[Air-L] text suggestions?

[Jennifer Stromer-Galley]

I don't have a good text to recommend, but I'm eager to hear what others
suggest. 

I teach an undergraduate course that focuses on "communication on the
Internet," and takes students through different pre-Web, Web, and Web
2.0 applications as well as some of the pressing social and cultural
concerns. 

The challenge is staying up-to-date! The class used to be a pre-Web,
HTML/Web class. But, now with blogging, SNSs, Wikis, etc., I totally
revamped the class this semester.

I've given up using a textbook, for the reason you note: they quickly
become out of date. Although the issues of the early part of this decade
and even earlier are still relevant, it's hard for students to see past
a 2002 or 2004 pub date and see that the content is current/relevant.

~Jenny

Assistant Professor
Department of Communication, SS 340
University at Albany, SUNY
Albany, NY 12222
518-442-4873
jstromer at albany.edu
http://www.albany.edu/~jstromer  

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> Farquharson
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> I teach an internet and society subject and I'm looking for a 
> text for next year.  The subject covers a variety of topics 
> (e.g., social networking, identity, romance, games, politics, 
> social movements) and I'm interested in a book that covers 
> topics like those from a sociological perspective.  I used 
> _The Internet in Everyday Life_  a couple of year ago and it 
> worked well but is now a bit out of date.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Karen
> 
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