The Handbook of Internet Studies brings together scholars from a variety of fields to explore the profound shift that has occurred in how we communicate and experience our world as we have moved from the industrial era into the age of digital media.

Notes on Editors and Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction: What is “Internet Studies”? 1Charles Ess and Mia Consalvo Part I Beyond the Great Divides? A Primer on Internet Histories, Methods, and Ethics 9 Introduction to Part I 11Charles Ess 1 Studying the Internet Through the Ages 17Barry Wellman 2 Web Archiving – Between Past, Present, and Future 24Niels Brügger 3 New Media, Old Methods – Internet Methodologies and the Online/Offline Divide 43Klaus Bruhn Jensen 4 The Internet in Everyday Life: Exploring the Tenets and Contributions of Diverse Approaches 59Maria Bakardjieva 5 Internet Research Ethics: Past, Present, and Future 83Elizabeth A. Buchanan Part II Shaping Daily Life: The Internet and Society 109 Introduction to Part II 111Mia Consalvo 6 Assessing the Internet’s Impact on Language 117Naomi S. Baron 7 Internet Policy 137Sandra Braman 8 Political Discussion Online 168Jennifer Stromer-Galley and Alexis Wichowski 9 Does the Internet Empower? A Look at the Internet and International Development 188Deborah L. Wheeler 10 Internet and Health Communication 212Lorna Heaton 11 Internet and Religion 232Heidi Campbell 12 Indigenous Peoples on the Internet 251Laurel Dyson 13 Queering Internet Studies: Intersections of Gender and Sexuality 270Janne Bromseth and Jenny Sundén Introduction to Part III 303Mia Consalvo 14 Community and the Internet 309Lori Kendall 15 MOOs to MMOs: The Internet and Virtual Worlds 326Mia Consalvo 16 Internet, Children, and Youth 348Sonia Livingstone 17 Internet and Games 369T. L. Taylor 18 Social Networks 2.0 384Nancy K. Baym 19 Newly Mediated Media: Understanding the Changing Internet Landscape of the Media Industries 406P. David Marshall 20 Online Pornography: Ubiquitous and Effaced 424Susanna Paasonen 21 Music and the Internet 440Steve Jones 22 Why and How Online Sociability Became Part and Parcel of Teenage Life 452Marika Lüders Index 470

HANDBOOKS IN COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA “Highly recommended.” CHOICE “A state-of-the-art collection that represents and celebrates the diversity of theoretical and disciplinary approaches marking this brave new field. A new must-have reference book for Internet studies.” Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of Illinois “This indispensable volume reflects the complexity of Internet studies – indeed, the Internet itself – by bringing together a diverse set of voices, geographies, disciplines, and arguments. It is not only an important resource for practitioners, but will also spark the curiosity of those on the edges of the field, including humanists, social scientists, and engineers alike.” Michael Zimmer, University of Wisconsin “A comprehensive and useful volume that will appeal to students, teachers, and researchers. I highly recommend it to those who have been following the field since its emergence in the 1990s as well as to those new to the field.” Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago “This handbook is landmark, documenting that Internet studies have now come of age.” Niels Ole Finnemann, Aarhus University To fully understand the impact and significance of the Internet, it is essential to consider its historical, societal, and cultural contexts. This handbook presents a wide range of original essays by established scholars in the field of Internet studies exploring the role of the Internet in modern societies, and the continuing development of its academic study.

“Summing Up: Highly recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty.”  (Choice, 1 April 2012) “Together, the comprehensive and quite thought-provoking individual essays provide richly insightful perspectives into the extent to which the internet is shaping and being shaped by human cultures and societies, and the various ways in which scholars might consider and approach such processes.”  (Digital Journalism, 19 August 2014)