The Handbook of Internet Studies

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.

Informationen zum Autor Mia Consalvo is Canada Research Chair in Game Studies & Design at Concordia University, Canada. Charles Ess is Associate Professor in Media Studies in the Department of Media and Communication at University of Oslo, Norway. Klappentext 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. Presents a wide range of original essays by established scholars in everything from online ethics to ways in which indigenous peoples now use the Internet Looks at the role of the internet in modern societies, and the continuing development of internet studies as an academic field Explores Internet studies through history, society, culture, and the future of online media Provides introductory frameworks to ground and orientate the student, while also providing more experienced scholars with a convenient and comprehensive overview of the latest trends and critical directions in the many areas of Internet research "Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty." ( Choice , 1 April 2012) "Together, the comprehensive and quite thought-provoking individual essays provide richly insightful perspectives into the extent to which the internet is hsaping and being shaped by human cultures and societies, and the various ways in which scholars might consider and approach such processes." ( Digital Journalism, June 2013) Zusammenfassung 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. Presents a wide range of original essays by established scholars in everything from online ethics to ways in which indigenous peoples now use the Internet Looks at the role of the internet in modern societies, and the continuing development of internet studies as an academic field Explores Internet studies through history, society, culture, and the future of online media Provides introductory frameworks to ground and orientate the student, while also providing more experienced scholars with a convenient and comprehensive overview of the latest trends and critical directions in the many areas of Internet research Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Editors and Contributors viiAcknowledgments xiiIntroduction: What is "Internet Studies"? 1Charles Ess and Mia ConsalvoPart I Beyond the Great Divides? A Primer on Internet Histories, Methods, and Ethics 9Introduction to Part I 11Charles Ess1 Studying the Internet Through the Ages 17Barry Wellman2 Web Archiving - Between Past, Present, and Future 24Niels Brügger3 New Media, Old Methods - Internet Methodologies and the Online/Offline Divide 43Klaus Bruhn Jensen4 The Internet in Everyday Life: Exploring the Tenets and Contributions of Diverse Approaches 59Maria Bakardjieva5 Internet Research Ethics: Past, Present, and Future 83Elizabeth A. BuchananPart II Shaping Daily Life: The Internet and Society 109Introduction to Part II 111Mia Consalvo6 Assessing the Internet's Impact on Language 117Naomi S. Baron7 Internet Policy 137Sandra Braman8 Political Discussion Online 168Jennifer Stromer-Galley and Alexis Wichowski9 Does the Internet Empower? A Look at the Internet and International Development 188Deborah L. Wheeler10 Internet and Health Communication 212Lorna Heaton11 Internet and Religion 232Heidi Campbell12 Indigenous Peoples on the Internet 251Laurel Dyson13 Queering Internet Studies: Intersections of Gender and Sexuality 270Janne Bromseth and Jenny SundénPart III Internet and Culture 301Introduction to Part III 303Mia Consalvo14 Com...

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Mia Consalvo is Canada Research Chair in Game Studies & Design at Concordia University, Canada.

Charles Ess is Associate Professor in Media Studies in the Department of Media and Communication at University of Oslo, Norway.

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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 Internet Histories, 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 Future 24 Niels Brügger 3 New Media, Old Methods - Internet Methodologies and the Online/Offline Divide 43 Klaus Bruhn Jensen 4 The Internet in Everyday Life: Exploring the Tenets and Contributions 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 Society 109 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 and International 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 and Sexuality 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 Internet Landscape 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 of Teenage Life 452 Marika Lüders Index 470