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1、BookReviews/Comptesrendus100CSSHESCÉESCanadianJournalofHigherEducationRevuecanadiennedenseignementsupérieurVolume40,No.3,2010,pages100-108ReviewEssay/ComptesrendusMartínezAlemán,Ana&Wartman,Katherine(2009).OnlineSocialNetworkingonCampus:UnderstandingWhatMattersinStudentCulture.NewYork:R
2、outledge.Pag-es:149.Price:$44.95USD(paper).ReviewedbyChristaOvenell,EducationalConsultant,Vancouver.TheauthorsofOnlineSocialNetworkingonCampus:UnderstandingWhatMattersinStudentCulturedemonstrateanacademicbraveryinthesimpleactofpublishingtheirslimvolume.Anythingwithonlineinitstitleisdest
3、inedtobequicklydated,yetAlemanandWartmandoublycursetheirpublishingendeavourwithwhatcouldeasilybeseenasahubristicsubtitle.Afewpagesofreadingrevealsthatthewritersare,infact,clearlyawareoftherapidlychangingtechnologicalenvironmentbeingdocumentedanditsimpactonstudentexperienceandfurther,sho
4、wnoindicationofanego-drivendesiretowriteaclassic,definitiveworkonthematter(asifthereevercouldbeone).Whattheauthorssetouttodo,andadmirablyachieve,istoillustratetheimportanceofunderstandingtheimpactofsocialnetworkingonthestudentex-perienceincollege,fromastudentperspective.Theiranthropologi
5、callyinformedre-searchiscriticallyimportantsimplybecauseithasbeenalltoooverlookedinthepast:whiletherearemyriadbodiesofworkexploringtheimpactofcomputer-mediatedcommunicationforlearningandteachinginacampussetting,thereislittleworkthatprioritizesthestudentexperiencewithinthesemediatedcommu
6、nicationchannels.Theauthorsresearchistimely,asnow,morethanever,digitallynon-nativeadministratorsandfacultyarebeginningtowrestlewith,oratleastacknowledge,theexistenceandimportanceofWeb2.0technologies.Thebooksscopeisnotsomuchlimitedasitisclearlydefined:itisnotmiredinanexhaustiveexploration
7、ofnewtechnologies,butfirmlycommitsitselftoanexaminationofFacebook,awildlysuccessfulsocialnetworkingtooloriginallydesignedfor(andinfactoriginallylim-itedto)Americancollegestudents.SurelythelargeAmericanpublishingmarket,thefactthattheauthorsarefirmlyensconcedinAmericanhighereducati