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Future of Multimedia Internet Systems

We will argue that the phenomenon of multimedia is symbiotic with and indigenous to the "information superhighway"

We will also argue that the future of the post-industrial society is critically dependent on the society's ability to build, maintain, and effectively utilize the information infrastructure.

As a result, the notion of multimedia is promoted from a relatively obscure technical term into one of the central issues of the contemporary society.

We will show how the developments in the global economy, government policies, social behavioral patterns, and information technology are intertwined and how they will define the societies' immediate future.

Table of Contents for Future of Multimedia Internet Systems

001 Multimedia and Society
002 Multimedia: how relevant?
003 Future of Multimedia
004 Multimedia and Information Superhighway
005 .... and then came Andressen, and said:
    Connect, Download, and Be Merry!
006 Multimedia: Scenarios of the Future
007 The Goal of the Exercise
008 FUTURE or future of multimedia?
009 Driving Forces
010 Possible Scenarios
011 Scenarios vs. Driving Forces
012 Scenarios: BizWorld
013 Scenarios: BizWorld
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020 Scenario: BizWorld
021 Scenario: BizWorld
022 Scenario: Virtual World
023 Scenario: Virtual World
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036 Scenario: Virtual World
037 Scenario: Slow Boat
038 Scenario: Slow Boat
039 Scenario: Slow Boat
040 Scenario: Slow Boat
041 Scenario: Slow Boat
042 Scenario: Slow Boat
043 Scenario: Upstairs/Downstairs
044 Scenario: Upstairs/Downstairs
045 Scenario: Upstairs/Downstairs
046 Scenario: Upstairs/Downstairs
047 Scenario: Upstairs/Downstairs
048 Scenarios' Dynamics
049 Scenarios' Dynamics
050 Scenarios' Dynamics
051 Scenarios' Dynamics
052 Scenarios' Dynamics
053 The Future

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