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  1. Reading Today
    Contributor: Pyrhönen, Heta (Publisher); Kantola, Janna (Publisher)
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  UCL Press

    New technologies are changing our reading habits. Laptops, e-readers, tablets and other handheld devices supply new platforms for reading, and we must learn to manage them by scrolling, clicking or tapping. Reading Today places reading in current... more

     

    New technologies are changing our reading habits. Laptops, e-readers, tablets and other handheld devices supply new platforms for reading, and we must learn to manage them by scrolling, clicking or tapping. Reading Today places reading in current literary and cultural contexts in order to analyse how these contexts challenge our conceptions of who reads, what reading is, how we read, where we read, and for what purposes – and then responds to the questions this analysis raises. Is our reading experience becoming a ‘flat’ one? And does reading in a media environment favour quick reading? Alongside these questions, the contributors unpack emerging strategies of reading.They consider, for example, how paying attention to readers’ emotional reactions as an indispensable component of reading affects our conception of the reading process. Other chapters consider how reading can be explored through such topics as experimental literature, the contemporary encyclopedic novel and the healing power of books.

     
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    Source: OAPEN
    Contributor: Pyrhönen, Heta (Publisher); Kantola, Janna (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
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    Subjects: Literature & literary studies; Cultural studies; Media studies; Media, information & communication industries
    Other subjects: literature; technology; books; reading; Don Quixote; Finland; Italy
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (210 p.)
  2. Ubiquität, Interaktivität, Konvergenz und die Medienbranche - Ergebnisse des interdisziplinären Forschungsprojektes intermedia
    Author: Hess, Thomas,
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  Universitätsverlag Göttingen

    Die vollständige Digitalisierung von Produkten und Prozesse stellt die Medienbranche zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts vor große und zum Teil noch unbewältigte Herausforderungen. Insbesondere bei Inhalte-Intermediären wie Fernsehsendern, Verlagen und... more

     

    Die vollständige Digitalisierung von Produkten und Prozesse stellt die Medienbranche zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts vor große und zum Teil noch unbewältigte Herausforderungen. Insbesondere bei Inhalte-Intermediären wie Fernsehsendern, Verlagen und Online-Aggregatoren führt dies zu wesentlichen Veränderungen. Deren Analyse war das Ziel des interdisziplinären Forschungsprojektes intermedia an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. intermedia wurde vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung im Rahmen des Schwerpunktprogramms Internetökonomie gefördert. In zehn Teilprojekten wurden Ubiquität und Personalisierung, Interaktvität sowie Konvergenz und andere technische Entwicklungen aus Sicht von Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Informatik und Kommunikations-wissenschaft untersucht. Das vorliegende Buch präsentiert ausgewählte Ergebnisse von intermedia speziell für die Praxis. Entscheider erhalten so einen kompakten Einblick in aktuelle Forschungsbemühungen. Träger von intermedia ist das Zentrum für Internetforschung und Medienintegration der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, das die Wirkungen neuer Technologien auf Individuen, Unternehmen, Branchen und die Gesellschaft mit einer Vielzahl von Projekten untersucht.

     
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  3. New forms of collaborative innovation and production on the internet - an interdisciplinary perspective
    Contributor: Wittke, Volker (Publisher); Hanekop, Heidemarie (Publisher)
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  Universitätsverlag Göttingen

    The Internet has enabled new forms of large-scale collaboration. Voluntary contributions by large numbers of users and co-producers lead to new forms of production and innovation, as seen in Wikipedia, open source software development, in social... more

     

    The Internet has enabled new forms of large-scale collaboration. Voluntary contributions by large numbers of users and co-producers lead to new forms of production and innovation, as seen in Wikipedia, open source software development, in social networks or on user-generated content platforms as well as in many firm-driven Web 2.0 services. Large-scale collaboration on the Internet is an intriguing phenomenon for scholarly debate because it challenges well established insights into the governance of economic action, the sources of innovation, the possibilities of collective action and the social, legal and technical preconditions for successful collaboration. Although contributions to the debate from various disciplines and fine-grained empirical studies already exist, there still is a lack of an interdisciplinary approach.

