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Speculations on the Impact of Global Electronic Networks on Human Cognition and Human Organization.
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Nilan, Michael S. – Internet Research, 1993
Examines the relationship between a society's communication technology and Marshall McLuhan's concerns for human cognition, and between the technology and the ways that humans organize their societies. It is suggested that appropriate development of global electronic networks could have a positive effect on individual and organizational abilities…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cognitive Processes, Computer Networks, Global Approach
The Role of Feedback in the Assessment of News.
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Newhagen, John E. – Information Processing & Management, 1997
Considers how media audiences and online users differ in their assessment of news. A national survey that studied the perception of interactivity in mass media and computer networks, and its relationship to the assessment of news, indicated that more emphasis on feedback is needed. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Evaluation Research, Evaluative Thinking, Feedback
Illusions and Ambiguities in the Telemedia Environment: An Exploration of the Transformation of Social Roles.
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Davis, Dineh M. – Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 1995
Focuses on the ambiguities in the fluid human-telemedia infrastructure. Suggests the need for new signposts to guide our understanding of this environment and the changes it will bring to social roles. (Author)
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Environment
School Library Supplement. Putting Your Library Automation System to Work [and] Using Videodiscs in Research Projects [and] Library Security: What to Look For [and] Expanding Library/Media Services with Media Retrieval [and] How to Network CD-ROMs (and) The School Library Resource Directory.
Karpisek, Marian; And Others – Media & Methods, 1995
Presents five articles and a company resource directory to help librarians successfully incorporate technology into school libraries. Discusses actual situations, examines student needs, and gives advice to help librarians with library automation systems, videodiscs, library security systems, media retrieval, networking CD-ROMs, and locating…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Security, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education