Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reimagining activism as combative / Billie Murray -- Mobile phones use in an Arab context : blending modernity and tradition / Mustafa Taha -- Government policy, communication and (affective) governmentality / Carl Jon Way Ng -- Data ethics : a survey of key debates and essential principles / Joe Cruz and Patrick Lee Plaisance -- Encryption and hacking : cyphers, hacks and attacks on the digital frontier / Jan H. Samoriski -- A critical re-visioning of networked power in photojournalism praxis / Tara-Lynne Pixley -- White noise, mixed signals, strategic chaos, and the roar of the bewildered herd / Brian Gorman -- Transmedia / Raul Rodríguez-Ferrándiz -- Machine translation, language learning and the 'knowledge economy' : from economic discourses to education in action / Vanessa Enríquez Raído, Marina Sánchez Torrón -- Design / Rune Pettersson, Maria D. Avgerinou -- Media production in the age of internet media : digitisation, mediation, co-creation / Hart Cohen -- An economic, social and cultural approach to prosumption : music and sound as parodic tools on YouTube meme videos / Candelaria Sánchez Olmos, Eduardo Viñuela -- Collaboration models in online fiction-writing communities / Alan Tapscott, Joaquim Colàs, Josep Blat -- Culture industries / Derek Johnson -- Reimagining digital humanities : today's trends, tomorrow's promises / Amanda C. R. Clark -- Cochlear implants and sign language in Australia : why the deaf community must embrace nonsigning implant recipients / Belinda Barnet, Rachael McDonald, Simone Taffe, Jordy Kaufman -- Familiar avenues and paths less traveled : reimagining organizational crisis communication / Timothy Coombs -- Cyber war and militarization of communication / Oswelled Ureke -- Invitations to participation : how immersive presentations and emotional displays promote political involvement / Erik P. Bucy.

"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. A diverse 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 and scholars of communication, broadcast media, and interactive technologies, with an interdisciplinary focus and an emphasis on the integration of new technologies"-- Provided by publisher.

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