Symbolic Interaction and New Social Media (Studies in Symbolic Interaction series, Volume 43), edited by Mark D. Johns (Luther College), Shing-Ling S. Chen (University of Northern Iowa), Laura A. Terlip (University of Northern Iowa) has just been published by Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. (UK). https://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn=0163-2396&volume=43 Contents: When McLuhan Met Simmel: Form is the Content, Medium is the Message Shing-Ling Sarina Chen (University of Northern Iowa), Mark D. Johns (Luther College) and Laura Terlip (University of Northern Iowa)
From Object to Flow: Network Sensibility, Symbolic Interactionism, and Social Media Annette Markham and Simon Lindgren (Umea University)
Social Network Analysis for Facebook: Locating Cliques and Visualizing Sociability Jeffery Coons and Shing-Ling Sarina Chen (University of Northern Iowa) New Iowa School Redux: Second Life as Laboratory Michael Katovich (Texas Christians University) and Shing-Ling Sarina Chen (University of Northern Iowa) Mutable Selves and Digital Reflexivities: Social Media for Social Change in the Middle East and North America Victoria Ann Newsom (Olympic College) and Lara Lengel (Bowling Green State University) Structural Roles in Massively-Multiplayer Online Games: A Case Study of Guild and Raid Leaders in World of Warcraft J. Patrick Williams, David Kirschner, and Zahirah binte Suhaimi (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) (Re)Embodiment of the Digital Self and First Life Body in a New Social Media Environment: Paid Sex Work in Second Life Justin A. Martin (Southern Illinois University) Surfing to an Alternative Self: Internet Technology and Sexuality among “Married Straight Homosexual Men” Avi Shoshana (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) New Empirical Studies “The Wall is the City”: A Narrative Analysis of Vancouver’s Post-Riot “Apology Wall” Jennifer A.A. Lavoie, Judy Eaton, Carrie B. Sanders, Matthew Smith -- Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain