02558cam a2200397 i 4500 278443 278443 19332321 OSt 20190308144906.0 161011s2017 nyua b 001 0 eng 2016045988 9781433132865 (paperback : alk. paper) 9781433139550 (eBook pdf) 9781433139567 (epub) 9781433139574 (mobi) DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc QA76.575 .D5383 2017 006.7 23 Digital media : transformations in human communication / edited by Paul Messaris and Lee Humphreys. Second edition. New York : Peter Lang, [2017] xiv, 379 pages ; 26 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 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. Digital media Social aspects. Multimedia systems. Online social networks. Human-machine systems. Messaris, Paul, editor. Humphreys, Lee, editor. lcc 6 0 0 lcc 0 0 12 12 20 2019-03-04 97 67.32 0 QA76.575 .D5383 2017 50000003274536 2019-03-04 00:00:00 c. 1 67.32 2019-03-04 6