Faculty News
Program Director Dr. T.Y. Lau chaired a special panel at the May 2004 6th World Media Economics Conference in Montreal, Canada. The panel focused on "Market Analysis, Problems and Challenges of Introducing Digital Television and Interactive Television into Asia: Three Major Case Studies of China, Korea and Taiwan." Dr. Lau presented a paper, "HDTV and Interactive TV: Promises and Challenges in China," with Charles Feng of Henan University, China.
Senior Lecturer Kathy Gill presented a paper, How can we measure the influence of the blogosphere?, at the first workshop on the blogosphere at the May 2004 WWW2004 Conference in New York City. The day-long workshop explored multi-disciplinary issues in this emerging space. She is slated to present a second paper, " Blogging, RSS and the Information Landscape: A Look At Online News," at the 2005 conference.
Student Papers
First year student D. Travers Scott presented a paper at the http://web.archive.org/web/20051216062628/http://uwdigitalmedia.org/%20/www.ciberart-bilbao.net/congreso_en.htm ("Challenges for a Ubiquitous Identity") in April. His paper analyzes online political animations within the context of alt/dissident media.
Informational Meeting and Webcast
The digital media program held an informational meeting - on campus as well as live webcast - on February 22, Tuesday, from 6-7 p.m. P.S.T.
International Outreach
The Master of Communication in Digital Media at UW and the University of Washington Educational Outreach hosted a one-week customized study program in June 2003 for a group of students from Hong Kong and Malaysia. They were winners of a information technology entrepreneurship business plan competition.
The study program was designed at the request of a global bank, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, which has operations in Hong Kong, Malaysia, North America, and worldwide. There is a plan to have the same event again next year for another group of student winners to study at the University of Washington.
・Sleepless in Seattle, The Star, Malaysia, July 13, 2003 (Local PDF Copy)
・Real gems, The Star, Malaysia, July 20, 2003 (Local PDF Copy)