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Cultural and media studies:issues of representation

ONLINE MATCHMAKING
EDITED BY MONICA T. WHITTY
ANDREA J. BAKER AND JAMES A. INMAN

Online Matchmaking examines the joys, fears, and disappointments of

hooking up with people in cyberspace. Unlike most other books that exist
in this field, this collection includes studies by experts from a variety of
disciplines, including Communications, Cultural studies, English, Health,
Journalism, Psychology, Rhetoric, and Sociology. Online Matchmaking
could be used as a primary or secondary resource for any subject that
focuses on cyber-relationships.
MONICA T. WHITTY is Lecturer in Psychology at Queens University
Belfast, UK. She lectures on cyberpsychology, social psychology and
qualitative methods. Her major research interests include online dating,
cyber-relationships, Internet infidelity, identity, misrepresentation of self
online, cyberstalking, cyberethics, and Internet and email surveillance in the
workplace. She is author of Cyberspace Romance: The Psychology of
Online Relationships (with Adrian N. Carr).
ANDREA J. BAKER is a Sociology Professor at Ohio University, USA. She has
studied online relationships since 1997, collecting data for the 1998 paper, Cyberspace Couples Finding
Romance Online Then Meeting for the First Time in Real Life. She is author of Double Click: Romance and
Commitment of Online Couples which is about 89 couples that met in chat rooms, forums and dating
sites. Her interests include online communication and virtual communities.
JAMES A. INMAN is at the College of Law, University of Tennessee, USA. He teaches and researches on
rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy. His previous books include Technology and English Studies:
Innovative Professional Paths (with Beth L. Hewett), Computers and Writing: The Cyborg Era, and
Electronic Collaboration in the Humanities: Issues and Options (with Cheryl Reed and Peter Sands)
CONTENTS: List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Notes On Contributors Introduction;

M.T.Whitty PART 1: DEFINING ONLINE MATCHMAKING From the BBS to the Web: Tracing the Spaces
of Online Romance; D.N.DeVoss Cyborgasms: Ten Years On and Not Enough Learned; R.Hamman
Scripting the Rules for Mars and Venus: Advice Literature and Online Dating; S.Paasonen PART 2:

PRESENTATION OF SELF TO ATTRACT LOVERS The Art of Selling One's 'Self' on an Online Dating Site:
The BAR Approach; M.T.Whitty Examining Personal Ads and Job Ads; A.Horning How Do I Love Thee and
Thee and Thee: Selfpresentation, Deception, and Multiple Relationships Online; J.M.Albright PART 3:
ONLINE DATING PROGRESSION TO FACETOFACE: SUCCESS OR FAILURE? Expressing Emotion in Text:
Email Communication of Online Couples; A.J.Baker A Progressive Affair: Online Dating to Real World
Mating; K.Y.A.McKenna PART 4: DARKER SIDES OF ONLINE DATING CyberStalking as
(Mis)Matchmaking; B.H.Spitzberg & W.R.Cupach CyberVictimization and Online Dating; R.A.Jerin &
B.Dolinsky PART 5: ONLINE DATING SUBGROUPS Sexual Orientation Moderates Online Sexual
Activities; R.M.Mathy Whips and Chains? Fact or Fiction?: Content Analysis of Sadomasochism in
Internet Personal Advertisements; D.K.Wysocki & J.Thalken Conclusion: M.T.Whitty Author Index
Subject Index

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Selling Points
1 Online relationships are highly topical and there is growing interest as a research topic
2 The contributors explore both the positive and negative sides of experience with online relationships
3 Contributions bring new research data and much valuable first-hand qualitative response from
individual daters
4 Truly interdisciplinary, the psychological, social and media aspects of online relationship building give a
rounded and integrated picture.
Market Description
Students and researchers in Sociology of friendship, sexuality, social welfare, psychosocial aspects of
social behaviour. Psychology re personality, social groupings, emotional life; Media studies re internet
communication, cyberspace interaction, new media in general.
Related Titles
Understanding the Psychology of Internet Behaviour
Cyberspace Romance
Understanding the Internet and Contemporary Society
14/03/2007
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224 pp 216x138mm

45.00 1403998493

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Cultural and Media Studies:Introductory Media and Cultural Studies Cultural and Media Studies:Politics
and the Media sociology:globalization and comparative sociology

Understanding Global Media

TERRY FLEW

'Impressive in scope and execution, Understanding Global Media is

superb survey of the major themes and issues that animate the study
of global media. Terry Flew provides lively analysis of the ways in
which media institutions, policies, technologies, and content are
increasingly shaped by global forces. - Michael Curtin, Professor of
Media and Cultural Studies and Director of Global Studies, University
of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Understanding Global Media offers a timely and comprehensive

