Misunderstanding the internet
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書誌事項
Misunderstanding the internet
(Communication and society)
Routledge, 2012
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The growth of the internet has been spectacular. There are now more 1.5 billion internet users across the globe, about one quarter of the world's population. This is certainly a new phenomenon that is of enormous significance for the economic, political and social life of contemporary societies.
However, much popular and academic writing about the internet takes a technologically deterministic view, assuming that the internet's potential will be realised in essentially 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 context.
Misunderstanding the Internet is a short introduction, encompassing the history, sociology, politics and economics of the internet and its impact on society. The book has a simple three part structure:
Part 1 looks at the history of the internet, and offers an overview of the internet's place in society
Part 2 focuses on the control and economics of the internet
Part 3 examines the internet's political and cultural influence
Misunderstanding the Internet is a polemical, sociologically and historically informed textbook that aims to challenge both popular myths and existing academic orthodoxies around the internet.
目次
Part I Overview Chapter 1 Reinterpreting the Internet, James Curran Chapter 2 Rethinking Internet History, James Curran Part II Political Economy of the Internet Chapter 3 Web 2.0 and the Death of the Blockbuster Economy, Des Freedman Chapter 4 Outsourcing Internet Regulation, Des Freedman Part III Internet and Power Chapter 5 Internet and Social Networking, Natalie Fenton Chapter 6 Internet and Radical Politics, Natalie Fenton, Part IV Looking Forward Chapter 7 Conclusion, James Curran, Des Freedman and Natalie Fenton
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