Description |
1 online resource (622 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; The New Media, the New Meanwhile, and the Same Old Stories; Introduction; Are Instant Messages Speech?; From MUDs to MMORPGs: The History of Virtual Worlds; Visual Iconic Patterns of Instant Messaging: Steps Towards Understanding Visual Conversations; Research in e-Science and Open Access to Data and Information; Toward Information Infrastructure Studies: Ways of Knowing in a Networked Environment; From Reader to Writer: Citizen Journalism as News Produsage; The Mereology of Digital Copyright |
Summary |
This handbook, the first of its kind, is a detailed introduction to the numerous academic perspectives we can apply to the study of the internet as a political, social and communicative phenomenon. Covering both practical and theoretical angles, established researchers from around the world discuss everything: the foundations of internet research appear alongside chapters on understanding and analyzing current examples of online activities and artifacts. The material covers all continents and explores in depth subjects such as networked gaming, economics and the law. The sheer scope and breadt |
Analysis |
Internet research |
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Internet research |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
In |
Springer eBooks |
Subject |
Internet research.
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Social sciences.
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data processing.
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computer science.
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social sciences.
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COMPUTERS -- Online Services -- Resource Directories.
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COMPUTERS -- System Administration -- Storage & Retrieval.
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Informatique.
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Internet research
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Internet
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Sozialwissenschaften
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Social Media
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Einfluss
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Internationaler Vergleich
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Internet.
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Datakommunikation.
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Internet -- handbok, manualer, etc.
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Datakommunikation -- handbok, manualer, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Hunsinger, Jeremy.
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Klastrup, Lisbeth.
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Allen, Matthew, 1965-
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LC no. |
2009930953 |
ISBN |
9781402097898 |
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1402097891 |
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9781402097881 |
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1402097883 |
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9400793952 |
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9789400793958 |
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