I don't have a good text to recommend, but I'm eager to hear what others suggest. I teach an undergraduate course that focuses on "communication on the Internet," and takes students through different pre-Web, Web, and Web 2.0 applications as well as some of the pressing social and cultural concerns. The challenge is staying up-to-date! The class used to be a pre-Web, HTML/Web class. But, now with blogging, SNSs, Wikis, etc., I totally revamped the class this semester. I've given up using a textbook, for the reason you note: they quickly become out of date. Although the issues of the early part of this decade and even earlier are still relevant, it's hard for students to see past a 2002 or 2004 pub date and see that the content is current/relevant. ~Jenny Assistant Professor Department of Communication, SS 340 University at Albany, SUNY Albany, NY 12222 518-442-4873 jstromer@albany.edu http://www.albany.edu/~jstromer
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Karen Farquharson Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 7:32 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] text suggestions?
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 I used _The Internet in Everyday Life_ a couple of year ago and it worked well but is now a bit out of date.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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