Digital Leisure, the Internet and Popular Culture: Communities and Identities in a Digital Age
- ISBN-10
- 1137405872
- ISBN-13
- 9781137405876
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 228
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-05-28
- Publisher
- Springer
- Author
- Karl Spracklen
Description
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.
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