TV as a multimedia synchronous communication for cooking and eating activities: Analysis of TV cooking shows in Hong Kong

Proceedings - 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia, ISM 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 302-307

  Lai Yeung, Theresa Wai Ling ^a   So, Simon Wing Wah ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cooking skills; Healthy eating; Nutrition; Synchronous multimedia; TV cooking shows

Indexed keywords

BROADCAST SCHEDULE; COOKING SHOWS; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTHY EATING; HONG-KONG; MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION; MULTIMEDIA ELEMENTS; SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS; SYNCHRONOUS MULTIMEDIA; TV COOKING SHOWS; WELL BEING;

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; NUTRITION;

THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

EID: 79951735504     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISM.2010.52     Document Type: Conference Paper

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