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

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 d...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Messaris, Paul (Editor)
Humphreys, Lee (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York : Peter Lang, [2017]
Edition:Second edition.
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Physical Description:xiv, 379 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Format: Book
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.