New Media Worlds: Challenges for Convergence

by Nightingale, Virginia
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ISBN: 9780195558364
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Overview

Using a combination of case study materials, theoretical reflection, and critical analysis, New Media Worlds explores four central issues for the study of new media and their impact on user communities:



- The Impact of Convergence on Traditional Media: The text explores the implications of media convergence for everyday media use and for the policy context.



- Activism: Case studies investigate how user communities with special access needs are ensuring they are not denied access to the emerging world of media.



- Access: Overviews of controversial issues introduce the debate as to which social and cultural groups most benefit from new media policies.



- Participation: The text examines how media modifications structure audience perception.

Features


- Discusses the media activism of indigenous communities, people living with disabilities, people confronted by crisis situations, urban youth groups, and local communities.


- Addresses a unique combination of issues, including audience, policy, and regulatory and industry analysis.


- Emphasizes the way changes in the media are experienced by various audiences.


- Challenges the view that social networking is an inherently democratizing force by showing the challenges of policy, equal access, and participation for all users.


- The useful pedagogical framework facilitates classroom discussion and debate.

  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Nightingale, Virginia
  • ISBN: 9780195558364
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.60 x 0.82
  • Number Of Pages: 368
  • Publication Year: 2007

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