Introduction: Life in the Web
Introduction: Life in the Web
Author(s): Oana MateescuSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Universitatea din Bucuresti, Facultatea de Sociologie si Asistenta Sociala
Keywords: information; identity; sociality; network; Web; new media
Summary/Abstract: The article serves as an introduction to the current journal issue on Online Lives. It discusses and connects the research papers here under three different rubrics: the hopes and fears raised by a world where information is inescapable, the potential and risk of online identities and, finally, the forms of knowledge and participation that define the current architecture of a Web dominated by user-generated content.
Journal: Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology
- Issue Year: 1/2010
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 1-21
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English