Full Description
This book comes at a critical time, as students, professionals, and the general population realize the increasing interdependence of cultural interactions both on and offline. In order to fully understand societies with cyber connectivity, current and future research must also include the ethnographic study of online and digital communication, which can no longer be relegated to a separate cyber space.
Contributors examine the extent to which the cyber is now intertwined with the lives of anyone with connectivity and the ways in which it can affect society on local, national, and global levels. Not only is increased understanding of digital forms of communication and the role of online identity arguably crucial on individual levels -- including professional, personal, and relational contexts -- but also on societal levels -- including economic, diplomatic, and political contexts. Chapters in this volume analyze a number of examples of this importance, from success and security in professional contexts, to the development of personal relationships, to organizing political action, and even impacts on current global conflicts and international relations. Ultimately, this book argues that anyone engaged in the study of human society is compelled to include the study and findings of both online and offline communication in their research in order to gain an accurate and more complete understanding of any given culture with cyber connectivity.
Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
Chapter 1: The Cyber Impact on Culture: The History of Cyber-Ethnography and Current Ethical Considerations
Erica Zimmerman and Clementine Fujimura
Part I: Influencers and Influencing
Chapter 2: Gen Zen? How Young People Adapt AI Chatbots for Emotional Support Uncovering New Mental Health Interventions
Pamela Pavliscak
Chapter 3: Interrogating Interaction on Instagram: Focal Practice, Social Connections, and Identity Online
Nova Seals
Chapter 4: Prideful Actions, Shameful Identities: Hybridity in International K-pop Fan Communities
Samantha James
Chapter 5: Digital Consumption and Digital Emotions: A Netnographic Analysis of Emotions on Twitch Technology and Society: The Process of Digitizing Emotions
Vincenzo Auriemma and Gennaro Iorio
Part II: Social Media's Influence on the Culture Surrounding Military Conflicts and Alliances
Chapter 6: The Power of the Imagined in Russian Dissident Online Communities
Clementine Fujimura
Chapter 7: The Meme Information War in Support of Ukraine: Humor in a Dark Time
Terilee Edwards-Hewitt
Chapter 8: (Virtual) Ethnography and the Study of the Palestinian-Israeli (Digital) Conflict: Reflections on Why Words (Don't) Matter
Deborah Wheeler
Chapter 9: Iconic Offline Cultural Events as Constructed on Official U.S. and Japanese Military Social Media Sites: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
Erica Zimmerman
Epilogue: Cyber-Ethnography: Looking Ahead
Erica Zimmerman and Clementine Fujimura