overview of global media production and circulation. Grounded in

extensive case study material in order to illustrate key debates, the book
analyzes media industries, production, content, audiences and policies on
an international scale. Written by a leading author, it is both a thorough
synthesis of existing academic work and an ambitious statement of new
research directions. Drawing insight from a range of perspectives,
including politics, political economy, media and cultural studies, and
economic and cultural geography, this book is an essential guide to
understanding media in a global era.
TERRY FLEW is Associate Professor and Head of Media and Communication at the Queensland University
of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. His latest book is New Media: An Introduction ( 2002).
CONTENTS: Introduction to Global Media: Key Concepts and Issues Theories of Global Media
Globalization and Global Media Corporations Global Media, the Knowledge Economy and the New
Competition Global Media Cultures From Sovereignty to Software: National Media Policies in an Age of
Global Media Conclusion
Selling Points
1 Leading and renowned author
2 Geographically diverse and topical case studies
3 Excellent balance between theoretical discussion and empirical examples
Market Description
Undergraduate and Postgraduate students of Media and Cultural Studies, taking courses on media and
globalization. Undergraduate and Postgraduate students of Sociology, Communication Studies,
Journalism, and Politics, taking courses on media and globalization.
Related Titles
Culture and Technology; Introducing Cultural and Media Studies; Media Communication 2ed
PB 16/03/2007
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272 pp 234x156mm

55.00 1403920486
18.99 1403920494

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Cultural and media studies:cultural and media history

THE LAWS OF LOVE

A Brief Historical and Practical Manual
PETER GOODRICH
Language, Discourse, Society
You are at a dinner with someone attractive. She suddenly kisses you. Or
he leans unexpectedly across the table and caresses your thigh.
Whatever. You know the kind of encounter and the range of possible
responses. Consider the kiss. What does it mean, and where does it lead?
Does kissing necessarily imply more, and if so how much? These and
similar questions of amorous ethics and erotic disquisition are the central
to our everyday intimate public lives and they are the lost object of the
law of love, the lex amatoria collated and presented here.
PETER GOODRICH is Professor of Law and Director, Law and Humanities
at Cardozo School of Law, New York USA. He was the founding dean of
the Department of Law, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK,
where he was also the Corporation of London Professor of Law. He has
written extensively in the areas of law and literature and semiotics and
has authored 10 books. He is editor of the International Journal for the
Semiotics of Law and editor-in-chief of Law and Critique.
CONTENTS: Preface Introduction: A Short History of the Laws of Love Erotic Melancholy Purloined
Love Letters Contracts of Love Amorous Wrong by Words Amorous Wrong by Deeds The Casuistry of
Kissing Pain, Pleasure and Play Fidelity and Faithlessness Intimate Violence
Suicide Gifts
Conclusion: Does Love have Standing? Abbreviated Bibliographies Index Amorum
Selling Points
1 Attractively written and entertaining - a radical new theory of how love and the erotic have been
dealt with in law , and sanctioned in everyday experience
2 Ranges across from medieval literary accounts to modern day problems with the legal standing of acts
of love under question throughout
3 Combines law with everyday ethics and psychology in asking the reader to imagine scenarios
4 Integrates the literary, legal, historical, and psychological in a novel theory of the 'lost object of the law
of love'
Market Description
Students and Researchers in Philosophy, Ethics, Literature, especially medieval English Literature and
French courtly literature. Law, Social and Cultural History and Cultural studies
Related Titles
Sex and Ethics
31/10/2006
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248 pp 216x138mm

50.00 023000718X

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Cultural and Media Studies:The Press cultural and media studies:the news

BALANCE AND BIAS IN JOURNALISM

Representation, Regulation and Democracy
GUY STARKEY

This new book addresses the key issue of objectivity in journalistic theory
and practice. Drawing on his extensive research and teaching experience,
Guy Starkey offers a clearly structured, accessible discussion of 'balance'
in the media, and the difficulties inherent in both achieving and
measuring it. Providing an analysis of theoretical issues, an exploration of
practical considerations and a review of methods for assessing
journalistic output, it will appeal to all students of journalism and media
studies.
GUY STARKEY is Senior Lecturer in Radio and Programme Leader in
Media Production in the School of Arts, Design, Media and Culture,
University of Sunderland, UK. He has taught and written widely in the
field. His publications include Radio in Context (Palgrave Macmillan,
2004), GNVQ Intermediate Media (1998), 'Radio Audience Research Challenging the Gold Standard' in Cultural Trends, 45, and 'Estimating
Audiences: Sampling in Television and Radio Audience Research', Cultural
Trends, 49.

CONTENTS: Introduction A Question of Balance: Reality and Representation Balance in Broadcasting:

Representation and Regulation Power and Responsibility: The Press, the People and Selfregulation In the
Eye of the Beholder: Audience Perspectives of Balance and Bias Broadcast Talk and the Printed Word: A
Balancing Act Meditated Imperialism: International Journalism in the Global News Marketplace Case
Studies Balance and Bias in Practice
Selling Points
1 Strong international dimension
2 Accessible and well written
3 Contemporary and topical subject.
Market Description
Undergraduate students of Media Studies studying modules on Journalism and Media Ethics, as well as
more specific modules on Broadcasting, Radio and Television; Undergraduate and postgraduate students
of Journalism taking courses on Journalism Theory and Practice. Undergraduate and postgraduate
students of Sociology and Politics taking modules on Media Journalism Theory and Practice.
Related Titles
Radio in Context
Media Communication
05/10/2006
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208 pp 234x156mm

52.50 1403992487
17.99 1403992495

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