Personal Connections in the Digital Age (DMS - Digital Media and Society)
Nancy K. Baym
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Description for Personal Connections in the Digital Age (DMS - Digital Media and Society)
Paperback. The internet and the mobile phone have disrupted many of our conventional understandings of ourselves and our relationships, raising anxieties and hopes about their effects on our lives. Series: DMS - Digital Media and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
The internet and the mobile phone have disrupted many of our conventional understandings of ourselves and our relationships, raising anxieties and hopes about their effects on our lives. In this second edition of her timely and vibrant book, Nancy Baym provides frameworks for thinking critically about the roles of digital media in personal relationships. Rather than providing exuberant accounts or cautionary tales, it offers a data-grounded primer on how to make sense of these important changes in relational life
Fully updated to reflect new developments in technology and digital scholarship, the book identifies the core relational issues these media ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
DMS - Digital Media and Society
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745670348
SKU
V9780745670348
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Nancy K. Baym
Nancy K. Baym is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and a Visiting Professor of Comparative Media Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Reviews for Personal Connections in the Digital Age (DMS - Digital Media and Society)
"New communications technologies are always hyped by some people and denounced by others. Nancy Baym’s brilliant book explodes myths and challenges stereotypes. Her clear-sighted and penetrating analysis provides the mental toolkit needed to reach a more nuanced view of the social impact of digital media." Tom Standage, Digital Editor, The Economist "In this lucid yet learned book, Nancy Baym ... Read more