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Neuroscience for Content Innovation on European Public Service Broadcasters
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Crespo-Pereira, Verónica; Martínez-Fernández, Valentín-Alejandro; Campos-Freire, Francisco – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2017
The new media landscape is characterized by the fragmentation and disaffection of the audience towards traditional television. Such a context requires innovative strategies to meet the needs of the public and connect with it. This article analyses the ability of Neuroscience to optimize the production of content adapted to audiences. For this…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Public Television, Programming (Broadcast), Foreign Countries
Application Programming Interface Documentation: What Do Software Developers Want?
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Meng, Michael; Steinhardt, Stephanie; Schubert, Andreas – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2018
The success of an application programming interface (API) crucially depends on how well its documentation meets the information needs of software developers. Previous research suggests that these information needs have not been sufficiently understood. This article presents the results of a series of semistructured interviews and a follow-up…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Interfaces, Documentation, Computer Software
Creating an iPhone Application for Collecting Continuous ABC Data
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Whiting, Seth W.; Dixon, Mark R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
This paper provides an overview and task analysis for creating a continuous ABC data- collection application using Xcode on a Mac computer. Behavior analysts can program an ABC data collection system, complete with a customized list of target clients, antecedents, behaviors, and consequences to be recorded, and have the data automatically sent to…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Data Collection, Electronic Mail, Programming
Weighing in on NBC's "The Biggest Loser": Governmentality and Self-Concept on the Scale
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Readdy, Tucker; Ebbeck, Vicki – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2012
Previous analyses (i.e., Bernstein & St. John, 2006; Sender & Sullivan, 2008) of the television show "The Biggest Loser" have detailed its negative presentation of the obese body, potential consequences for viewers, and its role as a technology of governmentality. However, there has been little exploration of how audience members…
Descriptors: Television, Programming (Broadcast), Audience Response, Audience Analysis
"Mediamix": A Maltese Experience of Educational Media.
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Mifsud, Joseph – Journal of Educational Television, 1994
Examines the role of television in media education and investigates methodological and organizational principles adduced for the study of media during Mediamix, a weekly television program for 10- to 14-year olds shown on TV Malta. Results of an evaluation of the series, including surveys of viewers and teachers, are reported. (Contains 23…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advertising, Audience Analysis, Childrens Television
Creating a Very Large E-Learning Library within a Very Short Timeframe.
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Edgar, Robert – Performance Improvement, 2001
Provides guidelines to instructional designers and multimedia developers for converting traditional instruction to electronic learning, specifically a Web-based format. Discusses initial planning; screen styles; user navigation requirements; appropriate links; target audience description; organization of course content; user interface designs;…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Audience Analysis, Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Interfaces