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Personal connections in the digital age / Nancy K. Baym.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: 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.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.4833 BAY
LOC classification:
  • HM1106
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
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.

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