(c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Multimedia Literacy (c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

(c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Learning Objectives Realize how multimedia can be used to improve access to state and local government Assess how your state is using multimedia, and determine whether the way it is using multimedia is good or bad for its citizens (c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 2

Learning Objectives (cont.) Understand how the city of Atlanta used multimedia to win its bid to host the Olympic Games Question whether multimedia makes too much information available too quickly to the public during wartime Realize how politicians are using the World Wide Web for virtual campaigning (c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 3

Learning Objectives (cont.) Find out how to check up on your congressional representatives to see how well they are representing your views on important votes Learn how the Internet is shifting the political power base from special interest groups to the citizenry (c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 4

(c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Overview Public Service Kiosk Electronic Town Meetings Internet and the National Information Superhighways Safeguarding National Interests (c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 5

(c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Overview (cont.) Warfare Olympic Bidding Politics Virtual Campaigning (c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 6

(c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Overview (cont.) FinanceNet Small-Business Assistance Patent Searches Internal Revenue Service (c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 7

(c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Public Service Kiosks Are standalone multimedia computer devices Serve special market areas Blend in with their surroundings Connect to a network Touch Teller kiosk from North Communications (c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 8

Public Service Kiosks - Applications CITY-INFO kiosks serve traveler’s needs Financial services kiosks provide bank services (c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 9

Public Service Kiosks – More Applications State government Motor vehicle services Employment services Court automation Federal government Medicare Social security U.S. postal service Screen from Oregon State Kiosk (c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 10

Electronic Town Meetings Interactive discussions groups meet online during a particular time Internet is used as a polling device Many TV-shows are followed up by online chat sessions (c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 11

Internet and the National Information Superhighway Any country not connected will have a serious disadvantage when trying to compete in the global economy Governments increase spending to construct their national Information Superhighways Digital Divide Who is falling through the net? (c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 12

Safeguarding National Interests Government officials are updated through live TV feeds which appear on their computer Internet has been used by FBI to assist in solving crimes (c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 13

(c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Warfare Smart bombs use multimedia Multimedia medicine in war times can connect to specialized doctors Informational warfare is emerging (c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 14

(c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Olympic Bidding Atlanta used a multimedia campaign to promote a modern city image Computer graphics projected what the stadium and facilities would look like Presentation evolved into Atlanta Vision, a system that allows virtual touring of all of Georgia (c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 15

Politics and Virtual Campaigning Public opinions are polled using the Internet C-Span online provides live coverage of the House and Senate Political candidates often have a web site and can be reached via the web Campaign donations are raised using the Internet (c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 16

Other Application Areas FinanceNet Links financial management staff worldwide Small-Business Assistance Provides government guides and forms Patent Searches Allows to search the patent database Internal Revenue Service Offers to file tax return over the Internet (c) 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 17