Title:
The internet and society
Author:
Slevin, James.
ISBN:
9780745620862
9780745620879
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2000.
Physical Description:
xi, 266 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents:
1. Some developments that have transformed modern societies -- 2. The rise of the internet -- 3. Cultural transmission and the internet -- 4. The internet and forms of human association -- 5. Organizations and the internet -- 6. The internet, the self and experience in everyday life -- 7. Publicness and the internet -- 8. Globalization and the internet -- 9. Regulation and the internet.
Abstract:
"The Internet and Society explores the impact of the internet on modern culture beyond the fashionable celebration of 'anything goes' online culture or the overly pessimistic conceptions tainted by the logic of domination. In this new work, James Slevin develops an account of the internet and relates it to the analysis of culture and communications in late modern societies." "This accessible and non-technical book will be of particular interest to students of media, communications and cultural studies, and of interest to anyone concerned with the effect of new technologies on modern culture and society."--BOOK JACKET.