We present findings of an observational study investigating how young children interact with augmented reality story books. Children aged between 6 and 7 read and interacted with one of two story books aimed at early literacy education. The books pages were augmented using animated virtual 3D characters, sound, and interactive tasks. Introducing novel media to young children requires system and...

This article presents an architecture for the production and delivery of Rich Digital Books on the Web. These books are transformed and enriched with supporting media, like images and sound, pursuing the goal of reaching broader audiences and enlarging usage possibilities. The architecture affords for the production process’ automation, and thus has the potential to increase digital books’ avai...

The American Academy of Pediatrics recognizes that exposure to mass media (eg, television, movies, video and computer games, the Internet, music lyrics and videos, newspapers, magazines, books, advertising) presents health risks for children and adolescents but can provide benefits as well. Media education has the potential to reduce the harmful effects of media and accentuate the positive effe...

PARENTING IS DIFFICULT, AND PARENTS OFTEN FIND THEMSELVES IN NEED OF HELP. PARENTS ARE VERY LIKELY TO SEEK ADVICE FROM “EXPERT” SOURCES, including books.1 One issue about which parents seek expert advice is sleep. However, the content of that advice is the subject of great controversy. Content analysis of parenting advice books on other topics has been useful to help to identify trends in advic...

In the rapidly changing circumstances of our increasingly digital world, reading is also becoming an increasingly digital experience: electronic books (e-books) are now outselling print books in the United States and the United Kingdom. Nevertheless, many readers still view e-books as less readable than print books. The present study thus used combined EEG and eyetracking measures in order to t...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether television viewing, computer game playing or book reading during meals predicts meal skipping with the aim of watching television, playing computer games or reading books (media meal skipping). DESIGN A cross-sectional study was conducted using a standardized self-administered questionnaire. Analyses were controlled for age, gender and BMI. SETTING Data were obt...

IAPR Fellow, shares a personal sketch of his career in statistical pattern recognition. At the end, he poses questions to entice further research. Chart of some upcoming IAPR and non-IAPR workshops, conferences, and summer schools of interest to the I APR community. The views expressed in this newsletter represent the personal views of the authors and not necessarily those of their host institu...

The Wikimedia Commons is an online repository of over twenty-five million freely usable audio, video and still image files, including scanned books, historically significant photographs, animal recordings, illustrative figures and maps. Being volunteer-contributed, these media files have different amounts of descriptive metadata with varying degrees of accuracy. The DBpedia Information Extracti...

Whether exposure of children or adults to violent media is a cause of aggression and violent behavior has been one of the most intensely debated issues in criminal justice and the broader populace. Debates about the effects of media ranging from books to video games have a long history (Trend, 2007). Even religious writings such as the Bible have been the target of criticism, from early Christi...