The primary goal of the "Communication and Technology” volume (5th within the series "Handbook of Communication Science”) is to provide the reader with a comprehensive compilation of key scholarly literature, identifying theoretical issues, emerging concepts, current research, specialized methods, and directions for future investigations.
The internet and web has become the backbone on which many new communication technologies are anchored. Older communication media have transformed through digitization to be compatible with the net. Accordingly, this volume focuses considerable attention on internet/web technologies. These encompass various infrastructure technologies ranging from different kinds of hard-wired elements to a range of wireless technologies such as WiFi, mobile telephony, and satellite technologies. Audio/visual information is displayed on one of the three main screens: large-format motion pictures, medium-sized television and video formats, and the small-screen mobile smartphone. There are audio-only media such as radio, music, and voice telephony; text media include such venues as online newspapers, blogs, discussion forums, and mobile texting; highly multi-media technologies include games, virtual reality...
The internet and web has become the backbone on which many new communication technologies are anchored. Older communication media have transformed through digitization to be compatible with the net. Accordingly, this volume focuses considerable attention on internet/web technologies. These encompass various infrastructure technologies ranging from different kinds of hard-wired elements to a range of wireless technologies such as WiFi, mobile telephony, and satellite technologies. Audio/visual information is displayed on one of the three main screens: large-format motion pictures, medium-sized television and video formats, and the small-screen mobile smartphone. There are audio-only media such as radio, music, and voice telephony; text media include such venues as online newspapers, blogs, discussion forums, and mobile texting; highly multi-media technologies include games, virtual reality...