Forthcoming ICT Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Online@AsiaPacific

   Mobile, Social and Locative Media in the Asia–Pacific

   By Larissa Hjorth, Michael Arnold

   Series: Asia's Transformations/Asia.com

   Media across the Asia-Pacific region are at once social, locative and mobile. Social in that these media facilitate public and interpersonal interaction, locative in that this social communication is geographically placed, and mobile in so much as the media is ever-present. The Asia–Pacific region...

   To Be Published March 6th 2013 by Routledge
2. Cyberspace Law

   Censorship and Regulation of the Internet

   Edited by Hannibal Travis

   This book explores what the American Civil Liberties Union calls the "third era" in cyberspace, in which filters "fundamentally alter the architectural structure of the Internet, with significant implications for free speech." Although courts and nongovernmental organizations increasingly insist...

   To Be Published April 7th 2013 by Routledge
3. Digital Development in Korea

   Building an Information Society

   By Myung Oh, James Larson

   Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies

   This book explores the role of digital information and communications technology in South Korea’s development, starting with and building upon the crucial developments of the 1980s. Its perspective draws on the information society concept and on a conceptual model of strategic restructuring of...

   To Be Published April 29th 2013 by Routledge
4. The FRBR Family of Conceptual Models

   Toward a Linked Bibliographic Future

   Edited by Richard P. Smiraglia, Pat Riva, Maja Žumer

   Since 1998 when FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) was first published by IFLA, the effort to develop and apply FRBR has been extended in many innovative and experimental directions. Papers in this volume explain and expand upon the extended family of FRBR models including...

   To Be Published April 30th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Digital Divide

   The internet and social inequality in international perspective

   Edited by Massimo Ragnedda, Glenn W. Muschert

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of inequality and the stratification of the digital sphere. Grounded in classical sociological theories of inequality, as well as empirical evidence, this book defines ‘the digital divide’ as the unequal access and utility of internet...

   To Be Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Public Space of Social Media

   Connected Cultures of the Network Society

   By Therese Tierney

   Series: Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture

   This book addresses how practices contained within contemporary networked publics fit into a larger genealogy of the public sphere. Here Tierney explores concepts of public space linked to theories of communal identity, civitas and democracy, the fete, and self-expression. Through empirical...

   To Be Published June 20th 2013 by Routledge
7. Global Communication

   New Agendas in Communication

   Edited by Karin Wilkins, Joe Straubhaar, Shanti Kumar

   Series: New Agendas in Communication Series

   This volume interrogates what "global" means in the context of "communication," and who benefits from global communication practices and industries. Emerging scholars contribute their unique perspectives in communication scholarship, charting innovative directions for research that connects...

   To Be Published July 21st 2013 by Routledge
8. Agenda Setting in a 2.0 World

   New Agendas in Communication

   Edited by Thomas J. Johnson

   Series: New Agendas in Communication Series

   This volume explores agenda-setting theory in light of changes in the media environment in the 21st century. In the decades since the original Chapel Hill study that launched agenda-setting research, the theory has attracted the interest of scholars worldwide. Agenda Setting in a 2.0 World features...

   To Be Published August 5th 2013 by Routledge
9. The Routledge Handbook of Social Media

   Edited by Jeremy Hunsinger, Theresa Senft

   The Routledge Handbook of Social Media explores how social media is changing disciplinary understandings of the nature of the Internet, and reshaping our everyday lives. In addition to person-to-person social networking services like Facebook and Twitter, this volume considers a broad range of...

   To Be Published August 31st 2013 by Routledge