     
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  4. The Online Advertising Tax as the Foundation of a Public Service Internet
    Author: Fuchs, Christian
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  University of Westminster Press

    "Online advertising will soon form the largest share of global advertisement revenues. Google and Facebook netted profits of US $29 billion in 2016. While these two giants control more than 66% of all online advertising revenues complex legal company... more

     

    "Online advertising will soon form the largest share of global advertisement revenues. Google and Facebook netted profits of US $29 billion in 2016. While these two giants control more than 66% of all online advertising revenues complex legal company structures have minimised their tax liabilities. This extended policy report considers where they should be taxed and where the value of their activities is actually created. It argues that tax paid by those platforms should be levied in the country where platform users are located when they click on or view an advertisement. Furthermore, the report examines the practical steps needed to ensure transparent accounting of taxed transactions in order to avoid long term negative effects for media and democracy.

     

    Considering counter-arguments the author makes the case for an online advertising tax alongside a public service Internet strategy that could support other viable platforms and counter the dangers of duopoly or oligopoly and the high risks of financial bubbles in a world where advertising is the Internet's dominant business model."

     
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  5. The Online Advertising Tax : A Digital Policy Innovation
    Author: Fuchs, Christian
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  University of Westminster Press

    "Google and Facebook currently control close to two-thirds of global advertising revenue. While dominating the online advertising market, these two companies have thus far avoided paying adequate taxes. This CAMRI policy brief presents a new policy... more

     

    "Google and Facebook currently control close to two-thirds of global advertising revenue. While dominating the online advertising market, these two companies have thus far avoided paying adequate taxes.

     

    This CAMRI policy brief presents a new policy innovation, the online advertising tax. Considering the key role of user activity and user data for the value of Google and Facebook’s services, it explains how digital advertising companies’ revenues could be taxed based on the respective country in which targeted users are located.

     

    The author reviews existing policy arguments and policy options and sets out practical steps to ensure that tax avoidance by online advertising companies is mitigated. Furthermore, he illustrates how tax revenues could be used to support public service internet platforms."

     
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  6. Transformative Communication Technologies : The Accountability Challenge (36th Böhm-Bawerk-Lectures)
    Author: Mansell, Robin
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  innsbruck university press

    "This booklet documents the 36th Boehm-Bawerk Lecture, presented by Prof. Robin Mansell on October 31, 2017 as a ceremonial opening ceremony for the Institute of Media, Society and Communication at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. " Die... more

     

    "This booklet documents the 36th Boehm-Bawerk Lecture, presented by Prof. Robin Mansell on October 31, 2017 as a ceremonial opening ceremony for the Institute of Media, Society and Communication at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences.

     

    " Die vorliegende Broschüre dokumentiert die 36. Böhm-Bawerk-Vorlesung, die von Prof. Robin Mansell am 31. Oktober 2017 als feierliche Eröffnungsveranstaltung für das Institut für Medien, Gesellschaft und Kommunikation an der Fakultät für Soziale und Politische Wissenschaften gehalten wurde.

     
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    Source: OAPEN
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9783903187146
    Subjects: Communication studies; Media studies; Media, information & communication industries
    Other subjects: Media; Society; Communication; Medien; Gesellschaft; Kommunikation; Eugen Böhm von Bawerk; Hülsenbach; Tschechei; Ulrich Muhlack
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (94 p.)
  7. Chapter 10 Media and Democracy:A Couple Walking Hand in Hand? : Media and Democracy : A Couple Walking Hand in Hand?
    Author: Trappel, Josef; Nieminen, Hannu
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Intellect

    For functioning well, the media need democracy as much as democracy needs the media. This is the starting point of this analysis of the delicate relation between the news media and democracy which is well defined in constitutional terms both in the... more

     

    For functioning well, the media need democracy as much as democracy needs the media. This is the starting point of this analysis of the delicate relation between the news media and democracy which is well defined in constitutional terms both in the European Convention on Human Rights and in national legislation. The relation is best described as social contract – to the benefit of freedom of speech and editorial independence, but also to sound governance of the state and other powerholders in society. Notably, different models of democracy correspond to different roles of the media. In any case, however, media policy is requested to respect media freedom. The Internet, as well as social and networked media require policy answers to challenges such as data protection, content blocking and surveillance. The authors conclude that media policy tools need to be developed along the all-digital media future.

