Digital Roots : Historicizing Media and Communication Concepts of the Digital Age / ed. by Valérie Schafer, Gabriele Balbi, Nelson Ribeiro, Christian Schwarzenegger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aasman, Susan, Contributor.

Balbi, Gabriele, Contributor.

Balbi, Gabriele, Editor.

Benecchi, Eleonora, Contributor.

Bolin, Göran, Contributor.

Bory, Paolo, Contributor.

Bourdon, Jérôme, Contributor.

Brennan, Edward, Contributor.

Day Good, Katie, Contributor.

Fickers, Andreas, Contributor.

Fortunati, Leopoldina, Contributor.

Hanley, Monika, Contributor.

Heijden, Tim van der, Contributor.

Kaun, Anne, Contributor.

Kittler, Juraj, Contributor.

Koenen, Erik, Contributor.

Löblich, Maria, Contributor.

Munoriyarwa, Allen, Contributor.

Musiani, Francesca, Contributor.

Natale, Simone, Contributor.

O'Sullivan, John, Contributor.

Ribeiro, Nelson Costa, Contributor.

Ribeiro, Nelson Costa, Editor.

Rospocher, Massimo, Contributor.

Schafer, Valérie, Contributor.

Schafer, Valérie, Editor.

Schwarzenegger, Christian, Contributor.

Schwarzenegger, Christian, Editor.

Slootweg, Tom, Contributor.

Thierry, Benjamin, Contributor.

Treré, Emiliano, Contributor.

Trudel, Dominique, Contributor.

Venema, Niklas, Contributor.

Wang, Erika, Contributor.

University of Luxembourg, Funder.

Series:

Studies in Digital History and Hermeneutics

Studies in Digital History and Hermeneutics ; 4

Language:

English

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VI, 318 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

München ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

As media environments and communication practices evolve over time, so do theoretical concepts. This book analyzes some of the most well-known and fiercely discussed concepts of the digital age from a historical perspective, showing how many of them have pre-digital roots and how they have changed and still are constantly changing in the digital era. Written by leading authors in media and communication studies, the chapters historicize 16 concepts that have become central in the digital media literature, focusing on three main areas. The first part, Technologies and Connections, historicises concepts like network, media convergence, multimedia, interactivity and artificial intelligence. The second one is related to Agency and Politics and explores global governance, datafication, fake news, echo chambers, digital media activism. The last one, Users and Practices, is finally devoted to telepresence, digital loneliness, amateurism, user generated content, fandom and authenticity. The book aims to shed light on how concepts emerge and are co-shaped, circulated, used and reappropriated in different contexts. It argues for the need for a conceptual media and communication history that will reveal new developments without concealing continuities and it demonstrates how the analogue/digital dichotomy is often a misleading one.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Digging into Digital Roots. Towards a Conceptual Media and Communication History

Technologies and Connections

Networks

Media Convergence

Multimedia

Interactivity

Artificial Intelligence

Agency and Politics

Global Governance

Data(fication)

Fake News

Echo Chambers

Digital Media Activism

Users and Practices

Telepresence

Digital Loneliness

Amateurism

User-Generated Content (UGC)

Fandom

Authenticity

Authors

Notes:

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This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9783110740202

3110740206

OCLC:

1330936073