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Social media shapes the ways in which we communicate, think about
friends, and hear about news and current events. It also affects
how users think of themselves, their communities, and their place
in the world. This book examines the tremendous impact of social
media on daily life. When the Internet became mainstream in the
early 2000s, everything changed. Now that social media is fully
entrenched in daily life, contemporary society has shifted again in
how we communicate, behave as consumers, seek out and enjoy
entertainment, and express ourselves. Every one of the new
applications of social media presents us with a new way of thinking
about the economy that supports technological development and
communication content and offers new models that challenge us to
think about the economic impact of communication in the 21st
century. The Social Media Revolution examines the tremendous
influence of social media on how we make meaning of our place in
the world. The book emphasizes the economic impacts of how we use
the Internet and World Wide Web to exchange information, enabling
readers to see how social media has taken root and challenged
previous media industries, laws, policies, and social practices.
Each entry in this useful reference serves to document the history,
impact, and criticism of every subject and shows how social media
has become a primary tool of the 21st-century world—one that not
only contributes to our everyday life and social practices but also
affects the future of business. The coverage of topics is extremely
broad, ranging from economic models and concepts relevant to social
media, such as e-commerce, crowdfunding, the use of cyber currency,
and the impact of freeware; to key technologies and devices like
Android and Apple iOS, apps, the cloud, streaming, and smartphones
and tablets; to major entrepreneurs, inventors, and subjects of
social media, such as Julian Assange, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs,
Marissa Mayer, Edward Snowden, Steve Wozniak, and Mark Zuckerberg.
Despite improvements to those affected by the digital divide, there
are still many people who remain "unconnected" in today's world.
This volume examines the problems of addressing the digital divide
by closely examining those who remain unconnected - the
untouchables or untouched within the information society. Some
remain untouched because of access or ability issues that also
reflect race, disability, class, geography, and socio-economic
status, but others may be prevented from participation by factors
of religion, language, philosophy, culture, or simply disinterest.
With noted experts from communication, public policy, civic
engagement, urban planning, and political science, the authors
collectively examine the social, economic, and political contexts
of the failure to reach the unconnected and the importance of
including them in a dynamic, engaged civic democracy.
In 1927, political scientist Harold Lasswell wrote about the
strategies employed by the American government to sell the benefits
of participating in World War I to a reluctant public. In
Propaganda Techniques in World War I, Lasswell discussed the
'manipulative symbols to manipulate opinions and attitudes' (p 9).
Ever since then, all wars have involved specialists who attempt to
control the way the media report about war and the way media
contribute to shaping public opinion. This collection of essays
discusses how media have 'packaged' the war in Iraq. The chapters
in this collection explore the way the media have presented the war
to us by telling us human interest stories, supporting public
policies, and crafting a narrative that supports the war. Some
chapters focus on the way the Bush administration has actively
promoted and attempted to control information; others tell of how
the media have either been complicit in supporting the dominant
narrative, or how the public has used the images in the media to
negotiate attitudes toward the war, terrorism, and international
relations. All of the chapters discuss the relationships among
conflict, political agendas, the power of media, and the way
audiences use media to construct attitudes, beliefs, and ultimately
a sense of history about the war. Coming from the perspective of
communication studies, situates the multi-dimensional aspects of
war, terrorism, public policy, media, and story-telling within the
context of creating a consensually assembled image of what the war
in Iraq is all about. This book will be of interest to
undergraduate students as well as scholars of communication,
history, sociology, political science, and American studies, and it
will be an excellent resource both for classroom use as well as the
general public."
In 1927, political scientist Harold Lasswell wrote about the
strategies employed by the American government to sell the benefits
of participating in World War I to a reluctant public. In
Propaganda Techniques in World War I, Lasswell discussed the
"manipulative symbols to manipulate opinions and attitudes" (p 9).
