Jennie, A couple of good general discussions are: Marshall, Jonathan. "The Online Body Breaks Out? Asence, Ghosts, Cyborgs, Gender, Polarity and Politics." Fibreculture Issue 3, 2004. http://journal.fibreculture.org/issue3/issue3_marshall.html Zhao, Shanyang & Elesh, D. "Copresence as 'Being With': Social Contact in Online Public Domains." Information, Communication & Society, V. 11, No. 4 June 2008, pp 565-583. These aren't focused on particular technologies so much, but more generally on the emotional challenges of online sociality. Also, this book came out last year and is quite good, has another piece by Marshall in it: Remote Relationships in a Small World Holland, Samantha (ed.) New York: Peter Lang (2008) How do people have relationships when they are apart, or develop them when they've never even met? From MySpace and weblogs to romance and sexuality, this book draws together a range of studies on <remote relationships>, investigating the intricate, intimate ways that people forge connections online. The term 'remote' refers to the technologies that facilitate forms of communication, and also underlines the lack of physicality involved in these relationships, developed at a distance. Using empirical data, these collected essays explore a wide variety of relationships, examining the methodological and ethical issues that researchers face. Remote Relationships in a Small World, part of a new generation of online studies, responds to the need for research that focuses on social relationships. Contents Jayne Armstrong: Researching DIY Grrrl (E)Zine Culture: A Methodological and Ethical Account - Andrea J. Baker/Monica T. Whitty: Researching Romance and Sexuality Online: Issues for New and Current Researchers - Janet Finlay/Lynette Willoughby: Exploring Online Learning Relationships: A Case Study in Higher Education - Simeon J. Yates/Eleanor Lockley: Moments of Separation: Gender, (Not So Remote) Relationships, and the Cell Phone - Natilene Bowker: Participating in the World (Wide Web): Social Connections for People with Disabilities - Samantha Holland/Julie Harpin: <It's Only MySpace>: Teenagers and Social Networking Online - Lilia Efimova/Andrea Ben Lassoued: On How Relationships Develop via Weblogs: A Co-constructed Narrative - Naomi Rosh White/Peter B. White: Remote Relationships as Theatre: Travellers and Group E-mails - Rhiannon Bury: Remotely Embodied Friendships in Female Fan Communities - Jonathan Paul Marshall: Cybermind: Paradoxes of Gender and Relationship in an Online Group - David Jacobson: <Two Levels of Personal>: The Cultural Context of Intimacy in Instant Messaging - Dennis D. Waskul/Phillip Vannini: Ludic and Ludic(rous) Relationships: Sex, Play, and the Internet - Sarah Earle/Keith Sharp: Online Relations between the Men Who Pay for Sex - Marcus Wigan: A Remote Marriage: The Theory and Practice of Being Apart and Staying Together. Reviews <This volume provides excellent analyses of a wide range of mediated relationships from some of the best researchers in the field. Anyone interested in online relationships, sociality, or identity will want to own this book.> (Lori Kendall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Best, Kim On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Jennie Hwang <jmhwang@calpoly.edu> wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
I am starting a literature review on social presence (esp. in relation to new communication technologies, such as cell phones, text messaging, chat programs, etc.). Hence, I am trying to find good academic texts that present the history of research on this topic, current trends, and suggestions for future research. Does anyone know some good texts with which I can start?
Please feel free to contact me if you have any interesting suggestions.
Thank you, jennie
| jennie hwang, phd assistant professor, communication studies cal poly, san luis obispo 805/756-2289 |
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