THE VIEWER tells the peculiar story of a boy whose obsession with curious artefacts leads him to discover an strange box at a dump site. It proves to be an ancient chest full of optical devices, one of which captures his interest; an intricately mechanical object which carries disks of images; scenes of destruction, violence and the collapse of civilisations throughout time. The boy is afraid, but also cannot help but look into the machine time and time again as the images shift and change ...

This beautiful, full-color viewer's guide offers everything you need to fully experience the A.D. The Bible Continues television series. In these pages you'll take an unforgettable journey through the Apostolic Age as it brings to life the dusty streets and crowded marketplaces through which Mary and the Apostles journeyed as they built the Church. For each episode you're given . . . a short essay with important historical and theological context.a detailed map that enables you to see where the Apostles journeyed or where important activities happened during the episode.profiles so you know the role of each Biblical character.pre- and post-viewing questions for family study, viewing parties or small group discussions.Definitions of words or terms you will hear in the episode but may not know.Connections to Scripture and to the lives and writings of the Saints.Ways in which you can use the principles in the episode to strengthen your own spiritual life. The Catholic Viewer's Guide is absolutely essential if you are to make the most of A.D. The Bible Continues. It's perfect for personal use, group discussions, family study, or small group sessions. "This study guide is an excellent companion to this amazing story with drama and danger, holiness and heroism." -Most Rev. Jose H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles "When you watch A.D. The Bible Continues you will want to have Sophia Institute Press's two resources at your side. They are beautifully produced and packed with important information, helping to bring to life the Acts of the Apostles in a new and fresh way." -Father Jonathan Morris New York Times Bestselling Author, The Way of Serenity Praise for A.D. The Bible Continues. . . "Mark Burnett and Roma Downey's new project, A.D. The Bible Continues, is ambitious and promising, with the potential to enrich the culture like few others before it. I'm grateful for their efforts to put the Acts of the Apostles on prime time network television in a powerful way. " -Charles J. Chaput O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Philadelphia "A.D. The Bible Continues serves as a powerful reminder that even when our world seems lost in darkness, there is always hope and a bright light at the end of the tunnel. That light is the risen Jesus. " -Teresa Tomeo EWTN Host, Catholic Connection " A.D. The Bible Continues is a riveting piece of television that throws you in the middle of some of the most important events of the early Christian era. It also manages to remain true to the Scriptures while drawing the audience into the drama of this neglected historical moment. " -Raymond Arroyo, New York Times Bestselling Author and host of EWTN's World Over

Three-dimensional pictorial displays incorporating depth cues by means of stereopsis offer a potential means of presenting information in a natural way to enhance situational awareness and improve operator performance. Conventional computational techniques rely on asymptotic projection transformations and symmetric clipping to produce the stereo display. Implementation of two new computational techniques, an asymmetric clipping algorithm and a piecewise linear projection transformation, provides the display designer with more control and better utilization of the effective depth-viewing volume to allow full exploitation of stereopsis cuing. Asymmetric clipping increases the perceived field of view (FOV) for the stereopsis region. The total horizontal FOV provided by the asymmetric clipping algorithm is greater throughout the scene viewing envelope than that of the symmetric algorithm. The new piecewise linear projection transformation allows the designer to creatively partition the depth-viewing volume, with freedom to place depth cuing at the various scene distances at which emphasis is desired.

A study of the largely hidden world of primary media market research and the different methods used to understand how the viewer is pictured in the industry. The first book on the intersection between market research and media, Creating the Viewer takes a critical look at media companies’ studies of television viewers, the assumptions behind these studies, and the images of the viewer that are constructed through them. Justin Wyatt examines various types of market research, including talent testing, pilot testing, series maintenance, brand studies, and new show “ideation,” providing examples from a range of programming including news, sitcoms, reality shows, and dramas. He looks at brand studies for networks such as E!, and examines how the brands of individuals such as showrunner Ryan Murphy can be tested. Both an analytical and practical work, the bookincludes sample questionnaires and paths for study moderators and research analysts to follow. Drawn from over fifteen years of experience in research departments at various media companies, Creating the Viewer looks toward the future of media viewership, discussing how the concept of the viewer has changed in the age of streaming, how services such as Netflix view market research, and how viewers themselves can shift the industry through their media choices, behaviors, and activities.

