Attentional engagement is a major determinant of how effectively we gather information through our senses. Alongside the sheer growth in the amount and variety of information content that we are presented with through modern media, there is increased variability in the degree to which we "absorb" that information. Traditional research on attention has illuminated the basic principles of sensory...

One rapidly expanding application area for state-of-the-art speech recognition technology is the automatic processing of broadcast audiovisual data for information access. Since much of the linguistic information is found in the audio channel, speech recognition is a key enabling technology which, when combined with information retrieval techniques, can be used for searching large audiovisual d...

Our modern society’s obsession with physical perfection has given rise to a plethora of new cosmetic procedures and a growing demand for interventions related to the illusory quest for the perfect body. In a series of surveys answered in 1973 by readers of Psychology Today, 25% of women and 15% of men reported dissatisfaction with their bodies; by 1997, these figures had risen to 56% and 43%, r...

This study argues that language difference is an important, though often neglected, element in contemporary flows of audiovisual media and organizations’ efforts to influence them through policy. Because linguistic issues overlap a number of policy areas, including trade, culture, language, and communication, this study advocates for increased attention to language-related concerns within and a...

Purpose Because reading is an audiovisual process, reading impairment may reflect an audiovisual processing deficit. The aim of the present study was to test the existence and scope of such a deficit in adult readers with dyslexia. Method We tested 39 typical readers and 51 adult readers with dyslexia on their sensitivity to the simultaneity of audiovisual speech and nonspeech stimuli, their ...

There is considerable interest within the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) community in the use of media spaces to enhance awareness and interaction between workers in ooces or other spatially distributed environments. In addition to the technical challenges of providing reliable and eecient audiovisual communication, there are important social questions, in particular how users are able to con...

With the switch from analog to digital technology the entire process of production, distribution, and archival of a film and tv program large amounts of data are created. Besides recorded and processed audiovisual information, in each single step of the production process and furthermore throughout the entire media value chain new metadata is created, administrated, and put into relation with a...

Penelitian ini menggunakan teknologi yang dapat dimanfaatkan untuk mempelajari bahasa Indonesia orang asing atau BIPA dan mengenal budaya Indonesia. Budaya memiliki berbagai ragam disetiap suku serta wilayahnya. Pembelajaran dipelajari dikenalkan kepada pemelajar, salah satunya adalah pariwisata ada di Melalui pembelajaran berbasis Indonesia, pemelajar tempat wisata diseluruh Pemanfaatan audiov...

Traditional lectures continue to be the predominant form of teaching in most undergraduate classrooms. Traditional lecture can be defined as an instructor/professor standing in the front of the classroom and presenting material to the class, with or without the use of audio visual aids, such as slides. A common picture that comes to mind when we hear the term “traditional lecture” is an auditor...

Multiple attributes are expected of postgraduate research supervisors. Provision of timely and effective face-to-face feedback is one such skill that carries enormous significance in supervisee's professional development. Feedback allows the supervisees to improve upon their performances. Unfortunately, both supervisors and supervisees have contrasting approaches towards the ongoing feedback pr...