Handbook of Ne Media Student Edition [Paperback]

Thoroughly revised and updated, this Student Edition of the successful Handbook of New Media has been abridged to showcase the best of the hardback edition. This Handbook sets out boundaries of new media research and scholarship and provides a definitive statement of the current state-of-the-art of the field. Covering major problem areas of research, the Handbook of New Media includes an introductory essay by the editors and a concluding essay by Ron Rice. Each chapter, written by an internationally renowned scholar, provides a review of the most significant social research findings and insights.

Thoroughly revised and updated, this Student Edition of the successful Handbook of New Media has been abridged to showcase the best of the hardback edition. This Handbook sets out boundaries of new media research and scholarship and provides a definitive statement of the current state-of-the-art of the field. Covering major problem areas of research, the Handbook of New Media includes an introductory essay by the editors and a concluding essay by Ron Rice. Each chapter, written by an internationally renowned scholar, provides a review of the most significant social research findings and insights.

Part One: New Media, Culture and Society
Interpersonal Life Online - Nancy Baym
Creating Community with Media: History, Theories and Scientific Investigations - Nicholas W Jankowski
Children and New Media - David Buckingham
Perspectives on Internet Use - Ronald E Rice and Caroline Haythornthwaite
Access, Involvement and Interaction
New Media and Small Group Organizing - Andrea B Hollingshead and Noshir S Contractor
Culture and New Media: A Historical View - Mark Poster
Cultural Studies and Communicatiolƒp