The SAGE Handbook of Digital Technology Research

Research on and with digital technologies is everywhere today. This timely, authoritative Handbook explores the issues of rapid technological development, social change, and the ubiquity of computing technologies which have become an integrated part of people's everyday lives.

Notes on the Editors and ContributorsINTRODUCTION - Sara Price, Carey Jewitt and Barry Brown PART ONE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FIELD OF CONTEMPORARY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCHThe Historical Context - Paul Ceruzzi: National Air and Space MuseumThe Field of Digital Technology Research - Charles Crook, University of Nottingham, UKPART TWO: NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES: KEY CHARACTERISTICS AND CONSIDERATIONSContext, Location and Mobility: A Human Story - Matt Jones: Swansea UniversityOnline Information: Access, Search and Exchange - Gary Hsieh & Nicolas Friederici: MSU, Michigan, USASocial Media, Human Connectivity and Psychological Well-Being - Sonja Baumer: University of California, San Diego, USAEngaging Practices: Doing Personalised Media - Heather Horst & Larissa Hjorth: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia: University of California, IrvineEthics, Phenomenology, and Ontology - Anna Kouppanou & Paul Standish: Institute of Education, London, UKPART THREE: RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES FOR DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES: THEORY AND ANALYSISCritical Theory of Technology - Sara Grimes & Andrew Feenberg : Simon Fraser University, CanadaCritical and Cultural Approaches to HCI - Jeffrey Bardzell, Indiana University, USATheories of Embodiment in HCI - Paul Marshall & Eva Hornecker: University College London/ University of Strathclyde UKSpace and Place in Digital Technology Research: A Theoretical Overview - Luigina Ciolfi: University of Limerick, IrelandAffect and Experiential Approaches - Kristina Höök: Mobile Life @ KTH, SwedenEthnographic Approaches to Digital Research - Barry Brown: Mobile Life, Stockholm, SwedenThe Mediational Perspective on Digital Technology: Understanding the Interplay between Technology, Mind and Action - Victor Kaptelinin: University of Bergen, Norway, and Umea University, SwedenEthnomethodology and Conversation Analysis: Empirical Approaches to the Study of Digital Technology in Action - Robert J. Moore: Yahoo Labs, USABehavioural Trace Data for Analysing Online Communities - Cliff Lampe: Michigan State University, USAMultimodal Methods for Researching Digital Technologies - Carey Jewitt: London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education, UKProjection, Place and Point-of-View in Research through Design - Steven Dow: Carnegie Mellon University, Wendy Ju: INRIA, France, and Wendy Mackay: Stanford University, USADesign Research: Observing Critical Design - Laurel Swan & Kirsten Boehner: Royal College of Art, UK/ GoldsmithsPART FOUR: ENVIRONMENTS AND TOOLS FOR DIGITAL RESEARCHTangibles: Technologies and Interaction for Learning - Sara Price: London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education, UKMaterial Computing: Integrating Technology into the Material World - Leah Beuchley: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USAHaptic Interfaces - Eve Hoggan: UNiversity of Helsinki, FinlandContrasting Lab-Based and in the Wild Studies for Evaluating Multi-User Technologies - Yvonne Rogers, Nicola Yuill & Paul Marshall: UCL; University of Sussex; UCL, UKUbiquitous Virtual Reality Environments - Yoosoo Oh: Daegu Univerity, S.Korea & Woontack Woo: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, S.KoreaLocation-Based Environments and Technologies - Ty Hollett & Kevin Leander: Vanderbilt University, USAMobile Learning in the Majority World: A Critique of the GSMA's Position - Niall Winters: London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education, UKOnline and Internet Based Technologies: Gaming - Catherine Beavis: Griffith University, AustraliaOnline and Internet Based Technologies: Social Networking - Kirsty Young: Sydney University of Technology, AustraliaLearner Modelled Environments - Kaska Porayska Pomsta & Sara Bernardini: Institute of Education, UKThe Interplay between Research and Industry: HCI and Grounded Innovation - Lars Erik Holmquist: Principle Scientist, Yahoo LabsAfterword: Looking to the Future - Sara Price, Carey Jewitt and Barry Brown Index