Contents

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Changing World: The Emergence of the New Media

Editor’s Introduction

1) Internet Revolution Is Gaining Momentum. Larry Williams. The Baltimore Sun

2) The Blog Revolution and How It Changed the World. Ed Power. The Sunday Tribune (Ireland)

3) The Rise of Open-Source Politics. Micah L. Sifry. The Nation Standing Corrected. Sean Dodson. Global News Wire

4) Diffusion, Use, and Effect of the Internet in China. Jonathan J. H. Zhu and Enhai Wang. Communications of the ACM

5) Growing Up Online. Ana Veciana-Suarez. The Miami Herald

6) It’s Got a Hold on You. Douglas Rushkoff. www.rushkoff.com

New Media and the Written Word

Editor’s Introduction

1) The Ethical Dilemma of Blogging in the Media. Patrick Beeson. Quill

2) Bad News. Richard A. Posner. The New York Times

3) Bloggers: The Light at the End of the Newspaper’s Tunnel. Phil Boas. The Masthead

4) The Benefits of Blogs. Michael J. Korzi. The Baltimore Sun

5) Are Bloggers Journalists? Ted Landphair. Voice of America News

6) Plugged-in Proust: Has E-lit Come of Age? Julia Keller. Chicago Tribune

7) Who Will Have the Last Word on Digital Frontier? Mandy Garner. The Times Higher Education Supplement

New Media and Entertainment

Editor’s Introduction

1) Years After Giant Flop, Online Media Take Hold. Chris Gaither. Los Angeles Times

2) Podcasts Provide a Sound Salvation for Early Radio. Robert P. Laurence. The San Diego Union-Tribune

3) Mixed Signals over Mobile TV. Alex Benady. The Guardian

4) Downloading for Dollars. Edward Jay Epstein. Slate

5) The Gamer As Artiste. John Leland. The New York Times

6) And Now a Word from Our Sponsor. Our Only Sponsor. Stuart Elliott. The New York Times

New Media As an Educational Tool

Editor’s Introduction

1) Remaking Liberal Education. T. Mills Kelly. Academe

2) College Lectures Go Digital. Kimberly Marselas. The (Annapolis, MD) Capital

3) Bringing Blogs into the Classroom: "New Media" Platform Gaining Steam at Universities. Patrick Beeson. Quil

4) Digital Archives Are a Gift of Wisdom to Be Used Wisely. Roy Rosenzweig. The Chronicle of Higher Education

5) Classic Lit Goes Txt Msging. Shelley Emling. Cox News Service

New Media Communities and Their Discontents

Editor’s Introduction

1) Weaving the Web. Patrick Verel. The Augusta Chronicle (Georgia)

2) Utopia Goes Digital. Marco R. della Cava. USA Today

3) The Wonderful World of Wikis. Ellen Lee. Contra Costa Times (California)

4) To Internet Stores, It’s All About the Personal Touch. Bob Tedeschi. The New York Times

5) Authorities Look to Net Predators. Jill King Greenwood. Pittsburgh Tribune Review

6) Caught in a Spiral of Gaming. Victor Gonzales. The Seattle Times

Appendix

Is It O.K. to Be a Luddite? Thomas Pynchon. The New York Times Book Review

Bibliography

Books

Web Sites

Additional Periodical Articles with Abstracts

Index

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