Embedding into our lives : new opportunities and challenges of the Internet / editors, Louis Leung, Anthony Y.H. Fung, Paul S.N. Lee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leung, Louis (Louis W.)

Fung, Anthony Y. H.

Lee, Paul S. N.

Series:

Academic monograph on social sciences. Media studies

Academic monograph on social sciences/media studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet.

Internet governance.

Online journalism.

Internet in public administration.

Physical Description:

xv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Chinese University Press, [2009]

Summary:

No longer the exclusive domain of the wealthy, the specialist, or the enthusiast, today the Internet is available to almost anyone who desires to use it and has become an integral part of our everyday world. The essays in this volume examine the effect of the online environment on our social lives via three analytical frameworks: fit, link, and position. They address the way in which the Internet has become an entrenched part of our personal and professional world and a vital tool on which we are increasingly dependent. The volume also explores the capacity of the Internet to embody our economic, cultural, and political "position" online. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I The "Fitting" Capacity of the Internet into Our Lives

1 Internet Usage Patterns: An Examination of How Interactive Features and Processes Are Utilized in the United States / Sally J. McMillan 3

2 The Roles and Importance of Internet Activities, New Media Use, and Leisure Participation on Leisure Satisfaction / Louis Leung, Paul S. N. Lee 27

3 The Socio-Economic Impact of Intelligent Spaces: Who Is in Control? / Michael Lyons 53

Part II The "Linking" Capacity of the Internet to the Outside World

4 Surfing the News: The Internet and Traditional News Consumption / Lars Willnat 83

5 Examining the Use of and Preference for Online News in the Context of Intermedia Competition / Hsiang Iris Chyi, Jay Hao-Chieh Chang 101

6 Online Journalism: The Psychology of Mass Communication on the Web / S. Shyam Sundar 127

7 The Effects of Context Clutter and Advertising Repetition on Attitudinal and Behavioral Changes toward an Online Advertisement / Vicky Wing Kei Ng, Hsiang Iris Chyi 145

8 Questioning Dis-intermediation: Rethinking the Internet's Political Economy / Korinna Patelis 165

9 Online Games, Cyberculture and Community: The Deterritorization and Crystallization of Community Space / Anthony Y. H. Fung 189

Part III Capacity of the Internet to Enhance Our "Position"

10 Reconstructing E-government / Sharon Strover, Karen Gustafson 209

11 Good Governance through E-governance? - Assessing China's E-government Strategy / Junhua Zhang 235

12 The 2004 European Parliament Election, the Internet and Emergence of a European Public Sphere / Nicholas W. Jankowski, Renée van Os 269

13 Shifting Approaches to Governing E-commerce: From Promoting New Technology to Controlling Uses / Stephen D. McDowell 297

14 The Development of E-commerce in Online News Media: Toward a Core Partnership Strategy / Alice Y. L. Lee, Clement Y. K. So 323

15 The Role of the Internet in Cultural Identity / George A. Barnett 347.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

962996368X

9789629963682

OCLC:

226360339