RESEARCH < posted November 5, 2001 >

PACKAGING
Quotes and other relevant research finding related to the topic of packaging.


package n., v., -aged, -aging. -n.
1. a bundle of something that is packed and wrapped or boxed; parcel.
2. a container, as a box or case, in which something is packed.
3. a person or thing conceived of as a compact unit having particular characteristics: a package of mischief.
4. a finished product contained in a unit sustainable for immediate installation and operation, as a heating unit.
5. a group or combination of related parts or elements offered as a single unit: a contract package; a tax package.
6. a complete program or series of programs produced for the theatre, television, etc., and sold as a unit.
-vt.
7. to make or put into a package.
8. to design and manufacture a package for (a product)
9. to combine or offer as a single unit.
[1605-15; < D pakkage baggage. See PACK, -AGE] -pack'age•a•ble, adj. -pack'ag•er, n.

pack v.t., packed, pack•ing.
to choose, collect, arrange. or manipulate (cards, persons, facts, etc.) so as to serve one's own purposes: to pack a jury.
[1520-30; per. alter. of obs. v. der. of PACT n.]

- Definition from Webster's College Dictionary ©1991

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Walter Bender's seven news services for community:

1. Identifying, including contrasting and relating
2. Analyzing, including positioning and verifying
3. Localizing, including augmenting and remembering
4. Contextualizing, including connecting and relating
5. Expressing, including storytelling and transcoding
6. Learning, including interacting and constructing
7. Advertising, including observing and transacting

[Accessed online at: http://walter.www.media.mit.edu/people/walter/]

Note: Walter R. Bender is a founding member of the Media Laboratory, a senior research scientist who headed the News in the Future Consortium and as of September 1, 2001 is now the executive director of the Media Lab.

(This process seems like one way to look at how the news gets packaged for presentation to the public. Especially "Analyzing," "Contextualizing," and "Expressing.")