Special Section: New Media in International Contexts Introduction

摘要: Author(s): Horst, Heather A.; Wallis, Cara | Abstract: The study of the relationship between media and society has a long varied history in social sciences humanities.1 From Frankfurt School’s theories culture industries McLuhan’s focus on medium message to work mediation, remediation, network society, continue be viewed as driver lens for understanding social, economic, political life. Indeed, first wave research new media—particularly Internet—explored how access networked forms communication information may lead transformations notions community, identity, nature being human (Castells, 2000; Van Dijk, 1991; Katz Rice, 2002; Lievrouw Livingstone, Miller Slater, Rheingold, 1993; Turkle, 1995; Wellman Haythornthwaite, 2002). Research mobile phones, portable music players, gaming (desktop console) began explore embeddedness everyday life (Boellstorff, 2008; Castells, Qiu, Sey, Fernandez-Ardevol, 2006; Horst Miller, Ito, Okabe, Matsuda, 2005; Aakhus, Ling, 2004; Ling Donner, 2009). Exemplified by sites such Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, others, presence participatory properties contemporary moment represent an opportunity reconsider light changing ecology. Are technologies appropriated similar fashion what Thomas Friedman calls “flat” world? Or do particular engagements with arise from specific local contexts? Even when appear manner (on surface, anyway), sociocultural, or factors contribute appropriations?