     
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  8. Chapter 5 Subsidies: Fuel for the Media : Subsidies : Fuel for the Media
    Author: Trappel, Josef
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Intellect

    Subsidies are controversial media policy tools as editorial independence might be affected by those granting subsidies to newsrooms, and because they do not comply with neo-liberal market rules. This chapter shows that financial and non-financial... more

     

    Subsidies are controversial media policy tools as editorial independence might be affected by those granting subsidies to newsrooms, and because they do not comply with neo-liberal market rules. This chapter shows that financial and non-financial media subsidies are widespread in the media sector. They can help overcoming temporary crises of media companies, but they are no quick fix for the structural crises news media are undergoing. Most subsidies in European countries are granted for the purpose of maintaining diversity, holding power to account, educating journalists and encouraging alternative voices. With a view to the long tradition and the strengths and weaknesses of media subsidies the author concludes by suggesting accepting media subsidies as one element in the media policy tool box.

     
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  9. Comparative Media Policy, Regulation and Governance in Europe : Unpacking the Policy Cycle
    Contributor: d'Haenaens, Leen (Publisher); Sousa, Helena (Publisher); Trappel, Josef (Publisher)
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Intellect

    Comparative Media Policy, Regulation and Governance in Europe - Unpacking the Policy Cycle represents the continuation and further development of a long tradition of media policy books, focusing on the development of media structures and media policy... more

     

    Comparative Media Policy, Regulation and Governance in Europe - Unpacking the Policy Cycle represents the continuation and further development of a long tradition of media policy books, focusing on the development of media structures and media policy within Europe. It provides a comprehensive overview of the current European media in a period of more or less disruptive transformation. It maps the full scope of contemporary media policy and industry activities while also assessing the impact of new technologies and radical changes in distribution and consumption on media practices, organisations and strategies. Dealing with a good selection of critical issues in comparative media policy, regulation and governance, the book combines a critical assessment of media systems with a thematic approach. It starts out with the state of affairs at the level of media platforms, approaching these from a functional perspective, i.e. opinion and debate, news provision and entertainment. The book is both an academic book and a text book, as well as a source providing good practices for steering media policy, international communication and the media landscape across Europe.

     
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  10. Regulating Content on Social Media : Copyright, Terms of Service and Technological Features
    Author: Tan, Corinne
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  UCL Press

    How are users influenced by social media platforms when they generate content, and does this influence affect users’ compliance with copyright laws? These are pressing questions in today’s internet age, and Regulating Content on Social Media answers... more

     

    How are users influenced by social media platforms when they generate content, and does this influence affect users’ compliance with copyright laws? These are pressing questions in today’s internet age, and Regulating Content on Social Media answers them by analysing how the behaviours of social media users are regulated from a copyright perspective. Corinne Tan, an internet governance specialist, compares copyright laws on selected social media platforms, namely Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, Twitter and Wikipedia, with other regulatory factors such as the terms of service and the technological features of each platform. This comparison enables her to explore how each platform affects the role copyright laws play in securing compliance from their users. Through a case study detailing the content generative activities undertaken by a hypothetical user named Jane Doe, as well as drawing from empirical studies, the book argues that – in spite of copyright’s purported regulation of certain behaviours – users are 'nudged' by the social media platforms themselves to behave in ways that may be inconsistent with copyright laws.

     
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  11. Collaborative Production in the Creative Industries
    Contributor: Gandini, Alessandro (Publisher); Graham, James (Publisher)
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  University of Westminster Press

    "In recent years research into creative labour and cultural work has usually addressed the politics of production in these fields, but the sociotechnical and aesthetic dimensions of collaborative creative work have been somewhat overlooked. This book... more

     

    "In recent years research into creative labour and cultural work has usually addressed the politics of production in these fields, but the sociotechnical and aesthetic dimensions of collaborative creative work have been somewhat overlooked. This book aims to address this gap. Through case studies that range from TV showrunning to independent publishing, from the film industry to social media platforms such as Tumblr and Wattpad, this collection develops a critical understanding of the integral role collaboration plays in contemporary media and culture. It draws attention to diverse kinds of creative collaboration afforded via the intermediation of digital platforms and networked publics. It considers how these are incorporated into emergent market paradigms and investigates the complicated forms of subjectivity that develop as a consequence. But it also acknowledges historical continuities, not least in terms of the continued exploitation of ‘support personnel’ and of resulting artistic conflicts but also of alternative models that resist the precarious nature of contemporary cultural work.

    Finally, this volume attempts to situate creative collaboration in broader social and economic contexts, where the experience and outcomes of such work have proved more problematic than the rich potential of their promise would lead us to expect.

