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Information Over Design: What Users Value in Brand Evaluation

The study, which took into account the profiles of various kinds of Internet users, reveals that positive assessment of a brand increases a user’s intention to…

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“Huge Opportunities” For Newspapers In Web Video

The research, 'Convergence Calls: Multimedia Storytelling at British News Websites', also found that: • Online news publishers should embed video at the page…

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Business leaders receive low grades in this year's Trust Barometer

In this year's Trust Barometer Swedish leadership is called into question. The exception is Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt – who is considerably more popular…

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Exploring the Smart Personal Network: A European Innovation

European researchers have just completed work on a networking project to perfect what will become known, perhaps, as the Smart Personal Network. Personal…

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Effective Digital Piracy Management: Insights from Experts

Thierry Rayna of the Internet Centre at Imperial College London and Ludmila Striukova Department of Management Science and Innovation, University College…

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Television’s Impact: Do Happy People Watch More?

Are happy or unhappy people more attracted to television? This question is addressed by a new 30-year analysis1 of US national data of nearly 30,000 adults by…

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DVR Fast-Forwarding: Impact on TV Advertising Explored

While digital video recorders and products like TiVo allow television viewers to skip past commercials, Boston College researchers have found that…

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Emotion Clips Boost Educational Performance Effectively

In advertising and electoral campaigns, it is normal practice: get people in the right mood, either by stimulating their feeling of happiness or by making them…

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EU Space and Telecom Policies: Operators Seek Consistency

All European operators welcomed the resolution “Taking forward the European space policy” adopted during the Fifth Space Council held in September….

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Viewers Dislike Negative Campaign Ads, New Research Shows

The findings are based on research conducted by Angelini, in collaboration with Samuel Bradley, assistant professor of advertising at Texas Tech University,…

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Hack-a-Vote: Rice Students Explore Electronic Voting Vulnerabilities

This week undergraduate and graduate students in an advanced computer security course at Rice University in Houston are learning hands-on just how easy it is…

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University of Leicester launches freshers' pod

The website has been created as part of the IMPALA4T project funded by the Higher Education Academy and GENIE, the University of Leicester’s Centre of…

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Mobile Phones Enhance Learning for Secondary Pupils

Exasperated by the distractions and problems they create, many headteachers have ordered that pupils must keep their phones switched off at school. Others have…

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Disruption-Free Videos: Enjoy Clear Streams During Storms

Your favorite detective series has just reached its most exciting moment when it happens: The thunderstorm raging outside interferes with the digital image on…

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‘SciVee’ Science Site Launches the Research Community’s First ‘Postercast’ Capability

SciVee, a Web 2.0 resource dedicated to the dissemination of scientific research and science-specific research networking, is adding an innovative new video…

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DAB Surround®: Elevating Digital Radio Experience

DAB Surround® will lend a whole new quality to digital radio thanks to developments by the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen….

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