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The presentation focuses on three aspects of applying advanced information communication technologies (ICT) in the field of cultural heritage: preservation, dissemination, and training on ICT in case of countries in transition Lithuania is one of such countries. The aim is to specify economic and social conditions for ICT development in such countries and to show how advanced ICT provide equal ...

for this volume to have included at least one study on that population, for the reasons stated above. To be fair, the two chapters focused on political communication and SNS usage both had older study populations, but that might also be a reflection of the type of activity being studied. Overall, this volume offers a carefully chosen selection of scholarship from some of the leading researchers...

A large-scale content analysis of characters in video games was employed to answer questions about their representations of gender, race and age in comparison to the US population. The sample included 150 games from a year across nine platforms, with the results weighted according to game sales. This innovation enabled the results to be analyzed in proportion to the games that were actually pla...

By designing information design we arrive at a completely new approach to information. Within this new approach we are able to create new information formats, find new uses for the new media, give information new purposes, create new kinds of information and develop new methods for creating information. The Polyscopic Modeling methodology is proposed as a foundation on which the new approach to...

The advances in science and technology bring the public digital arts from traditional carriers towards new media types. The use, the language and the implications of the material itself are different from it being applied as a carrier for public digital arts. These new media types of public digital arts are in need of new carriers and new form languages for its progress and prosperity in the ag...

New media have made available a wide range of platforms and content choices. However, audiences cope with abundant choices by using more narrowly defined repertoires. Unfortunately, we know little of how users create repertoires across media platforms. This study uses factor analysis to identify user-defined repertoires from data obtained by following 495 users throughout an entire day. Results...

A book is a book – or is it? With present-day, affordable technology, we can scale a book to become a spatial object, or even a space in itself, of almost arbitrary size. We describe our design of and experiences with a generic interactive installation, called Viskbook, that provides a convincing illusion of oversize books, allowing the spectator to turn over the pages using natural and intuiti...

Improvisational play methods encourage collaboration, communication and connection amongst groups. Learning can also be enhanced by the basic elements of improvisation; spontaneity, flexibility, and a willingness to experiment and take risks. Soliciting input from a diverse range of perspectives and building an environment based on trust also stimulates the efficacy and creativity of the group ...

This paper describes Medialogy, a new education under development at Aalborg University in Denmark whose goal is to combine technology and creativity in new media. Music technology plays an important role inside this education.