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Introduction: Media Studies Gone Wrong -- Two Trajectories: The Rise Of Mass Media And Computing -- The Material Revolution: Becoming Digital -- The Ecological Revolution: Convergence And Hybridity -- The Cultural Revolution: The Post-broadcast Era -- The Me-dia Revolution: The Second Reformation -- Mass Media Studies: The Rise Of Duck Science -- The Emperor's Old Clothes: Why Media Studies Didn't Work -- Upgrading The Discipline: Media Studies 2.0 -- The 21st Century Discipline: User Studies And The Productive Turn -- Open-sourcing Knowledge: Towards A University 2.0 -- Conclusion: Shit Just Got Real. William Merrin. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.