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This edited collection examines different facets of organizational communication in the context of current technological developments and disruptions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. AI is making inroads in organizational communication practice, influencing how organizations communicate and interact with their environments. It drives, augments and supplements organizational communication. Chatbots, for example, are becoming increasingly relied upon by organizations, using them to manage basic communication tasks that used to belong solidly to the realm of human. Similarly, developments such as ChatGPT have attracted scholarly attention due to their perceived implications on various aspects of communication. All of this has a profound effect on human interactions and relationships in organizational settings. Filling a gap in scholarship around organizational communication in light of ongoing digital transformation processes and COVID-19 induced transformations, chapters provide an up-to-date account of how new communication technologies, especially AI, are transforming organizational communication. The contributions reflect upon the most current theory and practice in the field in the post-COVID era. Combining theory, applied scholarship and fresh case studies, this is a valuable resource that reflects on the new realities of today's organizational environment.

This book argues for a view of study abroad as emergent of, and negotiated through, tensions between localised and globalised imaginaries of language, identity and place. By examining the experiences of a group of Japanese high school students during, and after, a year embedded in families and schools abroad in countries across Europe, Asia and North and South America, it provides the first in-depth exploration of the role of mobile communications technology in study abroad. This includes its facilitation of strategic language learning, host community participation and the construction of multilingual identities. The student accounts covered in this book explore a number of other critical issues in contemporary study abroad, including translanguaging practices, racialised identities, the role of the host family and the status of English as a lingua franca in multilingual environments. The results demonstrate the importance of understanding study abroad and related language learning as intersecting with global flows of people and information.

This book presents the latest research roadmaps and achievements from the European ecosystem (industry, research, and academia) driving the development of future wireless, wired, optical and satcom applications utilising the mm-wave and sub-THz bands. It covers the entire value chain, including technologies, devices, characterisation, architectures, circuits, 3D heterogeneous integration and packaging.As the interconnectedness of our world continues to expand, the importance of global innovation in communication systems and technologies grows significantly. The increasing reliance on digital communication necessitates systems that can manage higher data traffic, provide faster and more reliable connectivity, and sustainably support a diverse range of applications. Achieving these goals requires a shift towards higher frequency bands (mm-wave and sub-THz) and the adoption of disruptive technologies. Heterogeneous integration of (Bi)CMOS, SOI, and III/V components such as GaN or InP, along with advanced packaging techniques, is essential to realise ubiquitous, ultra-high bandwidth, and low latency networks. To ensure that future communication systems are not only technologically advanced but also sustainable and responsible, it is crucial to minimize their environmental impact by considering the materials used, manufacturing processes, operational efficiency, and recyclability.The book captures the synergetic interactions between European Chips JU projects SHIFT and Move2THz, the European 3D heterogenous integration and packaging community and the MTT-TC9 society. These interactions were forged during the International Workshop on'Key Enabling Technologies for Future Wireless, Wired, Optical and Satcom Applications'at the European Microwave Week in Paris, France, on 22 September, 2024.Whether you are a professional in the field or simply interested in the future of communication technologies, this book offers invaluable insights into the technological breakthroughs shaping our digital future.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 license.

This book covers the active devices, circuits and systems including antennas used in the electromagnetic spectrum for wireless technology in the GHz to THz frequency range. It also includes the whole domain of digital communication techniques and its use in modern electronic communication including those in 5G and the forthcoming 6G mobile communication. The presentation of the book is in a concise yet complete way and stresses the physical and technical aspects with application view-points but using minimum possible mathematics.The book: Discusses the intricate differences and evolution of GHz (i.e. microwaves) to THz devices and circuits including antennas, useful for wireless technology in this higher frequency domain of electromagnetic spectrum, comparing those with their counter parts at lower RF frequency of KHz to MHz. Briefly discusses various wireless systems in the GHz frequency range—both analogue and digital; like RDAR and radio-aids to navigation, satellite communication, mobile communication, GPS and so forth. Highlights the need and usefulness of digital communication and covers various digital modulation techniques like PCM, ASK, FSK, PSK, QAM and also various analogue and digital multiplexing techniques like FDM, TDM, CDM, OFDM, and NOMA useful for modern digital communication. Discusses the new and emerging technology of wireless technology at THz frequency covering signal generation, waveguide and quasi-optic components including sensors and detectors, antennas, channel modelling, T-ray imaging and so forth. Covers the applications of THz for various emerging new applications like concealed weapon detection (CWD), standoff detection of explosives and abusive drugs, medical application of THz including the use of THz in forthcoming 6G mobile communication etc. This overall scenario of developments of wireless technology from GHz to THz frequency domain is expected to attract the interest of students, research scholars, professionals, and even the general readers alike with a new vision to have a quick yet in-depth glimpse of the progress of wireless technology in the modern times. It is primarily written for senior undergraduate students, post-graduate students, and academic researchers in the fields of electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, wireless communication, telecommunication, and computer engineering.

Der Band befasst sich mit Zusammenhängen von Sprache, Interkulturalität und Digitalität. Die neun Kapitel untersuchen, wie sich Interkulturalität in verschiedenen Settings digitaler Kommunikation – von YouTube über Tripadvisor bis Twitter – manifestiert und wie sie mit kommunikativen Strategien und komplexen Identitätsdarstellungen verwoben wird.The contributions to this volume address the blending of language, interculturality and digitality. The nine chapters investigate how (inter)culturality is manifested in various settings of digital communication – from YouTube to Tripadvisor and Twitter – and how it becomes intertwined with sets of communicative strategies and complex displays of identity..

The effectiveness of federated learning in high‑performance information systems and informatics‑based solutions for addressing current information support requirements is demonstrated in this book. To address heterogeneity challenges in Internet of Things (IoT) contexts, Federated Learning for Smart Communication using IoT Application analyses the development of personalized federated learning algorithms capable of mitigating the detrimental consequences of heterogeneity in several dimensions. It includes case studies of IoT‑based human activity recognition to show the efficacy of personalized federated learning for intelligent IoT applications.Features: Demonstrates how federated learning offers a novel approach to building personalized models from data without invading users'privacy Describes how federated learning may assist in understanding and learning from user behavior in IoT applications while safeguarding user privacy Presents a detailed analysis of current research on federated learning, providing the reader with a broad understanding of the area Analyses the need for a personalized federated learning framework in cloud‑edge and wireless‑edge architecture for intelligent IoT applications Comprises real‑life case illustrations and examples to help consolidate understanding of topics presented in each chapter This book is recommended for anyone interested in federated learning‑based intelligent algorithms for smart communications.

