Ebook: Digital Futures for Cultural and Media Studies

An ambitious rendering of the digital future from a pioneer of media and cultural studies, a wise and witty take on a changing field, and our orientation to it

• Investigates the uses of multimedia by creative and productive citizen-consumers to provide new theories of communication that accommodate social media, participatory action, and user-creativity
• Leads the way for new interdisciplinary engagement with systems thinking, complexity and evolutionary sciences, and the convergence of cultural and economic values
• Analyzes the historical uses of multimedia from print, through broadcasting to the internet
• Combines conceptual innovation with historical erudition to present a high-level synthesis of ideas and detailed analysis of emergent forms and practices
• Features an international focus and global reach to provide a basis for students and researchers seeking broader perspectives

Content:
Chapter 1 The History and Future of Ideas (pages 1–26):
Chapter 2 Cultural Studies, Creative Industries, and Cultural Science (pages 27–58):
Chapter 3 Journalism and Popular Culture (pages 59–93):
Chapter 4 The Distribution of Public Thought (pages 94–116):
Chapter 5 Television Goes Online (pages 117–132):
Chapter 6 Silly Citizenship (pages 133–154):
Chapter 7 The Probability Archive (pages 155–175):
Chapter 8 Messaging as Identity (pages 176–198):
Chapter 9 Paradigm Shifters (pages 199–214):