Web. Studies: Rewiring Media Studies For The Digital Age; Editor: Gauntlett, David; Paperback

Editor: Gauntlett, David
Paperback; 30 B&w Illustrations
260 pages
Published: September 2000
Arnold
ISBN: 0340760494
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This exciting and engaging book explores the ways in which people, organizations, and companies are using the Internet to project their interests and concerns into the world. Beginning withan introduction to cyberculture studies and ways to studying the web, Web.Studies moves on to consider everyday web life, web art and culture, web business, and global web politics and protest. Topics covered range from fan websites, web identities, and web design trends, to global capitalism and web allure, cybercrime and the politics of hacking and propaganda warfare via the web. Throughout thebook are suggestions for ways in which students can use the web to further their own research. While there has been an explosion of books on the Internet, this is the first to offer students and generRewiring Media Studies for the Digital Age - how the Internet has changed the landscape of mass media. The Internet has changed the landscape of mass media. This text explores the ways in which people, organizations and companies are using the net to project their interest and concerns into the world. This book aims to offer a comprehensive introduction to the new web-based media culture.