Understanding the Interactive Digital Media Marketplace:

This collection of thirty-four essays on new media in the digital age showcases current scholarship in a variety of disciplines focused on the interaction of technology and media delivery and the impact of emerging modalities on traditional media structures. Papers are divided into sections covering media business frameworks, technology platforms, digital communities, and regulatory and policy issues. Individual articles cover topics such as comparing pricing structures for digital goods, exploiting P2P in new media distribution, value assessment in e-government, and emerging strategies for the distribution of television programming online. Chapters include abstracts, illustrations, notes and bibliographies. Contributors are academics in computer sciences from institutions around the world. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)