{"product_id":"digital-fandom-steve-jones-9781433110719","title":"Digital Fandom: New Media Studies","description":"This book re-evaluates the way we examine today's digital media environment. By looking at how popular culture uses different digital technologies, \u003ci\u003eDigital Fandom\u003c\/i\u003e bolsters contemporary media theory by introducing new methods of analysis. Using the exemplars of alternate reality gaming and fan studies, this book takes into account a particular  philosophy of playfulness  in today's media in order to establish a  new media studies .\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDigital Fandom\u003c\/i\u003e augments traditional studies of popular media fandom with descriptions of the contemporary fan in a converged media environment. The book shows how changes in the study of fandom can be applied in a larger scale to the study of new media in general, and formulates new conceptions of traditional media theories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Jones,Paul Booth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1433110717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781433110719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Steve Jones","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48449587282175,"sku":"9781433110719","price":163.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_336360fe-4ff2-4648-8785-f8aeec8bfd79.jpg?v=1777264050","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/digital-fandom-steve-jones-9781433110719","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}