Internet Studies: Perspectives on a rapidly developing field 2 Aug 2013 | 12:48 pm

Mapping the landscape of Internet Studies: Text mining of social science journal articles 2000-2009 2 Aug 2013 | 12:48 pm

What does ‘Internet studies’ entail as a field of social science research? We aim to answer the question by mapping research themes, theorization, and methodology of Internet studies based on 27,000+ ...

A culturalist critique of 'online community' in new media studies 2 Aug 2013 | 12:48 pm

This essay provides an overview of the theoretical perspectives and trends in the study of online community. It traces the genealogy of the community concept, addressing the conflicting views of commu...

Religion and the Internet: A microcosm for studying Internet trends and implications 2 Aug 2013 | 12:48 pm

This article argues that paying close attention to key findings within the study of religion and the Internet, a subfield of Internet Studies, can enhance our understanding and discussion of the large...

Race and racism in Internet Studies: A review and critique 2 Aug 2013 | 12:48 pm

Race and racism persist online in ways that are both new and unique to the Internet, alongside vestiges of centuries-old forms that reverberate significantly both offline and on. As we mark 15 years i...

Where is the governance in Internet governance? 2 Aug 2013 | 12:48 pm

The governance of the Internet provides one of the most important arenas in which new ideas regarding Internet studies can be applied and tested. This paper critiques the prevailing conceptualization ...

Towards a hyperlinked society: A critical review of link studies 2 Aug 2013 | 12:48 pm

The hyperlink is a fundamental feature of the web. This paper investigates how hyperlinks have been used as research objects in social sciences. Reviewing a body of literature belonging to sociology, ...

Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives 2 Aug 2013 | 12:48 pm

I argue that web historiography should be placed higher on the Internet Studies’ research agenda, since a better understanding of the web of the past is an important condition for gaining a more compl...

Mapping actor roles in social media: Different perspectives on value creation in theories of user participation 2 Aug 2013 | 12:48 pm

While media studies have been locked into a classic producer-text-audience model, most theories of social media suggest some degree of collapse between the producer and audience. In this article, we a...

Karl Marx @ Internet Studies 2 Aug 2013 | 12:48 pm

The task of this paper is to point out the relevance of Karl Marx for Internet Studies. Marxian concepts that have been reflected implicitly or explicitly in Internet Studies include: (1) dialectics; ...