New Communications Technologies

Michael Mirabito is a Professor and supervises the Distance Education and other academic information units at Marywood University in Pennsylvania. He is also a consultant specializing in the new communications technologies, and has written a book about video cameras on NASA's space probes. Barbara Morgenstern is a Professor at the Park School of Communications at Ithaca College in New York and specializes in teaching media law. She is also involved in curriculum development, particularly as it pertains to communications law.

Communication in the Modern Age * Technical Foundations of Modern Communication * Computer Technology Primer * AI and Legal/Health Issues * The Magic Light--Fiber-Optic Systems * The Cable and Telephone Industries and Your Home * Satellites--Operations and Applications * New Developments, Launch Vehicles, and Space Law * Wireless Technology and Mobile Communications * Information Storage--The Optical Disk * Information Retrieval--Hypertext/Hypermedia Systems * Desktop Publishing * Multimedia and Desktop Video Production * PCs, Digital Technology, and Audio-Visual Systems * High Definition Television and Digital Audio Broadcasting * The Production Environment--Colorization, Manipulation, Copyright, and Other Issues * Information Services--Teletext and Interactive Systems * Information Services--The Internet and World Wide Web * Teleconferencing and Computer Conferencing * Email and Privacy * The New Technologies and the First Amendment: Legal Issues, Censorship, and Cyberspace * Future Visions--Holography, Virtual Reality, A Paperless Society, and Summary * Afterword--The V-Chip, The First Amendment, and Other Implications * Index