Beschreibung
With a focus on social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Second Life, and YouTube, this book describes the theoretical and historical background of computer-mediated communication alongside the cultural changes occurring with the introduction of digital media in society. Special features including terms, examples, CMC theory, and suggestions for student exercises.
Autorenportrait
Susan B. Barnes is a full professor in the College of Liberal Arts and Associate Director of the Lab for Social Computing at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She has received numerous grants for both applied and theoretical research on the impact of computers in society. Her publications include
(2001) and
(2003),
with Marie Radford and Linda Barr (2002), and
with E. A. Konijn, S. Utz, M. Tanis (2008). This last book was the winner of a CHOICE Award and called «the most significant study or interpersonal communication to appear in the past 50 years».
Inhalt
Contents: Communicating Through the Internet – Social Networking – Online Presentation and Personal Branding – Social Norms – Misbehavior Online – Internet Relationships – Virtual Communities – The Interface Is the Marketplace – User-Generated Content and Remix Culture – Relationships and Social Capital – Social Issues and Social Networks – Social Network Generation.
