Referencing key contemporary debates on issues like surveillance, identity, the global financial crisis, the digital divide and Internet politics, Andrew White provides a critical intervention in discussions on the impact of the proliferation of digital media technologies on politics, the economy and social practices.

Contents List of Tables Preface List of Abbreviations and Acronyms PART I: POLITICS AND DIGITAL MEDIA: THE IMPACT OF DIGITAL MEDIA ON THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPHERES Introduction to Part I 1 From the Public to the Private: The Digitization of Scholarship 2. From the Private to the Public: Online Identity 3. Digital Media and Politics in the Liberal Democratic State Conclusion of Part I PART II: THE DIGITAL ECONOMY Introduction to Part II 4. The Digital Economy and the Creative Industries 5 The Digital Economy and the Global Financial Crisis PART III: DIGITAL MEDIA USE Introduction to Part III 6. Reading/Using Digital Media 7. The New Social Movements 8 Surveillance: The Role of Databases in Contemporary Societies 9. Digital Media Use in the Developing World Epilogue Endnotes Bibliography Index

Andrew White is Associate Professor and Faculty Director of Research at the University of Nottingham's China campus. He has published numerous articles on digital media, creative industries and Northern Irish politics in many journals, including First Monday, International Journal of Cultural Policy and Irish Political Studies.