Online journalism has taken center stage in debates about the future of news. Instead of speculating, this volume offers rich empirical evidence about actual developments in online newsrooms. The auth
"The internet is a complex environment that affronts many practices while constraining others. The challenge is to develop language and tools to critically engage with these environments and to naviga
Contributors use ethnographic methodologies to provide empirical evidence about developments in online newsrooms and present twelve case studies of newsrooms around the world including Belgium, Norway
While the notion of the "permanent campaign" and attendant concerns about its impact on governance have a significant history prior to the advent of the Internet, Elmer (Ryerson U., Cannada), Langlois
How do individuals perceive the increasingly open-ended nature of mediated surveillance? In what ways are mediated surveillance practices interwoven with identity processes, political struggles, expre
Trust is essential to human society and the good life. At the same time, citizens of developed countries spend more and more time in virtual environments. This collection asks how far virtual environm
Does the development of virtual environments, in association with the growth of Web 2.0, lead to more or less interpersonal trust? This was the central topic of a 2009 workshop, which became the basis
Contributors in literature, education, and technical fields who took part in the project describe the model of teaching and learning they developed using virtual reality and applying it not only to Ha
Graham (communication, U. of Queensland, Australia) synthesizes Marxist political economy and contemporary sociolinguistic and media theories in his analysis of the political economy of hypercapitalis
Song (mass communication, Louisiana State U.) examines the relationship between online communities and traditional beliefs about communities and individuals by looking at the "key structural features"
This book re-evaluates the way we examine today’s digital media environment. By looking at how popular culture uses different digital technologies, Digital Fandom bolsters contemporary media theory by
This volume examines the use of information and communication technologies by African Americans through three case studies. It discusses the models of the information society, focusing on the writings
Using the term "technospace" to refer to metaphors of space and movement in relation to networked technologies such as the Internet, the editors (a professor of communication studies at Bowling Green
This book describes the failure of the once powerful U.S. newspaper industry to adapt in the online era. From a historical perspective the book examines the issues and forces that shaped the industry,
The editors (professors of media and communication studies at Karlstad U. and Uppsala U., Sweden) present an anthology of 14 papers that theorize--from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives--socia
Online Territories brings key research and writings in the interdisciplinary study of new media and society together to answer questions arising from the ways in which online technologies are currentl
Portable phones are now miniature multi-media centers that can fit neatly in one’s pocket, and media industries of all types are adapting content for these new platforms, or innovating entirely new fo
Offering perspectives respectively from communications, law, and library science, Lamoureux, Baron, and Stewart update their treatment of intellectual property law and interactive media to reflect the
This volume brings together scholars from the fields of sociology, political science, education, information studies, psychology, communication, telecommunications, and journalism to explore the signi
