This paper presents a social simulation in which we add an additional layer of mass media communication to the social network 'bounded confidence' model of Deffuant et al (2000). A population of agents on a lattice with continuous opinions and bounded confidence adjust their opinions on the basis of binary social network interactions between neighbours or communication with a fixed opinion. The...

Ubiquitous media – the digital, multimodal content available to users through ubiquitous computing devices – holds out the promise of contextualising media objects better by making them closer to and integrating them with real-world situations. In this chapter, we present two systems that exemplify the opportunities of ubiquitous media in collocated user interaction. CityWall is a public multit...

In this paper, we propose an effective fusion scheme of audio and visual modals for highlight detection in broadcast soccer videos. The Adaboost learning is adopted to learn some discriminating audio features for some special audio classification. The logo-based replay shot detection is used for mid-level visual semantic analysis. A finite state machine is utilized to integrate the audio and vi...

Open systems are part of a paradigm shift from algorithmic to interactive computation. Multiagent systems in nature that exhibit emergent behavior and stigmergy offer inspiration for research in open systems and enabling technologies for collaboration. This contribution distinguishes two types of interaction, directly via messages, and indirectly via persistent observable state changes. Models ...

Combining multiple classifiers is of particular interest in multimedia applications. Each modality in multimedia data can be analyzed individually, and combining multiple pieces of evidence can usually improve classification accuracy. However, most combination strategies used in previous studies implement some ad hoc designs, and ignore the varying “expertise” of specialized individual modality...

Archaebacterium, Methanosarcina, Methanol, Iron, Mössbauer, Ferredoxin Cells of the archaebacterium Methanosarcina barkeri were grown strictly anaerobic in defined media. 57Fe-Mössbauer Spectroscopy of methanol grown cells oxidized in the presence of air demonstrated only the state of Fe3+ whereas active cells under reducing conditions offered spectra of two additional iron sites in the Fe2+ st...

this study compared the use of interpersonal and mass media channels of communication among rural farmers in kogi state, nigeria. the specific objectives were to describe the socio economic characteristics of the farmers, determine the influence of socioeconomic characteristics on the usage of interpersonal and media channels, ascertain farmers’ level of awareness of interpersonal and media cha...

Employing media richness theory and social information processing theory, a model is developed and tested to understand the impact of communication media and bargainers’ interpersonal history on negotiation processes and outcomes. In a laboratory experiment, common multi-media combinations and the interpersonal histories of subjects were manipulated to examine their effects on task performance ...