Technology in Our Time (Volume IV): All Together: Collaboration in the Digital Age

The four book series Technology in Our Time thoughtfully examines a broad range of topics and issues central to the study of new media.

Volume All Collaboration in the Digital Age addresses new media as commercial enterprise. New media creates new marketplaces of both ideas and goods. New media turns individuals into new producers and consumers of goods, services, and content. Whether one is taking advantage of collaborative intelligence, or banking on eBay's reputation before buying or selling, this volume sheds light on the interplay of social and economic processes in the online world.

Laura Robinson earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department at Santa Clara University. Professor Robinson held a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Southern California's Annenberg Center, and her research has been funded by the MacArthur Foundation. Her research has focused on new media, digital inequality, and comparative research on The United States, Europe, and Latin America.

Professor Robinson has published in several peer-reviewed journals, including Sociology, Qualitative Sociology, The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, and Information, Communication, and Society. Her article "The Cyberself," published in New Media & Society , was awarded the Outstanding Paper Award by the Computer Information Technology Section of the American Sociological Association. Professor Robinson's work on Brazilian, French, and American online political forums has won awards from the Computer Information Technology Section of the American Sociological Association, the Association of Internet Researchers, and the International and Intercultural Communication Division of the National Communication Association.