Digital Roots : : Historicizing Media and Communication Concepts of the Digital Age / / ed. by Valérie Schafer, Gabriele Balbi, Nelson Ribeiro, Christian Schwarzenegger.

• Funder: University of Luxembourg
• MitwirkendeR: Aasman, Susan,; Balbi, Gabriele,; Benecchi, Eleonora,; Bolin, Göran,; Bory, Paolo,; Bourdon, Jérôme,; Brennan, Edward,; Day Good, Katie,; Fickers, Andreas,; Fortunati, Leopoldina,; Hanley, Monika,; Heijden, Tim van der,; Kaun, Anne,; Kittler, Juraj,; Koenen, Erik,; Löblich, Maria,; Munoriyarwa, Allen,; Musiani, Francesca,; Natale, Simone,; O'Sullivan, John,; Ribeiro, Nelson Costa,; Rospocher, Massimo,; Schafer, Valérie,; Schwarzenegger, Christian,; Slootweg, Tom,; Thierry, Benjamin,; Treré, Emiliano,; Trudel, Dominique,; Venema, Niklas,; Wang, Erika,
• HerausgeberIn: Balbi, Gabriele,; Ribeiro, Nelson Costa,; Schafer, Valérie,; Schwarzenegger, Christian,
• Author: University of Luxembourg
• Place / Publishing House: München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Digital History and Hermeneutics Ser.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VI, 318 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

As media environments and communication practices evolve over time, so do theoretical concepts. This book analyzes some of the most well-known and fiercely discussed concepts of the digital age from a historical perspective, showing how many of them have pre-digital roots and how they have changed a...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Digging into Digital Roots. Towards a Conceptual Media and Communication History
• Technologies and Connections
• Networks
• Media Convergence
• Multimedia
• Interactivity
• Artificial Intelligence
• Agency and Politics
• Global Governance
• Data(fication)
• Fake News
• Echo Chambers
• Digital Media Activism
• Users and Practices
• Telepresence
• Digital Loneliness
• Amateurism
• User-Generated Content (UGC)
• Fandom
• Authenticity
• Authors