Consalvo / Ess The Handbook of Internet Studies

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1487-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 512 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Handbooks in Communication and Media

The Handbook of Internet Studies brings togetherscholars from a variety of fields to explore the profoundshift that has occurred in how we communicate and experience ourworld as we have moved from the industrial era into the age ofdigital media.
* Presents a wide range of original essays by establishedscholars in everything from online ethics to ways inwhich indigenous peoples now use the Internet
* Looks at the role of the internet in modern societies, and thecontinuing development of internet studies as an academicfield
* Explores Internet studies through history, society, culture,and the future of online media
* Provides introductory frameworks to ground and orientate thestudent, while also providing more experienced scholars with aconvenient and comprehensive overview of the latest trends andcritical directions in the many areas of Internet research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Consalvo, Mia

Ess, Charles

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Editors and Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction (Charles Ess and Mia Consalvo).
Part I: Beyond the Great Divides? A Primer on InternetHistories, Methods, and Ethics.
Introduction to Part I (Charles Ess).
1. Studying the Internet Through the Ages (BarryWellman).
2. Web Archiving - Between Past, Present, and Future(Niels Brügger).
3. New Media, Old Methods - Internet Methodologies and theOnline/Offline Divide (Klaus Bruhn Jensen).
4. The Internet in Everyday Life: Exploring the Tenets andContributions of Diverse Approaches (Maria Bakardjieva).
5. Internet Research Ethics: Past, Present, and Future(Elizabeth A. Buchanan).
Part II: Shaping Daily Life: The Internet andSociety.
Introduction to Part II (Mia Consalvo).
6. Assessing the Internet's Impact on Language (NaomiS. Baron).
7. Internet Policy (Sandra Braman).
8. Political Discussion Online (Jennifer Stromer-Galley andAlexis Wichowski).
9. Does the Internet Empower? A Look at the Internet andInternational Development (Deborah L. Wheeler).
10. Internet and Health Communication (Lorna Heaton).
11. Internet and Religion (Heidi Campbell).
12. Indigenous Peoples on the Internet (LaurelDyson).
13. Queering Internet Studies: Intersections of Gender andSexuality (Janne Bromseth and Jenny Sundén).
Part III: Internet and Culture.
Introduction to Part III (Mia Consalvo).
14. Community and the Internet (Lori Kendall).
15. MOOs to MMOs: The Internet and Virtual Worlds (MiaConsalvo).
16. Internet, Children, and Youth (SoniaLivingstone).
17. Internet and Games (T. L. Taylor).
18. Social Networks 2.0 (Nancy K. Baym).
19. Newly Mediated Media: Understanding the Changing InternetLandscape of the Media Industries (P. David Marshall).
20. Online Pornography: Ubiquitous and Effaced (SusannaPaasonen).
21. Music and the Internet (RobertBurnett).
22. Why and How Online Sociability Became Part and Parcel ofTeenage Life (Marika Lüders).
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Burnett is Professor and Research Chair of Media andCommunication Studies at Karlstad University, Sweden.
Mia Consalvo is Associate Professor in the School ofMedia Arts and Studies at Ohio University.
Charles Ess is Distinguished Research Professor,Interdisciplinary Studies, and Professor of Philosophy andReligion, Drury University, Springfield, Missouri, USA. He is alsoProfessor MSO in the Information and Media Studies Department atAarhus University in Denmark.