In the past 20 years, 'new media' has emerged as one of the most dynamic research fronts in media and communication, addressing the diversity and proliferation of new information and communication technologies and their social contexts. This growing field is both international and transdisciplinary. The editors have mined a rich collection of published material covering the historical, economic, social and behavioural issues at stake to trace the development and implications of new media.
Vol 1. Visions & Histories
The first volume offers an historical overview, as well as the 'visions' of a society influenced by new media put forward by such influential scholars as McLuhan, Innis and Debord.
Vol. 2 Technology: Artefacts, Systems, Design
The second evolume introduces new media as comprised of artifacts (technologies, hardware, systems themselves & how they're designed and made
Vol. 3 Social Institutions, Structures, Arrangements
The third volume covers the social 'arrangements' behind new media: institutions, social structures, and culture broadly conceived)
Vol. 4 Practices: Interaction, Identity, Organizing, Culture
The fourth volume focuses on practices, or what people do, covering human interaction, organizing, identity and cultural practices
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