The International Encyclopedia of Digital Communication and Society: 3 Volume Set

Research on ‘Digital Communication and Society’ is expanding rapidly within the field of Media and Communication Studies as global connectivity intensifies, reaching into the remotest parts of the world.  Mobile devices and the internet are providing new means of entry into the digital age and the number of stakeholders with an interest in the communication environment is rapidly expanding.  The International Encyclopedia of Digital Communication and Society offers critical assessments of theoretical and applied research on the production of these technologies and the use of the digital space in our daily lives, emphasising perspectives in different regions. Instead of a levelling homogeneity, extended connectivity is giving rise to differentiation in the social, cultural, political and business applications of digital technologies around the world.  Including over 150 entries across three volumes, this Encyclopedia emphasizes research in a range of fields concerned with digitally–mediated communication with a focus on social media and commercial applications, online gaming, as well as legal and policy analysis and the role of digital technologies in development.

Volume I About the Editors vii Contributors ix Alphabetical List of Entries xvii Thematic List of Entries xxi Introduction xxiii Digital Communication and Society Volume II Digital Communication and Society Volume III Digital Communication and Society Index

Robin Mansell is Professor of New Media and the Internet in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK. She is internationally known for her work on the social, economic, and political issues arising with innovations in information and communication technologies. She was Head of the Media and Communications Department at LSE (2006–2009), President of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (2004–2008), and Scientific Chair of the EuroCPR conference on digital media, communication and regulatory policy (2008–2014). She is the author of Imagining the Internet: Communication, Innovation and Governance (2012), and co–editor of The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy (Wiley–Blackwell, 2011) and The Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies (2007). Peng Hwa Ang is the Director of the Singapore Internet Research Centre and Professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research focuses on media law and policy and more specifically on Internet governance. He was a member of the UN Working Group on Internet Governance and author of Ordering Chaos: Regulating the Internet (2005). He co–founded the Global Internet Governance Academic Network and the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum and served as inaugural chair of both groups. He also served as Chairman of the Asian Information Media and Communication Centre (AMIC) from 2004–2013.