A Companion to New Media Dynamics

Copyright © 2013 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to New Media Dynamics

Editor(s): John Hartley, Jean Burgess, Axel Bruns

Published Online: 31 JAN 2013 07:52AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781444332247

Online ISBN: 9781118321607

DOI: 10.1002/9781118321607

About this Book

A Companion to New Media Dynamics presents a state-of-the-art collection of multidisciplinary readings that examine the origins, evolution, and cultural underpinnings of the media of the digital age in terms of dynamic change

  • Presents a state-of-the-art collection of original readings relating to new media in terms of dynamic change
  • Features interdisciplinary contributions encompassing the sciences, social sciences, humanities and creative arts
  • Addresses a wide range of issues from the ownership and regulation of new media to their form and cultural uses
  • Provides readers with a glimpse of new media dynamics at three levels of scale: the 'macro' or system level; the 'meso' or institutional level; and 'micro' or agency level

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xix)

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      Introducing Dynamics (pages 1–11)

      John Hartley, Jean Burgess and Axel Bruns

  3. Part 1: Approaches and Antecedents

    1. Chapter 1

      Media Studies and New Media Studies (pages 13–32)

      Sean Cubitt

    2. Chapter 2

      The Future of Digital Humanities Is a Matter of Words (pages 33–52)

      Willard McCarty

    3. Chapter 3

      Media Dynamics and the Lessons of History (pages 53–72)

      Thomas Pettitt

    4. Chapter 4

      Literature and Culture in the Age of the New Media (pages 73–89)

      Peter Swirski

    5. Chapter 5

      The Economics of New Media (pages 90–103)

      John Quiggin

    6. Chapter 6

      The End of Audiences? (pages 104–121)

      Sonia Livingstone and Ranjana Das

    7. Chapter 7

      The Emergence of Next-Generation Internet Users (pages 122–141)

      Grant Blank and William H. Dutton

    8. Chapter 8

      National Web Studies (pages 142–166)

      Richard Rogers, Esther Weltevrede, Erik Borra and Sabine Niederer

  4. Part 2: Issues and Identities - Agency

    1. Chapter 9

      In the Habitus of the New (pages 167–184)

      Zizi Papacharissi and Emily Easton

    2. Chapter 10

      Long Live Wikipedia? (pages 185–190)

      Andrew Lih

  5. Part 2: Issues and Identities - Mobility

    1. Chapter 11

      Changing Media with Mobiles (pages 191–208)

      Gerard Goggin

    2. Chapter 12

      Make Room for the Wii (pages 209–218)

      Ben Aslinger

  6. Part 2: Issues and Identities - Enterprise

    1. Chapter 13

      Improvers, Entertainers, Shockers, and Makers (pages 219–230)

      Charles Leadbeater

    2. Chapter 14

      The Dynamics of Digital Multisided Media Markets (pages 231–246)

      Patrik Wikström

  7. Part 2: Issues and Identities - Search

    1. Chapter 15

      Search and Networked Attention (pages 247–260)

      Alexander Halavais

    2. Chapter 16

      Against Search (pages 261–273)

      Pelle Snickars

  8. Part 2: Issues and Identities - Network

    1. Chapter 17

      Evolutionary Dynamics of the MobileWeb (pages 275–289)

      Indrek Ibrus

    2. Chapter 18

      Pseudonyms and the Rise of the Real-Name Web (pages 290–307)

      Bernie Hogan

  9. Part 2: Issues and Identities - Surveillance

    1. Chapter 19

      New Media and Changing Perceptions of Surveillance (pages 309–321)

      Anders Albrechtslund

    2. Chapter 20

      Lessons of the Leak (pages 322–335)

      Christoph Bieber

  10. Part 3: Forms, Platforms, and Practices - Culture and Identity

    1. Chapter 21

      Cybersexuality and Online Culture (pages 337–345)

      Feona Attwood

    2. Chapter 22

      Microcelebrity and the Branded Self (pages 346–354)

      Theresa M. Senft

    3. Chapter 23

      Online Identity (pages 355–364)

      Alice E. Marwick

    4. Chapter 24

      Practices of Networked Identity (pages 365–374)

      Jan-Hinrik Schmidt

  11. Part 3: Forms, Platforms, and Practices - Politics, Participation, and Citizenship

    1. Chapter 25

      The Internet and the Opening Up of Political Space (pages 375–384)

      Stephen Coleman

    2. Chapter 26

      The Internet as a Platform for Civil Disobedience (pages 385–395)

      Cherian George

    3. Chapter 27

      Parody, Performativity, and Play (pages 396–406)

      Jeffrey P. Jones

    4. Chapter 28

      The Politics of “Platforms” (pages 407–416)

      Tarleton Gillespie

    5. Chapter 29

      From Homepages to Network Profiles (pages 417–426)

      Axel Bruns

  12. Part 3: Forms, Platforms, and Practices - Knowledge and New Generations

    1. Chapter 30

      The New Media Toolkit (pages 427–438)

      Mark Pesce

    2. Chapter 31

      Materiality, Description, and Comparison as Tools for Cultural Difference Analysis (pages 439–449)

      Basile Zimmermann

    3. Chapter 32

      Learning from Network Dysfunctionality (pages 450–460)

      Tony D. Sampson and Jussi Parikka

    4. Chapter 33

      Young People Online (pages 461–471)

      Lelia Green and Danielle Brady

    5. Chapter 34

      Beyond Generations and New Media (pages 472–479)

      Kate Crawford and Penelope Robinson

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      Index (pages 480–500)

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