Resisting The Virtual Life

Author : James Brook
Publisher : City Lights Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Resisting the Virtual Life written by James Brook and published by City Lights Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A variety of contributors gauge the impact of the new video, computer, and networked communications on the ways of life in a restructured world, exposing relations of power and dependence and offering strategies of resistance.

Author : John A. Ledingham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135676143
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Relations As Relationship Management written by John A. Ledingham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of relationship management as a paradigm for public relations scholarship and practice requires a close examination of just what is achieved by public relations--its definition, function and value, and the benefits it generates. Initiated by the editors' interest in cross-disciplinary exploration, this volume evolved to its current form as a result of the need for a framework for understanding public relations and the potential impact of organization-public relationships on the study, practice, and teaching of public relations. Ledingham and Bruning include contributions that present state-of-the-art research in relationship management, applications of the relational perspective to various components of public relations, and the implications of the approach to influence further research and practice. The discussion conducted here is certain to influence and promote future theory and practice on the concept of relationship management.

Author : Edward Murguia
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739159976
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Real Drugs in a Virtual World written by Edward Murguia and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drug Abuse (NIDA) funded research project on drug information and online drug-related communities. The editors of this pivotal text, Edward Murguia, Ann Lessem, and Melissa Tackett-Gibson, elevate the debate about drug use and the Internet from a polemic discourse to social scientific investigation. The essays confront issues related to the study of drug communication online, including the causal factors of abuse as discussed in online forums, the relationship between music and drug use in virtual communities, and the ways in which individuals assess the accuracy of online drug information. This book highlights the variety of ways to examine drug use as a social problem and presents several theoretical perspectives valuable to online research. Real Drugs in a Virtual World is an enlightening and thought provoking read that will appeal to sociology students and those interested in virtual communities.

Author : Paul Wong
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429977506
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Race, Ethnicity, And Nationality In The United States written by Paul Wong and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended for use in advanced undergraduate and graduate-level courses on race and ethnicity and on diversity in America. It was first con- ceived as a collective project of the Research and Resident Scholar Program in Comparative Race Relations at Washington State University, which was established in 1994 with support from the Rockefeller Foundation. A number of the participating authors are established scholars in racial/ethnic studies, and several have published award-winning bestsellers. Others are relative newcomers to the field who were invited to join the project because they were doing important work on less well covered topics, such as relations between African Americans and Chicano/Latino Americans.

Author : Gloria Hongyee Chan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131751324X
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hidden Youth and the Virtual World written by Gloria Hongyee Chan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hidden Youth and the Virtual World examines the phenomenon of ‘hidden youth’ or hikikomori, as it is better known in Japan as well as Hong Kong. Exposure to the Internet has allowed these young persons to develop a high level of capability within the virtual world, however these are skills that are not highly valued by society. This book uncovers the truth about hidden youth, the causes, coping strategies, power relations between them and adults in society, and their relationship with the virtual world. Key topics surrounding the phenomenon of hidden youth are explored in detail, including: The framework of Social Censure Theory The theoretical concepts of hegemony and the impact that labelling by the Government, the media and institutions has had on hidden youth The willingness of the hidden youth to remain hidden within the virtual world Subcultures as a platform for hidden youth empowerment This is a particularly useful volume to researchers in child and adolescent psychology, clinical psychology, counselling and psychotherapy, school psychology, sociology, social work, and youth policy; as well as youth workers, school counsellors and mental health professionals, and will appeal to the interest of both academics and practitioners alike.

Author : Steve Jones
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446230627
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virtual Culture written by Steve Jones and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1997-06-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtual Culture marks a significant intervention in the current debate about access and control in cybersociety exposing the ways in which the Internet and other computer-mediated communication technologies are being used by disadvantaged and marginal groups - such as gay men, women, fan communities and the homeless - for social and political change. The contributors to this book apply a range of theoretical perspecitves derived from communication studies, sociology and anthropology to demonstrate the theoretical and practical possibilities for cybersociety as an identity-structured space.

Author : Dr David Holmes, Llb
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9781446240069
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virtual Politics written by Dr David Holmes, Llb and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1997-12-08 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtual Politics is a critical overview of the new - digital - body politic, with new technologies framing the discussion of key themes in social theory. This book shows how these new technologies are altering the nature of identity and agency, the relation of self to other, and the structure of community and political representation.

Author : Melodie Calvert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134824432
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Processed Lives written by Melodie Calvert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-06-28 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers how the terms of gender are embodied in technologies, and conversely, how technologies shape our notions of gender. The contributors explore the complex territory between the lust for, and the fear of, technology, commenting on the ambivalence women experience in relation to machines. Discussing topics such as embryonic fertilization, the virtual female, networking women, the sexuality of computers, surveillance systems, UFOs, and the emancipation of Barbie, rocessed Lives offers a provocative, visually rich critical approach to th multifaceted relationships between masculinity, femininity and machines. Contributors: Barbie Liberation Organization, Ericka Beckman, Lisa Cartwright, Gregg Bordowitz, Sara Diamond, Judith Halberstam, Evelynn Hammonds, Kathy High, David Horn, Ira Livingston, Bonita Makuch, Margaret Morse, Soheir Morsy, Liss Platt, B Ruby Rich, Connie Samaras, Joya Saunders, Julia Scher, Andrea Slane, Mary Ellen Strom, Christime Tamblyn, Nina Wakeford.

Author : Chris Abbott
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135700648
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ICT: Changing Education written by Chris Abbott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is changing the face of education. In this timely and accessible book, Chris Abbott examines the process by which ICT, and in particular its role in relation to literacy, has become central to national educational policies. The author traces the history of computer use in schools and examines the concept of virtual learning communities using case studies involving learners, parents and educationalists. The role of the Internet is considered along with the differing national policies on its adoption and on developing online context. ICT: Changing Education reveals the development of open and flexible learning as the next stage of ICT's involvement with education.

Author : Christine Hine
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1847876498
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virtual Ethnography written by Christine Hine and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2000-04-04 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cutting though the exaggerated and fanciful beliefs about the new possibilities of `net life′, Hine produces a distinctive understanding of the significance of the Internet and addresses such questions as: what challenges do the new technologies of communication pose for research methods? Does the Internet force us to rethink traditional categories of `culture′ and `society′? In this compelling and thoughtful book, Hine shows that the Internet is both a site for cultural formations and a cultural artefact which is shaped by people′s understandings and expectations. The Internet requires a new form of ethnography. The author considers the shape of this new ethnography and guides readers through its application in multiple settings.