Audit report on Iowa Public Television for the year ended June 30, 2008

Audit report on Iowa Public Television for the year ended June 30, 2008

Special investigation of the Iowa Department of Economic Development Film Office and the Film, Television and Video Production Promotion Program for the period May 17, 2007 through September 21, 2009

Special investigation of the Iowa Department of Economic Development Film Office and the Film, Television and Video Production Promotion Program for the period May 17, 2007 through September 21, 2009

Audit report on Iowa Public Television for the year ended June 30, 2010

Audit report on Iowa Public Television for the year ended June 30, 2010

Audit report on Iowa Public Television for the year ended June 30, 2011

Audit report on Iowa Public Television for the year ended June 30, 2011

Iowa Public Television Performance Report Performance Results Achieved for Fiscal Year 2011

Performance Report Results for Iowa Public Television.

Audit report on Iowa Public Television for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on Iowa Public Television for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on Iowa Public Television for the year ended June 30, 2013

Audit report on Iowa Public Television for the year ended June 30, 2013

Audit report on Iowa Public Television for the year ended June 30, 2014

Audit report on Iowa Public Television for the year ended June 30, 2014

Audit report on Iowa Public Television for the year ended June 30, 2015

Audit report on Iowa Public Television for the year ended June 30, 2015

Eye tracking data representation and visualization : on information and communication studies at CETAC.MEDIA

Eye tracking has become a preponderant technique in the evaluation of user interaction and behaviour with study objects in defined contexts. Common eye tracking related data representation techniques offer valuable input regarding user interaction and eye gaze behaviour, namely through fixations and saccades measurement. However, these and other techniques may be insufficient for the representation of acquired data in specific studies, namely because of the complexity of the study object being analysed. This paper intends to contribute with a summary of data representation and information visualization techniques used in data analysis within different contexts (advertising, websites, television news and video games). Additionally, several methodological approaches are presented in this paper, which resulted from several studies developed and under development at CETAC.MEDIA - Communication Sciences and Technologies Research Centre. In the studies described, traditional data representation techniques were insufficient. As a result, new approaches were necessary and therefore, new forms of representing data, based on common techniques were developed with the objective of improving communication and information strategies. In each of these studies, a brief summary of the contribution to their respective area will be presented, as well as the data representation techniques used and some of the acquired results.

Drivers and barriers to digital television adoption in Portugal: the perspectives of the TV viewers and other main stakeholders

To understand what are the most significant factors for digital TV adoption by the Portuguese population in the switchover context is the main goal of the research project here presented. In April 26, 2012, the analogue terrestrial television switchoff is planned to occur in Portugal, according to the schedule published by the national telecommunication regulator Anacom. Digital terrestrial TV was launched in the country in April 2009, making Portugal one of the countries with a more ambitious schedule – or risky, depending on the perspective - for the full transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television. In this paper we will start by presenting the research project’s objectives, theoretical framework and research design. Next, we will present first results of the project focused on the barriers and drivers to digital TV adoption from two of the empirical studies which integrate it, namely, the quantitative inquiry administered to a representative sample of the Portuguese population and interviews with main stakeholders in the area of digital TV in Portugal. The perspectives of the television viewers are compared with other main stakeholders in this process. The paper will be concluded with a brief discussion of these results and a brief enumeration of next steps for the project.

The factors needed for hearing-impaired children to benefit from closed-captioned television

This paper discusses a study to determine whether reading level or age has an effect on understanding of closed-captioned television.