Digital Culture: Understanding New Media

Everything you need to know about new media in one accessible, easy to navigate volume!. . From "Facebook" to the "iPhone," from "YouTube" to "Wikipedia," from "Grand Theft Auto" to "Second Life" - this book explores new medias most important issues and debates in an accessible and engaging text for newcomers to the field.

. . With technological change continuing to unfold at an incredible rate, "Digital Cultures" rounds-up major events in the medias recent past to help develop a clear understanding of the theoretical and practical debates that surround this emerging discipline. It addresses issues such as: . . What is new media?. How is new media changing our lives?. Is new media having a positive or negative effect on culture and human communication?. . Each chapter contains case studies which provide an interesting and lively balance between the well-trodden and the newly emerging themes in the field.

. . Topics covered include digital television, digital cinema, gaming, digital democracy, mobile phones, the World Wide Web, digital news, online social networking, music and multimedia, virtual communities and the digital divide.

. . "Digital Cultures" is an essential introductory guide for all media and communication studies students, as well as those with a general interest in new media and its impact on the world around us..