Sociology in the age of the Internet /
There has been a diverse body of writing from scholars in the social sciences who have been studying changes brought about by communication technologies in general and the Internet in particular. This title evaluates the work in this area and is suitable for academics and students interested in the...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Maidenhead :
McGraw Hill/Open University Press,
2007.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 0335229581 9780335229581 1281129100 9781281129109 9786611129101 6611129103 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Series editor's preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part 1. The rise of the network metaphor
- Chapter 1. Approaches to networks
- Chapter 2. Network methodologies
- Chapter 3. The network society
- Chapter 4. The internet as a network
- Part 2. The internet as a medium
- Introduction to Part Two
- Chapter 5. Elements of a public sphere
- Chapter 6. Interactivity: it's got to be jelly 'cos jam don't shake like that
- Chapter 7. The global public sphere and forms of power
- Part 3. The internet as a social space
- Introduction to Part Three
- Chapter 8. Community
- Chapter 9. Online identity
- Conclusion to Part Three
- Part 4. The internet as a technology
- Introduction to Part Four
- Chapter 10. Sociologies of technology
- Chapter 11. The sociology of technology and the internet emergent perspectives
- References
- Index.