International Encyclopedia of Digital Communication and Society, 3 Volume Set

Robin Mansell is Professor of New Media and the Internet in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK. She is internationally known for her work on the social, economic, and political issues arising with innovations in information and communication technologies. She was Head of the Media and Communications Department at LSE (2006-2009), President of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (2004-2008), and Scientific Chair of the EuroCPR conference on digital media, communication and regulatory policy (2008-2014). She is the author of Imagining the Internet: Communication, Innovation and Governance (2012), and co-editor of The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011) and The Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies (2007).Peng Hwa Ang is Professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research focuses on media law and policy and more specifically on Internet governance. He was a member of the UN Working Group on Internet Governance and author of Ordering Chaos: Regulating the Internet (2005). He co-founded the Global Internet Governance Academic Network and the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum and served as inaugural chair of both groups. He also served as Chairman of the Asian Information Media and Communication Centre (AMIC) from 2004-2013. He is the President Elect-Select of the ICA 2014-15.

"Libraries that support programs in communication, digital humanities, mass communication, or new media research will want to acquire this set. . . Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above."  (Choice, 1 July 2015)"The entries are for the most part engaging and well-written and doubtless many scholars will enjoy reading them.....this reviewer enjoyed and gained much from reading it." (Reference Reviews 2016)

• Volume IAbout the Editors viiContributors ixAlphabetical List of Entries xviiThematic List of Entries xxiIntroduction xxiiiDigital Communication and SocietyVolume IIDigital Communication and SocietyVolume IIIDigital Communication and SocietyIndex