Hi everyone, We are currently looking to fill 4 positions in Future Media at Salford - A Professor and a Lecturer in the School of Media, Music and Performance and the same in the School of Computing, Science and Engineering. I thought this might be of interest - you can find the advertisement on jobs.ac.uk and in on the Guardian and Times Higher websites. Details can be obtained from the University of Salford HR site here: https://jobs.salford.ac.uk/vacancies.php?cat=ac Best, Ben Ben Light Professor of Digital Media Director: IS, Organisation and Society Research Centre Acting Head of School - Research School of Media, Music and Performance University of Salford Adelphi House SALFORD M3 6EN Tel. +44 (0)161 295 5443 www.benlight.org <http://www.benlight.org/> www.smmp.salford.ac.uk <http://www.smmp.salford.ac.uk/> www.isos.salford.ac.uk <http://www.isos.salford.ac.uk/> <http://www.smmp.salford.ac.uk/> <http://www.business.salford.ac.uk/> ________________________________ From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org on behalf of Celina.Raffl@sbg.ac.at Sent: Sat 16/05/2009 11:42 To: ted.coopman@gmail.com; air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Textbook Suggestion Needed I would like to recommend "Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age" (Routledge) by Christian Fuchs (2008).
From the introduction:
The Internet is ubiquitous in everyday life. [...] How has this system transformed our lives and our society? What are the positive effects? What are the negative ones? Which opportunities and risks for the development of society and social systems are there? This book tries to contribute in helping people to find their own answers to such questions. Its main goal is to work out a theoretical understanding of the relationship of Internet and society. For further information visit: http://fuchs.icts.sbg.ac.at/i&s.html :: Celina -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org im Auftrag von Ted Coopman Gesendet: Sa 5/16/2009 02:23 An: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Betreff: [Air-L] Textbook Suggestion Needed All, I am teaching an upper division Internet Communication (theory) course online in the fall and am interested in suggestions for a basic textbook/reader. In the past I have used Thurlow, C., Lengel, L., & Tomic, A. (2004). Computer-mediated communication: Social interaction and the internet. London: Sage. My students did not like it very much (typical), but the main issue now is that it is dated. This is same issue with Castells' Internet Galaxy. I have considered going with journal articles, but I generally like to have a foundation text as well that lays out the basics; history, culture, CMC, basic theory, etc. I teach at a California State University campus with a slighty older student population who may not have the best skills but do have plenty of life experience. Straight forward language and pragmatics are a plus. Ideally any text would be broad and include both social scientific and cultural perspectives. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -TED -- Ted M. Coopman Ph.D. Lecturer Department of Communication Studies Department of Television, Radio, Film, & Theatre San Jose State University _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org <http://aoir.org/> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org <http://aoir.org/> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/