Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Part I: Conditions and Consequences of Multimedia Information Processing; Chapter 1 Working Memory Constraints in the Integration and Comprehension of Information in a Multimedia Context; Chapter 2 People @ Play: Electronic Games; Chapter 3 Integration of Specialist Tasks in the Digital Image Archive; Part II: Socio-Psychological Characteristics of Information Usage on the World Wide Web; Chapter 4 The Levels of Web-Based Discussions: Using Perspective-Taking Theory as an Analytical Tool
Chapter 5 The World Wide Web as a Social Infrastructure for Knowledge-Oriented WorkChapter 6 Social Considerations in Online Communities: Usability, Sociability, and Success Factors; Part III: Analysis of Computer-Mediated (Collaborative) Communication; Chapter 7 Educational Technology and Multimedia From a Cognitive Perspective: Knowledge From Inside the Computer, Onto the Screen, and Into Our Heads?; Chapter 8 Analyzing Communication in Team Tasks; Ch
Summary
Massive changes are taking place in society surrounding the delivery of information to individuals and the way they process this information. At work, at home, and in schools, the Internet and the World Wide Web are altering the individual's work, his lei