From Facebook to the iPhone, from YouTube to Wikipedia, from Grand Auto Theft to Second Life, this book explores media's important issues and debates. It covers

This book is about technological change within human communication and the media. However, it is not technical but an overview and evaluation of new communicati

"This is an outstanding book. It is one of only a few scholarly texts that successfully combine a nuanced theoretical understanding of the digital age with empi

This is a compelling study of the often controversial role and meaning of the new media and digital cultures in contemporary society. Three decades of societal