Contemporary Issues in Digital Communication, Media, and Culture - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 13: 9798369387290

Publisher: IGI Global, 2025

Synopsis

In an age where technology shapes human interaction, contemporary issues in digital communication, media, and culture become complex. From the rise of social media algorithms influencing public opinion to concerns about data privacy, misinformation, and digital surveillance, today's digital landscape presents both new opportunities and critical challenges. These issues affect how individuals connect, how cultures evolve, and how societies function globally. Understanding and analyzing these dynamics may help navigate the ethical, social, and political implications of life in a digital world. Contemporary Issues in Digital Communication, Media, and Culture explores the intersection of computer science and social sciences, examining how computational methods analyze, interpret, and shape the disciplines of communication, media, and culture. It examines the theoretical foundations, methodologies, and applications of computational techniques in understanding and influencing human communication and cultural phenomena. This book covers topics such as social media, artificial intelligence, and information technology, and is a useful resource for media and communications professionals, engineers, sociologists, academicians, researchers, and scientists.

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About the Author

Yannis Skarpelos studied Sociology and holds a PhD in Visual Cultural Studies. He is teaching at the Department of Communication, Media and Culture since 1996. His interests are focusing on the sociological and semiotic visual analysis. The last decade his research is focused on computational analysis of big visual data, videogames and social network analysis. His research activities include the creation of Panteion University eclass, the project TRIPMENTOR Interactive Tourist (funded by the “Research-Create-Innovate” program), INTERMEDS: Intercultural Mediators (funded by Erasmus+), and RIPEC: Research for Innovative Practices in Emergency Management of Erasmus Community (funded by Erasmus+). He is the founder and head of the Cultural Informatics Lab of the Department, and has been associate chair and chair of the Department, member of the Panteion Senate, and of the Research Committee.

Edition details

• Publisher: IGI Global
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798369387290
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 375
• Editor: Karpouzis Kostas, Skarpelos Ioannis