Computers & Technology, Communication & Media Studies, Computer Science, Social Sciences, Media Studies 

 

The rise of digital media has been widely regarded as transforming the nature of our social experience in the twenty-first century. The speed with which new forms of connectivity and communication are being incorporated into our everyday lives often gives us little time to stop and consider the social implications of those practices. 

Genre/Form: Lehrbuch
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Adrian Athique
ISBN: 9780745662282 0745662285 9780745662299 0745662293 9780745662299
OCLC Number: 828700611
Notes: Author is Senior Lecturer at Waikato University.
Description: viii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents: pt. I. Digital histories --
Building a digital society --
The socio-technical interface --
Typing the user --
Audience as community --
pt. II. Digital individuals --
Pleasing bodies --
Reality checks --
My personal public --
Going mobile --
pt. III. Digital economies --
The road to serverdom --
Digital property --
Consuming power --
Information at work --
pt. IV. Digital authorities --
Virtual democracy --
Under scrutiny --
Managing risk --
Living in a cloud --
Postscript : Towards a digital sociology.
Responsibility: Adrian Athique.