What is a -good life- and how can it be achieved? In this volume, communication scholars and media experts explore these fundamental questions about human existence and aspiration in terms of what a -good life- might look like in a contemporary, mediatized society. While in many ways a mediatized society brings us closer to some version of the -good life-, it also leads us away from it. The affordances of new technologies seem to have shifted, for many, from an opportunity to an obligation. Rather than choosing when and where to be connected to these larger networks of information and...

What is a -good life- and how can it be achieved? In this volume, communication scholars and media experts explore these fundamental questions about human existence and aspiration in terms of what a -good life- might look like in a contemporary, mediatized society. While in many ways a mediatized society brings us closer to some version of the -good life-, it also leads us away from it. The affordances of new technologies seem to have shifted, for many, from an opportunity to an obligation. Rather than choosing when and where to be connected to these larger networks of information and...