Handbook of New Media
Subtitle: Social Shaping and Consequences of Icts
Contributors: Leah A Lievrouw (Editor); Sonia Livingstone (Editor)
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: March 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9780761965107
Subjects: Business & Management; Industry & Industrial Studies; Media Studies; Technological innovations; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Mass media; Social Science; Sociology; Performing Arts/Dance; Social aspects; Reference; Communication; Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication; Handbooks, manuals, etc
First sentence: Rather than beginning with an account of the latest media technologies, as often seems tempting, and then attempting to unravel their consequences, this part of the Handbook sets the scene by starting with questions of society, social problems and social change.