New Media, Communication, and Society

Mary Ann Allison, Ph.D., is an interdisciplinary scholar and professor emerita at Hofstra University. She has been teacher of the year twice and won the first mentor of the year award. She won the Innis Award for Outstanding Dissertation in the field of Media Ecology.Cheryl A. Casey, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Communication at Champlain College. She has published and presented work in critical media studies, media ecology, and communication theory. She has also served as Executive Director of the Eastern Communication Association.

“We live in an environment characterized by extraordinary complexity, one that includes all manner of new media and digital technologies, mobile devices, wired and wireless connectivity, networks, the Internet and the web, social media, virtual reality and artificial intelligence, ubiquitous computing, cloud storage, data mining, streaming content, multi-screen viewing, information overload, participatory media, and so much more. Learning how to navigate our new media environment is no easy task, but all the more vital for anyone associated with the media professions, indeed for anyone entering the twenty-first century workplace, and ultimately for every one of us, as citizens in a democracy. There has long been a need for a text that provides a clear, accessible, and comprehensive introduction to new media, and at last, thanks to Mary Ann Allison and Cheryl A. Casey, we have one. New Media, Communication, and Society delivers exactly what students and instructors need from an introductory text, and indeed exceeds all expectations of what such a text might provide.”—Lance Strate, Fordham University, author of Media Ecology: An Approach to Understanding the Human Condition

• List of Figures – List of Tables – Acknowledgments – Mary Ann Allison/Cheryl A. Casey: Welcome and How to Use This Book – Mary Ann Allison: You, Media, and the Global Brain – Mary Ann Allison: Commoners Become Media Kings – Cheryl A. Casey: People of the Word – Mary Ann Allison: Networks: A Wealth of Stories – Cheryl A. Casey: Network Structure – Cheryl A. Casey: Big News Power – Cheryl A. Casey: The Dark Side of the Internet – Cheryl A. Casey/Mary Ann Allison: The Physical Side of the Internet – Mary Ann Allison: Hearing and Seeing Different Societies – Cheryl A. Casey: The Medium Is the Message – Cheryl A. Casey: Rewiring Our Social, Political, and Intellectual Lives – Mary Ann Allison: Staying Alive on Facebook – Cheryl A. Casey: Mobiles – Cheryl A. Casey: Digital Gaming – Cheryl A. Casey: Bloggers – Cheryl A. Casey: Information Literacy – Mary Ann Allison: Wikipedia: Not Just Wow! But How? – Mary Ann Allison: Participatory Media – Cheryl A. Casey: Social Media and Mindful Multitasking – Mary Ann Allison: Rushkoff: Program or Be Programmed – Mary Ann Allison: Skilled Conversation Is a New Medium – Mary Ann Allison: You Have a Choice – Mary Ann Allison: Does Your Life Depend on Being Connected? – Cheryl A. Casey: New Media Reshapes Governments – Cheryl A. Casey: New Media Reshapes Economics and Jobs – Cheryl A. Casey: Big Data – Cheryl A. Casey: Spotlights: Arab Spring and Chinese Reality TV – Mary Ann Allison: Will ICT-Supported Technology Create Abundance? – Mary Ann Allison: Hyper-Connected Risks: A Global Picture – Mary Ann Allison: A Media Dashboard for Humanity – Mary Ann Allison/Cheryl A. Casey: An End and a Beginning: Seeing Ourselves as Our Global Brain Might See Us – Index.