Have you ever considered how mobile media change what we see, hear and pay attention to, or how they alter our movement through the city? Over the last decade, mobile media and communication technologies have become deeply integral to our perception and bodily experience of the world. In Bodies and Mobile Media, Ingrid Richardson and Rowan Wilken explore mobile media as a lens through which to understand how embodiment both shapes, and is shaped by, media experience. It offers a unique approach by focusing on specific sensory affordances and body parts – including the eyes, ears, face, hands and feet – to consider the uneven ratios of sensory perception at work in our engagement with mobile devices. Each chapter provides rich and accessible narratives of mobile media practices interwoven with current scholarship in media studies and phenomenology, with a concluding chapter that reflects on mobile media use as a synesthetic experience. By interpreting theoretical insights about the relationship between the body and technology, the book serves as an important work of knowledge translation. This work is crucial, the authors argue, if we are to critically understand how our perception and experience of the world are mediated by technology. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in media, communication and cultural studies.

OKAY erfreut sich ungebrochener Beliebtheit. In der Mündlichkeit wurde es bereits in den 1960er-Jahren erforscht. In der schriftlichen Online-Kommunikation begegnet uns OKAY in zahlreichen Kommunikationskontexten. Um aktiv an solchen Kontexten teilnehmen zu können, folgen Internetnutzer•innen den erforderlichen Praktiken der Netzkommunikation. Dieses Open Access Buch setzt an diesen Aspekten an: Neben der Herausstellung allgemeiner Verwendungsweisen von OKAY in digitalen Kontexten, galt es, die Forschungslücke zu schriftlichem OKAY aus interaktionsorientierter Perspektive zu schließen. Dafür wurden Artikeldiskussionsbeiträge der deutschen, englischen und französischen Wikipedia-Sprachversionen sprachkontrastiv analysiert. Die Ergebnisse verdeutlichen, dass es Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen mündlichen und schriftlichen OKAYs sowie in Bezug auf sprachkontrastive OKAY-Gebrauchsweisen in den jeweiligen Wikipedia-Communities gibt. OKAY wird in der Schriftlichkeit, neben den Funktionsweisen, die es auch im Mündlichen aufweist, in teilweise aufwendige Einschub- und Erweiterungsmuster eingebunden, die so für OKAY in den mündlichen Daten nicht festgestellt werden konnten.

Global politics has been completely transformed by the rise of digitalisation and the politicised use of everyday digital communication tools by ordinary people in citizen engagement and mass protest. And yet, digital politics as a field is rarely explored holistically and interdisciplinary beyond a narrow focus on digital activism, digital warfare or Internet governance. Digital Politics, Digital Histories, Digital Futures addresses this gap. Bringing together contributions from junior and experienced scholars, the book examines digital politics theoretically, methodologically, and ethically, offering interdisciplinary perspectives and innovative pedagogies. The first part of the book presents research chapters that look at misinformation and reactionary online activism, digital imperialism and capitalism, future internet governance, digital memory, digital waste, and environmental imagination. The second part showcases several creative and experimental tools for studying digital politics historically, and for analysing and creating future imaginaries of digital politics. By sharing these tools and reflecting on the process of their creation, the book aims to simultaneously push the boundaries of, and inspire new teaching and research in, the field of digital politics.

Wie steht es um den Staat im »digitalen Zeitalter«? Der Wandel des Staates in der Leistungsdimension und der Staatlichkeit in der Steuerungsdimension ist eher die Regel als eine Ausnahme. Für die 1990er-Jahre wurde er mit dem Modellwechsel vom »intervenierenden Leistungsstaat« zum »kooperativen Gewährleistungsstaat« als Transformation beschrieben. Im Angesicht der »Digitalisierung« und weiterer Megatrends zeigen sich die nächsten tiefgreifenden Wandlungsprozesse. Samuel Greef beleuchtet den neuen Mix aus Steuerungsformen und -instrumenten sowie eine hybridere Leistungserbringung, welche die Gestalt des Staates in unterschiedlichen Politikfeldern prägen. Sein Fazit: Deutschland befindet sich heute auf dem Weg zum »kontingenten Patchworkstaat«.

This comprehensive Handbook offers an extensive overview of current knowledge of corporate communication from a digital perspective. It provides a state-of-the-art view of the ubiquitous impact, both positive and negative, of digital technologies and digitalisation processes on corporate communication.Bringing together insights from leading thinkers in the field of digital corporate communication (DCC), the book explores how digitalisation is transforming organisations and corporate communication. Chapters examine new, emerging and progressive topics and future trends in DCC, including digital hijacking, disinformation and the role of artificial intelligence. Collectively, they present over 30 case studies from around the world to help relate theory to practice. Analysing the changing practices and functions of digitalisation, the Handbook illuminates how organisations are striving to be continuously available 24/7 while embracing the new demands of digital stakeholders.Addressing future challenges facing increasingly digital organisations, this Handbook will be a valuable resource for scholars and students interested in strategic management, branding, marketing and organisational behaviour. Its overview of CommTech development will also be beneficial for communication practitioners and organisational leaders seeking to navigate the expectations of digitally-active stakeholders.

Das Internet in seiner Allgegenwart hat unsere Art und Weise, wie wir interagieren, verändert. So laden Computer, Tablet und Smartphone kreativ dazu ein, Texte mit Bildern, Videos und Memes zu ergänzen. Hybride Kommunikationsstrategien sind an der Tagesordnung: Um unmittelbar, authentisch und eindeutig zu kommunizieren, bereichern die Nutzer der digitalen Welt geschriebene und gesprochene Texte um weitere Elemente zu multimodalen und multimedialen Formen. Die so erschaffenen neuen Ebenen von Referenzialität, Intertextualität und Transmedialität verlangen nach adäquaten Kriterien für die Analyse der Beziehung von Text und Bild. Silvia Verdiani liefert genau das. An repräsentativen Beispielen aus dem politischen Online-Diskurs von NGOs untersucht sie die syntaktisch-funktionalen Implikationen der Verwendung hybrider Kommunikation. Sie zeigt zudem, wie genau die semantische Kombination von verbaler und ikonischer Sprache wirkt, um den gewünschten Effekt zu erzielen.

