New technologies and the media / Gerard Goggin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goggin, Gerard, 1964-

Series:

Key concerns in media studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Technological innovations.

Mass media.

Digital media--Technological innovations.

Digital media.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Social media.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

viii, 150 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills Basingstoke Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

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 - 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.

Contents:

Technology criticism

What's news : the press and new technologies

Broadcasting media and the social turn

New associations : technology in media professions and institutions

New media concerns.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-146) and index.

ISBN:

9780230282216

0230282210

OCLC:

761850605