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Convergence and Fragmentation : Media Technology and the Information Society. Changing Media Changing Europe Series, Volume 5

1st ed.

Bristol : Intellect Books Ltd, 2008 [©2008.]

1 online resource (258 pages)

Englisch

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Erscheint auch als: Convergence and fragmentation (Druck-Ausgabe)

Print version: Ludes, Peter : Convergence and Fragmentation : Media Technology and the Information Society. Changing Media Changing Europe Series, Volume 5. - Bristol : Intellect Books Ltd,c2008

978-1-84150-216-8 ( : electronic bk.)

978-1-84150-182-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 213494192     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang beim Produzenten (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

AP 18000      Ähnliche Literatur

P96.T42 -- C66 2008eb

302.23

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LOC-SH: Electronic books. -- local ; Information society ; Mass media and culture ; Mass media and technology

Electronic books ; local ; Information society ; Mass media and culture ; Mass media and technology ; Electronic books

Convergence under pressure leads to fragmentation. Therefore, the role of the newest information and communication technologies and formats in a changing Europe must be analysed not only in terms of optimistic market projections but also in terms of realistic trends toward complementary fragmentations.

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Front Cover -- Preliminary Pages -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Unity in Diversity -- Section 1: Culture and Technology -- Global and European Information Society -- ePolicies in Europe: A Human-Centric and Culturally Biased Approach -- Section 2: Techno-pleasure -- The Cultural Value of Games: Computer Games and Cultural Policy in Europe -- Learning and Entertainment in Museums: A Case Study -- Section 3: ICT and Learning -- For a Communications Approach to the Use of ICT in Education -- E-learning - A Knowledge Theoretical Approach -- 'Virtual' and 'Flexible' University Learning -- Section 4: Power, Technology and Policies -- Media Governance: Valuable Instrument of Risk Discourse for Media Ownership Concentration -- Telecom Liberalization: Distributive Challenges and National Differences -- Public Service Television's Mission in France: An Analysis of Media-Policy Instruments - Including the Use of the Internet as a New Distribution Channel -- About the Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover.