Personal connections in the digital age
By: Nancy K. Baym
Edition: Second edition
Series: Digital media and society series
Publisher: Polity Press; Polity
Published: July 2015
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780745670331; 9780745670348
Subjects: Interpersonal relations; Technological innovations; Internet; Social aspects; Cell phones
First sentence: There have never been more ways to communicate with one another than there are right now.
Description: "Fully updated to reflect new developments in social media and digital scholarship, the book identifies the core relational issues these media disturb and shows how our talk about them echoes historical discussions about earlier communication technologies. Chapters explore how we use mediated language and nonverbal behavior to develop and sustain communities, social networks, and new relationships, and to maintain existing relationships in or everyday lives." -- Publisher's description
Notes: Revised edition of the author's Personal connections in the digital age, published in 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 180 -211) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: .; title: Table of Contents; title: 1.  New forms of personal connection; title: 2.  Making new media make sense; title: 3.  Communication in digital spaces; title: 4.  Communities and networks; title: 5.  New relationships, new selves?; title: 6.  Digital media in everyday relationships; title: Conclusion: the myth of cyberspace; title: .