Karl Spracklen 
Digital Leisure, the Internet and Popular Culture [PDF ebook] 
Communities and Identities in a Digital Age

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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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Table of Content

1. Introduction 2. A Brief History of Leisure and the Net 3. Leisure Studies and the Problem of the Net 4. Net Theory and Digital Leisure 5. A Theory of Digital Leisure 6. Identity Making and Social Media 7. File-Sharing and Net Ethics 8. Digital Leisure and Commodification 9. Digital Leisure and Communicative Leisure 10. Sex and Romance 11. Conclusions

About the author

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 the interview, between Professor Spracklen and Dr Dave O’Brien, here: http://newbooksincriticaltheory.com/2014/09/12/karl-spracklen-whiteness-and-leisure-palgrave-macmillan-2013/

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 228 ● ISBN 9781137405876 ● File size 1.0 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4883695 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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