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"This is the first major review of interactive technologies and their cultural and social context. This is more than a welcome addition to one′s library; it is the authoritative overview of international research perspectives on interactive media technologies by leading scholars around the world."

-Ellen Wartella, University of Texas, Austin

" The Handbook of New Media is a landmark for the study of information and communication technologies within the field of communication. Its international team of editors and authors has brought together insights gained from over two decades of scholarly research. This indispensable reference demonstrates an increased maturity and stature for "new media" research within the field."

-William H. Dutton, University of Southern California

Thoroughly revised and updated, this Student Edition of the successful Handbook of New Media has been abridged to showcase the best of the hardback edition. This Handbook sets out boundaries of new media research and scholarship and provides a definitive statement of the current state-of-the-art of the field. Covering major problem areas of research, the Handbook of New Media includes an introductory essay by the editors and a concluding essay by Ron Rice. Each chapter, written by an internationally renowned scholar, provides a review of the most significant social research findings and insights.

New to this Student Edition:

Incorporates a reorganized format into three clearly-defined sections (culture and society; systems, design and industries; and institutions and governance) to make the material more accessible for students and easier to incorporate into course design Provides updated chapters to combine classic studies and background material with latest developments in the field since the first edition appeared in 2002 Offers a new introduction by the editors to clearly lay out several main themes in new media studies and distinguish the field from and relative to mass media research, as well as providing instructors a guide for ′how to use the Handbook′ in courses. Includes re-titled chapters to reflect their central focus or topic and help students and instructors frame the diversity of material in the book

The First Editionof the Handbook immediately established itself as the central reference work in the field. This new revised edition offers students the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the area.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Part 1 New Media, Culture and Society
• Interpersonal Life Online
• Creating Community with Media: History, Theories and Scientific Investigations
• Children and New Media
• Perspectives on Internet Use
• Access, Involvement and Interaction
• New Media and Small Group Organizing
• Culture and New Media: A Historical View
• Cultural Studies and Communication Technology
• Power and Political Culture
• Part 2 Technology Systems, Design and Industries
• New Media History
• Exploring Models of Interactivity from Multiple Research Traditions
• Users, Documents, Systems
• How to Infrastructure
• New Media Design and Development
• Diffusion of Innovations vs Social Shaping of Technology
• New Media and New Economy Cluster Dynamics
• Globalization and the Structure of New Media Industries
• Universal Access to the New Information Infrastructure
• Part 3 New Media, Institutions and Governance
• The Regulation of Digital Content
• From Hierarchies to Network Firms
• New Media and the Economics of Information
• New Media and Trade Policy
• The Governance of Media Markets
• New Global Media and The Role of the State
• The Information Society Revisited

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Sonia Livingstone DPhil (Oxon), OBE, FBA, FBPS, FAcSS, FRSA, is a professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Taking a comparative, critical and contextualised approach, her research examines how changing conditions of mediation reshape everyday practices and possibilities for action. She has published 20 books on media audiences, children and young people's risks and opportunities, media literacy and rights in the digital environment, including " Parenting for a Digital Future: How hopes and fears about technology shape children's lives " (OUP 2020). Since founding the EC-funded 33 country " EU Kids Online " research network, and Global Kids Online (with UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti), she has advised DCMS, UKCIS, Ofcom, European Commission, European Parliament, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, OECD, ITU and UNICEF. She chaired LSE's Truth, Trust and Technology Commission and is currently leading the Digital Futures Commission with the 5Rights Foundation. See www.sonialivingstone.net