New Media and the Politics of Online Communities
Intro -- New Media and the Politics of Online Communities -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: Concepts of Cyberspace and Cyberculture -- Electronic Kairos -- Authenticity Online: Using Webnography to Address Phenomenological Concerns -- PART II: Cyberculture, National Identity and Diaspora -- Stresses Upon An Emergent Imagined Community: Results and Insights from the Emirates Internet Project -- The Role of Online Communities in Social Networking among Polish Migrants in the United Kingdom -- Emerging Communication Practices and Immigrant Adolescents in their Developmental Process -- PART III: Fan Cultures Online -- The Darker Side of Slash Fanfiction on the Internet -- Virtual Friends: Experiences of an Online Fan Community -- Music Blogs, Music Scenes, Sub-Cultural Capital: Emerging Practices in Music Blogs -- PART IV: Cultures on Online Learning -- E-Learning 2.0 as Reciprocal Learning -- New Media Literacies of Future Mother Tongue Teachers -- PART V: Changing Identities in Cyberspace -- Cloakroom Communities and Cyberspace: Towards a Concept of 'Pseudo-Environmental' Niche -- Identity Representations through Machinima Creation -- Artistic Identity within Cyberspace: Issues go Global, Interdisciplinary Projects do Evolve - A Personal View -- PART VI: The Future Platforms -- Machinimation Tools and their Impact on Creativity -- Media Convergence and the Future of Online Platforms -- Gaming Potential of Augmented Reality -- PART VII: Controversial Issues in Cyberlife -- Election 2.0: How to Use Cyber Platforms to Win the US Presidential Elections - An Investigation into the Changing Communication Strategies of Election Candidates -- Click Here to Protest: Electronic Civil Disobedience and the Future of Social Mobilisation -- Cybertrauma and Technocultural Shock in Contemporary Media Culture.