{"product_id":"9780745650005","title":"Media Life","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMedia Life\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMark Deuze\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Media Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eResearch consistently shows how through the years more of our time gets  spent using media, how multitasking our media has become a regular  feature of everyday life, and that consuming media for most people  increasingly takes place alongside producing media. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMedia Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a primer on how we may think of our lives as lived  in rather than with media. The book uses the way media function today as  a prism to understand key issues in contemporary society, where reality  is open source, identities are - like websites - always under  construction, and where private life is lived in public forever more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUltimately, media are to us as water is to fish. The question is: how can we live a good life in media like fish in water? \u003ci\u003eMedia Life\u003c\/i\u003e offers a compass for the way ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eMark Deuze\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of Telecommunications at Indiana University.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 September 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780745650005\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.52\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378846462092,"sku":"9780745650005","price":26.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780745650005_76548359-4a54-48be-b70b-64a746e6f8d3.jpg?v=1780116194","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780745650005","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}