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New Media: The Key Concepts
Nicholas Gane
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Description for New Media: The Key Concepts
Paperback. Digital media are rapidly changing the world in which we live. This book addresses six key concepts that are pivotal for understanding the impact of new media on contemporary society and culture: information, network, interface, interactivity, archive and simulation. Each concept is considered through a range of examples. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 160 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 258.
Digital media are rapidly changing the world in which we live. Global communications, mobile interfaces and Internet cultures are re-configuring our everyday lives and experiences. To understand these changes, a new theoretical imagination is needed, one that is informed by a conceptual vocabulary that is able to cope with the daunting complexity of the world today. This book draws on writings by leading social and cultural theorists to assemble this vocabulary. It addresses six key concepts that are pivotal for understanding the impact of new media on contemporary society and culture: information, network, interface, interactivity, archive and simulation. Each concept ... Read more
Digital media are rapidly changing the world in which we live. Global communications, mobile interfaces and Internet cultures are re-configuring our everyday lives and experiences. To understand these changes, a new theoretical imagination is needed, one that is informed by a conceptual vocabulary that is able to cope with the daunting complexity of the world today. This book draws on writings by leading social and cultural theorists to assemble this vocabulary. It addresses six key concepts that are pivotal for understanding the impact of new media on contemporary society and culture: information, network, interface, interactivity, archive and simulation. Each concept ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Key Concepts
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845201333
SKU
V9781845201333
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Ref
99-50
About Nicholas Gane
Nicholas Gane is Reader in Sociology at the University of York and author of Max Weber and Postmodern Theory and The Future of Social Theory. David Beer is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of York.
Reviews for New Media: The Key Concepts
'An outstanding text on the cutting-edge 'key concepts' that help us to understand and analyze the so-called 'new media'. Clear, accessible and succinct, the book will be very valuable for students in media, communications, and cultural theory.'Thomas M. Kemple, University of British Columbia