This collection of essays explores the present and future of digital communication through a range of interdisciplinary approaches, all of which focus on the so-called metaverse. The metaverse is a combination of multiple elements of technology – including virtual reality, augmented reality, and video – where users'live'within a digital universe. The vision for this new universe is that its users can work, play, and stay connected with friends through everything. Such a vision is hinted at in existing phenomena such as online game universes.

This comprehensive text explores the relationship between identity, subjectivity and digital communication, providing a strong starting point for understanding how fast-changing communication technologies, platforms, applications and practices have an impact on how we perceive ourselves, others, relationships and bodies. Drawing on critical studies of identity, behaviour and representation, Identity and Digital Communication demonstrates how identity is shaped and understood in the context of significant and ongoing shifts in online communication. Chapters cover a range of topics including advances in social networking, the development of deepfake videos, intimacies of everyday communication, the emergence of cultures based on algorithms, the authenticities of TikTok and online communication's setting as a site for hostility and hate speech. Throughout the text, author Rob Cover shows how the formation and curation of self-identity is increasingly performed and engaged with through digital cultural practices, affirming that these practices must be understood if we are to make sense of identity in the 2020s and beyond. Featuring critical accounts, everyday examples and analysis of key platforms such as TikTok, this textbook is an essential primer for scholars and students in media studies, psychology, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, computer science, as well as health practitioners, mental health advocates and community members.

This edited book gives an updated overview of methods of analysis of academic and non-academic genres in a digital era. The advent of digital and social media has deeply transformed academic and non-academic communication practices in the past two decades. The linguistic landscape is now a multilayered one; multicultural issues and cross-linguistic aspects are addressed in a way to understand how linguistically and culturally diverse identities try to find pathways. The communicative immediacy of digital media and the spectrum of genres/hybridized forms now available has inevitably influenced the way we communicate and the way we create meaning-making in a multimodal environment. The book contains nine chapters divided into two main sections corresponding to academic and non-academic texts where written, spoken and digital genres are examined from different perspectives. Cross-linguistic studies, multilingual approaches or disciplinary variations are analyzed in detail. This book provides and up-to-date and innovative view of Metadiscourse research and develops new research methodologies, drawing on visual research methods and combinations of qualitative and quantitative approaches from fields including Discourse Analysis, Corpus Linguistics, and Genre Analysis.

This collection calls for greater attention to the need for a clearer understanding of the role of discourse in the process of placemaking in the digital age and the increasing hybridisation of physical and virtual worlds.The volume outlines a new conceptualisation of place in the time of smartphones, whose technological and social affordances evoke placemaking as a collaborative endeavour which allows users to create and maintain a sense of community around place as shareable or collective experience. Taken together, the chapters argue for a greater emphasis on the ways in which users employ discourse to manage this physical-virtual interface in digital interactions and in turn, produce “remixed” cultural practices that draw on diverse digital semiotic resources and reflect their everyday experiences of place and location. The book explores a wide range of topics and contexts which embody these dynamics, including livestreaming platforms, mourning in the digital age, e-service encounters, and Internet forums. While the overlay of physical and virtual information on location-based media is not a new phenomenon, this volume argues that, in the face of its increasing pervasiveness, we can better understand its unfolding and future directions for research by accounting for the significance of place in today's interactions.This book will be of interest to students and scholars in discourse analysis, digital communication, pragmatics, and media studies.

In der digitalen Gegenwart mit ihren sozialen Medien, der Verbreitung von mobilen Endgeräten und der ständigen Verfügbarkeit des Internets ist Kommunikation allgegenwärtig. Doch während Plattformen und Algorithmen zunehmend in der Kritik stehen, wird die befremdliche Allgegenwart der Kommunikation als Segnung des technischen Fortschritts gefeiert. Ein großer Fehler: Denn unter der harmlosen Idee der Kommunikation schlummert eine ganze politische Programmatik. Janosik Herders Analyse dieser Programmatik führt von der Frage, wie der moderne Mensch überhaupt zu einem kommunizierenden Wesen geworden ist, über Kommunikation als Mittel der Herrschaft bis zu den Möglichkeiten des Widerstands heute.

L'ouvrage Réseaux mobiles et satellitaires s'adresse aux ingénieurs et aux techniciens travaillant dans le domaine des télécommunications et plus particulièrement dans le domaine des réseaux de communication cellulaires. L'approche pédagogique de ce livre se base sur l'expérience d'enseignement des auteurs. De nombreux exemples numériques sont résolus de façon analytique permettant ainsi de calculer et de concevoir des transmissions sans fil fixes, mobiles et satellitaires.

Este volumen contiene trabajos aplicados y de análisis reflexivo acerca de la comunicación, la cultura digital y sus entornos más próximos, así como sus usos políticos en la deliberación pública y en los procesos electorales. Se trata de un conjunto de estudios que aplican diversos métodos y puntos de vista que enriquecen los estudios contemporáneos sobre las potencialidades, el impacto, los efectos y la influencia de la digitalización, la virtualización, los medios masivos y las plataformas digitales. La obra reúne trabajos de varios puntos geográficos de Europa y América Latina, que ofrecen un panorama amplio y diverso en iniciativas, proyectos e investigaciones que conectan con desafíos clave en nuestras sociedades.

