Digital World

Gillian Youngs is Professor of Digital Economy and has been researching diverse aspects of the internet's impact on society and economy for 15 years developing out of her early focus on globalisation. She has given invited keynote and guest papers internationally in the US, China, South Korea, Turkey, Hungary, Germany, Holland, Spain, Austria, Tanzania.

'This books is an attractive collection of an introduction and twelve essays about the impact of the internet on society.' - Mark Frank, University of Southampton

• Introduction Digital world: connectivity, creativity and rights Gillian Youngs, University of Brighton Part I: Connectivity Chapter 1. Innovation challenges in the digital economy Damian Radcliffe, Cardiff University and ictQATAR Chapter 2. Politics of digital development: informatization and governance in China Xiudian Dai, University of Hull Chapter 3. Digital inclusion: a case for micro perspectives Panayiota Tsatsou, Swansea University Chapter 4. Social innovation and digital community curation Matt Chilcott, University of Glamorgan and CMC2 Monmouthshire Part II: Creativity Chapter 5. Creativity and digital innovation David Gauntlett, University of Westminster Chapter 6. Digital story and the new creativity Hamish Fyfe, University of Glamorgan Chapter 7. Photography’s transformation in the digital age: artistic and everyday forms Mark Durden, University of Wales, Newport Chapter 8Transmedia storytelling and audience: memory and market Colin B. Harvey, University of Western Sydney and London South Bank University Part III: Rights Chapter 9. The Fifth Estate of the digital world William H. Dutton and Elizabeth Dubois, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Chapter 10. Economic innovations and political empowerment Khaled Galal, Communications Consultant Chapter 11. A cyberconflict analysis of the 2011 Arab Spring Athina Karatzogianni, University of Hull Chapter 12. Cyberqueer perspectives on rights and activism Tracy Simmons, University of Leicester