The Internet and social media have entirely changed the traditional paradigm of communication. Instantaneous knowledge sharing is just one of the benefits of these new forms of communication, which are already an integral part of our everyday life. Many young dermatologists start their day by catching up with the latest news on Twitter and use their Facebook pages to share items that catch thei...

In this paper we present a longitudinal study of an online media space addressing the question of how availability is managed in an interaction-intensive organization. We relied on three different data collection techniques and analysed our data in relation to three different work modes. During this study we participated in an online media space, for approximately six months making spot checks ...

This paper uses Gallup poll data to assess two narratives that have crystallized around the 2011 Egyptian uprising: (1) New electronic communications media constituted an important and independent cause of the protests in so far as they enhanced the capacity of demonstrators to extend protest networks, express outrage, organize events, and warn comrades of real-time threats. (2) Net of other fa...

Recent revisions of media regulation and legislation have emphasized diversity and pluralism as key objectives. Both the Federal Communication Commission’s rewriting of broadcasting ownership rules in 2003 and the United Kingdom government’s 2003 Communications Act insist that the public interest is best met through providing a dynamic, market-led approach to communications regulation. This art...

A framework towards a theory of media fitness was proposed to help a teleworking group to select appropriate communication media. The degree of fitness of media for a communication task was calculated by considering 9 factors from both media and user aspects. Four environmental limitations were also introduced to decide the fittest medium. Three cases from Japanese companies were used to test t...

We prove that, under certain conditions, the capacity of an optical communication channel with in-line, nonlinear filtering (regeneration) elements can be higher than the Shannon capacity for the corresponding linear Gaussian white noise channel.

“Educational media alone do not influence the achievement of students. Researchers who have attempted to demonstrate the superior influence of educational technologies on achievement have been unsuccessful. On the other hand, researchers who have attempted to identify the appropriate techniques of message organization and the correct process of instructional delivery with technology have been m...

This paper presents the findings from a study investigating current practice in course design at the UHI Millennium Institute in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. The issues considered include choice of communications media, limitations in use, and course design approaches. The paper concludes that a model utilising five dimensions of flexibility is a good conceptual base for the analysis ...