New Media Books

New and Published Books

1. Ambiguities of Activism

   Alter-Globalism and the Imperatives of Speed

   By Ingrid M. Hoofd

   Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

   This volume provides a critical and in-depth investigation of the relationship between alter-globalist thinking and practices and their popular discourses. It examines the ways in which several alter-globalist activist groups (like Indymedia, no-borders campaigns, and forms of climate change...

   Published May 8th 2012 by Routledge
2. Best Before

   Videogames, Supersession and Obsolescence

   By James Newman

   Despite record sales and an ever-growing global industry, the simple fact is that videogames are disappearing. Most obviously, the physical deterioration of discs, cartridges, consoles and controllers means that the data and devices will crumble to dust and eventually will be lost forever. However...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
3. China's Information and Communications Technology Revolution

   Social changes and state responses

   Edited by Xiaoling Zhang, Yongnian Zheng

   Series: China Policy Series

   In recent years, China has experienced a revolution in information and communications technology (ICT), in 2003 surpassing the USA as the world’s largest telephone market, and as of February 2008, the number of Chinese Internet users has become the largest in the world. At the same time, China...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
4. Celebrity and Glamour in Contemporary Russia

   Shocking Chic

   Edited by Helena Goscilo, Vlad Strukov

   Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

   This is the first book to explore the phenomenon of glamour and celebrity in contemporary Russian culture, ranging across media forms, disciplinary boundaries and modes of inquiry, with particular emphasis on the media personality. The book demonstrates how the process of ‘celebrification’ in...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
5. New Media Literacies and Participatory Popular Culture Across Borders

   Edited by Bronwyn Williams, Amy A. Zenger

   How do students’ online literacy practices intersect with online popular culture? In this book scholars from a range of countries including Australia, Lebanon, Nepal, Qatar, South Africa, Turkey, and the United States illustrate and analyze how literacy practices that are mediated through and...

   Published April 4th 2012 by Routledge
6. Sport Beyond Television

   The Internet, Digital Media and the Rise of Networked Media Sport

   By Brett Hutchins, David Rowe

   Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

   Television is no longer the only screen delivering footage and news to people about sport. Computers, the Internet, Web, mobile and other digital media are increasingly important technologies in the production and consumption of sports media. Sport Beyond Television analyzes the changes that have...

   Published April 2nd 2012 by Routledge
7. The Media, Cultural Control and Government in Singapore

   By Terence Lee

   Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series

   This book explores this inherent contradiction present in most facets of Singaporean media, cultural and political discourses, and identifies the key regulatory strategies and technologies that the ruling People Action Party (PAP) employs to regulate Singapore media and culture, and thus govern the...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
8. Travel Connections

   Tourism, Technology and Togetherness in a Mobile World

   By Jennie Germann Molz

   Series: International Library of Sociology

   Living in a world that is increasingly ‘on the move’ means that many of us now rely on mobile devices, social media, and networking technologies to coordinate togetherness with our social networks even when we are apart. Nowhere is this phenomenon more evident than in the emerging practices of ‘...

   Published March 26th 2012 by Routledge
9. Mobile Technology and Place

   Edited by Rowan Wilken, Gerard Goggin

   Series: Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture

   An international roster of contributors come together in this comprehensive volume to examine the complex interactions between mobile media technologies and issues of place. Balancing philosophical reflection with empirical analysis, this book examines the specific contexts in which place and...

   Published March 20th 2012 by Routledge
10. Misunderstanding the Internet

    By James Curran, Natalie Fenton, Des Freedman

    Series: Communication and Society

    The growth of the internet has been spectacular. There are now more 1.5 billion internet users across the globe, about one quarter of the world’s population. This is certainly a new phenomenon that is of enormous significance for the economic, political and social life of contemporary societies....

    Published March 5th 2012 by Routledge