A Companion to New Media Dynamics presents a state-of-the-art collection of multidisciplinary readings that examine the origins, evolution, and cultural underpinnings of the media of the digital age in terms of dynamic change * Presents a state-of-the-art collection of original readings relating to new media in terms of dynamic change * Features interdisciplinary contributions encompassing the sciences, social sciences, humanities and creative arts * Addresses a wide range of issues from the ownership and regulation of new media to their form and cultural uses * Provides readers with a glimpse of new media dynamics at three levels of scale: the 'macro' or system level; the 'meso' or institutional level; and 'micro' or agency level