Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 499 g
Reihe: Communication and Society
Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 499 g
Reihe: Communication and Society
ISBN: 978-1-138-90620-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
However, much popular and academic writing about the internet continues to take a celebratory view, assuming that the internet’s potential will be realised in essentially positive and transformative ways. This was especially true in the euphoric moment of the mid-1990s, when many commentators wrote about the internet with awe and wonderment. While this moment may be over, its underlying technocentrism – the belief that technology determines outcomes – lingers on and, with it, a failure to understand the internet in its social, economic and political contexts.
Misunderstanding the Internet is a short introduction, encompassing the history, sociology, politics and economics of the internet and its impact on society. This expanded and updated second edition is a polemical, sociologically and historically informed guide to the key claims that have been made about the online world. It aims to challenge both popular myths and existing academic orthodoxies that surround the internet.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
- Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
- Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Digital Lifestyle Internet, E-Mail, Social Media
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface
1. The internet of dreams: reinterpreting the internet
2. The internet of history: rethinking the internet's past
3. The internet of capital: concentration & commodification in a world of abundance
4. The internet of rules: critical approaches to online regulation and governance
5. The internet of me (and my 'friends')
6. The internet of radical politics and social change
Conclusion: The internet we want
Index