Advances in Multimedia and Interactive Technologies (AMIT): 52 Volumes

Series Editor(s): Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues (Senac Faculty of Ceará, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil; Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)

ISSN: 2327-929X|EISSN: 2327-9303

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Traditional forms of media communications are continuously being challenged. The emergence of user-friendly web-based applications such as social media and Web 2.0 has expanded into everyday society, providing an interactive structure to media content such as images, audio, video, and text.

The Advances in Multimedia and Interactive Technologies (AMIT) Book Series investigates the relationship between multimedia technology and the usability of web applications. This series aims to highlight evolving research on interactive communication systems, tools, applications, and techniques to provide researchers, practitioners, and students of information technology, communication science, media studies, and many more with a comprehensive examination of these multimedia technology trends.

Topics Covered

Audio Signals
Digital Communications
Digital Games
Digital Images
Digital technology
Digital Watermarking
Gaming Media
Internet Technologies
Mobile Learning
Multimedia Services
Multimedia Streaming
Multimedia Technology
Social Networking
Web Technologies

Titles in Series

Utilizing Virtual Communities in Professional Practice

Dana L. Smerda-Mason (New Jersey City University, USA), Douglas John Koch (NEDLA, USA)

In an era dominated by the demands of the 21st-century workforce, the imperative for distributed and asynchronous work has never been more pronounced. Global organiz...

The Rise of Over-the-Top (OTT) Media and Implications for Media Consumption and Production

Nithin Kalorth (Mahindra University, India)

The rapid increase in popularity of major streaming services is having a massive impact on more traditional media outlets. Over-the-Top (OTT) Media is the term given...

Transformed Communication Codes in the Mediated World: A Contemporary Perspective

Hasan Gürkan (Girona University, Spain), Aybike Serttaş (Istinye University, Turkey)

Transformed Communication Codes in the Mediated World: A Contemporary Perspective offers a comprehensive exploration of the profound shifts in communication practice...

Examining Multimedia Forensics and Content Integrity

Sumit Kumar Mahana (National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India), Rajesh Kumar Aggarwal (National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India), Surjit Singh (Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India)

Due to the ubiquity of social media and digital information, the use of digital images in today’s digitized marketplace is continuously rising throughout enterprises...

Handbook of Research on Advanced Practical Approaches to Deepfake Detection and Applications

Ahmed J. Obaid (University of Kufa, Iraq), Ghassan H. Abdul-Majeed (University of Baghdad, Iraq), Adriana Burlea-Schiopoiu (University of Craiova, Romania), Parul Aggarwal (Jamia Hamdard, India)

In recent years, falsification and digital modification of video clips, images, as well as textual contents have become widespread and numerous, especially when deep...

Dynamics of Dialogue, Cultural Development, and Peace in the Metaverse

Swati Chakraborty (GLA University, India)

There are dramatic global challenges that urge us to examine our identities and the need for intercultural dialogue to overcome differences and bring the world toget...

Handbook of Research on New Media, Training, and Skill Development for the Modern Workforce

Dominic Mentor (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)

The abrupt shift to online learning brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the need for the adoption and application of new media, virtual training, and online...

Handbook of Research on New Media Applications in Public Relations and Advertising

Elif Esiyok (Atilim University, Turkey)

As competition between companies increases, the need for effective public relations and advertising campaigns becomes imperative to the success of the business. Howe...

Recent Advances in 3D Imaging, Modeling, and Reconstruction

Athanasios Voulodimos (University of West Attica, Athens, Greece), Anastasios Doulamis (National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece)

3D image reconstruction is used in many fields, such as medicine, entertainment, and computer science. This highly demanded process comes with many challenges, such...

Graphical Thinking for Science and Technology Through Knowledge Visualization

Anna Ursyn (University of Northern Colorado, USA)

With the advancement of technology in the modern world, the constant influx of data, information, and computing can become droning and one-dimensional. Re-examining...

New Media and Visual Communication in Social Networks

Serpil Kır (Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Turkey)

Social media and new social facilities have made it necessary to develop new media design processes with different communication strategies in order to promote susta...

Handbook of Research on Media Literacy Research and Applications Across Disciplines

Melda N. Yildiz (New York Institute of Technology, USA), Minaz Fazal (New York Institute of Technology, USA), Meesuk Ahn (New York Institute of Technology, USA), Robert Feirsen (New York Institute of Technology, USA), Sebnem Ozdemir (Istinye University, Turkey)

The digital age has made it easy for anyone, even those with limited technology proficiency, to create some form of media. With so many different types of media and...

Cases on Immersive Virtual Reality Techniques

Kenneth C.C. Yang (The University of Texas at El Paso, USA)

As virtual reality approaches mainstream consumer use, new research and innovations in the field have impacted how we view and can use this technology across a wide...

