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 | | SLIM was a major EC supported project involving 8 national research centres based in the UK, Denmark, Norway, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Germany. |
 | | SLIM investigated the process of innovation in multimedia : the convergence of information, communication and broadcasting technologies,highlighting the role of social learning, the widely dispersed interactions between producers, intermediate and final users and policy-makers which are critical to the future evolution and success of multimedia. |
 | | The key policy challenge posed by the SLIM study surrounds the need for a 'double shift' in the focus of technology policy from Research and Technological Development of ICTs, towards: |
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