On visual perception in film and human subjectivity

Everyone knows the thrill of being transported by a film, but what is it that makes movie watching such a compelling emotional experience? In Moving Viewers, Carl Plantinga explores this question and the implications of its answer for aesthetics, the psychology of spectatorship, and the place of movies in culture. Through an in-depth discussion of mainstream Hollywood films, Plantinga investigates what he terms "the paradox of negative emotion" and the function of mainstream narratives as ritualistic fantasies. He describes the sensual nature of the movies and shows how film emotions are often elicited for rhetorical purposes. He uses cognitive science and philosophical aesthetics to demonstrate why cinema may deliver a similar emotional charge for diverse audiences.

While researching the unity of the collective unconscious, Carl Jung discovered that it performs two important functions: (1) the congruence of individual symbols and mythologies and (2) the phenomena of extra-sensory perception. (CW 16, par. 254) In his first book, Jung & Remote Viewing, Dr. David Shaver addressed Carl Jung's concept of synchronicity to reveal how extra-sensory perception arises from the interaction of mind and matter. Now, in The Psychology of Remote Viewing, Dr. Shaver explores the development of consciousness by revealing how extra-sensory information transfers from the unconscious into conscious awareness. Beginning with the structure of the mind, and highlighting the different ways the conscious and unconscious minds function, The Psychology of Remote Viewing draws upon insights from psychoanalysis, philosophy, and art to provide a psychologically comprehensive overview of the remote viewing process.

Television has a uniqueness that is shared by no other communication media, and its impact on student's behavior is similarly unique. Today one can watch television via the internet, by means of mobile phones and with the help of little pocket TV sets. It is everywhere and for everyone. Television viewing is a major activity and influence on adolescent students. The duration of the television viewing among students is prime concern which influences the viewers on their study habits and academic accomplishment. This book is the product of a comprehensive study which offers empirical analysis of the extent of influence of television watching among the heavy and low television viewers. Besides detailed growth of television and its impact on student viewers, present publication provide the detailed data and makes scientific analysis of television watching among the adolescent students having different socio-economic status and explores the their study habits and academic achievement in concern to their television watching. It also narrates the way in which the television watching will become a highly beneficial for the students and devise the ways and means to make proper use of these devices for learning situation. This book is very informative, useful and stimulating. It provides a comprehensive synthesis of major issues and practices related to television watching among students. This book will be of immense use and prove it most dependable, authentic and useful source of reference for students, teachers, researchers, academicians and all concerned in the field of modern media and educational practices. Moreover, the policy makers of electronic media may find the book of special interest too.

Taking a fresh look at the poetry and visual art of the Hellenistic age, from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. to the Romans’ defeat of Cleopatra in 30 B.C., Graham Zanker makes enlightening discoveries about the assumptions and conventions of Hellenistic poets and artists and their audiences. Zanker’s exciting new interpretations closely compare poetry and art for the light each sheds on the other. He finds, for example, an exuberant expansion of subject matter in the Hellenistic periods in both literature and art, as styles and iconographic traditions reserved for grander concepts in earlier eras were applied to themes, motifs, and subjects that were emphatically less grand.

Television corrupts our children, induces us to spend needlessly, and stimulates hostility and violence. Or does it? Jib Fowles sees television as a "grandly therapeutic force," that television is indeed good for you. He examines why nearly every American regularly watches television and why viewing is beneficial. Updated and jargon-free, Why Viewers Watch describes the overall effect of programming on the population. What do viewers get from television? What does it do for them? Why do academics negatively judge television? Using recent research reports, overlooked past studies, and fresh survey data to substantiate this positive role, Fowles first reviews the history of television and programming. After discussing what people expect from television, he explores how different types of programs satisfy different needs. Fowles also debunks many of the myths propagated by media scholars and "television prigs." With an easy-to-read style that is both entertaining and informative, Why Viewers Watch suits both the scholar and the student, the specialist and nonspecialist alike. As such, it is the perfect companion volume for courses in communication, journalism, sociology, and psychology. "The author does present another side to the complex effects debate--a side of which we should all be aware."--Et cetera from the First Edition: "An interesting--and challenging--book about television. So good it is surprising it has not received more attention. ... There aren't many really good books about television, and [this] is one of the best."--Peter Farrell, The Sunday Oregonian "I would recommend this book to interested television viewers, media scholars, and professionals. Fowles' arguments are thought-provoking and sometimes compelling. The book is very readable and easily accessible to lower-division students. For those of us who spent our childhoods glued to the screen and believe we still turned out all right, this book will help alleviate our nagging guilt when we watch television. The book should help scholars reexamine our views on the impact of television's content and our suggested changes. Media professionals should find the book a testament to the positive aspects of their medium." --The Southern Speech Communication Journal.