Impressive computer-based collections efforts have created storeholds of museum images that are being sought for boundless educational, reference and entertainment opportunities in the new technologies, both because museums contain vast content for these informational products and because there is a general assumption that rights clearance will be easier when approaching one source. But, the de...

We offer a tractable model of broadcast media as a three-sided platform, serving entertainment and news to viewers, commercial opportunities to advertisers, and electoral influence to politicians. We characterize the profitmaximization decision of a media firm, and study the effect on social welfare of changes in the value of electoral influence, via induced changes in commercial advertising, t...

The popularity of educational games is partly due to the exponential growth of computer games industry. However, the purpose of educational games is different from that of entertainment games. It is always a challenge for researchers and designers in the relevant discipline to design a more effective educational game. The growth of educational games is significant especially in academic researc...

Education is the process of teaching, educating and developing strategies of learning through developing skills, character and knowledge. Educational games and edutainment are educational methods introduced in educational systems to bring out the creativity and mentality of learners in the society. These technological learning systems engage the student to learn by full computer control through...

47 Abstract—The MediaEvo Project aims to develop a multichannel and multi-sensory platform for edutainment in cultural heritage for the realization of a digital didactic game oriented towards the knowledge of medieval history and society by means of the integration of human sciences and new data processing technologies. During the project it has been possible to test the possible interactions b...

While the media have been used effectively to promote sexual responsibility in other countries for decades, few such opportunities have been seized in the United States. Mass media may be especially useful for teaching young people about reproductive health because elements of popular culture can be used to articulate messages in young people s terms, in language that won t embarrass them and m...

Clinical and translational research extends basic science research into the clinical realm, bringing the latest advances and potential treatments to the patients who need them. The Brown School of Public Health offers a number of educational programs that trains physicians and researchers in these research methods. The goal of these programs is to help students develop an independent research c...