White has provided a ground-breaking examination of the implications of digital media for the fundamental workings of society. Its international perspective makes this new classic required reading for any serious student of media in the age of global and digital communication. - John Pavlik, Rutgers, USA
In his new book, Andrew White takes the bird's eye view of digital media. He carefully guides us through the theoretical minefields opened up by the networked world: identity politics, the distinction between private/public, the democratic state, economics, surveillance, and other key concepts. White appears a reliable guide who knows how to strike a balance between complexity and elucidation, between argument and exposition, between summary and probe. I am confident this book will be very useful for students and faculty alike. It addresses poignant issues in a clear voice. - Jose van Dijck, University of Amsterdam, and author of The Culture of Connectivity (2013)
Overall this book is an engaging contribution to the growing literature on the intersection of the public and private within an ever-changing digital landscape. White's summaries of the often complex debates are always accessible, while his use of case studies gives these debates the real world context they might otherwise lack.'- Maxine Montaigne, LSE Review of Books, 2014
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.