New Media Worlds: Challenges for Convergence

by Virginia Nightingale (Editor)

Using a combination of case study materials, theoretical reflection, and critical analysis, New Media Worlds explores four central issues for the study of new media and their impact on user



· The Impact of Convergence on Traditional The text explores the implications of media convergence for everyday media use and for the policy context.



· Case studies investigate how user communities with special access needs are ensuring they are not denied access to the emerging world of media.



· Overviews of controversial issues introduce the debate as to which social and cultural groups most benefit from new media policies.



· The text examines how media modifications structure audience perception.

Features


· Discusses the media activism of indigenous communities, people living with disabilities, people confronted by crisis situations, urban youth groups, and local communities.


· Addresses a unique combination of issues, including audience, policy, and regulatory and industry analysis.


· Emphasizes the way changes in the media are experienced by various audiences.


· Challenges the view that social networking is an inherently democratizing force by showing the challenges of policy, equal access, and participation for all users.


· The useful pedagogical framework facilitates classroom discussion and debate.

368 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2007

About the author

Virginia Nightingale held the position of Associate Professor with the School of Communication Arts at the University of Western Sydney until retiring in 2010. Now an independent scholar, her publications include Media and Audiences: New Perspectives (with Karen Ross, 2003) and Critical Perspectives: Media and Audiences (with Karen Ross, 2003), and New Media Worlds: Challenges for Convergence (ed. with Tim Dwyer, 2007).