Communication technology update

Explores the widest possible range of technologies, from broadcast to telephone, and from wired to wireless. Provides the history of the technology, a description of the technology, the latest developments, and an extensive bibliography. Deals not only with the hardware of the technology but also with the software, the organisational structure, the political and economic influences, and the individual users of the technology. August E Grant is Associate professor and Area Head for the Mass Communication Sequence in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin.

August E. Grant, Ph.D.Robyn R. BoothJennifer H. Meadows, Ph.D.Paul Traudt, Ph.D.Ted Carlin, Ph.D.Donald R. Martin, Ph.D.Peter B. Seel, Ph.D. and Michel Dupagne, Ph.D.David Sedman, Ph.D.Tina M. HudsonJoan van Tassel, Ph.D.Philip J. Auter, Ph.D.Gayle McCarthy, M.A.Mark J. Banks, Ph.D. and Robert E. Fidoten, Ph.D.Edward M. Lenert, Ph.D. and Costin JordacheFrank Biocca, Ph.D.Bruce Klopfenstein, Ph.D.John Roussell, Ph.D.David Atkin, Ph.D.Lon BerquistCarolyn A. Lin, Ph.D.John F. Long, Ph.D.Donald R. Martin, Ph.D.Michael D. MilnesPhilip J. Auter, Ph.D.Kyle NicholasDan Brown, Ph.D.August E. Grant, Ph.D.

Preface	p. vii
Section I Introduction	p. 1
Chapter 1 The Umbrella Perspective on Communication Technology	p. 1
Section II Electronic Mass Media	p. 7
Chapter 2 Cable Television	p. 9
Chapter 3 Pay Television Services	p. 21
Chapter 4 Interactive Television	p. 31
Chapter 5 Direct Broadcast Satellites	p. 38
Chapter 6 Wireless Multipoint Distribution Services: MMDS and LMDS	p. 57
Chapter 7 Advanced Television	p. 64
Chapter 8 Radio Broadcasting	p. 79
Section III Computers and Consumer Electronics	p. 87
Chapter 9 Multimedia Computers and Video Games	p. 89
Computers in Media: Media Asset Management	p. 106
Chapter 10 The Internet and the World Wide Web	p. 109
Chapter 11 Electronic Mail	p. 124
Chapter 12 Office Technologies	p. 131
Chapter 13 Document Printing Technologies	p. 142
Chapter 14 Virtual and Augmented Reality	p. 151
Chapter 15 The Digital Revolution in Home Video	p. 174
Chapter 16 Digital Audio	p. 190
Section IV Telephony and Satellite Technologies	p. 197
Chapter 17 Local and Long Distance Telephony	p. 200
Chapter 18 Broadband Networks	p. 213
Chapter 19 Satellite Communications	p. 223
Chapter 20 Distance Learning Technologies	p. 234
Chapter 21 Cable Distributed Telephony and Data Services	p. 242
Chapter 22 Wireless Telephony: Cellular, PCS, and MSS	p. 248
Chapter 23 Personal Communication: Pagers, Palmtops and PDAs	p. 263
Chapter 24 Teleconferencing	p. 269
Section V Conclusions	p. 277
Chapter 25 Trends in Selected U.S. Communications Media	p. 279
Chapter 26 Conclusions	p. 306
Glossary	p. 311

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