The Internet and World Wide Web have woven together humanity in new ways, creating
global communities, new forms of identity and pathology, and new modes of intervention …

Human identity and the meaning attached to being human have been shaped throughout
human history by the entrenchment of new technologies and the cultivation of new human …

In this article I reflect on a particular Inuit use of the social networking site Facebook: the
group called Inuit Hunting Stories of the Day. I focus on two main issues. First, I discuss the …

Set within a historically realistic context of food rationing, withheld medical services, and
socioeconomic segregation experienced by Beijing citizens in the lead-up to the 2008 …

The initial motivation for undertaking the research presented in this book is an interest in
'best-selling ethics': the ethical 'patterns of meaning'embedded in best-selling literature. Due …

While there is a substantial body of research literature on cybersex, there have been few
studies of avatar sex participants in virtual social worlds. These few studies suggest that …

Set within a historically realistic context of food rationing, withheld medical services, and
socioeconomic segregation experienced by Beijing citizens in the lead-up to the 2008 …

T he most common, if regressive, complaint about sociology as a science is that it fails to
produce cumulative knowledge. e eld may be properly divided into those who agree and …

This thesis follows a multidisciplinary approach using the branches of philosophy, sociology
and media studies, with the intention of comprehending the singular aspects of the Web …