Society and the Internet

Abstract

Foreword Introduction PART I. INTERNET STUDIES OF EVERYDAY LIFE 1. Inventing the Internet: Scapegoat, Sin Eater, and Trickster 2. Next Generation Internet Users: A New Digital Divide 3. The Conceptual Foundations of Social Network Sites and the Emergence of the Relational Self-Portrait 4. The Politics of Children s Internet Use 5. Gender and Race Online PART II. INFORMATION AND CULTURE ON THE LINE 6. Internet Geographies: Data Shadows and Digital Divisions of Labour 7. China and the US in the New Internet World: A Comparative Perspective 8. Social Media and the News: Implications for the Press and Society 9. The Impact of the Internet on Media Industries: An Economic Perspective 10. Big Data: Towards a More Scientific Social Science and Humanities? PART III. NETWORKED POLITICS AND GOVERNMENTS 11. Transforming Government by Default? 12. The Wisdom of Which Crowd? On the Pathology of a Digital Democracy Initiative for a Listening Government 13. Online Social Networks and Bottom-up Politics 14. Big Data and Collective Action 15. Empowering Citizens of the Internet Age: The Role of a Fifth Estate PART IV: NETWORKED BUSINESSES, INDUSTRIES AND ECONOMIES 16. Scarcity of Attention for a Medium of Abundance: An Economic Perspective 17. The Internet in the Law: Transforming Problem-Solving and Education 18. The Digital Divide and Employment: The Case of the Sudanese Labour Market 19. A Critical Perspective on the Potential of the Internet at the Margins of the Global Economy PART V. TECHNOLOGICAL AND REGULATORY HISTORIES AND FUTURES 20. Next-Generation Content for Next-Generation Networks 21. Data Privacy in the Clouds 22. The Social Media Challenge to Internet Governance 23. Beyond the Internet and Web

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