TY - CHAP

T1 - The New Politics of the New Media

AU - Hui, Yuk

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - There is no doubt that terms like ‘new media’ and ‘web 2.0’ have become buzzwords in social and cultural studies. When we say something is a ‘buzzword’, we imply that things have been taken for granted and remain unthought-of. Remaining unthought-of means that what is ‘new’ is perceived as contiguous to the ‘old’, or even constituted by the old. Given the close association between social movements and the media, the demand for a new form of politics is no longer novel; nevertheless, it remains a key question. At issue is the effi cacy and potential of the new media. If the new media is going to open up something, then what is that thing?

AB - There is no doubt that terms like ‘new media’ and ‘web 2.0’ have become buzzwords in social and cultural studies. When we say something is a ‘buzzword’, we imply that things have been taken for granted and remain unthought-of. Remaining unthought-of means that what is ‘new’ is perceived as contiguous to the ‘old’, or even constituted by the old. Given the close association between social movements and the media, the demand for a new form of politics is no longer novel; nevertheless, it remains a key question. At issue is the effi cacy and potential of the new media. If the new media is going to open up something, then what is that thing?

KW - Media and communication studies

KW - Digital media

UR - https://www.routledge.com/The-Digitized-Imagination-Encounters-with-the-Virtual-World/Rajan/p/book/9780415492867

U2 - 10.4324/9780203150634

DO - 10.4324/9780203150634

M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

SN - 978-0-415-49286-7

SN - 9781138380325

SP - 90

EP - 101

BT - The Digitized Imagination

A2 - Rajan, Nalini

PB - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group

CY - London

ER -