Communication Technology and Society : Audience Adoption and Uses

by Lin, Carolyn A.; Atkin, David J.

• ISBN13: 9781572733626
• ISBN10: 1572733624
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Hampton Pr

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
About the Authors	xiii
INTRODUCTION
Communicating in the Information Age	3	(20)
Carolyn A. Lin
Convergence Across Media	23	(20)
David J. Atkin
The Information Society in the New Millennium: Captain's Log, 2001	43	(22)
Everett M. Rogers
The Difficult World of Predicting Telecommunication Innovations: Factors Affecting Adoption	65	(26)
Joey Reagan
TECHNOLOGY AND INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
Not Your Plain Old Telephone: New Services and New Impacts	91	(34)
Benjamin J. Bates
Kendra Albright
Kadesha D. Washington
Adoption of Audio Information Services in the United States: A Bridge Innovation	125	(28)
Kimberly A. Neuendorf
David Atkin
Leo W. Jeffres
Attraction to Computer-Mediated Social Support	153	(38)
Joseph B. Walther
Shawn Boyd
TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
Adoption, Diffusion, and Use of New Media	191	(38)
Ronald E. Rice
Jane Webster
Organizations and External Telecommunications Networks: The Adoption of Wide Area Networks and Their Impact on Organizational Structure and Strategy	229	(26)
Charles Steinfield
Electronic Commerce: Going Shopping with QVC and AOL	255	(24)
August E. Grant
Jennifer H. Meadows
TECHNOLOGY AND MASS COMMUNICATION
Adoption of High-Definition Television in the United States: An Edsel in the Making?	279	(28)
Michel Dupagne
International Satellite Television Networks: Gazing at the Global Village or Looking for ``Home'' Video?	307	(22)
Joseph D. Straubhaar
Elizabeth Burch
Luiz Guilherme Duarte
Patrice Sheffer
The Videocassette Recorder in the Home Media Environment	329	(24)
Alan M. Rubin
Keren Eyal
TECHNOLOGY AND INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATION
The Internet and Web as Communication Media	353	(26)
Bruce Klopfenstein
Uses and Gratifications of the Internet	379	(30)
Tamar Charney
Bradley S. Greenberg
Plugging Your Body Into the Telecommunication System: Mediated Embodiment, Media Interfaces, and Social Virtual Environments	409	(38)
Frank Biocca
Kristine Nowak
A Paradigm for Communication and Information Technology Adoption Research	447	(30)
Carolyn A. Lin
Author Index	477	(18)
Subject Index	495