[Air-L] Charles Ess on "internet studies"

[Pam Estes Brewer]

Impressive.  I am going to print it and hang it in eye range so that I can give it some thought.

Thank you, Charles.

Pam

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>
> Drawing on disciplines throughout the natural sciences, social 
> sciences, and the humanities, Internet Studies explores 
> Internet-facilitated human (and machine) communication with 
> characteristic (but not exclusive) focus on how identity, agency, 
> relationship, community, and power interact with the affordances of 
> Internet-based communication technologies, often with a careful view 
> towards larger ethical, social, political, cultural, economic, legal, 
> and other human contexts. Internet Studies further includes 
> meta-theoretical development and refinement of various research 
> methodologies; specific attention to the ethical challenges and 
> possible resolutions to these challenges that arise in the course of 
> such research; and the histories of the Internet, including web history as a domain in its own right.


This is awesome, Charles!  I'll keep looking at it to see if there's anything to add - i'm thinking that cultural influences on 'internet culture' might be something to consider.


Andre Brock
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