Culture of the Internet (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Kiesler, Sara

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

As we begin a new century, the astonishing spread of nationally and internationally accessible computer-based communication networks has touched the imagination of people everywhere. Suddenly, the Internet is in everyday parlance, featured in talk shows, in special business "technology" sections of major newspapers, and on the covers of national magazines. If the Internet is a new world of social behavior it is also a new world for those who study social behavior. This volume is a compendium of essays and research reports representing how researchers are thinking about the social processes of electronic communication and its effects in society. Taken together, the chapters comprise a first gathering of social psychological research on electronic communication and the Internet.

The authors of these chapters work in different disciplines and have different goals, research methods, and styles. For some, the emergence and use of new technologies represent a new perspective on social and behavioral processes of longstanding interest in their disciplines. Others want to draw on social science theories to understand technology. A third group holds to a more activist program, seeking guidance through research to improve social interventions using technology in domains such as education, mental health, and work productivity. Each of these goals has influenced the research questions, methods, and inferences of the authors and the "look and feel" of the chapters in this book.

Intended primarily for researchers who seek exposure to diverse approaches to studying the human side of electronic communication and the Internet, this volume has three purposes:
* to illustrate how scientists are thinking about the social processes and effects of electronic communication;
* to encourage research-based contributions to current debates on electronic communication design, applications, and policies; and
* to suggest, by example, how studies of electronic communication can contribute to social science itself.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317780380
• Artikelnr.: 40446558

Autorenporträt

Sara Kiesler

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: S. Kiesler
Preface. Part I:The Net as It Was and Might Become. J. King
R.E. Grinter
J.M. Pickering
The Rise and Fall of Netville: The Saga of a Cyberspace Construction Boomtown in the Great Divide. L. Sproull
S. Faraj
Atheism
Sex
and Databases: The Net as a Social Technology. M.D. Mehta
D.E. Plaza
Pornography in Cyberspace: An Exploration of What's in USENET. J. Manning
W. Scherlis
S. Kiesler
R. Kraut
T. Mukhopadhyay
BOX: Erotica on the Internet: Early Evidence From the HomeNet Trial. Y.M. Binik
J. Cantor
E. Ochs
M. Meana
From the Couch to the Keyboard: Psychotherapy in Cyberspace. Part II:Electronic Groups.N.K. Baym
Interpreting Soap Operas and Creating Community: Inside an Electronic Fan Culture. P. Curtis
Mudding: Social Phenomena in Text-Based Virtual Realities. S. Turkle
Constructions and Reconstructions of Self in Virtual Reality: Playing in the MUDs. K.D. Mickelson
Seeking Social Support: Parents in Electronic Support Group. B. Wellman
An Electronic Group Is Virtually a Social Network. Part III:Power and Influence.C.R. Kedzie
A Brave New World or a New World Order? P.J. Carnevale
T.M. Probst
Conflict on the Internet. R. Kling
BOX: Coordination
Control
and the Intranet. Part IV:Computer-Supported Cooperative Work.T. Connolly
Electronic Brainstorming: Science Meets Technology in the Group Meeting Room. S. Whittaker
C. Sidner
E-mail Overload: Exploring Personal Information Management of E-mail. W. Thorngate
BOX: More That We Can Know: The Attentional Economics of Internet Use. Part V:Networked Organizations. D. Constant
L. Sproull
S. Kiesler
The Kindness of Strangers: On the Usefulness of Electronic Weak Ties for Technical Advice. R.E. Kraut
P. Attewell
Media Use in a Global Corporation: Electronic Mail and Organizational Knowledge. L. Covi
R. Kling
Organizational Dimensions of Effective Digital Library Use: Closed Rational and Open Natural Systems Models. J.W. Schofield
A. Davidson
J.E. Stocks
G. Futoran
The Internet in School: A Case Study of Educator Demand and Its Precursors. Part VI: Differences in Access and Usage.J.P. Walsh
T. Bayma
Computer Networks and Scientific Work. T.K. Bikson
C.W.A. Panis
Computers and Connectivity: Current Trends.