Social Networking and Impression Management: Self-Presentation in the Digital Age, edited by Carolyn Cunningham, offers critical inquiry into how identity is constructed, deconstructed, performed, and perceived on social networking sites (SNSs), such as Facebook, and LinkedIn. The presentation of identity is key to success or failure in the Information Age, especially because SNSs are becoming the dominant form of communication among Internet users. The architecture of SNSs provide opportu...

The Impact of Social Media in Modern Romantic Relationships is the communication field’s most major, comprehensive volume of the study of social media and romantic relationship development. It is the first volume in the discipline of communication studies intended to provide an overview of romantic development that includes all types of social media, such as Tinder and Facebook. The volume contains several major communication and media scholars who have researched social media and romantic...

This edited collection examines how fantasy sports play has established a prominent and promising foothold in the larger sports ecology. Often considered an isolated activity for the hardcore sports fan, fantasy sports play have since been incorporated into sports broadcasting and editorial coverage, sports marketing and promotions, and even into the very sports themselves with athletes and teams using the activities to draw fans further into the sports experience. This edited collection i...

Television, Social Media, and Fan Culture examines how fans use social media to engage with television programming, characters, and narrative as well as how television uses social media to engage fan cultures. The contributors review the history and impact of social media and television programming; analyze specific programs and the impact of related social media interactions; and scrutinize the past fan culture to anticipate how social media programming will develop in the future. The con...

**Brought to you by Penguin.The fourth Jackson Brodie novel****: literary crime from the prizewinning number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription.**A day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a shocking impulse purchase. That one moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy's humdrum world to be turned upside down, the tedium of everyday life replaced by fear and danger at every turn.Witnesses to Tracy's ...

Lorsqu'un vétéran de la Seconde Guerre mondiale se présente à l'agence de détectives de Jim Brodie, personne ne veut croire à son histoire.Il est persuadé qu'on veut l'exécuter, lui et ses compagnons d'armes, au nom d'une vengeance issue de son passé lié aux triades chinoises. Par respect pour l'ancien soldat, Jim accepte de l'aider. Mais un meurtre barbare est commis peu après et Brodie comprend que les ramifications secrètes de son enquête vont l'entraîner beauco...

À Japantown, quartier nippon de San Francisco, une famille japonaise est abattue dans une mise en scène macabre. Unique indice : un kanji dessiné sur la scène du crime…Le soir même, la police fait appel à Jim Brodie, un expert spécialisé dans la culture et l'art asiatiques. Surtout, le kanji est le même que celui trouvé sur les lieux du meurtre de sa femme, quatre ans plus tôt. Prêt à tout pour rendre sa propre justice, Brodie se lance alors dans une enquête mortel...