Title Page	5
	Copyright Page	6
	Contents	7
	Preface	9
	Part I Frameworks	15
	Chapter 1 Media and Digital Technologies	17
	1.1 The Digital Environment	17
	1.2 New and Old Media	20
	1.3 Digital Media	22
	1.4 Infrastructures and Platforms	27
	1.5 Technology and Society	29
	Note	33
	Chapter 2 The Information Society	35
	2.1 A New Society?	35
	2.2 The Networked Economy and Globalization	37
	2.3 Theories of the Information Society	41
	2.4 The History of Information Technologies	45
	2.5 The Evolution of Networks	52
	2.6 The Future of the Information Society	56
	Part II Transformations	59
	Chapter 3 Cultures and Identities	61
	3.1 Digital Sociality	61
	3.2 Social Media	65
	3.3 Media and Identity	68
	3.4 Communities or Publics?	73
	3.5 Reputation and Influence	77
	3.6 Critiques of Digital Sociality	80
	Chapter 4 From Collaboration to Value	85
	4.1 Collaborative Media	85
	4.2 The Dilemma of Participation	89
	4.3 From Free Software to Peer?to?Peer	91
	4.4, Open Innovation	97
	4.5 TheEconomic Value of Cooperation	102
	Chapter 5 The Public Sphere and Power	107
	5.1 From Audiences to Active Publics	107
	5.2 Journalism and the Public Sphere	109
	5.3 Politics and Democracy	116
	5.4 Social Movements	120
	5.5 Surveillance and Control	124
	5.6 Information and Civic Culture	128
	Note	129
	Chapter 6 Work and Economy	131
	6.1 The Rise of Digital Capitalism	131
	6.2 Economic Models and Actors	133
	6.3 Digital Labor and Precarity	139
	6.4 Immaterial Production: Brands and Finance	149
	6.5 Global Inequalities and Development	154
	Conclusion	159
	Glossary	163
	Index	185
	EULA	193