| Description |
xxxi, 588 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
The information age series |
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Information Age series.
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| Contents |
Foreword: The Virtual Community in the Real World / Howard Rheingold -- Series Editor's Preface: The Internet and the Network Society / Manuel Castells -- Pt. I. Moving the Internet out of Cyberspace: The Internet in Everyday Life: An Introduction / Caroline Haythornthwaite and Barry Wellman -- Pt. II. The Place of the Internet in Everyday Life. 1. Days and Nights on the Internet / Philip E. N. Howard, Lee Rainie and Steve Jones. 2. The Global Villagers: Comparing Internet Users and Uses Around the World / Wenhong Chen, Jeffrey Boase and Barry Wellman. 3. Syntopia: Access, Civic Involvement, and Social Interaction on the Net / James E. Katz and Ronald E. Rice. 4. Digital Living: The Impact (or Otherwise) of the Internet on Everyday British Life / Ben Anderson and Karina Tracey. 5. The Changing Digital Divide in Germany / Gert G. Wagner, Rainer Pischner and John P. Haisken-DeNew. 6. Doing Social Science Research Online / Alan Neustadtl, John P. Robinson and Meyer Kestnbaum -- Pt. III. Finding Time for the Internet. 7. Internet Use, Interpersonal Relations, and Sociability: A Time Diary Study / Norman H. Nie, D. Sunshine Hillygus and Lutz Erbring. 8. The Internet and Other Uses of Time / John P. Robinson, Meyer Kestnbaum, Alan Neustadtl and Anthony S. Alvarez. 9. Everyday Communication Patterns of Heavy and Light Email Users / Janell I. Copher, Alaina G. Kanfer and Mary Bea Walker -- Pt. IV. The Internet in the Community. 10. Capitalizing on the Net: Social Contact, Civic Engagement, and Sense of Community / Anabel Quan-Haase, Barry Wellman, James C. Witte and Keith N. Hampton. 11. The Impact of Community Computer Networks on Social Capital and Community Involvement in Blacksburg / Andrea L. Kavanaugh and Scott J. Patterson. 12. The Not So Global Village of Netville / Keith N. Hampton and Barry Wellman. 13. Email, Gender, and Personal Relationships / Bonka Boneva and Robert Kraut. 14. Belonging in Geographic, Ethnic, and Internet Spaces / Sorin Matei and Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach -- Pt. V. The Internet at School, Work, and Home. 15. Bringing the Internet Home: Adult Distance Learners and Their Internet, Home, and Work Worlds / Caroline Haythornthwaite and Michelle M. Kazmer. 16. Where Home is the Office: The New Form of Flexible Work / Janet W. Salaff. 17. Kerala Connections: Will the Internet Affect Science in Developing Areas? / Theresa Davidson, R. Sooryamoorthy and Wesley Shrum. 18. Social Support for Japanese Mothers Online and Offline / Kakuko Miyata. 19. Experience and Trust in Online Shopping / Robert J. Lunn and Michael W. Suman |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Internet -- Social aspects.
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Internet users.
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| Author |
Wellman, Barry.
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Haythornthwaite, Caroline A.
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| LC no. |
2002066638 |
| ISBN |
0631235078 : |
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0631235086 : |
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