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Networked Rhetoric: Social Networks, Participatory Media and the Future of Writing and Research

PWR 2CA - Winter 2013 - Instructor: Alfano, C.
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A guide to resources for PWR 2CA: Networked Rhetoric: Social Networks, Participatory Media and the Future of Writing and Research. Course topics include: issues surrounding participatory media and social networking from the perspective of both theory and practice.

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Subjects

General and interdisciplinary

Background/Reference sources

Alphabet to Internet : mediated communication in our lives / Irving Fang.
St. Paul, Minn. : Rada Press, c2008.
Green Library » InfoCenter (non-circulating) » P90 .F264 2008
The alternative media handbook / Kate Coyer, Tony Dowmunt and Alan Fountain.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
Green Library » InfoCenter (non-circulating) » P96 .A44 C69 2007
Encyclopedia of new media : an essential reference to communication and technology / Steve Jones, editor.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2003.
Green Library » InfoCenter (non-circulating) » QA76.575 .E5368 2003
The Oxford handbook of information and communication technologies / edited by Robin Mansell ... [et al.].
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Green Library » InfoCenter (non-circulating) » HM851 .O98 2007
The rise of the blogosphere / Aaron Barlow.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2007.
Green Library » Stacks » PN4784 .O62 B37 2007

Selected SearchWorks subject terms

Online Social Networks.
Mass media > Technological innovations.
Mass media > Audiences.
Digital media > Social aspects.

Suggested databases

Academic search premier [electronic resource].
Ipswich, MA : EBSCO Pub.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)

A multidisciplinary database which provides full-text for over 4,650 scholarly publications, more than 3,600 of them peer-reviewed. Includes topics in the social sciences, humanities, general science, education and most areas of academic study. Abstracts and indexing provided for 8,200 journals in the collection. Coverage is from 1965 to the present.

Access world news [electronic resource] : the ultimate news archive.
Chester, Vt. : NewsBank, inc.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)

Access World News from NewsBank provides full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. Date coverage varies with individual newspaper. Also includes thousands of broadcast transcripts, newswires, video clips, and news blogs

Communication studies [electronic resource] : a SAGE full-text collection.
Bethesda, Md. : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, [200-?]-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
LexisNexis [electronic resource] : academic.
[Miamisburg, OH] : LexisNexis, division of Reed Elsevier
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)

Provides access to various databases, including current news, business information, company directories, federal and state laws, regulations, legal cases, medical and references.

Political science [electronic resource] : a SAGE full-text collection.
Bethesda, MD : CSA ; Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
PsycINFO [electronic resource].
[Bethesda, Md.] : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Sociology [electronic resource] : a SAGE full-text collection.
Bethesda, Md. : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, [200-?]-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Worldwide political science abstracts [electronic resource].
[Bethesda, Md.] : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, 2001-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Computers in human behavior.
Elmsford, N.Y. : Pergamon Press, c1985-
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » BF1 .C65 V.25:NO.1 2009
Global media and communication [electronic resource].
London ; Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications, c2005-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
International journal of media and cultural politics.
Bristol : Intellect, c2005-
Green Library » Current Periodicals
The journal of e-media studies [electronic resource].
Hanover, NH : Dartmouth College, Dept. of Film and Television Studies
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Journal of new communications research.
Palo Alto, Calif. : SNCR Press
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Policy & internet [electronic resource].
Berkeley, CA : Berkeley Electronic Press [Hoboken, NJ] : Wiley
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)

Selected websites

2014 USC Annenberg Digital Future Study
Pew Internet & American Life Project
(Search for "Internet and American Life".) Pew Internet explores the impact of the internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life. The Project is nonpartisan and takes no position on policy issues."
Social Media Examiner
"Offering a unique single source of knowledge, the site contains comprehensive articles and videos on how to use the best social media tools, along with original case studies, reviews of the latest industry research and advice direct from the world’s leading experts."
Society for New Communications Research
"The Society for New Communications Research is a global nonprofit 501(c)(3) think tank dedicated to the advanced study of the latest developments in new media and communications, and their effect on traditional media and business models, communications, culture and society."