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Social Networking

Redefining Communication in the Digital Age
  • ISBN-13: 9781611477382
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Edited by Anastacia Kurylo, Edited by Tatyana Dumova
  • Price: AUD $186.00
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/05/2016
  • Format: Hardback 202 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Media studies [JFD]
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Social Networking: Redefining Communication in the Digital Age fulfills a pressing demand in social network literature by bringing together international experts from the fields of communication, new media technologies, marketing and advertising, public relations and journalism, business, and education. In this volume contributors traces online social networking practices across national borders, cultural confines, and geographic limits. The book delves into the socioeconomic, political, cultural, and professional dimensions of social networking around the globe, and explores the similarities, distinctions, and specific characteristics of social media networks in diverse settings. The chapters offer an important contribution to the scholarly research on the uses and applications of online social networking around the world and pertain to a broad range of academic fields. Overall, the volume addresses a subject matter of keen interest to academics and practitioners alike and provides a much-needed forum for sharing innovative research practices and exchanging new ideas.
Acknowledgments List of Figures and Tables Foreword Robert Shuter Introduction: Social Networking Without Walls Anastacia Kurylo and Tatyana Dumova Chapter 1: Together and Apart: Social and Technical Networks Guy Merchant Chapter 2: The Application of Traditional Social Network Theory to Socially Interactive Technologies Corey Jay Liberman Chapter 3: Social Networking Sites, Self-Disclosure, and Personal Engagement Pamela J. Kalbfleisch Chapter 4: Mobile Social Networking Giuseppe Lugano Chapter 5: Students, the Ivory Tower, and Educational Uses of Social Networking Sites Anastacia Kurylo and Yifeng Hu Chapter 6: The Illusion of Control: A Historiographical Examination of Social Media, Bookmarking, and Perceived Control in the Digital Sphere Pamela E. Walck and Hans K. Meyer Chapter 7: Social Networking in Times of Crisis Hayley Watson, Kush Wadhwa, Lemi Baruh, and Salvatore Scifo Chapter 8: Social Networking Technologies and Social Movements Zeynep Gunel and Lemi Baruh Chapter 9: Networked Activism in China Zixue Tai Chapter 10: Social Network Research Methods: Approaches and Key Issues Tatyana Dumova Index About the Contributors
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