New New Media

Paul Levinson, PhD, is Professor of Communication & Media Studies at Fordham University in New York City.  His eight nonfiction books, including The Soft Edge (1997), Digital McLuhan (1999), Realspace (2003), Cellphone (2004), and New New Media (2009; 2nd edition, 2012) have been the subject of major articles in the New York Times, Wired, and the Christian Science Monitor, and have been translated into ten languages.  His science fiction novels include The Silk Code (1999, winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel), Borrowed Tides (2001), The Consciousness Plague (2002), The Pixel Eye (2003), and The Plot To Save Socrates (2006).  His short stories have been nominated for Nebula, Hugo, Edgar, and Sturgeon Awards.  Paul Levinson appears on "The O'Reilly Factor" (Fox News), "The CBS Evening News,"  "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" (PBS),  "Nightline" (ABC), Dylan Ratigan (MSNBC) and numerous national and international TV and radio programs.  His 1972 LP, Twice Upon a Rhyme, was re-issued on mini-CD by Big Pink Records in 2009, and was re-issued in a vinyl remastered re-pressing by Sound of Salvation/Whiplash Records in December 2010.  He reviews the best of television in his InfiniteRegress.tv blog, writes political and media commentary for Mediaite, and was listed in The Chronicle of Higher Education's "Top 10 Academic Twitterers" in 2009.

• In this Section:1) Brief Table of Contents2) Full Table of Contents  1) Brief Table of Contents  Chapter 1: Why “New New” Media?  Chapter 2: FacebookChapter 3: TwitterChapter 4: YouTube Chapter 5: Wikipedia Chapter 6: BloggingChapter 7: Foursquare and HardwareChapter 8: Smaller PotatoesChapter 9: The Dark Side Of New New MediaChapter 10: Politics and New New Media   2) Full Table of Contents  Chapter 1: Why “New New” Media?  Why “New New” Rather Than Social Media?Guiding Principles of New New MediaNew New Media Encompass Prior New Media PrinciplesThe Order and Content of the ChaptersSpeed in the Evolution of New New Media and HardwareThe Prime Methodology: Learning by Doing  Chapter 2: FacebookThe Irresistible Appeal of “Friends”What Does Online “Friendship” MeanFine-Tuning Online FriendshipThe Facebook “Group” and its EvolutionFacebook Friends and Groups as Knowledge-Base ResourcesFacebook Friends as Real-Time Knowledge ResourcesMeeting Online Friends in the Real WorldReconnecting with Old Friends OnlineProtection for the “Hidden Dimension”: Cleaning Up Your Online PagesSubjective and Objective Differences Among New New MediaThe Facebook Timeline  Chapter 3: TwitterThe Epitome of ImmediacyInterpersonal + Mass Communication = TwitterTwitter as Smart T-Shirt or JewelryGoogle+, Twitter, Facebook, and PownceTwitter Dangers: The Congressman Who Tweeted Too MuchThe Other Congressman Who Tweeted Too MuchTwitter vs. the Mullahs in IranMcLuhan as Microblogger  Chapter 4: YouTube “Obama Girl”YouTube 2008 Presidential Primary DebatesTelegenic + YouTube = CybergenicYouTube Undeniability and DemocracyYouTube Usurps Television as a Herald of Public EventsYouTube Is Not Only Omni-Accessible and Free to Viewers - It’s Free to ProducersObama as the New FDR in New New Media as Well as the New New Deal?Amateur YouTube Stars and ProducersViral VideosViral Videos Gone BadThe YouTube Revolution in Popular CultureRoy Orbison’s Guitar“My Guitar Gently Weeps” Through the AgesYouTube Retrieves MTVWill YouTube Put iTunes Out of Business?YouTube Refutes Lewis Mumford and Turns the Videoclip into a TranscriptTim Russert, 1950–2008YouTube’s Achilles’ Heel: CopyrightComments as Verifiers on YouTube: The FleetwoodsThe Pope’s ChannelYouTube as International Information Liberator  Chapter 5: Wikipedia Pickles and PericlesInclusionists vs. Exclusionists: Battle Between Wikipedian HeroesNeutrality of Editors and Conflicts of InterestIdentity ProblemsAll Wikipedians Are Equal, but Some Are More Equal Than OthersTransparency on Wikipedia PagesWikipedia vs. BritannicaOld vs. New New Media in Reporting the Death of Tim RussertWikipedia Wrongly Reports the “Deaths” of Ted Kennedy and Robert ByrdEncyclopedia or Newspaper?Does Wikipedia Make Libraries Unnecessary? The United Kingdom vs. Wikipedia  Chapter 6: BloggingA Thumbnail History of Electronic WritingBlogging About Anything, ForeverComment ModerationCommenting on the Blogs of OthersComments as CorrectorsMySpace Message from Stringer Bell of The WireChanging the Words in Your Blog After PublicationLong-Range Blogging and LinkingGroup BloggingMonetizing Your BlogIs Monetization Incompatible with the Ideals of Blogging?Dressing Up Your Blog with Images, Videos and WidgetsGauging the Readership of Your BlogDifferent Blogging PlatformsAre Bloggers Entitled to the Same First Amendment Protection as Old-Media Journalists?Citizen Journalists, the First Amendment, and Occupy Wall StreetBloggers and LobbyistsAnonymity in BloggingBlogging for OthersChanging the World with Your BlogA Town Supervisor and His Blog“Bloggers in Pajamas”Further Tensions Between New New Media and Older FormsThe Need for Old-Media Reporting in an Age of New New Media JournalismOld Media and New New Media Symbiosis: Easter Eggs for Lost and Fringe  Chapter 7: Foursquare and HardwareFoursquare and iPhoneCheck-Ins and TruthsPrivacy and LocationThe Inevitability of Mobile MediaThe Necessity of HardwareThe Price of MobilityThe New New Media Exile of Useless PlacesSmart Phones in the Car, in the Park, and in BedBatteries as the Weak SpotiPhones, iPads, Bluetooth and Brains  Chapter 8: Smaller PotatoesMySpaceDigg and RedditSecond LifePodcasting  Chapter 9: The Dark Side Of New New MediaPre-New New Media Abuses: Bullying, Flaming, and TrollingOnline Gossiping and CyberbullyingCyberstalkingTweeting and TerrorismThe Craigslist Bank HeistSpamOld Media Overreaction to New New Abuses: The Library vs. the Blogger  Chapter 10: Politics and New New MediaBarack Obama, New New Media, and the 2008 ElectionThe Tea Party and Twitter in 2010The Arab Spring and Media DeterminismOccupy Wall Street and the Resurgence of Direct DemocracyThe US Election of 2012