Book description
A Companion to New Media Dynamics
presents a state-of-the-art collection of multidisciplinary readings
that examine the origins, evolution, and cultural underpinnings of the
media of the digital age in terms of dynamic change
- Presents a state-of-the-art collection of original readings
relating to new media in terms of dynamic change
- Features interdisciplinary contributions encompassing the
sciences, social sciences, humanities and creative arts
- Addresses a wide range of issues from the ownership and regulation
of new media to their form and cultural uses
- Provides readers with a glimpse of new media dynamics at three
levels of scale: the 'macro' or system level; the 'meso' or
institutional level; and 'micro' or agency level
John Hartley
is Professor of Cultural Science and Director of the Centre for Culture
and Technology at Curtin University, Perth, Australia. His books include
Creative Industries
(2005), Television Truths
(2008), Story Circle
(2009), and Digital Futures for Cultural and Media Studies
(2012).
Jean Burgess is Deputy Director, ARC Centre for Creative
Industries and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology. She is
co-author of YouTube: Online Video and Participatory Culture
(2009), and co-editor of Studying Mobile Media: Cultural
Technologies, Mobile Communication, and the iPhone (2012).
Axel Bruns is Associate Professor, ARC Centre for Creative
Industries and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology. He is
the author of Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life and Beyond: From
Production to Produsage (2008) and Gatewatching:
Collaborative Online News Production (2005).
