Networked publics / edited by Kazys Varnelis ; with contributions by researchers in the Networked Publics Research Group, the Annenberg Center for Communication at the University of Southern California : Walter Baer [and others].
2008
HM851 .N4765 2008eb
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Networked publics / edited by Kazys Varnelis ; with contributions by researchers in the Networked Publics Research Group, the Annenberg Center for Communication at the University of Southern California : Walter Baer [and others].
ISBN
9780262285483 (electronic bk.)
0262285487 (electronic bk.)
9781435681453 (electronic bk.)
1435681452 (electronic bk.)
9780262220859
0262220857
9780262517928
0262517922
0262285487 (electronic bk.)
9781435681453 (electronic bk.)
1435681452 (electronic bk.)
9780262220859
0262220857
9780262517928
0262517922
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Language
English
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1 online resource (x, 176 pages)
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HM851 .N4765 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
303.48/330973
Summary
Looking at how maturing digital media and network technologies are transforming place, culture, politics and infrastructure in our everyday life this book provides a synoptic overview as well as illustrative case studies.
"Digital media and network technologies are now part of everyday life. The Internet has become the backbone of communication, commerce, and media; the ubiquitous mobile phone connects us with others as it removes us from any stable sense of location. Networked Publics examines the ways that the social and cultural shifts created by these technologies have transformed our relationships to (and definitions of) place, culture, politics, and infrastructure. Four chapters--each by an interdisciplinary team of scholars using collaborative software--provide a synoptic overview along with illustrative case studies. The chapter on place describes how digital networks enable us to be present in physical and networked places simultaneously--often at the expense of nondigital commitments. The chapter on culture explores the growth and impact of amateur-produced and remixed content online. The chapter on politics examines the new networked modes of bottom-up political expression and mobilization. And finally, the chapter on infrastructure notes the tension between openness and control in the flow of information, as seen in the current controversy over net neutrality."
"Digital media and network technologies are now part of everyday life. The Internet has become the backbone of communication, commerce, and media; the ubiquitous mobile phone connects us with others as it removes us from any stable sense of location. Networked Publics examines the ways that the social and cultural shifts created by these technologies have transformed our relationships to (and definitions of) place, culture, politics, and infrastructure. Four chapters--each by an interdisciplinary team of scholars using collaborative software--provide a synoptic overview along with illustrative case studies. The chapter on place describes how digital networks enable us to be present in physical and networked places simultaneously--often at the expense of nondigital commitments. The chapter on culture explores the growth and impact of amateur-produced and remixed content online. The chapter on politics examines the new networked modes of bottom-up political expression and mobilization. And finally, the chapter on infrastructure notes the tension between openness and control in the flow of information, as seen in the current controversy over net neutrality."
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Looking at how maturing digital media and network technologies are transforming place, culture, politics and infrastructure in our everyday life this book provides a synoptic overview as well as illustrative case studies.
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