Key Concepts in New Media Studies

Chapter 1: Introduction to New Media

• Key Concepts: Hypertext, Network Effects, Web 2.0, Convergence, User-Generated Content, Packet Switching, Algorithm, Long Tail Economy, Platform, Media

Chapter 2: The History of New Media

• Key Concepts: Telegraph, Harold Innis, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Metcalfe's Law, Space-Binding/Time-Binding, Network Neutrality, Paper Tape, Multiplexing, Remediate/Remediation, Packet Switching, Social Network

Chapter 3: Approaches to Media

• Key Concepts: Hype, Social Shaping of Technology, Tetrad, Political Economy Approach, Technological Determinism, Luddite

Chapter 4: Mobile New Media

• Key Concepts: Mobile New Media, App, Scanning, Short Messaging Service (SMS), Social Capital

Chapter 5: Social Media and Participatory Culture

• Key Concepts: Granularity/Modularity, Networked Information Economy, Social Production, Social Network Analysis, Participatory Culture, Creative Class, Creative Industries, Post-Fordism, Variable Reinforcement Schedules

Chapter 6: Further Concepts

• Key Concepts: Diffusion of Innovations Model, Digital Divide, Modding