Media Convergence The Three Degrees of Network, Mass and Interpersonal Communication
Synopsis
The development of digital media presents a unique opportunity to reconsider what communication is, and what individuals, groups, and societies might hope to accomplish through new as well as old media. At a time when digital media still provoke both utopian and dystopian views of their likely consequences, Klaus Bruhn Jensen places these ‘new’ media in a comparative perspective together with ‘old’ mass media and face-to-face communication, restating the two classic questions of media studies: what do media do to people, and what do people do with media?Media Convergence makes a distinction between three general types of media: the human body enabling communication in the flesh; the technically reproduced means of mass communication; and the digital technologies facilitating interaction one-to-one, one-to-many, as well as many-to-many.
Features include:
case studies, including mobile phones in everyday life, the Muhammad cartoons controversy and climate change as a global challenge for human communication and political action
diagrams, figures, and tables summarizing key concepts beyond standard ‘models of communication’
systematic cross-referencing. Major terms are highlighted and cross-referenced throughout, with key concepts defined in margin notes.
Book details
- Author:
- Klaus Bruhn Jensen
- ISBN:
- 9781136997884
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780203855485, 9780415482035, 9780415482035, 9780415482042, 9780415482042
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2020-04-03
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2010
- Copyright by:
- Klaus Bruhn Jensen
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Art and Architecture, Entertainment, History, Nonfiction, Social Studies