Full Description
Navigating New Media Networks examines the changes introduced into society through the increasing use of communication technology. The development of a networked society has allowed individuals to acquire the social resources and support needed to thrive in the modern world, but it has also placed great pressure on the individual to conduct the communication work needed to form and maintain relationships. McEwan explores this issue by delving into topics like identity, privacy, communication competence, online communities, online social support, mediated relational maintenance, and mobile communication. This work will be of interest to scholars of sociology, psychology, and communication.
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
