The Handbook of Internet Studies

Ed. by Mia Consalvo, Mia and Charles Ess

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Handbooks in Communication and Media
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A405185880
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 516
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1075g
• ISBN-13: 9781405185882
• ISBN-10: 1405185880
• Artikelnr.: 26619426

Autorenporträt

Robert Burnett is Professor and Research Chair of Media and Communication Studies at Karlstad University, Sweden. He is the author of Concentration and Diversity in the International Phonogram Industry (Gothenburg 1990), The Global Jukebox: The International Music Industry (Routledge 1996), Web Theory: an Introduction (Routledge 2003), and co-editor of Perspectives on Multimedia: Communication, Media and Information Technology (Wiley 2004). He has been a visiting professor in Australia, Canada, Italy, Norway, Scotland, U.S.A. and Zimbabwe Mia Consalvo is an Associate Professor in the School of Telecommunications at Ohio University. She is the author of Cheating: Gaining Advantage in Videogames (MIT Press, forthcoming), and was executive editor of the Association of Internet Researchers' Research Annual series. She has also edited the volume Women and Everyday Uses of the Internet: Agency and Identity with Susanna Paasonen. Her research focuses on cheating and games, and the hybrid character of the global games industry. Charles Ess is Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Drury University, Springfield, Missouri, USA. He has published extensively, both as an author and as an editor, in various domains of research on computer-mediated communication, including cultural dimensions (Culture, Technology, Communication: Towards an Intercultural Global Village (SUNY Press, 2001) and several special issues of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication), religious dimensions, and ethical dimensions. Currently Vice-President of the Association of Internet Researchers, he will become President in October, 2007, with primary responsibilities for organizing the AoIR annual conferences in 2007 and 2008. He has served as a guest professor at IT-University (Copenhagen, Denmark) and the University of Trier (Germany): he will further serve as a guest professor at the University of Nîmes (France) and Aarhus University (Denmark) in 2007.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Notes on Editors and Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction:
Charles Ess and Mia Consalvo Part I: Beyond the Great Divides? A Primer on
Internet Histories, Methods, and Ethics Part II: Shaping Daily Life: The
Internet and Society Part III: Internet and Culture Index