Digital roots : : historicizing media and communication concepts of the digital age / / Gabriele Balbi [and three others], editors.

• Superior document: Studies in digital history and hermeneutics ; Volume 4
• TeilnehmendeR: Balbi, Gabriele, 1979-
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg,, 2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in digital history and hermeneutics ; Volume 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 318 pages).

"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 and still are constantly changing in the digital era. Written by leading authors in media and communication studies, the chapters historicize 16 concepts that have become central in the digital media literature, focusing on three main areas. The first part, Technologies and Connections, historicises concepts like network, media convergence, multimedia, interactivity and artificial intelligence. The second one is related to Agency and Politics and explores global governance, datafication, fake news, echo chambers, digital media activism. The last one, Users and Practices, is finally devoted to telepresence, digital loneliness, amateurism, user generated content, fandom and authenticity. The book aims to shed light on how concepts emerge and are co-shaped, circulated, used and reappropriated in different contexts. It argues for the need for a conceptual media and communication history that will reveal new developments without concealing continuities and it demonstrates how the analogue/digital dichotomy is often a misleading one."-- Publisher description.

Table of Contents

Digging into Digital Roots. Towards a Conceptual Media and Communication History / Gabriele Balbi, Nelson Ribeiro, Valérie Schafer and Christian Schwarzenegger -- TECHNOLOGIES AND CONNECTIONS : Networks / Massimo Rospocher and Gabriele Balbi -- Media Convergence / John O'Sullivan and Leopoldina Fortunati -- Multimedia / Katie Day Good -- Interactivity / Benjamin Thierry -- Artificial Intelligence / Paolo Bory, Simone Natale and Dominique Trudel -- AGENCY AND POLITICS : Global Governance / Francesca Musiani and Valérie Schafer -- Data(fication) / Erik Koenen, Christian Schwarzenegger and Juraj Kittler -- Fake News / Monika Hanley and Allen Munoriyarwa -- Echo Chambers / Maria Löblich and Niklas Venema -- Digital Media Activism / Emiliano Treré and Anne Kaun -- USERS AND PRACTICES : Telepresence / Jérôme Bourdon -- Digital Loneliness / Edward Brennan -- Amateurism / Susan Aasman, Tim van der Heijden and Tom Slootweg -- User-Generated Content (UGC) / Göran Bolin -- Fandom / Eleonora Benecchi and Erika Wang -- Authenticity / Andreas Fickers.