We are happy to announce the online publication of the third issue of Compaso – Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology. This issue provides a rich discussion of online lives through research articles and book reviews that document them from a wide-range of perspectives and cultural contexts.
You are kindly invited to read and comment on the articles, which are available at the following addresses:
Issue 2 / 2010: Online lives
Volume 1, Number 2, October 2010
Invited article
Oana Mateescu / Introduction: Life in the Web
Research articles
Laura Arosio / Personal documents on the Internet: what’s new and what’s old
Smadar Ben-Asher and Udi Lebel / Social structure vs. self rehabilitation: IDF widows forming an intimate relationship in the sociopolitical discourse
Greg Bowe B. A. Mod / Reading romance: the impact Facebook rituals can have on a romantic relationship
Ioana Cărtărescu / Utility of online communities – Ways one can benefit from one’s online life
Iulia Cornigeanu / The clones: A new phenomenon in the literary environment
Ioana Florea / Narrative online and offline spaces. Field notes from the becoming of an anthropologist
Gevisa la Rocca / Follow me on academia.edu: Analysis of a distraction online and of its consequences on daily life
Laura Nistor / The role of the Internet in shaping environmental concern. A focus on post-communist Europe
Alexandra Zontea / Advertising identities: virtual galleries as places of identity
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Rossalina Latcheva / Nationalism versus patriotism, or the floating border? National identification and ethnic exclusion in post-communist Bulgaria
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Book Reviews
Monica Costache / Eric Qualman, “Socialnomics: how social media transforms the way we live and do business”
Andra Letiția Jacob / Pietro Cingolani, “Romeni d’Italia. Migrazioni, vita quotidiana e legami transnazionali”