Crossroads In New Media, Identity And Law: The Shape Of Diversity To Come Hardcover

Wouter De Been

Crossroads in New Media, Identity and Law is a compilation of essays on the nexus of new information and communication technologies, cultural identity, law and politics. The essays provoke timely discussions on how these different spheres affect each other and co-evolve in our increasingly hyper-connected and globalized world.

1137491256

English

Palgrave MacMillan

1 December 2015

245

Nicola Bozzi, Independent Researcher and Freelance Journalist Amanda Brandellero, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Julie E. Cohen, Georgetown University Law Center, USA Jos de Mul, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands Leigh Llewellyn Graham, Columbia University, USA Thomas Petzold, University of Applied Sciences for Media, Communication and Management, Germany Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, USA Eugenia Siapera, Dublin City University, Ireland Sanne Taekema, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands Femke van Hest, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands Mariangela Veikou, University of Leicester, UK Marc Verboord, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands Filip Vermeylen, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

Crossroads in new media, identity and law offers a unique perspective on how identity politics are unfolding in the online world. ... As cell phones start to appear more like human appendages and `selfie' entering our dictionary, there is no doubt that the ICTs have brought about rapid and dramatic changes to our society. This book is a solid attempt at explaining some of the changes we are undergoing today. (Azra Rashid, Information, Communication & Society, Vol. 21 (12), 2018) 'With critical approaches now well established in many communications programs, this book provides invaluable first-person narratives of the struggle to secure critical communication scholarship, and the ongoing challenges it presents for researchers, activists, and policy-makers worldwide.' - Terry Flew, Queensland University of Technology, Australia