New Media

1: Introduction to New Media Introduction: Digital transformations New media and digital convergence Internet history and cultureWeb 2.0 and social media Assessing social mediaConclusion 2: Twenty Key Concepts in New Media Introduction Collective intelligenceConvergenceCreative industriesCyberspace/Virtual realityDigital copyright/Creative commonsThe digital divideDigital economy/Digital capitalismGlobalisationHackingInteractivityThe knowledge economyMobile mediaNetworksParticipation PiracyPrivacy and surveillanceRemediationUbiquitous computingUser-created content/User-led innovationWeb 2.0Conclusion3: Approaches to New Media Introduction: Beyond hype The social shaping of technology Technoculture Theories of the information society Political economy of new media Theories of the network society Long waves and techno-economic paradigms Actor-network theory Conclusion 4: Social Networking Media Introduction: The nature of networks Network economics Networks and social production Social network media and social capital A networked public sphere? Conclusion 5: Participatory Media Cultures Introduction: From mass communication to convergent social media Participatory media Pro-ams, making cultures and everyday creativityDigital dialogue or convergence scepticism? Assessing participatory media cultureConclusion 6: Games: Technology, Industry, Culture Introduction Games history Games industryGame culturesConclusion: Games in transition 7: Online News and the Future of Journalism Introduction: Transforming newsTransforming journalismNew forms of journalismConclusion: A Fifth Estate?8: Creative Industries Introduction: The rise of creative industriesSocio-economic drivers of creative industriesPolicy drivers of creative industriesCreative industries and the creative economyConclusion9: The Global Knowledge Economy Introduction: What is the global knowledge economy?GlobalisationThe knowledge economyThe changing nature of innovation Conclusion: Knowledge economy/Creative economy10: New Media and the Transformation of Higher Education Introduction: Death of the university?Ten drivers of change in higher educationEvaluating new media and changes in higher education: The Five Ps approachConclusion 11: Internet Law, Policy and Governance Introduction: Does internet law exist?Approaches to internet governanceConvergent media policyCopyright and intellectual property lawCopyright and new mediaCopyright law reformConclusion: Digital gatekeepers and the open source movement12: Online Activism and Networked Politics Introduction: Is the internet an inherently democratic medium?Two theories of democracyElectoral democracy and party competitionParticipatory democracy and active citizenshipMediated mobilisations: The internet and political activism Mediated mobilisation and radical democracy: Occupy movements and the rise of horizontal politicsConclusion: Who watches the watchers?