Navigating New Media Networks - Understanding and Managing Communication Challenges in a Networked

This book examines societal changes due to the increased use of communication technology. Topics include identity, privacy, communication competence, online communities, online social support, mediated relational maintenance, and mobile communication. It is ideal for graduate students and scholars in sociology, psychology, and communication.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Navigating Networks
Chapter 2: Communication Competence
Chapter 3: Identity and Impression Management
Chapter 4: Privacy Management in Collapsed Contexts
Chapter 5: Online Friendship Formation
Chapter 6: Where Online Relationships Are Formed
Chapter 7: Maintaining Network Connections
Chapter 8: Online Social Support
Chapter 9: Virtual Cosmopolitanism in a Networked Society, by Miriam Sobre-Denton
Chapter 10: Always On, Always In the Network: The Influence of Mobile
Chapter 11: Waypoints

About the author

By Bree McEwan - Contributions by Miriam Sobre-Denton

Summary

This book examines societal changes due to the increased use of communication technology. Topics include identity, privacy, communication competence, online communities, online social support, mediated relational maintenance, and mobile communication. It is ideal for graduate students and scholars in sociology, psychology, and communication.

Product details

• Authors: Bree Mcewan, McEwan Bree
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781498523219
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2321-9
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Studies in New Media; Studies in New Media
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Communication Studies, Communication;Critical Media Studies