Webnography Resources

• Popular Discourse
• Methodological Issues and Ethics
• Social Capital
• Virtual Identity
• Computer-Mediated Communication
• Online Privacy

Recommended Books

Bell, D. (2001). An introduction to cybercultures. London, UK: Routledge.

Danet, B. (2001). Cyberpl@y: Communicating online. Oxford, UK: Berg.

Goffman, E. (1959). The presentation of self in everyday life. London, UK: Pelican.

Levinson, P. (2000). Digital McLuhan: A Guide to the Information Millenium. London, UK: Routledge.

Miller, D. & Slater, D. (2000). The Internet: An ethnographic approach. Oxford, UK: Berg.

Rheingold, H. (1993). The virtual community: Homesteading on the electronic frontier. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Turkle, S. (1995). Life on the screen: Identity in the age of the Internet. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Webnography Researchers and Bloggers

Apophenia - danah boyd has been a leading researcher in the field of online social networking for several years, and offers critical insights on digital media and the youth.

Inside Facebook - Stanford alum Justin Smith tracks developments with the Facebook platform.

The Drama 2.0 Show - Critical commentary on Web 2.0 leaders and startups.

The Facebook Project - Jeff Ginger is currently finishing up a Master's sociology thesis on Facebook, and his site includes many excellent resources.

Unit Structures - Fred Stutzman, another leading researcher in the field of online social networking, blogs about information, social networks, identity and technology.