Frontiers in New Media Research Contributor(s): Lee, Francis L. F. (Editor), Leung, Louis (Editor), Qiu, Jack Linchuan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415524156 ISBN-13: 9780415524155 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Media Studies - Computers | Internet - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 302.231 |
LCCN: 2011053332 |
Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 304 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This volume puts together the works of a group of distinguished scholars and active researchers in the field of media and communication studies to reflect upon the past, present, and future of new media research. The chapters examine the implications of new media technologies on everyday life, existing social institutions, and the society at large at various levels of analysis. Macro-level analyses of changing techno-social formation - such as discussions of the rise of surveillance society and the fifth estate - are combined with studies on concrete and specific new media phenomena, such as the rise of Pro-Am collaboration and fan labor online. In the process, prominent concepts in the field of new media studies, such as social capital, displacement, and convergence, are critically examined, while new theoretical perspectives are proposed and explicated. Reflecting the inter-disciplinary nature of the field of new media studies and communication research in general, the chapters interrogate into the problematic through a range of theoretical and methodological approaches. The book should offer students and researchers who are interested in the social impact of new media both critical reviews of the existing literature and inspirations for developing new research questions. |