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In Media Access: Social and Psychological Dimensions of New Technology Use, editors Erik P. Bucy and John E. Newhagen present the latest work, theoretical explorations, and original research findings on media access from a team of internationally renowned media and technology researchers. Chapters develop expanded definitions and conceptual understandings of access to stimulate further research, offer new perspectives on policy discussions, and facilitate media participation among those at risk of being left behind. Broadening our understanding of information technology use, this collection offers: *Novel perspectives--chapters demonstrate new methods of addressing persistent questions regarding motivation, cultural context, socioeconomic resources, technical knowledge, and psychological skills required for effectual use of information and communication technologies. *Conceptual integration--each chapter addresses a vital aspect of media access and summarizes pertinent findings, weaving together results to provide much-needed integration across communication and technology studies. *Multidisciplinary approaches--chapters represent a variety of conceptual and methodological approaches, deriving social explanations from large-scale survey data, psychological explanations from experimental data, and cultural explanations from depth interviews and ethnographic methods. *Shifting the policy and research agenda--this volume extends and redirects aspects of the digital divide debate while elaborating the "media access" approach to studying new technology use. Taken as a whole, Media Access reveals complications associated with full access to new communication technologies and proposes analytical frameworks that open new avenues of scholarly investigation and policy consideration. It is intended for scholars and graduate students in journalism, mass communication, telecommunications, media studies, information science, public policy, psychology, sociology, informatics, human-computer interaction, and other disciplines concerned with the issue of media access.
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MEDIA ACCESS SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
EDITED
BY
ERIK P. BUCY JOHN E. NEWHAGEN
Media Access Social and Psychological Dimensions of New Technology Use
LEA’s Communication Series Jennings Bryant/Dolf Zillmann, General Editors Selected titles in the series include: Butler r Television: Critical Methods and Applications, Second Edition Bryant/Bryant r Television and the American Family, Second Edition Eastman r Research in Media Promotion Fisch/Truglio r “G” is for Growing: Thirty Years of Research on Children and Sesame Street Sterling/Kittross r Stay Tuned: A History of American Broadcasting, Third Edition
For a complete list of titles in LEA’s Communication Series, please contact Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, at www.erlbaum.com.
Media Access Social and Psychological Dimensions of New Technology Use
Edited by
Erik P. Bucy Indiana University, Bloomington
John E. Newhagen University of Maryland, College Park
2004
LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS Mahwah, New Jersey London
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Cover design by Sean Sciarrone
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Media access : social and psychological dimensions of new technology use/ edited by Erik P. Bucy and John E. Newhagen. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8058-4109-1—ISBN 0-8058-4110-5 (pbk