New Media, Communication, and Society

New Media, Communication, and Society is a fast, straightforward examination of key topics which will be useful and engaging for both students and professors. It connects students to wide-ranging resources and challenges them to develop their own opinions. Moreover, it encourages students to develop media literacy so they can speak up and make a difference in the world. Short chapters with lots of illustrations encourage reading and provide a springboard for conversation inside and outside of the classroom. Wide-ranging topics spark interest. Chapters include suggestions for additional exploration, a media literacy exercise, and a point that is just for fun. Every chapter includes thought leaders, ranging from leading researchers to business leaders to entrepreneurs, from Socrates to Doug Rushkoff and Lance Strate to Bill Gates.

List of Figures - List of Tables - Acknowledgments - Mary Ann Allison/Cheryl A. Casey: Welcome and How to Use This Book - Mary Ann Allison: You, Media, and the Global Brain - Mary Ann Allison: Commoners Become Media Kings - Cheryl A. Casey: People of the Word - Mary Ann Allison: Networks: A Wealth of Stories - Cheryl A. Casey: Network Structure - Cheryl A. Casey: Big News Power - Cheryl A. Casey: The Dark Side of the Internet - Cheryl A. Casey/Mary Ann Allison: The Physical Side of the Internet - Mary Ann Allison: Hearing and Seeing Different Societies - Cheryl A. Casey: The Medium Is the Message - Cheryl A. Casey: Rewiring Our Social, Political, and Intellectual Lives - Mary Ann Allison: Staying Alive on Facebook - Cheryl A. Casey: Mobiles - Cheryl A. Casey: Digital Gaming - Cheryl A. Casey: Bloggers - Cheryl A. Casey: Information Literacy - Mary Ann Allison: Wikipedia: Not Just Wow! But How? - Mary Ann Allison: Participatory Media - Cheryl A. Casey: Social Media and Mindful Multitasking - Mary Ann Allison: Rushkoff: Program or Be Programmed - Mary Ann Allison: Skilled Conversation Is a New Medium - Mary Ann Allison: You Have a Choice - Mary Ann Allison: Does Your Life Depend on Being Connected? - Cheryl A. Casey: New Media Reshapes Governments - Cheryl A. Casey: New Media Reshapes Economics and Jobs - Cheryl A. Casey: Big Data - Cheryl A. Casey: Spotlights: Arab Spring and Chinese Reality TV - Mary Ann Allison: Will ICT-Supported Technology Create Abundance? - Mary Ann Allison: Hyper-Connected Risks: A Global Picture - Mary Ann Allison: A Media Dashboard for Humanity - Mary Ann Allison/Cheryl A. Casey: An End and a Beginning: Seeing Ourselves as Our Global Brain Might See Us - Index.

New Media, Communication, and Society is a fast, straightforward examination of key topics which will be engaging for both students and professors.