Mark Balnaves has worked in professorial roles in communication and media and is an expert on audience research. He is currently an adjunct research fellow with University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Western Australia.Daniel Baldino is Discipline Head of the Politics and International Relations program and an Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Western Australia. He specialises in violence, radicalisation and extremist studies, as well as misinformation and epistemic inquiry. He has held visiting scholar positions in Washington DC, Hawaii and Ottawa, and is currently an Associate Editor for the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism.

• Part 1 Convergences.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Technologizing the Word.- 3. Globalization in the Digital Age.- Part 2 Theories.- 4. Classics in Media and Effects.- 5. Classics in Media and Ideology.- 6. Classics in Reasoning about Information and its Ownership.- Part 3 Content, Audiences and Effects.- 7. Persuasion, Propaganda and Information Warfare in the Digital Public Sphere.- 8. Transforming Cultures and International Conflict.- 9. Media, Soft Power and the Battle for Hearts and Minds.- Part 4 Structures and Organisation.- 10. Governance, Participation and Digital Identities in the Networked Age.- 11. News, PR and Parasocial Relations in the Interactive Era.- 12. Media Economics.- 13. Games, Play and the Politics of Participation.- 14. Data Analytics and Digital Ethnography.- 15. Media in the Post-Truth World.

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Mark Balnaves has worked in professorial roles in communication and media and is an expert on audience research. He is currently an adjunct research fellow with University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Western Australia.Daniel Baldino is Discipline Head of the Politics and International Relations program and an Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Western Australia. He specialises in violence, radicalisation and extremist studies, as well as misinformation and epistemic inquiry. He has held visiting scholar positions in Washington DC, Hawaii and Ottawa, and is currently an Associate Editor for the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism.

• Part 1 Convergences.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Technologizing the Word.- 3. Globalization in the Digital Age.- Part 2 Theories.- 4. Classics in Media and Effects.- 5. Classics in Media and Ideology.- 6. Classics in Reasoning about Information and its Ownership.- Part 3 Content, Audiences and Effects.- 7. Persuasion, Propaganda and Information Warfare in the Digital Public Sphere.- 8. Transforming Cultures and International Conflict.- 9. Media, Soft Power and the Battle for Hearts and Minds.- Part 4 Structures and Organisation.- 10. Governance, Participation and Digital Identities in the Networked Age.- 11. News, PR and Parasocial Relations in the Interactive Era.- 12. Media Economics.- 13. Games, Play and the Politics of Participation.- 14. Data Analytics and Digital Ethnography.- 15. Media in the Post-Truth World.

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Mark Balnaves has worked in professorial roles in communication and media and is an expert on audience research. He is currently an adjunct research fellow with University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Western Australia.Daniel Baldino is Discipline Head of the Politics and International Relations program and an Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Western Australia. He specialises in violence, radicalisation and extremist studies, as well as misinformation and epistemic inquiry. He has held visiting scholar positions in Washington DC, Hawaii and Ottawa, and is currently an Associate Editor for the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism.

• Part 1 Convergences.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Technologizing the Word.- 3. Globalization in the Digital Age.- Part 2 Theories.- 4. Classics in Media and Effects.- 5. Classics in Media and Ideology.- 6. Classics in Reasoning about Information and its Ownership.- Part 3 Content, Audiences and Effects.- 7. Persuasion, Propaganda and Information Warfare in the Digital Public Sphere.- 8. Transforming Cultures and International Conflict.- 9. Media, Soft Power and the Battle for Hearts and Minds.- Part 4 Structures and Organisation.- 10. Governance, Participation and Digital Identities in the Networked Age.- 11. News, PR and Parasocial Relations in the Interactive Era.- 12. Media Economics.- 13. Games, Play and the Politics of Participation.- 14. Data Analytics and Digital Ethnography.- 15. Media in the Post-Truth World.

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