| Description |
xxvi, 358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Digitisation and convergence -- Technological determinism and mobile privatisation -- New media worlds? : challenges for convergence -- New media : the policy agenda -- The contrary 'pulls' of digital media : radio listener networks in the era of mobile communications media -- Activism -- Indigenous people and the communication rights agenda : a global perspective -- Disability and the online culture -- Crisis and internet networks -- Surfing against the tide : the use of new media technologies for social activism in South Africa -- Participation, play and socialising in new media environments -- Creativity, collaboration and the new media innovation in a community context -- Community media and the public sphere in Australia -- Access -- 'Access Denied' : arguments about equality and access to new media in the information society -- Participation, access and interaction : changing perspectives -- Universal access in South Africa : broadening communication or building infastructure? -- Dimensions in media diversity -- On fair terms : public participation in communications regulation in Australia -- Participation -- Emergence, search and social networking -- Just Do It : the brand as new media object -- Digital technologies and moral economies |
| Summary |
Uses a mix of case studies, theoretical reflection and critical analysis to explore four central issues for the study of new media and their impact on user communities; the impact of convergence, activism, access and participation in new media. Throughout,it emphasises the way audiences are experiencing changes in the media |
| Analysis |
Media & communication studies (Australia) |
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Publishing, journalism & media |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
For 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate students studying media, journalism and communications |
| Subject |
Digital media -- Textbooks.
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Digital media -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Digital media.
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Mass media policy -- Case studies.
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Mass media policy.
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Mass media -- Textbooks.
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Mass media -- Case studies.
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Mass media -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
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Mass media -- Social aspects.
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Mass media -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Mass media.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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Case studies.
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| Author |
Dwyer, Tim.
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Nightingale, Virginia.
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| LC no. |
2007531484 |
| ISBN |
0195558367 (paperback) |
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9780195558364 (paperback) |
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