The SAGE handbook of digital technology research / edited by Sara Price, Carey Jewitt and Barry Brown.
Contributor(s): Price, Sara [editor of compilation]
| Jewitt, Carey [editor of compilation.] | Brown, Barry [editor of compilation.]Publisher: Los Angeles, California : SAGE, 2013Description: 496 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: 25487ISBN: 9781446200476 (hardback) :Other title: Digital technology researchSubject(s): Digital electronics -- Research | Human-computer interaction -- ResearchDDC classification: 621.381
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| Book | MAIN LIBRARY Book | 621.381 SAG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 095085 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Research on and with digital technologies is everywhere today. This timely, authoritative Handbook explores the issues of rapid technological development, social change, and the ubiquity of computing technologies which have become an integrated part of people′s everyday lives.
This is a comprehensive, up-to-date resource for the twenty-first century. It addresses the key aspects of research within the digital technology field and provides a clear framework for readers wanting to navigate the changeable currents of digital innovation.
Main themes include:
- Introduction to the field of contemporary digital technology research
- New digital technologies: key characteristics and considerations
- Research perspectives for digital technologies: theory and analysis
- Environments and tools for digital research
- Research challenges
Aimed at a social science audience, it will be of particular value for postgraduate students, researchers and academics interested in research on digital technology, or using digital technology to undertake research.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Notes on the Editors and Contributors (p. viii)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- Part 1 An Introduction to the Field of Contemporary Digital Technology Research (p. 7)
- 1 The Historical Context (p. 9)
- 2 The Field of Digital Technology Research (p. 26)
- Part 2 New Digital Technologies: Key Characteristics and Considerations (p. 41)
- 3 Context, Location and Mobility: A Human Story (p. 43)
- 4 Online Information: Access, Search and Exchange (p. 58)
- 5 Social Media, Human Connectivity and Psychological Well-being (p. 71)
- 6 Engaging Practices: Doing Personalized Media (p. 87)
- 7 Ethics, Phenomenology and Ontology (p. 102)
- Part 3 Research Perspectives for Digital Technologies: Theory and Analysis (p. 117)
- 8 Critical Theory of Technology (p. 121)
- 9 Critical and Cultural Approaches to HCI (p. 130)
- 10 Theories of Embodiment in HCI (p. 144)
- 11 Space and Place in Digital Technology Research: A Theoretical Overview (p. 159)
- 12 Affect and Experiential Approaches (p. 174)
- 13 Ethnographic Approaches to Digital Research (p. 189)
- 14 The Mediational Perspective on Digital Technology: Understanding the Interplay between Technology, Mind and Action (p. 203)
- 15 Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis: Empirical Approaches to the Study of Digital Technology in Action (p. 217)
- 16 Behavioral Trace Data for Analyzing Online Communities (p. 236)
- 17 Multimodal Methods for Researching Digital Technologies (p. 250)
- 18 Projection, Place, and Point-of-view in Research through Design (p. 266)
- 19 Design Research: Observing Critical Design (p. 286)
- Part 4 Environments and Tools for Digital Research (p. 303)
- 20 Tangibles: Technologies and Interaction for Learning (p. 307)
- 21 Material Computing: Integrating Technology into the Material World (p. 326)
- 22 Haptic Interfaces (p. 342)
- 23 Contrasting Lab-based and In-the-wild Studies for Evaluating Multi-user Technologies (p. 359)
- 24 Ubiquitous Virtual Reality Environments (p. 374)
- 25 Location-based Environments and Technologies (p. 387)
- 26 Mobile Learning in the Majority World: A Critique of the GSMA's Position (p. 402)
- 27 Online and Internet-based Technologies: Gaming (p. 412)
- 28 Online and Internet-based Technologies: Social Networking (p. 427)
- 29 Learner Modelled Environments (p. 443)
- 30 The Interplay Between Research and Industry: HCI and Grounded Innovation (p. 459)
- Afterword: Looking to the Future (p. 473)
- Index (p. 476)
Reviews provided by Syndetics
CHOICE Review
This extensive, well-organized work, edited by Price (London Knowledge Lab, UK), Jewitt (Univ. of London, UK), and Brown (Mobile Life Centre, Sweden), is not for the faint of heart. The discipline-specific content, highly sophisticated research, and germane terminology (e.g., "Heideggerian," "dystopic," "haptic") will put general readers at a disadvantage and may challenge interested professionals outside the field. Fortunately, a glossary in one chapter helps to bridge this gap in expertise. The volume is divided into four parts: "Introduction to the Field of Contemporary Digital Technology Research," "New Digital Technologies: Key Characteristics and Considerations," "Research Perspectives for Digital Technologies: Theory and Analysis," and "Environments and Tools for Digital Research." Part 3 is the gold mine, identifying emergent and established theories along with theoretical origins, key concepts, major studies, and restrictions. Throughout the text, scholars make projections on the future of digital technology and identify areas of weakness, and challenges and tensions that must be addressed in order to realize digital technology's full potential. The book is heavily footnoted; readers will be able to delve further into any topic covered. The various images provided will allow researchers to better visualize concepts discussed. Case studies appear in several of the 30 chapters. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals. B. G. Turner Faulkner UniversityThere are no comments on this title.