The New Media Invasion
The New Media Invasion

Author: John David Ebert

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2011-09-29

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 0786488182

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From the 15th century until the mid-1990s, media based on the printed word--books, magazines, handbills, newspapers, and journals--dominated society. Today, an onslaught of digital media centered on the Internet is developing at a breathtaking pace, destabilizing the very idea of printed media and fundamentally reshaping our world in the process. This study explores how Internet entities like Amazon, YouTube, Facebook, Wikipedia, and Google, and gadgets such as digital cameras, cell phones, video games, robots, drones, and all things MacIntosh have affected everything from the book industry and copyright law to how we conduct social relationships and consider knowledge. Including a chronology of significant events in the history of the digital explosion, this investigation of the often overlooked "shadow" side of new technology chronicles life during a radical societal shift and follows the process whereby one world disintegrates while another takes its place. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

The Digital Invasion
The Digital Invasion

Author: Dr. Archibald D. Hart

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2013-07-01

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1441241698

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In the world of technology, there are just two kinds of people: digital natives and digital immigrants. Digital natives are those born after the advent of the internet. They are comfortable with swift technological change and take the presence of technology in their lives almost completely for granted. They have "digital DNA" flowing through their bodies. On the other hand, digital immigrants are those born before the advent of the internet. Their comfort level with our technology-soaked world is more variable. But they are affected by the digital invasion just as much as their native children. With the latest research supporting them, Dr. Archibald Hart and Dr. Sylvia Hart Frejd uncover both the subtle and the dramatic ways digital technology is changing us from within, focusing their exposé on the impact on the spiritual life of individuals. Through insights from neuroscience and psychology, they offer readers therapeutic and biblical strategies for handling the digital invasion in order to become good stewards of their digital lives. Parents, educators, students, counselors, and pastors will especially appreciate this cultural wake-up call.

The New Media Epidemic
The New Media Epidemic

Author: Jean-Claude Larchet

Publisher: Holy Trinity Publications

Published: 2019-03-01

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 0884654273

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Dr. Jean-Claude Larchet, renowned for his examinations of the causes and consequences of spiritual and physical illness, tackles the pressing question of the societal and personal effects of our societal use of new media. The definition of new media is broad—from radio to smart phones—and the analysis of their impact is honest and straightforward. His meticulous diagnosis of their effects concludes with a discussion of the ways individuals might limit and counteract the most deleterious effects of this new epidemic.

MTIV
MTIV

Author: Hillman Curtis

Publisher: New Riders Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780735711655

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Through trial and error, Hillman and his company honed a seven-step process for creating concepts, and developing and designing new media. Often overlooked or unknown by designers, the methods in this book are distilled from years of experience and enhanced by Hillman's years as a leader in the design field. Divided into three parts - "Process," "Inspiration," and "Practice"--The book offers a practical methodology for successful artistic and professional work and also offers technical advice for translating this to the web.

The Good Drone
The Good Drone

Author: Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2020-07-28

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 0262358468

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How small-scale drones, satellites, kites, and balloons are used by social movements for the greater good. Drones are famous for doing bad things: weaponized, they implement remote-control war; used for surveillance, they threaten civil liberties and violate privacy. In The Good Drone, Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick examines a different range of uses: the deployment of drones for the greater good. Choi-Fitzpatrick analyzes the way small-scale drones--as well as satellites, kites, and balloons--are used for a great many things, including documenting human rights abuses, estimating demonstration crowd size, supporting anti-poaching advocacy, and advancing climate change research. In fact, he finds, small drones are used disproportionately for good; nonviolent prosocial uses predominate.

Spooked!
Spooked!

Author: Gail Jarrow

Publisher: Boyds Mills Press

Published: 2018-08-07

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1684371430

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A Washington Post Best Children's Book This book for young readers explores in riveting detail the false panic created by the famous War of the Worlds radio broadcast from 1938—as well as the repercussions of "fake news" today. On the night of October 30, 1938, thousands of Americans panicked when they believed that Martians had invaded Earth. What appeared to be breaking news about an alien invasion was in fact a radio drama based on H. G. Wells's War of the Worlds, performed by Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre players. Some listeners became angry once they realized they had been tricked, and the reaction to the broadcast sparked a national discussion about fake news, propaganda, and the role of radio. In this compelling nonfiction chapter book, Gail Jarrow explores the production of the broadcast, the aftermath, and the concept of "fake news" in the media.

The New Media
The New Media

Author: Ronald E. Rice

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated

Published: 1984-05

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13:

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The New Media seeks to fill several gaps in the growing literature on the uses, impacts, and implications of the new media explosion: between policy and academic research, between practical management texts and abstract speculation about the future of the office, and across communication literature in general. Taking a communication research perspective, The New Media provides state-of-the-art summaries of recent research in a single integrated source, and in accessible language. Anyone seeking a firm foundation for understanding the impact and future uses of the new communication media will benefit from reading this volume. It is both timely and full of insight. `A theoretical and academic approach provides valuable insigh

Literacy in the New Media Age
Literacy in the New Media Age

Author: Gunther Kress

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1134525311

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In this 'new media age' the screen has replaced the book as the dominant medium of communication. This dramatic change has made image, rather than writing, the centre of communication. In this groundbreaking book, Gunther Kress considers the effects of a revolution that has radically altered the relationship between writing and the book. Taking into account social, economic, communication and technological factors, Kress explores how these changes will affect the future of literacy. Kress considers the likely larger-level social and cultural effects of that future, arguing that the effects of the move to the screen as the dominant medium of communication will produce far-reaching shifts in terms of power - and not just in the sphere of communication. The democratic potentials and effects of the new information and communication technologies will, Kress contends, have the widest imaginable consequences. Literacy in the New Media Age is suitable for anyone fascinated by literacy and its wider political and cultural implications. It will be of particular interest to those studying education, communication studies, media studies or linguistics.

Media Madness
Media Madness

Author: James Bowman

Publisher: Encounter Books

Published: 2009-04-26

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1594032874

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James Bowman provides a scintillating and fast-paced anatomy of the mainstream media self-generated demise. The Mind of the Media looks behind the headlines to examine mainstream media's governing myths. Writing with acerbic wit, Bowman shows how the mainstream media's embrace of a spurious notion of objectivity, combined with its addiction to scandal, and an unshakable conviction of its own moral superiority have done irreparable damage to the media's public authority.

The New Media Monopoly
The New Media Monopoly

Author: Ben H. Bagdikian

Publisher: Beacon Press

Published: 2014-09-30

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 0807061840

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When the first edition of The Media Monopoly was published in 1983, critics called Ben Bagdikian's warnings about the chilling effects of corporate ownership and mass advertising on the nation's news "alarmist." Since then, the number of corporations controlling most of America's daily newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, book publishers, and movie companies has dwindled from fifty to ten to five. The most respected critique of modern mass media ever issued is now published in a completely updated and revised twentieth anniversary edition. 'Ben Bagdikian has written the first great media book of the twenty-first century. The New Media Monopoly will provide a roadmap to understanding how we got here and where we need to go to make matters better.' -Robert McChesney, author of Rich Media, Poor Democracy