     

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  12. Images of Immigrants and Refugees in Western Europe
    Contributor: d’Haenens, Leen (Publisher); Joris, Willem (Publisher); Heinderyckx, François (Publisher)
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  Leuven University Press, Leuven

    "The topic of migration has become particularly contentious in national and international debates. Media have a discernable impact on overall societal attitudes towards this phenomenon. Polls show time and again that immigration is one of the most... more

     

    "The topic of migration has become particularly contentious in national and international debates. Media have a discernable impact on overall societal attitudes towards this phenomenon. Polls show time and again that immigration is one of the most important issues occupying people’s minds. This book examines the dynamic interplay between media representations of migrants and refugees on the one hand and the governmental and societal (re)actions to these on the other. Largely focusing on Belgium and Sweden, this collection of interdisciplinary research essays attempts to unravel the determinants of people’s preferences regarding migration policy, expectations towards newcomers, and economic, humanitarian and cultural concerns about immigration’s effect on the majority population’s life. Whilst migrants and refugees remain voiceless and highly underrepresented in the legacy media, this volume allows their voices to be heard.

     

    Contributors: Leen d’Haenens (KU Leuven), Willem Joris (KU Leuven), Paul Puschmann (KU Leuven/Radboud University Nijmegen), Ebba Sundin (Halmstad University), David De Coninck (KU Leuven), Rozane De Cock (KU Leuven), Valériane Mistiaen (Université libre de Bruxelles), Lutgard Lams (KU Leuven), Stefan Mertens (KU Leuven), Olivier Standaert (UC Louvain), Hanne Vandenberghe (KU Leuven), Koen Matthijs (KU Leuven), Kevin Smets (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Jacinthe Mazzocchetti (UC Louvain), Lorraine Gerstmans (UC Louvain), Lien Mostmans (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), and François Heinderyckx (Université libre de Bruxelles)"

     
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  13. Incorporating the Digital Commons : Corporate Involvement in Free and Open Source Software
    Author: Birkinbine, Benjamin
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  University of Westminster Press, London

    The concept of ‘the commons’ has been used as a framework to understand resources shared by a community rather than a private entity, and it has also inspired social movements working against the enclosure of public goods and resources. One such... more

     

    The concept of ‘the commons’ has been used as a framework to understand resources shared by a community rather than a private entity, and it has also inspired social movements working against the enclosure of public goods and resources. One such resource is free (libre) and open source software (FLOSS). FLOSS emerged as an alternative to proprietary software in the 1980s. However, both the products and production processes of FLOSS have become incorporated into capitalist production. For example, Red Hat, Inc. is a large publicly traded company whose business model relies entirely on free software, and IBM, Intel, Cisco, Samsung, Google are some of the largest contributors to Linux, the open-source operating system. This book explores the ways in which FLOSS has been incorporated into digital capitalism. Just as the commons have been used as a motivational frame for radical social movements, it has also served the interests of free-marketeers, corporate libertarians, and states to expand their reach by dragging the shared resources of social life onto digital platforms so they can be integrated into the global capitalist system. The book concludes by asserting the need for a critical political economic understanding of the commons that foregrounds (digital) labour, class struggle, and uneven power distribution within the digital commons as well as between FLOSS communities and their corporate sponsors.

     
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  14. Achieving Viability for Public Service Media in Challenging Settings : A Holistic Approach
    Author: Deane, James; Docquir, Pierre François; Mano, Winston; Sabry, Tarik; Sakr, Naomi
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  University of Westminster Press, London

    In the face of challenges posed by a shifting digital media landscape, an array of international bodies continue to endorse public service media (PSM) as an essential component of democratisation. Yet how can PSM achieve viability in settings where... more

     

    In the face of challenges posed by a shifting digital media landscape, an array of international bodies continue to endorse public service media (PSM) as an essential component of democratisation. Yet how can PSM achieve viability in settings where models of media independence and credibility are unfamiliar or rejected by political leaders? The answer lies in a holistic approach that is neither media-centric nor defeatist about PSM’s place in a landscape marked by younger generations’ widespread preference for social media platforms. There are more ways of working towards PSM than are often recognized. Wide-ranging research from media NGOs and academics demonstrates the potential of diverse, incremental approaches to embedding the values and mechanisms of PSM. These are as likely to involve regulatory and licensing institutions, unions of media practitioners, audiences, advocacy groups or social media platforms as content producers themselves. This Policy Brief considers the issues, research and policy options around achieving viability for PSM. It concludes with six recommendations that are relevant to policymakers, practitioners and media studies specialists.

