In Media Access: Social and Psychological Dimensions ofNew
Technology Use, editors Erik P. Bucy and John E. Newhagen present
the latest work, theoretical explorations, and original research
findings on media access from a team of internationally renowned
media and technology researchers. Chapters develop expanded
definitions and conceptual understandings of access to stimulate
further research, offer new perspectives on policy discussions, and
facilitate media participation among those at risk of being left
behind. Broadening our understanding of information technology use,
this collection offers: *Novel perspectives--chapters demonstrate
new methods of addressing persistent questions regarding
motivation, cultural context, socioeconomic resources, technical
knowledge, and psychological skills required for effectual use of
information and communication technologies. *Conceptual
integration--each chapter addresses a vital aspect of media access
and summarizes pertinent findings, weaving together results to
provide much-needed integration across communication and technology
studies. *Multidisciplinary approaches--chapters represent a
variety of conceptual and methodological approaches, deriving
social explanations from large-scale survey data, psychological
explanations from experimental data, and cultural explanations from
depth interviews and ethnographic methods. *Shifting the policy and
research agenda--this volume extends and redirects aspects of the
digital divide debate while elaborating the "media access" approach
to studying new technology use. Taken as a whole, Media Access
reveals complications associated with full access to new
communication technologies and proposes analytical frameworks that
open new avenues of scholarly investigation and policy
consideration. It is intended for scholars and graduate students in
journalism, mass communication, telecommunications, media studies,
information science, public policy, psychology, sociology,
informatics, human-computer interaction, and other disciplines
concerned with the issue of media access.
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