Media in the Digital Age

by John V. Pavlik

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231142099
• ISBN13: 9780231142090
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher