1. Edition - July 2010
ca. 135.- Euro
2010. 512 Pages, Hardcover
- Textbook -
ISBN-10: 1-4051-8588-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-8588-2 - John Wiley & Sons









Short description
The Handbook of Internet Studies brings together scholars from a variety of fields to explore the profound shift that has occurred in how we communicate and experience our world as we have moved from the industrial era into the age of digital media. Original essays address issues within topics such as Internet and Society, Internet and Culture, Foundations, Futures, and Theory.

From the contents
Notes on Editors and Contributors.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction (Robert Burnett, Mia Consalvo, and Charles Ess).

Part I: Beyond the Great Divides? A Primer on Internet Histories, Methods, and Ethics: Introduction to Part I (Charles Ess, Drury University; Aarhus University).

1. Studying the Internet Through the Ages, (Barry Wellman, University of Toronto).

2. Web Archiving - Between Past, Present, and Future (Niels Brügger, University of Aarhus).

3. New Media, Old Methods - Internet Methodologies and the Online/Offline Divide (Klaus Bruhn Jensen, University of Copenhagen).

4. The Internet in Everyday Life: Exploring the Tenets and Contributions of Diverse Approaches (Maria Bakardjieva, University of Calgary).

5. Internet Research Ethics: Past, Present, and Future (Elizabeth A. Buchanan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee).

Part II: Shaping Daily Life: The Internet and Society: Introduction to Part II (Mia Consalvo, Ohio University).

6. Assessing the Internet's Impact on Language (Naomi S. Baron, American University).

7. Internet Policy (Sandra Braman).

8. Political Discussion Online: Jennifer Stromer-Galley, University at Albany and Alexis Wichowski, University at Albany).

9. Does the Internet Empower? A Look at the Internet and International Development (Deborah L. Wheeler, United States Naval Academy).

10. Internet and Health Communication (Lorna Heaton, University of Montreal).

11. Internet and Religion (Heidi Campbell, Texas A&M University).

12. Indigenous Peoples on the Internet(Laurel Dyson, University of Technology, Sydney).

13. Queering Internet Studies: Intersections of Gender and Sexuality (Janne Bromseth, Uppsala University and Jenny Sundén Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm).

Part III: Internet and Culture: Introduction to Part III (Robert Burnett, Karlstad University).

14. Community and the Internet (Lori Kendall, University of Illinois).

15. MOOs to MMOs: The Internet and Virtual Worlds(Mia Consalvo, Ohio University).

16. Internet, Children, and Youth: Sonia Livingstone (London School of Economics and Political Science).

17. Internet and Games (T. L. Taylor, University of Copenhagen).

18. Social Networks 2.0 (Nancy K. Baym, University of Kansas).

19. Newly Mediated Media: Understanding the Changing Internet Landscape of the Media Industries (P. David Marshall, Deakin University).

20. Online Pornography Ubiquitous and Effaced (Susanna Paasonen, University of Helsinki).

21. Internet and Music (Robert Burnett, Karlstad University).

22. Why and How Online Sociability Became Part and Parcel of Teenage Life (Marika Lüders (SINTEF ICT)

Index.