Are Filter Bubbles Real?(1st Edition) by AxelBruns Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2019 by Polity ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3645-0, ISBN: 1-5095-3645-0
"There has been much concern over the impact of partisan echo chambers and filter bubbles on contemporary public debate. Is this concern justified, or is it distracting us from more serious issues?In this timely book, Axel Bruns argues that the influence of echo chambers and filter bubbles has been severely overstated, and results from a broader moral panic about the role of online and social media in society. Our focus on these concepts ..."
Gatewatching(1st Edition) Collaborative Online News Production (Digital Formations) by AxelBruns Paperback, 330 Pages, Published 2005 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-8204-7432-8, ISBN: 0-8204-7432-0
""Gatewatching: Collaborative Online News Production" is the first comprehensive study of the latest wave of online news publications. The book investigates the collaborative publishing models of key news Websites, ranging from the worldwide "Indymedia" network to the massively successful technology news site "Slashdot," and further to the multitude of Weblogs that have emerged in recent years. Building on collaborative approaches borrow ..."
"Social media are now widely used for political protests, campaigns, and communication in developed and developing nations, but available research has not yet paid sufficient attention to experiences beyond the US and UK. This collection tackles this imbalance head-on, compiling cutting-edge research across six continents to provide a comprehensive, global, up-to-date review of recent political uses of social media. Drawing together emp ..."
"A Companion to New Media Dynamics presents a state–of–the–art collection of multidisciplinary readings that examine the origins, evolution, and cultural underpinnings of the media of the digital age in terms of dynamic change Presents a state–of–the–art collection of original readings relating to new media in terms of dynamic change Features interdisciplinary contributions encompassing the sciences, social sciences, humanities and ..."
Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond(2nd Edition) From Production to Produsage (Digital Formations) by AxelBruns Hardcover, 418 Pages, Published 2008 by Peter Lang Publishing Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-8204-8867-7, ISBN: 0-8204-8867-4
"We - the users turned creators and distributors of content - are TIME's Person of the Year 2006, and AdAge's Advertising Agency of the Year 2007. We form a new Generation C. We have MySpace, YouTube, and OurMedia; we run social software, and drive the development of Web 2.0. But beyond the hype, what's really going on?. In this groundbreaking exploration of our developing participatory online culture, Axel Bruns establishes the core pri ..."
Gatewatching and News Curation(Updated) Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere (Digital Formations) by AxelBruns Paperback, 394 Pages, Published 2018 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-3320-6, ISBN: 1-4331-3320-2
"Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere documents an emerging news media environment that is characterised by an increasingly networked and social structure. In this environment, professional journalists and non-professional news users alike are increasingly cast in the role of gatewatcher and news curator, and sometimes accept these roles with considerable enthusiasm. A growing part of their ever ..."
Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond(1st Edition) From Production to Produsage (Digital Formations) (English and English Edition) by AxelBruns Paperback, 418 Pages, Published 2008 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-8204-8866-0, ISBN: 0-8204-8866-6
"Wethe users turned creators and distributors of contentare TIMEs Person of theYear 2006, and AdAges Advertising Agency of the Year 2007. We form a new Generation C. We have MySpace, YouTube, and OurMedia; we run social software, and drive the development of Web 2.0. But beyond the hype, whats really going on? In this groundbreaking exploration of our developing participatory online culture, Axel Bruns establishes the core princi ..."
Gatewatching and News Curation(Updated) Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere (Digital Formations) by AxelBruns Hardcover, 394 Pages, Published 2018 by Peter Lang Pub Inc ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-3321-3, ISBN: 1-4331-3321-0
"Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere documents an emerging news media environment that is characterised by an increasingly networked and social structure. In this environment, professional journalists and non-professional news users alike are increasingly cast in the role of gatewatcher and news curator, and sometimes accept these roles with considerable enthusiasm. A growing part of their ever ..."
"Broschiertes BuchThis book has won the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title award 2014 . Since its launch in 2006, Twitter has evolved from a niche service to a mass phenomenon; it has become instrumental for everyday communication as well as for political debates, crisis communication, marketing, and cultural participation. But the basic idea behind it has stayed the same: users may post short messages (tweets) of up to 140 characters and ..."
"What are the key challenges facing our increasingly digitized democracy, and how might we as citizens contribute to resolving them? This book explores these questions, adopting a multi-disciplinary approach that combines work from media studies, journalism studies and political science scholars and draws on trends in countries including Australia, the US, the UK, Egypt and Indonesia. The book is divided into three main themes: (1) Polit ..."
Uses of Blogs(1st Edition) (Digital Formations) by AxelBruns, Joanne Jacobs Paperback, 267 Pages, Published 2006 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-8204-8124-1, ISBN: 0-8204-8124-6
"'Uses of Blogs 'brings together scholars and practitioners from a wide range of fields to offer a broad spectrum of perspectives on current and emerging uses of blogs. Blogging is rapidly developing into a mainstream activity for Internet users, but beyond the popular headlines, there has been very little serious research done on their actual application in specific, everyday contexts. One reason for this is that the variety of styles o ..."
"There has been a data rush in the past decade brought about by online communication and, in particular, social media (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, among others), which promises a new age of digital enlightenment. But social data is compromised: it is being seized by specific economic interests, it leads to a fundamental shift in the relationship between research and the public good, and it fosters new forms of control and surveillance.Co ..."
"There has been a data rush in the past decade brought about by online communication and, in particular, social media (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, among others), which promises a new age of digital enlightenment. But social data is compromised: it is being seized by specific economic interests, it leads to a fundamental shift in the relationship between research and the public good, and it fosters new forms of control and surveillance.Co ..."
"Social media are now widely used for political protests, campaigns, and communication in developed and developing nations, but available research has not yet paid sufficient attention to experiences beyond the US and UK. This collection tackles this imbalance head-on, compiling cutting-edge research across six continents to provide a comprehensive, global, up-to-date review of recent political uses of social media. Drawing together empi ..."
"A Companion to New Media Dynamics presents a state–of–the–art collection of multidisciplinary readings that examine the origins, evolution, and cultural underpinnings of the media of the digital age in terms of dynamic change Presents a state–of–the–art collection of original readings relating to new media in terms of dynamic change Features interdisciplinary contributions encompassing the sciences, social sciences, humanities and ..."
"This book has won the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title award 2014. Since its launch in 2006, Twitter has evolved from a niche service to a mass phenomenon; it has become instrumental for everyday communication as well as for political debates, crisis communication, marketing, and cultural participation. But the basic idea behind it has stayed the same: users may post short messages (tweets) of up to 140 characters and follow the upda ..."
Are Filter Bubbles Real? by AxelBruns 160 Pages, Published 2019 by John Wiley & Sons ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3646-7, ISBN: 1-5095-3646-9
"This timely book is essential reading for students and scholars, as well as anyone concerned about challenges to public debate and the democratic process."
"This report is based on findings from the ARC Linkage project Social Media in Times of Crisis: Learning from Recent Natural Disasters to Improve Future Strategies."
"Social media are now widely used for political protests, campaigns, and communication in developed and developing nations, but available research has not yet paid sufficient attention to experiences beyond the US and UK. This collection tackles this imbalance head-on, compiling cutting-edge research across six continents to provide a comprehensive, global, up-to-date review of recent political uses of social media. Drawing together emp ..."