Digital Futures for Cultural and Media Studies

An ambitious rendering of the digital future from a pioneer of media and cultural studies, a wise and witty take on a changing field, and our orientation to it

• Investigates the uses of multimedia by creative and productive citizen-consumers to provide new theories of communication that accommodate social media, participatory action, and user-creativity
• Leads the way for new interdisciplinary engagement with systems thinking, complexity and evolutionary sciences, and the convergence of cultural and economic values
• Analyzes the historical uses of multimedia from print, through broadcasting to the internet
• Combines conceptual innovation with historical erudition to present a high-level synthesis of ideas and detailed analysis of emergent forms and practices
• Features an international focus and global reach to provide a basis for students and researchers seeking broader perspectives

Nyckelord: Media Studies, Multimedia, social media, media citizenship, participatory journalism