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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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Williams is the son of the [[Welsh people|Welsh]] academic and television critic [[Raymond Williams]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://infed.org/mobi/raymond-williams-and-education-a-slow-reach-again-for-control/|title=Raymond Williams and education – a slow reach again for control {{!}} infed.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-30}}</ref> Throughout his childhood, Williams was a student at the Cambridgeshire High School for Boys.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://peoplepill.com/people/ederyn-williams/|title=Ederyn Williams: British University Department Head - Biography, Life, Family, Career, Facts, Information|last=PeoplePill|website=peoplepill.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref> He then attended his father's alma mater, [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], and graduated with a B.A. in Natural Sciences.<ref name=":3" /> Williams went on to earn a [[Doctor of Philosophy|DPhil]] in Psychology from the [[University of Oxford]] in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.revolvy.com/page/Ederyn-Williams?smv=2450117|title="Ederyn Williams" on Revolvy.com|last=LLC|first=Revolvy|website=www.revolvy.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/ederyn-williams-2a06194/?originalSubdomain=uk|title=Ederyn Williams LinkedIn|last=|first=|date=|website=LinkedIn|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> |
Williams is the son of the [[Welsh people|Welsh]] academic and television critic [[Raymond Williams]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://infed.org/mobi/raymond-williams-and-education-a-slow-reach-again-for-control/|title=Raymond Williams and education – a slow reach again for control {{!}} infed.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-30}}</ref> Throughout his childhood, Williams was a student at the Cambridgeshire High School for Boys.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://peoplepill.com/people/ederyn-williams/|title=Ederyn Williams: British University Department Head - Biography, Life, Family, Career, Facts, Information|last=PeoplePill|website=peoplepill.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref> He then attended his father's alma mater, [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], and graduated with a B.A. in Natural Sciences.<ref name=":3" /> Williams went on to earn a [[Doctor of Philosophy|DPhil]] in Psychology from the [[University of Oxford]] in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.revolvy.com/page/Ederyn-Williams?smv=2450117|title="Ederyn Williams" on Revolvy.com|last=LLC|first=Revolvy|website=www.revolvy.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/ederyn-williams-2a06194/?originalSubdomain=uk|title=Ederyn Williams LinkedIn|last=|first=|date=|website=LinkedIn|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> |
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== Social Presence Theory == |
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Dr. Williams, along with fellow social psychologists Bruce Christie and John Short, developed social presence theory in 1976.<ref name=":12">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2585964|title=The Social Psychology of Telecommunications|last=Short, John; Williams, Ederyn, Christie, Bruce|first=|date=1976|publisher=Wiley|others=Williams, Ederyn,, Christie, Bruce,|year=|isbn=0-471-01581-4|location=London|pages=|oclc=}}</ref> Social presence theory is defined as "the degree of salience of the other person in the interaction and consequent salience of the interpersonal relationships."<ref name=":12" /> This theory argues that media differ in their ability to convey intimacy and immediacy.<ref name=":12" /> Social presence theory is a key theory in understanding interpersonal communication and has found to be a strong indicator in satisfaction.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2458(10)78006-2|title=Chapter 6- Communication Media Selection for Remote Interaction of Ad Hoc Groups|last=Fabio Calefato; Filippo Lanubile|first=|publisher=Elsevier|year=2010|isbn=|location=|pages=271-313}}</ref><ref name=":12" /> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Revision as of 21:57, 2 February 2020
Dr. Ederyn Williams was on born September 21, 1946.[1] Williams is an an academic, commentator, and writer whose work focuses on social presence theory and technology transfer.[2][3]
Early life and education
Williams is the son of the Welsh academic and television critic Raymond Williams.[4] Throughout his childhood, Williams was a student at the Cambridgeshire High School for Boys.[5] He then attended his father's alma mater, Trinity College, Cambridge, and graduated with a B.A. in Natural Sciences.[5] Williams went on to earn a DPhil in Psychology from the University of Oxford in 1971.[6][7]
Social Presence Theory
Dr. Williams, along with fellow social psychologists Bruce Christie and John Short, developed social presence theory in 1976.[8] Social presence theory is defined as "the degree of salience of the other person in the interaction and consequent salience of the interpersonal relationships."[8] This theory argues that media differ in their ability to convey intimacy and immediacy.[8] Social presence theory is a key theory in understanding interpersonal communication and has found to be a strong indicator in satisfaction.[9][8]
Career
Ederyn Williams was a research assistant in psychology at University College London, Cambridge University and Johns Hopkins University.[10] He then joined British Telecom where he managed businesses in information technology.[10] Dr. Williams was briefly the head of the short-lived games company, Telecomsoft, in the early 1980s.[11]
From 1991 Williams was the Managing Director of Leeds Innovations Ltd.[10] In April 2000, Dr. Williams joined the University of Warwick where he founded an academic department which later became Warwick Ventures Ltd, which branded itself as a technology commercialisation company. Its activities were claimed by Williams to have been adversely affected by the Financial crisis of 2007–08.[12] In April 2010, Williams was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion for his role in the development of knowledge transfer from universities to business in the UK.[13][14] Dr. Williams retired from Warwick Ventures in September 2011.[15]
References
- ^ "Williams, Raymond 1921–1988 | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Warwick Ventures: Technology Transfer and Commercialisation Office of The University of Warwick". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ Short, John; Williams, Ederyn, Christie, Bruce (1976). The Social Psychology of Telecommunications. Williams, Ederyn,, Christie, Bruce,. London: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-01581-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Raymond Williams and education – a slow reach again for control | infed.org". Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ a b PeoplePill. "Ederyn Williams: British University Department Head - Biography, Life, Family, Career, Facts, Information". peoplepill.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ LLC, Revolvy. ""Ederyn Williams" on Revolvy.com". www.revolvy.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Ederyn Williams LinkedIn". LinkedIn.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d Short, John; Williams, Ederyn, Christie, Bruce (1976). The Social Psychology of Telecommunications. Williams, Ederyn,, Christie, Bruce,. London: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-01581-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Fabio Calefato; Filippo Lanubile (2010). Chapter 6- Communication Media Selection for Remote Interaction of Ad Hoc Groups. Elsevier. pp. 271–313.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c "Executive Profile: Ederyn Williams". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ "News Desk - Beyond is brought from the cold". Popular Computing Weekly. 6–12 November 1986. p. 6. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ Richard Tyler, University spin-off activity collapses, The Daily Telegraph, 21 Dec 2009
- ^ "Queen's Award for Director of Warwick Ventures". PraxisUnico. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ Cara Simpson, Warwick Ventures boss Ederyn Williams wins Queens Award, Coventry Telegraph, 23 April 2010. Accessed 18 November 2015.
- ^ "Warwick Ventures welcomes its new CEO". Warwick University. 23 August 2011. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
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