New Media

Front Cover
Albert Rolls
H.W. Wilson, 2006 - Computers - 200 pages
This volume, one of the first titles in the Reference Shelf 2006 series, brings together 31 articles from newspapers, magazines, news services, and websites from 2003-2005 including The Chronicle of Higher Education, Slate, The New York Times, The Nation, and USA Today, discussing new types of media, their influences on the world, use as an educational tool, impact on the entertainment industry, and risks. Several articles emphasize blogging and the news media, and others examine e-literature, podcasts, mobile TV, gaming, net predators, and Wikipedia. The book has an annotated list of further articles that incorporates websites. The appendix contains the 1984 essay ʺIs It Okay to Be a Luddite?ʺ by novelist Thomas Pynchon. Also includes information on blogosphere, cell phones, e-books, education, Internet, journalism, Library of Congress, literature, mainstream media, MySpace.com, newspaper industry, political campaigns, politics, youth, etc.

Contents

6 And Now a Word from Our Sponsor Our Only Sponsor Stuart Elliott
6
3 The Rise of OpenSource Politics Micah L Sifry The Nation
16
5 Diffusion Use and Effect of the Internet in China Jonathan J H Zhu
30
Editors Introduction
47
Editors Introduction
83
3 Mixed Signals over Mobile TV Alex Benady The Guardian
94
Editors Introduction
109
2 College Lectures Go Digital Kimberly Marselas
117
5 Classic Lit Goes Txt Msging Shelley Emling Cox News Service
134
1 Weaving the Web Patrick Verel The Augusta Chronicle Georgia
141
3 The Wonderful World of Wikis Ellen Lee Contra Costa Times California
148
5 Authorities Look to Net Predators Jill King Greenwood
156
Is It O K to Be a Luddite? Thomas Pynchon The New York Times Book Review
169
Books
179
Index
195
Copyright

4 Digital Archives Are a Gift of Wisdom to Be Used Wisely Roy Rosenzweig
126