ISBN:
9781433139550
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Edition:
2nd, Revised ed.
DDC:
300
Keywords:
Social Media
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Medienkonsum
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Online-Community
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Geschlechterverhältnis
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Kulturkontakt
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Online-Werbung
;
Big Data
;
Data Mining
;
Privatheit
;
Überwachung
Abstract:
The age of digital media has given rise to a new social world. It is a world in which the transmission of information from the few to the many is steadily being supplanted by the multi-directional flow of facts, lies, and ideas. It is a world in which hundreds of millions of people are voluntarily depositing large amounts of personal details in publicly accessible databases. It is a world in which interpersonal relationships are increasingly being conducted in the virtual sphere. Above all, this is a world that seems to be veering off in unpredictable ways from the trends of the immediate past. This book is a probing examination of that world, and of the changes that it has ushered into our lives. In more than thirty essays by a wide range of scholars, this must-have second edition examines the impact of digital media in six areas – information, persuasion, community, gender and sexuality, surveillance and privacy, and cross-cultural communication – and offers an invaluable guide for students and scholars alike. With one exception, all essays are completely new or revised for this volume.
DOI:
10.3726/978-1-4331-3955-0
URL:
https://www.peterlang.com/view/product/79481?format=EPDF
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