Now in a Canadian edition, this concise yet comprehensive introduction to new media examines the social, political, and economic impacts of new technologies on contemporary society. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the text explores such cutting-edge topics as social networking media;participatory cultures; games and creative industries; and internet law, policy, and governance. Combining an in-depth treatment of new media theories with engaging case studies, this first Canadian edition includes new chapters on the history of new media and mobile technologies as well as a robustpedagogical program. Seamlessly integrating Canadian examples and references throughout, this is the only introduction to new media from a Canadian perspective.

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Terry Flew is Professor of Media and Communications in the Creative Industries Faculty at the Queensland University of Technology. Aside from New Media: An Introduction, 3/e (OUP, 2008), he is the author of Understanding Global Media (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) as well as numerous book chaptersand articles. Richard Smith is a Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. His research focus is social inclusion and exclusion brought on by the introduction of new media. He has an ongoing interest in technology for education, privacy and surveillance in public spaces, onlinecommunities, and the wireless information society. He is the co-author (with Gordon Gow) of Mobile and Wireless Communications: An Introduction (McGraw-Hill, 2006).