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9780205673308

New New Media

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    9780205673308

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    0205673309

  • Edition: 1st
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  • Copyright: 2009-08-26
  • Publisher: Pearson
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Summary

YouTube, blogging, Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook, Second Life and other "new new media" aretransforming just about every aspect of our culture from the way we elect Presidents to how we watch television. New New Mediadetails the benefits, opportunities, and dangers of these transformations.

Author Biography

 Paul Levinson is Professor of Communication &  Media Studies at Fordham University in New York City. Professor Levinson appears on "The O'Reilly Factor" (Fox News), "The CBS Evening News,"  “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” (PBS),  “Nightline” (ABC), and numerous national and  international TV and  radio programs. He reviews the best of television in his InfiniteRegress.tv blog, and was listed in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Top 10  Academic Twitterers” in 2009.  Paul Levinson's eight nonfiction books, including  The Soft Edge (1997), Digital  McLuhan (1999),  Realspace (2003), and Cellphone (2004), have been the subject of major articles in the New York Times, Wired, the Christian Science Monitor, and have been translated into ten languages.  His science fiction novels include The Silk Code (1999, winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel)., Borrowed Tides (2001), The Consciousness Plague (2002), The Pixel Eye (2003), and The Plot To Save Socrates (2006).  His short stories have been nominated for Nebula, Hugo, Edgar, and  Sturgeon Awards. 

