Description:
The essays in Click and Kin span the globe, examining transnational connections that touch in the United States, Canada, Mexico, India, Pakistan, and elsewhere.
Brief description:
May Friedman is an associate professor in the School of Social Work at Ryerson University and the author of the award-winning Mommyblogs and the Changing Face of Motherhood.
Review Quotes:
" Click and Kin explores topics relevant to many different kinds of scholars and thinkers: the relationship between quick media and connections, transnationalism, community building (or not), and identity formation. I deeply appreciated the diversity of communities explored in this volume."
--Lynn O'Brien Hallstein, College of General Studies, Boston University" Click and Kin is an engaging collection that explores the connections between identity formations and communication technologies across diverse geographical and temporal settings. It promises to advance our understanding of the complex social relations generated through online and offline life."
--Francis L. Collins, School of Environment, University of Auckland