[Air-L] Basic intro/survey article on "what is new media?"

[Daren Carroll Brabham]

Hi everyone,
 
We have a freshman interest group course for aspiring communication majors in our department, and I've been asked to visit the class to give a very basic overview of new media studies.  The instructor for the course is asking me if I know of any good article or book chapter that could serve as that day's assigned reading.  Unfortunately, I know of only a few of these kinds of articles, and all of them are (by new media standards) old as heck:  2003 and earlier.  Does anyone know of a very recent article or book chapter they could point me to that provides an overview of new media studies, a "state of the research" article, or something that begins to answer in broad terms "What is new media studies?"  ...or even a good online resource...?
 
Thanks!
 
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Daren C. Brabham
Graduate Teaching Fellow
Department of Communication
University of Utah
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Salt Lake City, UT  84112
phone:  (801) 633-4796
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