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgmentsp. xiii
Why ""New New"" Media?p. 1
New New Media Encompass Prior New Media Principlesp. 3
Why ""New New"" Rather Than Social Media, Screen Arts, or Web 2.0 or 3.0?p. 4
Categories of New New Mediap. 5
Speed in New New Media Evolution Not Only in Software but Hardwarep. 8
The Prime Methodology: Learning by Doingp. 8
The Order and Content of the Chaptersp. 11
Bloggingp. 17
A Thumbnail History of Electronic Writingp. 18
Blogging About Anything, Foreverp. 19
Comment Moderationp. 20
Commenting on the Blogs of Othersp. 21
Comments as Correctorsp. 22
MySpace Message from Stringer Bell of ""The Wire""p. 23
Changing the Words in Your Blog After Publicationp. 25
Long-Range Blogging and Linkingp. 26
Group Bloggingp. 27
Monetizing Your Blogp. 28
Is Monetization Incompatible with the Ideals of Blogging?p. 33
Dressing Up Your Blog with Images, Videos and Widgetsp. 35
Gauging the Readership of Your Blogp. 36
Different Blogging Platformsp. 37
Are Bloggers Entitled to the Same First Amendment Protection as Old-Media Journalists?p. 38
Bloggers and Lobbyistsp. 40
Anonymity in Bloggingp. 42
Blogging for Othersp. 43
Changing the World with Your Blogp. 46
A Town Supervisor and His Blogp. 47
""Bloggers in Pajamas""p. 48
The Blogosphere Is Not Monolithic and Not All-Powerfulp. 50
Further Tensions Between New New Media and Older Formsp. 52
The Need for Old-Media Reporting in an Age of New New Media Journalismp. 54
Old Media and New New Media Symbiosis: Easter Eggs for ""Lost"" and ""Fringe""p. 56
Youtubep. 58
""Obama Girl""p. 58
YouTube Presidential Primary Debatesp. 60
Telegenic + YouTube = Cybergenicp. 62
YouTube Undeniability and Democracyp. 64
YouTube Usurps Television as a Herald of Public Eventsp. 65
YouTube Is Not Only Omni-Accessible and Free to Viewers-It's Free to Producersp. 66
Obama as the New FDR in New New Media as Well as the New New Dealp. 67
Amateur YouTube Stars and Producersp. 68
Viral Videosp. 70
Viral Videos Gone Badp. 71
The YouTube Revolution in Popular Culturep. 72
Roy Orbison's Guitarp. 73
""My Guitar Gently Weeps"" Through the Agesp. 73
YouTube Retrieves MTVp. 74
Will YouTube Put iTunes Out of Business?p. 75
YouTube Refutes Lewis Mumford and Turns the Videoclip into a Transcriptp. 76
Tim Russert, 1950-2008p. 77
YouTube's Achilles' Heel: Copyrightp. 77
Comments as Verifiers on YouTube: The Fleetwoodsp. 80
The Pope's Channelp. 81
YouTube as International Information Liberatorp. 82
Wikipediap. 84
Pickles and Periclesp. 85
Inclusionists vs. Exclusionists: Battle Between Wikipedian Heroesp. 86
Neutrality of Editors and Conflicts of Interestp. 88
Identity Problemsp. 89
All Wikipedians Are Equal, but Some Are More Equal Than Othersp. 90
Transparency on Wikipedia Pagesp. 92
Wikipedia vs. Britannicap. 93
Old vs. New New Media in Reporting the Death of Tim Russertp. 93
Wikipedia Wrongly Reports the ""Deaths"" of Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrdp. 94
Encyclopedia or Newspaper?p. 95
Does Wikipedia Make Libraries Unnecessary?p. 96
The United Kingdom vs. Wikipediap. 98
Diggp. 100
Shouting, Paying for Diggs (and Buries)p. 101
""Friends"" in New New Mediap. 102
Ron Paul vs. Barack Obama on Diggp. 104
Ron Paul and the Older Mediap. 107
Reddit, Fark, Buzzflash and Digg Alternativesp. 108
MySpacep. 110
The Irresistible Appeal of ""Friends""p. 110
""Cyberbullying"" on MySpacep. 112
New New Media Provide Medicine for Cyberbullyingp. 113
MySpace as One-Stop Social Media Cafeteriap. 114
MySpace Music and New New Mediap. 114
MySpace Poetryp. 117
MySpace ""Bones"": Cooperation Between Old Media Narratives and New New Mediap. 118
Facebookp. 120
MySpace vs. Facebook: Subjective Differencesp. 120
MySpace vs. Facebook: Objective Differencesp. 122
Facebook Friends as a Knowledge-Base Resourcesp. 122
Facebook Friends as Real-Time Knowledge Resourcesp. 123
Facebook Groups as Social and Political Forcesp. 125
Facebook as Myriad Local Political Pubsp. 126
Meeting Online Friends in the Real Worldp. 128
Reconnecting with Old Friends Onlinep. 129
Protection for the ""Hidden Dimension"": Cleaning Up Your Online Pagesp. 130
Photos of Breastfeeding Banned on Facebookp. 131
Twitterp. 133
The Epitome of Immediacyp. 134
Interpersonal + Mass Communication = Twitterp. 135
Twitter as Smart T-Shirt or Jewelryp. 136
Pownce and Other Twitter-Likesp. 138
Twitter Dangers: The Congressman Who Tweeted Too Muchp. 138
Twitter vs. the Mullahs in Iranp. 139
McLuhan as Microbloggerp. 141
Second Lifep. 143
History and Workings of Second Lifep. 145
Second Life and Real-Life Interfacep. 146
A Seminar in Second Lifep. 146
Kenny Hubble, Second Life Astronomerp. 148
Sex in Second Lifep. 149
""Lost"" in Second Lifep. 151
Podcastingp. 153
How Is a Podcast Made?p. 154
Blueprint for a Podcastp. 154
Podcast Storage and Distribution: Players, iTunes and RSS Feedsp. 156
Case Study of Podcast Success: Grammar Girlp. 157
Podcasts on Phones and in Carsp. 158
Podiobooksp. 159
Podcasts and Copyright: Podsafe Musicp. 159
Advertising on Podcastsp. 161
Live Streamingp. 164
Webinars and Vidcastsp. 166
The Dark Side of New New Mediap. 168
Pre-New New Media Abuses: Bullying, Flaming, and Trollingp. 169
Online Gossiping and Cyberbullyingp. 171
Cyberstalkingp. 173
Twittering and Terrorismp. 174
The Craigslist Bank Heistp. 175
Spamp. 176
Old Media Overreaction to New New Abuses: The Library vs. the Bloggerp. 177
New New Media and The Election of 2008p. 180
Obama ""Married the Internet to Community Organizing""p. 181
New New Media VP Announcement Misstepp. 181
Inauguration and After on the Internetp. 182
The President and the BlackBerryp. 183
White House Moves from Web 2.0 ""Dark Ages"" to New New Mediap. 185
Hardwarep. 186
The Inevitability of iPhone and Mobile Mediap. 187
The Price of Mobilityp. 188
The New New Media Exile of Useless Placesp. 189
Smartphones in the Car, in the Park, and in Bedp. 189
Batteries as the Weak Spotp. 190
iPhones, BlackBerrys, Bluetooth and Brainsp. 191
Bibliographyp. 192
Indexp. 217
About the Authorp. 226
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