Convergence and Fragmentation
Media Technology and the Information Society. Changing Media Changing Europe Series, Volume 5.
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2008
256 pages
978-1-84150-216-8 (ISBN)
Description
Convergence under pressure leads to fragmentation. Therefore, the role of the newest information and communication technologies and formats in a changing Europe must be analysed not only in terms of optimistic market projections but also in terms of realistic trends toward complementary fragmentations.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Intellect
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-84150-216-8 (9781841502168)
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Content
- Front Cover
- Preliminary Pages
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction: Unity in Diversity
- Section 1: Culture and Technology
- Global and European Information Society
- ePolicies in Europe: A Human-Centric and Culturally Biased Approach
- Section 2: Techno-pleasure
- The Cultural Value of Games: Computer Games and Cultural Policy in Europe
- Learning and Entertainment in Museums: A Case Study
- Section 3: ICT and Learning
- For a Communications Approach to the Use of ICT in Education
- E-learning - A Knowledge Theoretical Approach
- 'Virtual' and 'Flexible' University Learning
- Section 4: Power, Technology and Policies
- Media Governance: Valuable Instrument of Risk Discourse for Media Ownership Concentration
- Telecom Liberalization: Distributive Challenges and National Differences
- Public Service Television's Mission in France: An Analysis of Media-Policy Instruments - Including the Use of the Internet as a New Distribution Channel
- About the Contributors
- Index
- Back Cover
