Communication, digital media + everyday life /
Communication, digital media and everyday life
Tony Chalkley, Mitchell Hobbs, Adam Brown, Toija Cinque, Brad Warren, Mark Finn.
- Second edition.
- xvii, 325 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
First edition published in 2011 under the title Communication, new media and everyday life.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-315) and index.
pt. 1. Media and society -- Introduction -- What is the media, and is digital media 'new'? -- Subtext and mass media -- Media power and influence -- Making meaning through narrative : conventions, intertextuality and transmedia storytelling -- Non-verbal communication -- Gender and communication -- Designing desire : advertising, consumption and identity -- Semiotics -- Online dating -- Postmodernism : why should I care? -- pt. 2. Content and culture -- Reading film : techniques, identification and ideology -- Organisational and professional communication -- Values, ideals and power in the brave new digital world -- pt. 3. Communication and control -- Constructed reality -- Navigating social media : identity, privacy and performativity in the digital age -- Games, culture and technology -- Technology, piracy, creativity and ownership -- Surveillance -- Reality TV and constructed reality -- Conclusion : Do we communicate 'less' or 'more' in the digital age?
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