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Title Digital world : connectivity, creativity and rights / edited by Gillian Youngs
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 191 pages)
Series Routledge research in political communication
Routledge research in political communication.
Contents Cover; Digital World; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations and acronyms; Digital world: connectivity, creativity and rights; Part I Connectivity; 1 Innovation challenges in the digital economy; 2 Politics of digital development: informatization and governance in China; 3 Digital inclusion: a case for micro perspectives; 4 Social innovation and digital community curation; Part II Creativity; 5 Creativity and digital innovation; 6 Digital story and the new creativity; 7 Photography's transformation in the digital age: artistic and everyday forms
8 Transmedia storytelling and audience: memory and marketPart III Rights; 9 The Fifth Estate of the digital world; 10 Economic innovations and political empowerment; 11 A cyberconflict analysis of the 2011 Arab Spring; 12 Cyberqueer perspectives on rights and activism; Index
Summary The Internet and digital technologies have changed the world we live in and the ways we engage with one another and work and play. This is the starting point for this collection which takes analysis of the digital world to the next level exploring the frontiers of digital and creative transformations and mapping their future directions. It brings together a distinctive collection of leading academics, social innovators, activists, policy specialists and digital and creative practitioners to discuss and address the challenges and opportunities in the contemporary digital and creative economy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Information technology -- Political aspects
Information technology -- Social aspects
Digital media -- Political aspects
Digital media -- Social aspects
COMPUTERS -- Information Technology.
Digital media -- Political aspects
Digital media -- Social aspects
Information technology -- Political aspects
Information technology -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Youngs, Gillian, 1956-
ISBN 9781135021993
1135021996