Emerging Digital Spaces in Contemporary Society Properties of Technology [Hardcover]

Analyzing the relationship between digital technologies and society this book explores a wide range of complex social issues emerging in a new digital space. Itexamines both the vexing dilemmas with a critical eye as well as prompting readers to think constructively and strategically about exciting possibilities.Introduction - Properties of Technology Technology, Culture and Society Digital Communications Defining New Media The Texts of Digital Publishing Democracy, and Governance: Information Politics Digital Citizenship Power, Knowledge and Surveillance Owning the Work and Play of the Mind The Digital Commons New Science and Scientific Authorship Gaming: Pleasure and Learning Digital Aesthetics Digital Labour Knowledge Management Digital Identities Information GlobalismROBIN MANSELL Professor of New Media and the Internet and former Head of the Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK ILHEM ALLAGUI Assistant professor at the Mass Communication Department, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates PROF. JENNIFER GEORGE-PALILONIS George & Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Multimedia Journalism and journalism graphics sequence coordinator at Ball State University, USA JOHN BELCHER Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA ALFONSO UNCETA Head Professor of Sociology at the University of the Basque Country, Spain CARLOS ELIAS Full Professor in Journalism at Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain REISA LEVINE Producer for CitizenShift an online social-media platform NATHAN ANGELO Doctoral Candidate at The New School for Social Research, USA SETH THOMPSON Assistant Professor of Design at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates JOHN B. THOMPSON is Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, UK JOHN W. WARREN Director of Marketing, Publications, at the RAND Corporation YASMIN IBRAHIM Reader in International Business and Communications lCÐ