Communications & Technology

The Oxford handbook of Internet studies by William H. Dutton 1947- This handbook is a landmark in the dynamic and rapidly expanding field of Internet studies, bringing together leading international scholars to strengthen research on how the Internet has been studied and the discipline's fundamental questions, and shape research, policy, and practice for the future.

The Handbook of Internet Studies by Mia Consalvo (Editor); Charles Ess (Editor); Robert Burnett (Editor) The Handbook of Internet Studies brings togetherscholars from a variety of fields to explore the profoundshift that has occurred in how we communicate and experience ourworld as we have moved from the industrial era into the age ofdigital media.  Presents a wide range of original essays by establishedscholars in everything from online ethics to ways inwhich indigenous peoples now use the Internet Looks at the role of the internet in modern societies, and thecontinuing development of internet studies as an academicfield Explores Internet studies through history, society, culture,and the future of online media Provides introductory frameworks to ground and orientate thestudent, while also providing more experienced scholars with aconvenient and comprehensive overview of the latest trends andcritical directions in the many areas of Internet research

TECHNOLINGUALISM by James Perehm Since the earliest days of our species, technology and language have evolved in parallel. This book examines the processes and products of this age-old relationship- a phenomenon we 're calling technolingualism -- the mutually influential relationship between language and technology. One the one hand, as humans advance technology to master, control, and change the world around us, our language adapts. More sophisticated social-cultural practices give rise to new patterns of linguistic communication. Language changes in its vocabulary, structures, social conventions, and ideologies. Conversely and this side of the story has been widely overlooked the unique features of human language can influence a technology 's physical forms and technical processes. Technolingualism explores the fascinating ways, past and present, by which language and technology have informed each other 's development. The book reveals important corollaries about the universal nature of language and, most importantly, what it means to be human. From our first babbling noises to the ends of our lives, we are innately attuned to the technologies around us, and our language reflects this. We are, all of us, technolinguals.