     
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  15. Popular Music, Stars and Stardom
    Contributor: Loy, Stephen (Publisher); Rickwood, Julie (Publisher); Bennett, Samantha (Publisher)
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  ANU Press

    A popular fascination with fame and stardom has existed in Western culture since the late eighteenth century; a fascination that, in the twenty‑first century, reaches into almost every facet of public life. The pervasive nature of stardom in modern... more

     

    A popular fascination with fame and stardom has existed in Western culture since the late eighteenth century; a fascination that, in the twenty‑first century, reaches into almost every facet of public life. The pervasive nature of stardom in modern society demands study from the perspectives of a range of distinct but thematically connected disciplines. The exploration of intersections between broader considerations of stardom and the discourses of popular music studies is the genesis for this volume. The chapters collected here demonstrate the variety of work currently being undertaken in stardom studies by scholars in Australia. The contributions range from biographical considerations of the stars of popular music, contributions to critical discourses of stardom in the industry more broadly, and the various ways in which the use of astronomical metaphors, in both cultural commentary and academic discourse, demonstrate notions of stardom firmly embedded in popular music thought. Not only do these chapters represent a range of perspectives on popular music, stars and stardom, they provide eloquent and innovative contributions to the developing discourse on stardom in popular music.

     
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    Source: OAPEN
    Contributor: Loy, Stephen (Publisher); Rickwood, Julie (Publisher); Bennett, Samantha (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781760462123
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    Subjects: Music; Popular culture; Media, information & communication industries
    Other subjects: Popular music; Rock music; stardom; popular culture; Australia; Barcelona; Beyoncé; Jazz; Motown; Saddington
  16. Digital Peripheries : The Online Circulation of Audiovisual Content from the Small Market Perspective
    Contributor: Szczepanik, Petr (Publisher); Zahrádka, Pavel (Publisher); Macek, Jakub (Publisher); Stepan, Paul (Publisher)
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  Springer Nature

    This is an open access book. Media industry research and EU policymaking are predominantly tailored to large (and, in the latter case, Western) European markets. This open access book addresses the specific qualities of smaller media markets,... more

     

    This is an open access book. Media industry research and EU policymaking are predominantly tailored to large (and, in the latter case, Western) European markets. This open access book addresses the specific qualities of smaller media markets, highlighting their vulnerability to global digital competition and outlining survival strategies for them. New online distribution models and new trends in the consumption of audiovisual content are limited by, and pose new challenges for, existing audiovisual business models and their legal framework in the EU. The European Commission’s Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy, which was intended e.g. to remove obstacles to the cross-border distribution of audiovisual content, has triggered a heated debate on the transformation of the existing ecosystem for European screen industries. While most current discussions focus on the United States, Western Europe, and the multinational giants, this book approaches these industry trends and policy questions from the perspective of relatively small and peripheral (in terms of their population, language, cross-border cultural flows, and financial and/or symbolic capital) media markets.

     
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  17. Activist Media and Biopolitics: Critical Media Interventions in the Age of Biopower
    Author: Sützl, Wolfgang; Hug, Theo
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  innsbruck university press

    After tactical media became less important, many media activist projects repositioned themselves: in the context of biopolitics they challenge the hegemony of biopower. This volume contains theoretical and empirical contributions to a conference on... more

     