This book, divided into three parts, describes the detailed concepts of Digital Communication, Security, and Privacy protocols. In Part One, the first chapter provides a deeper perspective on communications, while Chapters 2 and 3 focus on analog and digital communication networks. Part Two then delves into various Digital Communication protocols. Beginning first in Chapter 4 with the major Telephony protocols, Chapter 5 then focuses on important Data Communication protocols, leading onto the discussion of Wireless and Cellular Communication protocols in Chapter 6 and Fiber Optic Data Transmission protocols in Chapter 7. Part Three covers Digital Security and Privacy protocols including Network Security protocols (Chapter 8), Wireless Security protocols (Chapter 9), and Server Level Security systems (Chapter 10), while the final chapter covers various aspects of privacy related to communication protocols and associated issues. This book will offer great benefits to graduate and undergraduate students, researchers, and practitioners. It could be used as a textbook as well as reference material for these topics. All the authors are well-qualified in this domain. The authors have an approved textbook that is used in some US, Saudi, and Bangladeshi universities since Fall 2020 semester – although used in online lectures/classes due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Taking a close look at how digital media can elevate or diminish a leader's influence, this book provides a framework to guide organizational leaders'selection and application of digital tools in communication with stakeholders. Through a media ecology approach, the book begins by exploring the transitions in technology over the course of human history that resulted in today's digital communication environment. It builds on this understanding to examine the value leadership communication provides to engage employees and drive organizational objectives internally, while also highlighting the value of leaders'external stakeholder communication using tools such as social media or websites to elevate credibility. It examines various challenges to give a realistic assessment of how leaders can navigate digital communication successfully to thrive personally and professionally. Finally, the book explores an often-missed dimension of leadership communication: followers. Using the ethicality of leadership and the role of followers, it concludes by examining guiding values for leadership communication in the digital age as well as forecasting future trends that will shape leaders'communication.The book is intended as supplementary reading in organizational, leadership, corporate, and internal communication courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.Online instructor resources for this book include a one-sheet overview of how to use the text in a course as well as sample assignments and discussion questions. Please visit www.routledge.com/ 9780367414993 to access these support materials.

Learn how to implement gRPC on the.NET platform step by step and cover how to use gRPC on.NET, including fundamentals, use cases, and best practicesKey FeaturesExplore all aspects of gRPC implementation on.NET, from the most basic features to advanced onesDiscover best practices for using gRPC to make sure that your applications are as efficient and as scalable as possibleIdentify when gRPC is the best tool for the job and when it isn'tBook DescriptionExplore gRPC's capabilities for faster communication between your microservices using the HTTP/2 protocol in this practical guide that shows you how to implement gRPC on the.NET platform.gRPC is one of the most efficient protocols for communication between microservices that is also relatively easy to implement. However, its official documentation is often fragmented and.NET developers might find it difficult to recognize the best way to map between C# data types and fields in gRPC messages. This book will address these concerns and much more. Starting with the fundamentals of gRPC, you'll discover how to use it inside.NET apps. You'll explore best practices for performance and focus on scaling a gRPC app. Once you're familiar with the inner workings of the different call types that gRPC supports, you'll advance to learning how to secure your gRPC endpoints by applying authentication and authorization.With detailed explanations, this gRPC.NET book will show you how the Protobuf protocol allows you to send messages efficiently by including only the necessary data. You'll never get confused again while translating between C# data types and the ones available in Protobuf.By the end of the book, you'll have gained practical gRPC knowledge and be able to use it in.NET apps to enable direct communication between microservices.What you will learnGet to grips with the fundamentals of gRPC and ProtobufDebug gRPC components inside a.NET application to locate and fix errorsUnderstand gRPC best practices, such as performance enhancementEffectively translate between gRPC and native C# code by applying well-known typesSecure gRPC communication inside a.NET applicationDiscover how to monitor gRPC on.NET by applying logging and metricsWho this book is forThis book is for NET developers who are working with microservices and are looking for efficient solutions to facilitate communication between services using gRPC. Anyone who is familiar with microservices architecture and has knowledge of the fundamentals of.NET Core, but not necessarily of gRPC, will also find this book useful.

The book covers fundamentals and basics of engineering communication theory. It presents right mix of explanation of mathematics (theory) and explanation. The book discusses both analogue communication and digital communication in details. It covers the subject of ‘classical'engineering communication starting from the very basics of the subject to the beginning of more advanced areas. It also covers all the basic mathematics which is required to read the text. It covers a two semester course as an undergraduate text and some topics in master's course as well.

This book aims to cover a new emerging need in designing digital phase shifter for modern communication systems. With the advancement of new generation mobile communication systems, directed beams of antenna arrays save a substantial amount of power as well as improve the communication quality. In this regard, beam-forming circuits, such as digital phase shifters (DPS) constitute essential parts of the antenna array systems. Therefore, this book is devoted to the design of digital phase shifters for various communications systems. Nowadays, phase array systems demand compact phase shifters suitable for chip implementation with wide phase-range and broad frequency band. Each chapter of this book is organized as stand-alone in such a way that the reader requires no specific background acquired from the other chapters. For each phase shifter topology introduced in this book, the reader is furnished with explicit design equations to construct the circuit under consideration. Furthermore, design equations are programmed using MATLAB to assess the electrical performance of the phase shifters with ideal and lossy components. MATLAB design programs are given at the and of each chapter as appendices and provided as soft copy on the web page of the book. In chapters 12 and 14, MMIC layouts for the lattice and T-section based DPS are provided for the readers. It is hoped that an interested reader can immediately identifies the “optimum phase shifter topology” for the need under consideration with its estimated electric performance.

Broaden your developer experience by learning how to use gRPC and ASP.NET Core together on the Microsoft's developer framework,.NET 6 and discover a new way of developing APIs with gRPC. Beginning gRPC with ASP.NET Core 6 is your guide to quickly and efficiently getting down to the business of building gRPC applications in the Microsoft.NET ecosystem. Readers will dive in and build an application using gRPC and the latest technologies such Angular and ASP.NET Core Razor Pages. This book will teach you how to set up an efficient application using industry best practices such as security, monitoring, logging, and more. You will do this by performing Create, Read, Update, and Delete (CRUD) operations on a SQL Server database with Entity Framework Core. From there you will build web applications using Angular and ASP.NET Core Razor pages combined with gRPC APIs. After reading the book, you'll be able to take advantage of the full range of developer opportunities with gRPC, and come away with any understanding of which usage scenarios are best suited for your projects. And you will possess a solid understanding of the best way to build APIs with ASP.NET Core. What You Will Learn Discover the latest.NET 6 framework Benefit from a new way to design APIs Build modern web applications Migrate easily from WCF to gRPC Become comfortable with latest industry programming standards Who This Book Is ForProfessional developers who are interested in getting started with gRPC and want to learn how to use it to build applications in the.NET ecosystem.

