Introduction to Digital Media

ISBN-13: 9781119276203 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 192 str.

Adam Arvidsson; Alessandro Delfanti

Spis treści

Preface viiPart I Frameworks 11 Media and Digital Technologies 31.1 The Digital Environment 31.2 New and Old Media 61.3 Digital Media 81.4 Infrastructures and Platforms 131.5 Technology and Society 152 The Information Society 212.1 A New Society? 212.2 The Networked Economy and Globalization 232.3 Theories of the Information Society 272.4 The History of Information Technologies 312.5 The Evolution of Networks 382.6 The Future of the Information Society 42Part II Transformations 453 Cultures and Identities 473.1 Digital Sociality 473.2 Social Media 513.3 Media and Identity 543.4 Communities or Publics? 593.5 Reputation and Influence 633.6 Critiques of Digital Sociality 664 From Collaboration to Value 714.1 Collaborative Media 714.2 The Dilemma of Participation 754.3 From Free Software to Peer-to-Peer 774.4 Open Innovation 834.5 The Economic Value of Cooperation 885 The Public Sphere and Power 935.1 From Audiences to Active Publics 935.2 Journalism and the Public Sphere 955.3 Politics and Democracy 1025.4 Social Movements 1065.5 Surveillance and Control 1105.6 Information and Civic Culture 1146 Work and Economy 1176.1 The Rise of Digital Capitalism 1176.2 Economic Models and Actors 1196.3 Digital Labor and Precarity 1256.4 Immaterial Production: Brands and Finance 1356.5 Global Inequalities and Development 140Conclusion 145Glossary 149References 155Index 171

O autorze

ALESSANDRO DELFANTI is Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, where he teaches courses on digital culture and labor.ADAM ARVIDSSON is Professor of Sociology at the University of Naples, Federico II, where he teaches courses on digital culture and society.