[Air-L] FW: [CSL]: new book: Remote Relationships in a Small World

[Dmitry Epstein]

Following a number of presentations at the last AoIR conference, I thought
this book announcement can interest some.



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From: Holland, Samantha [mailto:S.Holland at leedsmet.ac.uk] 
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Subject: new book: Remote Relationships in a Small World

Remote Relationships in a Small World

Holland, Samantha (ed.)
New York: Peter Lang (2008) 

	
How do people have relationships when they are apart, or develop them
when they've never even met? From MySpace and weblogs to romance and
sexuality, this book draws together a range of studies on <remote
relationships>, investigating the intricate, intimate ways that people
forge connections online. The term 'remote' refers to the technologies
that facilitate forms of communication, and also underlines the lack of
physicality involved in these relationships, developed at a distance.
Using empirical data, these collected essays explore a wide variety of
relationships, examining the methodological and ethical issues that
researchers face. Remote Relationships in a Small World, part of a new
generation of online studies, responds to the need for research that
focuses on social relationships.	
	
	
Contents	
	
Jayne Armstrong: Researching DIY Grrrl (E)Zine Culture: A Methodological
and Ethical Account - Andrea J. Baker/Monica T. Whitty: Researching
Romance and Sexuality Online: Issues for New and Current Researchers -
Janet Finlay/Lynette Willoughby: Exploring Online Learning
Relationships: A Case Study in Higher Education - Simeon J.
Yates/Eleanor Lockley: Moments of Separation: Gender, (Not So Remote)
Relationships, and the Cell Phone - Natilene Bowker: Participating in
the World (Wide Web): Social Connections for People with Disabilities -
Samantha Holland/Julie Harpin: <It's Only MySpace>: Teenagers and Social
Networking Online - Lilia Efimova/Andrea Ben Lassoued: On How
Relationships Develop via Weblogs: A Co-constructed Narrative - Naomi
Rosh White/Peter B. White: Remote Relationships as Theatre: Travellers
and Group E-mails - Rhiannon Bury: Remotely Embodied Friendships in
Female Fan Communities - Jonathan Paul Marshall: Cybermind: Paradoxes of
Gender and Relationship in an Online Group - David Jacobson: <Two Levels
of Personal>: The Cultural Context of Intimacy in Instant Messaging -
Dennis D. Waskul/Phillip Vannini: Ludic and Ludic(rous) Relationships:
Sex, Play, and the Internet - Sarah Earle/Keith Sharp: Online Relations
between the Men Who Pay for Sex - Marcus Wigan: A Remote Marriage: The
Theory and Practice of Being Apart and Staying Together.	
 

Reviews	
	
<This volume provides excellent analyses of a wide range of mediated
relationships from some of the best researchers in the field. Anyone
interested in online relationships, sociality, or identity will want to
own this book.> (Lori Kendall, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign)	

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