'Die Digitalisierung geht nicht mehr weg.'- Ein grundlegendes Verständnis der Prinzipien der Digitalisierung und ihrer wichtigsten Anwendungen ist deshalb die Voraussetzung, um im Beruf und als Privatperson informierte Entscheidungen treffen zu können - ob es nun um Kryptowährungen, New Work oder den Schutz der eigenen Daten in sozialen Medien geht. In diesem Buch wird das Thema Digitalisierung anschaulich und unterhaltsam aufbereitet. Der Fokus liegt auf der fundierten und leicht verdaulichen Vermittlung der Grundlagen, die es Ihnen ermöglicht, nach der Lektüre eigenständig auf dem Laufenden zu bleiben und neue Entwicklungen mit ihren Konsequenzen zu verstehen und einzuordnen.

In this book, a solid and emerging group of international researchers contributes to the theory of metadiscourse and to our understanding of the role metadiscourse and related ‘meta'phenomena may play in digital forms of communication. Providing examples of new research methods and approaches, the authors investigate progressively hybridized academic and non-academic genres that have migrated from analogue to digital format. The book offers valuable insights on how digital communication has changed today's communication environments and provides examples of research methods needed to capture that change. This volume will be appreciated by scholars and graduate students interested in linguistics, corpus linguistics and metadiscourse.

Digital communication is significantly expanding new opportunities and challenges in the tourism industry. Tourists, now more frequently than ever, bring their smartphones with them to every destination, and cultural tourists are particularly motivated to utilize a variety of services and platforms as they are especially open and interested in understanding in detail the places and heritage of the places they visit. Thus, researchers, educators, and professionals in the tourism and hospitality field should take advantage of this opportunity to propose new ways of presenting better content and creating a more immersive and optimized experience for tourists. The Handbook of Research on Digital Communications, Internet of Things, and the Future of Cultural Tourism shares research and experiences on the convergence between digital communication and cultural tourism, specifically the migration and creative appropriation of these technologies for increased tourist engagement and their role in destination marketing and strategic planning and decision making. Covering topics such as big data, e-tourism, and social media platforms, this major reference work is an invaluable resource for researchers, students, professors, academicians, government entities, museum managers, professionals, and cultural tourism managers and facilitators.

An uncoded multimedia transmission (UMT) system is one that skips quantization and entropy coding in compression and all subsequent binary operations, including channel coding and bit-to-symbol mapping of modulation. By directly transmitting non-binary symbols with amplitude modulation, the uncoded system avoids the annoying cliff effect observed in the coded transmission system. This advantage makes uncoded transmission more suited to both unicast in varying channel conditions and multicast to heterogeneous users.Particularly, in the first part of Uncoded Multimedia Transmission, we consider how to improve the efficiency of uncoded transmission and make it on par with coded transmission. We then address issues and challenges regarding how to better utilize temporal and spatial correlation of images and video in the uncoded transmission, to achieve the optimal transmission performance. Next, we investigate the resource allocation problem for uncoded transmission, including subchannel, bandwidth and power allocation. By properly allocating these resources, uncoded transmission can achieve higher efficiency and more robust performance. Subsequently, we consider the image and video delivery in MIMO broadcasting networks with diverse channel quality and varying numbers of antennas across receivers. Finally, we investigate the cases where uncoded transmission can be used in conjunction with digital transmission for a balanced efficiency and adaptation capability.This book is the very first monograph in the general area of uncoded multimedia transmission written in a self-contained format. It addresses both the fundamentals and the applications of uncoded transmission. It gives a systematic introduction to the fundamental theory and concepts in this field, and at the same time, also presents specific applications that reveal the great potential and impacts for the technologies generated from the research in this field. By concentrating several important studies and developments currently taking place in the field of uncoded transmission in a single source, this book can reduce the time and cost required to learn and improve skills and knowledge in the field.The authors have been actively working in this field for years, and this book is the final essence of their years of long research in this field. The book may be used as a collection of research notes for researchers in this field, a reference book for practitioners or engineers, as well as a textbook for a graduate advanced seminar in this field or any related fields. The references collected in this book may be used as further reading lists or references for the readers.

This book provides a comprehensive resource and thorough treatment in the latest development of Digital RF Memory (DRFM) technology and their key role in maintaining dominance over the electromagnetic spectrum. Part I discusses the use of advanced technology to design transceivers for spectrum sensing using unmanned systems to dominate the electromagnetic spectrum. Part II uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to enable modern spectrum sensing and detection signal processing for electronic support and electronic attack. Another key contribution is examination of counter-DRFM techniques. DRFM and transceiver design details and examples are provided along with the MATLAB software allowing the reader to construct their own embedded DRFM transceivers for unmanned systems. It examines the design trade-offs in developing multiple, structured, false target synthesis DRFM architectures and aids in developing counter-DRFM techniques and distinguish false target from real ones. Written by an expert in the field, and including MATLAB™ design software, this is the only comprehensive book written on the subject of DRFM.

This new volume highlights the evolution of digital education related issues by reporting on effective IoT-based technologies for the teaching-learning process. It brings together a selection of leading academic policymakers, researchers, educationalists, and education scholars to share their experiences and research on many aspects of digital pedagogy in the Education of Things. The volume discusses recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as the practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of digital pedagogies and educational design.The chapters cover the concepts of IoT-based digital technologies regarding teacher and teaching education, IoT-based education, flipped learning, assessment process, and more. Key features: Introduces the integration of technology with digital education Explains the functional framework workflow in the Education of Things and networked learning Explores basic and high-level concepts of teaching-learning pedagogy in IoT-based education Covers the major challenges, issues, and advances in flipped and blended learning based on IoT technologies Looks at digital education pedagogy collaborations with organizations outside academia Explores teaching education and the process of assessment, testing, and evaluation Digital Education for the 21st Century: Technologies and Protocols provides a rich resource for academic and administrative policymakers, academicians, researchers, educationalists and experts who are concerned with educational research.

