This early interview with Christie Hefner, before she became CeO of Playboy enterprises, Inc., was perhaps the first insight into her considerable abilities as a ...more

TABLe OF CONTeNTS 1. GPS: A COMPUTeR GRAPHICS NICHe THAT BeCAMe AN INDUSTRY 2. MILITARY SIMULATIONS NOW INTeGRATe GPS, GIS, ReAL WORLD IMAGING 3. MILITARY SIMULATIONS GeT ...more

Future applications include environmental monitoring and police surveillance in remote areas. Originally appeared as an article in the January 1998 issue of "Advanced Imaging...more

A low--level retail investigator and his new partner find themselves rescuing a woman in distress. No sex, no violence, but lots of adult language. A version of this story ...more

1. Virtual Museums: A Reality At Last? 2. Curators View the Museum of the Future 3. The Smithsonian Museum's Virtual Displays 4. The Getty's Virtual Display of Trajan's Forum...more

An interview with Frank Zappa done in Frankfurt, Germany in 1970 while he was on tour. This originally appeared (except the introduction and endnotes) in a U.S. Army ...more

An examination of legal and illegal competitive intelligence techniques used by private firms. Originally appeared as an article in "Security Management" magazine in October ...more

An account of what occurred at the Agent Orange Settlement Fairness Hearings in Chicago, by someone who was there and participated. Of great interest to Viet Nam veterans and...more

This first appeared in "Security Technology & Design" magazine in 1996 as a 'Security Counterpoint' column. It is an extended commentary on the hazards faced by ordinary ...more

The Handbook of Media and Communication Research presents qualitative as well as quantitative approaches to the analysis and interpretation of ...more

Originally published in 1985, Neil Postmans groundbreaking polemic about the corrosive effects of television on our politics and public discourse has been hailed as a twenty-...more

An Introduction to Political Communication...more

Sometime journalist Leif Ueland has hit rock bottom as a straight single male: not only does he not have a girlfriend, but he's also a really nice guy who's visibly ...more

From #1 bestseller Michael Connelly's first career as a prizewinning crime reporter--the gripping, true stories that inspired and informed his novels. Before he became a ...more

Debating War and Peace: Media Coverage of U.S. Intervention in the Post-Vietnam era...more

Broadcasting is arguably the most influential and powerful industry operating today. The media impose an inescapable presence in contemporary life and infuse all areas of ...more

Custodians of Conscience...more

"American independent cinema has been an important creative and cultural media entity for the past fifteen years. The approach of this sector is one of cultural construction ...more