TY  - BOOK
AU  - Messaris,Paul
AU  - Humphreys,Lee
TI  - Digital media: transformations in human communication 
SN  - 9781433132865 (paperback : alk. paper)
AV  - QA76.575 .D5383 2017
U1  - 006.7 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Peter Lang
KW  - Digital media
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Multimedia systems
KW  - Online social networks
KW  - Human-machine systems
N1  - 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
N2  - 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.
ER  -