikationen erlernen moechten. Es ist als anwendungsorientiertes Lehrbuch aufgebaut und eignet sich fur den Unterricht sowie zum Selbststudium. Praxisnah und verstandlich werden die Themen Datenmodellierung, Datenbankentwicklung und Datenbankbetrieb vermittelt. Daruber hinaus ist eine Einfuhrung in SQL enthalten. Der Leser erhalt Zugang zu einem kostenlosen Online-Service, der das Buch erganzt. Neu in der 10. Auflage sind zusatzliche Fragen zum Buch in der Springer Nature Flashcards-App, die sich Leser kostenlos herunterladen koennen.

Error-Correcting Codes, by Professor Peterson, was originally published in 1961. Now, with E. J. Weldon, Jr., as his coauthor, Professor Peterson has extensively rewritten his material. The book contains essentially all of the material of the first edition; however, the authors state that because there has been so much new work published in error-correcting codes, the preparation of this second edition proved to be a much greater task than writing the original book. The major additions are the chapters on majority-logic codes, synchronization, and convolutional codes. Much new material has also been added to the chapters on important linear block codes and cyclic codes. The authors cite some highly regarded books on recent work done in Eastern Europe and an extensive bibliography on coding theory in the Soviet Union [sic]. In its much-expanded form, Error-Correcting Codes may be considered another valuable contribution to computer coding.

Lernen Sie in diesem Buch mehr uber Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen In diesem Lehrbuch werden Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen exakt aber auch anschaulich und nachvollziehbar vermittelt, denn Algorithmen sind heute allgegenwartig und vielfaltig. Sie sind Gegenstand intensiver Forschung und zahlen zu den fundamentalen Konzepten der Informatik. Dieses Buch uber Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen ist aus Vorlesungen fur Studierende der Informatik sowie der Medien- und Wirtschaftsinformatik an der Technischen Hochschule Nurnberg entstanden. Die grundlegenden Themen werden in den Bachelorkursen behandelt. Fortgeschrittene Teile, wie zum Beispiel die probabilistischen Algorithmen, stammen dagegen aus Masterkursen. Der Inhalt des Werks im UEberblick Im ersten Kapitel seines Buchs uber Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen fuhrt Knebl relevante Grundlagen und Designprinzipien fur Algorithmen ein. Die anschliessenden Kapitel 2 - 6 sind nach Problembereichen organisiert: Sortieren und Suchen (2), Hashverfahren (3), Baume zur Speicherung von Daten und zur Datenkomprimierung (4), fundamentale Graphenalgorithmen, wie Tiefen- und Breitensuche und Anwendungen davon (5), die Berechnung von minimalen aufspannenden Baumen und von kurzesten Wegen in gewichteten Graphen als auch die Loesung des Flussproblems in Netzwerken (6). Probabilistische Methoden sind grundlegend fur einfache sowie effiziente Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen. Deshalb wird in jedem Kapitel dieses Buchs mindestens ein Problem mit einem probabilistischen Algorithmus geloest. Die notwendigen mathematischen Grundlagen werden im ersten Kapitel sowie im Anhang entwickelt. Loesungen zu den zahlreichen UEbungsaufgaben stehen Ihnen bequem zum Download bereit.

Von namhaften Professoren empfohlen: State-of-the-Art bietet das Buch zu diesem klassischen Bereich der Informatik. Die wesentlichen Methoden wissensbasierter Systeme werden verstandlich und anschaulich dargestellt. Reprasentation und Verarbeitung sicheren und unsicheren Wissens in maschinellen Systemen stehen dabei im Mittelpunkt. Ein Online-Service mit ausfuhrlichen Musterloesungen erleichtert das Lernen.

Dieses Buch stellt mit moeglichst wenig mathematischen Hilfsmitteln die wesentlichen Grundbegriffe und Konzepte der Theorie fehlerkorrigierender Codes in der Datenubertragung dar. Alle historisch und fur Praxisanwendungen wichtigen Klassen und Familien von Codes werden explizit konstruiert; dies beinhaltet auch deren Rate und Minimalabstand. Ausserdem werden die wesentlichen Decodieralgorithmen beschrieben. Die Darstellung orientiert sich dabei an den zugehoerigen "Meilensteinen" in der Geschichte der Codierungstheorie. Besonderer Wert gelegt wird ausserdem auf die Vermittlung der Art und Weise, wie diese Codes in der Praxis angewandt werden. Das Buch eignet sich fur Studierende im mathematisch-technischen Bereich an Fachhochschulen und Universitaten (z.B. in Proseminaren), auch fur die MINT-Lehrerfortbildung und andere Weiterbildungsveranstaltungen fur interessierte Anwender, Schuler und Senioren.