[icernet] New Book - Asia.com Asia Encounters the Internet

[Arul Selvan]

   Asia.com Asia Encounters the Internet
-- edited by K.C. Ho , Randy Kluver , C.C Yang

<http://www.routledge-ny.com/author_bio.cfm?isbn=0415315034>

The Internet is developing quicker in Asia than in any other region of
the world. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the
information society in an Asian context and the impact of these
technologies in Asia. These impacts are inevitably uneven and
conditioned by issues of telecommunications infrastructure, government
politics, cultural and social values and economic realities.
The combination of original research, theoretical innovation and
detailed case studies make this an important book for scholars and
students in Asian studies, media studies, communication studies and
sociology.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Asia Encounters the Internet, K.C. Ho, Randolph Kluver and Kenneth
C.C. Yang
PART I. Perspectives and Critical Orientations

2. The State of Internet Use in Asia, Tim Beal
3. Catching Up and Falling Behind:Inequality, IT and the Asian Diaspora,
Anthony P. D'Costa

4. Cyberspace, Surveillance and Social Control:The Hidden Face of the
Internet in Asia, David Lyon

5. Global Technology meets Local Environment:State Attempts to Control
Internet Content, Carolyn Penfold

6. Piracy, Open Source and International Intellectual Property Law,
Debora Halbert

PART II. Issues and Impacts:Case Studies
7. From Real to Virtual (and back again):Civil Society, Public Sphere,
and the Internet in Indonesia, Merlyn Lim

8. MalaysiaKini.com and its Impact on Journalism and Politics in
Malaysia, James Chin

9. Who is Setting the Chinese Agenda? The Impact of Online Chatrooms on
Party Presses in China, Li Xiguang, Qin Xuan and Randolph Kluver

10. Clicking for Votes:Assessing Japanese Political Campaigns on the
Web, Leslie M. Tkach-Kawasaki

11. The Tamil Diaspora, Tamil Militancy and the Internet, Shyam Tekwani

12. Construction and Performance of Virtual Identity in the Chinese
Internet, Karsten Giese

13. Opening a Pandora's Box:The Cyber Activism of Japanese Women, Junko
R. Onosaka

14. Support and Spewing:Everyday Activities of Hindu Online Groups, K.S.
Arul Maragatha Muthu Selvan

15. Communication and Relationship in Online and Offline Worlds:A Study
of Singapore Youths, Waipeng Lee and Brenda Chan