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Author:   Mark Graham (Director of Research and Senior Research Fellow, Director of Research and Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford) ,  William H. Dutton (Professor of Internet Studies, Professor of Internet Studies, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.652kg
ISBN:  

9780199662005

ISBN 10:   0199662002
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   29 May 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Manuel Castells: Foreword Mark Graham and William H. Dutton: Introduction Part I. Internet Studies Of Everyday Life 1: Aleks Krotoski: Inventing the Internet: Scapegoat, Sin Eater, and Trickster 2: Grant Blank And William Dutton: Next Generation Internet Users: A New Digital Divide 3: Bernie Hogan And Barry Wellman: The Conceptual Foundations of Social Network Sites and the Emergence of the Relational Self-Portrait 4: Victoria Nash: The Politics of Children s Internet Use 5: Lisa Nakamura: Gender and Race Online Part II. Information And Culture On The Line 6: Mark Graham: Internet Geographies: Data Shadows and Digital Divisions of Labour 7: Gillian Bolsover, William H. Dutton, Ginette Law, And Soumitra Dutta: China and the US in the New Internet World: A Comparative Perspective 8: Nic Newman, William H. Dutton, And Grant Blank: Social Media and the News: Implications for the Press and Society 9: Sung Wook Ji And David Waterman: The Impact of the Internet on Media Industries: An Economic Perspective 10: Ralph Schroeder: Big Data: Towards a More Scientific Social Science and Humanities? Part III. Networked Politics And Governments 11: Miriam Lips: Transforming Government by Default? 12: Stephen Coleman And Jay Blumler: The Wisdom of Which Crowd? On the Pathology of a Digital Democracy Initiative for a Listening Government 13: Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon: Online Social Networks and Bottom-up Politics 14: Helen Margetts, Scott A. Hale, Taha Yasseri: Big Data and Collective Action 15: Elizabeth Dubois And William H. Dutton: Empowering Citizens of the Internet Age: The Role of a Fifth Estate Part IV: Networked Businesses, Industries AND Economies 16: Greg Taylor: Scarcity of Attention for a Medium of Abundance: An Economic Perspective 17: Richard Susskind: The Internet in the Law: Transforming Problem-Solving and Education 18: Laura Mann: The Digital Divide and Employment: The Case of the Sudanese Labour Market 19: Mark Graham: A Critical Perspective on the Potential of the Internet at the Margins of the Global Economy Part V. Technological And Regulatory Histories And Futures 20: Eli M. Noam: Next-Generation Content for Next-Generation Networks 21: Christopher Millard: Data Privacy in the Clouds 22: Laura Denardis: The Social Media Challenge to Internet Governance 23: Yorick Wilks: Beyond the Internet and Web

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I highly recommend this first edition to students who need a comprehensive overview of the field of Internet Studies, or those who seek new ideas and perspectives from other Internet scholars. * Alvin Y. Zhou, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Information, Communication & Society *

Author Information

Mark Graham is a geographer and a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute. He is a also the Director of Research at the Oxford Internet Institute and a Visiting Research Associate at the University of Oxford's School of Geography and the Environment. William H. Dutton is Professor of Internet Studies at the University of Oxford's Internet Institute, and a Professorial Fellow at Balliol College. He received a lifetime achievement award for his role as founding director of the OII, and the International Communication Association's Fred Williams prize for contributions to the study of communication and technology.

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