Ever since then, all wars have involved specialists who attempt to
control the way the media report about war and the way media
contribute to shaping public opinion. This collection of essays
discusses how media have "packaged" the war in Iraq. The chapters
in this collection explore the way the media have presented the war
to us by telling us human interest stories, supporting public
policies, and crafting a narrative that supports the war. Some
chapters focus on the way the Bush administration has actively
promoted and attempted to control information; others tell of how
the media have either been complicit in supporting the dominant
narrative, or how the public has used the images in the media to
negotiate attitudes toward the war, terrorism, and international
relations. All of the chapters discuss the relationships among
conflict, political agendas, the power of media, and the way
audiences use media to construct attitudes, beliefs,
and-ultimately-a sense of history about the war. Coming from the
perspective of communication studies, situates the
multi-dimensional aspects of war, terrorism, public policy, media,
and story-telling within the context of creating a consensually
assembled image of what the war in Iraq is all about. This book
will be of interest to undergraduate students as well as scholars
of communication, history, sociology, political science, and
American studies, and it will be an excellent resource both for
classroom use as well as the general public.
Just as the automobile radically changed people's lives at the
beginning of the 20th century, so too has the revolution in online
services (including blogging, podcasting, videogaming, shopping,
and social networking) and cell-phone use changed our lives at the
turn of the 21st century. In addition, many other services,
activities, and devices—including the Palm Pilot, the BlackBerry,
the iPod, digital cameras, and cell cameras—have been made
possible by the combination of these two technologies. Whereas the
automobile allowed people for the first time to work in cities and
live comfortably in the suburbs, extending the long commute beyond
the limits previously circumscribed by public transportation, the
Internet and cell phone allow us to interact with others from
around the world—or a few hundred miles—from where we work or
live, giving rise to the telecommuting phenomenon and allowing us
to stay in touch with friends and families in the new virtual
environment. As Hanson demonstrates in her new book, these
technologies enable us to work and play 24/7, anytime, anywhere.
What does this mean for us as individuals and for society as a
whole? What are the social implications of this technological
revolution that we have witnessed in the short span of about 20
years? Do people of different generations use these technologies in
the same ways, or do they adopt them to support their communication
habits formed at different times of their lives? How does the
illusion of control provided by these technologies affect the way
we think about what is meaningful in our lives? Hanson examines the
wide-ranging impact of this change. How do individuals posting
their viewpoints on the Internet affect democracy? Is it possible
to ever completely prevent identity theft over the Internet? How
permanent is information stored on the Internet or on a hard drive?
Do cell phones change the way people think about privacy or the way
they communicate with others? Does email? Do videogames teach new
social principles? Do cell phones and the Internet change
traditional communication behaviors and attitudes? Hanson discusses
these crucial issues and explores to what extent individuals do
have control, and she assesses how social and governmental services
are responding to (or running from) the problems posed by these new
technologies.
This volume explores how a number of developing countries --
including India, Malaysia, Columbia, Brazil, and Saudi Arabia --
are responding to the pressures of the information society.
Infrastructural development, policies, and social systems are
investigated, and models of information technologies and society
are proposed in order to better reference the differences and
similarities among the nations profiled. The authors identify the
social technology perspective via the assimilation of technology in
lifestyles and social systems. From this perspective, the diffusion
of technologies is analyzed with a critical eye for theories of
culture lag, diffusion and innovation, and technological
determinism and liberalism. The social perspective is a new
addition to development studies, and the reader may see how, as the
global information society comes into focus, the social dimensions
are more important than some theorists originally envisioned.
This volume explores how a number of developing countries --
including India, Malaysia, Columbia, Brazil, and Saudi Arabia --
are responding to the pressures of the information society.
Infrastructural development, policies, and social systems are
investigated, and models of information technologies and society
are proposed in order to better reference the differences and
similarities among the nations profiled. The authors identify the
social technology perspective via the assimilation of technology in
lifestyles and social systems. From this perspective, the diffusion
of technologies is analyzed with a critical eye for theories of
culture lag, diffusion and innovation, and technological
determinism and liberalism. The social perspective is a new
addition to development studies, and the reader may see how, as the
global information society comes into focus, the social dimensions
are more important than some theorists originally envisioned.
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