Digital media :  transformations in human communication / 
edited by Paul Messaris and Lee Humphreys. 
 - Second edition. 
 - xiv, 379 pages ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction (Paul Messaris) -- Part 1: Information -- Part 2: Persuasion -- Part 3: Community -- Part 4: Gender and Sexuality -- Part 5: Communication Across Cultures -- Part 6: Surveillance and Privacy -- Contributors -- Index. 
<br/><br/> The age of digital media has given rise to a new social world. It is a world in which the transmission of information from the few to the many is steadily being supplanted by the multi-directional flow of facts, lies, and ideas. It is a world in which hundreds of millions of people are voluntarily depositing large amounts of personal details in publicly accessible databases. It is a world in which interpersonal relationships are increasingly being conducted in the virtual sphere. Above all, this is a world that seems to be veering off in unpredictable ways from the trends of the immediate past. This book is a probing examination of that world, and of the changes that it has ushered into our lives. In more than thirty essays by a wide range of scholars, this must-have second edition examines the impact of digital media in six areas – information, persuasion, community, gender and sexuality, surveillance and privacy, and cross-cultural communication – and offers an invaluable guide for students and scholars alike. With one exception, all essays are completely new or revised for this volume.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781433132865 (paperback : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016045988 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Digital media--Social aspects.<br/>Multimedia systems.<br/>Online social networks.<br/>Human-machine systems.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA76.575  / .D5383 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>006.7