[Air-L] online deviance & misbehavior Re: Scholarly books on geek culture?

[Janet Sternberg]

Greetings, Sarah (and others),

I've just published a book about online misbehavior that might be of 
interest for your colleague's deviance class. It's just become available 
via Amazon, and I yet haven't done a formal announcement, but I copy a 
summary below, and further details are available online via Amazon, the 
publisher, or my related site http://misbehaviorincyberplaces.tumblr.com

Cheers,
Janet

Janet Sternberg, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Communication and Media Studies
Latin American and Latino Studies
Fordham University
Bronx, NY 10458-9993 USA
718-817-4855 voice | 718-817-4868 fax
jsternberg at fordham.edu | sternberg.janet at gmail.com
http://about.me/JanetPhD
New book: Misbehavior in Cyber Places
http://misbehaviorincyberplaces.tumblr.com

SUMMARY
Misbehavior in Cyber Places: The Reglation of Online Conduct in Virtual 
Communities on the Internet studies computer-mediated, interpersonal 
communication on the Internet up to the turn of the century, portraying 
a technological universe that existed before social media, smartphones, 
and commercialism began to dominate cyberspace in the new millennium. 
Here, with amateurs prevailing over professionals, digital immigrants 
explored online frontiers and founded virtual communities. Based on 
early stages of Internet research, this book examines misbehavior across 
a wide range of online environments. Sternberg distinguishes misbehavior 
and rule-breaking from crime and law-breaking, and discusses cybercrime, 
cyberlaw, and the differences between local and global regulation. This 
book lays out the theoretical framework and fundamental ideas of media 
ecology, a branch of communication scholarship. Sternberg highlights 
pioneering media ecology perspectives on space, place, situations, 
rules, and behavior in public. These subjects are highly relevant for 
understanding digital media, mediated interpersonal communication, and 
behavior in online environments.
2012 University Press of America, Inc.
ISBN 9780761860112
http://misbehaviorincyberplaces.tumblr.com

Sarah Michele Ford wrote:
> Hi all,
> A colleague asked me if I had any recommendations on an academic book on geek culture that she could use in her deviance class. I told her I didn't but that this list almost certainly would. Who wants to prove me right?
> 
> Thanks!
> Sarah
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