Personal connections in the digital age / Nancy K. Baym.
Material type: TextSeries: Digital media and societyPublication details: Cambridge : Polity, 2010.Description: vi, 184 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780745643328 (pbk.) :
- 9780745643311 (hbk.) :
- 9780745643328 (pbk.) :
- 0745643329 (pbk.) :
- 9780745643311 (hbk.) :
- 0745643310 (hbk.) :
- 303.4833 BAY
- HM1106
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 303.4833 BAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Checked out | 08/06/2018 | 217178 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.New forms of personal connection -- 2.Making new media make sense -- 3.Communication in digital spaces -- 4.Communities and networks -- 5.New relationships, new selves? -- 6.Digital media in relational development and maintenance -- Conclusion: the myth of cyberspace.
The internet & the mobile phone have disrupted many of our conventional understandings of our selves & our relationships, raising anxieties & hopes about their effects on our lives. This timely book provides frameworks for thinking critically about the roles of digital media in personal relationships.