Consalvo / Ess The Handbook of Internet Studies

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-4238-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
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 vii
Acknowledgments xii
Introduction: What is "Internet Studies"? 1
Charles Ess and Mia Consalvo
Part I Beyond the Great Divides? A Primer on InternetHistories, Methods, and Ethics 9
Introduction to Part I 11
Charles Ess
1 Studying the Internet Through the Ages 17
Barry Wellman
2 Web Archiving - Between Past, Present, and Future24
Niels Brügger
3 New Media, Old Methods - Internet Methodologies and theOnline/Offline Divide 43
Klaus Bruhn Jensen
4 The Internet in Everyday Life: Exploring the Tenets andContributions of Diverse Approaches 59
Maria Bakardjieva
5 Internet Research Ethics: Past, Present, and Future 83
Elizabeth A. Buchanan
Part II Shaping Daily Life: The Internet and Society109
Introduction to Part II 111
Mia Consalvo
6 Assessing the Internet's Impact on Language 117
Naomi S. Baron
7 Internet Policy 137
Sandra Braman
8 Political Discussion Online 168
Jennifer Stromer-Galley and Alexis Wichowski
9 Does the Internet Empower? A Look at the Internet andInternational Development 188
Deborah L. Wheeler
10 Internet and Health Communication 212
Lorna Heaton
11 Internet and Religion 232
Heidi Campbell
12 Indigenous Peoples on the Internet 251
Laurel Dyson
13 Queering Internet Studies: Intersections of Gender andSexuality 270
Janne Bromseth and Jenny Sundén
Part III Internet and Culture 301
Introduction to Part III 303
Mia Consalvo
14 Community and the Internet 309
Lori Kendall
15 MOOs to MMOs: The Internet and Virtual Worlds 326
Mia Consalvo
16 Internet, Children, and Youth 348
Sonia Livingstone
17 Internet and Games 369
T. L. Taylor
18 Social Networks 2.0 384
Nancy K. Baym
19 Newly Mediated Media: Understanding the Changing InternetLandscape of the Media Industries 406
P. David Marshall
20 Online Pornography: Ubiquitous and Effaced 424
Susanna Paasonen
21 Music and the Internet 440
Steve Jones
22 Why and How Online Sociability Became Part and Parcel ofTeenage Life 452
Marika Lüders
Index 470

Über Autor(innen)

Mia Consalvo is Canada Research Chair in Game Studies& Design at Concordia University, Canada.
Charles Ess is Associate Professor in Media Studies inthe Department of Media and Communication at Universityof Oslo, Norway.