Bøger af Bridgette Wessels

This book is paradigm-shifting in the study of film audiences. It develops new theory on audiences as a process and new methodology for studying audiences based on extensive new empirical data on audiences.

This book considers the role of the open data movement in fostering transformation toward a 'knowledge society'.

A critical introduction to the key processes and contexts of social change in contemporary society, combining a thorough grounding of key theorists with hot topics such the media, the environment and new technologies - ideal for students across the social sciences.

Offers insight into the ways in which core public institutions and organizations develop digital communications and services within the dynamics of everyday life in the public realm. This book draws on the author's ethnographic research with the London Metropolitan Police Service to improve communication with the public using digital technology.

This best practice guide to providing information for users of multi-agency services for disabled children is an invaluable resource for professionals, parents and carers.

The Internet is an everyday part of our contemporary lives. This book explores how it is shaped and embedded within society, fostering new social worlds and ways of talking. Using a wide range of examples to examine economic, political and cultural issues, this book is crucial reading for all those studying society, media and technology.