    After tactical media became less important, many media activist projects repositioned themselves: in the context of biopolitics they challenge the hegemony of biopower. This volume contains theoretical and empirical contributions to a conference on issues of media activism and biopolitics which has been organized by Innsbruck Media Studies in 2010. Theorists and activists describe and analyze media, whose goal is to enable resistance against regimes of biopower. The control of mobility and visibility, the biopolitics of death, the creation of virtual subjects and chimeras as well as biopolitical production are areas in which activists have intervened and gave rise to a theoretical discourse to which this volume contributes. Nachdem die taktischen Medien mit Web 2.0 an Bedeutung verloren haben, positionierten sich viele medienaktivistische Projekte neu: im Kontext der Biopolitik fordern sie die Hegemonie der Biomacht heraus. Dieser Band enthält theoretische und empirische Beiträge einer Tagung, die von Innsbruck Media Studies 2010 zum Thema Medienaktivismus und Biopolitik veranstaltet wurde. TheoretikerInnen und AktivistInnen beschreiben und analysieren darin Medien, deren Ziel es ist, Widerstand gegen Regime der Biomacht möglich zu machen. Die Kontrolle von Mobilität und Sichtbarkeit, die Biopolitik des Todes, die Erzeugung von virtuellen Subjekten und Chimären sowie die biopolitische Produktion sind Bereiche, in denen AktivistInnen interveniert haben und die Anlass zu einem Theoriediskurs gaben, zu dem dieser Band beiträgt. Mit Beiträgen von Pau Alsina, Clemens Apprich, Joshua Atkinson, Suzanne V.L. Berg, Geoff Cox, Alessandro Delfanti, Eddie Glenn, Carolyn Guertin, Cliff Hammett, Valerie Hartouni, Theo Hug, jan jagodzinski, Alexandra Jönsson, Andreas Oberprantacher, Etienne Pelaprat, Raquel Rennó, Claudia Schwarz und Roy Wagner.

     
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    Source: OAPEN
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
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    Subjects: Media studies; Media, information & communication industries
    Other subjects: activist media; biopolitics; biopolitik; web 2.0; medienaktivismus; Biology; Do-it-yourself biology
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (210 p.)
  18. Medienräume: Materialität und Regionalität
    Author: Dander, Valentin; Gründhammer, Veronika; Ortner, Heike; Pfurtscheller, Daniel; Rizzolli, Michaela
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  innsbruck university press

    Space; Media; Communication Die Mehrdeutigkeit des Schlagwortes Raum zieht vielschichtige Interpretationen, Fragestellungen, Theorien und Analysemethoden für die Kategorie des Räumlichen nach sich. Diese Pluralität der Deutungen und disziplinären... more

     

    Space; Media; Communication Die Mehrdeutigkeit des Schlagwortes Raum zieht vielschichtige Interpretationen, Fragestellungen, Theorien und Analysemethoden für die Kategorie des Räumlichen nach sich. Diese Pluralität der Deutungen und disziplinären Zugänge gilt in ähnlicher Weise für den Untersuchungsgegenstand Medien. Der vorliegende Sammelband bündelt Forschungsansätze aus so unterschiedlichen Disziplinen wie Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Bildungswissenschaft, Sprachwissenschaft, Ethnologie, Geographie und Architektur. Auf der einen Seite zeigen sich regionale Medienräume eng mit dem globalen Mediensystem verwoben. Auf der anderen Seite kann zwischen materiellen und immateriellen Räumen unterschieden werden. Während einige Beiträge dieses reichhaltige Forschungsgebiet theoretisch abstecken, zeigen einige Beiträge mögliche Anknüpfungspunkte für die Praxis auf.

     
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    Source: OAPEN
    Language: German
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    Other identifier:
    Subjects: Media studies; Media, information & communication industries
    Other subjects: media; medien; kommunikation; raum; space; communication
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (228 p.)
  19. Regional Economic Development Compared : EU-Europe and the American South
    Author: Bischof, Günter
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  innsbruck university press

    "Comparing economic development in a regional context both in the South of the United States and in the European Union today raises many fascinating questions. How much money in the form of tax credits and subsidies should communities and states... more

     

    "Comparing economic development in a regional context both in the South of the United States and in the European Union today raises many fascinating questions. How much money in the form of tax credits and subsidies should communities and states invest to attract foreign investors in the U.S.? Should individual states and communities in the U.S. commit public funds in the form of tax money and tax credits etc. to bring foreign businesses to their shores? Is the argument of bringing “jobs” and more employment home the only argument that should count politically? Or might these generous subsidies doled out to foreign businesses from public funds deprive local populations from improving their infrastructure and public education? What if these foreign investors then locate to other shores if their investments are not profitable enough in the short run?

