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1. Understanding Creative Users of ICTs

   Users as Social Actors

   Edited by David Kurt Herold, Harmeet Sawhney, Leopoldina Fortunati

   The disjuncture between the design intent of the developers of ICTs and the needs of the users has often led to surprising use of new technologies, as users have refused to become mere agents of the designers. Individual users have adopted their own uses of ICTs based on the complex webs of...

   Published February 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Online Society in China

   Creating, celebrating, and instrumentalising the online carnival

   Edited by David Kurt Herold, Peter Marolt

   Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series

   This book discusses the rich and varied culture of China's online society, and its impact on offline China. It argues that the internet in China is a separate 'space' in which individuals and institutions emerge and interact. While offline and online spaces are connected and influence each...

   Published March 23rd 2011 by Routledge