ABSTRACT

As a part of an extensive exploration, Reimagining Communication: Action investigates the practical implications of communication as a cultural industry, media ecology, and a complex social activity integral to all domains of life.

The Reimagining Communication series develops a new information architecture for the field of communications studies, grounded in its interdisciplinary origins and looking ahead to emerging trends as researchers take into account new media technologies and their impacts on society and culture. The diverse and comprehensive body of contributions in this unique interdisciplinary resource explore communication as a form of action within a mix of social, cultural, political, and economic contexts. They emphasize the continuously expanding horizons of the field by engaging with the latest trends in practical inquiry within communication studies. Reflecting on the truly diverse implications of communicative processes and representations, Reimagining Communication: Action covers key practical developments of concern to the field. It integrates diverse theoretical and practice-based perspectives to emphasize the purpose and significance of communication to human experience at individual and social levels in a uniquely accessible and engaging way.

This is an essential introductory text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, along with scholars of communication, broadcast media, and interactive technologies, with an interdisciplinary focus and an emphasis on the integration of new technologies.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|19 pages

Reimagining Activism as Combative

chapter 2|20 pages

Mobile Phone Use in an Arab Context

Blending Modernity and Tradition

chapter 4|18 pages

Data Ethics

A Survey of Key Debates and Essential Principles

chapter 5|18 pages

Encryption and Hacking

Cyphers, Hacks and Attacks on the Digital Frontier

chapter 8|14 pages

Transmedia

By Any Media Necessary

chapter 9|17 pages

Machine Translation, Language Learning and the ‘Knowledge Economy’

From Economic Discourses to Education in Action

chapter 10|18 pages

Design

chapter 11|18 pages

Media Production in the Age of Internet Media

Digitisation, Mediation, Co-creation

chapter 12|15 pages

An Economic, Social and Cultural Approach to Prosumption

Music and Sound as Parodic Tools on YouTube Meme Videos

chapter 14|16 pages

Culture Industries

chapter 15|13 pages

Reimagining Digital Humanities

Today's Trends, Tomorrow's Promises

chapter 16|10 pages

Cochlear Implants and Sign Language in Australia

Why the Deaf Community Must Embrace Non-Signing Implant Recipients

chapter 17|17 pages

Familiar Avenues and Paths Less Traveled

Reimagining Organizational Crisis Communication

chapter 19|18 pages

Invitations to Participation

How Immersive Presentations and Emotional Displays Promote Political Involvement