Social networking : redefining communication in the digital age / edited by Anastacia Kurylo and Tatyana Dumova.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kurylo, Anastacia, editor.

Dumova, Tatyana, 1962- editor.

Series:

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in communication studies

The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in communication studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Online social networks.

Social media.

Social movements--Technological innovations.

Social movements.

Social networks--Research--Methodology.

Social networks.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

xii, 189 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2016]

Summary:

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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Foreword / Robert Shuter

Introduction: social networking without walls / Anastacia Kurylo and Tatyana Dumova

Together and apart : social and technical networks / Guy Merchant

The application of traditional social network theory to socially interactive technologies / Corey Jay Liberman

Social networking sites, self-disclosure, and personal engagement / Pamela J. Kalbfleisch

Mobile social networking / Giuseppe Lugano

Students, the ivory tower, and educational uses of social networking sites / Anastacia Kurylo and Yifeng Hu

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

Social networking in times of crisis / Hayley Watson, Kush Wadhwa, Lemi Baruh, and Salvatore Scifo

Social networking technologies and social movements / Zeynep Günel and Lemi Baruh

Networked activism in china / Zixue Tai

Social network research methods : approaches and key issues / Tatyana Dumova

Index

About the contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Social networking.

ISBN:

9781611477382

1611477387

9781611477405

1611477409

OCLC:

930683498