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(pp. 28-40). Amsterdam: Otto Cramwinckel Uitgever.
This chapter attempts to achieve three moderate
goals. First, it summarizes
some general, conceptual arguments on two relevant aspects of networked
multimedia
systems: ways of comparing characteristics of various media, and the
interplay
between pre-existing organizational networks and new networked media
networks.
Second, it summarizes some results from a short study of the Cruiser
networked,
desktop video system that speak to these issues. Third, it summarizes
the
implications of some of these results, as well as some related results,
for
implementation and management of such new systems. Much of the material
is
extracted from recently published articles (which is indicated when
appropriate),
while some of the results have not been published before. The final
implication
of this paper is that social science research, while sometimes
apparently
abstract and complex, has much to offer for designers, vendors, and
implementors
of multimedia systems.
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