"Knowledge Society" as explained by Daniel Bell's sociological analysis is a social form whereby intellectual resources of knowledge have economic values following post-industrial development. In lifelong education, the Information Library in which adult students can search freely through the internet anywhere or any time is required. There is a complication with intellectual property rights, such as copyrights which can result in an alienation factor. This paper proposes the necessity for copyrights revision based on the example of the image library in the on-line Adult Information Educational Lecture which is part of Information Network and Kawaguchi NHK Broadcasting Archives.

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This paper examines the relationship between digital terrestrial television and audience activity. Digital terrestrial broadcasting alters the very existence of television through the following three characteristics: 1) High definition and high sound quality, 2) multiple channels, and 3) multiple services (electronic program guides, data services, interactive communication, etc.). These three characteristics can be assumed to promote the audiences' affective involvement, selectivity and elaboration. However this perspective is based on technological determinism and is overly "rose-colored". Previous mass communication research does not support these optimistic anticipations. High definition and high sound quality does not automatically lead to affective involvement. An increase in channel selection does not lead to an increase in programming selection. Even if multiple services facilitate a viable learning environment, unless efforts towards higher concentration and active utilization of these multiple services are made, learning by the audience will not occur. Past studies on digital satellite television audiences have found that similar new services are often not fully utilized by the users. Consequently, the multiple services of digital terrestrial television will most probably not be fully used. In this way, the permeation of digital terrestrial television will not automatically mean the promotion of audience activity. This paper concludes that further research on the factors that facilitate audience activity by digital terrestrial television viewing is necessary.

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The learning environment of a classroom where digitization has progressed in recent years needs new schemes to evaluate educational contents and its effect on learning. To evaluate the outcome by using digital learning materials in real classroom context, five methods were employed: a) Access Long analysis for digital learning materials, b) Teachers Questionnaire, c) Teachers Interview d) Image Map test for pupils, and e) a Research Planning test for pupils. As a result of the evaluation, we found the actual conditions of how digital learning materials are used, the learning effect through practice, and the intent of teachers using digital learning materials.

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An important aspect of the merit of traditional audiovisual education is the use of quality instructional materials that utilize visual messages and stories as a main component of the material. This situation does not change a lot even if we would use the term educational media instead of audiovisual materials. The purpose of this paper is to examine the characteristics of three audiovisual materials or instructional media that can be said are 'classic' works and have long lasting value, and to consider the significance of these characteristics for the theory and research of audiovisual education and educational media. The author concluded that we would need to emphasize the aspect of 'art' in our future research.

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The possibility of using digital media is expanding as communication tools in intercultural education. For instance, the Internet makes it possible for us to communicate easily with people overseas without spending so much. Digital cameras and video cameras also make it possible for us to communicate with others visually. Digital media, however, cannot make everything possible. Advanced research indicates the importance of a coordinator for exchange programs between different cultures. In this paper, the authors propose a new exchange model by using digital media supported by an overseas volunteer as a coordinator. As a result, the authors confirm the improvement of exchange practice in promoting intercultural education.

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This study is to clarify the factors that affect teacher's anxiety in using PC and the internet. Sixty-seven (67) students from a pre-service teacher training college were the respondents of this study by questionnaire. The result was analyzed using covariance structure analysis. The findings indicated that the required training to become a teacher and teaching experience influenced teacher's anxiety in using digital media. However, the learning experiences using digital media and PC usage have no influence on teacher's anxiety. It was suggested that a more suitable curriculum is needed for pre-service teacher training in decreasing teacher's anxiety.

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In this paper, we classified and surveyed CALL in higher education, and considered advantages regarding the future prospect of CALL. We classified CALL into four styles: the provision of environment type, the independent study type, the interchange type, and the blended type. We reported the merits and demerits of each type. We introduced "Multilingual CALL", which enabled the comparison of two languages. We showed the following as the future prospects. Each of the 4 types has its own characteristic, and we need to consider how we position CALL within the curriculum of language teaching corresponding to the educational purpose. Media has a high affinity and good effect when used in a lecture in which teachers teach language or cultural comparisons.

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We already live in the world of internet. We mediate mutually in this world. We are the existence socially involved mutually closely although it is the existence individualized as the biological or physical existence. Therefore, we already enter into the Internet and have become a part, we are not overstatements. Therefore, we have to consider the problem of the new intellect of the Internet age. Nevertheless, educational media research seems to still study only the technical problems of the usage of the Internet. So, by this research, the subject of educational media research of the Internet age is considered.

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In recent years, there are lots of educational digital materials. But teachers often find there is a lack of useful and appropriate content when they want to use materials in a classroom. They want more educational contents to be able to circulate them. Educators should retrieve with a standardized metadata for seamless retrieval. So materials must be standardized. This study introduces Metadata Standards for educational resources (Dublin Core, LOM, SC36, and MPEG-7) Web sites with them, and the importance of co-operation between them.

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