Digital Leisure, the Internet and Popular Culture

Communities and Identities in a Digital Age
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-40586-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 144 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 4041 g

Reihe: Leisure Studies in a Global Era

Spracklen explores the impact of the internet on leisure and leisure studies, examining the ways in which digital leisure spaces and activities have become part of everyday leisure. Covering a range of issues from social media and file-sharing to romance on the Internet, this book presents new theoretical directions for digital leisure.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Spracklen, Karl

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. A Brief History of Leisure and the Net 3. Leisure Studies and the Problem of the Net 4. Net Theory and Digital Leisure 5. A Theory of Digital Leisure 6. Identity Making and Social Media 7. File-Sharing and Net Ethics 8. Digital Leisure and Commodification 9. Digital Leisure and Communicative Leisure 10. Sex and Romance 11. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Karl Spracklen is Professor of Leisure Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. He has published papers on leisure, sport, tourism and identity and his previous publications include The Meaning and Purpose of Leisure and Sport and Challenges to Racism. New Books in Critical Theory have recently released a podcast about Professor Spracklen's book Whiteness and Leisure. You can listen to the interview, between Professor Spracklen and Dr Dave O'Brien, here: http://newbooksincriticaltheory.com/2014/09/12/karl-spracklen-whiteness-and-leisure-palgrave-macmillan-2013/