Social Networking

Edited by Anastacia Kurylo and Tatyana Dumova

This book explores the phenomenon of online social networking in the contexts of a global multicultural society caught in the turmoil of the information and communication revolution. It offers readers an up-to-date overview of the field and pushes the area into new understandings of the topic within a multidimensional space.

AcknowledgmentsList of Figures and TablesForewordRobert ShuterIntroduction: Social Networking Without WallsAnastacia Kurylo and Tatyana DumovaChapter 1: Together and Apart: Social and Technical NetworksGuy MerchantChapter 2: The Application of Traditional Social Network Theory to Socially Interactive TechnologiesCorey Jay LibermanChapter 3: Social Networking Sites, Self-Disclosure, and Personal EngagementPamela J. KalbfleischChapter 4: Mobile Social NetworkingGiuseppe LuganoChapter 5: Students, the Ivory Tower, and Educational Uses of Social Networking SitesAnastacia Kurylo and Yifeng HuChapter 6: The Illusion of Control: A Historiographical Examination of Social Media, Bookmarking, and Perceived Control in the Digital SpherePamela E. Walck and Hans K. MeyerChapter 7: Social Networking in Times of CrisisHayley Watson, Kush Wadhwa, Lemi Baruh, and Salvatore ScifoChapter 8: Social Networking Technologies and Social MovementsZeynep Günel and Lemi BaruhChapter 9: Networked Activism in ChinaZixue TaiChapter 10: Social Network Research Methods: Approaches and Key IssuesTatyana DumovaIndexAbout the Contributors