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<dd>System Development Life Cycle.</dd>
<dd>This  thesis  examines  the  perceived  effectiveness  of  Internet's  Multicast  Backbone (MBONE)  compressed-motion  video-teleconferencing  system  and  analyzes  its  capabilities and  limitations.  The  analysis  follows  the  media  richness  model  of  media  choice  and discusses  seven  influences  on  a  managers'  media  selection.  This  study  expands  the video-teleconferencing  branch  of  the  continuum  of  communication  media  to  include compressed-motion  video-teleconferencing  and  the  distinguishing  factors  between systems. The  study  uses  data  gathered  from  the  Monterey  Bay  Aquarium  Research Institute's  (MBARI)  Internet  conference  experiment  to  compare  MBONE  versus face-to-face  viewer  perceptions  of  the  different  communication  media  and  to  support  the theoretical  analysis.  The  survey  instrument  used  to  gather  data  is  presented  in  this  thesis. Research  results  showed  that  the  compressed-motion  video  image  of  MBONE filtered  and  restricted  the  conveyance  of  some  non-verbal  cues  and  that  feedback  could  be delayed  in  one-to-many  situations.  MBONE  is  found  to  be  more  effective  for  reducing uncertainty  than  resolving  equivocal  communication  situations. This  framework  for  analysis  will  enable  those  responsible  for  the  selection  of communication  media  within  the  Department  of  Defense  (DoD)  to  have  a  basis  for distinguishing  between  choices  of  video-teleconferencing  systems CD-ROM</dd></dl><br>Subjects: NA</div>
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Gambrino, John Robert</div>
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