Overview
Accessible for a wide range of scholars, making it appropriate for use as a textbook on digital media programmes in the humanities and the social sciences
While individual themes have been explored by scholars previously, this book offers a rare, comprehensive treatment of digital media's influence on politics, the economy and society
Brings a truly global approach to the subject, with key sections on China and Africa
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Politics and Digital Media: The Impact of Digital Media on the Public and Private Spheres
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The Digital Economy
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Digital Media Use
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Epilogue
Keywords
About this book
Reviews
"White has provided a ground-breaking examination of the implications of digital media for the fundamental workings of society. Its international perspective makes this new classic required reading for any serious student of media in the age of global and digital communication." - John Pavlik, Rutgers, USA
"In his new book, Andrew White takes the bird's eye view of digital media. He carefully guides us through the theoretical minefields opened up by the networked world: identity politics, the distinction between private/public, the democratic state, economics, surveillance, and other key concepts. White appears a reliable guide who knows how to strike a balance between complexity and elucidation, between argument and exposition, between summary and probe. I am confident this book will be very useful for students and faculty alike. It addresses poignant issues in a clear voice." - José van Dijck, University of Amsterdam, and author of The Culture of Connectivity (2013)
"Overall this book is an engaging contribution to the growing literature on the intersection of the public and private within an ever-changing digital landscape. White's summaries of the often complex debates are always accessible, while his use of case studies gives these debates the real world context they might otherwise lack.'- Maxine Montaigne, LSE Review of Books, 2014
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Andrew White is Associate Professor and Faculty Director of Research at the University of Nottingham's China campus. He has published numerous articles on digital media, creative industries and Northern Irish politics in many journals, including First Monday, International Journal of Cultural Policy and Irish Political Studies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Digital Media and Society
Book Subtitle: Transforming Economics, Politics and Social Practices
Authors: Andrew White
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137393630
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-39361-6Published: 22 August 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-39362-3Published: 22 August 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-39363-0Published: 22 August 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 222
Topics: Media Studies, Sociology of Culture, Sociology, general, Regional and Cultural Studies, Computer Applications