BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; BRIEF CONTENTS; DETAILED CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART I THE INTERNET AS SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY; CHAPTER 1 USING TECHNOLOGY TO COMMUNICATE IN NEW WAYS; CHAPTER 2 UNDERSTANDING HOW NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES WORK; PART II THE SELF AMONG OTHERS; CHAPTER 3 FORMING ONLINE IDENTITIES; CHAPTER 4 RELATING ONLINE; CHAPTER 5 SEEKING THERAPY ONLINE; CHAPTER 6 COMMUNICATING IN VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES; PART III INTERNET CULTURE AND CRITIQUE; CHAPTER 7 REBUILDING CORPORATIONS ONLINE; CHAPTER 8 ACCESSING THE MACHINE; CHAPTER 9 CARVING ALTERNATIVE SPACES
Summary
Organized into three general sections, this work introduces both the technologies of the Internet Age and their social implications, considers the issues of online identity, taking into account how people construct presentations of self within a social environment, and addresses issues of how the Internet has affected our culture
