The Handbook of Internet Studies

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"Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-divisionundergraduates, graduate students, and faculty." (Choice, 1 April 2012) "Together, the comprehensive and quite thought-provokingindividual essays provide richly insightful perspectives into theextent to which the internet is shaping and being shaped by humancultures and societies, and the various ways in which scholarsmight consider and approach such processes." (Digital Journalism, 19 August 2014) "The editors of the Handbook of Internet Studies are to becongratulated on creating a state-of-the art collection thatrepresents and celebrates the diversity of theoretical anddisciplinary approaches marking this brave new field. A newmust-have reference book for Internet Studies." CarolineHaythornthwaite, University of Illinois "This indispensable volume reflects the complexity of Internetstudies--indeed, the Internet itself--by bringing together adiverse set of voices, geographies, disciplines, and arguments. Itis not only an important resource for practitioners, but will alsospark the curiosity of those on the edges of the field, includinghumanists, social scientists, and engineers alike." Michael Zimmer, University of Wisconsin "The Handbook of Internet Studies is a comprehensive anduseful volume that will appeal to students, teachers andresearchers. It provides a welcome survey of the still-emergingfield of Internet Studies and can readily serve as a jumping-offpoint for further exploration. I highly recommend it to those whohave been following the field since its emergence in the 1990s aswell as to those new to the field." Steve Jones, University ofIllinois at Chicago "Of all media, the internet holds the most wide-ranging,deep and complex depiction of contemporary society. If you want tounderstand today's society, you need to study the internet.This handbook is landmark, documenting that internet studies havenow come of age." Niels Ole Finnemann, AarhusUniversity, Denmark