Digital Learning and Collaborative Practices offers a comprehensive overview of design-based, technology-enhanced approaches to teaching and learning in virtual settings. Today's digital communications foster new opportunities for sharing culture and knowledge while also prompting concerns over division, disinformation and surveillance. This book uniquely emphasises playful, collaborative experiences and democratic values in a variety of environments—adaptive, augmented, dialogic, game-based and beyond. Graduate students and researchers of educational technology, the learning sciences and interaction design will discover rich theories, interventions, models and approaches for concretising emerging practices and competencies in digital learning spaces.

How legacy firms can combine their traditional strengths with the power of data and digital ecosystems to forge a new competitive strategy for the digital era.How can legacy firms remain relevant in the digital era? In The Future of Competitive Strategy, strategic management expert Mohan Subramaniam explains how firms can leverage both their traditional strengths and the modern-day power of data and digital ecosystems to forge a new competitive strategy. Drawing on the experiences of a range of companies, including Caterpillar, Sleep Number, and Whirlpool, he explains how firms can benefit from data's enlarged role in modern business, develop digital ecosystems tailored to their unique business needs, and use new frameworks to harness the power of data for competitive advantage. Subramaniam presents digital ecosystems as a combination of production and consumption ecosystems, which can be used by legacy firms to unlock the value of data at various levels—from improving operational efficiencies to creating new data-driven services and transforming traditional products into digital platforms. He explores the ways sensors and the Internet of Things provide new kinds of customer data; presents the concept of digital competitors—other firms that have access to similar data; discusses the new digital capabilities that firms need to develop; and addresses privacy and security issues associated with data sharing. Who needs this book? Any firm that wants to revitalize traditional business models, offer a richer customer experience, and expand its competitive arena into new digital ecosystems.

This book is your guide to understanding what journalism is and could be in an age of digital technology and datafication. Journalism today is entwined with the digital. Stories can come from crowdsourcing and content farms. They can incorporate data visualisations and virtual reality. Journalists can find themselves working as self-employed digital entrepreneurs or for tech giants like Google and Facebook. This book explores the development of journalism in this era of digital tech, and big and open data. It explores the crucial new developments of online journalism, data journalism, computational journalism and entrepreneurial journalism, and what this means for our understanding of journalism as a profession, and as a part of society. Using a wealth of international case studies, Jingrong Tong explores contemporary issues such as: AI, Automated news, ‘robot reporters', and algorithmic accountability. Digital business models, from venture capital to tech start-ups to crowd-funding. Audiences and dissemination in and age of platform capitalism Questions of censorship, democracy and state control. Digital challenges to journalistic autonomy and legitimacy. With clear explanations throughout, Journalism in the Data Age introduces you to a range of ideas, debates and key concepts. It is essential reading for all students of journalism. Dr Jingrong Tong is Senior Lecturer in Digital News Cultures at the University of Sheffield.

La igualdad es uno de los valores más comúnmente afirmados, y a la vez discutidos, de nuestras democracias. Pero, ¿a qué objetivos políticos deberían aspirar quienes defienden la igualdad? ¿Hacia qué metas debería guiarnos el igualitarismo en las sociedades actuales? Los debates sobre qué demandas políticas son más relevantes para la emancipación de los grupos oprimidos han adquirido un protagonismo notable en nuestras sociedades. Debates que, habitualmente, contraponen nociones como clase e identidad, distribución y reconocimiento.En “¿Igualdad para qué? Una propuesta de igualitarismo pluralista para el siglo XXI”, Jesús Mora se adentra en los debates contemporáneos sobre qué objetivos deberían definir al igualitarismo. En muchas ocasiones, esos debates se han construido en torno a la idea de que distribución y reconocimiento son esferas fatuamente excluyentes, y de que esto aboca a los movimientos igualitarias a optar por la una o por la otra en sus reivindicaciones políticas. Sin embargo, esta obra aspira a ofrecer una visión más amplia de ambas con la vista puesta en las posibilidades para su coexistencia. Para ello, el autor analiza algunas de las teorías igualitarias de justicia más relevantes de las últimas décadas. En concreto, Mora estructura su propuesta a partir de los argumentos de tres autores, a caballo entre el liberalismo igualitarias y el marxismo: John Rawls, G.A. Cohen y Elizabeth Anderson. Desde las propuestas de cada uno de estos autores sobre la justicia igualitarias, la obra busca construir una concepción pluralista del igualitarismo que sea capaz de dar cuenta de la importancia de distintos objetivos políticos para quieres afirman estar comprometidos ética y políticamente con la igualdad.

Die Hoffnung, in Zeiten der Digitalisierung könnten gesellschaftliche Ungleichheitsverhältnisse und Ausgrenzungsprozesse abgebaut werden, scheint sich (bisher) nicht einzulösen: Rassistische und antidemokratische Akteur•innen propagieren ihre ideologisch durchformten Weltbilder mittels Videos mehr denn je, sogenannte Social Bots füllen und polarisieren automatisiert die Kommentarspalten in sozialen Netzwerken und Aktivist•innen wie gesellschaftlich benachteiligte Gruppen werden mittels Memes stereotypisiert, verhöhnt und angefeindet. Auf der anderen Seite bieten digitale Medien kreative und innovative Möglichkeiten der Selbstorganisation, Selbstrepräsentation und Partizipation mit dem Ziel auch der visuellen Emanzipation unterschiedlichster Communities und der Begegnung von Hate Speech: Gegenrede digital. Diskutiert werden im Band neben Möglichkeiten und Herausforderungen digitaler Medien für die Artikulation von Gegenrede auch grundlegende Fragen politisch-interkultureller Bildungsarbeit, die sich im Kontext digitaler Gegenrede stellen.

Wie organisiere ich mich und mein Team am sinnvollsten in der modernen Arbeitswelt? Worauf sollte ich bei Videokonferenzen und in der digitalen Kommunikation mit externen Partnern achten? Welche Varianten der gemeinsamen Datenhaltung sind am nützlichsten und sichersten? Diese und weitere Fragen rund um den heutigen Arbeitsalltag in Homeoffice, Remote-Arbeit und New Work beantwortet dieser Ratgeber verlässlich. Checklisten und Übersichtsdarstellungen geben zusammen mit vielen Beispielen Orientierung und helfen dabei, sicher und gekonnt aufzutreten und das Beste aus der digitalen Zusammenarbeit zu holen.

