Online word-of-mouth (WOM) has been recognized as an important information source in influencing consumer purchase decisions in literature. WOM can influence product sales through both awareness effect and persuasive effect. The explosive growth of social media which allows the creation and exchange of user-generated content (including WOM) is changing the way consumers search for information a...

Two efficient broadcasting algorithms based on 1hop neighbor information is implemented here, i.e. Senderbased broadcasting algorithm and receiver-based broadcasting algorithm. The sender-based broadcasting algorithm selects a subset of nodes to forward the message. An efficient senderbased broadcasting algorithm proposed here is based on 1-hop neighbor information where the number of forwardin...

Multimedia Broadcasting System (MBS) is a distributed media software system that provides reliable broadcasting services using GRUM over the Internet. The proposed Multimedia Broadcasting System ensures that all media files broadcasted by the sender will be received by the receivers through copper-based public switching network which provides unreliable low bandwidth communication services. Thi...

With the surge of populism in Europe, public service broadcasting has come under increased pressure. The established media are considered part corrupt elite not serving interests people. media, for which pluralism is at core their remit, a particular thorn side populists. Therefore, they attack financial basis service, supposed to guarantee independence. populist attacks on traditional corporat...

Active documents are a technology in knowledge management that allows users to ask questions to documents and enables them to communicate with the content. In combination with other techniques, a knowledge management system can be designed that operates proactively for, and interactively with, the user. In this thesis, the basic active documents concept is extended to work with documents of any...

Multimedia content streaming has become an essential part of digital life. The media-ondemand (e.g., video on demand) service of certain enterprises, such as Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon etc. is changing the equations in which media content were accessed. The days, when one has to buy a bulk of media storage devices, or has to wait for the public broadcasting (e.g., television), to enjoy her prefe...

This article discusses the reception of Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali in Finnish media from 1960 to 1965, during emergence satellite broadcasting networks. The focus is especially on his two matches against Sonny Liston 1964 and which had particular cultural political resonance Finland. Alongside other European sports fans, Finns were able follow bouts via broadcasts, demonstrating not only transna...

Broadcast digitalization with its enormous benefits to the broadcasting industry will improve the quality of content of programs delivered by television stations. Africa has a switchover date of June, 2017. For Nigerians to have access to television broadcast once the switch over is completed, they must purchase high definition television sets or the set-up box. The awareness among urban dwelle...

Digital broadcasting is a novel paradigm for the next generation broadcasting. Its goal is to provide not only better quality of pictures but also a variety of services that is impossible in traditional airwaves broadcasting. One of the important factors for this new broadcasting environment is the interoperability among broadcasting applications since the environment is distributed. Therefore ...