Face-to-Face Communication over the Internet

by Arvid Kappas

Book Overview

Social platforms such as MySpace, Facebook and Twitter have rekindled the initial excitement of cyberspace. Text-based, computer-mediated communication has been enriched with face-to-face communication such as Skype, as users move from desktops to laptops with integrated cameras and related hardware. Age, gender and culture barriers seem to have crumbled and disappeared as the user base widens dramatically. Other than simple statistics relating to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521853834
• ISBN13: 9780521853835
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"