Communication Technology Update and Fundamentals

Table of Contents

Preface

Section I Fundamentals

1 The Communication Technology Ecosystem, August E. Grant, Ph.D.

2 A History of Communication Technologies, Yicheng Zhu, Ph.D. & Mengqi Wang, B.A.

3 Understanding Communication Technologies, Jennifer H. Meadows, Ph.D.

4 The Structure of the Communication Industries, August E. Grant, Ph.D.

5 Regulation and Communication Technologies, Eric P. Robinson, J.D., Ph.D.

Section II Electronic Mass Media

6 Digital Television & Video, Peter B. Seel, Ph.D.

7 Multichannel Television Services, Paul Driscoll, Ph.D. & Michel Dupagne, Ph.D.

8 Radio & Digital Audio, Heidi D. Blossom, Ph.D.

9 Digital Signage, Jennifer H. Meadows, Ph.D.

10 Cinema Technologies, Michael R. Ogden, Ph.D.

Section III Computers & Consumer Electronics

11 Computers, Glenda Alvarado, Ph.D.

12 Automotive Telematics, Jeffrey S. Wilkinson, Ph.D. & Angeline J. Taylor, M.S.

13 Virtual and Augmented Reality, Rebecca Ormond, M.F.A.

14 Video Games, Isaac Pletcher, M.F.A.

15 Home Video, Matthew J. Haught, Ph.D.

16 Digital Imaging & Photography, Michael Scott Sheerin, M.S.

17 eHealth, Sharon Baldinelli, M.P.H.

18 Esports, Max Grubb, Ph.D.

19 Ebooks, Steven J. Dick, Ph.D.

Section IV Networking Technologies

20 Telephony, William R. Davie, Ph.D.

21 The Internet, Hsuan Yuan Huang, Ph.D.

22 The Internet of Things, Jeffrey S. Wilkinson, Ph.D.

23 Social Media, Rachel Stuart, Ph.D.

24 Big Data, Tony R. DeMars, Ph.D.

25 Artificial Intelligence, ChingâHua Chuan, Ph.D.

Section V Conclusions

26 Other New Technologies, Jennifer H. Meadows, Ph.D.

27 Your Future & Communication Technologies, August E. Grant, Ph.D.

Index

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