Mia, in addition to students, the intended audiences are the intelligent general reader as well as scholars. My guess is that you fit in 2 of those 3 categories. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Just published: NETWORKED: The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman. MIT Press. http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12791 http://www.amazon.com/Networked-New-Social-Operating-System/dp/0262017199/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325258020&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.ca/Networked-New-Social-Operating-System/dp/0262017199/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336697601&sr=1-4 _______________________________________________________________________ On Sat, 30 Jun 2012, Amelia Cole wrote: > Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:28:34 -0500 > From: Amelia Cole <miawcole@gmail.com> > To: wellman@chass.utoronto.ca > Subject: Re: CITASA Digest, Vol 48, Issue 8 > > Thanks for the notification of your text on CITASA. While I'm not the intended audience, I was excited to see your post and I look forward to reading your book. > > Mia Cole > > On Jun 30, 2012, at 11:00 AM, citasa-request@list.citasa.org wrote: > >> Send CITASA mailing list submissions to >> citasa@list.citasa.org >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://list.citasa.org/mailman/listinfo/citasa_list.citasa.org >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> citasa-request@list.citasa.org >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> citasa-owner@list.citasa.org >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of CITASA digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Networked as your text? (Barry Wellman) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:32:39 -0400 >> From: Barry Wellman <wellman@chass.utoronto.ca> >> To: communication and information technology section asa >> <citasa@list.citasa.org> >> Subject: [CITASA] Networked as your text? >> Message-ID: >> <Pine.SGI.4.64.1206301031460.7277338@origin.chass.utoronto.ca> >> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed >> >> >> It's textbook choosing season, and I hope you'll think about our Networked >> book. I taught nicely from the pdfs last year. And it's less than $20. >> Recommended by Manuel Castells, Vint Cerf, Clay Shirky, Howard Rheingold, >> and others. (Full list on Amazon). >> >> Here's the jacket blurb: >> >> Daily life is connected life, its rhythms driven by endless email pings and >> responses, the chimes and beeps of continually arriving text messages, tweets >> and retweets, Facebook updates, pictures and videos to post and discuss. Our >> perpetual connectedness gives us endless opportunities to be part of the >> give-and-take of networking. >> >> Some worry that this new environment makes us isolated and lonely. But in >> Networked, Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman show how the large, loosely knit social >> circles of networked individuals expand opportunities for learning, problem >> solving, decision making, and personal interaction. The new social operating >> system of "networked individualism" liberates us from the restrictions of >> tightly knit groups; it also requires us to develop networking skills and >> strategies, work on maintaining ties, and balance multiple overlapping >> networks. Rainie and Wellman outline the "triple revolution" that has brought >> on this transformation: the rise of social networking, the capacity of the >> Internet to empower individuals, and the always-on connectivity of mobile >> devices. Drawing on extensive evidence, they examine how the move to networked >> individualism has expanded personal relationships beyond households and >> neighborhoods; transformed work into less hierarchical, more team-driven >> enterprises; encouraged individuals to create and share content; and changed >> the way people obtain information. Rainie and Wellman guide us through the >> challenges and opportunities of living in the evolving world of networked >> individuals. >> >> >> >> Barry Wellman >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> >> S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director >> Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 >> University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman >> http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 >> Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php >> >> Just published: NETWORKED: The New Social Operating System. >> Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman. MIT Press. >> http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12791 >> http://www.amazon.com/Networked-New-Social-Operating-System/dp/0262017199/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325258020&sr=1-1 >> http://www.amazon.ca/Networked-New-Social-Operating-System/dp/0262017199/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336697601&sr=1-4 >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CITASA mailing list >> CITASA@list.citasa.org >> http://list.citasa.org/mailman/listinfo/citasa_list.citasa.org >> >> >> End of CITASA Digest, Vol 48, Issue 8 >> ************************************* > >