[ecrea] New Book Series: Oxford Studies in Digital Politics

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Oxford Studies in Digital Politics

Oxford University Press

Series Editor: Andrew Chadwick

http://www.oup.com/us/brochure/digitalpolitics

Digital communication technologies are now central to our understanding of political, social, economic, and cultural life. This book series will bring together scholars with an interest in understanding the information and communication environments which shape--and are shaped by--politics and policy-making. The series will be concerned with theoretical and conceptual debates, institutions and behavior, and policy issues. It will provide an important, high-profile publishing outlet for a range of talented authors, both established and up-and-coming. Books in the series will analyze the politics of new communication technologies, broadly defined. They will summarize and criticize existing literature as well as provide new departures. The field itself is currently undergoing a shift, as the impact of web 2.0, online social networking, citizen journalism and related trends requires fresh perspectives.

Published Titles:

News on the Internet: Information and Citizenship in the 21st Century, by David Tewksbury and Jason Rittenberg.

The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam, by Philip N.Howard (Winner, 2011 APSA Information Technology and Politics section Best Book Award).

Soon-to-be-Published Titles:

The MoveOn Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy, by David Karpf

Taking our Country Back: The Crafting of Networked Politics from Howard Dean to Barack Obama, by Daniel Kreiss

Revolution Stalled: The Political Limits of the Internet in the Post-Soviet Sphere, by Sarah Oates

Digital Cities: Inclusion and The Future of Broadband, by Karen Mossberger, Caroline J. Tolbert, and William Franko

For more about the series, including further books in the pipeline, visit:

http://www.oup.com/us/brochure/digitalpolitics

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More about News on the Internet: Information and Citizenship in the 21st Century, by David Tewksbury and Jason Rittenberg:

Online news sites play an ever-pervasive role in the daily gathering and flow of political information. Media has always played an intermediary role in the way that citizens receive and process news, but, with the speed of information transmission, the segmentation of news sources, and the rise of citizen journalism, issues of authority, audience, and even the definition of "news" have shifted and become blurred. News on the Internet synthesizes research on developing and current patterns of online news provision with the literature on traditional, offline media to create a conceptual map for understanding the way that public affairs and news are presented and consumed on the internet.

Tewksbury and Rittenberg look at the dual role of the internet as a source of authoritative news and as a vehicle for citizens in contemporary democracies to create and share political information. Throughout, they address the tension between the benefits of internet news provision, specifically increased citizen engagement, and the negative, perhaps counterintuitive, effects: the fragmentation of knowledge and polarization of opinion in contemporary democracies. News on the Internet focuses on these points of conflict and contradiction in the online news environment and offers conclusions and predictions for how these phenomena will develop in the future.

Key Features:

--Emphasizes the effects of online news at both the individual audience member and societal level
--Builds discussion around traditional, normative concepts in mass communication
--A unique and concise state-of-the-art declaration on understanding news presentation

"News on the Internet is a most welcomed addition to the growing literature on the transformations of journalism and its publics in the digital world. Tewksbury and Rittenberg provide an important overview of the scholarship produced on this topic so far. This engaging book is poised to become a major resource for researchers and educators alike."--Pablo J. Boczkowski, author of Digitizing the News and News at Work

"Tewskbury and Rittenberg have provided an exhaustive analysis of how the internet has re-shaped contemporary journalism. They address many of the major issues of the internet and news media today related to both the news organization and the media audience. These include facets such as fragmentation and specialization of the audience in a democracy, the disappearance of the traditional media/online media distinctions, and the economics of online journalism. The book is a must-read for academics and practitioners who need to understand where journalism is going in the internet age."---Richard Davis, author of The Web of Politics

"This is an ideal text for making sense of the internet news environment. It tells a fascinating story about the new political world that emerges when citizens join the chorus of news professionals and demystifies a complex situation that people of all ages need to understand."--Doris Graber, author of Media Power in Politics

About the Authors:

David Tewksbury is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Jason Rittenberg is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

News on the Internet is available in the US now. It is available in a Kindle edition in the UK now, and in paperback in the UK within the next few weeks.



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