Full Description
Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association (CITAMS), this volume celebrates the section's thirtieth anniversary. Lead editor Barry Wellman joins forces with former and current CITAMS chairs Wenhong Chen, Shelia Cotten, and Laura Robinson, as well as Casey Brienza, founder of the Media Sociology Preconference, to look back at the history of the section, review some of its most important themes, and set the agenda for future discussion.
Alongside its sister volume, The "M" in CITAMS@30: Media Sociology, this valuable book shows the impact CITAMS has had, and continues to have, on academic and public discourse. Featuring leading scholars in the fields of sociology of communication, information technologies and media, it reveals how the section had transcended disciplinary boundaries, and demonstrates how it holds the skills to address some of the biggest challenges of our digital age. It is essential reading for all those interested in both the story of CITAMS to date, and the role it will play in the future.
Contents
Foreword; Wenhong Chen Introduction; Barry Wellman, Laura Robinson, Casey Brienza, Wenhong Chen, Shelia R. Cotten & Aneka Khilnani
PART 1: FIELD ANALYSIS: CITAMS PAST CHAIRS
Chapter 1. CITAMS at Thirty: Learning from the Past, Plotting a Course for the Future; Deana Rohlinger & Jennifer Earl
Chapter 2. Section Membership and Participation in the American Sociological Review Publication Process; James C. Witte, Roberta Spalter-Roth & Yukiko Furuya
Chapter 3. How Information Technology Transforms the Methods of Sociological Research; Edward Brent
PART 2: FIELD ANALYSIS: RELATIONSHIPS AND NETWORKS
Chapter 4. In Sync, but Apart: Temporal Symmetry, Social Synchronicity, and Digital Connectedness; Mary Chayko
Chapter 5. Romantic Dissolution and Facebook Life: A Typology of Coping Strategies for Breakups; Anabel Quan-Haase, Andrew Nevin & Veronika Lukacs
Chapter 6. Long Ties as Equalizers; Yotam Shmargad
Chapter 7. Black-Hat Hackers' Crisis Information Processing in the Darknet: A Case Study of Cyber Underground Market Shutdowns; K. Hazel Kwon & Jana Shakarian
Chapter 8. I click, Therefore I am: Predicting Clicktivist-like Actions on Candidates' Facebook Posts During the 2016 U.S. Primary Election; Marc Esteve Del Valle, Alicia Wanless-Berk, Anatoliy Gruzd & Philip Mai