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS PAYLOAD AND SYSTEM A valuable reference on communications satellite systemsThis book presents the state of the art in commercial communications satellite systems, thoroughly and in detail not to be found in any other book. These systems provide the television and some of the telephone and Internet services in use every day. The book focuses on the satellite payload, which consists of antennas, receivers, and transmitters. The book discusses the what, the how, and the why of various choices that have been made in currently operating systems.The book is organized into three parts:In-depth description of various payload units, not requiring specialist knowledge. For each unit and the payload as a whole, the architectures, the theory of operation, analysis, performance, and specifications are presented.End-to-end system context in which the payload operates. Digital communications theory and satellite communications protocols are introduced. The time-varying properties of satellite-to-ground links are explored. Tips on system simulation are given.Current commercial end-to-end satellite communications systems, in their grand variety. Emphasis is placed on the satellite payload and its interactions with the satellite bus, ground stations, and user terminals.The second edition adds the third part of the book. Payload unit descriptions have been updated and enlarged. The communications theory chapter has been upgraded and the protocols chapter added to briefly describe all the elements mentioned in part 3. Non-geostationary satellite considerations have been included throughout the book.If you are a payload systems engineer, this book can serve as a valuable tool for expanding your knowledge base. If you're a graduate student, it will guide your introductory learning. As an industry professional, you can make this book a go-to reference.

Sie wollen oder müssen Zoom zur Kommunikation nutzen? Egal ob privat oder geschäftlich, es gibt viele Funktionen, Einstellungen und Tipps, die Ihnen das Leben leichter machen. Phil Simon erklärt Ihnen in diesem Buch alles, was Sie über Chat, Videokonferenzen und das Einbinden von Apps wissen müssen. Egal ob das Erstellen von Einladungen, das Aufzeichnen von Konferenzen oder die Nutzung von Zoom Phones, alles wird ausführlich und leicht verständlich anhand von Screenshots erklärt. So nutzen Sie Zoom entspannt und effizient.

For those seeking a thorough grounding in modern communication engineering principles delivered with unrivaled clarity using an engineering-first approach Communication Engineering Principles, 2nd Edition provides readers with comprehensive background information and instruction in the rapidly expanding and growing field of communication engineering. This book is well-suited as a textbook in any of the following courses of study: Telecommunication Mobile Communication Satellite Communication Optical Communication Electronics Computer Systems Primarily designed as a textbook for undergraduate programs, Communication Engineering Principles, 2nd Edition can also be highly valuable in a variety of MSc programs. Communication Engineering Principles grounds its readers in the core concepts and theory required for an in-depth understanding of the subject. It also covers many of the modern, practical techniques used in the field. Along with an overview of communication systems, the book covers topics like time and frequency domains analysis of signals and systems, transmission media, noise in communication systems, analogue and digital modulation, pulse shaping and detection, and many others.

Strategic Corporate Communication in the Digital Age explores how contemporary communication approaches are crossing boundaries as innovative media formats and digital transformations offer new challenges and opportunities to academia and practitioners. New technologies have empowered various organisations and their stakeholders. The digital and social media are central to the process of building trust, reputation and support, as online users can use them to scrutinise and influence corporate decisions and actions. This authoritative book features a broad spectrum of theoretical and empirical chapters on topics relating to organisations'interactive engagement with stakeholders during COVID-19. It sheds light on dialogic communications through different digital media, the utilisation of mobile learning technologies for corporate training and development, corporate disclosures of CSR practices, communications of small and medium sized businesses, and provides a taxonomy of online marketing methods, among other topics. This title is a premier reference source and a valuable teaching resource for courses in marketing, communications, strategy and organisational behaviour.

This book contains 24 research papers by 30 expert academicians in communicationscience and new media technologies. Within the scope of their expertise, thecontributors determine situations about today's digital society, analyze researchmethods, and make suggestions and observations about the digital future. Particularattention is given to digital games, artificial intelligence, digital media, digital publicrelations, social media, the effect of the digital on academic production process,journalism and artificial intelligence, post-pandemic cinema education, marketingand digitality, the effect of women on 3D printer technologies, media literacy andfamily, digital citizenship, data mining, preschool and primary school children andtheir relationship with technology, digital footprint, and the relationship of childaudiences with semantic digital technology.

Providing a coherent and multidisciplinary approach to digitalization, this Modern Guide aims to systematize how the digitalization process affects infrastructure-based industries, including telecommunications, transport, energy, water and postal services.This important book reviews the literature on how digital technologies can impact infrastructure design, construction and maintenance costs, with specific references for each industry. Contributors analyse how digitalization is disrupting traditional infrastructure managers in terms of capacity management and traffic flows as well as discussing key topics including data governance, data sharing, digital platforms and sector convergence.With special attention devoted to regulatory and governance challenges, this will be welcomed by researchers of network industries and digitalization. This will also be of special interest to academics and scholars interested in the digitalization process, data governance and infrastructure management.

Learn Zoom in a flash with step-by-step instructions and clear, full-size screenshots For anyone looking for a fast and easy way to learn the most popular videoconferencing software on the market today, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Zoom is your secret weapon. This hands-on guide skips the long-winded explanations and actually shows you how to do what you need to do in Zoom with full-size, color pictures and screenshots. Whether you're a total newbie to Zoom or you just need to brush up on some of the finer points of this practical software, you'll be up and running in no time at all. From joining and hosting Zoom meetings to protecting your privacy and security while you're online, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Zoom hits all the key features that make online meetings a breeze. You'll also learn to: Integrate Zoom with other apps and share screens and PowerPoints with other meeting attendees Schedule, record, and replay your meetings so you never miss out on the important stuff Update your Zoom installation to ensure you're using the latest security patches and upgrades Perfect for anyone expected to use Zoom at school or at work, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Zoom is the most useful and simplest Zoom handbook currently available.

