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Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media
Section of the American Sociological Association, Volume 10 of the
Communication and Information Technologies Annual, Digital
Distinctions & Inequalities, brings together nine studies of
this increasingly important form of inequality. Drawn from four
continents, the research provides a global overview of the current
state of the field in different cultural contexts. As a whole, the
volume illuminates the complexities of digital inequalities as they
are manifested in groups and societies EURO"even when access is
widespread. In their depth and breadth, the volume's contributions
provide an indispensable guide to emergent forms of digital
inequality as it rapidly evolves.
This book provides the latest research and design-based
recommendations for how to design and implement a technology
training program for older adults in Continuing Care Retirement
Communities (CCRCs). The approach in the book concentrates on
providing useful best practices for CCRC owners, CEOs, activity
directors, as well as practitioners and system designers working
with older adults to enhance their quality of life. Educators
studying older adults will also find this book useful Although the
guidelines are couched in the context of CCRCs, the book will have
broader-based implications for training older adults on how to use
computers, tablets, and other technologies.
This book provides the latest research and design-based
recommendations for how to design and implement a technology
training program for older adults in Continuing Care Retirement
Communities (CCRCs). The approach in the book concentrates on
providing useful best practices for CCRC owners, CEOs, activity
directors, as well as practitioners and system designers working
with older adults to enhance their quality of life. Educators
studying older adults will also find this book useful Although the
guidelines are couched in the context of CCRCs, the book will have
broader-based implications for training older adults on how to use
computers, tablets, and other technologies.
Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media
Sociology section of the American Sociological Association
(CITAMS), this volume is the second of a two-part series that
celebrates the section's 30th anniversary. Casey Brienza leads the
second of the two volumes - The M in CITAMS@30: Media Sociology -
with former CITAMS chairs Laura Robinson, Barry Wellman, Shelia R.
Cotten, and Wenhong Chen. Volume 18 continues the discussion begun
in Volume 17: Networks, Hacking, and Media--CITAMS@30: Now and Then
and Tomorrow. Both volumes highlight some of the best of the
vibrant, interdisciplinary scholarship in communication,
information technologies and media sociology. Volume 18 develops
the field of media sociology vis-a-vis the roles and impacts of the
digital and traditional media via rich international case studies
that include a broad swath of contexts and cultures. The volume's
authors probe the relationships between inequalities and media, as
well as offering a scintillating array of scholarship on cultural
production and consumption. Assembled together, the work in this
volume showcases the value of interdisciplinary scholarship in the
sociological study of media, communication, and information
technologies. In keeping with the celebration of the thirty-year
anniversary, both volumes open with a foreword by past chair
Wenhong Chen and close with an afterword by past chair Shelia
Cotten.
Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media
Sociology section of the American Sociological Association
(CITAMS), this volume celebrates the section's thirtieth
anniversary. Lead editor Barry Wellman joins forces with former and
current CITAMS chairs Wenhong Chen, Shelia Cotten, and Laura
Robinson, as well as Casey Brienza, founder of the Media Sociology
Preconference, to look back at the history of the section, review
some of its most important themes, and set the agenda for future
discussion. Alongside its sister volume, The "M" in CITAMS@30:
Media Sociology, this valuable book shows the impact CITAMS has
had, and continues to have, on academic and public discourse.
Featuring leading scholars in the fields of sociology of
communication, information technologies and media, it reveals how
the section had transcended disciplinary boundaries, and
demonstrates how it holds the skills to address some of the biggest
challenges of our digital age. It is essential reading for all
those interested in both the story of CITAMS to date, and the role
it will play in the future.
Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media
Sociology section of the American Sociological Association
(CITAMS), this volume assembles the contributions of a dynamic
editorial team composed of leading scholars from Brazil and the
United States. Volume 13 provides an unparalleled compilation of
research on Brazilian media and communication studies guided by the
expert hands of prominent scholars from both Brazil and the United
States. Over twenty chapters explore five key themes: the new face
of news and journalism, social movements and protest, television,
cinema, publicity and marketing, and media theory. Selections
encompass research on emergent phenomena, as well as studies with a
historical or longitudinal dimension, that reflect the Brazilian
case as laboratory for exploring the evolving media environment of
one of the world's most fascinating societies.
Sponsored by the Communication and Information Technologies Section
of the American Sociological Association, this volume examines
wide-ranging aspects of culture, communication, and [new] media
broadly defined. Themes include the interplay between [new] media
and any of the following: culture, communication, technology,
convergence, the arts, cultural production, and cultural change in
the digital age. Contributions shed light on emergent phenomena
that -sociologists, particularly those studying media or
communication, culture scholars will find intriguing.
Sponsored by the Communication and Information Technologies Section
of the American Sociological Association, this volume brings
together nine studies of the digital public sphere. The
contributions illuminate three key areas of digital citizenship,
namely political engagement, participation networks, and content
production. In the first section, authors address relationships
including: new media and efficacy, YouTube and young voters,
political interest and online news. In the following section, the
contributions speak to the importance of participation in social,
scholarly, familial, and support networks. Subsequently, in section
three on production, two contributions offers insight into unequal
production, more specifically, gendered digital production
inequalities and the varied responsiveness of microbloggers to
different kinds of media events and issues. As a whole, the
contributions revisit old questions and answer important new
queries about netizenship and the digital public sphere.
This volume assembles cutting edge research focusing on media and
youth. The volume looks broadly at what is understood by the
definitions of 'youth' and 'media', when studied together and
separately, and how these continue to develop. The volume features
papers about institutions that shape this part of the lifecourse,
such as the family, school, community organizations. Papers address
this theme from a theoretical and methodological framework.
This special volume contributes to the rapidly growing body of
eHealth research, presenting a selection of multidisciplinary
studies on the role and impacts of technology and the Internet in
health communication, healthcare delivery, and patient
self-management. The use of the Internet and new communication
technologies have impacted nearly every aspect of life in recent
years. These technologies hold tremendous promise to improve
systems of healthcare and enable people to better understand their
health and manage their healthcare. However, there are also risks
to the use of eHealth technologies. Empirical evidence is urgently
needed to examine the use and impacts of eHealth technologies and
to inform targeted health communication interventions. Chapters
explore both old and new challenges associated with
technology-enabled care. These include the persistence of social
determinants in shaping Digital Divides in access and use of
eHealth technologies, the unintended consequences associated with
electronic medical records and pagers on healthcare professionals'
ability to control their work time, and how self-tracking and
quantification may exacerbate gendered norms of the body and
health. Other chapters provide updated information on trends in and
predictors of people's trust of health information channels, how
people make credibility assessments of online health information,
the role of personality traits in perceived benefits in online
support group participation, and how online health resources impact
people's sense of empowerment and the use of healthcare services.
Finally, chapters explore the future potential of eHealth in
addressing the needs of underserved communities and guide the
creation of new technology-enabled intervention strategies.
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