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Digital cultures : understanding new media /

Contributor(s): Creeber, Glen, 1962- | Martin, Royston.
Publisher: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2009Description: xii, 205 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0335221971 (pbk.); 9780335221974:; 9780335221974 (pbk.); 033522198X (hbk.); 9780335221981 (hbk.).Subject(s): Social media | Digital media -- Social aspects | Information society | Information technology -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 302.231
Contents:
Digital theory : theorizing new media / Glen Creeber -- Case study : digital aesthetics / Sean Cubitt -- On the Net : navigating the World Wide Web / David Bell -- Case study : Wilipedia / David Gauntlet -- Digital television : high definitions / Michele Hilmes -- Case study : making television news in the digital age / Damien Steward -- Digital cinema : virtual screens / Michael Allen -- Case study : Star Wars episode II : attack of the clones / Michael Allen -- Video games : platforms, programmes and players / Gérard Kraus -- Case study : Bioshock / Gérard Kraus -- Digital music : production, distribution and consumption / Jamie Sexton -- Case study : the i-Pod / Jamie Sexton -- Participatory culture : mobility, interactivity and identity / Matt Hills -- Case study : social networking & self-identity / Matt Hills -- The digital divide : scarcity, inequality and conflict / Last Moyo -- Case study : virtual wars / Sebastian Kaempf -- Digital democracy : enhancing the public sphere / Last Moyo -- Case study : electronic votes in Haiti / Tim Pershing -- After new media : everywhere always on / Royston Martin -- Case study : natural language processing (NLP) / Alexander Clark -- Appendix: 'New media - a timeline'.
Summary: From Facebook to the iPhone, from YouTube to Wikipedia, from Grand Auto Theft to Second Life, this text explores new media's most important issues and debates to create an accessible and essential text for newcomers to the field.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-198) and index.

Digital theory : theorizing new media / Glen Creeber -- Case study : digital aesthetics / Sean Cubitt -- On the Net : navigating the World Wide Web / David Bell -- Case study : Wilipedia / David Gauntlet -- Digital television : high definitions / Michele Hilmes -- Case study : making television news in the digital age / Damien Steward -- Digital cinema : virtual screens / Michael Allen -- Case study : Star Wars episode II : attack of the clones / Michael Allen -- Video games : platforms, programmes and players / Gérard Kraus -- Case study : Bioshock / Gérard Kraus -- Digital music : production, distribution and consumption / Jamie Sexton -- Case study : the i-Pod / Jamie Sexton -- Participatory culture : mobility, interactivity and identity / Matt Hills -- Case study : social networking & self-identity / Matt Hills -- The digital divide : scarcity, inequality and conflict / Last Moyo -- Case study : virtual wars / Sebastian Kaempf -- Digital democracy : enhancing the public sphere / Last Moyo -- Case study : electronic votes in Haiti / Tim Pershing -- After new media : everywhere always on / Royston Martin -- Case study : natural language processing (NLP) / Alexander Clark -- Appendix: 'New media - a timeline'.

From Facebook to the iPhone, from YouTube to Wikipedia, from Grand Auto Theft to Second Life, this text explores new media's most important issues and debates to create an accessible and essential text for newcomers to the field.

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