New Media

1: Introduction to New Media
Introduction: Digital transformations 
New media and digital convergence 
Internet history and culture
Web 2.0 and social media 
Assessing social media
Conclusion 

2: Twenty Key Concepts in New Media
Introduction 
Collective intelligence
Convergence
Creative industries
Cyberspace/Virtual reality
Digital copyright/Creative commons
The digital divide
Digital economy/Digital capitalism
Globalisation
Hacking
Interactivity
The knowledge economy
Mobile media
Networks
Participation 
Piracy
Privacy and surveillance
Remediation
Ubiquitous computing
User-created content/User-led innovation
Web 2.0
Conclusion

3: Approaches to New Media
Introduction: Beyond hype The social shaping of technology 
Technoculture 
Theories of the information society 
Political economy of new media 
Theories of the network society 
Long waves and techno-economic paradigms 
Actor-network theory 
Conclusion 

4: Social Networking Media
Introduction: The nature of networks 
Network economics 
Networks and social production 
Social network media and social capital 
A networked public sphere? 
Conclusion 

5: Participatory Media Cultures
Introduction: From mass communication to convergent social media 
Participatory media 
Pro-ams, making cultures and everyday creativity
Digital dialogue or convergence scepticism? Assessing participatory media culture
Conclusion 

6: Games: Technology, Industry, Culture
Introduction 
Games history Games industry
Game cultures
Conclusion: Games in transition 

7: Online News and the Future of Journalism
Introduction: Transforming news
Transforming journalism
New forms of journalism
Conclusion: A Fifth Estate?

8: Creative Industries
Introduction: The rise of creative industries
Socio-economic drivers of creative industries
Policy drivers of creative industries
Creative industries and the creative economy
Conclusion

9: The Global Knowledge Economy
Introduction: What is the global knowledge economy?
Globalisation
The knowledge economy
The changing nature of innovation 
Conclusion: Knowledge economy/Creative economy

10: New Media and the Transformation of Higher Education
Introduction: Death of the university?Ten drivers of change in higher education
Evaluating new media and changes in higher education: The Five Ps approach
Conclusion 

11: Internet Law, Policy and Governance
Introduction: Does internet law exist?Approaches to internet governance
Convergent media policy
Copyright and intellectual property law
Copyright and new media
Copyright law reform
Conclusion: Digital gatekeepers and the open source movement

12: Online Activism and Networked Politics
Introduction: Is the internet an inherently democratic medium?Two theories of democracy
Electoral democracy and party competition
Participatory democracy and active citizenship
Mediated mobilisations: The internet and political activism 
Mediated mobilisation and radical democracy: Occupy movements and the rise of horizontal politics
Conclusion: Who watches the watchers?

Terry Flew: Professor of Media and Communication, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology

Terry Flew is Professor of Media and Communication at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. He has recently completed a secondment to the Australian Law Reform Commission, where he chaired the National Classifications Review.

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Chapter 1: Introduction to New Media