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Klappentext The history of internet research methods is, naturally, much shorter than the histories of other research methods in the social sciences, though no less rich or significant as a result. The early development of distributed networked communications in the 1960s and 1970s can be seen as a relevant pre-history and emergence period for the internet, and consequently the birth of the world wide web in the early 1990s saw the internet truly break out from being a rather technical tool into a more ubiquitous aspect of everyday life. This four-volume collection begins with some of the earliest works on what was or was to become the internet, moving methodically through to present-day issues. The esteemed editorial team has selected for inclusion literatures which address a wide range of topics, and the collection is further set in context by an illuminating introductory chapter in Volume 1. Zusammenfassung The history of internet research methods is! naturally! much shorter than the histories of other research methods in the social sciences! though no less rich or significant as a result. This title begins with some of the earliest works on what was or was to become the internet! moving methodically through to present-day issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis VOLUME ONE: The Social Context of Online Research Part One: Classics Cyburgs. Review of 'the Virtual Community. Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier' by Howard Rheingold - William Sims Bainbridge Review of 'Virtual Reality' by Howard Rheingold - J. Timmons Roberts Community without Propinquity Revisited: Communications Technology and the Transformation of the Urban Public Sphere - Craig Calhoun Towards a Sociology of the Network Society - Manuel Castells Materials for the Exploration of the Network Society - Manuel Castells An Introduction to the Information Age - Manuel Castells Network Rules of Order: Regulating Speech in Public Electronic Fora - William Dutton Proper Methodologies for Psychological and Sociological Studies Conducted via the Internet - Claire Hewson, Dianna Laurent and Carl Vogel Catching Cybercriminals: Policing the Internet - David Wall Consumption and Digital Commodities in the Everyday - Mark Poster Part Two: Digital Divides and Exclusions Social Implications of the Internet - Paul DiMaggio et al. Exploring the Digital Divide Internet Connectedness and Age - William Loges and Joo-Young Jung Beyond Access: The Digital Divide and Internet Uses and Gratifications - Jaeho Cho et al. The Digital Divide as a Complex and Dynamic Phenomenon - Jan Van Dijk and Ken Hacker New Social Survey Perspectives on the Digital Divide - John Robinson, Paul DiMaggio and Eszter Hargittai Reconsidering Political and Popular Understandings of the Digital Divide - Neil Selwyn Digital Divide Research, Achievements and Shortcomings - Jan Van Dijk Explaining the Global Digital Divide: Economic, Political and Sociological Drivers of Cross-National Internet Use - Mauro Guillén and Sandra Suárez Social Movements and New Media - Brian Loader<...
