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Implications of hypermedia for cognition and communication Dede, C. & Palumbo, D. (1991). Implications of hypermedia for cognition and communication. Impact Assessment Bulletin, 9(1-2), 15-28. Abstract Since the dawn of civilization, few full-fledged media have emerged as vehicles for thought and interaction. The spoken word, the written word, still images, and full-motion images are the major representational methods that people have evolved to symbolize and communicate ideas. Enthusiasts for hypermedia (the associative, nonlinear interconnection of multimedia materials) are now claiming that a new medium has emerged. If this assertion is true, then a host of direct and indirect consequences for civilizations will follow. Few technological innovations have greater potential to transform society than a new medium (e.g. the long term effects of the invention of writing). Please download by clicking on the title of the article (above). You can then view the manuscript using the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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