New Media

Richard Smith is a professor in the School of Communication and director of the Centre for Policy Research on Science and Technology at Simon Fraser University. His research interests include the role of communication and collaboration networks in the development and diffusion of information technology and the development of new tools to enable scholars to publish their work electronically.

Note: Every chapter includes: ; - Questions to Consider ; - Chapter Outline ; - Useful Websites ; - Further Reading ; - Discussion Questions ; - Class Activities ; - Debate Questions ; Preface to the Second Edition ; Introduction ; Abbreviations ; 1. Introduction to New Media ; Why "New" Media? ; Convergence ; Internet History ; The Global Internet ; The Conduit and the Content ; Web 2.0 ; 2. The History of New Media ; Early Traces of New Media ; Institutionalized, Instantaneous, Worldwide Communication: The Telegraph ; From Telegraph to Telephone: A Revolution in Sound ; By the Flickering Light We Will Conjure Movement: Film ; Speaking without Wires: Radio ; Making Radio Easier and Better ; Pictures and Sound, Educational Potential: Television ; 3. Approaches to New Media ; Getting Perspective ; What to Believe: The Hype or the Counter-Hype? ; Interpreting Hype and Counter-Hype: Methodological Considerations ; Approaches to Technological Change: Divergent Perspectives ; Pioneer Media Theorists: Marshall McLuhan and Raymond Williams ; Social Psychology: Identity and Interpersonal Relations Online ; 4. Mobile New Media ; Many Kinds of Mobile ; The Origins of Mobile Phones ; New Services ; From Multifunction Phones to Smartphones ; When Is a Phone No Longer a Phone? ; "New" New Media on Phones? ; Kids on Phones ; The Business of Mobility ; Mobile Phone Usage Patterns ; What Matters with Mobile? ; 5. Social Networks and Participatory Culture ; Networking for Fun and Profit ; The Nature of Networks ; Social Network Analysis ; Networks and the Economics of Social Production ; Participatory Media Cultures ; Participatory Media, Social Software, and Social Capital ; Downsides of Networks, Social Media, and Participatory Media Culture ; 6. Games: Technology, Industry, Culture ; Game On ; Games History ; Games Industry: Integrating and Disintegrating the Value Chain ; The Game Industry in Canada ; Game Cultures ; 7. Creative Industries ; Creativity in Question ; The Rise of Creative Industries ; Is "Creative Industries" Still a Useful Organizing Concept? ; Economic Drivers of Creative Industries ; Policy Drivers of Creative Industries ; Creative Industries and Evolving Arts and Cultural Policy ; 8. The Global Knowledge Economy ; The Global Knowledge Economy ; Electronic Commerce ; Information and Knowledge ; Innovation and the Innovator's Dilemma ; A Creative Economy? ; 9. Internet Law, Policy, and Governance ; Internet Law, Policy, and Governance ; Perspectives on Internet Governance ; Canadian New Media Policy ; Next Generation New Media Policy ; Copyright and Intellectual Property Law: An Overview ; Copyright and New Media ; Recent Developments in International Copyright and Intellectual Property Law ; Digital Gatekeepers and the Open Source Movement ; 10. Conclusion ; Key Concerns and Future Considerations ; Mobility ; The Internet of Things ; Networks: Always On and Always There ; Meeting People Made Easy: Social Media ; Surveillance and New Media ; Augmented Reality, 3D Printing, and Robots ; New Media Scholarship: The Next Frontiers ; Final Words ; Glossary ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index