I¹ve found a book entitled Connecting: How We Form Social Bonds and Communities in the Internet Age by Mary Chayko to be a useful high-level overview that puts internet communities into the context of both our everyday and less usual relationships. It blurs the binary online/offline distinctions very nicely. M-H On 7/08/09 5:50 AM, "Nicole Ellison" <nellison@msu.edu> wrote:
Hi all,
I am currently putting together my syllabus for a PhD-level seminar focusing on the Internet and social relationships, and am interested in seeing similar syllabi or recommendations for scholarship that should be included. To give you a sense of the topic, currently I plan to include readings on the following: historical overview of technology & social interactions; social networks & how they are reshaped by communication technologies, self-presentation and impression formation processes, online/offline interactions, friendship, and new theorizing about the topic. I currently am considering work by Wellman, Walther, Baym, Baron, boyd, and others whose last names do not start with W or B. Please send me suggestions you might have for pieces you feel are particularly important, interesting, or innovative. Alternatively I'd love to see syllabi for related classes, grad or undergrad.
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