This volume provides an introduction to current research on the relation between brain development and the development of cognitive, linguistic, motor, and emotional behavior. At least two audiences will benefit from this book: psychologists interested in brain development, and neuroscientists interested in behavioral development. Although each chapter is content-oriented, the volume as a whole provides a well integrated summary of the latest findings from developmental behavioral neuroscience.
This volume provides an introduction to current research on the relation between brain development and the development of cognitive, linguistic, motor...
Intrapersonal communication is a relatively new phenomenon for communication study and still lacks the grounding of a sound theoretical base. The first to present a developed theory of this discipline, this book's goal is to provide graduate students and professionals with an organized point of departure for their research. The theoretical section begins with an intrapersonal communication theory derived from the sociogenetic views of George Herbert Mead and L.S. Vygotsky. This theory emphasizes social interaction, the developmental nature of mind, and the crucial role of speech in...
Intrapersonal communication is a relatively new phenomenon for communication study and still lacks the grounding of a sound theoretical base. The firs...
The aesthetic principles of television images presented are drawn from converging research in academic disciplines such as psychology, neurophysiology, and the fine arts. This study seeks to construct and strengthen the foundations of the theory of television aesthetics.
The aesthetic principles of television images presented are drawn from converging research in academic disciplines such as psychology, neurophysiology...
The combination of international privatization trends coupled with advancements in computer and communication technology have transformed the conduct of international business. The result has been a consolidation of players in all aspects of business, including banking, aviation, insurance, and mass media. This book discusses one such player -- the Transnational Media Corporation (TNMC). Long remembered as a time of rapid growth and expansion for international business, the decades of the '80s and '90s were a period characterized by major mergers and acquisitions. Good examples of this...
The combination of international privatization trends coupled with advancements in computer and communication technology have transformed the conduct ...
This volume explains the general theoretical principles for effective document design. It uses the Gestalt theory to provide principles for predicting continuity across the entire range of discourse elements, and to outline the relationship between cohesion and coherence.
This volume explains the general theoretical principles for effective document design. It uses the Gestalt theory to provide principles for predicting...
Proposing a new paradigm for Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), this ground-breaking book presents a research agenda for developing and testing that paradigm. It constitutes the first attempt to outline a comprehensive model of collaboration that integrates the cognitive/conceptual and social dynamics of groups. The challenge faced by all groups engaged in intellectual work is, on the one hand, to divide the task so that efforts of individual members may proceed in parallel and, on the other hand, to synthesize their separate contributions to form a coherent whole....
Proposing a new paradigm for Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), this ground-breaking book presents a research agenda for developing and testi...
This volume presents the work of researchers dealing with current issues in training and training effectiveness in work organizations. Each chapter provides an integrative summary of a research area with the goal of developing a specific research agenda that will not only stimulate thinking in the training field but also direct future research. By concentrating on new ideas and critical methodological and measurement issues rather than summarizing existing literature, the volume offers suggestions for advancing the effectiveness of the training field.
This volume presents the work of researchers dealing with current issues in training and training effectiveness in work organizations. Each chapter pr...
The Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Programme is a cooperative effort by government, private industry and academia to apply advanced technology to resolving the problems of surface transportation. The objective is to improve travel efficiency and mobility, enhance safety, conserve energy, provide economic benefits and protect the environment. The current demand for mobility has exceeded the available capacity of the roadway system. Because the highway system cannot be expanded, except in minor ways, the available capacity must be used more efficiently to handle the increased demand....
The Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Programme is a cooperative effort by government, private industry and academia to apply advanced technolog...
This volume documents the role public relations practitioners play in America's economic, social, and political affairs. It tells how Roosevelt's Square Deal reforms brought the first publicity agencies to the nation's capital.
This volume documents the role public relations practitioners play in America's economic, social, and political affairs. It tells how Roosevelt's Squa...
This important volume presents the pros and cons of a national service that will meet the information needs and wants of all people. In the preface, Everette E. Dennis, Executive Director of The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center, asks, "What will a true information highway -- where most citizens enjoy a wide range of information services on demand -- do to local communities, government, and business entities, other units of society and democracy itself?" It is no longer a question of whether a vastly expanded "information highway" will be built in America. Telephone and cable companies...
This important volume presents the pros and cons of a national service that will meet the information needs and wants of all people. In the preface, E...