This book offers a comprehensive analysis about the influence of digital technologies on journalism and art and a reflection on the way these forms of communication may intertwine during the twenty-first century. Throughout it chapters, it studies cases that range from the publication of Martin Luther's Ninety Five Theses (1517) and Thomas Paine's Common Sense (1776) to events like the Iranian Green Summer (2009) and the Arab Spring (2010); and the legacy of artists like Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel, Francisco de Goya, Oscar Wilde, H.G. Wells, George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Gabriel Garcia Marquez amongst many others. It also exposes and contrasts the views of different theorists including Manuel Castells, Malcolm Gladwell, Clay Shirky, Evgeny Morozov, Neil Postman, Ken Robinson, Christopher Hitchens, Bob Stein, Michael Heim or Lev Manovich.