Understanding Digital Culture

This is more than just another book on Internet studies. Tracing the pervasive influence of 'digital culture' throughout contemporary life, this text integrates socio-economic understandings of the 'information society' with the cultural studies approach to production, use, and consumption of digital media and multimedia.

Refreshingly readable and packed with examples from profiling databases and

mashups to cybersex and the truth about social networking, Understanding Digital Culture



- crosses disciplines to give a balanced account of the social, economic and cultural dimensions of the information society



- illuminates the increasing importance of mobile, wireless and converged media technologies in everyday life



- unpacks how the information society is transforming and challenging traditional notions of crime, resistance, war and protest, community, intimacy and belonging



- charts the changing cultural forms associated with new media and its consumption, including music, gaming, microblogging and online identity



- illustrates the above through a series of contemporary, in-depth case studies of digital culture.



This is the perfect text for students looking for a full account of the information society, virtual cultures, sociology of the Internet and new media.

Aceasta este mai mult decat o alta carte despre studii pe internet. Urmarind influenta omniprezenta a „culturii digitale” de-a lungul vietii contemporane, acest text integreaza intelegerile socio-economice ale „societatii informationale” cu abordarea studiilor culturale in ceea ce priveste productia, utilizarea si consumul mass-media digitale si multimedia. de la crearea de baze de date si mashup-uri la ciberexex si adevarul despre retelele sociale, Intelegerea culturii digitale - traverseaza disciplinele pentru a oferi o imagine echilibrata a dimensiunilor sociale, economice si culturale ale societatii informationale - lumineaza importanta tot mai mare a tehnologiilor media mobile, wireless si convergente in viata de zi cu zi - descompune modul in care societatea informationala transforma si provoaca notiunile traditionale de crima, rezistenta, razboi si protest, comunitate, intimitate si apartenenta - prezinta schimbarile formelor culturale asociate noilor medii si consumului acestora, inclusiv muzica, jocuri, microblogging si online identitate- ilustreaza cele de mai sus prin as erii de studii de caz contemporane, aprofundate ale culturii digitale. Acesta este textul perfect pentru studentii care cauta o prezentare completa a societatii informationale, a culturilor virtuale, a sociologiei internetului si a noilor medii.