Athique Digital Media and Society

An Introduction
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-8066-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten, E-Book

The rise of digital media has been widely regarded astransforming the nature of our social experience in thetwenty-first century. The speed with which new forms ofconnectivity and communication are being incorporated into oureveryday lives often gives us little time to stop and consider thesocial implications of those practices. Nonetheless, it iscritically important that we do so, and this sociologicalintroduction to the field of digital technologies is intended toenable a deeper understanding of their prominent role in everydaylife.
The fundamental theoretical and ethical debates on the sociologyof the digital media are presented in accessible summaries, rangingfrom economy and technology to criminology and sexuality. Keytheoretical paradigms are explored through a broad range ofcontemporary social phenomena - from social networking andvirtual lives to the rise of cybercrime and identity theft, fromthe utopian ideals of virtual democracy to the Orwellian nightmareof the surveillance society, from the free software movement to theimplications of online shopping.As an entry-level pathway for students in sociology, media,communications and cultural studies, the aim of this work is tosituate the rise of digital media within the context of a complexand rapidly changing world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Athique, Adrian

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Detailed table of contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Digital Histories
Chapter 1: Building a Digital Society
Chapter 2: The Socio-Technical Interface
Chapter 3: Typing the User
Chapter 4: Audience As Community
Part II: Digital Individuals
Chapter 5: Pleasing Bodies
Chapter 6: Reality Checks
Chapter 7: My Personal Public
Chapter 8: Going Mobile
Part III: Digital Economies
Chapter 9: The Road To Serverdom
Chapter 10: Digital Property
Chapter 11: Consuming Power
Chapter 12: Information At Work
Part IV: Digital Authorities
Chapter 13: Virtual Democracy
Chapter 14: Under Scrutiny
Chapter 15: Managing Risk
Chapter 16: Living in a Cloud
Postscript
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Adrian Athique is senior lecturer at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.