Digital media : transformations in human communication / edited by Paul Messaris and Lee Humphreys.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Messaris, Paul, editor.

Humphreys, Lee, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital media--Social aspects.

Digital media.

Multimedia systems.

Online social networks.

Human-machine systems.

Physical Description:

xiv, 379 pages ; 26 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2017]

Summary:

The age of digital media has given rise to a new social world. It is a world in which the transmission of information from the few to the many is steadily being supplanted by the multi-directional flow of facts, lies, and ideas. It is a world in which hundreds of millions of people are voluntarily depositing large amounts of personal details in publicly accessible databases. It is a world in which interpersonal relationships are increasingly being conducted in the virtual sphere. Above all, this is a world that seems to be veering off in unpredictable ways from the trends of the immediate past. This book is a probing examination of that world, and of the changes that it has ushered into our lives. In more than thirty essays by a wide range of scholars, this must-have second edition examines the impact of digital media in six areas---information, persuasion, community, gender and sexuality, surveillance and privacy, and cross-cultural communication---and offers an invaluable guide for students and scholars alike. With one exception, all essays are completely new or revised for this volume.

Contents:

Introduction / Paul Messaris

Part I : Information. Follow the beat : the use of digital media for youth-oriented news in Uganda / paul Falzone

Eyewitness images in the news / Mette Mortensen

Tagging depression : social media and the segumentation of mental health / Anthony McCosker

The myth of visual literacy and digital natives / Eva Brumberger

Learning by design : good video games as learning machines / James Paul Gee

Digital media, information technology, and the electric circuit / Lance Strate

Part 2 : Persuasion. The impact of digital media on advertising : five cultural dilemmas / Matthew P. McAllister and Stephanie Orme

The role of product placement in the digital transformation of persuasive communication / Cristel Antonia Russell

Interactivity and its implications for understanding chldren's responses to online game advertising / Haiming Hang

Changing campaign tactics in the age of digital media : reflecting on a decade of presidential campaigning / Jennifer Stromer-Galley

How digital media have influenced the visual element in advertising / Edward F. McQuarrie and Barbara J. Phllips

The proteus effect and virtual doppelgängers : changes in appearance and behavior from the mediated to the real world / Bireswar Laha and Jeremy N. Bailenson

Part 3 : Community. New communication technologies and the future of community / Keith N. Hampton

The death and life of great online subcultures : the evolution of body modification ezine / Jessa Lingel

The intimacies of technologies in sharing practices online / Jenny Kennedy

Social TV and depictions of community on social media : Instragram and Eurovision fandom / Tim Highfield

Young citizens and the social life of politics on Facebook / Kjerstin Thorson

Examining the impact of Flaming, Message Valence, and strength of organizational identity / Troy Elias, Andrew Reid and Mian Asim

Part 4 : Gender and sexuality. Research and recreation of the self : social media's role in facilitating gender transition / Shane Mannis

Beyond sex and romance : LGBTQ representation in games and the Grand Theft Auto series / Adrienne Shaw

Mobile dating and hookup app culture / Stefanie Duguay, Jean Burgess and Ben Light

The impact of digital media on romance and marriage / Derek R. Blackwell

Porn audiences online / Clarissa Smith, Feona Attwood and Martin Barker

Part 5 : Communication across cultures. The digital transformation of international entertainment flows / Paolo Sigismondi

Music video and relations between nations in the digital sphere / Marwan M. Kraidy

Exploring YouTube's impact on international trade and tourism : a case of Korean pop music on YouTube / Sehwan Oh, Hyunmi Baek and JoongHo Ahn

Media -induced transnational mobility between Japan and Korea : from Hallyu to traveling and studying abroad / Atsuhi Takeda

What lies behind online intergroup contact? promoting positive emotions / Yair Amichai-Hamburger and Shir Etgar

Video games for the promotion of positive attitudes toward cultural diversity and social integration / Vivian Hsueh Hua Chen

Propaganda and persuasion tactics used in Islamic state's social media / Jennarose Placitella

Part 6 : Surveillance and privacy. The panoptic sort : looking back; looking forward / Oscar H. Gandy, Jr.

Consumer surveillance and distributive privacy harms in t he age of big data / Mihaela Popescu and Lemi Baruh

No fats, no femmes, no privacy? / Yoel Roth

Platforms intervene / Tarleton Gjillespie

Public privacy on social media / Lee Humphreys.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781433132865

1433132869

OCLC:

960741770