Information & Communication Technology Age

Internet Mass Media Channels

Since the dawn of human kind, Homo sapiens have persevered in seeking, creating, and developing new tools and methods to communicate among one another; In all the fundamental communication arenas—whether intrapersonal, interpersonal, group, public, and as a particular phenomenon of recent decades, Mass Communication that utilizes innovative and dynamic forms of Media, Men and Women continue to accelerate the evolution of a massively expanding network.

Can you imagine a world without television, newspapers, magazines, or books? At the rate technology has transformed our daily lives, it probably won’t be long before such traditional mediums become obsolete and replaced by mobile and digital forms of communication media. (more…)

The most important aspect of the Communication process

The following article was initially an essay composed for a Communication & Development course at BUIC in 2008-2009:

Obviously, all aspects of the communication process—sender, encoding, message, channel, receiver, decoding and feedback—are essential to the greater communication picture. Lacking emphasis in any one of these aspects will result in mis-communication. Therefore, in that sense, all aspects are the most important. However, for the purpose of this article, I will execute a difficult argument by choosing the aspect which I think is the most important, and therefore should receive the most emphasis.

Many might argue that the sender, message, encoding, decoding and even channels are the most important aspect. After all, without these, there would be no communications to analyze at all. After much contemplation, I have decided that neither of those aspects is any more important than the one which is truly the starting and ending point of all communications. The most important aspect of the communications process is the receiver. (more…)

Barbaric BUIC Late Registration Requires Reform

The first week of every semester at BUIC is a hectic time for many students and faculty alike. Though it’s not necessarily a demanding and stressful week academically, administratively it has proved consistently to be a day-time nightmare (daymare?), particularly on the last three days of this first week referred to as the ‘add-drop / late registration’ period, where students can add-register for open seats in classes they didn’t get in the initial registration (during the end of the previous semester a month or so prior), as well as drop undesired courses and/or change course sections for whatever convenience/conflict that calls.
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Summer School in Taiwan and Thailand 2010

For those post-secondary students interested in Southeast Asian / ASEAN politics, economics, culture, and studies in general, and would like to be part of an international program in Taiwan and/or Thailand this summer, adhere to the following details: (more…)

Asian students planning on studying in Thailand : It’s woth a consideration

It has been a trend in Asian countries for quite some time for Asian parents to send their offspring abroad for higher education, places such as UK, USA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA are a few countries which come to mind in less than a split second.

Lets be realistic people, in economic dire, why pay twice the price for half the lifestyle. Thailand may well be your remedy.

This article might help prospective students who plan to enter the Kingdom of Thailand to get a better understanding of Thailand and its world wide recognized  universities which are affiliated with other universities in the above mentioned nations among the global network.

Students and professors  from  around the globe come here to study and work. Therefore,international diversity is guaranteed ,visibly evident and this would benefit one who wants to be working for multinational organizations or any organization actually, or anywhere. (more…)

Political Turmoil Shut Down Academic Operations

Everyone might recall when the Yellow Shirts caused the shutdown of Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok late last year. Eventually they got their way as the democrats seized head of the government. Ultimately, this caused the red shirts to counter uprise in similar protest fashion, closing down much operations and blockading major streets in central Bangkok approaching Thai new years the second week of April.

It’s not the airport yet as is feared much, but still affecting business in a time of dire economic times. While following the regular Thai academic schedule, it’s summer time, but for those institutions on the international calendar, there are some indications from this colored shirt mess. (more…)