Digital Futures for Cultural and Media Studies

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An ambitious rendering of the digital future from a pioneer ofmedia and cultural studies, a wise and witty take on a changingfield, and our orientation to it * Investigates the uses of multimedia by creative and productivecitizen-consumers to provide new theories of communication thataccommodate social media, participatory action, anduser-creativity * Leads the way for new interdisciplinary engagement with systemsthinking, complexity and evolutionary sciences, and the convergenceof cultural and economic values * Analyzes the historical uses of multimedia from print, throughbroadcasting to the internet * Combines conceptual innovation with historical erudition topresent a high-level synthesis of ideas and detailed analysis ofemergent forms and practices * Features an international focus and global reach to provide abasis for students and researchers seeking broaderperspectives

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John Hartley

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"Hartley remains one of the most fearless and original thinkers incontemporary cultural studies." - Henry Jenkins, University of Southern California "As so often in the past, John Hartley provides a shrewdand honest guide to the cultural and societal implications of thetechnological and social turbulence we are facing." - Larry Gross, University of Southern California "If, as the proverb suggests, we fish onlycontemplate water when removed from it, then in this important bookHartley proves himself to be a flying fish - a wonderfulanalyst of his cultural environment in its entirety, yet alwaysstill aware of the coral and culture that lies beneath. The bookoverflows with smart observations about the state of the media andof media and cultural studies as an academic field, and should beread by all who swim in these waters." - Jonathan Gray, University of Wisconsin "Reading John Hartley's 'Understanding News' (1982) as astudent inspired me to do research. 'Digital Futures' rekindlesthat original excitement." - Mark Deuze, Indiana University "Hartley roars across disciplines to connect the digital dotsbetween cultural studies, creative industries, journalism,television and much else. This is truly ambitious scholarship whichdeserves the widest audience." - Ian Hargreaves, Cardiff University
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