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Digital Futures P
Contributor(s): Hartley (Author)
ISBN: 0470671017     ISBN-13: 9780470671016
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
OUR PRICE:   $47.45  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Media Studies
Dewey: 302.231
LCCN: 2011041407
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 256 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
An ambitious rendering of the digital future from a pioneer of media and cultural studies, a wise and witty take on a changing field, and our orientation to it

  • Investigates the uses of multimedia by creative and productive citizen-consumers to provide new theories of communication that accommodate social media, participatory action, and user-creativity
  • Leads the way for new interdisciplinary engagement with systems thinking, complexity and evolutionary sciences, and the convergence of cultural and economic values
  • Analyzes the historical uses of multimedia from print, through broadcasting to the internet
  • Combines conceptual innovation with historical erudition to present a high-level synthesis of ideas and detailed analysis of emergent forms and practices
  • Features an international focus and global reach to provide a basis for students and researchers seeking broader perspectives