Smart Devices, Applications, and Protocols for the IoT

Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues (National Institute of Telecommunications (Inatel), Brazil & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal & Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Brazil), Amjad Gawanmeh (Khalifa University, UAE), Kashif Saleem (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia), Sazia Parvin (Melbourne Polytechnic, Australia)

Advances in computing, communications, and control have bridged the physical components of reality and cyberspace leading to the smart internet of things (IoT). The...

Handbook of Research on Examining Cultural Policies Through Digital Communication

Betül Önay Dogan (Istanbul University, Turkey), Derya Gül Ünlü (Istanbul University, Turkey)

Culture is one of the most important elements for explaining individuals' behaviors within the social structure. It meets the various social needs of members of...

Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Media and Communications

Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)

Media and communication advancements allow individuals across the globe to connect in the blink of an eye. Individuals can share information and collaborate on new p...

Interface Support for Creativity, Productivity, and Expression in Computer Graphics

Anna Ursyn (University of Northern Colorado, USA)

Interfaces within computers, computing, and programming are consistently evolving and continue to be relevant to computer science as it progresses. Advancements in h...

Trends, Experiences, and Perspectives in Immersive Multimedia and Augmented Reality

Emília Simão (Escola Superior Gallaecia University (ESG), Portugal), Celia Soares (University Institute of Maia (ISMAI), Portugal & Polytechnic Institute of Maia (IPMAIA), Portugal)

The concept of immersive multimedia, which is closely related to concepts of augmented reality, brings opportunities in art, education, entertainment, and technology...

Cross-Media Authentication and Verification: Emerging Research and Opportunities

Anastasia Katsaounidou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Charalampos Dimoulas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Andreas Veglis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

As media becomes more readily available in the digital age, it also becomes more vulnerable to tampering and manipulation, making techniques for verifying reliable n...

Feature Dimension Reduction for Content-Based Image Identification

Rik Das (Xavier Institute of Social Service, India), Sourav De (Cooch Behar Government Engineering College, India), Siddhartha Bhattacharyya (RCC Institute of Information Technology, India)

Image data has portrayed immense potential as a foundation of information for numerous applications. Recent trends in multimedia computing have witnessed a rapid gro...

Intelligent Multidimensional Data and Image Processing

Sourav De (Cooch Behar Government Engineering College, India), Siddhartha Bhattacharyya (RCC Institute of Information Technology, India), Paramartha Dutta (Visva Bharati University, India)

As the most natural and convenient means of conveying or transmitting information, images play a vital role in our daily lives. Image processing is now of paramount...

Empirical Research on Semiotics and Visual Rhetoric

Marcel Danesi (University of Toronto, Canada)

The study of symbols has long been considered a necessary field to unravel concealed meanings in symbols and images. These methods have since established themselves...

Exploring Transmedia Journalism in the Digital Age

Renira Rampazzo Gambarato (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia), Geane C. Alzamora (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Since the advent of digitization, the conceptual confusion surrounding the semantic galaxy that comprises the media and journalism universes has increased. Journalis...

Image Retrieval and Analysis Using Text and Fuzzy Shape Features: Emerging Research and Opportunities

P. Sumathy (Bharathidasan University, India), P. Shanmugavadivu (Gandhigram Rural Institute, India), A. Vadivel (SRM University, India)

Multimedia information retrieval focuses on the tools of processing and searching that are applicable to the content-based management of new multimedia documents. It...

Handbook of Research on Advanced Concepts in Real-Time Image and Video Processing

Md. Imtiyaz Anwar (National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India), Arun Khosla (National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India), Rajiv Kapoor (Delhi Technological University, India)

Technological advancements have created novel applications for image and video processing. With these developments, real-world processing problems can be solved more...

Transforming Gaming and Computer Simulation Technologies across Industries

Brock Dubbels (McMaster University, Canada)

In recent years, digital technologies have become more ubiquitous and integrated into everyday life. While once reserved mostly for personal uses, video games and si...

Feature Detectors and Motion Detection in Video Processing

Nilanjan Dey (Techno India College of Technology, Kolkata, India), Amira Ashour (Tanta University, Egypt), Prasenjit Kr. Patra (Bengal College of Engineering and Technology, India)

Video is one of the most important forms of multimedia available, as it is utilized for security purposes, to transmit information, promote safety, and provide enter...

Mobile Application Development, Usability, and Security

Sougata Mukherjea (IBM, India)

The development of mobile technology has experienced exponential growth in recent years. Mobile devices are ubiquitous in modern society, impacting both our personal...

Applied Video Processing in Surveillance and Monitoring Systems

Nilanjan Dey (Techno India College of Technology, Kolkata, India), Amira Ashour (Tanta University, Egypt), Suvojit Acharjee (National Institute of Technology Agartala, India)

Video monitoring has become a vital aspect within the global society as it helps prevent crime, promote safety, and track daily activities such as traffic. As techno...

