
Online Social Networking on Campus
Understanding What Matters in Student Culture
List Price: $44.95
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-99020-2
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 11/24/2008
- Pages: 168
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction: Campus Life Online
Chapter 2 Emergence and Acceleration: Computer-Mediated Communication and the College Student
- The rise of the technological generation and the construction of individual identity and college culture
- Internet history and use
- Development of online social networking sites
- Social networking sites as cultural phenomenon: Generally and on campus
- College Student Identity: Issues and research on online social networking sites
Chapter 3 Students Speak: Campus Culture, Identity and Facebook
- Facebook Primer
- What Students Report about Their Facebook Use
- Student Portraits
- Kris
- Jordan
- Teresa
- Matthew
- Our Observations
Chapter 4 The New Campus Reality: Facebook and Student Affairs Practice
- Do Administrators Belong on Facebook?
- Student Leaders as Cultural Translators
- Orienting Students to Campus Culture, both Real and Online
- Supporting Student Development in the Expanding Campus Community
Chapter 5 The Future of the Campus Social Graph
- What is the future of online social networking on campus?
- Changing demographic of Facebook and Online Social Networks
- Global Growth
- New Niche Users
- Post Script
References
Glossary
Index
Author Biographies



