Book Key Concerns in Media Studies: New Technologies and the Media in PDF, MOBI, FB2
9780230282216 0230282210 Explaining the key theories of technology and media, this book cuts through the jargon and tech-speak to provide a guide to the dynamics of digital technologies. Combining a keen sense of media history as well as up-to-the-minute case studies, the author discusses how technology is at the heart of enduring media such as the press and broadcasting., The landscape of the media is changing at an ever-increasing pace. New technologies are fast transforming the way we consume information, and the way we live our lives. New Technologies and the Media is an authoritative exploration of the impact of phenomena such as the Internet, the iPad and Wikileaks on contemporary news, journalism and broadcasting. Steering clear of technological jargon, this is a short, sharp, simple guide through a complex subject. This book is essential reading for all media students and researchers û and for anyone interested in getting to grips with the ways in which media is becoming a progressively more pervasive, intimate and powerful part of life. Topics under discussion include: new audiences forming around user-generated content; the future of news and journalism; the rapid shape-shifting of broadcasting in the face of the Internet; a proliferation of devices; the viewer as 'couch-commander'; blogging and social media; citizen journalism public service media and the cultural politics of digital technologies. Book jacket.
9780230282216 0230282210 Explaining the key theories of technology and media, this book cuts through the jargon and tech-speak to provide a guide to the dynamics of digital technologies. Combining a keen sense of media history as well as up-to-the-minute case studies, the author discusses how technology is at the heart of enduring media such as the press and broadcasting., The landscape of the media is changing at an ever-increasing pace. New technologies are fast transforming the way we consume information, and the way we live our lives. New Technologies and the Media is an authoritative exploration of the impact of phenomena such as the Internet, the iPad and Wikileaks on contemporary news, journalism and broadcasting. Steering clear of technological jargon, this is a short, sharp, simple guide through a complex subject. This book is essential reading for all media students and researchers û and for anyone interested in getting to grips with the ways in which media is becoming a progressively more pervasive, intimate and powerful part of life. Topics under discussion include: new audiences forming around user-generated content; the future of news and journalism; the rapid shape-shifting of broadcasting in the face of the Internet; a proliferation of devices; the viewer as 'couch-commander'; blogging and social media; citizen journalism public service media and the cultural politics of digital technologies. Book jacket.