Learner preferences of students have been analysed within two modules that have been given in the department of media using Röll’s learner preference model. A qualitative analysis of the results of an online learner preference test based on this model has been conducted. This analysis showed that for the majority of the students the revealed results were valid. Starting from current methods use...

This paper presents the approach of the Glocal European funded project towards the co-production of news on World events, on an information marketplace involving both amateurs and professionals. It discuss the rise of user-generated content amongst worldwide media and how event modelling and technology usage may help to foster this pro-am collaboration. Glocal: Event-based Retrieval of Networke...

We propose a two-stage process to explain the relationship between the local news environment and citizen engagement. Our original content analysis of newspaper coverage in every US House district during the 2010 midterms reveals that districts with uncompetitive races and those served by large-circulation outlets see significantly less, and less substantive, coverage than hotly contested distr...

The human ability to express and recognize emotions plays an important role in face-to-face communication, and as technology advances it will be increasingly important for computer-generated avatars to be similarly expressive. In this paper, we present the detailed development process for the Lifelike Responsive Avatar Framework (LRAF) and a prototype application for modeling a specific individ...

Using a certification procedure for Abel-type sums, we present a computerized proof of Abel’s identity. Abel’s identity [1],[2] can be proved in many ways, including the elegant combinatorial methods of [3]. Here we present the first computer-generated proof using the methods introduced in [4]. Theorem([1]; [2], p.128). For n ≥ 0:

During phases of transient connectivity, sensor nodes receive a substantial number of corrupt packets. These corrupt packets are generally discarded, losing the sent information and wasting the energy put into transmitting and receiving. Our analysis of one year’s data from an outdoor sensor network deployment shows that packet corruption follows a distinct pattern that is observed on all links...