Introduction to Digital Media (eBook)

Alessandro Delfanti, Adam Arvidsson (Autoren)

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2018 | 1. Auflage
192 Seiten
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-119-27640-1 (ISBN)

Infos

New and updated English translation of the highly successful book on digital media

This book introduces readers to the vast and rich world of digital media. It provides a strong starting point for understanding digital media's social and political significance to our culture and the culture of others-drawing on an emergent and increasingly rich set of empirical and theoretical studies on the role and development of digital media in contemporary societies. Touching on the core points behind the discipline, the book addresses a wide range of topics, including media economics, online cooperation, open source, social media, software production, globalization, brands, marketing, the cultural industry, labor, and consumption.

Presented in six sections-Media and Digital Technologies; The Information Society; Cultures and Identities; Digital Collaboration; Public Sphere and Power; Digital Economies-the book offers in-depth chapter coverage of new and old media; network infrastructure; networked economy and globalization; the history of information technologies; the evolution of networks; sociality and digital media; media and identity; collaborative media; open source and innovation; politics and democracy; social movements; surveillance and control; digital capitalism; global inequalities and development; and more.

• Delivers a reliable, compact and quick introduction to the core issues analyzed by digital culture studies and sociology of information societies
• Interweaves main topics and theories with several examples and up-to-date case studies, often linked to our everyday lives on the internet, as well as suggestions for further readings
• Anchors examples to discussions of the main sociological, political, and anthropological theoretical approaches at stake to help students make sense of the changes brought about by digital media
• Uses critical sociological and political theory alongside every day examples to discuss concepts such as online sociality, digital labor, digital value creation, and the reputation economy

Clear and concise throughout, Introduction to Digital Media is an excellent primer for those teaching and studying digital culture and media.

ALESSANDRO DELFANTI is Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, where he teaches courses on digital culture and labor.

ADAM ARVIDSSON is Professor of Sociology at the University of Naples, Federico II, where he teaches courses on digital culture and society.

Inhalt

Title Page 5
Copyright Page 6
Contents 7
Preface 9
Part I Frameworks 15
Chapter 1 Media and Digital Technologies 17
1.1 The Digital Environment 17
1.2 New and Old Media 20
1.3 Digital Media 22
1.4 Infrastructures and Platforms 27
1.5 Technology and Society 29
Note 33
Chapter 2 The Information Society 35
2.1 A New Society? 35
2.2 The Networked Economy and Globalization 37
2.3 Theories of the Information Society 41
2.4 The History of Information Technologies 45
2.5 The Evolution of Networks 52
2.6 The Future of the Information Society 56
Part II Transformations 59
Chapter 3 Cultures and Identities 61
3.1 Digital Sociality 61
3.2 Social Media 65
3.3 Media and Identity 68
3.4 Communities or Publics? 73
3.5 Reputation and Influence 77
3.6 Critiques of Digital Sociality 80
Chapter 4 From Collaboration to Value 85
4.1 Collaborative Media 85
4.2 The Dilemma of Participation 89
4.3 From Free Software to Peer?to?Peer 91
4.4, Open Innovation 97
4.5 TheEconomic Value of Cooperation 102
Chapter 5 The Public Sphere and Power 107
5.1 From Audiences to Active Publics 107
5.2 Journalism and the Public Sphere 109
5.3 Politics and Democracy 116
5.4 Social Movements 120
5.5 Surveillance and Control 124
5.6 Information and Civic Culture 128
Note 129
Chapter 6 Work and Economy 131
6.1 The Rise of Digital Capitalism 131
6.2 Economic Models and Actors 133
6.3 Digital Labor and Precarity 139
6.4 Immaterial Production: Brands and Finance 149
6.5 Global Inequalities and Development 154
Conclusion 159
Glossary 163
Index 185
EULA 193

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.11.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Schlagworte: analyzing digital media • analyzing social media • anthropology of the media • Communication & Media Studies • Consumer Culture • critical analysis of media • culture and new media • digital cooperation • Digital Culture • digital media branding • digital media consumption</p> • guide to digital media • guide to new media • Information Society • Internet Studies • Kommunikation • Kommunikation u. Medienforschung • <p>digital media • marketing and digital media • media culture • Media Economics • Media Studies • Medienforschung • Neue Medien • New Media • Online Cooperation • Open Source • Political Economy of Communication • Science Communication • Sociology of the Media • Technology and society • The Internet
• ISBN-10: 1-119-27640-3 / 1119276403
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-27640-1 / 9781119276401