Digital Futures for Cultural and Media Studies

An ambitious rendering of the digital future from a pioneer of
media and cultural studies, a wise and witty take on a changing
field, and our orientation to it
* Investigates the uses of multimedia by creative and productive
citizen-consumers to provide new theories of communication that
accommodate social media, participatory action, and
user-creativity
* Leads the way for new interdisciplinary engagement with systems
thinking, complexity and evolutionary sciences, and the convergence
of cultural and economic values
* Analyzes the historical uses of multimedia from print, through
broadcasting to the internet
* Combines conceptual innovation with historical erudition to
present a high-level synthesis of ideas and detailed analysis of
emergent forms and practices
* Features an international focus and global reach to provide a
basis for students and researchers seeking broader
perspectives