• Introducing Media 3.0: this edition canvasses the rise and increasing dominance of new forms of communication that will place media users of all kinds at the centre of their own mediaspheres
• New and updated case studies and examples throughout to reflect the current media environment. 
• Significant updates to chapter 17: Ethics and Communication with new content on media ownership, ethics and the digital journalist, the MEAA/AJA Code of Ethics, the Australian Press Council and the Finkelstein Inquiry.
• Updated with additional content on social media, apps and locative media, the News of the World scandal, the current state of digital radio and recent trends in PR including brand journalism
• Summary of key points, and revision and reflection questions are now included at the end of each chapter

Contributors:

Tim Dwyer: Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communications, the University of Sydney

Sarah Gillman: has worked in the Australian media for more than three decades, including work as a

political and legal reporter, news editor, producer, researcher, broadcaster and freelance journalist. 

Carolyn Beasley: Lecturer, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology