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Digital Leisure, the Internet and Popular Culture
Karl Spracklen
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Description for Digital Leisure, the Internet and Popular Culture
Hardback. Spracklen explores the impact of the internet on leisure and leisure studies, examining the ways in which digital leisure spaces and activities have become part of everyday leisure. Covering a range of issues from social media and file-sharing to romance on the Internet, this book presents new theoretical directions for digital leisure. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JHBS; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Spracklen explores the impact of the internet on leisure and leisure studies, examining the ways in which digital leisure spaces and activities have become part of everyday leisure. Covering a range of issues from social media and file-sharing to romance on the Internet, this book presents new theoretical directions for digital leisure.
Spracklen explores the impact of the internet on leisure and leisure studies, examining the ways in which digital leisure spaces and activities have become part of everyday leisure. Covering a range of issues from social media and file-sharing to romance on the Internet, this book presents new theoretical directions for digital leisure.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
Series
Leisure Studies in a Global Era
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137405869
SKU
V9781137405869
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99-15
About Karl Spracklen
Karl Spracklen is Professor of Leisure Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. He has published papers on leisure, sport, tourism and identity and his previous publications include The Meaning and Purpose of Leisure and Sport and Challenges to Racism. New Books in Critical Theory have recently released a podcast about Professor Spracklen's book Whiteness and Leisure. You can listen to ... Read more
Reviews for Digital Leisure, the Internet and Popular Culture
“Graduate students, scholars and professionals interested in public relations, journalism and social media might find this book to be a helpful tool.” (Kiana Moridi, CBQ Communication Booknotes Quarterly, Vol. 51 (3-4), 2020)