+ Page 1 + ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ####### ######## ######## ########### ### ### ## ### ## # ### # Interpersonal Computing and ### ### ## ### ## ### Technology: ### ### ## ### ### An Electronic Journal for ### ######## ### ### the 21st Century ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ## ### ISSN: 1064-4326 ### ### ### ## ### April, 1997 ####### ### ######## ### Volume 5, Number 1-2, pp. 1-7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology Additional support provided by Georgetown University University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Northern Arizona University This article is archived as CONTENTS IPCTV5N2 on LISTSERV@LISTSERV.GEORGETOWN.EDU ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Retrieval Instructions for Articles 2. Table of Contents and Abstracts 3. Editorial Board 4. 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Contents ------------------------- To retrieve this article GET DAVIS.IPCTV5N2 FRAGMENTED BY TECHNOLOGIES: A COMMUNITY IN CYBERSPACE Mike Davis University of Manchester, UK ABSTRACT The emergence of the internet as a potential medium of communication raises a number of issues, not least among them, whether the sense of community that may arise in face- to-face (F2F) interaction will be possible to replicate in virtual space. In other words, will computer mediated communication (CMC) allow people, who may be distant in time and space, context and culture from one another, to manifest some or all of the characteristics of groups in physical and temporal contact. This article chronicles the of a listserv list set up between groups in the United States and the United Kingdom and notions of community building are explored in the history of this group To retrieve this article GET DAVIS.IPCTV5N2 Pages: 7-18 + Page 3 + ----------------------------- To retrieve this article GET EBERSOL.IPCTV5N2 COGNITIVE ISSUES IN THE DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT OF INTERACTIVE HYPERMEDIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR AUTHORING WWW SITES Samuel Ebersole, MA University of Southern Colorado ABSTRACT: Media cognition, the study of the mental processes engaged by interaction with the media, is a topic of great interest to psychologists, sociologists, educators, communication theorists, and media practitioners. Much research has been conducted in the area of perception, sensory stimulation, memory and recall, and media effects. This paper will attempt to define interactive media and will consider the design of interactive hypermedia from the perspective of the cognitive processes engaged by the authors and users of the system's architecture and content. Special emphasis will be given to the World-Wide Web (WWW) as an example of interactive hypermedia and examples will be presented with references to Netscape Navigator, a popular WWW browser. Pages : 19-36 To retrieve this article GET EBERSOL.IPCTV5N2 -------------------------------------------------- To retrieve this article GET LEWIS.IPCTV5N2 UNIVERSAL SERVICE FOR SCHOOLS: INSIGHTS INTO THE JOINT BOARD'S RECOMMENDED DECISION Patricia Figliola Lewis University of Florida ABSTRACT: President Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act ("the Act") in February 1996, fundamentally changing the telecommunications industry. One of the Act's most important provisions codified and expanded the ad hoc national universal service policy developed and administered by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Following the signing of the Act, the FCC initiated a rulemaking proceeding and established a Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service ("Joint Board") to consider comments from the public. That Joint Board released its Recommended Decision on this matter in November 1996. Following a comment period on the recommendations, the FCC will release its final rules in May 1997. This paper provides a summary of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 as it relates to universal service for schools. It then outlines the FCC's rulemaking proceeding on that issue, summarizing and explaining key points of the comments in the proceeding and the Joint Board's Recommended Decision. The paper next identifies the points of agreement and disagreement within the Recommended Decision and concludes with an analysis of those points. To retrieve this article GET LEWIS.IPCTV5N2 Pages: 37-62 -------------------------------------------------- To retrieve this article GET LIPPERT.IPCTV5N2 A BOOK REVIEW OF HENRY J. PERKINSON'S NO SAFETY IN NUMBERS: HOW THE COMPUTER QUANTIFIED EVERYTHING AND MADE PEOPLE RISK-AVERSIVE by Paul J. Lippert Pages: 63-65 To retrieve this article GET LIPPERT.IPCTV5N2 + Page 4 + --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Editorial Board ------------------------ PUBLISHER: Department of Education University of Maryland Baltimore County and AECT - Association for Educational Communication and Technology EDITOR: Susan B. Barnes Department of Communication & Media Studies Fordham University EDITORIAL BOARD: Zane L. Berge Director, Training Systems, ISD Graduate Program UMBC Gerald M. Santoro Center for Academic Computing, Pennsylvania State University MANAGING EDITOR: Mauri P. Collins Research Associate, Educational Systems Programming Northern Arizona University ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Manuel Bermudez University of Florida Computer & Information Sciences Thomas Berner The Pennsylvania State University. Journalism & American Studies Morton Cotlar University of Hawaii Management Paulo A. Dasilva Military Institute of Engineering San Paulo, Brazil William Eadie Speech Communication Association Associate Director LaDonna C. Garrett Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York Fashion Buying & Merchandising Dept. Stephanie B. Gibson University of Baltimore Communications Design Theodore S. Hopf Washington State University Communication Alice Horning Oakland University English and Rhetoric Vladimir Klonowski Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Donald Kraft Louisiana State University Computer Science Scott Kuehn Clarion University of Pennsylvania Communication + Page 5 + Paul J. Lippert East Stroudsburg State University Pennsylvania Communications Edward Mabry University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Communication Rory McGreal TeleEducation New Brunswick, Canada Executive Director David Schroeder Valparaiso University Business Administration David Sims University of Prince Edward Island, Canada, Veterinary Medicine Wendy Snetsinger The Pennsylvania State University. Instructional Systems Lance Strate Fordham University Communication and Media Studies Pekka L. Vakkilainen Oy EDI Management Finland Ltd Network Services Amy Zelmer Central Queensland University, Australia Health Science + Page 6 + 5. 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