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].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Varnelis, Kazys.

Annenberg Center for Communication (University of Southern California)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Social aspects--United States.

Internet.

Internet--Political aspects--United States.

Internet--Political aspects.

Online social networks.

Internet--Social aspects.

United States.

Online social networks--United States.

Convergence (Telecommunication).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 176 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2008]

System Details:

text file

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."

Contents:

1 Place: The Networking of Public Space / Kazys Varnelis Varnelis, Kazys, Anne Friedberg Friedberg, Anne 15

2 Culture: Media Convergence and Networked Participation / Adrienne Russell Russell, Adrienne, Mizuko Ito Ito, Mizuko, Todd Richmond Richmond, Todd, Marc Tuters Tuters, Marc 43

3 Politics: Deliberation, Mobilization, and Networked Practices of Agitation / Merlyna Lim Lim, Merlyna, Mark E. Kann Kann, Mark E. 77

4 Infrastructure: Network Neutrality and Network Futures / François Bar Bar, François, Walter Baer Baer, Walter, Shahram Ghandeharizadeh Ghandeharizadeh, Shahram, Fernando Ordonez Ordonez, Fernando 109.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262285483

0262285487

9781435681453

1435681452

OCLC:

283798198

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.