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Presenting a penetrating psychoanalytic reading of Virginia Woolf's novels, this work explains how Woolf's feminism and pacifism, based on her conscious insight into an authoritarian society, were given passionate conviction by her childhood and adult relationships with her family and men.

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This book looks at how popular young adult literature fetishizes virginity. Christine Seifert examines how and why so much romance and dystopian fictionthe two most popular genres in YA lithave focused on what she calls abstinence porna phenomenon that has broken out since the appearance of Twilight on the market.

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Video gaming is wildly popular and getting even more so as interfaces and devices improve. This popular account of the rise of gaming offers insight into its popularity and place in our culture as well as the impact it has on our daily lives from the doctors office to the family room sofa.

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This book provides a theological account of the internet from a Catholic perspective. Katherine G. Schmidt engages digital culture by providing a context for media and mediation within the Catholic tradition, specifically focusing on the ecclesiology and sacramentality of the church.

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Throughout the world, schools, universities, and industry have begun to use virtual instruction to expand their outreach to learners and to promote collaboration and exchange among educators.

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This book is the THE source for information on virtual worlds, covering every aspect of this intriguing and fast-changing social practice and the technologies upon which it rests.

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This book focuses on preparing students to be successful independent learners for the twenty first century. Students will construct their own meaning not only within the traditional brick and mortar environment with the assistant of the classroom teacher, but also in an online environment scaffolded by a virtual tutor.

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This book focuses on preparing students to be successful independent learners for the twenty first century. Students will construct their own meaning not only within the traditional brick and mortar environment with the assistant of the classroom teacher, but also in an online environment scaffolded by a virtual tutor.

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Social researchers can hardly afford to ignore the Internet, as it becomes an intrinsic part of everyday life. This new site of social interactions is begging to be researched and explored. At the same time it can be a moral minefield and a quality control nightmare even for researchers skilled in established methods.

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Explores the problems and opportunities surrounding Internet-based research. From hyperlink analysis to the sex industry online, case studies in this title highlight the difficulties researchers face, the opportunities to be seized, and offer practical solutions. It is suitable for those planning a research project involving the Internet.

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"A survey of key areas related to digital music and the internet with a focus on how technology impacts the relationship between music and its listeners"--

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Computers mediate between individuals by providing channels of communication in the form of messaging systems; they act as brokers in matching buyers and sellers, employees and employers, resources and work processes, and so on. The social significance of computers as mediators and brokers has treme

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This book explores how virtual reality can be used to improve traditional cognitive behavior therapy, a widely used therapeutic technique used to treat offenders, by offering a controlled environment where offenders can learn new skills, role play, and practice scenarios that they may find when back in the community.

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Virtual reality - one of the most advanced and exciting technologies to emerge in recent decades - offers businesspeople a new way to grasp information and use it quickly and effectively. This book offers a detailed analysis of how it works, why it is valuable and where it is going.

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Use this practical resource to create a virtual reference service in your school or public library using little to no budget money! This book speaks to all librariansschool, public, special, and academic and addresses universal virtual reference needs of library patrons.

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To advance in today's workplace requires virtual team skills. Most individuals assume their face-to-face skills will translate, but competency with virtual communication and teamwork requires an entirely new set of skills. This book guides readers down the path to success.

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Virtue and Irony in American Democracy: Revisiting Dewey and Niebuhr offers original, accessible democratic-virtue readings of Dewey and Niebuhr, showing implications for political responses to economic inequality on the basis of the virtues they imply.