Social Networking: Redefining Communication in the Digital Age: Lemi Baruch: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press

Social Networking

Redefining Communication in the Digital Age

Social Networking

Redefining Communication in the Digital Age

Description

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 Günel andLemi 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

Product details

Published	Mar 04 2016
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	202
ISBN	9781611477382
Imprint	Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Illustrations	1 BW Illustration, 2 Tables
Dimensions	240 x 158 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Anastacia Kurylo

Anthology Editor

Tatyana Dumova

Contributor

Lemi Baruch

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Pamela Kalbfleisch

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Corey Liberman

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Guy Merchant

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Pamela E. Walck

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Giuseppe Lugano

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Zixue Tai

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Zeynep Günel

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Salvatore Scifo

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Hayley Watson

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Hans K. Meyer

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Yifeng Hu

Social Networking addresses a subject matter of keen interest to academics and practitioners alike and provides a much-needed forum for sharing innovative research.... Social Networking: Redefining Communication in the Digital Age is an impressive body of exceptional scholarship and a critically important contribution to professional and academic library Communication Studies reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists.

Midwest Book Review
To those seeking a fascinating book filled with various perspectives and ideas, I recommend Social Networking: Redefining Communication in the Digital Age.... I recommend this book to all undergraduate and graduate students, teachers, researchers, and anyone interested in social networking. Each chapter offers valuable information and carries an important perspective on social media and networking. There is much to be learned about the history of social media, where it is today, and where it will be tomorrow in all aspects of study.

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