    Might foreign investors come to the American South because it has never been unionized like the rest of the country? Is the attraction of the non-union South then only a means to get away from the burdens of stricter worker protection and social programs at home in Germany or Austria or elsewhere?" Der Vergleich zwischen der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung im Süden der USA und der EU im regionalen Kontext wirft eine Vielzahl von spannenden Fragen auf. Wie viel Geld sollten Gemeinden und Länder in Form von Förderungen und Steuererleichterungen in die Hand nehmen, um ausländische Investoren in die USA zu ziehen? Sollen die einzelnen amerikanischen Staaten und Gemeinden überhaupt öffentliche Gelder einsetzen, um ausländische Unternehmungen an Land zu ziehen? Genügt das Argument vieler PolitikerInnen, dass damit neue Arbeitsplätze in der Region geschaffen werden, oder ist es nicht vielmehr so, dass diese Mittel dann in anderen Bereichen wie Infrastruktur und Bildung fehlen? Und was geschieht, wenn die Unternehmer ihre Betriebe wieder ins Ausland abziehen, weil sie nicht genug profitieren? Zieht es ausländische Investoren in den Süden der USA, weil es hier im Gegensatz zu den anderen Staaten keine gewerkschaftlichen Organisationen gibt? Und sollen damit lediglich strikter Arbeiterschutz und soziale Unterstützungen, wie sie in Österreich oder Deutschland gang und gäbe sind, umgangen werden?

     
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  20. Visuelle Kompetenz : Beiträge des interfaktultären Forums Innsbruck Media Studies
    Author: Hug, Theo; Kriwak, Andreas
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  innsbruck university press

    Connections between word and image have been addressed throughout history. As part of the ongoing medialization of life worlds issues of the production, distribution and perception of images have become especially virulent. This is true not only for... more

     

    Connections between word and image have been addressed throughout history. As part of the ongoing medialization of life worlds issues of the production, distribution and perception of images have become especially virulent. This is true not only for the century of mass media, but most notably for the age of digitization. The contributors of this volume ask how images can be produced, described and interpreted today, how we can orient ourselves in visual worlds, which skills are needed, and what it means to be able to understand visual worlds. Zwischen Wort und Bild bestehen Zusammenhänge, deren Thematisierung in der Geschichte weit zurückverfolgt werden kann. Im Zuge der fortschreitenden Medialisierung der Lebenswelten sind Fragen nach der Produktion, Verbreitung und Wahrnehmung von Bildern in besonderer Weise virulent geworden. Dies gilt nicht nur für das Jahrhundert der Massenmedien, sondern vor allem für das Zeitalter der Digitalisierung. Der Band fragt, wie sich heute Bilder herstellen, beschreiben und interpretieren lassen, wie wir uns in Bilderwelten orientieren können, welche Kompetenzen dazu erforderlich sind und was es bedeutet, Bilderwelten verstehen zu können.

     
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    Source: OAPEN
    Language: German
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
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    Subjects: Media studies; Media, information & communication industries
    Other subjects: medienkompetenz; aufsatzsammlung; media; visuelle wahrnehmung; medienpädagogik; bildwissenschaft; visual cognition
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (356 p.)
  21. Datenflut und Informationskanäle
    Author: Ortner, Heike; Pfurtscheller, Daniel; Rizzolli, Michaela; Wiesinger, Andreas
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  innsbruck university press

    Digitalisation; big data; open data Im Digitalzeitalter haben die Produktion, Verbreitung und Speicherung von Daten gigantische Ausmaße angenommen. Pro Minute werden weltweit fast 140 Millionen E-Mails verschickt, 100 Stunden Videomaterial auf... more

     

    Digitalisation; big data; open data Im Digitalzeitalter haben die Produktion, Verbreitung und Speicherung von Daten gigantische Ausmaße angenommen. Pro Minute werden weltweit fast 140 Millionen E-Mails verschickt, 100 Stunden Videomaterial auf YouTube hochgeladen, 350.000 Tweets geschrieben, 970 neue Blogeinträge von Wordpress-Usern veröffentlicht und 240.000 Fotos auf Facebook hochgeladen – Tendenz steigend. Abgesehen von der expliziten Erstellung von Daten sind wir alle selbst als Mediennutzer und Konsumenten Datenquellen. Diese Daten sind bereits zu einem monetär relevanten, maßgeblichen Bestandteil gezielten Marketings geworden. Unter dem Schlagwort „Open Data“ wird auch gegenüber dem Staat gefordert, öffentliche Verwaltungsdaten für alle verfügbar und nutzbar zu machen. Gleichzeitig bieten Enthüllungsplattformen à la WikiLeaks gerade geheimen und vertraulichen Daten eine breite Öffentlichkeit. Und auch immer mehr Unternehmen und politische Parteien wollen aus der Datenflut im Netz Profit schlagen. Mit statistisch-algorithmischen Methoden wird beim sogenannten „data mining“ versucht, Wissenswertes aus dem Datenberg ans Licht zu befördern. „Digital Humanities“ verfolgen das Ziel, neue Fragestellungen und Erkenntnismodelle für die Geisteswissenschaften zu generieren.

