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The Internet in everyday life / edited by Barry Wellman and Caroline Haythornthwaite.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Information Age seriesPublication details: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2002.Description: xxxi, 588 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0631235078 (alk. paper)
  • 0631235086 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.48/33 21
LOC classification:
  • HM851 INF 2002
Contents:
Foreword: The Virtual Community in the Real World / Howard Rheingold -- Series Editor's Preface: The Internet and the Network Society / Manuel Castells -- Pt. I. Moving the Internet out of Cyberspace: The Internet in Everyday Life: An Introduction / Caroline Haythornthwaite and Barry Wellman -- Pt. II. The Place of the Internet in Everyday Life -- 1. Days and Nights on the Internet / Philip E. N. Howard, Lee Rainie and Steve Jones -- 2. The Global Villagers: Comparing Internet Users and Uses Around the World / Wenhong Chen, Jeffrey Boase and Barry Wellman -- 3. Syntopia: Access, Civic Involvement, and Social Interaction on the Net / James E. Katz and Ronald E. Rice -- 4. Digital Living: The Impact (or Otherwise) of the Internet on Everyday British Life / Ben Anderson and Karina Tracey -- 5. The Changing Digital Divide in Germany / Gert G. Wagner, Rainer Pischner and John P. Haisken-DeNew --
6. Doing Social Science Research Online / Alan Neustadtl, John P. Robinson and Meyer Kestnbaum -- Pt. III. Finding Time for the Internet -- 7. Internet Use, Interpersonal Relations, and Sociability: A Time Diary Study / Norman H. Nie, D. Sunshine Hillygus and Lutz Erbring -- 8. The Internet and Other Uses of Time / John P. Robinson, Meyer Kestnbaum, Alan Neustadtl and Anthony S. Alvarez -- 9. Everyday Communication Patterns of Heavy and Light Email Users / Janell I. Copher, Alaina G. Kanfer and Mary Bea Walker -- Pt. IV. The Internet in the Community -- 10. Capitalizing on the Net: Social Contact, Civic Engagement, and Sense of Community / Anabel Quan-Haase, Barry Wellman, James C. Witte and Keith N. Hampton -- 11. The Impact of Community Computer Networks on Social Capital and Community Involvement in Blacksburg / Andrea L. Kavanaugh and Scott J. Patterson -- 12. The Not So Global Village of Netville / Keith N. Hampton and Barry Wellman --
13. Email, Gender, and Personal Relationships / Bonka Boneva and Robert Kraut -- 14. Belonging in Geographic, Ethnic, and Internet Spaces / Sorin Matei and Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach -- Pt. V. The Internet at School, Work, and Home -- 15. Bringing the Internet Home: Adult Distance Learners and Their Internet, Home, and Work Worlds / Caroline Haythornthwaite and Michelle M. Kazmer -- 16. Where Home is the Office: The New Form of Flexible Work / Janet W. Salaff -- 17. Kerala Connections: Will the Internet Affect Science in Developing Areas? / Theresa Davidson, R. Sooryamoorthy and Wesley Shrum -- 18. Social Support for Japanese Mothers Online and Offline / Kakuko Miyata -- 19. Experience and Trust in Online Shopping / Robert J. Lunn and Michael W. Suman.
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Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuzu University Library and Learning Resources Centre HM 851 INF 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 004820 Available mZulm-004820
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword: The Virtual Community in the Real World / Howard Rheingold -- Series Editor's Preface: The Internet and the Network Society / Manuel Castells -- Pt. I. Moving the Internet out of Cyberspace: The Internet in Everyday Life: An Introduction / Caroline Haythornthwaite and Barry Wellman -- Pt. II. The Place of the Internet in Everyday Life -- 1. Days and Nights on the Internet / Philip E. N. Howard, Lee Rainie and Steve Jones -- 2. The Global Villagers: Comparing Internet Users and Uses Around the World / Wenhong Chen, Jeffrey Boase and Barry Wellman -- 3. Syntopia: Access, Civic Involvement, and Social Interaction on the Net / James E. Katz and Ronald E. Rice -- 4. Digital Living: The Impact (or Otherwise) of the Internet on Everyday British Life / Ben Anderson and Karina Tracey -- 5. The Changing Digital Divide in Germany / Gert G. Wagner, Rainer Pischner and John P. Haisken-DeNew --

6. Doing Social Science Research Online / Alan Neustadtl, John P. Robinson and Meyer Kestnbaum -- Pt. III. Finding Time for the Internet -- 7. Internet Use, Interpersonal Relations, and Sociability: A Time Diary Study / Norman H. Nie, D. Sunshine Hillygus and Lutz Erbring -- 8. The Internet and Other Uses of Time / John P. Robinson, Meyer Kestnbaum, Alan Neustadtl and Anthony S. Alvarez -- 9. Everyday Communication Patterns of Heavy and Light Email Users / Janell I. Copher, Alaina G. Kanfer and Mary Bea Walker -- Pt. IV. The Internet in the Community -- 10. Capitalizing on the Net: Social Contact, Civic Engagement, and Sense of Community / Anabel Quan-Haase, Barry Wellman, James C. Witte and Keith N. Hampton -- 11. The Impact of Community Computer Networks on Social Capital and Community Involvement in Blacksburg / Andrea L. Kavanaugh and Scott J. Patterson -- 12. The Not So Global Village of Netville / Keith N. Hampton and Barry Wellman --

13. Email, Gender, and Personal Relationships / Bonka Boneva and Robert Kraut -- 14. Belonging in Geographic, Ethnic, and Internet Spaces / Sorin Matei and Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach -- Pt. V. The Internet at School, Work, and Home -- 15. Bringing the Internet Home: Adult Distance Learners and Their Internet, Home, and Work Worlds / Caroline Haythornthwaite and Michelle M. Kazmer -- 16. Where Home is the Office: The New Form of Flexible Work / Janet W. Salaff -- 17. Kerala Connections: Will the Internet Affect Science in Developing Areas? / Theresa Davidson, R. Sooryamoorthy and Wesley Shrum -- 18. Social Support for Japanese Mothers Online and Offline / Kakuko Miyata -- 19. Experience and Trust in Online Shopping / Robert J. Lunn and Michael W. Suman.

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