The Best-Selling Introduction to Digital Communications: Thoroughly Revised and Updated for OFDM, MIMO, LTE, and More With remarkable clarity, Drs. Bernard Sklar and fred harris introduce every digital communication technology at the heart of today's wireless and Internet revolutions, with completely new chapters on synchronization, OFDM, and MIMO. Building on the field's classic, best-selling introduction, the authors provide a unified structure and context for helping students and professional engineers understand each technology, without sacrificing mathematical precision. They illuminate the big picture and details of modulation, coding, and signal processing, tracing signals and processing steps from information source through sink. Throughout, readers will find numeric examples, step-by-step implementation guidance, and diagrams that place key concepts in clear context. Understand signals, spectra, modulation, demodulation, detection, communication links, system link budgets, synchronization, fading, and other key concepts Apply channel coding techniques, including advanced turbo coding and LDPC Explore multiplexing, multiple access, and spread spectrum concepts and techniques Learn about source coding: amplitude quantizing, differential PCM, and adaptive prediction Discover the essentials and applications of synchronization, OFDM, and MIMO technology More than ever, this is an ideal resource for practicing electrical engineers and students who want a practical, accessible introduction to modern digital communications. This Third Edition includes online access to additional examples and material on the book's website.

Die Digitalisierung verändert rasant unsere Demokratie und ihre Mechanismen. In der Arena der politischen Meinungs- und Willensbildung ist es komplex und unübersichtlich geworden. Neue Akteursgruppen betreten die Bühne, klassische Medien haben ihre Kontrollfunktion über Debatten in weiten Teilen eingebüßt, Populismus und Fake News bedrohen unsere politische Kultur und Organisationen müssen sich strategisch, strukturell und kommunikativ auf den Umbruch in eine digitale Gesellschaft vorbereiten. Trotzdem ist sich der'Political Native'Juri Schnöller sicher: Die Chance für den Aufbruch in eine bessere Gesellschaft ist so groß wie nie zuvor. Egal ob Politik, Zivilgesellschaft, öffentliche Verwaltung, NGOs oder Wirtschaft – alle ringen um Aufmerksamkeit für ihre Anliegen in dieser digitalen Public Arena und haben die gleichen Fragen: Wie baue ich erfolgreich eine digitale Kommunikationsstrategie? Was brauche ich, um Menschen wirklich für mein Anliegen zu begeistern? Wo erreiche ich meine Zielgruppen und mit welchen Inhalten auf welchen Kanälen kann ich sie ansprechen und involvieren? Wie schaffe ich es nachhaltig, meine Ziele zu verwirklichen und mit meinen Werten einen Beitrag für eine bessere Gesellschaft zu leisten? Das Public Arena Playbook gibt als erstes seiner Art allen Kommunikatoren eine konkrete Navigation an die Hand, um in der öffentlichen Arena im digitalen Zeitalter wertebasiert, wirksam und willensstark zu kommunizieren. Kompakt werden die besten Strategien, Tools und Methoden vorgestellt und von praktischen Beispielen und spannenden Interviews begleitet. Es liefert neben Handlungsanweisungen aber auch ein klares ethisches Wertefundament für eine konstruktive Debatte im digitalen Raum – positiv, integrativ, inklusiv. Denn: Nie war mehr Anfang als jetzt!

La informatización de la educación constitye un recurso moderno que permite obtener respuestas a interrogantes de educadores y alumnos. Poseer habilidades para utilizar los recursos tecnológicos es la principal forma de mejorar la capacidad profesional. La implantación de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) en el ámbito de la educación superior ha permitido a las universidades adaptarse gradualmente a los cambios tecnológicos e incluirlos en sus programas de estudios. El objetivo de este libro es exponer los elementos teóricos relacionados con el conocimiento y la frecuencia de uso de las TIC en la educación superior. Como colofón, se muestran los resultados de dos estudios realizados en la Universidad de Guayaquil. La investigación concluye que son insuficientes las habilidades digitales de los docentes. Se evidencia, además, una correlación significativa entre los niveles de alfabetización en TIC de los profesores, la frecuencia de uso de Internet y la integración de las TIC en la enseñanza.

This book contributes to the scholarly debate on the forms and patterns of interaction and discourse in modern digital communication by probing some of the social functions that online communication has for its users. An array of experts and scholars in the field address a range of forms of social interaction and discourses expressed by users on social networks and in public media. Social functions are reflected through linguistic and discursive practices that are either those of ‘convergence'or ‘controversy'in terms of how the discourse participants handle interpersonal relations or how they construct meanings in discourses. In this sense, the book elaborates on some very central concerns in the area of digital discourse analysis that have been reported within the last decade from various methodological perspectives ranging from sociolinguistics and pragmatics to corpus linguistics. This edited collection will be of particular interest to scholars and studentsin the fields of digital discourse analysis, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, social media and communication, and media and cultural studies.

Unabhängig von Zeit und Ort: Psychologische Beratung mit dem Smartphone oder Laptop - Die Autoren sind seit 1996 in der Online-Beratungs- Ausbildung tätig und sind die Pioniere der Online-Beratung im deutschsprachigen Raum. Sie sind aktiv in Weiterbildung, Schulung, Expertisen und Vorträgen. - Online-Beratung gehört mit in die Angebote von Beratungsstellen. Neu gegründete Beratungsstellen müssen Online-Beratung anbieten können. Die heute selbstverständlich gewordene Nutzung des Internets hat bereits seit längerem auch die psychologische Begleitung von Menschen verändert. Doch erst durch die Corona-Krise wurde deutlich, wie unverzichtbar die digitalen Medien in Beratung, Psychotherapie, Coaching und Supervision geworden sind. Mail, Chat, Voicemail, Videocall und Apps sind die aktuell gängigen digitalen Beratungsformate, die, flexibel eingesetzt, die face-to-face-Beratung ergänzen und auch als eigenes Beratungsformat wirken. Das Buch erklärt anschaulich und anhand von Fallbeispielen die Merkmale und Besonderheiten und vermittelt Praxisanleitungen und technisches Knowhow für virtuelle Beratungsstellen und Praxen. Ebenso teilen die Autoren ihre inhaltlichen Erfahrungen zu besonders häufigen Themen und Problemen und verraten, wie der Beziehungsaufbau ebenso gut gelingt wie in der realen Praxis. Dieses Buch richtet sich an: - PsychotherapeutInnen aller Schulen - Beratende PsychologInnen