Digital Cultures: Understanding New Media

by Glen Creeber, Katherine Martin, Creeber

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 media’s 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 media’s recent past to help develop a clear understanding of the theoretical and practical debates that surround this emerging discipline. It addresses issues such

Genres: Textbooks

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Ghasem Safaeinejad · Rating 4 out of 5]

یک کتاب خوب راجع به نحوه شکل گیری رسانه های دیجیتال. درسته اطلاعات کتاب به روز نیست اما از نظر مبانی یه هندبوک ارزشمنده.

[Kyra · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was published less than a decade ago, which is kind of weird, because it's quite jarring to read. Sure, it discusses cell phones, Facebook and YouTube, but there isn't a single mention of Twitter! It doesn't talk about Netflix, either. At certain points, one even almost feels that it ought to be discussing Pokemon Go. All in all, reading this definitely brings home the rapid pace of technological change!

The strangest part of the book was the part about how God probably doesn't exist, but social constructivists do. I guess it was intended as a transition, but man, what an awkward transition!

[Joy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of short essays about the impact of digital media on our culture. Topics include: digital theory, internet, digital television, digital cinema, video games, digital music, participatory culture, digital divide, digital democracy, and after new media. Each of these topics reveals something different about the way we are impacted by digital media and the way it impacts us. An excellent resource for understanding digital media and digital culture.

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Goodreads has the title wrong - it's Cultures plural. Missing subtitle.

[Gérard]

I particularly loved the chapter on video games by a certain Gérard Kraus, very insightful fella, him.