Digital technologies have fundamentally altered the nature and function of media in our society, reinventing age-old practices of public communication and at times circumventing traditional media and challenging its privileged role as gatekeepers of news and entertainment. Some critics believe these technologies keep the public involved in an informed discourse on matters of public importance, but it isn't clear this is happening on a large scale. Propaganda disguised as news is flourishing, and though interaction with the digital domain teaches children valuable skills, it can also expose them to grave risks.
John V. Pavlik critically examines our current digital innovationsblogs, podcasting, peer-to-peer file sharing, on-demand entertainment, and the digitization of television, radio, and satellitesand their positive and negative implications. He focuses on present developments, but he also peers into the future, foreseeing a media landscape dominated by a highly fragmented, though active audience, intense media competition, and scarce advertising dollars. By embracing new technologies, however, Pavlik shows how professional journalism and media can hold on to their role as a vital information lifeline and continue to operate as the tool of a successful democracy.
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Forword -Everette E. Dennis
- Introduction: New Technology and the Media: An Uneasy Alliance
- 1. Digital Delivery Media
- 2. Devices to Access Digital Media
- 3. Audiences or Users of Digital Media
- 4. Producers of Digital Media
- 5. Content in the Digital Age
- 6. Distributers of Digital Media
- 7.Financers and Owners of Digital Media
- 8. Regulation and Law of Digital Media
- 9. Production and Protection of Digital Media
- 10 Inventors and Innovaters of Digital Media
- 11. Ethical Considerations in the Digital Age
- 12. Children and Digital Media
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibilography
- Glossary
- Index
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