Digital Broadcasting An Introduction to New Media

Digital Broadcasting presents an introduction to how the classic notion of 'broadcasting' has evolved and is being reinterpreted in an age of digitization and convergence. The book argues that 'digital broadcasting' is not a contradiction in terms, but-on the contrary-both terms presuppose and need each other. Drawing upon an interdisciplinary and international field of research and theory, it looks at current developments in television and radio broadcasting on the level of regulation and policy, industries and economics, production and content, and audience and consumption practices.

Jo Pierson is Senior Researcher at SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. He lectures bachelor and master courses on socio-economic issues of the information society and on qualitative research methods at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in the department of Communication Studies (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy). He holds a PhD degree in social science - communication studies (Vrije Universiteit Brussel).

Joke Bauwens is Associate Professor at SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. She holds a PhD in Media & Communication Studies. She is a media sociologist, lecturing at the Media Studies Department of the Free University of Brussels. Her research interests and expertise are situated in the field of media practices of young people (teens and children), social and cultural practices in digital and virtual environments, and transitions in the field of broadcasting.

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: A Short History of Broadcasting
Chapter 3: The Broadcasting Industry
Chapter 4: Production in the Digital Era
Chapter 5: Channels in the Digital Era
Chapter 6: Audiences in the Digital Era
Chapter 7: Rethinking Digital Broadcasting and New Media