New Media: An Introduction - Brossura

Flew, Terry; Smith, Richard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0199005508 ISBN 13: 9780199005505

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, 2014

Riassunto

This concise yet comprehensive survey examines the social, political, and economic impacts of new media from the early days of the telegraph to the latest network technologies. Featuring an in-depth treatment of new media theories, engaging case studies, and Canadian examples throughout, this text offers students a comprehensive introduction to new media from a Canadian perspective.

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L'autore

Terry Flew is an associate professor in the Creative Industries Faculty at the Queensland University of Technology

Contenuti

• Note: Every chapter includes:
• - Questions to Consider
• - Chapter Outline
• - Useful Websites
• - Further Reading
• - Discussion Questions
• - Class Activities
• - Debate Questions
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Introduction
• Abbreviations
• 1: Introduction to New Media
• Why "New" Media?
• Convergence
• Internet History
• The Global Internet
• The Conduit and the Content
• Web 2.0
• 2: The History of New Media
• Early Traces of New Media
• Institutionalized, Instantaneous, Worldwide Communication: The Telegraph
• From Telegraph to Telephone: A Revolution in Sound
• By the Flickering Light We Will Conjure Movement: Film
• Speaking without Wires: Radio
• Making Radio Easier and Better
• Pictures and Sound, Educational Potential: Television
• 3: Approaches to New Media
• Getting Perspective
• What to Believe: The Hype or the Counter-Hype?
• Interpreting Hype and Counter-Hype: Methodological Considerations
• Approaches to Technological Change: Divergent Perspectives
• Pioneer Media Theorists: Marshall McLuhan and Raymond Williams
• Social Psychology: Identity and Interpersonal Relations Online
• 4: Mobile New Media
• Many Kinds of Mobile
• The Origins of Mobile Phones
• New Services
• From Multifunction Phones to Smartphones
• When Is a Phone No Longer a Phone?
• "New" New Media on Phones?
• Kids on Phones
• The Business of Mobility
• Mobile Phone Usage Patterns
• What Matters with Mobile?
• 5: Social Networks and Participatory Culture
• Networking for Fun and Profit
• The Nature of Networks
• Social Network Analysis
• Networks and the Economics of Social Production
• Participatory Media Cultures
• Participatory Media, Social Software, and Social Capital
• Downsides of Networks, Social Media, and Participatory Media Culture
• 6: Games: Technology, Industry, Culture
• Game On
• Games History
• Games Industry: Integrating and Disintegrating the Value Chain
• The Game Industry in Canada
• Game Cultures
• 7: Creative Industries
• Creativity in Question
• The Rise of Creative Industries
• Is "Creative Industries" Still a Useful Organizing Concept?
• Economic Drivers of Creative Industries
• Policy Drivers of Creative Industries
• Creative Industries and Evolving Arts and Cultural Policy
• 8: The Global Knowledge Economy
• The Global Knowledge Economy
• Electronic Commerce
• Information and Knowledge
• Innovation and the Innovator's Dilemma
• A Creative Economy?
• 9: Internet Law, Policy, and Governance
• Internet Law, Policy, and Governance
• Perspectives on Internet Governance
• Canadian New Media Policy
• Next Generation New Media Policy
• Copyright and Intellectual Property Law: An Overview
• Copyright and New Media
• Recent Developments in International Copyright and Intellectual Property Law
• Digital Gatekeepers and the Open Source Movement
• 10: Conclusion
• Key Concerns and Future Considerations
• Mobility
• The Internet of Things
• Networks: Always On and Always There
• Meeting People Made Easy: Social Media
• Surveillance and New Media
• Augmented Reality, 3D Printing, and Robots
• New Media Scholarship: The Next Frontiers
• Final Words
• Glossary
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0199005508
• ISBN 13: 9780199005505
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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