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Interactive TV Technology and Markets
This book provides professionals with information on technical, strategic, and creative aspects of developing interactive television (ITV) systems and shows how to assess the future business potential of ITV. It explains technical areas associated with the switch to digital bandwidth, and describes design practices, such as embedding of extended codes and syntax in programs for content creation. The book then explores how ITV programming enhances the value of programs and encourages viewers to order online goods and services, and describes the profit potential of ITV. Case histories are provided of major players in the industry around the world. The author is chief engineer and head of AIR Resources of All India Radio. c. Book News Inc.
William Gibson
William Gibson, author of the cyberpunk classic, Neuromancer (1984), is one today's most widely read science fiction writers. This companion is meant both for general readers and for scholars interested in Gibson's oeuvre. In addition to providing a literary and cultural context for works ranging from Gibson's first short story, "Fragments of a Hologram Rose" (1977), to his recent, bestselling novel, Zero History (2010), the companion offers commentary on Gibson's subjects, themes, and approaches. It also surveys existing scholarship on Gibson's work in an accessible way and provides an extensive bibliography to facilitate further study of William Gibson's writing, influence, and place in the history of science fiction and in literature as a whole.
Cracking Up
What do Jon Stewart, Freddy Krueger, Patch Adams, and George W. Bush have in common? As Paul Lewis shows in Cracking Up, they are all among the ranks of joke tellers who aim to do much more than simply amuse. Exploring topics that range from the sadistic mockery of Abu Ghraib prison guards to New Age platitudes about the healing power of laughter, from jokes used to ridicule the possibility of global climate change to the heartwarming performances of hospital clowns, Lewis demonstrates that over the past thirty years American humor has become increasingly purposeful and embattled. Navigating this contentious world of controversial, manipulative, and disturbing laughter, Cracking Up argues th...
