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"Scholars and students finally have a reference work documenting the foundations of the digital revolution. Were it not the only reference book to cover this emergent field, Jones's encyclopedia would still likely be the best."--CHOICE
???The articles are interesting, entertaining, well written, and reasonably long. . . . Highly recommended as a worthwhile and valuable addition to both science and technology and social science reference collections.???--REFERENCE & USER SERVICES QUARTERLY, AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONFrom Amazon.com to virtual communities, this single-volume encyclopedia presents more than 250 entries that explain communication technology, multimedia, entertainment, and e-commerce within their social context.
Edited by Steve Jones, one of the leading scholars and founders of this emerging field, and with contributions from an international group of scholars as well as science and technology writers and editors, the Encyclopedia of New Media widens the boundaries of today??'s information society through interdisciplinary, historical, and international coverage. With such topics as broadband, content filtering, cyberculture, cyberethics, digital divide, freenet, MP3, privacy, telemedicine, viruses, and wireless networks, the Encyclopedia will be an indispensable resource for anyone interested or working in this field.
Unlike many encyclopedias that provide short, fragmented entries, the Encyclopedia of New Media examines each subject in depth in a single, coherent article. Many articles span several pages and are presented in a large, double-column format for easy reading. Each article also includes the following: A bibliography Suggestions for furtherreading Links to related topics in the Encyclopedia Selected works, where applicable
Entries include: Pioneers, such as Marc Andreesen, Marshall McLuhan, and Steve Jobs Terms, from "Access" to "Netiquette" to "Web-cam" Technologies, including Bluetooth, MP3, and Linux Businesses, such as Amazon.com Key labs, research centers, and foundations Associations Laws, and much more
The Encyclopedia of New Media includes a comprehensive index as well as a reader??'s guide that facilitates browsing and easy access to information.
Recommended Libraries
Public, academic, government, special, and private/corporate
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"Scholars and students finally have a reference work documenting the foundations of the digital revolution. Were it not the only reference book to cover this emergent field, Jones's encyclopedia would still likely be the best."--CHOICE
???The articles are interesting, entertaining, well written, and reasonably long. . . . Highly recommended as a worthwhile and valuable addition to both science and technology and social science reference collections.???--REFERENCE & USER SERVICES QUARTERLY, AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONFrom Amazon.com to virtual communities, this single-volume encyclopedia presents more than 250 entries that explain communication technology, multimedia, entertainment, and e-commerce within their social context.
Edited by Steve Jones, one of the leading scholars and founders of this emerging field, and with contributions from an international group of scholars as well as science and technology writers and editors, the Encyclopedia of New Media widens the boundaries of today??'s information society through interdisciplinary, historical, and international coverage. With such topics as broadband, content filtering, cyberculture, cyberethics, digital divide, freenet, MP3, privacy, telemedicine, viruses, and wireless networks, the Encyclopedia will be an indispensable resource for anyone interested or working in this field.
Unlike many encyclopedias that provide short, fragmented entries, the Encyclopedia of New Media examines each subject in depth in a single, coherent article. Many articles span several pages and are presented in a large, double-column format for easy reading. Each article also includes the following: A bibliography Suggestions for furtherreading Links to related topics in the Encyclopedia Selected works, where applicable
Entries include: Pioneers, such as Marc Andreesen, Marshall McLuhan, and Steve Jobs Terms, from "Access" to "Netiquette" to "Web-cam" Technologies, including Bluetooth, MP3, and Linux Businesses, such as Amazon.com Key labs, research centers, and foundations Associations Laws, and much more
The Encyclopedia of New Media includes a comprehensive index as well as a reader??'s guide that facilitates browsing and easy access to information.
Recommended Libraries
Public, academic, government, special, and private/corporate
Show moreComprehensive Index
List of Entries
A Reader′s Guide
Introduction
Encyclopedia of New Media
Bibliography
Contributors
Name Index
Steve Jones is UIC Distinguished Professor of Communication and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Chicago, USA and Adjunct Research Professor in the Institute for Communications Research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA. He is editor of New Media & Society and co-editor of Mobile Media & Communication. His research interests encompass popular music studies, music technology, sound studies, internet studies, media history, virtual reality, human-machine communication, social robotics and human augmentics. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Centers for Disease Control and the Tides Foundation.
"Scholars and students finally have a reference work documenting
the foundations of the digital revolution. Authoritative and well
organized, edited by communication professor and prominent new
media scholar Jones, the encyclopedia′s scope follows his wise
tenet that any definition of the subject matter ′derives from an
understanding of history, technology, and society in combination.′
In this spirit, the signed articles by more than three dozen
contributors, mostly academics, provide clear, critical overviews
of the people, products, events, social implications, trends,
texts, and concepts related to contemporary innovations in
communication and information technology. Selected bibliographies,
suggested readings, and cross-references to related subjects appear
throughout, and thorough indexing bridges any perceived omissions
among individual entries. Were it not the only reference book to
cover this emergent field, Jones′s encyclopedia would still likely
be the best."
*CHOICE*
“There is something for everyone within the just over 250
entries….All entries conclude with useful bibliographies, which,
not surprisingly, feature a large number of Web
citations….Recommended for all public and academic libraries.”
“The articles are interesting, entertaining, well written, and
reasonably long. . . . Highly recommended as a worthwhile and
valuable addition to both science and technology and social science
reference collections.”
*Reference & User Services Quarterly, American Library
Association*
"From Space Invaders to digital television, the 275 entries explore
the developments of computer and Web applications and related
media. Most take a historical perspective to innovation, but many
explain such concepts as access, firewalls, information design,
linking, markup languages and usability. . . . This informed and
up-to-date guide to emerging technologies is highly recommended to
academic and public libraries."
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