     
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    Source: OAPEN
    Language: German
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
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    Subjects: Media studies; Media, information & communication industries; Computer networking & communications
    Other subjects: big data; digitalisierung; digitalisation; open data; datenspeicherung; Facebook; Information; Kommunikation; Twitter
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (212 p.)
  22. Ubiquität, Interaktivität, Konvergenz und die Medienbranche : Ergebnisse des interdisziplinären Forschungsprojektes intermedia
    Author: Hess, Thomas
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  Universitätsverlag Göttingen

  23. New forms of collaborative innovation and production on the internet : an interdisciplinary perspective
    Contributor: Wittke, Volker (Publisher); Hanekop, Heidemarie (Publisher)
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  Universitätsverlag Göttingen

    The Internet has enabled new forms of large-scale collaboration. Voluntary contributions by large numbers of users and co-producers lead to new forms of production and innovation, as seen in Wikipedia, open source software development, in social... more

     

    The Internet has enabled new forms of large-scale collaboration. Voluntary contributions by large numbers of users and co-producers lead to new forms of production and innovation, as seen in Wikipedia, open source software development, in social networks or on user-generated content platforms as well as in many firm-driven Web 2.0 services. Large-scale collaboration on the Internet is an intriguing phenomenon for scholarly debate because it challenges well established insights into the governance of economic action, the sources of innovation, the possibilities of collective action and the social, legal and technical preconditions for successful collaboration. Although contributions to the debate from various disciplines and fine-grained empirical studies already exist, there still is a lack of an interdisciplinary approach.

     
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  24. Well-Being and Mental Health in the Gig Economy : Policy Perspectives on Precarity
    Author: Gross, Sally-Anne; Musgrave, George; Janciute, Laima
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  University of Westminster Press

    "A response is needed to the numerous issues spurred by the expansion of the gig economy, where flexible patterns of employment prevail in contrast to permanent jobs. In this context of the exponential growth of the digital economy and underlying... more

     

    "A response is needed to the numerous issues spurred by the expansion of the gig economy, where flexible patterns of employment prevail in contrast to permanent jobs. In this context of the exponential growth of the digital economy and underlying business models the largest nationwide study of its kind into the impact of the working conditions in the UK music industry ‘Can Music Make You Sick?’ has been conducted by MusicTank/University of Westminster.

     

    This research suggests the need to consider the future of work not only from an economic or employment law perspective but from a mental health one too. What are the psychological implications of precarious work and how are factors such as financial instability, the feedback economy and personal relationships reflected in mental health outcomes or connected to the business relationships most musicians and other gig economy participants work under?

     

    Authors Sally-Anne Gross, George Musgrave and Laima Janciute consider which policy measures may help or harm gig economy workers including the taxation of self-employed workers, a universal basic income, education around mental health issues and access to mental health support."

     
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  25. Social Media in Emergent Brazil
    Author: Spyer, Juliano
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  UCL Press

    Since the popularisation of the internet, low-income Brazilians have received little government support to help them access it. In response, they have largely self-financed their digital migration. Internet cafés became prosperous businesses in... more

     

    Since the popularisation of the internet, low-income Brazilians have received little government support to help them access it. In response, they have largely self-financed their digital migration. Internet cafés became prosperous businesses in working-class neighbourhoods and rural settlements, and, more recently, families have aspired to buy their own home computer with hire purchase agreements. As low-income Brazilians began to access popular social media sites in the mid-2000s, affluent Brazilians ridiculed their limited technological skills, different tastes and poor schooling, but this did not deter them from expanding their online presence. Young people created profiles for barely literate older relatives and taught them to navigate platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp. Based on 15 months of ethnographic research, this book aims to understand why low-income Brazilians have invested so much of their time and money in learning about social media. Juliano Spyer explores this question from a number of perspectives, including education, relationships, work and politics. He argues that social media is the way for low-income Brazilians to stay connected to the family and friends they see in person on a regular basis, which suggests that social media serves a crucial function in strengthening traditional social relations

     
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