Table of Content
I Fundamentals 1. The Communication Technology Ecosystem, August E. Grant, Ph.D. 2. A History of Communication Technology, Yicheng Zhu, M.A. & Dan Brown, Ph.D. 3. Understanding Communication Technologies, Jennifer H. Meadows, Ph.D. 4. The Structure of the Communication Industries, August E. Grant, Ph.D. 5. Communication Policy & Technology, Lon Berquist, M.A. 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. Campbell, Ph.D. & Rick Sparks, Ph.D. 9. Digital Signage, Jennifer H. Meadows, Ph.D. 10. Cinema Technologies, Michael R. Ogden, Ph.D. III Computers & Consumer Electronics 11. Personal Computers, Chris Roberts, Ph.D. 12. Internet of Things (IoT), Jeffrey S. Wilkinson, Ph.D. & Isaac D. Pletcher, M.F.A. 13. Automotive Telematics, Denise Belafonte-Young, M.F.A. 14. E-books, Ashley F. Miller, Ph.D. 15. Video Games, Brant Guillory, M.M.C. 16. Home Video, Steven J. Dick, Ph.D. 17. Digital Imaging & Photography, Michael Scott Sheerin, M.S. 18. eHealth, Heidi D. Campbell, Ph.D. IV Networking Technologies 19. Broadband & Home Networks, John J. Lombardi, Ph.D. 20. Telephony, William R. Davie, Ph.D. 21. The Internet, Stephanie Bor, Ph.D. & Jan Boehmer, Ph.D. 22. Social Networks, Rachel A. Stuart, M.A. 23. Big Data, Tony R. DeMars, Ph.D. V Conclusions 24. Other New Technologies, Jennifer H. Meadows, Ph.D. 25. Your Future & Communication Technologies, August E. Grant, Ph.D. Index