Media in the Ubiquitous Era: Ambient, Social and Gaming Media

Media in the Ubiquitous Era: Ambient, Social and Gaming Media

Author: Lugmayr, Artur

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2011-09-30

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1609607759

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"This book focuses on the definition of ambient and ubiquitous media from a cross-disciplinary viewpoint, covering the fields of commerce, science, research affecting citizens"--Provided by publisher.


Information Systems and Management in Media and Entertainment Industries

Information Systems and Management in Media and Entertainment Industries

Author: Artur Lugmayr

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-01-03

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 3319494074

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This book defines an agenda for research in information management and systems for media and entertainment industries. It highlights their particular needs in production, distribution, and consumption. Chapters are written by practitioners and researchers from around the world, who examine business information management and systems in the larger context of media and entertainment industries. Human, management, technological, and content creation aspects are covered in order to provide a unique viewpoint. With great interdisciplinary scope, the book provides a roadmap of research challenges and a structured approach for future development across areas such as social media, eCommerce, and eBusiness. Chapters address the tremendous challenges in organization, leadership, customer behavior, and technology that face the entertainment and media industries every day, including the transformation of the analog media world into its digital counterpart. Professionals or researchers involved with IT systems management, information policies, technology development or content creation will find this book an essential resource. It is also a valuable tool for academics or advanced-level students studying digital media or information systems.


Environmental Awareness and the Role of Social Media

Environmental Awareness and the Role of Social Media

Author: Narula, Sumit

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2018-07-27

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1522552928

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Social media has quickly become one of the most effective tools in reaching masses of people. As environmental issues are becoming more prevalent and frequently acknowledged, social media is playing an important role in sharing various environmental problems as well as suitable solutions. Environmental Awareness and the Role of Social Media is an essential reference source for individuals seeking to raise awareness of environmental issues through social media platforms. The book examines social media’s use in disaster awareness, sustainability promotion, and marketing environmentally friendly products from an international perspective. This book is an excellent resource for environmentalists, environmental activists, scientists, public figures, policy makers, academicians, and individuals interested in research focused on the impact of social media on issues that affect the entire planet.


(R)evolutionizing Political Communication through Social Media

(R)evolutionizing Political Communication through Social Media

Author: Deželan, Tomaž

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2016-02-09

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 1466698802

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Online platforms have widened the availability for citizen engagement and opportunities for politicians to interact with their constituents. The increasing use of these technologies has transformed methods of governmental communication in online and offline environments. (R)evolutionizing Political Communications through Social Media offers crucial perspectives on the utilization of online social networks in political discourse and how these alterations have affected previous modes of correspondence. Highlighting key issues through theoretical foundations and pertinent case studies, this book is a pivotal reference source for researchers, professionals, upper-level students, and consultants interested in the influence of emerging technologies in the political arena.


New Media and Communication Across Religions and Cultures

New Media and Communication Across Religions and Cultures

Author: Nahon-Serfaty, Isaac

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2014-01-31

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1466650362

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"This book offers a unique opportunity in both the social sciences, humanities, and communication fields to provide concrete concepts and notions in the areas of inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue"--


Exchanging Terrorism Oxygen for Media Airwaves: The Age of Terroredia

Exchanging Terrorism Oxygen for Media Airwaves: The Age of Terroredia

Author: Eid, Mahmoud

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2014-03-31

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 1466657774

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Terroredia is a newly coined term by the editor, Dr. Mahmoud Eid, to explain the phenomenal, yet under-researched relationship between terrorists and media professionals in which acts of terrorism and media coverage are exchanged, influenced, and fueled by one another. Exchanging Terrorism Oxygen for Media Airwaves: The Age of Terroredia provides a timely and thorough discussion on a wide range of issues surrounding terrorism in relation to both traditional and new media. Comprised of insights and research from leading experts in the fields of terrorism and media studies, this publication presents various topics relating to Terroredia: understanding of terrorism and the role of the media, terrorism manifestations and media representations of terrorism, types of terrorism and media stereotypes of terrorism, terrorism tactics and media strategies, the war on terrorism, the function of terrorism and the employment of the media, new terrorism and new media, contemporary cases of terrorist-media interactions, the rationality behind terrorism and counterterrorism, as well as the responsibility of the media. This publication is of interest to government officials, media professionals, researchers, and upper-level students interested in learning more about the complex relationship between terrorism and the media.


Cases on the Societal Effects of Persuasive Games

Cases on the Societal Effects of Persuasive Games

Author: Ruggiero, Dana

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2014-06-30

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 1466662077

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"This book investigates the connection between multimedia technologies and game-based learning for an improved understanding of the impact and effectiveness of serious games in modern societies, offering examples from the fields of education, business, healthcare, and more"--Provided by publisher.


Educational Games for Soft-Skills Training in Digital Environments

Educational Games for Soft-Skills Training in Digital Environments

Author: Elena Dell'Aquila

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-12-14

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 3319063111

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The book explores advances in soft-skill training through the adaptation of traditional psycho-pedagogical methodology to digital and online settings. Several educational techniques are explored, such as role-playing, psychodrama and rule and drama-based games. The experiences reported in the book are the synthesis of several European projects, coordinated by the authors, aimed at applying known psycho-pedagogical training models to on-line, technology enhanced learning contexts in a broad range of applications and target groups. The specificity of such a psycho-pedagogical methodology, applied throughout all the discussed EU projects, is mainly represented by the importance of feedback and debriefing processes that can be conveyed to learners through different means, such as online group or individual chat with tutors, automatic reports and a psychologically informed scoring system. Tutors, either real or artificial, are seen as the key factor facilitating the training process. The ultimate objective of this book is to offer a theoretical framework where real examples, direct experiences and possible indications on how rule and drama-based multiplayer and single player games can support traditional practice for enhancing soft skills to a wide community of trainers, coaches, HR advisors, consultants and psychologists.


Engaging Consumers through Branded Entertainment and Convergent Media

Engaging Consumers through Branded Entertainment and Convergent Media

Author: Parreno, Jose Marti

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2015-04-30

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 1466683430

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Branded entertainment is gaining popularity within marketing communications strategies. Blurring the lines between advertisements and editorial content, branded marketing provides advertisers and consumers with highly engaging media content that benefits them both. Engaging Consumers through Branded Entertainment and Convergent Media provides an interdisciplinary approach to connecting with the consumer through branding strategies in the entertainment and media fields. Featuring information regarding emergent research and techniques, this publication is a critical reference source for academics, university teachers, researchers and post-graduate students, as well as universities, advertising agencies, marketing directors, brand managers, and professionals interested in the usage and benefits of branded entertainment.


Advances in Computer Entertainment

Advances in Computer Entertainment

Author: Anton Nijholt

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-10-12

Total Pages: 620

ISBN-13: 3642342922

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This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment, ACE 2012, held in Kathmandu, Nepal, in November 2012. The 10 full paper and 19 short papers presented together with 5 papers from the special track Arts and Culture and 35 extended abstracts were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 140 submissions in all categories. The papers cover topics across a wide spectrum of disciplines including computer science, design, arts, sociology, anthropology, psychology, and marketing. Focusing on all areas related to interactive entertainment they aim at stimulating discussion in the development of new and compelling entertainment computing and interactive art concepts and applications.