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Meadow, Charles T. – 1970
This book discusses the relatively new development of interactive communication or dialog between men and computers. In this mutual exchange of information between two systems, each enjoys some independence of action, and the demand for improved information systems would be alleviated if effective communication between man and machine were…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computers, Information Processing, Information Systems
Ericson, Richard F. – 1969
Prepared for the International Congress of Cybernetics, Imperial College, University of London, September 4, 1969, this paper is concerned with man in organizations. The major hypothesis explored is that managers of large enterprises--public or private, in any context--have an increasingly urgent socio-humanistic responsibility to create…
Descriptors: Cybernetics, Humanism, Interaction, Man Machine Systems
Hardin, Steve – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Presents Dr. Ben Shneiderman and Dr. James Hendler debate on what the future Web should look like; how do we get there; to what extent should the Web mimic human behavior; during the closing session of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) Annual Meeting, (Washington, DC, November 3-8, 2001). (JMK)
Descriptors: Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Interaction, Man Machine Systems
Stetten, Kenneth J.; Volk, John L. – 1973
This first of a four-volume series of reports summarizes the results of the MITRE Corporation's five years of technical, economic, and operational studies of interactive television. First reviewed are some major accomplishments such as: 1) the development of a new cable television (CATV) system configuration 2) the application for social services…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Computer Assisted Instruction, Economic Factors, Educational Television
Niemi, John A. – 1975
Thinking of technology and media in relation to a concept of lifelong learning requires a shift in perceptions of learning systems in the direction of increased innovation. Two limitations in current definitions of technology and media which must be overcome in future definitions are: (1) seeing them as contemporary phenomena which sprang from…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Communications, Educational Technology
Chapanis, Alphonse – 1978
The techniques, procedures, and principal findings of 15 different experiments in a research program on interactive communication are summarized in this paper. Among the principal findings reported are that: problems are solved faster in communication modes that have a voice channel than in those that do not have a voice channel, modes of…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis