228 Pages
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Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title was first published in 2001. An investigation of new forms of interaction and communication. The essays address theoretical contributions and insights which may assist us in the understanding of modern society inhabited by a wide range of new media.In order to answer questions on this subject, the text suggests a "structural hermeneutic" - a view on the public as agents embedded in... Read more
1. Introduction: New Media Theory. 2. Structuration Theory and the New Media: Insights and Problems. 3. Habermas' Critical Theory of Modernity: Insights and Problems. 4. Social Action in a Digital World. 5. New Media and the Contexts of Daily Life. 6. The New Risks: Digital Disembedding and Reembedding. 7. New Media and the Social Integration of Society.
Biography
Terje Rasmussen is Professor of Media Studies at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo, Norway. His books in English include Social Theory and Communication Technology and Digital Media Revisited: Theoretical and Conceptual Innovations in Digital Domains (with Gunnar Liestol and Andrew Morrison).
