Digital Media and Society (Third Edition)

Third Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-5296-8146-8
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 787 g

In today’s world, digital media and the social are irreversibly intertwined. In this cutting-edge introduction, Simon Lindgren introduces a wide range of concepts and approaches that aid in exploring and understanding what it means to live in a digital society. In this new edition you will encounter:

- An exploration of non-progressive forms of digital activism, including radicalization and hate groups

- Added coverage of post-pandemic, post-truth digital media with topics such as disinformation and computational propaganda

- Cutting-edge content on algorithms, covering recent developments in generative AI, LLMs, and synthetic media such as deepfakes.

- Expanded learning features and discussion prompts to put theory into practice

Updated, revised and expanded throughout to cover emerging platforms and issues, this book is a must-have for students exploring digital media, social media, and the internet.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lindgren, Simon

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Digital Society
2 Social Media Platforms
3 Beyond Technological Determinism
4 Interaction and Identity
5 Communities and Networks
6 The Power of Visual Digital Media
7 Digital Emotions
8 Power and Exploitation
9 Activism, Mobilisation and Social Change
10 Datafication, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence
11 Software and Devices
12 Digital Media Research Methods

Über Autor(innen)

Lindgren, Simon
Simon Lindgren is Professor of Sociology at Umeå University in Sweden. He is also director of DIGSUM, an interdisciplinary academic research centre studying the social dimensions of digital technology, and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Digital Social Research.

His research is about the relationship between digital media and society with a particular focus on politics and power relations. He studies mobilisation and contention on the internet and the consequences of datafication and automation for such processes.