Intelligent Analysis of Multimedia Information

Siddhartha Bhattacharyya (RCC Institute of Information Technology, India), Hrishikesh Bhaumik (RCC Institute of Information Technology, India), Sourav De (The University of Burdwan, India), Goran Klepac (University College for Applied Computer Engineering Algebra, Croatia & Raiffeisenbank Austria, Croatia)

Multimedia represents information in novel and varied formats. One of the most prevalent examples of continuous media is video. Extracting underlying data from these...

Emerging Technologies and Applications for Cloud-Based Gaming

P. Venkata Krishna (VIT University, India)

Online gaming is widely popular and gaining more user attention every day. Computer game industries have made considerable growth in terms of design and development,...

Digital Tools for Computer Music Production and Distribution

Dionysios Politis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Miltiadis Tsalighopoulos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Ioannis Iglezakis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

It is clear that the digital age has fully embraced music production, distribution, and transcendence for a vivid audience that demands more music both in quantity a...

Contemporary Research on Intertextuality in Video Games

Christophe Duret (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada), Christian-Marie Pons (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada)

Culture is dependent upon intertextuality to fuel the consumption and production of new media. The notion of intertextuality has gone through many iterations, but wh...

Trends in Music Information Seeking, Behavior, and Retrieval for Creativity

Petros Kostagiolas (Ionian University, Greece), Konstantina Martzoukou (Robert Gordon University, UK), Charilaos Lavranos (Ionian University, Greece)

In the literature of information science, a number of studies have been carried out attempting to model cognitive, affective, behavioral, and contextual factors asso...

Emerging Perspectives on the Mobile Content Evolution

Juan Miguel Aguado (University of Murcia, Spain), Claudio Feijóo (Technical University of Madrid, Spain & Tongji University, China), Inmaculada J. Martínez (University of Murcia, Spain)

In less than a decade, mobile technology has revolutionized our cultures, societies, and economies by impacting both personal and professional aspects of human life....

Emerging Research on Networked Multimedia Communication Systems

Dimitris Kanellopoulos (University of Patras, Greece)

Innovations in multimedia technology have truly revolutionized communication, transforming the definitions of text, audio, and visual information through hybrid comb...

Emerging Research and Trends in Gamification

Harsha Gangadharbatla (University of Colorado Boulder, USA), Donna Z. Davis (University of Oregon, USA)

Game design has shifted from the development of games for entertainment to the creation of games with a more meaningful purpose. Game principles and theories can be...

Experimental Multimedia Systems for Interactivity and Strategic Innovation

Ioannis Deliyannis (Ionian University, Greece), Petros Kostagiolas (Ionian University, Greece), Christina Banou (Ionian University, Greece)

Multimedia has evolved with the introduction of interaction, allowing and encouraging users to control and navigate through content. Experimental multimedia is a new...

Design Strategies and Innovations in Multimedia Presentations

Shalin Hai-Jew (Hutchinson Community College, USA)

Multimedia is currently used in a variety of contexts, from social interaction to educational and business settings. The richness of the multimedia experience and it...

Cases on the Societal Effects of Persuasive Games

Dana Ruggiero (Bath Spa University, UK)

Like all other forms of modern media, video games impact society and human behavior in often surprising ways. Understanding the growing effect of digital entertainme...

Video Surveillance Techniques and Technologies

Vesna Zeljkovic (New York Institute of Technology, Nanjing Campus, China)

Security video surveillance systems, such as homeland security and national defense, rely on specific mathematical algorithms in order to run effectively. It is esse...

Techniques and Principles in Three-Dimensional Imaging: An Introductory Approach

Martin Richardson (De Montfort University, UK)

The current progression of 3-D imaging is part of a photonics revolution that continues to discover new human needs and ever-greater potential. Updating the content...

Computational Solutions for Knowledge, Art, and Entertainment: Information Exchange Beyond Text

Anna Ursyn (University of Northern Colorado, USA)

As interactive application software such as apps, installations, and multimedia presentations have become pervasive in everyday life, more and more computer scientis...

Perceptions of Knowledge Visualization: Explaining Concepts through Meaningful Images

Anna Ursyn (University of Northern Colorado, USA)

Multisensory perception is emerging as an important factor in shaping current lifestyles. Therefore, computer scientists, engineers, and technology experts are ackno...

Exploring Multimodal Composition and Digital Writing

Richard E. Ferdig (Research Center for Educational Technology - Kent State University, USA), Kristine E. Pytash (Kent State University, USA)

While traditional writing is typically understood as a language based on the combination of words, phrases, and sentences to communicate meaning, modern technologies...

Multimedia Information Hiding Technologies and Methodologies for Controlling Data

Kazuhiro Kondo (Yamagata University, Japan)

The widespread use of high-speed networks has made the global distribution of digital media contents readily available in an instant. As a result, data hiding was cr...

Media in the Ubiquitous Era: Ambient, Social and Gaming Media

Artur Lugmayr (Tampere University of Technology, Finland), Helja Franssila (University of Tampere, Finland), Pertti Näränen (TAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland), Olli Sotamaa (University of Tampere, Finland), Jukka Vanhala (Tampere University of Technology, Finland), Zhiwen Yu (Northwestern Polytechnical University, China)

Media in the ubiquitous area is undergoing a tremendous change. Social media and Web 2.0 are applied in ever more diverse practices both in private and public commun...

Multimedia Services and Streaming for Mobile Devices: Challenges and Innovations

Alvaro Suarez Sarmiento (Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain), Elsa Macias Lopez (Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)

Multimedia services facilitate the real-time processing and communication of images, audio, and text. The convergence of computer communication and telecommunication...

Online Multimedia Advertising: Techniques and Technologies

Xian-Sheng Hua (Microsoft Research Asia, China), Tao Mei (Microsoft Research Asia, China), Alan Hanjalic (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)

The explosive growth of multimedia data on the web creates significant opportunities for multimedia advertising. Multimedia content becomes a natural information car...

Streaming Media Architectures, Techniques, and Applications: Recent Advances

Ce Zhu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Yuenan Li (Harbin Institute of Technology, China), Xiamu Niu (Harbin Institute of Technology, China)

Streaming media is one of the most exciting and active research topics with continuing significant progress in the multimedia area, where streaming media has been ex...

Advanced Techniques in Multimedia Watermarking: Image, Video and Audio Applications

Ali Mohammad Al-Haj (Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan)

In recent years, the tremendous advancement of digital technology has increased the ease with which digital multimedia files are stored, transmitted, and reproduced....

Serious Game Design and Development: Technologies for Training and Learning

Jan Cannon-Bowers (University of Central Florida, USA), Clint Bowers (University of Central Florida, USA)

The increasing use of games in learning has drawn the attention of numerous disciplines within the scientific community now seeking to understand the nature of its e...

Editor(s) Biography

Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues [S’01, M’06, SM’06] is a professor at the Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Brazil; and senior researcher at the Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal. He received the Academic Title of Aggregated Professor in informatics engineering from UBI, Portugal, the Habilitation in computer science and engineering from the University of Haute Alsace, France, a PhD degree in informatics engineering and an MSc degree from the UBI, and a five-year BSc degree (licentiate) in informatics engineering from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Prof. Rodrigues is the leader of the Next Generation Networks and Applications research group (CNPq), Director for Conference Development - IEEE ComSoc Board of Governors, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Technical Activities Committee Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Latin America Region Board, the President of the scientific council at ParkUrbis – Covilhã Science and Technology Park, the Past-Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on eHealth, the Past-chair of the IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on Communications Software, Steering Committee member of the IEEE Life Sciences Technical Community and Publications co-Chair, and Member Representative of the IEEE Communications Society on the IEEE Biometrics Council. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal on E-Health and Medical Communications and editorial board member of several high-reputed journals. He has been general chair and TPC Chair of many international conferences, including IEEE ICC, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE HEALTHCOM, and IEEE LATINCOM. He is a member of many international TPCs and participated in several international conferences organization. He has authored or coauthored over 800 papers in refereed international journals and conferences, 3 books, 2 patents, and 1 ITU-T Recommendation. He had been awarded several Outstanding Leadership and Outstanding Service Awards by IEEE Communications Society and several best papers awards. Prof. Rodrigues is a licensed professional engineer (as senior member), member of the Internet Society, and a senior member ACM and IEEE.

Editorial Advisory Board

Editor-in-Chief

Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues, National Institute of Telecommunications (Inatel), Brazil & Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Beira Interior, Portugal

Editorial Advisory Board

Abel Gomes, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Angelos Antonopoulos, Telecommunications Technological Centre of Catalonia (CTTC/CERCA), Spain

Chang Wen Chen, The State University of New York at Buffalo, United States

Chonggang Wang, InterDigital Communications, United States

Constandinos Mavromoustakis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus

Cristiano Bonato Both, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Brazil

Edmundo Madeira, IC - Institute of Computing, UNICAMP - University of Campinas, Brazil

Guangjie Han, Hohai University, China

Igor Ilin, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia

Jaime Lloret Mauri, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

Jianwei Niu, Beihang University, China

José Luis Sevillano Ramo, ETS Ingeniería Informática, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Mohsen Guizani, University of Idaho, United States

Neeraj Kumar, Thapar University, Patiala (Punjab), India

Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France

Placido Pinheiro, Graduate Program in Applied Informatics/University of Fortaleza, Brazil

Sherali Zeadally, University of Kentucky, United States