Digital Formations Ser.(2nd Edition) The Audience Commodity in a Digital Age : Revisiting a Critical Theory of Commercial Media by Lee Mcguigan, VincentManzerolle Hardcover, 328 Pages, Published 2014 by Peter Lang Publishing Inc ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-2360-3, ISBN: 1-4331-2360-6
"This edited collection comprises foundational texts and new contributions that revisit the theory of the «audience commodity» as first articulated by Dallas Smythe. Contributors focus on the historical and theoretical importance of this theory to critical studies of media/communication, culture, society, economics, and technology - a theory that has underpinned critical media studies for more than three decades, but has yet to be compil ..."
The Audience Commodity in a Digital Age(1st Edition) Revisiting a Critical Theory of Commercial Media (Digital Formations) by Lee Mcguigan, VincentManzerolle Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 2014 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-2359-7, ISBN: 1-4331-2359-2
"This edited collection comprises foundational texts and new contributions that revisit the theory of the «audience commodity» as first articulated by Dallas Smythe. Contributors focus on the historical and theoretical importance of this theory to critical studies of media/communication, culture, society, economics, and technology – a theory that has underpinned critical media studies for more than three decades, but has yet to be compil ..."
"This book focuses on how the interests of corporations and governments to embrace a "new economy" have served to drive the development and uptake of mobile/ubiquitous media."
"This book confirms the continued relevance of Dallas Smythe's theories and the need for ongoing debate, discussion, and scholarly work on the shifting roles of the audience-user in our increasingly global, increasingly digitized information ..."
Mobile and Ubiquitous Media(Updated) Critical and International Perspectives (Digital Formations) by Michael S. Daubs, Vincent R. Manzerolle Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 2017 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-4636-7, ISBN: 1-4331-4636-3
"Mobile apps promise to deliver (h)appiness to our devices at the touch of a finger or two. Apps offer gratifyingly immediate access to connection and entertainment. The array of apps downloadable from the app store may come from the cloud, but they attach themselves firmly to our individual movement from location to location on earth. In The Imaginary App, writers, theorist ..."