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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Notes on the Contributors
1. Internet Studies: The Foundations of a Transformative Field
William H. Dutton
Part I Perspectives on The Internet and Web as objects of Study
2. The Prehistory of the Internet and its Traces in the Present: Implications for Defining the Field
Martin C. J. Elton and John Carey
3. Web Science
Kieron O’Hara and Wendy Hall
4. Society on the Web
Mike Thelwall
5. The Internet as Infrastructure
Christian Sandvig
Part II Living in a Network Society
6. Network Societies and Internet Studies: Rethinking Time, Space, and Class
Jack Linchuan Qiu
7. Digital Inequality
Eszter Hargittai and Yuli Patrick Hsieh
8. Sociality through Social Network Sites
Nicole B. Ellison and Danah M. Boyd
9. The Study of Online Relationships and Dating
Barrie Gunter
10. Games, Online and Off
Dmitri Williams and Adam S. Kahn
11. Cross-National Comparative Perspectives from the World Internet Project
Gustavo Cardoso, Guo Liang, and Tiago Lapa
Part III Creating and Working in a Global Network Economy
12. New Businesses and New Business Models
Michael A. Cusumano and Andreas Goeldi
13. Trust in Commercial and Personal Transactions in the Digital Age
Regina Connolly
14. Government and the Internet: Evolving Technologies, Enduring Research Themes
Paul Henman
15. Digital Transformations of Scholarship and Knowledge
Eric T. Meyer and Ralph Schroeder
16. Studies of the Internet in Learning and Education: Broadening the Disciplinary Landscape of Research
Chris Davies and Rebecca Eynon
Part IV Communication, Power, and Influence in a Converging Media World
17. Theoretical Perspectives in the Study of Communication and the Internet
Ronald E. Rice and Ryan P. Fuller
18. Tradition and Transformation in Online News Production and Consumption
Eugenia Mitchelstein and Pablo J. Boczkowski
19. The Internet in Campaigns and Elections
Darren G. Lilleker and Thierry Vedel
20. The Internet and Democracy
Helen Margetts
Part V Governing and Regulating the Internet
21. Analyzing Freedom of Expression Online: Theoretical, Empirical, and Normative Contributions
Victoria Nash
22. Cultural, Legal, Technical, and Economic Perspectives on Copyright Online: The Case of the Music Industry
Matthew David
23. Privacy and Surveillance: The Multidisciplinary Literature on the Capture, Use, and Disclosure of Personal Information in Cyberspace
Colin J. Bennett and Christopher Parsons
24. Digital Infrastructures, Economies, and Public Policies: Contending Rationales and Outcome Assessment Strategies
Robin Mansell and W. Edward Steinmueller
25. The Internet and Development: A Critical Perspective
Tim Unwin
26. The Emerging Field of Internet Governance
Laura Denardis
Index
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