Debates for the Digital Age: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of our Online World [2 volumes]
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Coombs, Danielle and Collister, Simon. Debates for the Digital Age: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of our Online World [2 volumes]. Praeger, 2015. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440801242.
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Coombs, Danielle, and Simon Collister. Debates for the Digital Age: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of our Online World [2 volumes]. Praeger, 2015. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440801242
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Coombs, D. & Collister, S. (2015). Debates for the Digital Age: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of our Online World [2 volumes]. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440801242
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By evaluating the Internet's impact on key cultural issues of the day, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the seismic technological and cultural shifts it has created in contemporary society.
• Includes essays on overarching themes and issues that are essential to understanding Internet culture, including privacy, celebrity, superficiality, and the personal toll online living can have on users• Addresses current Internet material as well as classic memes, sites, and products
• Engages readers through a deliberately provocative point of view
• Provides a comprehensive examination of the realities surrounding Internet culture, which can be extremely positive or very ugly
• Differentiates itself from other examinations of Internet culture through emphasis on continuing themes rather than time-specific content
• Takes a distinctly international approach to the topic of today's digital, interconnected world
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Table of Contents
Debates for the Digital Age: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of our Online World [2 volumes]
Author(s): Coombs, Danielle; Collister, SimonContributors: Coombs, Danielle; Collister, SimonAbstract:By evaluating the Internet's impact on key cultural issues of the day, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the seismic technological and cultural shifts it has created in contemporary society.
• Includes essays on overarching themes and issues that are essential to understanding Internet culture, including privacy, celebrity, superficiality, and the personal toll online living can have on users• Addresses current Internet material as well as classic memes, sites, and products
• Engages readers through a deliberately provocative point of view
• Provides a comprehensive examination of the realities surrounding Internet culture, which can be extremely positive or very ugly
• Differentiates itself from other examinations of Internet culture through emphasis on continuing themes rather than time-specific content
• Takes a distinctly international approach to the topic of today's digital, interconnected world
SortTitle: debates for the digital age: the good, the bad, and the ugly of our online world [2 volumes]Author Info:Danielle Sarver CoombsauthorSimon CollisterauthoreISBN-13: 9781440801242Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440801242.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440801235Imprint: PraegerPages: 624Publication Date: 20151130- A3781C_9781440801242_web_Vol-1 11
- Cover page 11
- Halftitle page 22
- Title page 44
- Copyright page 55
- Contents 66
- Introducing the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Our Online World 1010
- Part I Accessibility 2424
- 1 New Audiences, New Markets: Accessing Music, Movies, Art, and Writing at Your Leisure 2626
- 2 The Positive Side of Social Media: Encouraging Developments from Sport 4646
- 3 Reaching the World with One Song and a Few Mouse Clicks 6262
- 4 Narcissism or Self-Actualization? An Evaluation of “Selfies” as a Communication Tool 7878
- 5 Everyday Expertise: Instructional Videos on YouTube 100100
- 6 Online Education, Massive Open Online Courses, and the Accessibility of Higher Education 114114
- Part II Democratization 140140
- 7 Leaks, Whistle-Blowers, and Radical Transparency: Government Accountability int he Internet Age 142142
- 8 Rethinking Digital Democracy in a Time of Crisis: The Case of Spain 164164
- 9 Will the Revolution Be Tweeted? Activism, Politics, and the Internet 188188
- 10 You Say You Want a Revolution? The Internet’s Impact on Political Discussion, Activism, and Societal Transformation 206206
- 11 Ground-Up Expert: Everyday People and Blogs 226226
- 12 Self-Promotion for All! Content Creation and Personal Branding in the Digital Age 244244
- 13 The Rise of Journalism Accountability 264264
- Part III Community and Globalization 284284
- 14 Social Media Mechanisms: A Change Agent 286286
- 15 Habermas in the African E-Village: Deliberative Practices of Diasporan Nigerians on the Internet 310310
- 16 When Bad Timing Is Actually Good: Reconceptualizing Response Delays 328328
- 17 In Defense of “Slacktivism”: How KONY 2012 Got the Whole World to Watch 344344
- 18 Public Health’s Courtship with the Internet: Slow but Steady 356356
- Index 370370
- A3781C_9781440801242_web_Vol-2 389389
- Cover page 389389
- Halftitle page 390390
- Title page 392392
- Copyright page 393393
- Contents 394394
- Introducing the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Our Online World Simon Collister 396396
- Part I Accessibility 410410
- 1 Searching for the Schoolhouse Gate in Cyberspace Mark Goodman 412412
- 2 Internet Filters in Schools: More than Simply Annoying to Students Candace Perkins Bowen 428428
- 3 Bring the Hate: Problematic Internet Use from Fans Toward Athletes Jimmy Sanderson 444444
- 4 Uploading Ideology: Reading Egyptian Social Capital Using Facebook Lenses Alamira Samah Farag Abd-Elfattah Saleh and Nermeen N. Alazrak 464464
- Part II Democratization 486486
- 5 Are All Sources Really Equal? Credibility and the News, or the Shift from the Age of Deference to the Age of Reference Jan Leach 488488
- 6 The Boundaries of Digital Dissent: Assessing the War on Hacktivism Jason L. Jarvis 504504
- 7 “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot”: Social Media As a Site of Government (Dis)Trust Sarah Turner McGowen 526526
- 8 Trial by Social Media: How Misleading Media and Ideological Protests Led to Disastrous Results in The State of Florida v. George Zimmerman Joshua Daniel Phillips 546546
- 9 The Digital Migration of Anti-Immigration Rhetoric: Anxiety, Addressivity, and Networked Public Culture Maggie Franz 564564
- Part III Community and Globalization 580580
- 10 Participation Fetishism in the Digital Age Brent Kice 582582
- 11 “Lose a Stone or Two Before You Start Dating”: Power and the Construction of Bodies in Online Dating Shana Kopaczewski 598598
- 12 Digital Deception: Online Dating, Identity Development, and Misrepresentation Justin Lagore 618618
- 13 For Love or Money: Exploring Personal Matrimony Ads, Sugar Web Sites, and Catfishing through Social Exchange Theory Carol A. Savery and Rekha Sharma 636636
- 14 “Vomitorium of Venom”: Framing Culpable Youth, Bewildered Adults, and the Death of Amanda Todd Michelle Stack 658658
- 15 Finding Fascism in the Comments Section: Online Responses to Viral Videos of the Transportation Security Administration George F. McHendry Jr. 680680
- Index 700700