The hyperlinked society : questioning connections in the digital age /

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Imprint:Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press : University of Michigan Library, c2008.
Description:319 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:New media world
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7187687
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Other authors / contributors:Turow, Joseph.
Tsui, Lokman.
ISBN:9780472070435 (cloth : alk. paper)
0472070436 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780472050437 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0472050435 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:"Digital culture books"--Ser. t.p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-303) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: On Not Taking the Hyperlink for Granted
  • Part 1. Hyperlinks and the Organization of Attention
  • Structuring a Marketplace of Attention
  • The Hyperlink as Organizing Principle
  • Hyperlinking and the Forces of "Massification"
  • The Hyperlink in Newspapers and Blogs
  • The Role of Expertise in Navigating Links of Influence
  • Google, Links, and Popularity versus Authority
  • Part 2. Hyperlinks and the Business of Media
  • The Hyperlinked News Organization
  • How Hyperlinks Ought to Change the Advertising Business
  • Hyperlinks and Marketing Insight
  • Hyperlinking and Advertising Strategy
  • From Hyperlinks to Hyperties
  • Part 3. Hyperlinks, the Individual and the Social
  • The Morality of Links
  • Linked Geographies: Maps as Mediators of Reality
  • Will Peasants Map? Hyperlinks, Map Mashups, and the Future of Information
  • The Social Hyperlink
  • Are Hyperlinks "Weak Ties"?
  • What Is the Online Public Sphere Good For?
  • Selected Bibliography
  • About the Authors
  • Index