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Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age

By Christian Fuchs

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2008
ISBN
0415961327, 9780415961325, 9780203937778
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1981547 bytes)
Series
Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society
Pages
408\409
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In this exceptional study, Christian Fuchs discusses how the internet has transformed the lives of human beings and social relationships in contemporary society. By outlining a social theory of the internet and the information society, he demonstrates how the ecological, economic, political, and cultural systems of contemporary society have been transformed by new ICTs. Fuchs highlights how new forms of cooperation and competition are advanced and supported by the internet in subsystems of society and also discusses opportunities and risks of the information society.

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