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Senior Research Fellow
Research areas: College Students, College Students and Gaming, Communities, Copyright, Education, Intellectual Property, Internet in Daily Life, Music, Seniors, Technology Consumption, Teens, Terrorism, Workplace
Steve Jones is Professor of Communication and Research Associate in the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Adjunct Research Professor in the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has been using the internet since 1979 on the PLATO system at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. A social historian of communication technology, Jones is author/editor of nine books, including Society Online, Doing Internet Research, CyberSociety, and Virtual Culture. His books have earned him critical acclaim and interviews in national and international media. Jones was co-founder and first president of the Association of Internet Researchers. He has made numerous presentations to scholarly and business groups about the internet and social change and about the internet's social and commercial uses. He is co-editor of New Media & Society, an international journal of research on new media, technology, and culture, and edits Digital Formations, a series of books on new media for Peter Lang Publishers. He earned his Ph.D. from the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Reports By Steve Jones, 2 Total:
Let the games begin: Gaming technology and college students
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The Internet Goes to College
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Articles By Steve Jones, 3 Total:
Music Downloading and Listening: Findings from the Pew Internet and American Life Project
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Internet Use and the Terror Attacks
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The Internet Goes to College: How Students are Living in the Future with Today’s Technology
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