The Handbook of Internet Studies

To fully understand the impact and significance of the Internet, it is essential to consider its historical, societal, and cultural contexts. This Handbook presents a wide range of original essays by established scholars in the field of Internet studies exploring the role of the internet in modern societies, and the continuing development of its academic study.
Presenting a range of standpoints intended to provide both introductory and more sophisticated frameworks for understanding the many areas of Internet research, the collection explores the history of the Internet, the Internet and society (including such topics as community, networks, law, identity, and politics), and the Internet and culture (including the media connection, news, entertainment, Web 2.0 and social media).
Within each section, individual chapters provide in–depth analysis of current research, debates and questions being raised in that particular sub–area. Chapters point to major findings in the area, as well as challenges and questions that the sub–area is currently grappling with. Concluding with a discussion of the future of the internet, the as yet unrealized potentials of current Internet–related technologies, and the impact of possible future technologies within both the developed and developing worlds, the Handbook of Internet Studies is thought–provoking and insightful reading for both students and researchers in the field.

Spis treści:
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.
Introduction to Part I (Charles Ess).
1. Studying the Internet Through the Ages (Barry Wellman).
2. Web Archiving – Between Past, Present, and Future (Niels Brügger).
3. New Media, Old Methods – Internet Methodologies and the Onli ne/Offline Divide (Klaus Bruhn Jensen).
4. The Internet in Everyday Life: Exploring the Tenets and Contributions of Diverse Approaches (Maria Bakardjieva).
5. Internet Research Ethics: Past, Present, and Future (Elizabeth A. Buchanan).
Part II: Shaping Daily Life: The Internet and Society.
Introduction to Part II (Mia Consalvo).
6. Assessing the Internet’s Impact on Language (Naomi S. Baron).
7. Internet Policy (Sandra Braman).
8. Political Discussion Online (Jennifer Stromer–Galley and Alexis Wichowski).
9. Does the Internet Empower? A Look at the Internet and International Development (Deborah L. Wheeler).
10. Internet and Health Communication (Lorna Heaton, University of Montreal).
11. Internet and Religion (Heidi Campbell).
12. Indigenous Peoples on the Internet (Laurel Dyson).
13. Queering Internet Studies: Intersections of Gender and Sexuality (Janne Bromseth).
Part III: Internet and Culture.
Introduction to Part III (Mia Consalvo).
14. Community and the Internet (Lori Kendall).
15. MOOs to MMOs: The Internet and Virtual Worlds (Mia Consalvo).
16. Internet, Children, and Youth (Sonia Livingstone).
17. Internet and Games (T. L. Taylor).
18. Social Networks 2.0 (Nancy K. Baym).
19. Newly Mediated Media: Understanding the Changing Internet Landscape of the Media Industries (P. David Marshall).
20. Online Pornography: Ubiquitous and Effaced (Susanna Paasonen).
21. Music and the Internet (Robert Burnett).
22. Why and How Online Sociability Became Part and Parcel of Teenage Life (Marika Lüders).
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Robert Burnett is Professor and Research Chair of Media and Communication Studies at Karlstad University, Sweden.
Mia Consalvo is Associate Professor i n the School of Media Arts and Studies at Ohio University.
Charles Ess is Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Drury University, Springfield, Missouri, USA. He is also Professor MSO in the Information and Media Studies Department at Aarhus University in Denmark.

Okładka tylna:
To fully understand the impact and significance of the Internet, it is essential to consider its historical, societal, and cultural contexts. This Handbook presents a wide range of original essays by established scholars in the field of Internet studies exploring the role of the internet in modern societies, and the continuing development of its academic study.
Presenting a range of standpoints intended to provide both introductory and more sophisticated frameworks for understanding the many areas of Internet research, the collection explores the history of the Internet, the Internet and society (including such topics as community, networks, law, identity, and politics), and the Internet and culture (including the media connection, news, entertainment, Web 2.0 and social media).
Within each section, individual chapters provide in–depth analysis of current research, debates and questions being raised in that particular sub–area. Chapters point to major findings in the area, as well as challenges and questions that the sub–area is currently grappling with. Concluding with a discussion of the future of the internet, the as yet unrealized potentials of current Internet–related technologies, and the impact of possible future technologies within both the developed and developing worlds, the Handbook of Internet Studies is thought–provoking and insightful reading for both students and researchers in the field.