Hi, I've used "Computer-Mediated Communication" by Thurlow, Lengel and Tomic for the last 4 years in my Social Impacts of New Media class. We only use about half the content and cover it all in the first third of the semester. For the remaining time, I use topic-specific readings (mostly online) covering issues I think are interesting and important. This approach works well for me as I think the students like the reassurance of a textbook and it reviews the relevant theoretical literature well (and certainly lets us cover more ground than primary sources would). But the combination approach gives me more flexibility, allows me to update the readings (useful since the book is getting a bit dated), and exposes the students to different perspectives. This has worked well for me. Good luck! N. Denise N. Rall writes:
Mohammad -
The David Bell book (below) places cyberculture studies into a coherent context from the framework of two major theorists in the field. However it covers other texts as well (see treatment of Bakardjieva, M. (2005). Internet society: The internet in everyday life. London, Sage.)
Also covers Steve Jones' contributions. Overall, it is more a critical treatment and not a sociological text as such. Back references to Goffman, De Certeau, Lyotard, Winner, Gibson helpful for those students who think cyberculture appeared in 1999 ;-)
Bell, D., Ed. (2007). Cyberculture theorists: Castells and Haraway. London, Routledge.
Yes I see your point that material has fragmented and those useful texts are not updated to 2008.
There were two anthologies of digital media produced recently. You might quickly review David Silver's website, the resource center for cyberculture studies. http://rccs.usfca.edu/
He will have the latest publications and reviews as well.
Cheers, Denise
Denise N. Rall, PhD. Internationalisation Project Officer Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Office: Room T2.17, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/staff/pages/drall/ Presenter, Internet Research 9.0, 15-18 October 2008, Copenhagen, DK
--- On Thu, 18/9/08, Mohammad H. Hasani <mh_hasani@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Mohammad H. Hasani <mh_hasani@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Air-L] text suggestions? To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Received: Thursday, 18 September, 2008, 4:03 AM I suggest online texts; Here is an online course syllabus. You may also wanted to see Wellman's articles and The Internet Galaxy by Castells(still partially useful). � Regards, Mohammad H. Hasani Internet Research Director Zanjan ICT Incubator, IASBS
--- On Mon, 9/15/08, Karen Farquharson <KFarquharson@groupwise.swin.edu.au> wrote:
From: Karen Farquharson <KFarquharson@groupwise.swin.edu.au> Subject: [Air-L] text suggestions? To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Date: Monday, September 15, 2008, 4:32 PM
I teach an internet and society subject and I'm looking for a text for next year. The subject covers a variety of topics (e.g., social networking, identity, romance, games, politics, social movements) and I'm interested in a book that covers topics like those from a sociological perspective. I used _The Internet in Everyday Life_ a couple of year ago and it worked well but is now a bit out of date.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Karen
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