Navigating new media networks
Subtitle: understanding and managing communication challenges in a networked society
By: Breanna McEwan
Series: Studies in new media
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780739186206; 9780739186213
Subjects: Social media; Technological innovations; Online social networks; Digital media
Description: "Navigating New Media Networks examines the changes introduced into society through the increasing use of communication technology. The development of a networked society has allowed individuals to acquire the social resources and support needed to thrive in the modern world, but it has also placed great pressure on the individual to conduct the communication work needed to form and maintain relationships. McEwan explores this issue by delving into topics like identity, privacy, communication competence, online communities, online social support, mediated relational maintenance, and mobile communication. This work will be of interest to scholars of sociology, psychology, and communication." -- Publisher's description
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Navigating networks; title: Communication competence; title: Identity and impression management; title: Privacy management in collapsed contexts; title: Online friendship formation; title: Where online relationships are formed; title: Maintaining network connections; title: Online social support; title: Virtual cosmopolitanism in a networked society; title: Always on, always in the network: the influence of mobile; title: Waypoints.