The New Media Theory Reader by Robert Hassan

The New Media Theory Reader by Robert Hassan

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The study of new media opens up some of the most fascinating issues in contemporary culture. This work brings together key readings on new media - what it is, where it came from, how it affects our lives, and how it is managed. It encourages readers to pay attention to the 'new' in new media, as well as consider it as a historical phenomenon.

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The New Media Theory Reader by Robert Hassan

The study of new media opens up some of the most fascinating issues in contemporary culture: questions of ownership and control over information and cultural goods; the changing experience of space and time; the political consequences of new communication technologies; and the power of users and consumers to disrupt established economic and business models. The New Media Theory Reader brings together key readings on new media – what it is, where it came from, how it affects our lives, and how it is managed. Using work from media studies, cultural history and cultural studies, economics, law, and politics, the essays encourage readers to pay close attention to the ‘new’ in new media, as well as considering it as a historical phenomenon. The Reader features a general introduction as well as an editors’ introduction to each thematic section, and a useful summary of each reading. The New Media Theory Reader is an indispensable text for students on new media, technology, sociology and media studies courses. Essays by: Andrew Barry, Benjamin R Barber, James Boyle, James Carey, Benjamin Compaine, Noam Cook, Andrew Graham, Nicola Green, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Ian Hunter, Kevin Kelly, Heejin Lee, Lawrence Lessig, Jonathan Liebenau, Jessica Litman, Lev Manovich, Michael Marien Robert W. McChesney David E. Nye, Bruce M Owen Lyman Ray Patterson, Kevin Robins, Ithiel de Sola Pool, David Saunders, Richard Stallman, Cass R. Sunstein, Jeremy Stein, McKenzie Wark, Frank Webster, Dugald Williamson.
Robert Hassan is the Fellow in Media and Communications at the Institute of Social Research, Swinburne University, Australia. He's the author of 'The Chronoscopic Society' and 'Media, Politics and the Network Society', published in March this 2005.

Professor Julian Thomas is Deputy Director at the Institute for Social Research, Swinburne, Australia.

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ISBN 13 9780335217106
ISBN 10 0335217109
Title The New Media Theory Reader
Author Robert Hassan
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Open University Press
Year published 2006-09-16
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.